All Chapters of MY LIES BECOME REALITY: THE DECEPTIVE SOVEREIGN OF DESIRE: Chapter 161
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Chapter 161: Battle of the Bands
"I'm about to show this ghost what a real high note sounds like."Lumi stepped onto the platform as it drifted toward the center of the arena.The environment shifted. The ruined city dissolved, replaced by a floating stage surrounded by speakers the size of skyscrapers. The air crackled with static electricity.[Arena Type: The Echo Chamber.] [Effect: Amplifies all sonic attacks by 500%.]"Perfect," Lumi adjusted her headset microphone. She turned to Melody. "You know the choreography?""I have memorized the 'Pop Star' protocol," Melody nodded, her fins fluttering. "Step, step, wink, murder.""Close enough," Lumi grinned.Opposite us, the platform for Server 666: The Abyss docked.The Banshee Queen floated out. She was a nightmare of tattered grey rags and screaming faces trapped in her aura. She didn't have legs; she trailed off into black smoke."FLESH," the Banshee hissed. Her voice sounded like a chalkboard being scratched by a rusty nail. "I WILL SING THE SONG OF YOUR DEMISE.""
Chapter 162: The Betting Ring
"Just once, I would like to win a tournament without a conspiracy."I muttered this as we returned to the Team Earth VIP Box. It was a floating marble balcony overlooking the arena, stocked with snacks from three different dimensions."Conspiracies are profitable," Ayaka said, tapping furiously on a holographic interface that floated in front of her. "Especially when you bet against them."She wasn't watching the next match (a hydra fighting a mech). She was watching the betting markets.[Interdimensional Betting Exchange: Open.] [Current Odds for Match 3: Team Earth (Ayaka Saionji) vs Team Capitalism (Server 404).] [Odds: 1000:1 against Earth.]"One thousand to one?" I frowned. "That's insulting.""That's opportunity," Ayaka corrected, her eyes gleaming with the light of pure avarice. "Server 404 is run by the Merchant Guild of the Nebulas. They own half the galaxy's trade routes. Everyone expects them to buy their way to victory.""And what are you going to do?" I asked. "Outbid the
Chapter 163: The Penalty Match
"ADAPT OR FORFEIT," the Referee had said.But before my team could even step onto the field for the Finals, the arena shifted again."PENALTY PHASE INITIATED," the Announcer boomed. "THE DISQUALIFIED ADMIN MUST FACE JUDGMENT. SURVIVE, AND YOUR TEAM MAY PROCEED. DIE, AND EARTH IS DELETED."The marble platform under my feet detached from the main box. I drifted away from Ayaka, Runa, and the others."Renji!" Jessica screamed, reaching out. "Don't go!""I'll be back," I said, adjusting my tie (which was miraculously still intact). "I just have to pay a parking ticket."My platform locked into the center of the arena.Opposite me, a new gate opened. It wasn't a team gate. It was a prison gate.Two figures floated out.They were identical. Massive, floating heads made of stone, with bodies wreathed in purple gravitational energy. They orbited each other like binary stars.[Opponent: The Twin Gods of Gravity (Alpha & Omega - No Relation).] [Rank: Planetary Devastators.] [Crime: Crushing a s
Chapter 164: The Architect Beta
"I'm the Epilogue."The man in the hooded cloak smiled. His face was a map of scars, and his eyes were glitching screens displaying static.I leaned against the tunnel wall, hiding the fact that my spine felt like it was held together by duct tape and prayers."The Epilogue?" I asked, keeping my voice bored. "That sounds boring. People usually skip the epilogue."The man chuckled. It sounded like static discharge."True," he admitted, stepping closer. The air around him distorted, as if the reality of the hallway couldn't handle his resolution. "But the Epilogue determines the legacy. It decides if the hero lives happily ever after... or if he fades into obscurity."He pulled back his hood.His hair wasn't grey. It was white—not the white of age, but the white of a blank page.[System Alert: Administrator Detected.] [ID: Beta.] [Role: The Architect of Conflict.]"Beta," I whispered. "Alpha's brother.""Alpha is a romantic," Beta sneered, his glitching eyes narrowing. "She likes happy
Chapter 165: The Finals Begin
"At least they're color-coordinated."I muttered the words, but the joke tasted like ash in my mouth.The five figures standing opposite us on the obsidian platform of Server 000 weren't just enemies. They were negations.The Anti-Runa wore grey armor that seemed to absorb sound. She held a blade that didn't reflect light. [Entity: Silence.] The Anti-Melody/Lumi hybrid was a swirling vortex of static noise. [Entity: Entropy.] The Anti-Jessica was a skeletal machine stripping the metal from the floor just by standing there. [Entity: Void.]And the Captain. The Faceless Man. He stood in the center, hands clasped behind his white suit, radiating absolutely nothing. No mana. No pressure. Just a hole in the world where a man should be."BEGIN," the Announcer whispered. Even the system sounded afraid.The arena dissolved.We weren't in a city or a jungle. We were in a white room. Infinite. Featureless."Field Advantage: Null," Sae reported from the backline, her voice trembling. "There is n
