X-club-wrestling-episode-21 25 File

"I am the error," the thing that was El Cero said. "The glitch in the schedule. The twenty-first episode's ghost. You didn't lose because of a malfunction, Rex. You lost because time wanted you to. I am the .25 you can't reclaim."

The camera panned to the locker room hallway. Leaning against the lockers, half in shadow, was —the current X-Club Heavyweight Champion. His title belt was draped over his shoulder, but the gold was tarnished. His knuckles were wrapped in frayed tape, and his eye was swollen shut. X-club-wrestling-episode-21 25

The ring was dusted in a fine layer of chalk. The lights overhead hummed at half-power. No crowd. No announcer. Just a single spotlight that swept back and forth like a lighthouse searching for a shipwreck. "I am the error," the thing that was El Cero said

From El Cero's mask came a distorted voice—not his own. It was the timekeeper's voice from Episode 21. "Point-two-five seconds. Off the clock. Off the record." You didn't lose because of a malfunction, Rex