I Unleashed a Gossip Gallery in Another World - Chapter 5

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◈ I Unleashed a Gossip Gallery in Another World ◈

Chapter 5: Arena

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[✪<Receipts> As requested, I have summarized the production site and previous owner in detail.]

Author: Anonymous (Mage Tower Artificial Lifeform 001-01)

Production site: A secret underground Mage Tower laboratory under the Veil project.

Previous owner: Rudric Rag Magnesia.

To put it simply, I am a homunculus produced and operated by the Mage Tower, with the Emperor of the Empire holding control over me.

Do you have any remaining questions about this matter?

I’ll be happy to answer at any time!

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About a minute after Gossip Gallery Eraser seized control of the Mage Tower Artificial Lifeform and issued his masterstroke command, a neat summary anyone could understand was uploaded to the newly created Receipts tab of the Empire Village Gossip Gallery.

[✪The Emperor <<< If he's an all-time pathetic loser, upvote lolololol]

[✪Just hand your head mod position over to Gossip Gallery Eraser lol]

[✪What’s this bastard of an Emperor doing, acting like a woman? Tsk.]

[✪Just chop your dick off and become head mod of the Noble Ladies Gallery lol]

[✪But is the Emperor actually an idiot? The North is blocking the entire demon invasion, and he's doing this just because he doesn't like them?]

[✪Does the Emperor think he can't be impeached? I'm getting revolution cravings lol]

As a result, the Empire Village Gossip Gallery began burning like never before.

(Author: Eirin, the Mage Tower's Top Disciple)

[✪I'm a Mage Tower employee, and Mage Tower Master Robert carried this out on his own!!! None of us seriously knew anything....]

(Author: Mage Tower Security Chief Rodwell)

[✪Robert <<< He was always sucking up to the Emperor like crazy. I fucking knew it.]

(Author: Mage Tower Senior Researcher Bakerd)

[✪(Exposé) I'm one of the people involved in this project, and they broke more than five taboos just while making the homunculus lol]

In the midst of that enormous storm, Mage Tower members rushed to distance themselves or expose the misdeeds of Robert, who had overseen its creation.

“Gossip Gallery Eraser, you bastard!!!”

Naturally, Emperor Rudric, who had returned to the Imperial Palace and watched it all unfold in real time, finally lost his temper. Clutching the back of his neck, he fell backward.

“What... is it that you want from me...?”

Yet the Emperor’s ordeal had only just begun.

“Your Majesty! A flood of letters has arrived from the North!”

“They say that unless an official apology is posted to the Empire Village Gallery, they will put the entire North on strike!”

“A-and impeachment petitions against Mage Tower Master Robert are also arriving without end!”

The massive wave that had begun in the Gossip Gallery was starting to crash into reality.

“N-no! I cannot accept this!”

The Emperor, who had barely had time to lie down, staggered back to his feet and shouted in a frenzy.

“I clearly declared the Gossip Gallery forbidden! How dare you drag what happened there into reality!”

If he officially acknowledged the matter and wrote an apology, it would be no different from the Emperor himself recognizing the Gossip Gallery.

In other words, it would be no different from personally withdrawing his own stern proclamation.

His absolute power as Emperor and one of the Gallery’s ruling class would undoubtedly be shaken to its foundation.

“Your Majesty, at this rate, we will not be able to appease public sentiment.”

“Please reconsider...!”

“Either way, we must take some action to calm the situation....”

Ignoring public sentiment would cause its own problems.

“Haa....”

After agonizing over it for a long time with an ashen, darkened complexion, the Emperor finally gave an order in a weary voice.

“...Dismiss Mage Tower Master Robert on charges of embezzling the budget, and send a letter of apology to the Northern Margrave.”

It was a desperate measure to resolve the issue without setting a precedent, even after things had reached this point.

“......”

That might have worked in the old days, but not anymore.

[Anonymous: I found this while cleaning the Northern Margrave’s room. Isn’t this the Emperor’s apology letter? lol]

As long as the Gossip Gallery existed, secrets could no longer be kept in the Empire.

“Urk....”

The moment he sent the letter, the Emperor discovered his handwritten apology posted to the Empire Village Gossip Gallery as if on cue. He clutched the back of his neck and toppled over for the second time.

“Sh-should we hold the Northern Margrave accountable?”

“...Leave it.”

“...Understood, Your Majesty.”

It was the moment the Emperor’s complete defeat was confirmed in the first war over Gallery supremacy.

* * *

“Ah, that was fun.”

After achieving total victory in the war against the Emperor with the leaked apology from the North, I lay down on my bed with a satisfied smile.

It was already getting dark, but the dopamine my brain had released for the first time in ages kept any sign of sleep away.

