Wallis Ingram is sent as a plot completer to play the villain "Dark Ghost" in the Absolute Strange comic, a character who only ever appears in other people's conversations.
"Dark Ghost" oppresses the people, but his overwhelming strength gives him absolute authority.
No one wants to take on a role like this. He barely gets any screen time, and no matter how each story goes, he always ends up as a stepping stone for the protagonist.
As the acting team's champion of "knowing best what readers want," Wallis looks at his collection of shining medals, notices that the only one missing is for playing a villain, rolls up his sleeves, and gets to work.
He breaks into the rebels' territory, his golden hair stained red with blood, like a soft, helpless fawn.
Wallis is cold by nature, but whenever the protagonist needs comfort, he appears right on time, offering awkward but gentle words of encouragement.
[The forum erupts: Wow! A little sunshine!]
Then his identity is exposed, and he stands against everyone, raising his sword like a heavenly emperor.
"Didn't I tell you not to come?" His hands are drenched in blood, which stains his white clothes with spots like flowers.
Wallis laughs wildly and madly. His emerald eyes are cold, and an aura of slaughter fills the entire imperial city, as if this is what he has always truly been like.
[The forum explodes: What the hell?! Aaaaaaaaaah, what kind of twist is this? What happened to our little sunshine?!]
After deliberately losing, Wallis escapes his restraints. He checks the progress bar, then stands atop a high platform and smiles down at the people below, his expression carrying both relief and longing.
The hidden clues about his heartbreaking reasons are revealed one by one, and Wallis's popularity instantly shoots to its peak.
Once he completes the plot, he can add the final medal to his collection. At last, his collecting obsession will be satisfied.
He raises both hands in contentment, facing the morning sun. "You've won your freedom. Now freedom should belong to me, too."
[The forum wails: Aaaaaaaaaah, I'm so emotionally wrecked! I'm absolutely destroyed!]
[The forum: Please, someone catch him!]
As Wallis is about to end his performance, someone really does grab his hand, as if catching a ray of light.
Watching his medal grow farther and farther away, the collecting maniac Wallis blacks out with rage. "Let go of me!"
"No. Not a chance!"
Theme: Justice will ultimately triumph over evil
