Liar, Liar - Volume 3 - Chapter Pr

Prologue

The Flawless Monster

…I was eternally jealous.

I loved having fun in my life. In fact, I didn’t even need anything else. The more fun things circulating in the world, the better. That’s how I’ve lived my life, and that’s how I intended to keep living it.

Leading that kind of existence has kept me from getting my hands on something, though. Something blindingly bright, sparkling in triumph. There’s no way I’d ever have the right to obtain it, and that’s annoyed me for so long.

But…

But now, even someone like me has been given a chance at it. A possibility to touch this brilliant object. And maybe the sheen to it is artificial, not genuine at all, but it still sparkles just as brightly.

“Finally… At long last…”

I was overjoyed and looking forward to it so much that all I remember from yesterday was kicking my legs excitedly while lying on my futon. There were so many preparations I needed to make, but I was riding an emotional high, and I didn’t know what to do with myself.

The May Interschool Competition—a huge event that all but took over the whole Academy. I’d always sat on the floor and watched it on my device in the past. But this year, it was going to be mine.

“Oooooooooh…!”

The mere thought threw me into spasms of ecstasy. I mean, come on, it was the biggest event on the whole island. All the top-ranking star hunters, the people who’ll become the stuff of legend someday, will be participating. It’s going to be so fun, so exciting, that it’ll make the mind go blank.

I reached out as far as I could with both hands, gazing at the fluorescent light beyond them. A guy had been sending constant messages to the device by my pillow… But I could deal with that later. What mattered the most was steeling my resolve—putting words to it. I’d been granted a miraculous chance, after all. I might never get another one again. There’s no way I could waste it.

“I’m gonna stir things up so bad…and I’ll have sooo much fun doing it!”

I grinned, looking cunning as the thoughts of upcoming Games against yet-unknown powerful foes danced in my head.