Semua Bab Fooling the AI: Bab 1 - Bab 8

Selena waved a stack of forms and tapped them against the teacher's table to square the edges. "These are leave-of-absence forms. Sign one, and you don't have to come to class anymore. Just show up for the exam when it's time."Todd Norton was the first to lunge for one, signing his name without a second thought. "Whatever Selena says goes. Anyone who doesn't sign is an idiot."Phil Owen hesitated for two seconds before following suit. Once someone had taken the lead, everyone crowded in, scrambling to fill out their own forms."Sign fast and go home to game. See you all in your dream universities!"In the end, only one form was left. Selena looked over at me, still sitting in my seat, and held it out. "Riley, aren't you gonna sign?"I stared back at her, expressionless, making no move to take it.Selena's composure slipped for a second, her face flushing red. "Don't tell me you're scared. Everyone else already signed. What are you so afraid of?"Todd chimed in, his voice drippi

I looked away and straightened the scattered pages on my desk. From then on, I spent my days in the lectures and my nights reviewing every question I'd gotten wrong.The instructor was thorough, breaking down everything from the logic behind each question to every possible variation, until it all made sense. Every pass through the material sharpened the framework in my head a little more. Problems that used to take repeated checking to solve, I could now read once and know exactly how to approach.During a break, I scrolled through my phone. My social feed was one long celebration.Selena had posted a grid of photos, all from a karaoke night, leaning against Grayson with a coy smile. The caption read: [Even the air tastes sweeter when you don't have to go to school. Some people are still stuck inhaling chalk dust in a classroom. We're already living the university life early.]Grayson had posted a selfie too, a careless smirk on his face. [Might as well coast now. We're all getting

Things didn't end just because I'd left the group chat.The next day, I turned on the TV, and the local news was airing live. The rooftop of the Department of Education building was packed with people. Down in the plaza below, a row of ambulances and police cars sat waiting. The camera zoomed in, and I recognized every face. All thirty-eight of them, every last one of my old classmates.They stood at the edge of the roof, each holding up a piece of cardboard. Bold red letters were scrawled across them: NO RETEST, WE JUMP!A reporter held up a microphone, speaking fast. "To our viewers at home, I'm currently standing in front of the Department of Education building. About an hour ago, thirty-eight students whose exam results were voided climbed onto the rooftop, demanding the department grant them a chance to retake the exam. Their parents have also gathered below, and emotions are running extremely high."The shot cut to the ground level, where Selena's mother was sobbing hyste

The hallway was crowded with neighbors, all pointing and murmuring. "These kids are vicious. Bringing gasoline to someone's home. They nearly got someone killed."They loaded Grayson into the police car. He looked back at me with pure hatred in his eyes.Selena sobbed, her whole body shaking, muttering the same words over and over. "It wasn't me… it wasn't my fault…"She'd tried the exact same trick this time around, trying to burn me alive again. Good thing I'd been prepared. Whatever mess they'd landed themselves in now, they'd earned every bit of it.In the interrogation room, Grayson stayed defiant at first, insisting he'd only meant to scare me and never actually planned to start a fire. But the security footage showed everything clearly, and he had no way to talk his way out of it.In another interrogation room, Selena cried for a full hour, insisting again and again that she was innocent. But every excuse she gave fell flat against the hard evidence.In the courtroom, the