Playing Hannibal, I Scare the Judges Out of Their Minds with My Cooking

After transmigrating into the immersive variety show The Ultimate Villain, Lu Chen drew the “Hannibal” character card. While the other contestants used bloody violence to grab attention, he wore a suit and prepared truffle-seared heart and red-wine-braised brains, as elegantly as if he were filming a gourmet documentary. Viewers called him a “freeloader,” and the judges mocked him for having “no villainous presence.” That was until he smiled and asked a patient, “Have you taken care of the body?” At a crime scene, he stared at brain matter with an infatuated gaze. On the livestream, he cooked for a gathering of celebrities... The whole internet freaked out: “What the hell, is this acting?! Is he actually a demon?!” The production team broke down: “Please stop boosting the villain's score!” Lu Chen tied on his napkin and raised a glass to the camera. “Would you like a serving of tonight's main course?”