Forced to Play a Terrifying Killer

[Completed] Wei Jihua is a novelist who wakes up inside his own novel as its terrifying serial-killer protagonist. He opens his eyes at a murder scene, holding a bloodstained knife, just as sirens sound from the street below. At the same time, an evil criminal organization starts messaging him incessantly, ordering him to keep killing. If he refuses, they’ll kill him instead. Wei Jihua: ... The useless novelist Wei Jihua flees in a panic, like a husky that’s wandered into a pack of wolves. All he can do is pretend to be a psychopath and hope his acting will get him through. But maybe he plays the part too well, because for some inexplicable reason, people decide he’s a high-IQ criminal who kills through “coincidence”! A powerful official who abused his authority and treated human lives as worthless dies in a car crash. Wei Jihua just happens to be walking by with a wrench in his hand. Evil criminal organization: Great job! A flawless setup! Law Enforcement Bureau: Everyone, get ready! Dispatch immediately! This is connected to the last case. It has to be that terrifying killer again! A ruthless capitalist who exploited people without restraint, driving countless people from their homes, accidentally gets electrocuted at company headquarters. Wei Jihua just happens to be passing by the main power switch. Evil criminal organization: Elegant! So elegant! A new industry standard! A model for the whole field! Law Enforcement Bureau: Damn it, he’s definitely a high-IQ murderer! He’s committed multiple crimes in a short time and even returned to the scene to taunt us! And we don’t have a shred of evidence! And so it goes, again and again. Wei Jihua gradually becomes a god in the criminal underworld. People think he has noble ideals and is destined to create a new world, and even volcanic eruptions and meteorites falling from the sky get blamed on him! Wei Jihua: ?!!! What on earth are you people trying to do?! I’m just a useless novelist! ＊A lighthearted, no-brains-needed power fantasy with a protagonist whose acting gets wildly misinterpreted. Lots of criminals will become twistedly obsessed with the protagonist (a rather unconventional kind of harem). ＊The protagonist has unbelievably good luck, similar to the movie Final Destination. Specifically, certain targets die through all sorts of coincidences. Aside from that, the story has no supernatural elements, so don’t get hung up on the logic. Just enjoy the ride. By clicking in, you accept the content warnings. No need to tell me if you drop the story. ＊Please don’t mention me under other works, and don’t bring up other works here. If you suspect plagiarism or think it resembles something else, take your comparison chart directly to the report center. Don’t just make baseless accusations on a whim. ＊This story is entirely fictional and has no deeper meaning. The values expressed in the story do not represent the author’s values. ＊The blurb has been documented (2025.12.05) I also have an upcoming no-romance story, Am I an Infinite-Flow Game Card? [Serious tone / Infinite flow / Games become reality / Protagonist transmigrates into a game character] The blurb is below. If you like it, please add it to your favorites~ Go to the author’s page using the shortcut in the upper right (heart) ＊ Wen Zhizhuo is a game designer. He wakes up to find a horror-filled world descending upon reality, and the game he designed has somehow become an infinite-flow instance. Humanity must raise card characters and fight those from other parallel worlds inside the instances. Only by winning in the end can they buy back their home planet. To ensure humanity’s survival, useless card characters are put to a vote by everyone on Earth and discarded, then fed to high-star characters as resources. Unluckily, Wen Zhizhuo is transported into the game he designed, becoming a lowest-tier, one-star trash card. But... when the horror world copied his game, did it somehow forget to delete his designer privileges? While other game characters struggle in despair and painfully search for the rules, Wen Zhizhuo knows everything. While all low-star characters face level restrictions, Wen Zhizhuo impersonates a special card and, backed by the whole world’s resources, reaches an extreme evolution. ＊ How can a card make sure the “players” don’t discard it? A mysterious background, overwhelming power, a tragic past, and a crowd-pleasing romance route: all of it is meant to win the players’ affection. Look at me... Give me all your resources, and I’ll win for humanity. Step by step, I’ll make you discard every other card and turn them all into kindling for my ascension. Call me hypocritical and cruel if you like. But I’m the chosen one, and I’m hope itself, whether I use emotional support or fake love. For humanity’s sake, I’m willing to bear every accusation and walk into the abyss alone. Let me... become humanity’s one and only. And then... take back our home planet. (The blurb was documented on 2025.12.16) Theme: Amid the mire, keep your heart unsullied