Kenn Powers blasts out of the loading dock lot and into the city glow, Ferrari engine screaming. On the passenger seat, the championship belt shifts, and the black tape starts to lift at the edge.
He peels it back fast. Beneath the leather, a hidden serial number and an internal security logo stare up at him from the belt.
This was not a rival's trick. Someone inside the promotion rigs the belt itself.
The tape was never decoration.
By the time Kenn pulls up at the hotel curb, the fight is already behind him. He hurries through the lobby, cuts upstairs, and gets to his room.
Inside, he swaps into street clothes and gathers his things, the belt and its ugly proof set on the bed in front of him.
Marisol Vega
You see it too, don't you? That tape wasn't his idea.
Tempest
Management wanted a fall guy.
A message pings on Kenn's phone. Airport pickup is waiting.
✓ Quest Accepted
Expose who rigged the championship belt
✓ Quest Accepted
Decide what to do with the proof on the belt
+ New Item Acquired
Phone