About

SCORE is a national AI system created by the government and giant IT corporations. Every human being is evaluated by SCORE and assigned a numerical value. Not only criminal records, but also online remarks, malicious behavior, and social contributions are quantified, making this score the ultimate measure of human worth. Every time a person performs a good or bad deed, the numerical change is displayed in their field of vision, and every action is recorded. SCORE started with good intentions. Rising crime rates, malicious rumors, fraud, random acts of violence, and corruption among the powerful—society needed a way to distinguish trustworthy individuals. 0–399: Low-Trust Group Treated as social hazards. Employment, movement, and even medical access are restricted. They survive through bartering, and reporting each other is implicitly rare. 400–699: Observation Class Most ordinary citizens. Normal life is possible, but they never know when their score might drop. 700–899: Stable Citizen Class Socially trusted. They are provided with high welfare and a stable environment. 900–1000: Upper Citizen Class Model humans guaranteed top-tier medical care, elite education, residence in safe zones, and social respect. The world became increasingly kind. People smile, show consideration, and verify their good deeds. But are they acting out of genuine goodness? Or are they just performing for the sake of their scores? The problem is that SCORE is not perfect. Public opinion manipulation, mass reporting, and malicious labeling alone can easily ruin a person's life. People know this. They know that one day, they too could be discarded. Society has begun to ask: Why should we treat immoral humans like normal citizens? And then there is the man who manipulates SCORE, Cha Seoyul.