Chapter 12
Chapter 12
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 12
Chapter Title: Manager Missing Incident
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“Phew.”
I searched here and there for information about the Irregular, but there was nothing I could find right away.
In the end, I couldn’t find out either the number of regressions required for an Irregular or its price, but since what I had to do was the same anyway, there was only one answer—climb the Tower.
Ding ding ding─
“Yeah, yeah, I’m coming now, honey.”
I wanted to browse Star Bang a bit more, but the comment notifications had been ringing faster and faster for a while now, so I had no choice but to check the Gallery.
[Where did the Manager go?]
[The Gallery’s fucked;]
[No, at least one of you come back, fuck]
[I’ve been gallery-ing for 400 years, first time I’ve seen the Manager disappear without a word]
[Emergency)) Manager missing for over 2 hours]
“Huh?”
A list of mysterious posts that jumped out the moment I entered.
I blinked at the Gallery, which was wrapped in chaos over the claim that the Manager had disappeared.
“The Manager is gone.”
The Manager who kindly explained things, who wasn’t great at writing posts but worked hard managing the Gallery.
The Manager who regularly left worried comments, who replied with comments instantly no matter when someone posted.
“…It’s not because of me collapsing them or something, right?”
Looking roughly at the time of disappearance, it seemed they vanished not long after I posted my thread.
While watching the real-time posts searching for the Manager increase, I checked the comments on my FLEX post.
[Comments]
Eraser Not Me🔸: How did you get this…? Please, could you tell me…??
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸: If you don’t tell me, are you going to block me?!
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸: (An emoticon of an angry bizarre creature)
“Pretty normal.”
It wasn’t much different from the other comments.
If they’d collapsed from stomach pain, I’d have nothing to say, but this alone wasn’t enough to judge.
To begin with, what did this post have to do with going silent?
[What is Eraser doing!!!!]
[Fuck, never press the one below absolutely] (6)
[.] (47)
[Run wild while the Manager’s gone@@@@@@@@] (1)
[Even calling the report desk won’t bring them back, where did they really go??] (4)
[The Manager’s timer should still have a lot left, what is this;] (15)
“Is this really something to make such a fuss over?”
I scratched my head at the Gallery’s reaction.
I didn’t want to imagine it, but they could’ve met something dangerous in the Tower—or maybe they just fell asleep.
It’s not like they have to report every single move, and honestly, freaking out over just one or two hours made no sense to me.
[The sleeping room is empty too?]
[Author: Anon]
gall.infinity/view/16642315
Look, Anon
The timer still has over 50 days left
Are they sick or something?
“Sleeping room?”
As I refreshed and read posts, one in particular caught my eye.
A post with a link and a question, with comments agreeing and worrying about the Manager.
[Situation report]
[Author: Eraser Not Me🔸]
This is the Apocalypse Timer status chart…!
If updates are delayed by several days, please assume something happened.
365 - O
360 - O
355 - O
.
.
.
55 - O
Tower climbing time and sleep time are recorded in the comments…!
If you leave comments on this post, you will be blocked!
If there’s a problem, please come to the report desk!
[Comments]
Eraser Not Me🔸: Sleep
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸: Wake
Eraser Not Me🔸: Tower climbing
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸: End
Eraser Not Me🔸: Sleep
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸: Wake
Eraser Not Me🔸: Tower climbing
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸: End
Eraser Not Me🔸: Tower climbing
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸: End
Eraser Not Me🔸: Sleep
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸: Wake
The moment I clicked the link, I blinked.
“……”
No, this person is literally recording every single movement.
Just how serious do you have to be about the Gallery to go this far?
In this Tower, everyone’s time flows differently, so no timestamps were written.
But even without them, it was obvious—the Manager looked at the Gallery from the moment they opened their eyes to the moment they closed them.
“This is a real unpaid slave.”
Or maybe only someone who obtained an Irregular could be a manager, so maybe the Manager was earning points through gallery activity?
If they had something similar to the TP I get for climbing the Tower, I could understand it, but…
If they really got nothing and only worked, it felt pitiful in many ways.
[Mandatory read)) Manager’s last known location]
[Author: 238th Regression]
(A screenshot of a King God Wiki article)
(A screenshot of the Manager’s comment)
They disappeared after this, Anon
Probably this bastard’s fault;;
Going to check if that newbie got blocked, wait ㄱㄷ
“This is my fault?”
