Playing the Cannon Fodder: How Did I Become Everyone’s Favorite?

[All-Male Harem, Main Character as the Top] (The first world is complete)

Was he just a stepping stone to help the protagonist achieve success and fame? A catalyst to bring the protagonist's romance to a happy conclusion? A sacrificial pawn meant to witness the protagonist's shining moments?

After taking on a cannon-fodder mission, Wan Chaotu said, "Okay, I'll do it. But I'll play the role however I want. Once I'm done, I'll clock out, and you won't be able to boss me around anymore."

The System tried to persuade him to stay: [I can bring you back to life. Can you please play your role properly and maybe work some overtime?]

After weighing it over, Wan Chaotu agreed. "Sure. I'm your boss now, so you'll do as I say."

When the plot required him to act in character, Wan Chaotu played the cannon fodder to perfection, so brilliantly that he was the very embodiment of one.

But as soon as he clocked out, he immediately reverted to his aloof nature, radiating an air of superiority that made him seem impossible to read. Before long, everyone was dancing to his tune.

The protagonist and all the supporting characters: "He must have a good reason for doing this...!"

Now everyone had become a pawn in the "cannon fodder's" hands. Fortunately, Wan Chaotu made no distinction between protagonists and supporting characters. He treated everyone equally: beneath him, all were equal.

World One: The perverted cannon-fodder teacher.

The perverted teacher played by Wan Chaotu not only bullied the protagonist bottom, but also tried to ruin the protagonist top's reputation. In the end, the protagonist top's mother sent him to prison for life, paving the way for the protagonist couple's brilliant future.

But after Wan Chaotu arrived in this world, the protagonist bottom eagerly did his laundry, cooked for him, and cleaned his house, while the protagonist top blushed and became tongue-tied whenever he saw him.

World Two: The scumbag cannon-fodder dad.

This time, Wan Chaotu played a scumbag father with a short storyline who would quickly exit the plot. In his youth, he seduced the Omega father of the overpowered protagonist, got him pregnant, and ran off. Later, the protagonist was switched with someone else's child by a servant and suffered terribly in the slums. After finally reclaiming everything that belonged to him, the protagonist's scumbag father showed up to extort him, only to be drowned at sea by the ruthless protagonist.

But the plot went awry after Wan Chaotu arrived. Not only did the overpowered protagonist remain deeply attached to him as a father, but the Omega father, who appeared only at the end of the original story, also showed up asking to rekindle their relationship.

World Three: The cannon-fodder general's husband.

This time, Wan Chaotu played the cannon-fodder ex-husband of a male-born protagonist who was a general. The protagonist was supposed to divorce him as soon as he returned in triumph, with another scene later in which Wan Chaotu would relentlessly pursue him, only for the protagonist top to put a stop to it with ease.

But after the protagonist returned in triumph, he fell in love with Wan Chaotu at first sight, dismounted, and immediately became an adoring wife, wanting to bear him eight hundred children.

Wan Chaotu said these were all small potatoes. At least he'd completed his missions and kept his character score. Perfect! As for what happened in the world after he left, that was none of his business.

The increasingly broken System: [...Error. Requesting reboot.]

But in these little worlds, Wan Chaotu ran into a clingy admirer. Wherever he went, this person would find him under a different identity, without any memories of the past. Even the System was completely unaware.

Step by step, Wan Chaotu investigated and finally learned the truth about his lost memories. He also uncovered the System's secret...

(The official love interest appears in different versions, both male and male-born. Some worlds include childbirth. The ending is either one-on-one or the protagonist remains single. The love interest's devotion to Wan Chaotu always exceeds the protagonist's feelings for him. Wan Chaotu is always at the center of the world.)

Theme: Don't give up the chance to fight back just because of setbacks. Always keep moving forward.