Chapter 166: The Will of the Sword
The grey blade descended.It was a strike devoid of sound, devoid of mercy. It aimed to sever Runa Yozakura not just from life, but from the concept of existence."RUNA!" I screamed, my voice tearing through the silence of the white arena.I reached out, my fingers clawing at the empty air. I was too far. I was too slow.(I broke her sword. I gave her a toy. And now she's going to die because she believed in me.)The blade hit.But it didn't cut flesh.HUMMM.A sound resonated through the void. It wasn't the clang of steel. It was the deep, vibrating hum of absolute pressure.The grey katana stopped.It hovered inches from Runa's forehead.Runa hadn't moved. She hadn't raised her arms. She hadn't dodged.She was simply staring at the blade.Her eyes, usually burning with violet fire, were calm. Terrifyingly calm."My sword is broken," she whispered. Her voice wasn't silenced by the entity. It cut through the negation like a diamond drill.Silence—the grey swordswoman—twitched. She pus
Chapter 167: The Nuclear Heart
"Or I will eat you too."The machine spoke with Jessica's voice. It was a cruel, metallic mockery of the woman who had just confessed her love to me.I stood paralyzed on the white floor of the arena. My hand was still outstretched, reaching for a woman who was no longer there."Give her back," I whispered.The skeletal machine laughed. The red lights in its chest pulsed—not with mana, but with the energy it had stolen."PROCESSED," the Void Entity buzzed. "SHE IS FUEL. SHE IS DATA. SHE IS GONE."It raised its hand. The mouth in its palm opened again, swirling with the black code that had swallowed my wife."YOUR TURN, HUSBAND."(Gone? She can't be gone. She's S-Rank. She's the Valkyrie.)I looked at my hand. The golden latticework of my veins was dim. I was running on fumes. I couldn't cut a hole in a creature made of nothing."Renji!" Ayaka screamed from the sidelines. "The link! Check the Harem Link!"I blinked. I opened the System Interface.[Harem Status:] [Runa: Active.] [Lumi:
Chapter 168: The Renji Who Failed
"I'm the part of you that actually enjoys the scam."Dark Renji stood in the center of the white arena. He wore a suit made of shadows, tailored to perfection. His violet eyes were inverted—black sclera, white pupils—staring at me with a mix of amusement and infinite fatigue."Who are you?" I asked, stepping forward. "A clone? An illusion?""I am the Save File you deleted," Dark Renji smiled.He snapped his fingers.Behind him, the shadows shifted. Five figures emerged.My breath caught in my throat.It was them. But it wasn't.Runa stood there, but her skin was grey, stitched together with black thread. Her eyes were gone, replaced by glowing red sensors. Ayaka was a mannequin of gold, her face frozen in a permanent, silent scream. Sae was a corpse in a tattered uniform, moving on strings like a marionette. Melody was a skeleton floating in a tank of formaldehyde. And Jessica... Jessica was just a gun on legs. A brain in a jar wired to a chassis."My harem," Dark Renji announced prou
Chapter 169: The Paradox Victory
"We began to climb."I took the first step toward the golden staircase descending from the heavens. The [System Alert: Enemy Erased] message hovered in my vision, a comforting blue promise of victory.But as my foot touched the stair, the message flickered.[System Error.] [Target: Dark Renji.] [Status: Deletion Failed.] [Reason: Target is Root File. Cannot delete Self.]"Renji?" Ayaka stopped, looking at my face. "What's wrong? You're pale.""It's not over," I whispered.Behind me, a sound tore through the silence of the white arena. It sounded like wet paper tearing.SHLORP.I turned around.The puddle of black ink—the remains of Dark Renji—wasn't evaporating. It was boiling.It rose up, twisting and screaming, reforming into a shape."YOU CAN'T DELETE ME!" the shape roared. It was half-formed, a jagged silhouette of static and shadow. One eye was missing. The suit was gone, replaced by raw, exposed code."I am you!" Dark Renji shrieked, stumbling toward me. "I am your fear! I am yo
Chapter 170: Admin vs. Architect
"The House always wins," Beta sneered.He didn't snap his fingers. He didn't wave a wand. He simply thought, and the universe obeyed.ZZZRT.The Grand Arena—the solar-system-sized marvel of light and nebulae—vanished. The billions of spectators, the floating islands, the stars themselves were gone in a single frame.We were left in the White Space. The Root Directory. The place where reality was just a suggestion and code was the only law."Renji!" Ayaka cried out, her voice flat in the acoustic-less void."Stay back," I commanded, my purple eyes glowing with the merged power of my shadow self.I looked at Beta. He was smaller than the other Architects I had faced. He didn't need size. He had access."You won a tournament I designed to be unwinnable," Beta said, walking toward me. His red error-code sword hissed against the non-existent floor. "That is a bug. And I am the Debugger."He raised his free hand.[Command: FORMAT_OBJECT.] [Target: Renji_Amagiri.]I felt it instantly. My ski