Don't Talk to Me X No Interaction X Monologue O (3)

“This is quite a dilemma...”

I was seriously pondering something, more seriously than ever before.

“What should my nickname be...”

Creating a fixed nickname was a given, but the problem was deciding which nickname to use.

Naturally, I wanted it to be anonymous enough that no one could identify me, while still showing some individuality. Ideally, it would be witty and humorous, with just a touch of vulgarity to suit the gallery's nature.

“Emperor of the Bed■ is... kind of a no-go.”

That was the first nickname that came to mind, but it was too arrogant for someone like me, who had only had sex once.

“Isn't there anything more suitable...”

SourCreamPie■—

It was trite, practically screaming that I had no sense when it came to nicknames.

BabySeedFarmer■—It wasn't bad, but it was nowhere near vulgar enough.

Pussy Broth Smell Research Society■—It barely satisfied the vulgarity requirement, but it felt like forced vulgarity, as though it had been made up just to be vulgar. It didn't feel sincere.

[Aaaagh!! Now they're even spamming the fake tactical nuke!!!][6]

[For real, I want to leave the gallery so badly. Blocking them doesn't end it][0]

[Fuck!! How many people are spamming!!! Stop!!!][3]

I wanted to take my time choosing a nickname, but with the gallery's condition growing more serious by the second, I didn't seem to have the luxury.

‘Ah, seriously, what should I do...’

Just as I was wondering what nickname would reveal my own uniqueness without crossing the line too much...

“...This is it!”

The perfect nickname flashed through my mind.

[Fixed nickname created!]

[Gallery manager's permissions have been expanded!]

After logging in with my fixed nickname, I posted my first message without hesitation.

[Poster : Eight Wanks a Day◆]=[Ian]

[Hi, I'm a gallery newbie.][0]

Nice to meet you.

For the first thirty seconds after I posted, there were no comments, perhaps because it had been buried beneath the flood of spam posts.

But...

ChildhoodFriendRape■ : What is this guy? Why is his tag shaped differently from everyone else's?

ㄴㅇㅇ(76.812) : For real, what is it?? Never seen that before??

ㄴBabyNepmi■ : That's amazing, waah! Baby Nepmi wants to do it too, waah!

As soon as one comment appeared, the number inside [@] rapidly increased.

I had realized this over the past few days, but whether a post had even one comment made a considerable difference in its view count.

‘Is it because people come to look at the comments rather than the post?’

ㄴEightFapsADay◆ : I guess it's because I'm the gallery manager. I didn't know either, but apparently my tag is shaped differently.

For reference, the tag was the ■ attached next to a nickname.

‘...Though mine is ◆.’

Unlike the other gallery users' tags, which were simply gray, mine was yellow.

ㄴㅇㅇ(112.39) : Manager? The gallery had a manager? What have you been doing all this time to only show up now?

ㄴChildhoodFriendRape■ : That just shows how much of a shitshow the gallery is today~

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(112.39) : True, today's gallery is the biggest shitshow since ‘that time.’ I'm starting to think about quitting the gallery.

ㄴChildhoodFriendRape■ : Anyone who says that never actually quits the gallery.

ㄴㅇㅇ(53.71) : What's ‘that time’?

ㄴILikePeasants■ : Ah... are you unfamiliar with the gallery from ‘that time’...?

ㄴㅇㅇ(53.71) : Here come the old-timers again, talking about something only they know.

ㄴIOnlySayNiceThings■ : Some fucking newcomer who doesn't even know about that time is running his mouth.

ㄴEightFapsADay◆ : Everyone, please don't fight.

ㄴIOnlySayNiceThings■ : Hey, manager bastard, don't use honorifics, you rude bastard.

ㄴEightFapsADay◆ : Okay, don't fight.

ㄴIOnlySayNiceThings■ : Fuck, who says you can talk down to me?

ㄴChildhoodFriendRape■ : This guy doesn't even hold back with the manager. He's just a piece of work.

ㄴㅇㅇ(76.812) : But what can a manager do? Is having a slightly different tag the extent of it?

After a long string of pointless comments, a normal question finally appeared.

-Gallery ban and gallery unban functions have been activated!

-Post deletion, notice writing, and taking down popular posts functions have been activated!

