Chapter 1: Chapter 1: It's Time to Make the Players Spend Their Coins
In this world, there are many deities.
To be more precise, about one percent of the world's population, or nearly one in every hundred people, are deities who hide their true identities.
Don't be surprised; it's possible that among your friends and family, there may be one or two who are living in the human world while hiding their true identity as a deity.
And Kirihara Hiro just happens to be one of the 80 million deities on Earth.
It's been almost a year since Hiro arrived in this world.
But he still hasn't quite adapted to the fact that out of the world's population of 80 million, their true identities are 'deities' or 'deity candidates.'
"After waiting for a whole year, the first Performance Election has finally arrived."
Hiro looked at the contract document in his hand, which was burning with flames, feeling a little dizzy.
This was one of the proofs that he was one of the millions of deities in the world, an invitation to the "Performance Election."
The deities of this world need to rely on collecting a resource called Faith Power to sustain their existence.
And there is only one way to collect Faith Power or FP for short, which is to participate in a ceremony called Performance, either regularly or actively.
Simply put, this Performance ceremony invites some deity candidates from around the world to a game, anime, or movie world to play their respective roles.
As for what role to play and what story to perform, it's entirely up to the deity candidates who participate in the "Performance Election."
So what Hiro and the other deity candidates need to do is to compete on the "Performance" stage and try their best to win the favor of the players or audience for the role they play!
Only the role with the highest popularity, who wins the most favor from the audience and players, can win the final victory in this "Performance"!
The winner of the final victory in the Performance will receive a generous Faith Power reward.
As for the use of Faith Power, apart from maintaining the daily life of a deity, there is only one other use, and that is the 'wish-fulfilling machine.'
As long as enough Faith Power is collected and the deity's level is high enough, any wish can be fulfilled.
From the simplest desires such as wanting a million dollars, hoping that the girl you have a crush on will like you back, wanting to legally start a harem, to more extravagant wishes such as wanting to become the king of the world, making all of humanity submit to you, hoping that this world is filled with powerful magic, wanting to raise a slime girl, and so on.
From basic human desires to wishes that twist the rules of the world, as long as there is enough FP and the deity's level is high enough, even the most outrageous wish can be fulfilled.
This is also why Hiro refers to himself as a 'deity candidate.'
"But the amount of FP and deity level required to rule the world is probably astronomical."
Hiro flipped through the performance invitation in his hand, which was burning with flames. On the back of the invitation was some basic information about Kirihara Hiro.
The first thing that caught his eye was a photo.
In the photo was a handsome young man with a face that could captivate any woman. He had black hair and purple eyes, with a somewhat charming teardrop-shaped mole under his left eye.
His appearance hadn't changed much from his previous life, which was a big help to him.
<Name: Kirihara Hiro>
<Age: 17>
<Deity Level: F>
<Faith Power Balance[FPB]: 70 (10)>
<Warning: Your Faith Power will be depleted in seven days. At that time, you will be completely forgotten by the world. Please replenish your Faith Power reserves as soon as possible.>
Kirihara Hiro felt like his head was going to explode when he saw this warning.
Maintaining the daily life of a deity also requires Faith Power.
The higher the deity's level, the more outrageous wishes they can make, and the higher the daily 'maintenance cost.'
Hiro's daily maintenance cost of ten was already very low.
But who made Kirihara Hiro wait for a whole year before receiving this damn "Performance" invitation?
Are you only sending food now that the child is almost starving to death?
Hiro rubbed his head with a headache. With 70 points of Faith Power, he could only make a trivial wish like 'I want to eat pork cutlet rice for the next three days.'
Moreover, there was a limit to what a deity of his level could wish for.
An F-rank deity could only make wishes related to daily life, and might not even be able to use FP to exchange for money.
"But my days of poverty are over!"
"I must ruthlessly earn gold coins from the players and audience in this 'Performance'! I have to think of ways to squeeze out their FP!"
After setting his goal, Hiro immediately looked up information about the stage for this "Performance."
This included the background story, whether the performance would be a game or anime or movie, and so on.
The invitation also had detailed information about this "Performance."
<Work Title: "Farewell Tale of the Rose Kingdom">
<Type: Game · Otome Romance>
<Rating: 16+>
<Number of Participants: 6>
<Difficulty Rating: E>
Hiro quickly browsed the introduction on the front of the invitation and had a rough idea of what to expect for the stage he was about to perform on.
"An otome romance game? That's convenient. As long as it's not a male-oriented romance game, it's fine."
Hiro's heart skipped a beat when he saw "romance."
Because if it was male-oriented, he would probably have to play the female protagonist in the romance game.
