Those Years I Spent Conning and Cheating My Way Through the Ninja World

After being forced to transmigrate, I got a Lie System.

The System's task for me is simple: lie, and get other people to believe me, and I'll receive a reward.

To survive, I have no choice but to learn how to deceive people.

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What makes a good lie?

I think it should be mixed with a little truth, and rest on the liar's trustworthiness and the listener's stubborn refusal to accept the truth.

So I never turn down anyone's love. After all, love makes a lie seem more real.

I make use of every feeling, because they're the foundation of my lies.

And most ninjas are loyal and devoted, which makes them ideal targets for my lies.

So...

"...Then it's settled, Ah Chun. We'll live and die together, and never part."

Of course I agree.

"Chun, do you love me too?"

I don't deny it.

"I fell for you the first time we met. You feel the same way, don't you, Chun?"

I can't refuse.

The people I've deceived, the people who want my love, come swarming over one after another, wagging their tails and begging, all for the sake of a lie.

Eventually, lying becomes second nature to me.

So when they come to me in heartbroken anguish and ask what, if anything, was real, all I can do is smile gently.

It was all fake.

...Huh? What do you mean, you shouldn't have believed my lies in the first place?

If you don't believe me, that makes things difficult for me.

Please note:

1. The main story is in first person, with melodramatic Mary Sue romance and an open ending.

2. Includes out-of-character moments, faulty memories, original settings, and plot holes. Character interpretations may also differ from yours, so readers who are strict about canon details should steer clear.

3. Written with uninhibited personal tastes and limited writing ability. You don't need to tell me if you drop it. Thank you for sharing this journey with me.

Here's a preview of another upcoming story, a first-person harem story about a dangerously devoted woman.

After I Became a Widow in the Warring States Period

My name is Hirayama Yukie. My family sent me, an orphan, to the Uchiha clan in hopes of securing their protection.

Unfortunately, on the very first night of our marriage, my husband went to battle with Clan Head Tajima and died on the battlefield.

I cried uncontrollably, but there was nothing I could do.

The clan head felt guilty and ordered me to look after his young children, paying me for my work. I managed to get by and survive on that.

His children were remarkably gifted. They were not only beautiful, but also immensely talented.

But I hated them, because they looked so much like their father.

I resented the clan head for causing my husband's early death. I resented my family, and I resented everything.

Naturally, I redirected that resentment toward the children.

Then the clan head died, just like my husband, and the children grew up. I thought I could finally be free...

But why don't you hate me?

I hate you so much. Why don't you hate me? Why do you kiss me?

I've had it! This is a family of lunatics, raising a whole bunch of lunatics!

When I finally managed to escape with help from a rival clan and flee that suffocating life, the person who helped me told me they were going to form an alliance with the Uchiha.

How could they?!

I went to so much trouble to escape that place. If they form an alliance, won't the Uchiha find me?

But that person promised me that the Uchiha would never lay a finger on me.

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The Senju lied to me.

Trembling, I stared at the Uchiha before me and thought bitterly:

If only I'd killed them when they were young.

Instead of letting them do whatever they wanted with me now.

I hate the Uchiha, and I hate the Senju even more.

Theme: Growing through hardship and adversity