A super great writer in the second dimension

　Sanzenin Arashi had been in contact with this group before and had used their methods more than once. He opened Twitter with practiced ease and began issuing orders like a commander.

　..

297. This is simply beyond the heavens!

　Traditionally, online trolls are those who whitewash others' misdeeds. The term itself is a derogatory one, referring to the distortion of right and wrong and the forced portrayal of the square as round.

　However, the online trolls on Sanzenin Arashi's side don't need to do such things. In someone's hands, they are more like a media outlet used to drive public opinion.

　Sitting in her office, Sanzenin Arashi opened her Twitter account and clicked on the pinned post from yesterday, looking at the replies.

　【1: Sofa】

　【2: Bench】

　【3: Sunflower seeds】

　【4: We're late】

　After the initial four steps of the internationally unified stance were completed, the normal discussion began.

　[Aoyama Gosho has released a new game! I was wondering what happened to the speed of Sword Art Online? It's drastically reduced!]

　The first five volumes were released so quickly, two books a month, and now it's been almost two months, why hasn't the seventh volume appeared yet?

　[The person upstairs is being silly. Aoyama-sensei has started his own publishing house, NIOCNICO Publishing. I reckon there's something big coming up soon.]

　[Another one who doesn't read announcements. NIOCNICO said yesterday that Sword Art Online Volume 7 would be released alongside Bakemonogatari, okay? Besides, the site owner's game has only been out for two months. What game company can finish a new title in two months? Are you new here?]

　[I mentioned the sudden shift in art style this time, from slice-of-life to fantasy. Although the 'Afterlife' setting in AneglBeats!! made me suspect someone might be venturing into fantasy, I didn't expect them to move so quickly; only two months later, a trailer for a new game has already been released.]

　【HO Aoyama, you old scoundrel, hurry up and hand over the game! The money's here, come and take it! Take my money away! Hurry up!! Take it away!! I don't want to see this stuff anymore!!】 This person also posted a photo of tens of thousands of yen spread out on the table.

　Seeing that the response to FATE was quite good, Sanzenin Arashi closed his Twitter account with satisfaction. Since his number of followers surpassed 500,000, he rarely replied to such content. It's common for fans to pester you relentlessly. Sometimes when you reply, the other person is naturally happy, but if you're too busy to read them all, they might think you've neglected them, and you could lose a user for no reason.

　Sanzenin Arashi has adopted a more moderate approach, creating targeted threads to provide comprehensive responses, but she has largely stopped interacting with players in a single thread.

　In fact, some of the comments above were from online trolls.

　These replies are so convincing that they seem like genuine users of Sanzenin Arashi interacting with other players.

　……

　The Japanese New Year is just two weeks away, and various websites and online games have already launched their events. Sanzenin Arashi originally wanted to hold a New Year's greeting festival, following the example of Nico Nico Douga in her previous life, but there aren't that many content creators yet, and high-quality content creators are even rarer, so the plan was scrapped.

　Instead, Sanzenin Arashi will launch a series of events to engage users as the New Year approaches.

　The release of classified files from Type-Moon, Touhou, and Kantai Collection is just one part of this event.

　Here he imitated Bilibili's approach and participated in a bullet screen activity.

　Anyone can participate; the game features bullet-screen mini-games created by the official team, such as this mini-game created by Shizuka Ito.

　The Nico Nico New Year's celebration homepage is still under construction, but the bullet hell game has already been released.

　This mini-game is currently ranked third on the entire website in terms of clicks, with a whopping 120 million clicks, and this is only one day after it was released.

　The reason why the clicks can skyrocket like a tornado is because...

　When Sanzenin Arashi clicked on the video released by the official Nico Nico Douga website, the screen in front of her changed.

　After a slightly upbeat ACG-style piece of music started playing, the screen where the video was being viewed went black.

　Sanzenin Arashi sent a comment with the number [1], and an L-shaped block fell down.

　If you type another "2" in the comment, a "field" shaped object will fall down.

　Enter a comment with the number "[3]", and a rectangular bar will fall from the top of the screen.

　Then these blocks are pieced together to fill the bottom of the screen.

　The block that filled the screen disappeared...

　Sanzenin Arashi laughed until her stomach started to hurt.

　Play this with bullet comments!!

　I scrolled down to the comments section and took a look.

　[Holy crap... Tetris!!!]

　Isn't Niconico a video sharing website?!

　【666666666】

　[This is mind-blowing!]

　"Haha, Ito Shizuka, I'm going to give you a raise!!!"

