With trembling fingers, Kenji swiped his virtual card. The hourglass vanished. Malakor was vulnerable. With one final, expensive swing— Transaction Confirmed: 5.00 Credits —the beast dissolved into pixels.
"Hold on, Kenji," a voice crackled through the comms. It was Hiro, the group’s resident healer and tech-skeptic. "Have you checked the new Billing System update? They’ve implemented the 'Hyper-Stream Transaction Protocol' (HSTP). If we fail this raid, our real-world credits get dinged for the repair costs." (Dub) 12 : Intermission: Gamers and Billing Sys...
"Guys, I’m literally paying for every hit," Kenji shouted, his confidence wavering. "The Billing System is tracking our moves in real-time!" With trembling fingers, Kenji swiped his virtual card