I'm Not the Villain

There is no murderer in this case (×)

Everyone in this case is a murderer (√)

Gu Jihe wakes up in the crime novel she wrote. Although she built this world, the killers and their methods are completely different from what she remembers designing.

The killer hides in plain sight, wearing the most ordinary face and shouting their defiance.

The good news: As a peripheral member of the protagonist’s team, her identity should be above suspicion.

The bad news: Because she knows the protagonist’s team too well, no one is willing to believe she’s innocent.

To establish herself in this world and help her teammates avoid taking unnecessary detours, she switches into full-on deduction mode:

1. A father covers for his son; the son dies, and the father flees.

2. A complete facial reconstruction and a human-skin mask.

3. Seeking revenge for a dog; no witnesses survive.

4. A trade to silence witnesses, with the beneficiaries escaping justice.

Fortunately, the male lead she wrote, Zhou Jinchuan, understands her without a word. As the cases are solved, she finally begins to earn her teammates’ trust.

The problem is, the only person she trusts completely, the male lead, runs away. Without warning, he goes straight over to their opposing side.

“Senior, you shouldn’t have given me the job of muddying the waters.”

“But you’ve done an excellent job from beginning to end.”

A genuinely stone-faced King of Hell × a seemingly innocent white lotus

Reader’s Guide:

1. Set in a fictional modern world; not realistic.

2. The romance is subtle.

3. The villains are unconventional.

Coming Soon: Please Claim Your Death Deadline

Jiang Zhuo transmigrates to a world where no one can be trusted.

The citizens here have their faith level set at birth, with clear-cut ranks and classes. The only way to rise above others is to take their faith points.

The good news: Jiang Zhuo receives A-class citizenship.

The bad news: Jiang Zhuo becomes a first-level prosecutor. Just when she finally has a chance to lie flat and slack off, she’s saddled with a murder case.

She can put up with running into a human-shaped shadow monster while fleeing, being hounded by the suspected killer’s relatives, and facing her colleagues’ inexplicable hostility because she’s young and got a plum assignment.

But there’s something even worse: When Jiang Zhuo believes someone, she doesn’t lose faith points. Instead, her bodily functions are frozen.

Her eyeballs are gouged out, the tendons in her right hand are torn, a hole is burned through her lung... For the first time, Jiang Zhuo gets a firsthand look at just how many parts a person has.

Jiang Zhuo can only run. She resolves to escape this world, or at least find somewhere with no people. When her attempt to flee fails, she has no choice but to blow up the base.

But that explosion gives the Ultimate Prosecutor leverage over her. “Prosecutor Jiang, I have the right to order your execution whenever and wherever I please.”

Jiang Zhuo: Want to go crazy? I’m good at that.

Threatened by the Chief Commander, she turns around and grabs him by the bones.

Taunted by the top assassin, she takes his job right out from under him.

Surrounded by psychiatric patients, she kicks her legs up and becomes their leader.

The Ultimate Commander: Oh no. I think I’ve tied myself to a bomb.

And that’s not all!

While exploring an island, she discovers the whole island is wriggling.

The luxurious villa she rented is filled at night with the owner’s cries of despair.

When she enters a deserted village, the wedding procession stretches on without end, and a bride reaches out of the thick fog to offer her a blank invitation.

“Prosecutor Jiang, I’m applying to log out of Earth Online.”

“Don’t! Ultimate Prosecutor, I haven’t had enough fun yet!”

Theme: Keep believing in yourself, no matter how many times it takes.