All Chapters of MY LIES BECOME REALITY: THE DECEPTIVE SOVEREIGN OF DESIRE: Chapter 71
- Chapter 80
130 chapters
Chapter 71: Target: The Songstress
"She hates men."Ayaka Saionji said this while sipping a glass of wine that cost more than my education.We were gathered in the villa’s living room, staring at the massive holographic display. On screen, a girl was singing.She was petite, with neon-pink twin tails and an outfit that looked like it was made of optical fibers and sugar. She danced with energy that defied physics, her voice soaring through a stadium packed with fifty thousand screaming fans.Hoshino Lumi. The Virtual Princess.And my next target.[Target: Hoshino Lumi.] [Value: S-Rank Fragment Vessel.] [Status: Singing (and judging you).]My new Architect's Gaze overlaid data on the screen. I could see it clearly now—a shard of silver code lodged in her throat. It pulsed every time she hit a high note."She doesn't just hate men," Sae corrected, reading from a dossier. "She actively bans them from the VIP sections. Her lyrics are all about 'breaking the chains of the patriarchy' and 'boys are just wallets'.""She sound
Chapter 72: The Ticket War
"Sold out."Ayaka Saionji stared at her tablet screen. Her eye twitched."What do you mean, sold out?" she hissed at the poor Saionji Entertainment executive on the video call. "I own the ticketing platform. I own the server farm. I own the electricity running the servers.""I... I am sorry, Mistress!" The executive wept. "The moment the queue opened, the system crashed. Fifty million requests in 0.01 seconds. By the time we rebooted... the seats were gone.""Then buy them from scalpers!" Ayaka screamed. "Offer ten million yen a seat! Offer a hundred million!""We tried! But the tickets are... soul-bound. Hoshino Lumi placed a 'True Fan' curse on them. They cannot be transferred. If a scalper tries to sell one, the ticket combusts."Ayaka slammed the tablet onto the coffee table."She locked me out," Ayaka growled, her golden aura flaring dangerous hot. "She knows I want in, and she locked the door. That neon-haired banshee is declaring war."I sat on the couch, watching the chaos.(S
Chapter 73: Backstage Pass
"Let's go meet the Princess," I had said.But princesses have gatekeepers.The corridor leading to the main dressing room was lined with bouquets, gifts, and security guards who looked like they chewed rocks for breakfast.At the end of the hall, blocking the double doors adorned with a neon "LUMI" sign, stood a man.He was short, round, and sweating profusely in a suit that cost more than my organs. He wiped his forehead with a silk handkerchief as we approached."Stop right there!" he squeaked, holding up a hand. "I don't care if you have a VIP pass. Miss Lumi is in the Zone! No visitors!"He looked at me with disdain."Especially not you, Amagiri. We know your game. You're here to leech off her fame."(I am here to steal a piece of her soul to save my life. But sure, let's go with 'leech'.)"Move," Ayaka ordered, stepping forward. "I am Ayaka Saionji. I own the station broadcasting this concert.""And I am Manager Tanaka!" the man puffed up his chest. "And tonight, Miss Lumi is the
Chapter 74: The Charisma Duel
"I'll improvise."I said those words with the swagger of a rock star, but inside, I was screaming.(I can't improvise. My only musical talent is humming in the shower, and even then, I'm off-key.)I followed Lumi onto the stage. The transition from the quiet dressing room to the arena was like stepping into a blast furnace.Fifty thousand people. A sea of pink glow sticks. A wall of sound so loud it vibrated my bones."LUMI! LUMI! LUMI!"Lumi walked to the center of the stage. She raised one hand.Silence. Instant, absolute silence.She turned to me, her microphone glowing with S-Rank mana. The Fragment in her throat pulsed, visible to my Architect's Gaze as a shard of pure, jagged light."You called me a child," she said, her voice amplified to god-like levels. "You called me boring."She took a deep breath."Let's see if you find this boring."She opened her mouth.[Skill Activated: Sonic Blast (S-Rank).] [Target: Renji Amagiri.] [Effect: Ruptures eardrums and shatters confidence.]
