Morning felt… normal.
Too normal.
Karam walked through the school gates, surrounded by students laughing, talking, living their usual lives.
Voices echoed everywhere.
Footsteps.
Conversations.
Noise.
But to him—
Everything felt distant.
"...This world."
He looked around slowly.
"It feels fake."
Not visually.
Not physically.
But something deeper.
Like everything was… placed.
Designed.
He walked into his classroom.
"Yo Karam!"
A boy waved at him.
"You're late again, bro!"
Karam stared at him.
Blank.
"...Who are you?"
The boy froze.
"What?"
Laughter broke out in the class.
"Nice joke."
But Karam wasn't joking.
He sat down quietly.
"Names… don't matter."
He looked out the window.
"None of this matters."
Time passed.
Class started.
Teacher explained something.
Karam didn't listen.
Instead—
He focused inward.
"System."
Silence.
"System."
Still nothing.
But—
A faint distortion appeared.
For a split second—
📊 [Main Character System]
Then—
Gone.
Karam's eyes narrowed.
"You're hiding."
Suddenly—
A sharp pain hit his head.
"Ah—!"
Memories flashed.
The fight.
The boss.
The reset.
And—
A voice.
"Begin again."
Karam grabbed his desk tightly.
"So it wasn't a dream…"
"Karam!"
The teacher's voice snapped him back.
"Answer the question."
The whole class looked at him.
Silence.
Karam slowly stood up.
He didn't even know the question.
But—
He spoke anyway.
"The answer is wrong."
Confusion spread.
Teacher frowned.
"What do you mean?"
Karam looked directly at him.
"Everything here is wrong."
Silence.
Then laughter again.
"Bro thinks he's in a movie 💀"
But Karam sat down calmly.
"You'll see."
School ended.
Students left.
The sky turned slightly darker.
Karam walked alone.
Then—
He stopped.
A presence.
Behind him.
"...You noticed."
Karam didn't turn.
"You've been following me."
A man stepped out.
Dark clothes.
Cold eyes.
"You shouldn't remember."
Karam finally turned.
His eyes… slightly glowing.
"And you shouldn't exist."
The man smiled faintly.
"Looks like the reset failed."
Silence.
Wind moved slowly.
📊 [System Glitch Detected]
For a second—
The blue screen appeared again.
"...Interesting."
Karam stepped forward.
"This time…"
His voice turned colder.
"I'll break everything."
⚡ [End of Chapter 22 – Danger returns]