The Passerby Decides to Play the Evil God

[Draft progress: 32 chapters]

Synopsis:

Le Chu died after staying up all night reading a comic, then transmigrated into the body of an ordinary passerby.

Holy Power Academy is a hugely popular action comic. Its protagonist starts out as a good-for-nothing student in Class E, shunned by the gods, but fights his way up to Class S.

In the end, he not only becomes a celebrated powerhouse, but also discovers the truth about the world, slays the gods, and becomes a true god himself.

But what does that have to do with him?!

He was just reading a comic. How did he end up as an utterly unremarkable student in Class C, with equally ordinary abilities?

System: It does have something to do with you. The power system falls apart later in the comic, so you need to become a popular character and help improve this world.

Le Chu: …

System: Don't worry. As long as you can successfully fool the readers, your lies will become reality!

With the System's assurance, Le Chu got straight to work.

In the world of Holy Power Academy, only those who possess holy power can officially enroll.

Every student at the academy must pray to one of the Seven Gods to obtain supernatural abilities related to that god's authority.

Le Chu wasn't interested.

He decided to fool everyone and try being an evil god instead.

As a hollow evil god, Le Chu spends every day switching between acting all-powerful to gather followers and hanging out with the protagonist's companions. Every new chapter leaves readers shrieking in excitement.

He is mysterious and powerful, with more abilities than anyone can count.

He is a hypocritical schemer, always wearing a gentle smile like a mask.

"Holy crap, this guy is praying to an evil god. Could he actually believe in evil gods?!"

"I love and hate Le Chu. Is he actually a villain or not?!"

Then, when the protagonist slays the gods later in the story and the truth comes to light, readers are finally reduced to tears of sympathy.

"Waaah, so Le Chu was helping the protagonist all along!"

"What?! So Le Chu was actually... the incarnation of an evil god?!"

"He's had it so rough. He even weakened his divine power just to help the protagonist. My heart aches for him!"

Le Chu: No, actually, I was just an ordinary weakling at first.

Content warnings:

1. Inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos, with a strong Lovecraftian vibe.

2. The protagonist will go from a cannon-fodder character to truly becoming an evil god.

3. Includes characters jumping to conclusions and imagining the protagonist as beautiful, strong, and tragic.

4. The protagonist will travel back and forth between the real world and the comic world. Includes forum posts and live comments. The story leans toward realism, so there may be readers shipping characters, but this is explicitly a no-romance story. Please don't read if that's not for you.

Theme: Everything that exists has a reason.