Interestingly enough, it seems that the demand for a password is something that was updated to be there only recently, probably when v0.24 was out (the main menu now tells you that v0.23 is out of date, so it has to get the information somewhere). I went back to check and sure enough, it now asked for the password from me as well and stopped the story short unless I put it in, but the part where that happened was way before the actual end of v0.23 that I had already played before. When I disconnected my internet I could read the parts I had already read previously again.
If you don't mind spoiling, how does the scene end?0.24 is out but it just finishes the scene that 0.23 left off on. Technically 1 new CG but its more like a zoom or different angle.
Ya'll are not missing much.