Liar, Liar, Vol. 4: The Lying Transfer Student Is Bossed Around by the Delusional Middle School Genius by Haruki Kuou and konomi

Author:Haruki Kuou and konomi [Haruki Kuou and konomi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2024-08-16T00:00:00+00:00

“Too slow!”

Just as it seemed the attack was about to do me in, Shirayuki Himeji, my Guardian, intercepted, her silver hair billowing. She held out a white-gloved hand as she created a Defense Wall, wholly stopping the Soldier’s attack.

“That was very close, Master. Are you hurt at all?”

“I’m fine. Thanks, Himeji.”

“A maid’s duty is to protect her master,” she stated with an easy smile. Then she turned back toward the enemy. The clash had ended as quickly as it had begun, and now each side was back to staring the other down.

Right…

We’d captured this territory, and although I wanted to engage in a close-quarters fight, we had a problem. Shinra’s formation was clearly designed for defense, and the team was obviously dedicated to it. Undoubtedly, it had placed a bunch of Traps to keep us from moving in. Akizuki, our Spy, was still absent, but I hardly needed her to confirm there were Traps.

It doesn’t really matter whether there are Traps around or not. They’re single-use Spells. Setting them off is as good as defusing them.

I took out my device and sent a message to Enomoto, who was likely on his way back. After quickly changing apps, I contacted Libra. I was answered by a girl—I didn’t know her name—who served as my contact while Kazami was busy commentating, and I asked her to do something for me.

Not long after, Enomoto and Akizuki showed up on the far side of the Shinra students, accompanied by a Spy from Ohmi. The Shinra Mage exhaled sharply, and although he kept his device ready, he waited, gauging our moves before attacking.

“…Hmph. I’d hoped to wrap this up cleanly. Don’t hold this against me,” Enomoto said. He approached the Shinra students without any hesitation, only stopping as he neared the Mage’s range.

After asking Akizuki and the Ohmi student to step back, Enomoto raised his device to cast a Spell. He was out of range, so naturally, the attack didn’t hit anything. A ray-gun-like streak of light struck the ground near the Shinra trio, right where they’d presumably placed a bunch of Traps. No one took any damage.

But…

“Huh?”

…the moment Enomoto’s Magic Missile landed, a system message appeared that stated the Trap on that hex had been activated. Before the Shinra team had time to react, Enomoto released a volley of Magic Missiles. Each one set off another Trap that had been laid with careful calculation. Each exploded without affecting anyone.

The Shinra Mage watched in disbelief. “Wha…what’s going on here?! You can’t just set off our Traps!”

“You’re right,” came Enomoto’s voice. “Traps in ASTRAL don’t go off unless a player steps on them. It’s up to the Game’s programming to decide when that happens, though… That means an Ability can trick the system into misfiring, detonating Traps no one has touched. The system thought a player touched all your Traps, not Magic Missiles.”

“Some kind of system tampering? Are you using a Block Detection Ability or something? Damn it…”

The Shinra Mage gritted his teeth. Enomoto smiled at his irritated gaze.

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