An Ordinary Person, but Pretending to Be an Alpha in an AO Manga

(Updated daily) Qin Su has a secret. Every night, the ordinary college student transmigrates into the action-packed AO manga Interstellar Legend as a military academy transfer student who, for lack of popularity, is at risk of being killed off. His status panel tells him that the only way to stay alive is to climb to No. 1 in popularity.

Qin Su: "?"

"How is that fair? In this ABO world where Alphas and Omegas are the two most popular genders, I'm neither. How is an ordinary human like me supposed to gain popularity...?"

System:

[DEATH WARNING!]

Qin Su: "...OK, fine. System, I know you're in a hurry, but calm down. Watch me work."

In the manga, Alphas have the easiest time gaining popularity, so Qin Su decides to pose as one.

Step one of pretending to be an Alpha: No Alpha pheromones? He has a one-of-a-kind perfume formula, personally blended by Qin Su and never shared with anyone.

On the first day the class officially meets, his classmates catch the crisp, domineering, overpowering scent of his pheromones. It's a distinctive fragrance unlike any Alpha pheromone on record.

Step two of pretending to be an Alpha: No pheromone-induced aura? Simple. He has a solution for that too.

During the class representative election, Qin Su's expression darkens for an instant. Along with his chilling, oppressive presence comes a suffocating terror, as though fate itself has seized his classmates by the throat.

Step three of pretending to be an Alpha: No rut? No problem. Qin Su stands before a mirror and pinches the spot on the back of his neck where his nonexistent gland should be until it swells.

In the real world, his roommate, who's been following Interstellar Legend, sees the scene and exclaims, "Even with the back of his neck swollen and feverish, he can calmly keep himself under control and complete a mecha piloting demonstration. That's Qin Su for you-what incredible self-control! The new transfer student is so cool!"

Hearing this, Qin Su just smiles without a word.

Pretending to be an Alpha? Easy as pie.

Manga comments:

[Against the colorful, vibrant main cast, the black-haired boy in black clothes and trousers at the edge of the panel looks like an inconspicuous gray shadow, but... there's something inexplicably captivating about him! Is he a new character?]

[Is he an A or an O? He's tall and slender, with a gloomy, icy air. Even the flowers blooming in profusion behind him seem to have taken on a chill. Blind guess: he's an A!]

[Ahhh, I was right! He really is special-even his pheromone scent is one of a kind!]

[That's an Alpha for you! He's off-the-charts Alpha! His self-control is through the roof. I hereby declare him the Alpha of Alphas!]

Content notes:

1. This is a heavy-on-the-misunderstandings story, with forum-style sections and deliberate misdirection by the protagonist. He travels between reality and the manga, switching worlds between day and night. People wildly overestimate him in both worlds. The protagonist is exceptionally capable and has an overpowered cheat. In the manga world, he is an ordinary human pretending to be an Alpha. The original manga's protagonists are the leads in their own world but supporting characters in this story, and they won't be explored in detail.

2. The cover uses a template and is not unique. The author's writing is very amateurish, and awkward humor is a specialty. Logic is dead; this is mindless wish fulfillment and everyday slice of life, with lots of daily routines and no plot.

3. Muah!

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A Sickly Weakling, but Deified as an Infinite-Game Show-Off

Synopsis:

Yu Qinglan, incurably ill and awaiting death, opens his eyes to find himself in a horror livestream game called Nightmare.

[Good news! Congratulations, you've drawn the SSR skill: Words of Power.]

"!"

Doesn't that mean everyone's fate is in my hands?! Yu Qinglan smiles.

The next second, the panel displays another message:

[Bad news: Only others can use the Words of Power skill on you. You cannot use it on anyone else, and the user cannot lie while the skill is active.]

Yu Qinglan: "...?"

Doesn't that mean my life is in other people's hands?! Is that something you say to a person?

His smile flattens, and he decides on the spot that he has never been the smiling type anyway.

The one saving grace is that he can choose when to activate the skill.

To keep players and NPCs from killing him, the sickly Yu Qinglan decides to pose as a formidable show-off and thereby raise the ceiling on what Words of Power can do.

And so-

In the Green Mountain Sanatorium instance, confronted with a deadly question from the instance boss, he looks toward the empty shrine at the end of the corridor. With all the spying players watching, he takes a risk and deliberately leads the boss on: "You whisper my name day and night, risk your life just to follow me, and every time I look back at you, your heart races and you tremble with excitement and adoration... Tell me, who am I?"

Confusion flashes through the golden eyes of the man standing in the middle of the bloodstained, weathered corridor. The black cracks on his deathly pale face gradually disappear, and his low, cold voice echoes throughout the hall: "My... lover?"

Yu Qinglan: "...???"

Is that right?

Wasn't he supposed to say 'God'?!

He miscalculated. Nobody told him the shrine had originally been dedicated to His lover!!!

After the Green Mountain Sanatorium instance, a breathtakingly beautiful and inscrutable powerhouse of a player bursts onto the scene in Nightmare. A master of disguise and manipulation, he keeps everyone guessing what role he'll play in his next instance-and what earth-shattering feat he'll pull off there...

[The bosses other players fear like the plague won't stop chasing him. He has to be some veteran powerhouse smurfing on an alternate account!]

[He's blind? Seriously?]

[Definitely fake! How could he possibly be blind? I'd go blind before he ever did, OK?]

[It's an act, all of it! Damn it, don't let him fool you!!!]

Yu Qinglan: "..."

The truth is, he's just an utterly ordinary sickly weakling. That's all.

Theme: Love is a treasure of the world.