Prologue - Metavores, the Core, and Humanity’s Unlucky Fate

Deren, the Lazy Genius Too Smart to Die Young

You Sure This Thing’s Legal?!

Please Don’t Enroll Me in the Academy!

I Just Wanted to Buy Bread, Not Get Dragged Into a Military Interview!

Military Academy? My Nightmare Has Officially Begun.

First Test: Not My Fault the System Broke

Warning Signals and a Class Too Serious for a Lazy Guy

Sorry, I Just Wanted to Run, but the Knife Threw Itself

A Failed Product... Suddenly Becomes Military Gear?

Signal from the Shadows

The Guarded City and Those Who Refuse to Get Involved

A Training Ground That's a Bit Too Real

The Unregistered Creature

Evaluation, Miscommunication, and a Bowl of Noodles Delayed

A Monster in the Wrong Hands

The Uniformed Spy & the Smiling Watchdog

The Ranking Board, System Glitches, and One Step Toward Chaos

The Perfect Plan for Total Failure

“Failed Simulation,” They Said

Whose Weapon Is This?

He's Just Pretending to Be Dumb

Congratulations, You’ve Been Promoted to Rank…!

Eyes That Watch

The Signal That Never Dies

The Inspector and the Accidental Witness

Street Conflicts, Inner Tensions

The Bait Behind the Simulation

Heartbeat in the Shadows

An Unplanned Strategy

The Weapon That Was Never Registered

Between Admission and Suspicion

When All Eyes Turn

When Shadows Begin to Dance

The Crisis Begins Just When I Wanted a Nap

Please, I’m Not a Diplomat

Intruders and Prototypes

Training Field or Graveyard

Archives That Should've Stayed Buried

The Uninvited Observer

Diplomacy and Delayed Vengeance

Trouble Wearing a Sleepy Face

Data, Dust, and Detonators

The Voice Beneath the Ground

Weapons, Signals, and Misunderstandings

He Just Wanted Sleep, But the World Caught Fire

Between Two Factions, Beneath One Name