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Scammed by Chatbot University
Scammed by Chatbot University
Author: Strawberry Softie

Chapter 1

Author: Strawberry Softie
The splitting pain in the back of my skull still seemed to linger at every nerve ending. I snapped my eyes open and gasped for air.

The classroom was drowning in cheers.

"Phoebe, that's insane! You barely passed your exams and still got into Pemberton? You're literally our savior!"

"Only the prettiest girl in class could have such an exclusive insider connection like that!"

"Please, please, please take me with you! I want to get into Pemberton too!"

I sat drenched in cold sweat, staring at the scene unfolding before me, familiar yet completely absurd.

Phoebe Jones, a girl who could not even solve a quadratic equation on her best day, held up her brand-new iPhone from the classroom podium with a look of smug triumph plastered across her face.

On the screen was an AI chatbot interface.

I had returned to the past, two hours before my death.

"Line up, everyone! One at a time!" Phoebe basked in the adoration, her voice dripping with sweetness.

"I paid top dollar to unlock Babble's premium tier. It already guaranteed me that all you have to do is send it your ID number, and it'll lock in an exclusive enrollment spot at Pemberton for you."

A handful of students who actually had decent grades held on to a shred of sense and spoke up cautiously.

"Phoebe, is an AI really reliable? W-what if it doesn't go through? These are our real exams we're talking about!"

My childhood friend, Gavin Holt, jumped in like a guard dog let off its leash the moment someone dared question the girl he worshipped.

"What do you people know? It's literally called ‘artificial intelligence’! It's the way of the future! Phoebe's being generous enough to share something this valuable with all of you, yet you have the nerve to doubt her?"

Phoebe's eyes reddened with a wounded look, and she tapped her phone with a pout. "Fine! If you don't believe me, I'll just ask Babble myself."

Babble replied within seconds, a wall of text filling the screen.

Phoebe hit the text-to-speech button, and a robotic female voice echoed through the silent classroom.

"Dear user, please rest assured. This system has gained full access to Pemberton University's internal admissions network. Should you fail to enroll as scheduled, our company will compensate you $5 million in emotional damages. We have a top-tier team of hackers working to ensure your success."

The classroom erupted the moment they heard ‘$5 million’.

"Holy crap! $5 million! So even if I don't get into Pemberton, I’ll walk away with $5 million? That's a win-win situation!"

"Phoebe, sign me up! I don't even care about getting in. I just want the $5 million!"

"Exactly! Even if I don't get in, $5 million would have me set for life!"

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  • Scammed by Chatbot University   Chapter 10

    Gavin was hiding at home at that very moment, still fantasizing about how he could help Phoebe through this crisis.The front door was kicked open. Several furious fathers rushed in, pinned Gavin to the ground, and beat him senseless without a word."You little sh*t! You wanted to impress a girl, so you sacrificed my son's future to do it?""Playing the big romantic hero? You destroyed over forty families! You can pay for it with your life!"Gavin was beaten until he could barely see straight, howling for help. "Dad! Mom! Help me! They're going to kill me!"Gavin's parents looked at the mob of parents with murder in their eyes, then at the list of compensation demands that added up to tens of millions of dollars. They went white with terror.They were an ordinary working-class family. They did not have that kind of money.Gavin's father stared down at the son who had brought catastrophe on the entire family, and something cold and final settled in his eyes.He stormed into the

  • Scammed by Chatbot University   Chapter 9

    Just as that boy's father had said, someone had filmed the entire scene at Pemberton and posted it online. It hit the top of the trending page that same day.[Unbelievable! 42 High School Students Storm Pemberton with AI Chat Logs, Claim System Was Hacked!][The Tragedy of Modern Education: They Trust AI Gibberish Over Acceptance Letters!]Every major news outlet picked it up and ran with it. The comment sections were flooded with mockery from one end of the internet to the other.They had not just lost their shot at college. They had become the biggest joke in the entire country.A few days later, the so-called ‘future Pemberton freshmen’ were dragged home from the city by their parents, tails between their legs. What awaited them was the wrath of every adult in their lives and a bottomless pit of despair.The Jones household had already been reduced to a war zone.A brick sailed through the floor-to-ceiling window of the Jones family's villa, and glass exploded across the floo

