The laptop screen glowed brighter as the system fully activated the second node battle.
The orange signal representing Diego Alvarez surged across the map like a wave heading straight for my smaller node.
Mira’s fingers moved quickly across the keyboard.
“He’s aggressive,” she said.
“How aggressive?” Daniel asked.
“Much more than Marcus.”
A new alert appeared.
OPPONENT INITIATING MULTI-LAYER BREACH
Daniel leaned closer.
“Oh, he’s good.”
I stared at the attack lines forming around my node.
“Explain.”
“He’s attacking from multiple pathways,” Mira said.
“Trying to overwhelm the defenses.”
The orange signal split into several smaller streams.
Each one probing a different entry point.
Daniel muttered under his breath.
“Classic saturation attack.”
I looked at the options appear
