Not a parallel universe?
"So does that mean Gallery members can actually meet each other?"
The moment that thought crossed my mind, replies started rolling in.
ㅇㅇ(138F): Huh? It IS a parallel universe though. How many people have already run into clones of other Gallery members?
ㄴFenrir: No, obviously we're separated from each other. I alone have killed dozens of clones of Gallery members in the 700s.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(138F): Oh lol, phew~
ㄴㅇㅇ(360F): Look at this guy panicking from the 100s lmaooo
ㄴㅇㅇ(645F): Thought a newbie was gonna come up and get wrecked? lmaooooo
ㄴㅇㅇ(249F): Even if that were true there's a 70+ floor gap, why are you shitting yourself lmaooooooooo
So it seemed like Gallery users couldn't actually meet each other—same as I'd always understood.
Then what did it mean that the parallel universe premise was collapsing?
ㄴFenrir: To be precise, the parallel universe part is still correct… but it's possible that the initial tower settings are different across each parallel universe…
ㄴㅇㅇ(651F): Everything's matched up fine until now, hasn't it? Has there ever been a discrepancy in monster levels or types?
ㄴFenrir: The ones who failed floor-advancement trials and died aren't exactly talking.
ㄴㅇㅇ(342F): AAAAAAAAAAAAH.
ㄴㅇㅇ(349F): You're saying they failed because the info didn't match?? scary
ㄴFenrir: Could be. If the newbie really was level 1 alone like Floor-574 said.
I could see what they were getting at.
*'The tower's structure and monster difficulty are perfectly identical across all instances.'*
I might be the existence that punches a hole in that hypothesis.
And if that hypothesis—the one everyone had believed in so firmly—collapsed because of me, all the information they'd accumulated up to now could become completely worthless.
That's how laws work. A single counterexample is enough to break them.
They seemed to be afraid of exactly that.
But then, Floor-574 spoke up as if trying to calm everyone down.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(574F): nononono but since everything's been verified between us so far, it's way more likely that only the newbie's tower is the irregular one. And the Gate Keeper in our towers might be level 1 too… since nobody's ever gone down to floor 1.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(648F): controversy incoming, king-possibility bait lmao
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(431F): backpedaling now that it's blowing up lol
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(574F): It's just a hypothesis… I was just throwing out a brainfart.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(354F): EXCUSE ME?????????
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(641F): BREAKING: First official brainfart admission lmaooooo
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(432F): Floor-574's gotten so influential even named accounts are getting spooked lmaooo
ㄴFenrir: Why are you confessing it's a brainfart the moment I'm the first one to take it seriously? Unbelievable.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(337F): lmaooooooooo
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(463F): Didn't we already conclude that the newbie's named account just has floor 1 attached symbolically because they're on floor 1?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(574F): Could be… you can make multiple assumptions but it doesn't really matter. We can't meet each other anyway.
And just like that, the situation was settling down.
Looked like it was wrapping up as a non-incident.
Like one of the anons said—it seemed to have happened because Floor-574's words had been carrying too much weight.
That's when it happened.
My Death God master left a reply directed at me.
ㄴDeath Note Grand Canon: Such idle chatter is utterly meaningless. Do not let yourself be swept away by pointless speculation!
ㄴDeath Note Grand Canon: You are to focus solely on climbing the tower!
ㄴDeath Note Grand Canon: And if your scythe is the Void Scythe, you must dedicate yourself entirely to the Death God's Black Magic without glancing sideways! I shall teach you the next step!
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(710F): Grand Canon, have you seen the photos of the intruder's corpse? Looks like the newbie used an instant-kill skill in actual combat right away.
ㄴDeath Note Grand Canon: What··?! Is that true? Right after returning from the Death God Realm?
The Death Gods were marveling at something among themselves.
ㄴ Death Note Grand Canon: I had only seen that the newcomer had slain the intruder!
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(351F): This guy didn't read a single post, heard they were learning necromancy and came rushing in to stop them lmaooo
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(702F): But they already learned it, right? lol
The Floor-710 Death God elaborated further.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(710F): Yes. It appears they skipped past *Sentence of Death – Draw* and immediately awakened *Sentence of Death – Carve*.
ㄴ Death Note Grand Canon: Oh·· I was the same way once. As expected, they possess the same heaven-beyond-heaven talent as I do.
But I was bewildered.
"Huh?"
Draw. Carve.
Those were skills I'd never seen before.
"What? The Sentence of Death I learned isn't any of that."
Puzzled, I hurriedly typed a reply.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(61F)(OP): Um… Master. I've never learned anything called Draw or Carve…?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(431F): ?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(375F): Huh??
ㄴㅇㅇ(710F): Huh? So that corpse wasn't hit by Carve?
"……"
Dazed, I typed a reply.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(61F)(OP): The instant-kill skill I used on the male swordsman was *Sentence of Death – Sight*. And before that I also learned one called *Sentence of Death – Slash*.
