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“You are already in the archive. Would you like to download yourself?”

Natsu's breath hitched. March 15th. That was two weeks before he moved to Tokyo. He was still living with his mother then. Download - Layarxxi.pw.Natsu.Igarashi.has.been...

...missing for eleven days when the file finished downloading. “You are already in the archive

Natsu had laughed, run a virus scan (it found nothing), and ignored it. But the download started anyway. A stubborn phantom process eating his bandwidth, refusing to be cancelled. His ISP couldn't explain it. His tech friend, Mika, said it was probably a crypto-mining botnet. But crypto miners don't name files after you. That was two weeks before he moved to Tokyo

What he didn't remember was the other figure.

“Your entire life has been a pilot episode. Download complete. Awaiting notes from the network.”

Natsu's apartment phone rang. The caller ID read: LAYARXXI.PW .