The Eminence in Shadow, Vol. 1 (light novel)

ONE BIG FAT LIE AND A FEW TWISTED TRUTHS Even in his past life, Cid s dream wasn t to become a protagonist or a final boss. He d rather lie low as a minor character until it s prime time to reveal he s a mastermind or at least, do the next best thing pretend to be one! And now that he s been reborn into another world, he s ready to set the perfect conditions to live out his dreams to the fullest. Armed with his overactive imagination, Cid jokingly recruits members to his organization and makes up a whole backstory about an evil cult that they need to take down. Well, as luck would have it, these imaginary adversaries turn out to be the real deal and everyone knows the truth but him!

Shadowbrokers are those who go unnoticed, posing as unremarkable people when in truth, they control everything from behind the scenes. Sid wants to be some just like that more than anything, and something as insignificant as boring reality isn't going to get in his way! He trains in secret every single night, preparing for his eventual rise to power-only to denied his destiny by a run of the mill yet deadly traffic accident. But when he wakes up in a another world and suddenly finds himself at the head of an actual secret organization doing battle with evil in the shadows, he'll finally get a chance to act out all of his delusional fantasies!

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