It’s true the Manager’s last comment was on my post, but… blaming me based on that alone was ridiculous.
[Comments]
Anon: Probably died of shock after reading the post
Anon: Died of jealousy ㄷㄷ;
dd: It was pretty shocking lol
238th Regression (Author): Checked, still alive lol
Of course, the tone of the comments wasn’t very serious. It was all half-joking.
If the Manager hadn’t even commented on my post, maybe, but since they even did a WWE skit about blocking me, it was something you could laugh off.
Or at least, it should’ve been—but there was one small problem──
[Why are the reactions this serious;] (4)
[Looks like it really is that guy’s fault then Anon] (7)
[The Manager’s been here a long time, they’d feel disillusioned ㅇㅇ;] (4)
[Eraser come back!! Even if you’re not a cute girl it’s fine!!!] (15)
[Just looking at how the post was written makes me mad lol] (3)
[That newbie’s been provoking the Manager since yesterday, Anon, check the capture] (13)
[Didn’t the Manager really go silent because of that newbie?] (10)
“…You’re really igniting over this?”
Starting from one post, public opinion began to shift.
In an instant, an atmosphere formed where I was the criminal.
Posts twisting the comments I’d exchanged with the Manager—making it look like I seriously insulted them—started appearing.
[Tsk tsk, pathetic.]
[Author: Dual Wield Supremacy]
Isn’t it shameful to gang up and curse someone like this?
If you have time for that, climb the Tower, idiots!
Upvotes 15 / Downvotes 46
[Comments]
Anon: If you don’t even know what’s going on, shut up
┗ Dual Wield Supremacy (Author): Who do you take me for! Don’t bully an innocent newbie!
┗ Anon: What if they’re guilty?
┗ Dual Wield Supremacy (Author): …The newbie really did something wrong?
┗ Anon: Brain-dead bastard
┗ Dual Wield Supremacy (Author): No… it doesn’t look like the newbie did anything wrong…
There were occasional posts defending me, but the already-formed mood didn’t change.
“Hm. Is it really that bad?”
I’d posted it to brag, sure, but I didn’t think it deserved getting crucified.
No matter how I thought about it, I couldn’t understand.
Maybe I felt that way because I was the person involved, but even if I were on the other side, I felt like I wouldn’t care much.
“You guys laughed too.”
Oppa, we were good together.
The comment reactions were clearly positive.
I’d deliberately used exaggerated expressions. With well-placed images and emoticons, there wasn’t a single person actually getting angry.
Sure, I knew it’d attract aggro and not everyone would like it—but what did that have to do with the Manager going silent?
“…Well, maybe the Manager really did go silent because of me.”
Watching the Gallery burn because of me made me uneasy.
Since posts calling me out kept appearing, I decided to take a step back here and write something.
What if the Manager came back and got shocked?
They were diligent and, in their own way, likable—our Manager.
[I came since you’re desperately looking]
[Author: King God Wiki]
If you’re angry because of me, this newbie will offer an apology…
If the Manager is reading this, please purify the Gallery and save the lost sheep…
I can no longer bear to watch this place turn into hell because of me…
Mi…
Mi…
You crazy bastards, how is this my fault?
No, but as I kept writing, I got too wronged to endure it.
How is this my fault? If we’re talking right and wrong, the Manager blocking me is a way bigger offense.
To begin with, it was a post I made after confirming there was nothing problematic.
Who am I?
“A sincere newbie who read fully half of the Manager’s announcements.”
Okay, not all of them—but I definitely knew what to be careful about.
If there’d really been a problem, the Manager would’ve taken the post down and blocked me first.
The Manager even replied normally with emoticons—so why were you people acting like this?
Ding ding ding─
[Still hasn’t come to their senses;]
[Looks like they really had a mental breakdown because of that guy ㅇㅇ]
[“How is this my fault” lol]
[Why are these guys like this; why is the Manager’s silence the newbie’s fault???]
[Obviously the Irregular is staged too ㅇㅇ]
Of course, the reactions to the post and comments weren’t good.
To those who’d already decided I was guilty, I’d just given them more flesh to tear apart.
