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The Extra, the System, and the Returned Villain: An Impossible Escape

The Extra, the System, and the Returned Villain: An Impossible Escape

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Would you trade your current life for a world straight out of a novel? Before you get excited about swords and magic, let me paint you a picture: here you'll find a hero whose armor looks like it was ripped from bad fanfiction, a villain with a Nostradamus complex and a penchant for messing with the future , gods with marketing strategies worthy of a cult leader, demons with an insatiable appetite for other people's drama, and monsters with a rather... aggressive evolutionary menu. Our protagonist, Alex, a former waiter with a deep appreciation for his $80 weekly salary and his free weekends, had his answer crystal clear: "Not on your life!" He loved his average life, far away from heroes with "plot armor" (what the heck is that?) and villains with temporal existential crises. But the universe, it seems, has a terrible sense of humor. After witnessing a peculiar "direct Isekai shipping" incident right in front of his eyes, Alex finds himself stranded in this chaotic fantasy world, courtesy of a "System" with the subtlety of a fire alarm and a constant demand of "Alex, go cook, I'm hungry!". Caught between a hero with a predestined fate and a villain who knows it all too well, Alex has only one goal: to desperately find the "Return Home" button. His master plan: to blend in, avoid any plot that smells like "saving the world," and above all, keep his precious sleep schedule intact. However, in a world where destiny seems to have a strange fixation on him and a hungry System constantly pushes him into action, the average "extra" life he so craves might be the biggest fantasy of all. Will Alex manage to escape this pandemonium of light novel clichés, or will he end up being the most sarcastic (and best cook) supporting character in this disastrous Isekai?
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