He blinked. He replayed the clip. The face was gone.

And on the screen, a new video was being rendered. It was a first-person shot of his own bedroom, from the angle of his phone camera. In the video, someone was walking slowly toward his sleeping body.

That night, Leo woke up at 3:00 AM to the sound of video editing. Clip. Trim. Export. He looked at his phone. It was unlocked. The KineMaster 6.2.6 Mod APK was open—even though he had deleted it.