-The real identities of anonymous users who post on the gallery can be checked ‘within limits’!

ㄴEightFapsADay◆ : Gallery bans and unbans, writing gallery notices, and taking down popular posts? Nothing much.

Naturally, I couldn't mention that users' real identities could be seen in a gallery whose very lifeblood was anonymity, so I glossed over it.

ㄴFlameSandwich■ : What's a gallery ban? Is it different from a regular ban?

ㄴEightFapsADay◆ : Yeah. A regular block just makes someone invisible to me, but a gallery ban seems to stop them from using the gallery.

ㄴFlameSandwich■ : What?? So if you ban someone, they can't post on the gallery?

ㄴEightFapsADay◆ : I haven't tried it, so I'm not sure, but probably.

ㄴFlameSandwich■ : Lmao, the ‘Tactical Nuke Disposal Squad’ can finally ascend to heaven...

I replied again because it was a term I had never seen before.

ㄴEightFapsADay◆ : What's the Tactical Nuke Disposal Squad?

ㄴFlameSandwich■ : This guy's less informed than me despite being the manager lol.

ㄴEightFapsADay◆ : Haha, I am the manager, but I'm a gallery newbie, so there are lots of things I don't know.

ㄴFlameSandwich■ : Until now, if a post got enough downvotes, the gallery itself would automatically ban it.

ㄴFlameSandwich■ : The people who knowingly clicked tactical-nuke bait to rack up enough downvotes for an automatic ban were called the disposal squad.

ㄴEightFapsADay◆ : Nice work. But I haven't seen the tactical nuke—it's a disgusting image, right? Why do people post disgusting images on the gallery?

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(74.812) : Reason? Do you need one? Some people just want to watch the gallery burn. I decided to call that madness, though.

“....”

For some reason, it was a comment I didn't feel like engaging with, so I ignored it and checked another comment.

ILikePeasants■ : But why is your nickname Eight Wanks a Day? Do you really jerk off eight times a day?

ㄴEightFapsADay◆ : Yeah. Usually around eight. At most, I've done twenty.

It was a slight exaggeration, but it was still within the range that could be brushed off as harmless.

ㄴILikePeasants■ : Holy shit, the manager's stamina is insane...

ㄴㅇㅇ(177.96) : You really expect us to believe that? How can a person jerk off eight times a day lol.

ㄴㅇㅇ(511.462) : For real, even four a day would make anyone go crazy. You have to lie within reason if you want people to believe twenty.

But apparently, the gallery users didn't think so.

“...I do five a day, though. It's not like I can prove it.”

Even though I had never done it twenty times, I had managed sixteen, and five a day was standard for me. If I was bored, I would jerk off eight times.

ㅇㅇ(114.511) : No!!! Whether you're called Eight Wanks a Day or Twenty Wanks a Day, do something about the spam first, you fucker!! At this rate, the gallery is really going to die!!!

Perhaps I was simply too excited by all the attention.

Only after seeing that desperate comment did I come to my senses and begin carrying out my duties as the manager.

Blocking was simple.

First, click the nickname,

[Block]

then set the duration. That was all.

The blocking period could be freely set anywhere from a minimum of one minute to a maximum of 300 years.

[Poster : Eight Wanks a Day◆]=[Ian]

[How long should I block them?]

From one minute to 300 years.

ㅇㅇ(177.96) : Agh! How are you supposed to manage the gallery if you ask about every little thing? Just do whatever you want.

ㄴEightFapsADay◆ : Okay.

“Then, shall I give it a try?”

After cracking my wrists, I began my first task as the manager.

Block─

Block─

Block─

Every time I blocked an anonymous user, the spam posts disappeared, and I could feel the gallery rapidly returning to normal.

And... the more I blocked, the more an inexplicable exhilaration rose in me, making me block them faster and faster.

Block─

Block─

Block─ Block─ Block─

Block─ Block─ Block─ Block─ Block─ Block─

“...!!”

A little while later, when I came to my senses, I was wildly swinging my right hand through the air.

“Is this... power?”

My hand trembled slightly.

I was holding nothing, yet it felt as though I were holding a cold, heavy sword.

To me, who had always been beneath Eveline, the taste of the power that came from standing at the top felt sweet.

‘This is dangerous...’

