I’m the One Who Signed the Rules

The Rules Bear My Signature is a suspense novel about strange rules, told from a unique perspective. The protagonist isn't a survivor who stumbles into a tale of the uncanny, but someone who drafts rules for these horrors, reviews them, and holds people accountable. The story begins with, "My name was signed on something deadly, and I was asleep at the time," then gradually unravels an apparently flawless system of procedures: ratings are issued by a third party, quotas are set according to the ratings, instances open based on those quotas, and deaths aren't included in the statistics. Every step complies with the rules. None of it falls under the bureau's jurisdiction, so there's nothing to criticize. The entire novel revolves around the idea that "a signature means accepting responsibility." Documents can be forged, seals fabricated, handwriting copied, even a "shaking hand" imitated. What truly reveals who signed is the three seconds of hesitation before the signature. This is a novel about names, addresses, and will. For a person to count in this world, they need two things: a name and an address.