The internet in his apartment was notoriously moody during storms, and a low rumble of thunder echoed outside. If the connection dropped, the archive might corrupt, forcing him to restart the 5GB download from scratch.

"Come on," he whispered, glancing at the clock. "Don't fail now."

Ten minutes later, the iconic PES 2021 intro music filled the room, but the visuals were different. The "Super Star" logo flashed across the screen. He loaded into a match—San Siro, rain slicking the grass, the crowd a roaring wall of sound. He scrolled through the menus and saw it: the latest wonderkids, the updated kits, and the perfected gameplay sliders.

This was the final piece of the puzzle. He had already grabbed Part 1, the Stadium Pack, and the Real Faces update. But without Part 2, the "All-In-One" patch was just a collection of broken code and missing textures.