It was a power I could use only within the gallery, but I could see how it might become addictive if I didn't set a limit.

[Poster: Eight Wanks a Day◆]

[I blocked all the anonymous users who were spamming for now. Yeah.]

And besides shock images and spam, I won't block anyone. Yeah.

I won't suddenly block anyone for 300 years, either. Depending on how disruptive they are, I'll start with one day and increase it to three days for more serious cases, adjusting it reasonably as I go.

ILikePeasants■ : Are loli pics allowed? (Link)

(A picture of a silver-haired loli lol with her eyes covered by a black bar.jpg)

ㄴEightFapsADay◆: Yeah, even something ten times worse than that is allowed.

ㄴILikePeasants■ : Oh~ Love you~

ㅇㅇ(137.38) : Ah, got it, but let's ban the three major villains for 300 years first, yeah yeah yeah yeah.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(74.812) : Lmao, that chicken-coop hag who thought she was safe just because she's an elf won't be able to use the gallery until she diesㅋㅋ.

ㄴIOnlySayNiceThings■ : No, fuck, why am I suddenly involved?

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(74.812) : I just called someone a chicken-coop hag. Why are you getting angry? Are you a chicken coop or something?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

ㅇㅇ(177.96) : If shock images are ban-worthy, ban Holy Power Storage Tank too. Holy Power Storage Tank posts shock images every day without fail.

ㄴEightFapsADay◆ : That's impossible.

ㄴㅇㅇ(177.96) : Why is it impossible?

ㄴEightFapsADay◆: Because it's not a shock image.

ㄴㅇㅇ(177.96) : What? You're saying that isn't a shock image??? What are your criteria?

ㄴEightFapsADay◆: The manager's discretion.

ㄴILikePeasants■ : Ah... nothing can be done about the manager's discretion...

ㄴㅇㅇ(177.96) : The manager was a Tactical Nuke fanboy all along lol.

ㄴEightFapsADay◆: You're blocked for 15 minutes.

[Poster : Puaeng■] = [Penelope Daffodil]

[Won't the manager block comment spam too?][4]

(Excuse me, why did you suddenly disappear? Answer me. Don't run away. I said answer me.jpg)

Can't you block them? Even when I ignore them, they keep spamming me, and it's making my head spin.

EightFapsADay◆: Yeah. For now, I'm not going to block comment spam, only post spam.

ㄴPuaeng■: So it doesn't matter if I leave hundreds of comments every time you make a post?

ㄴEightFapsADay◆: Yeah. Try it if you want a 300-year ban.

ㄴPuaeng■: This reign of terror is insane ㄷㄷㄷㄷ

Mogyeolhonjuk■: Delete the post,Delete the post,Delete the post,Delete the post,Delete the post,Delete the post,Delete the post,...

In truth, if someone other than Estelle had left comments like that, I might have banned them.

But as her classmate, I wanted to check on Estelle's seemingly unstable state, even if only through the gallery.

‘I suppose this much abuse of power is acceptable.’

With that thought, I looked out the window and saw that the sky had already grown dark.

“...I feel like I haven't done anything, but time really flies.”

If I stayed any longer, I felt like I would spend the whole day on the gallery without even eating, so I left my final post of the day.

[Poster : Eight Wanks a Day◆]=[Ian]

[Anyway, please don't treat me specially just because I'm the manager.]

I'll act as an ordinary gallery user too. And as long as you follow the rules, I won't interfere. Yeah.

Then I'm off to eat. Bye-bye.

IOnlySayNiceThings■ : Wow, that's creepy. How does this manager bastard talk exactly like those old elf menㅋㅋ Saying ‘I won't interfere as long as you follow the rules’ㅋㅋㅋ

ㄴPyorolingPyoryuling■ : But doesn't the word manager have an unpleasant ring to it? Am I the only one bothered?

ㄴIOnlySayNiceThings■ : Ah, another oversensitive idiot has shown up. What the hell doesn't bother that bastard?

ㄴPyorolingPyoryuling■ : No, I just said it sounds unpleasant, so why are you picking a fight?

Thus, while the gallery was bustling with activity over the sudden appearance of its manager....

“Ah-ha! Ahahahahaha! Ahahahahahah!!”

Someone watching the gallery in a dark room let out a laugh that sounded as though it were tearing apart.