The Honour Code

Naomi Ryu was impossible to ignore.

Until she vanished.

At Sterling Heights Academy, excellence is currency. Image is everything. When a star pupil and rising influencer disappears, no one seems eager enough to talk about it.

Naomi Ryu's disappearance is labelled a "mental health break." The media coverage is minimal. Within weeks, her presence seems digitally scrubbed from the very systems that once amplified her. The headlines fade. Her accounts fall silent. School records quietly update, as if she was never there at all.

Siyun Chen notices what doesn't.

Brilliant, disciplined, and fiercely ambitious, Siyun begins to uncover inconsistencies in the school's new corporate partnership, then her suspicion becomes obsession.

At Sterling Heights, achievement is curated. Reputation is protected. The Honour Code demands loyalty.

Siyun has always trusted numbers over rumours.

But numbers can be manipulated.