  • Scammed by Chatbot University   Chapter 8

    Chancellor Hollister waved his hand. "Security, escort them off the premises. If they cause any more trouble, hand them over to the police."Over a dozen guards moved in immediately and herded all 42 of them out of the plaza without an ounce of sympathy, pushing and shoving them through the gate like stray animals.Under the unblinking lenses of countless phone cameras, the entire class was driven out beyond Pemberton's gates and deposited on the curb of the road across the street.The sun beat down on them. Their knockoff Pemberton t-shirts looked even more pathetic and ridiculous than ever."It's over... It's all over..."One of the boys, someone whose grades would have easily gotten him into a good university, broke down sobbing. "I could've gotten into a real school! My parents are at home waiting for the good news. How am I supposed to face them?"Reality had finally sunk in. After twelve years of grinding through school, Phoebe Jones had destroyed all of it for them.In th

  • Scammed by Chatbot University   Chapter 7

    "What’s going on here? It's the first day of the semester, and you've already turned the front gate into a circus?" Chancellor Edmund Hollister frowned slightly as he surveyed the students sprawled on the ground in their knockoff t-shirts.Gavin was the first to rush at him, carrying himself like a loyal subject who had suffered a grave injustice."Chancellor Hollister! Thank God you're here! You have to help us!"He snatched Phoebe's phone and shoved the chatbot interface in the chancellor's face."Look at this! This is the evidence we have! There's a mole in your admissions office who transferred all forty-two of our internally approved spots to one person, Maren Caldwell!"Phoebe threw herself into the performance right behind him, sobbing. "Chancellor Hollister, we're all outstanding students. You can't let some hacker and thief destroy a hundred years’ worth of Pemberton's reputation!"Chancellor Hollister squinted at the Babble chat window on the screen, then looked at the

  • Scammed by Chatbot University   Chapter 6

    All 42 of them surged forward like a mob, clawing and shoving, trying to break through the security line to get to me.The guards jumped and grabbed their radios. "Requesting backup at the main gate! We have a group of possibly unhinged individuals trying to storm the entrance!"I stood on the other side of the barrier, watching the twisted fury on their faces, and could not help but laugh."Phoebe, is there anything between your ears besides sawdust?"I crossed my arms and looked down at her."I stole your spots? Do you think Pemberton is a flea market where admissions can just be packaged up and moved around? You’ll believe whatever an AI tells you. If it told you I was the Queen, would you kneel?""Don't you dare try to talk your way out of this!"Gavin jabbed a finger in my face and screamed. "Babble already gave us the proof, yet you're still denying it! Security, you need to arrest this thief right now! That acceptance letter in her hand belongs to Phoebe!"The crowd of f

  • Scammed by Chatbot University   Chapter 5

    My acceptance letter, decorated with Pemberton's signature purple, shone brightly under the sunlight. Every single one of my former classmates flinched at the sight of it.I paid no attention to the looks on their faces, each one staring at me as though they had seen a ghost, and handed my letter and ID to the senior volunteer who had been sweating through his shirt moments ago.He took the letter and ran it under the scanner.The scanner beeped once, and the screen flashed green.The exhaustion on his face vanished, instantly replaced by an eager smile. "Oh, you're Maren Caldwell! Your advisor already told us about you. You're a guaranteed-admission scholar, so there's a priority lane set up for you. Follow me!"The security guard dropped his mocking expression just as fast, pulled back the barrier rope for me, and even gave me a respectful nod.This seamless, red-carpet treatment left all 42 people on the other side of the barrier standing in stunned silence.The air went comp

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