117 Laplace ②




What? If you knew..........just tell me. Is this your favorite search tool specification that won't tell you until you ask?

 I give Kanon a disdainful look.

''No, no......... I only recently learned about 'Laplace' too.
Recently? 
Yes, sir. The "Laplace" is not information that can be obtained from knowledge. Let's see, do you remember the mysterious writing before you invaded Yataro-san's controlled territory, Sion-san?
A note supposedly addressed to an unspecified demon king?
Sir! That's Laplace.

 That's "Laplace"? Is that writer a 'Laplace'?

I was going to report to you after I finished gathering information from Yataro-san. Laplace is the name of the site.
Site?
Yes, three days ago, I received an email back with the URL to Laplace in it.
''So, 'Laplace' is an information site for the Demon King and that's where Yataro got the knowledge of the 'Surrender' and so on?

 I gather all the information I'm given in my head.

'Yes,'
It's a little complicated for an information site, though.

 A complex system? Talking to the canon didn't get me anywhere. I decided to browse "Laplace" directly.

 I tried to access the URL Kanon gave me from my own smart phone.

 --?

 "Error

 I checked the URL, but there was no mistake.

Kanon, did you type the wrong URL?
'What? 

 The smartphone that Kanon held out to me shows a screen that asks for a login ID and password.

'By any chance........can you only access it on that device?
'Possibly. Try it on my phone....

 Kanon said and operated his own smartphone.

It's no good. I'm the same as Sion, an error message appears.
I'm guessing you need a specific terminal on their side to connect. The administrator of Laplace is a demon king with a great knowledge of networks?

 I guess the identity of the caretaker of 'Laplace'.

"Hmm. I can connect normally from my smartphone.
Speaking of which, does Yataro have access to "Laplace"?
Want to log in with my phone?
Yeah.

 Yataro dexterously operated his smartphone and tried to log in to 'Laplace'.

''--! Nooo! Wait.........wait!
''What's the matter!''

 He calls out to Yataro, who suddenly became impatient.

It's an error..... My screen also shows an error....
What?
The error is that this...

 I look at the screen of the smartphone Yataro offered me.

'Error, we've detected an unauthorized login from your location and another access from the same location in the last 24 hours. We're freezing your account so we can investigate.

'Location? Will they even know the location of the demon king who accessed it?
You are very careful.
Canon. I need a smartphone with access to "Laplace".

 I take the smartphone from canon.

"Give me your login ID and password.
Yes.
"? Is that the kind of login ID that makes you angry?
'Well, well there's a deeper reason for this login ID... the login ID is also my handle... and my name, stupidly honestly. I don't know if it's safe to let them in...

 The canon repeats the excuse in a whisper.

'So? What's your login ID?
...Rowe.
"? Can't you hear me?
It's Saburo.
....
The password is dreamer.

 Dreamer ........dreamer. A dreamer. Does it mean "dreamer"? Perhaps, from the ID, I'm guessing that Sablow's head is trying to say dreamer.

'So, you're saying I'm called Sabraw in 'Laplace'?
Should I have registered with Theon?
'No you're right about the pseudonym. However, Subrow....

 Is there a handle that is so embarrassing? No, I'm not guilty of the name Sablow. What I am guilty of is the one who branded me with the name Saburo.

 Well, I suppose it's a good thing. It's a hundred times better than being typed in as Theon. I enter my login ID and password. Then an information site appears on the screen, categorized by menu.

 I press the menu at random and read the contents of the disclosed information.

'That's not working,'

 The information disclosed was all information that amounted to nothing.

 That demon kings can evolve when they grow to level 3. The types of races that evolve. Information on the subordinates that a Demon King (race) up to rank D can create and the facilities of the dominant area. The types of items that can be smelted by rank D.

 Lastly, read through the instructions and items listed on this site.

 I see.........

 I understand that 'Laplace' is not an information site created for charity, but a site for private gain.

'I am currently a 'Visitor' member of Mr. Sabraw. This site offers more information as you move up through the ranks. First, please click here to register as a member. After you register, you will become a 'Bronze' member and you will receive a lot of useful information.

 I tap the part marked here.

Enter your race and the number of dominant regions you control. After completing this registration, Mr. Saburo will be upgraded to a 'Bronze' member. If a false report is discovered, your account will be frozen as hostile behavior.

 Race and dominant territory........ Although it's not listed here, the administrator of "Laplace" furthermore knows the location here as well.

 Are they just being conscientious enough not to ask for the level?

 Is it the number of races and the number of dominant territories they control that are exposed? If you add the level to this, I would definitely have given up on registering with 'Laplace'. However, if it was only the number of races and the dominant territory they controlled.......as long as I knew their location, the right to secrecy had already been lost with the dungeon maps and other information that humanity had desperately created.

 In other words, the disadvantage of withholding the requested information was not that great. However.........

''Yataro was a 'Bronze' member?
No, I was a member of the Silver Club.
A 'Silver' member? What specific information do I get as a 'Bronze' or 'Silver' member?

 I confirmed the value of the information disclosed in Laplace with former member Yataro.

I'm sure you're right. When you become a 'Bronze' member, a lot of information is disclosed. It also disclosed the types of subordinates that can be created for each race and the types of items that can be smelted at rank B. And the method of 'surrender' is a highlight.

 As far as I can tell from Yataro, the information disclosed to 'Bronze' members is canon enough without having to rely on 'Laplace'.

''As a 'Silver' member?''
The highlight of the Silver membership is the bulletin board.
"Bulletin board?
That's right. You will be able to use the board based on the Demon King's various agendas. My recommendation would be "[Hello] Random Number Creation part 34: Slime". That thread was flowing so fast, it should be part 38 by now.

 A forum where only the Demon King posts. I don't care what thread Yataro recommends, can the Demon Kings interact with each other...

'What's the price required to go from a 'Bronze' member to a 'Silver' member?'
Register your level and status.
''Will your registered level and status be disclosed to all Demon Kings browsing 'Laplace'?'''
We don't know who the Gold members are, but as a Silver member, there's no way I could've known.
A 'gold' member? What is the cost of becoming?
I have information.
Information?
"Dear Mr. Left. Give me 10 pieces of information the Laplace administrator doesn't know and you'll be a Gold Member.

 It's a cumbersome system.........

By the way, how many 'gold' members do you have?
It's also a secret, but the board was speculating that it was in the single digits.
'The posting area thread how many things are on the agenda?'
Well there are more than a hundred of them.
How many Demon Kings are participating?
There are some demon kings who don't write their names down but I don't know for sure, but there must be 400 of them.

 More than a hundred threads, more than four hundred demon kings interacting with each other.......

 Against the disadvantage of information being exposed, the advantage of information gained by the Demon Kings interacting with each other. I was worried about participating in 'Laplace'.