The cursor blinked, a rhythmic green heartbeat in the dim light of Elias’s apartment. He had spent weeks scouring the deep-web archives for a trace of the "01DIMA" file. Rumors in the forum called it the "Ghost Ledger"—a document that shouldn't exist, belonging to a firm that officially didn't either.

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Then, a new window popped up. It wasn't the text file. It was a live feed from his own webcam. Behind his digital reflection, in the darkness of his hallway, a small red light appeared—the same light as his router, but moving.