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The digital interface flickered, a sterile white void interrupted only by a spinning loading icon. Then, with a soft chime, the screen populated:

It wasn’t a building; it was a geography. Coordinates pointed to a massive, naturally occurring sinkhole in the Siberian wastes. Satellite imagery showed a perfect circle of polished obsidian. Search results for Arena (14)

A cold draft swept through her small apartment. The "Arena" wasn't a place she was researching. It was a summons. As the screen turned a deep, bruised purple, the fourteenth result highlighted itself, and the walls of her room began to retract like the shutters of a lens. The match was about to begin. The digital interface flickered, a sterile white void