‘Should I check the Gallery’s reactions?’

Since the Empire Village Gossip Gallery was still showing no signs of cooling down, I decided to watch the reactions.

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[Title: Goddess, why hasn’t the meeting begun?]

Author: Anonymous

“Gossip Gallery Eraser has not arrived yet.”

[Comments]

Anonymous1: Is Gossip Gallery Eraser your friend or something?

Anonymous2: This post is shining so brightly that I can’t see anything....

Anonymous3: This one just loves the Empire’s people lol

Anonymous4: I’m marking down every bastard who doubted the mod as an Emperor shill lol

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The Gallery was still deep into worshipping the mod.

I wanted to avoid becoming too much of a celebrity, so I considered banning the topic. But then they would obviously start bitching about mod abuse, so I decided to let it be.

(Author: Margrave Adelheid of the North)

[Anonymous: Is there a spy in the family? Where in the world is the information leaking from....]

That ominous post by the Northern Margrave also caught my eye, but since they had contributed to the victory, I decided to pretend I had not seen it.

‘When will this topic die down?’

It was getting close to bedtime, so I kept watching the situation, intending to sleep once the discussion quieted down.

Contrary to my expectations, though, the Gallery’s topic started heading in a slightly strange direction.

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[Title: Analysis Results of the Magic Circle Uploaded by Gossip Gallery Eraser]

Author: Anonymous (High Elf Sigria)

Isn’t it a little strange when you think about it?

Does it make sense for a Magic Circle to work from nothing but a picture uploaded to the Gallery, without mana or a medium?

So I took the Magic Circle apart and analyzed it a little.... (Rest omitted)

Ha, fuck. This kind of hurts my pride.

I spent over an hour analyzing it, and I still have no idea how it works.

I’ve lived for over a thousand years, and this is seriously the first time I’ve ever seen anything like this.

Gossip Gallery Eraser <<< Who the hell is this bastard?

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A detailed analysis of my Brainwashing Magic Circle, posted by a High Elf who had lived for a thousand years.

That one post gave the dopamine-soaked citizens of the Empire a fresh topic to sink their teeth into.

Anonymous1: Come to think of it, this is weird. Did Magic Circles automatically activate just because you looked at them?

Anonymous2: I’m taking it apart too, and something’s off. There are more than one or two things that directly violate existing magic theory....

Anonymous3: If the author says they’ve lived a thousand years, aren’t they a Dragon or an Elf? And they still failed to analyze it?

The result was a new topic to heat up the Empire Village Gossip Gallery through the night.

(Author: Eirin, the Mage Tower's Top Disciple)

[Anonymous: Giving up on analyzing the Magic Circle. Just understanding its basic structure is several times harder than my graduation thesis....]

(Author: International Mage Association Head Lugnox)

[Anonymous: This does not seem to be a Magic Circle a human could create....]

(Author: Academy Head Oswald)

[Anonymous: I never dreamed I would be shocked by a single Magic Circle at my age....]

It was the so-called Magic Circle Analysis Challenge.

As you could see, every notable magic specialist in the Empire had come crawling out to join the challenge.

(Author: Saintess of the Holy Church)

[Anonymous: Guys, I can feel a familiar power from that Magic Circle....]

(Author: Demon Commander Lilith)

[Anonymous: Why is there a spell the Demon King used in there...?]

(Author: Spirit Princess Sylphiel)

[Anonymous: Black magic and holy power can combine?]

(Author: Black Dragon Azrakan)

[Anonymous: You insolent little bastard... so it wasn’t magic alone....]

As time passed, even the strongest figures in the Empire and races well versed in magic started joining the challenge.

Even so, not a single person succeeded in cracking the Magic Circle I had uploaded.

‘They can try all day, but they’ll only wear themselves out....’

Of course, that was only natural.

There was no way I had made such a dangerous Magic Circle, uploaded publicly, easy to reproduce.

I had put some real effort into preventing abuse.

I was probably the only person in this world who could perfectly recreate that Magic Circle.

[✪What the hell did this insane mod make!?]

[✪A Magic Circle that brainwashes you just by looking at it <<< Isn’t that fucking terrifying when you think about it?]

[✪Is that even magic in the first place? Isn’t it divine power?]

[✪What the hell does Gossip Gallery Eraser even do???]

The users who kept picking apart the Magic Circle soon began questioning my identity.

>Noble Lady Gallery Eraser: Big bro, what the hell are you?

>Gossip Gallery Eraser: Stop trying to buddy up with me, you fucking bitch.

Even that haughty noble lady had cast aside her dignity to make a move on me again. That said it all.

‘I’m just the second son of an ordinary count’s family right now.’