Even if it was 16+ and there was no content where he was pushed down by the male protagonist, there would inevitably be plenty of "benefit kills."
Fortunately, this performance's stage was female-oriented.
Although the role Hiro was to play would likely have to give plenty of "benefits" to the female protagonist, that is, the female players and customers who came to visit.
Hiro had no psychological pressure about giving benefits to older women...
As long as the older woman was pretty enough, he didn't mind giving any kind of benefit!
"But the problem is that otome romance games are already flooding the market."
Hiro took out his phone and searched for the entertainment market in this world.
There was a popular type of game called 'AI·NPC interaction' in this world.
The game manufacturers advertised that due to the rapid development of AI technology, the NPCs in the game could interact with players like real people.
They could even create various branching storylines and plots like an anime movie.
However, Hiro and most of the deity candidates knew that the characters in these games and anime were all played by real deities like themselves.
During the performance, a deity's consciousness could be divided into hundreds or even tens of thousands of parts for powerful deities, allowing them to communicate with different players at the same time.
At present, Hiro could only divide his consciousness into a few dozen parts.
But looking at this game called "Farewell Tale of the Rose Kingdom," Hiro thought that a few dozen parts would be enough for now.
This was because male-oriented and otome-oriented AI interactive games had already flooded the market to the point of saturation.
This was the newbie village for most deities. Although the playtime for these AI interactive games was limited, ranging from only one month for players to a few years or even indefinitely for popular ones, most players of love games on the market had already been bombarded and numbed by the various roles and settings played by the deities.
Therefore, Hiro didn't think that the soon-to-be-released "Farewell Tale of the Rose Kingdom" would attract many players in the beginning.
So, Hiro wanted to stand out in this game.
Even if it meant breaking through the crowd of formulaic otome game settings such as 'domineering CEO,' 'puppy-like boy,' and 'lolita idol' that had already numbed the female players.
Hiro's role had to be lively, and it had to be incredibly lively!
And this lively performance, Hiro believed, would surely shock those female players who just wanted to casually play some otome games to pass the time after work or school.
"Is it because every 'Performance' is a matter of life and death that the seniors who performed in otome games in the past could only play roles that tried their best to flatter the players?"
The contract in Hiro's hand burned to ashes, and the only light source in the dim room disappeared, leaving only the faint reflection of Hiro's shining purple pupils.
"Then this time, I'll play a role who loves to kill the player and then imprison them in the next round!"
An interesting setting and performance were gradually taking shape in Hiro's mind.
That was the decision Hiro made to play a role with multiple-round plots in this "Farewell Tale of the Rose Kingdom."
The term "multiple rounds" means that in the first round, Hiro will play a shy, self-deprecating, and insecure character who can only be captured by the player controlling the female protagonist if she makes a vow to "be with him forever."
From the second round onwards, the player will definitely control the female protagonist to capture other characters, which is normal because the goal of this type of love game is to collect all character
It is normal to capture one character in the first round, collect all their CGs, and then switch to another character in the second round. However, the character played by Hiro has memories of each round!
So, in this character's eyes, if the player has the female protagonist capture another character in the second round, it is undoubtedly a betrayal and a violation of the original vow to "be together forever."
Up to this point, it's still fine because this character is very timid and only wants the female protagonist to be happy. But once the character in the current capture line hurts the female protagonist, and she still doesn't realize it, then the character played by Hiro can take action...first, he'll "kill" the scumbag, and then he'll also "kill" the female protagonist to make her enter the next round.
And if the player still insists on having the female protagonist capture the scumbag, then in the next round, for the female protagonist's "happiness," he'll directly imprison her!
This is Hiro's plan for this "Performance."
If this plan were told to any veteran actor playing an otome role, they would definitely think that Hiro had gone mad!
Kill the female protagonist played by the players? How dare he!
Not to mention killing her! These noble players are all treated like little princesses every day and are cherished.
Even if they're hurt for the sake of the plot, they'll be rewarded tenfold or even a hundredfold in return!
But Hiro is fine with it, and he's already thinking of a thousand ways to "kill" the players before even entering the game.
However, Hiro dares to do this because this type of "sick" or "yandere" character was actually quite popular in his previous world.
In most cases, the players would be stabbed by them until they bled, and they would still say things like "XX loves me, I want to be stabbed by him/her again in the next round."
"It's time to let the otome game players, the big sisters of this world, experience...the shock of a twisted, sick 'yandere'! And then have them spend their gold coins like crazy!"
Thinking this, Hiro disappeared from the room and appeared on the grand stage of this otome game as a "capturable character."
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Hope you enjoyd the Intro, I know it is long but I promise it will be A story you never seen before :)
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