From a certain perspective, Rorschach's plan was bound to succeed.
For the veterans, what they found most unacceptable was that there was a newcomer who forcefully took advantage of the situation and spouted nonsense in the field that they were best at. They even claimed that they were "not superstitious about authority".
"Arrogant brat who doesn't know his place."
"He has no manners. He has no respect for his seniors."
"What does he know? He doesn't even know that the new things he's learning were all painstakingly researched by his seniors. He's standing on the shoulders of giants and spitting in their faces. Does he have any sense of shame or conscience?"
The effect of the crowd's mockery was good, very good. After all, scandals spread faster than anything else these days. In the eyes of most people, Rorschach was just a clown who didn't know his place.
After Rorschach's background was dug up … Rorschach didn't even bother to hide it, and the elves knew him well. It was unrealistic even if he wanted to hide it.
After he changed his profession halfway, and his age and experience that could only be considered a baby in the world of mages were dug up, there was another round of verbal and written condemnation.
It could be said that whatever bit of reputation Roxia had gained in the mage duels was instantly destroyed. The archmages who had previously had expectations and good impressions of him now felt that they had misjudged him, and began to loathe him even more.
The higher one was praised, the harder one would fall. If one liked someone for no reason, they could also feel that they had been deceived and hate that person even more.
Every day of the exhibition, there would be a special journal to record and publish the contents for the mages to research.
This was a summary of the day's results and also a preparation for the next day's lecture. The participants could choose the venue according to their own needs.
Generally speaking, for a newcomer like Rorschach to give a lecture, it was already considered very important if a mid-level or low-level journal gave it a piece of tofu.
But the next day, the top few journals used the first few editions of the golden page to "compliment" this modern "Don Quixote."
On the second day, Rorschach's small venue with three hundred people was once again filled with people.
However, Rorschach did not back down. Not only did he not back down, he continued to spout nonsense the next day, saying all sorts of things like "I think", "I think", "It should be", "Let's be more rational, that is …", "If you think I'm wrong, then show me the evidence", and all sorts of conclusions and ideas that could not be easily verified. This made the archmages so angry that they flew into a rage.
Again, there was no need to wait for the third day. At that time, someone wrote an article with evidence to refute Rorschach, but Rorschach pretended not to see it and continued to throw out more vague ideas such as "I think" and "you are all wrong".
Thus, his stubbornness and unreasonable pestering completely infuriated the most peaceful Great Wizard, and he himself became the target of everyone's condemnation.
"Even if there are fanatics who are eager to make a name for themselves every year, it shouldn't be to this extent."
In an instant, it was as if Rorschach had become the public enemy of the spell-casting world.
On the third day, many archmages, experts, and scholars wrote articles in various journals, refuting Rorschach's "I think" one by one. All sorts of evidence were available, and the logical chain was well-developed. There were even some ideas that Rorschach himself had never thought of.
As for Rorschach himself.
"… Fine, I admit that I'm wrong about some things, but most of them are correct. At the very least, there's no evidence to prove that I'm wrong. The conversion of life and death …"
He abandoned the core of his argument that was being attacked and unhesitatingly changed the topic. He was probably really a contrarian.
The furious audience and archmages would not let him go. They chased after Rorschach's new arguments and continued to refute them one by one.
At the same time, Rorschach successfully played the role of a clown, taunting and attracting hatred everywhere.
As for why he called it acting …
"These fellows are truly interesting. Whatever I say, they'll help me verify it. Whatever I doubt, they'll provide evidence to the contrary. Whatever I say, there's no precedent or authority. They'll even write in the same line as a thesis from one hundred years ago. These volunteer laborers are so useful. I don't even need to pay for reading or purchasing theses. "
Rorschach had several laboratories that operated 24 hours a day. All sorts of research topics that were solved by the "volunteer laborers" would be tossed to the laboratories for verification.
Completing a research project with a clear goal was, in fact, a process of constantly solving and tackling various obstacles in the process.
Rorschach basically gave his own research problems to countless free outsourcing companies. Not only did the outsourcing companies complete them quickly and well, they even provided many new ideas and solutions.
The new ideas and solutions that appeared in the Land of Dreams would quickly become tangible results in the Land of Dreams, which would then throw out even more difficult problems.
Rorschach's research progress was increasing at an insane rate. It wasn't that nobody noticed that something was wrong, but offending the archmages and ruining his own good reputation in the mage circle in exchange for this type of support was highly unlikely.
However, Rorschach didn't care.
He was just a passerby to begin with. The most important thing now was to produce results. His reputation and reviews could mysteriously worsen, but they could mysteriously improve as well.
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