A Guide for Background Characters to Survive in a Manga Novel

Su Bei discovers on his first day at Infinite Abilities Academy that his world exists within a manga, with his classmate Jiang Tianming as the protagonist. More alarming is his newfound knowledge that he's fated to die in the upcoming chapter—a bathroom murder designed to launch the protagonist's initial trial at the academy. With the chapter yet unpublished, Su Bei realizes he can rewrite his doomed destiny as a disposable background character. However, he understands a crucial truth: while befriending the protagonist offers no immunity from plot-mandated deaths, antagonizing him guarantees defeat. Now armed with meta-knowledge of his manga world, Su Bei must carefully navigate his role to escape the fate of cannon fodder. Standing beneath the harsh sun, the golden-haired protagonist grins wildly, his purple eyes gleaming with unusual gravity as he declares: "Saluting you on behalf of fate, the unluckiest of the unlucky in this generation~"