He scrolled back through the forum thread. The original poster, a user named PixelGhost99

, hadn't been active since 2009. The last comment on the thread was from a deleted user: "The key is hidden in the reflection of the eye."

Elias frowned. He looked at the folder again. Inside the .rar file, next to the encrypted installer, was a single, unencrypted JPEG named README_FIRST.jpg

. It was a low-resolution photo of an old man sitting in a park.