Originally, seeing that public sentiment was extremely unfavorable toward the high-level rulers, certain minor nobles had secretly rejoiced.
But before they could celebrate for long, they suddenly realized that the fire seemed to have spread to them. They hurriedly sought ways to remedy the situation, attempting to steer the rumors back in another direction.
But unfortunately, they were not as professional as Anvis.
Anvis not only arranged for Players to spread all kinds of rumors, but also dispatched a large number of low-rank Professionals to pose as the first and second types of people—those who had realized that someone else was behind the scenes.
They began looking down on those who still firmly believed that the Olyvendi Family was behind it all from the intellectual high ground.
After being questioned and scorned often enough, many of the third type began to doubt themselves as well, wondering whether they had truly been wrong.
However, while these minor nobles' countermeasures amounted to little, the Door in the Pupil reacted quickly.
They sent their subordinates to pose as rational, neutral, objective passing Professionals, then began questioning whether the first and second types had been brainwashed by the rulers.
Or whether they had simply accepted the Olyvendi Family's bounty before stepping forward to whitewash them.
Unjustly branded as "brainwashed," the first and second types refused to back down. They likewise accused the other side of accepting benefits from the mastermind before stepping forward to throw mud at the rulers.
During the process, quite a few genuinely neutral Professionals were dragged into the mess for no reason and berated out of nowhere. They immediately turned from passersby into haters and joined one side or the other.
There were even some hot-tempered people who, unable to win the argument, started fighting on the spot and beat