A third.

The screen went black. Then white. Then a pixelated kitchen appeared—the familiar chaotic layout of Overcooked 2’s first level, “The Amateur Appetizer.” But something was off. The timer in the top corner didn’t say 2:00. It said 00:00.

The file had been sitting on an old external hard drive for three years, buried under folders named “Old_Work” and “Misc_Backup.” He’d stumbled across it while searching for a lost tax document. The name was strange: Overcooked- 2 -NSP--Base Game-.rar UPD

The kitchen background changed. Behind the stoves, Leo could now see a faint reflection—not of his desktop, but of a room. A dark room with a single chair, and someone tied to it. The resolution was too low to make out a face, but the posture was familiar. Slumped. Still.

A second order appeared.

It was 2:47 AM when Leo finally cracked it.