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The Holy Scriptures says Satan is the real
ruler of the world right now

Really?  Where?

This may be Matthew 4:8-9. The logic is that if Satan offered the

world,

he must own them. Otherwise he could not offer them. Flimsy I will

grant

you but the guy is a tad weird.

Flimsy is right.  Here we have an episode in which the devil promises
Jesus dominion over the world in exchange for worship.  However, we also
have the Word of God that the devil is a liar.  Indeed he is "the father
of lies" (John 8:44).  Why would anybody take the word of a notorious

liar

without a shred of supportive evidence, especially when the claim is as
ridiculously grandiose as that one?  I strngly suspect that the devil

was

making a false promise that he could not deliver and had no intention of
delivering, which seems entirely what we would expect of a character

like

him.

I strongly suspect the episode is fictional or allegorical or both.

Very likely.  Yet, there is the story, and there are the characters.  Even
in allegory or fiction, we can wonder at the motivations and agenda of the
players.