As a transfer student, Liora didn’t expect a warm welcome. But she never imagined that on her very first day, she’d become the center of gossip.

“She’s the one accused of stealing the graduation exam certificate,” whispered one student as Liora passed through the hallway.

“Someone said she hacked the grade data to get it,” another replied.

Liora clenched her jaw. That rumor—that slander—had just surfaced this morning, spread through the student council’s internal forum. An official post from the Student Council President, Celestine Wolfe, claimed that Liora was involved in data manipulation and fled before the final evaluation.

In fact, Liora had already sent a confirmation photo and completed all the assignments. But since there was no screenshot evidence and she had left the group as instructed, there was no record.

She had tried to explain it to the vice principal. But the response was always the same: “We have to trust the system and the student council’s report.”

The Blackridge Student Council wasn’t like an ordinary student organization. They held more power than the teachers. And everyone feared Celestine and her council members—Severin, Elise, and Arlo—who acted as prosecutor and judge in one.

Behind the old student activity building, Liora stared intently at her phone screen. Someone had to expose this rot. She knew this wasn’t just a misunderstanding. This was character assassination.

“I won’t stay silent, Celestine,” she muttered. “If they want war… then I’ll expose every dirty game the student council has been playing.”

In the distance, the school bell rang. And Liora Evans prepared to open Case 17— a case of evidence tampering, abuse of power, and an attempt to destroy one student to protect the false image of an organization.