Early Adopters S01E09 —The Liar Game

Continued from previous episode s01e08: Amir was shocked after uncovering the truth with his spying tool. Now he has decided to take revenge.

Two days later, Mr. Lee was seen getting off of his car. Clad in formal attire, he hung his leather bag on his shoulder as he made his way to the school building.

“I will be there! This program will surely be the best program you will see in your entire life. This city, even this entire country needs something like this. I guarantee you will be running back to me for this.”

As soon as he arrived in the office, the teacher switched on his computer, sat on his chair and stretched his back a bit before he reached for his coffee and took a sip.

Just then, he saw the drones flying towards the pods. He almost spat out his coffee.

“What’s happening? I haven’t set any command for the drones, have I?” Mr. Lee exclaimed.

He immediately picked up the phone to contact the command center.

“Why are the drones flying out?” Mr. Lee shouted at the man on the other end of the line.

“We are not sure, sir. It’s like the drones were activated by someone else!”

“Do something about it!” Mr. Lee shouted as he dropped the phone before running out of his office.

The students started to gather around the pods.

“Is there an urgent announcement?” one student asked.

“That’s weird, the principal’s logo isn’t showing up on the screen,” another student commented.

Mr. Lee briskly walked towards one of the pods. The screen was black with just a mask of Guy Fawkes appearing in the middle of it. Then, audio suddenly started to play a recorded conversation, something Mr. Lee was very familiar with.

“What is this conversation?This voice sounds very familiar.”

The students turned to each other in confusion; they were stunned by the words played by the audio.

“…the bugs we installed on the students’ phones a few days ago should help us track him.”

The crowd suddenly went silent, then, one by one, the students started to take their phones out.

A student standing beside Mr. Lee took out the back cover of his phone. He stared at it for a few seconds before peeling off a small chip attached to the battery.

“Look at this. I haven’t opened the back of my phone in a while, but it’s the first time I’m seeing this,” the student tapped a classmate beside him as he placed the chip on his palm. The classmate also took off the cover at the back of his phone and found a similar chip.

Mr. Lee was starting to sweat really badly as he overheard the students discuss between them. Like a chain linking together, the students began to do the same.

“Stop this! Stop it right now!” Mr. Lee suddenly shouted from where he stood. All the students turned to look at him. The drones went into hibernation mode.

He laughed hysterically as he brushed his hair with his fingers. Then, he turned around and walked back to his office. His phone rang, it was a call from the principal.

“Mr. Principal, I…” Mr. Lee stopped in his tracks. “I understand. I will have the drones reset, and make the announcement immediately.”

The drones powered back on and played a live announcement from the principal, “We would like to announce that Jasmin Collins’ suspension will be lifted tomorrow.”

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Written and created by Marc Gamet and Mianne Cudal.

Story-telling Consultant: Robin Narciso.

Drawing by Faisal Arief.