Contrary to what they thought, in this life I was only an ordinary second son of a count’s family, sickly enough to spend all day groaning in bed.

The fact that a search for “Elrod Durgel” brought up nothing on the Gossip Gallery said enough.

“Hmm....”

After watching the users flail around for quite a while with a sympathetic look, I suddenly realized that this was a great opportunity.

‘Should I just make an International Mage Gossip Gallery now?’

Because of the suddenly launched Magic Circle Analysis Challenge, mages from all over the country had gathered in the Gossip Gallery.

If I made an International Mage Gossip Gallery in this situation, it would be a solid foothold for expanding the Gossip Gallery’s influence worldwide.

The problem was that no one had applied to be a moderator since Lady Yurian.

Even so, I could not just grab any random person and make them head mod.

‘Can’t some mod material just drop from the sky?’

Just as I clicked my tongue in disappointment, a blatantly trollish post suddenly appeared on the Gallery.

[Anonymous: Guys, sorry, but it’s not that impressive lol]

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[Title: Guys, sorry, but it’s not that impressive lol]

Author: Anonymous (Witch of the West)

I’ll admit it took some effort to make, but I don’t think it’s worth making such a huge fuss over. lol

If I really put my mind to it, I think I could make the exact same thing within an hour lol

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After reading the entire post, I could not hold back a grin.

‘You walked right into this.’

I had not expected much, but a perfect mod candidate had really fallen right into my lap.

‘I was already planning to go after her. This works out well.’

The Witch of the West. The Empire’s top-priority extermination target, who controlled the entire Western Forbidden Zone, and one of the continent’s Four Calamities.

Thanks to my days as a Hero in my previous life, I knew her very well.

Gossip Gallery Eraser: Not even if you died and came back could you reverse-engineer that.

ㄴ(Witch of the West): LOLLLLLLLLLLL

ㄴ(Witch of the West): Wanna bet?

I also knew, of course, that she would never let such a light provocation slide.

Gossip Gallery Eraser: Mod badge bet?

ㄴ(Witch of the West): What’s that?

From there, things moved along rapidly.

Gossip Gallery Eraser: If you can’t analyze it within an hour, I’ll make you the International Mage Gossip Gallery Eraser.

Gossip Gallery Eraser: But if I lose, I’ll reveal my identity to you alone lol

Having no intention of letting a slave candidate who had taken the bait get away, I got straight to the point without hesitation.

(Witch of the West): Adding one condition.

The problem was that she had bitten the bait far too eagerly.

(Witch of the West): How about the loser takes a dogeza photo and uploads it as a private post?

‘Why are these people so obsessed with weird proof photos?’

Naturally, thanks to what happened with Lady Yurian, I already had a strange reputation. I was about to firmly refuse.

Gossip Gallery Eraser: I don’t need a picture of you doing dogeza, you fucking bitch;

ㄴ(Witch of the West): Chicken? lol

One comment from the Witch of the West made me lose my grip on reason.

Gossip Gallery Eraser: No regrets after this, got it?

At this point, I could not just back down.

The Witch of the West was one of the continent’s Four Calamities, having plagued the world for five hundred years without ever being brought down.

Every citizen of the Empire knew that countless heroes and transcendent beings had been preserved as exhibits in her collection merely to satisfy her vile tastes.

In short, she was not someone to be underestimated.

(Witch of the West): What should I do with you if I figure out your identity?

(Witch of the West): If you’re ugly, I’ll eat you. If you’re handsome, I’ll play with you until I get bored, then display you as part of my collection lol

Yet she had no idea that her opponent was the former Hero who had popularized the words “dogeza” and “chicken” in his previous life.

‘At last, I can get my revenge, you fucking bitch.’

The person she was betting against was a former Hero just as eager to add her to his slave collection.

* * *

About five minutes later.

The Empire Village Gossip Gallery, whose new posts had sharply slowed like the calm before a storm, received a notice that set the normally quiet pre-dawn Gallery ablaze.

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[Notice: The 1st Arena]

Author: Gossip Gallery Eraser

Event: Reverse-engineer the Brainwashing Magic Circle within one hour.

Participants: Gossip Gallery Eraser/Slave Candidate 1 (temporary fixed username assigned)

If I lose, I reveal my identity and perform dogeza.

If that bastard loses, they’ll perform dogeza too, then be sentenced to serve as the International Mage Gossip Gallery Eraser.

Starting now!!!

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Anonymous1: Fuck, I need to sleep but the dopamine won’t stop!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous2: If you’ve been losing out on life without knowing the Gallery was this fun, upvote lolololol

Anonymous3: Trust Gossip Gallery Eraser VS trust Gallery Rat 1 lol