Smash the Bot!
When the upload finally completed, I rushed to check Adrian’s latest data.
My gut dropped.
His robot had changed into a spider model exactly like mine. Every parameter matched, down to the last decimal. His upload time? One minute before mine.
"Too many humanoid bots in the competition this year," his post read. "I’ve decided to use this spider bot instead. If you guys like it, I’ll even send you model kits…"
I swept everything off my desk with a violent crash.
"How? Why?!" My eyes burned, my control hanging by a thread.