The NPC Strikes Again

In his previous life, Kitahara was the top professional gamer in the full-dive VR game *Myriad Races*. Then, a terminal illness took his life. The next second, he was reborn inside *Myriad Races*, discovering that he could transform into various NPCs in the game—including but not limited to the Radiant Knight, the Angel of Divine Retribution, the Phantom Thief... all of them extinct races from the real world, ultra-rare SSRs. Kitahara diligently played his role as a background character until one day, a gateway to the real world suddenly appeared in *Myriad Races*. Accidentally stumbling onto the players' forum, he saw— *"The last dragon in the universe, the savior of the Celestial Crystal Clan, the Heaven-Sent Divine Child, the Light of the World... they're talking about... me???"* Faced with the star-wide frenzy of adoration and the increasingly fervent devotion of the mighty races, he fell silent and firmly resolved to keep his identity hidden. However, as the gateway between *Myriad Races* and the real world expanded— On the day of the *Myriad Races* World Championship Finals in the year 2218 of the Star Calendar, watched by hundreds of billions online, a monster from *Myriad Races* plummeted onto the stage. The real universe: *"Holy sh—???"* Kitahara: *"...No choice. I'll do it myself."* The real universe: *"HOLY SH—!!!!"* # One of the virtual idols the entire universe simps for came to life!? Kitahara: Numbers two and three are also me. Wanna see? Real universe: Thanks, we've already lost our minds! PS: Not a traditional VR novel. Plenty of AU elements—all in service of wish-fulfillment and cool-factor. The MC is surrounded by one-sided affection from NPCs, players, and fanboys. PPS: Please don’t mention other works under my stories, nor mention mine under others’. Let’s all respect each other’s creative spaces. Thanks for understanding!