
by pipesimp
"To the world, I am a symbol. To me, they are just idiots." At seventeen, Richard has everything a teenager could ever dream of: fame, a camera-ready smile, and the title of Destroy—the eighth strongest hero of the Starboys. But beneath his star-spangled cape hides a rotten truth. Richard doesn't save people out of the goodness of his heart; he does it for the applause, secretly despising every civilian he rescues. Trapped in a hierarchy that keeps him in the shadow of the charismatic Electro and under the iron fist of their leader, Buger Milson, Richard fights to unlock the dark fragments of his past. What happened in 2016? Who were the men in white lab coats? The answer arrives from the sky in a San Francisco alleyway, and it might be the only thing capable of shattering the mask of the hero who hates us.
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 24 Oct 2026, 12:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 24 Oct 2026, 12:38 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Not enough recent follower history to estimate a shadow rank yet.
beats 21% of similar stories
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Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 5–9 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.