Chapter 75: Showtime
"Game on, Princess."I sat at the piano. The bench was cold. The keys stared at me like fifty-two black and white teeth.(I don't know how to play. I really don't know how to play. I'm going to hit a key and it's going to sound like a cat walking on a keyboard.)"Ladies and gentlemen!" Lumi shouted, her voice booming through the stadium speakers. "You came for a show! Let's show this... amateur... what real music sounds like!"She signaled the band.BOOM-CLAP. BOOM-CLAP.The stadium exploded with sound. Lasers cut through the smoke. Lumi launched into her hit single, "Electric Heartbeat.""~Can you feel the rush? Can you feel the heat?~"She danced. She sang. She poured S-Rank mana into every note, weaving a spell of pure, adrenaline-fueled excitement.The crowd roared. Fifty thousand pink glow sticks waved in unison."LUMI! LUMI! LUMI!"She was winning. She was burying me under a mountain of hype and production value.I sat there, hands hovering over the keys.(If I try to out-hype h
Chapter 76: The Duet of Deception
"I'm the encore."The crowd screamed my name. Fifty thousand voices chanting "Renji" like a prayer.Hoshino Lumi stood before me, microphone dangling from her limp hand. Her pink twin-tails were deflated. Her S-Rank aura was flickering.But she wasn't done.She was an Idol. And Idols didn't die on stage; they pivoted.Lumi’s eyes narrowed. The shock in them hardened into a diamond-sharp resolve. She snapped her fingers at the band.Snap.The lighting changed. The chaotic lasers vanished, replaced by a single, intimate spotlight that encompassed both of us. The music shifted from a high-energy pop beat to a slow, sultry jazz rhythm."You have a silver tongue, Saint," Lumi purred into her mic, her voice recovering its professional sheen. "But a concert isn't a speech."She stepped closer. The distance between us closed to a dangerous meter."It's a dance."She began to sing."~Shadows in the light... tell me what you hide...~"Her voice was liquid silk. She wasn't blasting me with sonic
Chapter 77: The Kiss of Theft
"Checkmate."I whispered the word against the skin of her throat.Hoshino Lumi trembled in my arms. Her eyes were wide, filled with a mix of terror and anticipation. She was waiting for a bite. She was waiting for a kiss.She didn't know I was waiting for a download.I closed the distance.I didn't kiss her lips. That would be messy. And personal.I pressed my lips against the side of her neck, right over her pulse point. Right over the jagged shard of silver light that my Architect's Gaze identified as the [Siren's Echo].To the fifty thousand fans watching, it was the most romantic, scandalous moment in Idol history. The Saint claiming the Princess.To me, it was surgery.(Open wide, Void. Dinner is served.)I unclenched the mental fist holding back my condition.SLURP.The connection was violent.Lumi gasped, her back arching violently. A soundless scream tore from her throat, muffled by my shoulder.She didn't feel a kiss. She felt a vacuum. She felt a cold, alien maw clamp onto h
Chapter 78: The Syndicate's Elite
CLICK.The hammer fell.(I’m dead.)BOOM.The gun fired. The muzzle flash blinded me in the darkness.But I didn't feel a bullet entering my skull.I felt a vibration. A massive, resonant hum that originated from my own throat.[System Passive: Siren's Defense.] [Effect: High-frequency sonic shield deployed reflexively.]The air next to my ear rippled solid. The bullet hit the wall of compressed sound and disintegrated into lead dust."What?" The invisible assassin gasped. "A sonic barrier? At point-blank range?"I was alive. The Fragment I had just stolen—the [Siren's Echo]—had reacted to the threat faster than my brain could process fear.(I have a forcefield? I have a forcefield!)My panic turned instantly into adrenaline-fueled arrogance.I adjusted my grip on the unconscious Lumi. I turned my head toward the breathing sound in the dark."You missed," I whispered."I won't miss twice," Ghost growled. I heard him rack the slide."You won't get a second chance," I countered. "Becaus
Chapter 79: Saving the Stadium
BEEP.The sound was small. The result was not.KA-BOOM.The foundation pillars of the Electric Heaven Arena detonated. It wasn't a single explosion; it was a domino effect. Sixteen shaped charges tore through the reinforced concrete that held the massive dome roof suspended over fifty thousand people.The floor pitched violently."Gah!"I fell to one knee, clutching the unconscious Lumi.Ghost didn't wait. He activated a grappling hook on his belt and shot up toward a ventilation shaft that was still intact."Goodbye, Saint!" he cackled. "Try to talk your way out of gravity!"He vanished into the duct.Above us, the sky cracked.The dome—thousands of tons of steel, glass, and lighting rigs—groaned. Then, it began to fall.It wasn't a slow descent. It was a freefall.The crowd screamed. A sound of pure, primal terror. Fifty thousand people looked up and saw their death coming down."Master!" Runa grabbed my arm. "We must flee! The exits are blocked, but I can cut a path through the wal
Chapter 80: Buried Alive
Darkness.Absolute, suffocating darkness.The air smelled of pulverized concrete and old dust. It was hot. Oppressively hot."Cough."I tried to move my arm. Pain shot through my shoulder like a lightning bolt.(Broken. Definitely broken. And my ribs. And my dignity.)I was pinned. A slab of concrete lay across my legs. Twisted rebar formed a cage around my head.But I wasn't dead.And I wasn't alone.Beneath me, shielded by my body, something soft stirred."Nngh..."Hoshino Lumi. The Princess.She coughed, her small body trembling against my chest."Renji?" she whispered, her voice laced with panic. "Where... where are we?""We are in the VIP section," I wheezed, tasting blood. "The underground suite."(We are buried. We are buried under a billion tons of stadium. We are going to suffocate.)Lumi shifted. She realized the position we were in. I was arched over her, taking the weight of the debris on my back to keep her safe. Her face was inches from mine in the pitch black."You..."