Riku’s thumb hovered over the controller. Delete or keep? He could hear his own heartbeat through the speakers.
Riku’s skin prickled. He looked at his phone. 11:46 PM.
“You actually came,” Trunks said, voice breaking. “No one ever loads the bad save.” Dragon Ball Z Shin Budokai 6 Save Data
Above them, a crack in the sky widened—Xeno Janemba’s true form, eating the horizon. The final boss wasn’t in the game. The game was in the boss.
“You… loaded me.”
And in the strange, impossible world of Shin Budokai 6 , the last save data didn’t just remember your progress.
Every time he tried to load it, the screen flickered. A glitched version of Future Trunks would appear, sword raised, mouth moving in reverse. Then the game would crash. Riku’s thumb hovered over the controller
Riku cracked his knuckles. “Guess I’m your New Game Plus.”