Then silence.
ㄴㅇㅇ(710F): ?
ㄴㅇㅇ(385F): What now. What did you do this time
ㄴFenrir: Newbie causing trouble again?
The replies that came back went like this:
ㄴ Death Note Grand Canon: …Are you mocking me?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(710F): What are you on about, how do you just randomly learn Sight.
ㄴ Death Note Grand Canon: You're saying you skipped even Draw, Carve, and Slash and awakened Sight in one leap?! This is impossible··!
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(710F): Sight is a stage-4 instant-kill skill…
Stage-4 instant-kill skill?
The one I'd used on that guy?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(710F): Not faking it but where'd you hear about Sight and Slash?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(613F): Why would they be faking it lol
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(432F): If even a named account can't believe it, something's off.
Total disbelief.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(61F)(OP): Should I provide proof··?
I took a selfie and pulled up my Status skill window.
*Sentence of Death – Slash*, *Sentence of Death – Sight*.
I posted the image to the Gallery with both skills clearly listed.
And then.
ㅇㅇ(710F): ?????????????
ㅇㅇ(710F): Wait? Why are there two?????????
ㅇㅇ(710F): No, Sight isn't even the main issue·· well Sight IS a massive issue·· but why is Slash there too???
ㅇㅇ(710F): Why does it have Slash????????
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(461F): Repeating yourself lmaooo
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(61F)(OP): Isn't getting two the normal thing?
ㄴㅇㅇ(546F): 1+1 deal lol
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(710F): Named account sir what is this?? Two is a first for me. Is this even possible?
The master's reply that followed was quite the shock.
I hadn't even imagined he would answer like this.
Death Note Grand Canon: …I don't know.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(384F): ? lmaooooooooooooooo
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(431F): What do we do if YOU don't know? lmaooooo
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(247F): Didn't he do this same thing partway through last time??
Question marks and hollow laughter began flooding the thread.
A flustered response followed.
ㄴ Death Note Grand Canon: When one erases their name from the Great Stone Tablet, they are meant to receive only a single Sentence of Death!
ㄴ Death Note Grand Canon: And yet you possess two Sentences of Death?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(461F): This guy's broken lol
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(351F): What's happening. What's going on.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(574F): ??
It was a thoroughly chaotic situation.
But somewhere in the back of my mind, an instinct flickered.
"…Oh."
…I thought I understood why I'd gotten two.
I was uneasy, but I had to come clean.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(61F)(OP): Well… I erased 2 names··
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(432F): ?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(710F): Huh?
This time there was no silence.
An enormous roar of fury exploded.
ㄴ Death Note Grand Canon: SILENCE(喝)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Text like a thousand thunderbolts striking at once—even louder than before.
ㄴ Death Note Grand Canon: Do you have any idea what you have done!!!
Cold sweat ran down my back at the most horrified reaction I'd ever seen. It seemed like I'd caused a serious problem, so I frantically hammered at the keyboard.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(61F)(OP): No·· I can't read the script so I erased one thinking it was my name, but nothing happened and I didn't get an instant-kill skill either.
ㄴㅇㅇ(356F): Illiteracy arc lmaooooooo
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(61F)(OP): So I thought I was in trouble and erased another one that had a red light blinking next to it? Was I not supposed to do that?
The Gallery flipped upside down once more.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(431F): That sounds obviously super not okay lmaooo
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(621F): LEGENDARY incident unfolding lmaooooo
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(710F): wtf you can't just erase someone else's name ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(432F): Why are you such a walking disaster? lmaooooooooooo
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(541F): But if you got two out of it isn't that good? Why haven't other Death Gods erased two?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(710F): I didn't even know erasing two would get you two instant-kill skills ;;;;;;;;;
ㄴ Fenrir: Swiped someone else's circle, swiped someone else's name off the Great Stone Tablet·· this one's genuinely Demon Army material through and through.
A cheerful atmosphere of mockery and admiration all mixed together.
Riding that mood, I was just starting to relax for a moment.
Then the master's weighty reply came back.
Death Note Grand Canon: You have caused irreversible chaos in the laws of the Great Stone Tablet.
He seemed more serious than ever.
Death Note Grand Canon: Remember this. You must never set foot in the Death God Realm again.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(61F)(OP): Excuse me?
ㄴ Death Note Grand Canon: One who has recklessly defaced another's death register will become a target for all other Death Gods!!
ㄴ Death Note Grand Canon: In other words, you must never use Death's Edge Invincibility again!!
"……"
The price for obtaining two instant-kill skills.
It seemed I was now wanted by the Death God Realm.
But I wasn't the type to cry over spilled milk.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(61F)(OP): Really? But just one more time would be fine, right?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(710F): This person's insane.
ㄴㅇㅇ(431F): One more coin lmaooooooo
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(166F): lmaooooooooooooooo
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(431F): Were you always this unhinged? lmaooo