Elias felt a chill. This wasn't just a sports leak; it was a script. The "pre" didn't stand for pre-game. It stood for pre-determined .

Elias frowned. The game this feed belonged to wasn't scheduled to happen for another two days: the World Cup Final.

The screen showed a star striker—the man the world expected to carry his team to glory—sitting on a bench in a pitch-black stadium, head in his hands. He wasn't practicing. He was talking to someone in a sharp, grey suit. Money changed hands. A small, blue vial was passed.

Elias reached for the power cord, but the speakers crackled with the voice of the man in the grey suit from the video.