“Nah,” he said, forcing a smile. “Looks like the link finally died.”

“Where did you even hear about this?” Leo asked, scrolling through a sketchy forum called Kook’s Vault .

The first few results were dead links, ad-ridden ghost towns, and one alarming pop-up that screamed YOUR IP IS EXPOSED . But three pages deep, there it was: a thread titled

Leo deleted the Zip file. Then he emptied the recycle bin.