Chapter 45: The Gallery Is... Service Termination! (3)
-A week ago.
How can we calm the angry masses?
Estelle was reading a difficult book titled Psychology and Rule of the Masses, so I threw out the question.
It wasnt without intent; I was bored and wanted to make small talk.
Considering the administrator position easily attracts controversy, I thought it would be good to prepare in case I ever got hung out to dry in the gallery.
Thats out of the blue.
Was it too much?
No, its interesting.
Thud-
Estelle closed her book and looked me straight in the eye.
First, tell me about your status. Are you part of the angry masses?
No, maybe a king?
Referring to a gallery administrator as a king was a bit embarrassing, but no other suitable expression came to mind.
Then its simple Open the warehouse and scatter bread.
Estelle spoke in a slightly excited voice.
Honestly, I hadnt expected her to be interested in such a topic, but it was surprising.
Bread?
Yes, bread and circuses are traditional ways for rulers to control the masses. Most rulers killed by the people were trying to protect bread they could never eat in a lifetime. Stupid, right?
What if opening the warehouse doesnt calm them down?
Bread is just a temporary measure You have to sow division while they fill their bellies with bread. Favor certain groups so that the masses turn against each other, not the ruler. Its divide and conquer.
And if someone still stirs up trouble?
Obviously, they have to be killed.
Estelles voice was chillingly cold.
After all, once divide and conquer has succeeded, the chirps of a few wont significantly impact public opinion. You cant silence every voice, but breaking a few canaries necks isnt hard, right?
Estelle asked in a somewhat seductive tone.
But Ian Why bring this up suddenly? Are you longing for power?
I shook my head definitively, feeling like admitting yes would change the genre of my life.
No, just curious. Thats all.
I see.
Estelle looked slightly disappointed and turned her gaze back to the book.
Gulp.
I made my decision then.
I would never bring up such topics with Estelle again.
[You have (346) unchecked notifications!]
The notifications kept piling up.
[Seriously!!! What the hell is the admin doing!!!!!][5]
[The gallery is on fire because the admin is incompetent ][11]
[If EightTimesaDay is dead, press like ][37]
Post after post expressed anger towards the administrator.
Sigh.
Remembering my conversation with Estelle, I posted in the gallery.
[Author: EightTimesaDay]
[Chicken Burger Set for 30 people, line up for 15 minutes][0]
The administrator is not responsible for this situation. Explanation over.
The reason for distributing chicken burgers is that I feel responsible for neglecting the gallery management recently and want to be a better administrator... And it's just a day of inspection, so please bear with it.
So, comment "Long live EightTimesaDay" within 15 minutes.
Mojito Deliveryman: Line
(124.804): Line
ChildhoodFriendAssault: "Long live EightTimesaDay"
Never Get An A: "Long live EightTimesaDay"
(122.39): "Long live EightTimesaDay"
ApiBel123: Darn... I trusted you, "Long live EightTimesaDay"
(511.462): "Long live EightTimesaDay"
Tenant Farmer Fan: "Long live God God God God"
[Suddenly, if you find the admin adorable, press like ][6]
I'll start
[??: Yeah, yeah. Surprisingly, that's true][27]
I scattered chicken burgers in a batch of 30, just as Estelle had advised.
As Estelle had suggested, scattering bread quickly turned public opinion in my favor.
At least Ive scattered the bread well
But I couldnt allow myself to become complacent.
This was only the beginning.
EightTimesaDay: Ah, I forgot to mention in the main text, but those with floating nicks are excluded...
EatingCatFood: Nice... this is it...
(122.39): ???? Why exclude floating nicks? Is it okay for the admin to discriminate?
PengChwakLyeok: Probably to prevent VPN abuse.
(122.39): ??? Who's using VPNs, and how much??
(74.890): For real, only the Dark Emperor can use it anyway.
MemoriesOfMorak: If you're jealous, just get a fixed nickname .
(598.215): Fixed nicknames are better, huh? If you get one, everything gets recorded; what will you do then?
EightTimesaDay: Don't fight. Excluding floating nicks isn't discrimination. It's just because they don't have a gallery log. I can't openly post coupons...
(122.39): No, but if you reply and then delete it, it still shows in notifications;;;
EatingCatFood: Damn, when are you going to do that ? Also, if someone steals it, you'll blame the admin again.
(122.39): ;;; We've always done it like this when scattering burgers;;
EatingCatFood: Ah, these floating nicks always whining. Want chicken burgers but don't want a fixed nick?
(113.111): This is really ridiculous. What does a fixed nickname have to do with chicken burgers? Are you obsessed with fixed nicknames?
PengChwakLyeok: For real, floating nicks just want pleasure without responsibility . So disgusting .
As planned, the fight between fixed and floating nicks began.
Scatter bread, then divide.
Fixed nicks attacked floating nicks to reduce the number vying for limited chicken burgers while floating nicks fought to reclaim their lost burger rights.
Of course, there were still those who continued to incite instead of lining up for chicken burgers.
[Damn it!! Idiots!! Don't get baited by chicken burgers like pigs!! Focus on the gallery falling apart!!][0]
I have no personal grudge.
It was just a sacrifice for the peace of the gallery.
Click-
[15-minute ban]
Normally, such a ban might have led to backlash for abusing power.
But
After 15 minutes, the chicken burgers were gone, and 30 fixed nicks stood by me.
Then, no matter how loudly JustSayNiceThings yelled, they were just an enraged troublemaker upset about not receiving a burger.
If it doesnt work out, I can just say it was a mistake.