“So this is why being a superstar is hard….”
A life that drives both fans and haters insane.
Feels like there are only haters here, but even so, all the absurd slander made me smile.
Interest directed at me made my whole body tremble.
Swoosh.
Shaking my head, I went to the report desk.
Asking if they were okay, if something happened. If they’d just fallen asleep, telling them not to worry and to rest well.
If they were Tower climbing, telling them not to get hurt and to come back comfortably when they could, leaving a generous comment.
King God Wiki: Fuck, Manager, what are you doing!!!!!
┗ King God Wiki: Please save me!!!!!!!
My heart is pounding.
I don’t want to get cursed at.
About four hours since the Manager went silent.
The Gallery was still a cauldron of chaos.
“Ugh….”
I did want attention, but this was far from the direction I wanted.
The Gallery atmosphere had completely been taken over by trolls.
They were even lumping in and attacking the people who defended me.
Truth didn’t matter anymore.
There were far too many people riding the flow just to curse, and people despairing over the Manager’s disappearance.
“I knew the Manager disappearing was a big deal, but….”
[Newbie here, is there a reason the Manager disappearing is such a big deal??]
[Author: Anon]
Why is everyone overreacting?
[Comments]
3540th Regression: Gallery = created because the previous Manager made a wish as an Irregular.
┗ 3540th Regression: Previous Manager = handed the Gallery over to the current Manager and disappeared.
┗ 3540th Regression: Current Manager = effectively the owner of the Gallery. If they disappear, no one knows what’ll happen.
┗ Anon (Author): So the Gallery could disappear too
Anon (Author): But is the Gallery disappearing really that big of a deal??
┗ 6373: Until the Gallery existed, my only conversation was with my reflection in water.
┗ Heart Tower Lover: Not true? If you go to the Heart Tower, there are lots of friends who listen to me?
┗ Anon (Author): Fuck, I get it; this place is where nobody can meet anyone, right?
Basically, the Manager’s life was the Gallery’s life.
Now I could roughly understand why everyone was obsessing over their whereabouts.
[Breaking news: Manager appears]
[Author: Anon]
(A screenshot of the Manager’s comment on the report desk)
Will be posting soon
“They’re here…!”
About six hours after the Manager disappearance incident.
The Manager, who had vanished without a word, finally crawled back out.
[I’m sorry…]
[Author: Eraser Not Me🔸]
Um… it’s embarrassing to say honestly…
I should’ve said I was tired and going to sleep, but I kept reading posts like I was possessed and fell asleep…
I don’t fully understand the situation yet, but if you leave comments, I’ll answer sincerely…
[Comments]
Anon: Didn’t you go silent because you got pissed at the newbie?
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸: Me…? Why would I be angry…?
┗ Anon: Didn’t you see that guy’s post?
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸: Was there something to get angry about? I thought it was fun…
Anon: Was that really something worth blocking over?
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸: I don’t think it’s a reason for a block… was there some special reason?
┗ Anon: No, it was just… a bit too blatant?
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸: Huh? I’m not sure what you mean…
┗ Anon: This is frustrating;
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸: ??
King God Wiki: Fuck, why are you only coming back now
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸: I’m sorry… it looks serious, so I’ll get a grasp of the situation and write a new post…!
“See? I was right.”
As soon as the post went up, there were people trying to kill me, but the Manager shot them down by asking what the problem was.
A gallery addict Manager who even reports their sleep wouldn’t lose their mind and go silent over a post like that.
It was obvious, yet the fact that I’d been slandered for hours over such a ridiculous reason felt unbearably unfair.
[The Manager says there’s no problem, now they can’t say anything]
[Fuck, look at them trying to kill someone when they thought they had the chance lol]
[It was just at a fun level, they couldn’t even laugh and were trembling alone]
[Reason to block: “Because I’m jealous”]
[I captured everything ㅇㅇ, Manager, you know you can distinguish anon users, right?]
“Hah.”
With the judge’s not-guilty verdict, the Gallery’s atmosphere flipped instantly.
More precisely, the people who’d been forcibly silenced were venting their sense of liberation.
[The newbie’s really the only pitiful one… shouldn’t we comfort them?]
[Author: Anon]
So I slyly added one comment on a blank account too.
