Member Invitations (2): The Admin's Shock

Baek Eunwol. The one who awakened with gallery admin abilities as Judak, and at the same time, a certified hunter recognized by the Control Bureau—the last remaining public institution in this ruined world. Her standards as an admin were ironclad.

She showed no mercy with brutal bans for malicious fake info that directly impacted survival.

On the flip side, she'd let minor eccentricities slide if they didn't harm others, giving folks a bit of breathing room. But the shop rumor buzzing around the gallery right now? That was dangerous. People needed hope, sure—but not like this. So Eunwol checked the account's IP.

Eunwol couldn't hide her surprise.

"...?"

IP lookup was Judak's exclusive ability to pinpoint a user's real location and coordinates. It had never glitched like this before.

"A user that can't be tracked...? Then what about a ban?"

Sensing the gravity, she reached out to the hovering blue UI window.

It should've popped ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠a ban notice in one second flat, like ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠always. But...

BAM-!!

"Kuh...!"

The blue system window exploded in a red flash, the backlash hurling Eunwol's body backward.

"Uh... uh! Judak-nim! Are you okay...?"

"I'm fine..."

Wiping the blood from her nose at the employee's words, Eunwol blankly stared up ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠at the blinking crimson warning in the air.

"Not a user..."

A normal user had no right to block a gallery admin like Eunwol. She held absolute authority. But this account had rejected her access—and hit her with physical shock.

There was only one entity under the heavens that could interfere with her like this.

"No way... the, System?"

Judak's conclusion was simple and clear.

"The System itself opened a shop...?"

Meanwhile, ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠the gallery was in chaos over the post from the shop account.

Suddenly, Judak herself posted an announcement.

The users who'd assumed Judak was pranking flipped completely at her follow-up comment.

What a fucking hilarious sight.

"UHAHAHAHAHA!!! "

I almost missed it, but turns out I can use two gallery accounts.

Number 1 is the official shop gallery account, and 2 is just my personal one. My plan to filter customers by my standards was simple: use this shop account only for announcements.

Two reasons for that decision.

First, the practical one: maintain the mystique to hide my identity. No need to risk revealing myself in the apocalypse. Customers and I just need what the other provides—pure business. This announcement account would be the cornerstone of that security.

And the second reason?

"'Cause... it's fun!"

That's it. All I can do here is gallery shit, so my entertainment is top priority. If it's fun for me, we're good.

Shop account for announcements, main account for free trolling and gallerying?

"This is peak gourmet shit mmm."

Didn't expect people to buy the system update angle for the shop account, though.

"Whatever, doesn't matter."

It's fun for me, so good.

"What, she actually accepted?"

Figured Judak had big influence in the gallery, so I sent an invite as a greeting and recruitment gesture. Didn't expect her to bite so hard.

"Well... favoring the one wearing the armband ain't bad."

First member is Judak. Solid start?

But no immediate buy, so yeah—not someone desperate for water right now. Fine. This is just the beginning.

With a light heart, I whipped up the next post.

Gallery users started spamming comments in a frenzy.

"No no."

Begging alone won't cut it. Gotta check if they meet my standards.

Muttering as I watched the users yapping.

"Main account, launch!!!"

I logged into my personal awakener gallery account—not the shop one—and posted.

This was it. Shop account for straight announcements, main account for ruthless opinion-shaping trolling.

"Ahh so fun."

Dopamine surging like crazy.

"This is why people do alts."

There's... something to it...!?