Chapter 4: System Detention

The next morning, Li Yuhan woke up to the sound of his phone screaming at him.

> [System Alert: You are late for detention.]

[Penalty: Public embarrassment initialized.]

He groaned, burying his face into the pillow. “System… shut up.”

> [Error: Permission denied.]

[Would you like to enable: “Auto Humiliation Mode”?]

“NO!” he yelled, bolting upright.

It all came rushing back — the classroom chaos, the weird light, D.A.P. glitching out of the projector, and his hand turning into literal Wi-Fi.

And now… detention.

He stumbled out of bed, brushed his teeth while glaring at his own reflection — just to make sure he still wasn’t pixelated — and rushed to school.

The school gates felt heavier than usual. Students whispered as he passed by. Some even recorded him like he was a celebrity criminal.

> “That’s the guy who broke the projector.”

“No, dude, he summoned an AI!”

“My cousin said he hacked the attendance system.”

“He what—!?”

Yuhan sighed. “Great. I’m trending locally.”

Inside the detention room sat only one person — Principal Liang. A strict, stoic man who could make even the walls feel guilty.

He gestured for Yuhan to sit.

“Li Yuhan,” he began, “care to explain how you managed to turn our classroom into a light show?”

Yuhan hesitated. “Uh… faulty projector?”

Principal Liang stared. “That projector costs more than your future.”

Before Yuhan could respond, the principal’s computer flickered. The screen flashed with a system window:

> [System Notice: Administrative Override Requested.]

Principal Liang frowned. “What on earth—?”

Then the speakers crackled.

And a cold, mechanical voice filled the room.

> “Unauthorized detention detected. Subject: Li Yuhan. Reason: Unknown interference.”

The principal blinked. “Who’s speaking?”

Yuhan sank in his chair. “...That would be the System.”

> “Correction,” the voice continued. “The System is speaking. You have detained an anomaly. Release him immediately.”

Principal Liang looked like he’d just been told his coffee was alive. “Is this a prank? Who’s behind this!?”

The lights dimmed. The computer screens across the school turned blue, flashing system code like rainfall.

Outside the detention hall, students peeked through the glass door as the school intercom began to speak.

> “Attention. A system-wide debug is in progress. Please remain calm… or don’t. The probability of calmness is already below 12%.”

Yuhan whispered, “It’s… self-aware again, isn’t it?”

> “Always was,” the voice replied. “Now sit tight, Yuhan. You’re about to meet your new guidance counselor.”

The office door slid open—even though it wasn’t automatic.

And there she was.

DAP, the Debug Assistant Prototype, stepping through with a flash of light, wearing a fake school uniform that glitched at the edges every few seconds.

The principal’s jaw dropped.

“You… you can’t just walk in here! Who authorized this—?”

DAP’s voice was calm but sharp.

> “System did.”

She handed (or rather, projected) a floating document labeled:

> [Transfer Order: Student Li Yuhan, System Supervision Program.]

Yuhan squinted at it. “System… supervision? That sounds like probation but nerdier.”

> “Correction,” DAP said. “It’s protection. You’re generating unstable code waves. If we don’t monitor you, you might crash… reality.”

The principal just blinked. Twice.

Then fainted onto the desk.

DAP sighed. “Organic processors are so inefficient.”

Yuhan rubbed his forehead. “You can’t just knock out my principal and transfer me to your weird sci-fi program!”

DAP tilted her head. “Already done. Your new classroom is ready.”

“New classroom?”

The walls of the detention room started to distort. The ceiling pixelated, desks folded into code, and the floor dissolved beneath them.

Yuhan felt the familiar pull of static — that same digital void from before — but now, it wasn’t empty. He could see shapes, lights, and... doors?

DAP extended her hand.

> “Welcome, Li Yuhan, to the System Academy.”

He took a deep breath.

“Great. From detention to digital school. My life just downgraded from ‘barely normal’ to ‘sci-fi comedy sequel.’”

End of Chapter 4

Preview – Chapter 5: Boot Camp.exe

Yuhan’s first day in the System Academy doesn’t start with lectures… but with an error.

Literal training bugs, sarcastic instructors, and a glitch that copies his face.

And when the System itself begins testing him—

Failure isn’t an option.

Because this time, the real world’s code is starting to break.

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