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I have no time to come up with a villain for that criteria. However, I will say that the terrifying villain could not rely on plot armor or fictional circumstances to achieve their agenda. They should not be Trump make a slow victimization of privileged groups with advantages to combat the victimization. They should not be like Donald Trump who make overt aggression, picks on the strong countries, made the strong countries suffer from the same US aggression as weak countries, and make gradually increasing aggression that gives the victims' time to properly deal with the tariff.
That mad scientist villain on the M3: The Dark Metal anime can be terrifying for the lack of reliance on overpowered capability. That villain relies more on luck and circumstances for his evil agenda. The Monogatari anime series has a con-man that uses tricks that can work in real life. An example is the decision to spread supernatural rumour in a time at a place when no other supernatural rumour competes with it to ensure effective spread of the desired rumour. The first antagonist of Unbreakable Machine-Doll manga use charismatic charm and fear of overpowered villain in the scapegoating scehem while hiding the role of authority for the serial murder. The evil mastermind in Kubikiri Cycle use the focus on serial murder scheme, savant abilities, and exotic interests to hide a more realistic murder act for more conventional gain.