Gallagher fell into deep thought.
He had to admit that Pei Guang's proposal was very tempting.
As a fictional existence, once his true identity became known, he would face death. Saying death wasn't entirely correct; rather, the fictional him would cease to exist.
Before his existence disappeared completely, using the identity of a History Fictionologist to bring some 'real' history to this universe could be considered not coming to this world in vain, even if it was just a Dreamscape.
Moreover, Pei Guang's proposal was indeed interesting. Since it was interesting, he would do it.
Gallagher: "No problem. How do we do it specifically?"
Pei Guang pondered: "How to do it? Of course, we first need a decent group name. The title 'History Fictionologist' makes people feel that what we produce is fake. But what we produce isn't fake: it's reasonable speculation based on history. Therefore, I think our group should be called [History Constructing Litterateurs]."
Hearing this name, Gallagher's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but praise: "Nice name. Litterateurs who construct history. The things produced aren't fake either, but released after reasonable deduction based on actual occurrences. Nice, very nice."
Pei Guang nodded: "Since you are satisfied, our group will be called [History Constructing Litterateurs]. But we also need stage names. After all, every Aeon has their own faction. If they find the content we release disagreeable and want to kill us, what then? So we need stage names."
Gallagher got motivated.
Although the Penacony matter hadn't been resolved, there wasn't much left for him to do. On the contrary, the things Pei Guang wanted to do made him eager to try.
It's settled: he hadn't failed the fictional identity, nor had he failed Mikhail.
That's right! Although he was a History Fictionologist, he also yearned to trailblaze. He couldn't travel the universe like Mikhail, but following the Trailblazer to pioneer in other aspects was also a very good choice.
Besides, as a minion of the Enigmata, if the fictional things came true, the fun would be even greater.
"Stage names? You come up with them. I'm not very good at this aspect."
Gallagher actually had some ideas, but intuition told him that letting Pei Guang take the lead would definitely be interesting.
Pei Guang's playful spirit also rose.
When it came to not acting like a human being, players could be said to be very skilled.
Pei Guang: "I've thought of it. My stage name will be 'Chu Sheng' (First Born/Newborn), symbolizing the birth of all things in the world. You will be 'Dong Xi' (East Dawn), which also carries the meaning of the rising sun. A group naturally needs stage names with similar meanings to reflect our unity."
"Chu Sheng Dong Xi? Not bad, there's something to it."
(TL Note: 'Chu Sheng' sounds like Beast/Bastard, and 'Dong Xi' sounds like Thing. Together 'Chu Sheng Dong Xi' sounds like 'You bastard/You beastly thing'.)
Gallagher wasn't stupid: he instantly caught some subtext in Pei Guang's words, but that was what made it interesting.
If Pei Guang didn't mind being the 'Chu Sheng' Dong Xi, why would this old dog mind?
Besides, this method of introduction also had a flavor of Enigmata, but the problem was that this flavor was particularly authentic because either interpretation was correct.
Seeing Gallagher's expression, Pei Guang raised his eyebrows excitedly.
Gallagher smacked his lips and asked somewhat excitedly: "Then what do we work on first?"
Pei Guang: "Let me think. According to the current situation, it's certain that dissonance has appeared within the Family, and this dissonance is the opposite of Harmony. Then let's start with them.
First of all, the Dreammaster is definitely our enemy. Although Xipe Cake has shielded the Dreammaster to a certain extent, I guess the Dreammaster definitely has other means. Before he uses these means, let's strike first and construct a new history for him.
Information regarding the Dreammaster's past is sealed. Why do you think he sealed information about the past? As a high-ranking leader, shouldn't his history of development be published for the world to learn from and use for reference? Why is there no information about him instead?"
Gallagher clapped his hands, getting directly into the zone: "Why hide this past? Because he started by selling his ass. Why must everyone listen to him? Why do so many people listen to a person who doesn't even dare to show his face? Because it was a secret transaction."
Pei Guang: "Exactly. And those Family Heads are all high and mighty existences. Do they lack money? No. But they definitely haven't experienced things like ass-selling. Once they got excited, they fell into the trap. The Dreammaster caught them by the handle and threatened them that he must become the Dreammaster."
"After succeeding, he started to whitewash himself, concealing his past and creating a mysterious image for himself. But in reality, he is just covering up the fact that he became the Dreammaster by relying on the leverage that others bought his ass."
Pei Guang and Gallagher happily began to supplement the Dreammaster's past.
In fact, the Dreammaster's past had indeed not really been made public.
Apart from the Oak Family, many members of other Families also felt that the existence of the Dreammaster was very mysterious, and his past was even more unknown.
The Dreammaster selling his ass? This sounded very outrageous, but while being outrageous, savoring it carefully revealed some things that were very logical.
People who weren't good at thinking would definitely believe the Dreammaster sold his ass, but some smart people would use their imagination, taking "ass" as a metaphor: not necessarily literally selling his ass, but doing things equivalent to selling his ass.
At the same time, this thing was a trap.
If one ignored it after hearing it, nothing would happen. But as long as one wanted to refute it after hearing it, they would fall into this trap. Because as long as you refuted it, it proved that there was a possibility.
Regardless of whether it was for fun or other reasons, if many people agreed with this kind of thing, it would become a "real" thing.
As for making things up blindly, these two were familiar with the road, especially since what the two of them were doing wasn't completely blindly making things up.
Gallagher took the characteristics and history of many Family members and pieced them directly onto the Dreammaster, while Pei Guang applied so-called patches to places that were completely undisclosed or vague.
And after this patch was applied, unless the Dreammaster made everything about himself public, no matter how one thought about it, it would feel like the truth.
After getting everything done, Gallagher couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I didn't expect the high and mighty Dreammaster to be handled by you so easily like this."
Pei Guang: "Not me, us. Besides, don't you think this history is very reasonable?"
Gallagher laughed and scolded: "Reasonable my ass."
Pei Guang: "Of course it's reasonable ass, otherwise how could it be called History Constructing Literature."
Gallagher: "Heh, this name, I like it more every time I hear it."
The two smiled at the same time.
While they were smiling, the Dreammaster, who knew nothing yet, felt an instinctive discomfort.
Even though he didn't have a butt anymore, he still felt a chill on his butt.