High School Master -v0.361- -ongoing- -

The first time the System pinged, Elias was failing pre-calculus.

Analysis: User has completed 47 quests in 96 hours. Average sleep: 4.2 hours. Social interactions outside quest parameters: 0. High School Master -v0.361- -Ongoing-

"Psst," he hissed to Mira Chen, two seats over. "Are you seeing this?" The first time the System pinged, Elias was

Status: Initializing... User: Elias Vega (Grade 11) Current Rank: Unranked Social interactions outside quest parameters: 0

Elias stared at the notice. Forty-seven quests? He'd only meant to do a few. But every time he finished one, three more appeared. "Read one extra chapter." "Answer a question without using Confidence Boost." "Help a stranger." "Smile at someone in the hallway."

But something was wrong. He felt it on Friday morning, standing in front of his bathroom mirror. The diamond in his peripheral vision had started pulsing—a slow, amber rhythm, like a warning light.