Sonic didn't even have to fight. He simply stood there, his "Unlimited" status acting as a physical shield. Infinite’s reality-warping attacks hit Sonic and turned into golden rings that rained down harmlessly. The villain’s mask cracked. "How? You aren't faster... you're infinite ."

Unlimited coins. Every time he moved, the sound of a thousand rings shattering filled the sky.

Sonic took a step, intending to sprint, but the "Hack" had stripped away the laws of physics. He didn't just run; he teleported. One millisecond he was at the starting gate; the next, he was standing at the finish line of a level that hadn't even started yet.

The code was a glitch in the reality of the Green Hill Zone. It arrived not through a portal, but through a corrupted data packet labeled

"I'm a mod," Sonic whispered, his voice echoing with a digital reverb.