Today, I was the likable admin who had given out 30 chicken burgers.
What could JustSayNiceThings even do if I, who was holding a one-day indulgence, apologized?
[Suddenly, I feel the admin is amazing][15]
Despite doing nothing wrong, scattering 30 burgers in the gallery as an admin felt great.
[Elise? Why haven't you started the worship yet?][55]
I'm waiting for EightTimesaDay.
As you can see, even without results, the opinion of the gallery had already turned in my favor.
This is as far as Estelles teachings go.
Though I already had a perfect answer sheet, I had no intention of stopping there.
Swoosh- Swoosh-
I sneakily inserted a few 1st Division Fixed Nicks among the winners to turn the gallery to my side completely.
[Ladder Game Rigging]
It was a major crime in the gallery, considered on par with, or even worse than, murder.
Surely, Id be in big trouble if caught
But what if I dont get caught?
If caught, its a crime; if not, it becomes art.
.
The self-proclaimed Dark Emperor and the arch-enemy of the admin, Poporing, of course, was causing a ruckus among the floating nicks.
[Author: EightTimesaDay]
[Results][36]
(Ladder game winners.jpg)
Comment within 35 minutes.
-ChildhoodFriendAssault
-MojitoDeliveryman
-SpecialGradeUnicorn
-TenantFarmerFan
Until she saw her own fixed nick on the list of winners.
Gurgle-
Poporing was hungry.
Gurgle!
Very hungry.
She wanted to shout, Do you think you can tempt me with just a chicken burger set?! But
She couldnt remember the last time she had eaten anything other than ramen.
Gulp-
Just the thought of a juicy, greasy chicken burger made her mouth water.
Ah cant help it.!
Poporing usually separated her gallery persona from her real-life persona
But she was still human.
Just this time Ill let it slide
She couldnt bring himself to accept a burger as a fixed nickname and then criticize the admin as a floating nickname.
Click- Click-
MojitoDeliveryman: "Long live EightTimesaDay." Thank you. I'll enjoy it! Love you!
[An objective analysis of 101 reasons why 'Magical Girl Urara' is superior to 'Mesugaki Witch']
...
Reason - 73
(Mesugaki Witch Episode 57.jpg)
"Mesugaki Witch" used pointy speech bubbles signifying loud voices identically in explanatory texts, making contrast and distinction unclear.
(Magical Girl Urara Episode 73.jpg)
In contrast, 'Magical Girl Urara' used them only once when important, maximizing their impact. This alone shows the clear difference in the quality of the two comics.
Reason - 74
('Mesugaki Witch' torn clothes in battle image.jpg)
(Next cut, 'Mesugaki Witch' clothes not torn image.jpg)
The author seemed to have dementia, with clothes torn and then restored in just one cut.
'Magical Girl Urara' always depicted even bruises precisely, so this mistake never occurred.
Reason - 75
Thud-!
Fingers that had been moving endlessly like playing a piano suddenly stopped.
[Temporary Save]
I think Ill stop here for today.
Laplace Mapleflower, the Second Princess of the Empire, spoke in a cold voice.
It took longer than I thought
She thought she would quickly find 101 reasons, but after listing about 50, it became hard to find even eight per day.
However, she had no intention of reducing the number.
Once set to 101, she would finish it with 101 reasons.
That was Laplace Mapleflower.
[Notice: Gallery Inspection and Unavailability Due to Additional Features!]
The gallery is closing?
Laplace, who had belatedly checked the notice, stroked her chin.
Why so suddenly? Is it because of the admin?
The only significant change in the gallery recently was the arrival of the admin.
Considering there had been no feature additions or inspections in the past few years
It was natural to think the maintenance was related to the admin.
A bit disappointing, but its a good opportunity to finish the work Ive been postponing during the inspection.
Swoosh
Laplaces eyes glowed red as she pulled a camera from her desk drawer.
[Notice: Gallery Inspection and Unavailability Due to Additional Features!]
Hmm. Not being able to use the gallery for 24 hours Thats serious.
As the owner of the enchanting voice shook her head, her long purple hair cascaded down to her waist.
Laura Lavandula.
She was both the greatest and the most infamous saint in the history of the church.
What should I do about this
Under normal circumstances, the Saint Candidate position held by Yuris should not have existed.
Since the descent of Goddess Elise, the position of the saint has always been a lifelong appointment.
The method for finding a successor was not for humans to choose but for the existing saint to receive a revelation from Goddess Elise near the end of their life and to pass on the position.
Laura herself had become a saint this way, succeeding the previous saint.
However, 15 years ago,
Laura gained the power of Necromancy at the cost of abandoning her Prophecy, once considered the greatest blessing.
The unprecedented event of a saint turning against the Goddess caused an upheaval within the church.
In a world where the existence of God was proven, the fall of a clergy member, especially the beloved saint of the Goddess, was inconceivable.
As a result
Laura was designated as a Top-Priority Extermination Target by the church.
-Top-Priority Extermination Target-
This meant an entity that the church must exterminate at all costs.
Thus, the church judged the existence of Fallen Saint Laura to fundamentally shake the faith in Goddess Elise.
It seems I must hide in the underground prison for a while.
Despite her status plummeting from Saint to Top-Priority Extermination Target in an instant, Laura remained unshaken.
She just kept hiding and fleeing, and for 15 years, she continuously collected bodies and souls to increase her power.
She needed more strength, even if it meant sacrificing everything.
Allow no ones intrusion until I permit it.
Click- Creak-
Simultaneously with Lauras order, a sinister sound of bones clashing echoed.
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