Villain: Why Is My Protagonist So Strong?

[Alternate World]+ [Villain]+ [Subverting Expectations]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [No Goody-Two-Shoes]+ [Growth]+ [Passionate]+ [No Simping]

Ji Ran, a second-year college student, is killed when a runaway truck hits him. His soul transmigrates to a parallel world, where he must pass a trial before he can use or bind his cheat. Fail, and it will abandon him.

Unwilling to lose his golden finger, Ji Ran resolutely enters the trial. But just when he thinks he’s completed the virtual trial, he discovers there’s a real one as well. He’d assumed the main world was ordinary, but it turns out to be anything but!

The trial has only one goal: become the strongest! As his strength grows step by step, he encounters ever-stronger opponents and unwittingly becomes a Villain!

He glances behind him. There’s nothing there but a desolate chill. Why do other villains have money and influence, powerful cheats, stunning looks, hordes of underlings, impressive backgrounds, and endless romantic prospects? Why can they bully protagonists as easily as playing a game, while I get publicly humiliated and beaten to a pulp by them?

Seriously, why me?

Protagonist: Why did you think I was weak?

Me, the Villain: Bro, can you at least stop hitting me in the face?

Protagonist: No!

Fine, so that’s how you want to play it…

My strength comes entirely from my talent and hard work!

Cheat! Add points!

To become the strongest and keep his golden finger from abandoning him, Ji Ran has no choice but to make enemies of countless protagonists. He fights, bears grudges, and challenges them, carving a path through a crowd of protagonists with heaven-defying cheats and stepping over their corpses to claim the highest throne.