Protocol: FLAG ZERO

In 204X, the world no longer watches football. The public, hungry for adrenaline and augmented reality, now idolizes the "Flag Assassins" of Strike Flag—a high-tech sport where speed is the only law. While foreign nations dominate the rankings with ruthless players, Brazil suffers through a title drought, shackled to obsolete tactical manuals and the outdated concept of "playing for the team." To demolish this mediocrity, the Federation authorizes the plan of Kaiser Vone, a director once banned for his aggression: Project "The Vertex." He isolates the country’s 300 best strikers in a technological bunker with a single objective: to create the Absolute Bearer, a player capable of neutralizing entire defenses single-handedly. Maya Santos enters The Vertex as Rank 299. Labeled as a "nice" support player who always prioritizes the pass, she is mere fodder for the slaughter in a system where defense is seen as a weakness and ego is the fuel for victory. On this Hard Light field that reshapes itself in real-time, Maya must abandon her altruistic nature. If her rank hits zero, she will be banned from the sport forever. To survive, she must awaken her Overclock: an analytical vision that transforms the arena's chaos into Vector Lines, allowing her to calculate the perfect geometry for the capture before her opponents even take their first step. "In The Vertex, teamwork is the refuge of the incapable. I don't run so you can follow me; I run so the world can see the trail I left behind."