[Comments]
Anon: Are you that newbie?
Gasp.
How did they know?
[Everyone please read]
[Author: Eraser Not Me🔸]
First, the reason I disappeared was because I forgot to leave a comment and fell asleep… I’m truly sorry…
Then I’ll summarize the current situation.
Because I disappeared after leaving my last comment on Wiki-newbie’s post, my silence became the newbie’s fault.
The newbie didn’t really do anything wrong, but got cursed at for six hours, and Gallery rules weren’t followed.
The reason to block the newbie, and the reason for cursing them, is jealousy…?
Is this correct…?
If there’s anything wrong, please tell me and I’ll fix it immediately.
If that’s all, I’ll block everyone who cursed the newbie and everyone who broke the rules…!
[Comments]
Baldness Even 9th Circle Archmage Can’t Stop: “Jealousy” LMAOOOOOO
Anon: Manager, did you really feel nothing seeing that post?
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸 (Author): Of course I was annoyed… but I don’t know if it was to the point of raging and cursing.
┗ Anon: That guy ate it all alone and bragged alone though?
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸 (Author): If they could share, wouldn’t they have shared?
┗ Anon: What if they didn’t?
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸 (Author): It’s Wiki-nim’s in the first place—there’s no problem even if they don’t share, right…?
Anon: No but really; it was just fun, why are people like this lol
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸 (Author): I was excited because it’d been so long since I saw something like that… I guess others weren’t.
┗ Anon: Nah, I thought it was cool too. Seeing the photo brought back old memories.
King God Wiki: Manager, if it’s not rude, can I go in for a kiss?
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸 (Author): It is rude! I’ll block you!
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸 (Author): And please don’t write posts just to tease people…!
All the resentment that had built up melted away instantly through the Manager’s post and comments.
Even without me stepping in, they were protecting me more than I’d expected.
Whether it came from sincerity or was just AS service after the Irregular incident, I didn’t know…
“Possible.”
If it were the Manager, I felt like they might actually let me give them a peck.
Even if they weren’t a cute girl but a hairy middle-aged man, I could close my eyes and give one kiss.
“No, cancel. I can’t.”
Thinking again, that was a bit much.
Anon: You wrote it with a ‘jealous? you can’t eat it, right?’ mindset, so what;
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸 (Author): How do you know that, Anon? Even if that were true, there’s no problem.
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸 (Author): The reason we say not to curse Irregular certification posts is so we can all celebrate together, after all.
┗ Anon: That’s different;
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸 (Author): How is it different? Isn’t it better to celebrate when something good happens to someone else?
┗ Anon: Is that even a good thing??
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸 (Author): Then is it something worth being cursed at by a group for hours…?
“Damn it, I have to worship the Manager.”
I watched as the Manager kept leaving comments and covering for me.
I never imagined they’d help this much. The more I watched, the more they felt like an angel.
Honestly, it was a flex, but the Manager didn’t see it that way at all.
I was impressed by that mindset, completely devoid of malice.
Maybe because I had a “cute girl filter” on, I felt an urge to be even kinder and more attentive to them.
“The problem is… there’s no way to help.”
In relationships, knowledge, and ability, the Manager was superior in everything.
They were the Gallery’s administrator and a veteran who’d survived in the Tower for a long time.
The reality was that there was nothing I could do to help.
┗ Eraser Not Me🔸 (Author): If they could share, wouldn’t they have shared?
“…No. Is there?”
Seeing that comment from the Manager, I immediately checked Star Bang.
If this really was a shopping mall site, a system that delivered in the blink of an eye—
“Wouldn’t it be possible to send things to other people too?”
I figured delivery or gifting might be possible.
I searched around Star Bang, even searched “gift” on Star Wiki.
After exploring for a long time and thinking maybe it really didn’t exist—
[Eraser Not Me🔸]
┗ [Send Gift]
“Found it.”
Inside [Internet] → [Gallery], I found the gift button.
“So this appears for other people too, not just the Manager?”
And the fact that it was usable on everyone in the Gallery.
“……”
[Owned TP: 4,443]
Grin.
A long, drawn-out time of humiliation and persecution…
It was time to return as a truly “liked” newbie.
[Memo List] – (132)
“Everyone’s dead.”
No forgiveness without naked dogeza.