Ethan stood in the cool, humming darkness of the command center, a universe of scrolling data reflected in his wide eyes.
It was a key. A back door to the entire FCG world.
He could see everything.
Leo's Orion FC had a shockingly low budget for the upcoming transfer window.
GridironGuru's Quantum FC had a 'Team Cohesion' rating of 99, a near-perfect score.
"This is..." he breathed, unable to find the right word.
"This is a cheat code."
"It's better than a cheat code," Maya said, her face illuminated by the glow of the monitors.
"A cheat code breaks the rules. This is the rules. It's the source code. My brother used it to find the players who were undervalued, the ones whose stats didn't tell the whole story. Look."
She typed a few commands and pulled up the profile of a random League One player.
"See? His 'Finishing' is a 65. Decent. But look here."
She pointed to a hidden data string.
