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The screen didn't flicker. Instead, a window opened to a simple, black-and-white video feed. There was no sound, just the grainy image of a sun-drenched attic he hadn’t stepped foot in for twenty years. In the center of the frame sat a wooden chest. “Don’t forget where you hid the key,” it read