　……

　Just then, Ito Shizuka opened the door to the president's office while carrying a stack of documents. She was stunned when she heard that the president was going to give her a raise.

　"Hey, you've come at the perfect time." Sanzenin Arashi waved to Ito Shizuka and said, "Upload the danmaku game I wrote as well, and I'll give you an extra 50,000 yen this month, which will be paid out with your year-end bonus!"

　"Yes, President!" Ito Shizuka smiled and took the USB drive from Sanzenin Arashi's hand.

　She ran happily to the computer room, turned on the computer, put the USB drive in, and started uploading the game.

　Out of professional ethics as a programmer, Shizuka Ito specifically opened the game to give it a try.

　Upon opening it, Ito Shizuka found that the bullet hell game created by the company president was a bit complicated.

　First, enter any comment, and the comment will turn into a little person.

　This little character can be controlled using the ↑↓← arrow keys, and you can jump by pressing the space bar.

　The trouble begins now; you'll need to enter a Nico Nico Douga message to activate other settings in the game.

　Ito Shizuka typed something in and found that some walls or something had appeared next to the little figure.

　Then she pressed the space bar to make the little figure jump, which just hit the wall.

　Strange things began to happen.

　A gold coin suddenly popped out of the wall and was eaten by the little man.

　As they walked forward, a strangely shaped block suddenly appeared. Ito Shizuka had the stick figure bump into it, and the block shattered, revealing a small mushroom.

　The stick figure ate a mushroom and it grew bigger!

　Shizuka Ito felt something was familiar, but then she discovered that typing "Happy New Year" would activate the background music.

　Then, a piece of music that made her want to cover her face started playing.

　I'm going to the club president...

　Unbelievable, unbelievable... they actually use bullet comments to play...

　You can even do this with bullet comments?!

　OMG……WTF

　..

298. Niconico's New Year Project

　This insane bullet hell game, can't we even play it in peace?

　The blonde beauty looked completely bewildered, her emerald green eyes staring blankly ahead, two lines of clear tears sliding down her cheeks, as if she were complaining that the game was too difficult, making people unable to help but laugh.

　On the Nico Nico Douga login portal, a large image of Saber with tears in her eyes is displayed, with text added in Photoshop to the background, creating a cohesive theme between the bullet hell game and the website.

　Today, Niconico has become the largest gathering place for ACG (Anime, Comics, and Games) fan works.

　This website has only been running for a few months, and its popularity has skyrocketed, especially after CM ended.

　Now, the average number of online users has reached 40,000.

　This number is already quite impressive in Japan. In my previous life, Sanzenin Arashi was also on Bilibili, where the number of online viewers often exceeded 40. But that was in China, where there are many more people.

　Niconico is now open for registration; you can become a Niconico member without any barriers.

　The requirement that only members can send comments has led to a situation where almost every user of NIOCNICO registers an account, resulting in a total membership of around 700,000 to 800,000.

　Such a number of IPs already ranks among the top in Japan. Only Twitter or 2CH can surpass Nico Nico Douga. In the field of doujinshi, Sanzenin Arashi dares to claim second place, and basically no one is number one.

　Sanzenin Arashi's heart grew bolder.

　Ito Shizuka, Mashiro, Aki Tomoya, and Yukinoshita Haruno all strongly advocated starting some doujinshi activities with profit-making potential, and even lobbied Sanzenin Arashi, the site administrator. At this time, Sanzenin Arashi himself already had plans.

　The next morning, the Nico Nico New Year skin, which Ito Shizuka was in charge of, was already completed. Sanzenin Arashi took the first-hand materials and began editing the text.

　This year's Nico Nico theme is:

　[In global debates, the truth lies within the radius of the bullet comments!!]

　[The presence of bullet comments is the triumphant anthem of victory!!]

　It's still that picture of Saber with tears in her eyes, but she looks much more playful now, and her originally sad expression now seems full of resentment.

　Arashi Sanzenin wasn't going to miss out on the New Year's opportunity. Niconico bought the broadcasting rights to the Kohaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Song Battle), so single people could watch it online, and those who didn't want to be crammed in with a crowd could also watch this annual Japanese singing extravaganza online.

　Let's all use the bullet comments to have a fun and吐槽 (tu cao, meaning to roast or criticize) session about the Red and White Song Festival!

　This item has been placed in the main promotion section, and the promotion has already begun today.

　The New Year is a heartwarming time.

　At this time, families return home, and relatives and friends gather together. This is no different from the situation in China. It's always cold to sit alone in the living room; it's much happier to play together.

　This is a great opportunity to increase users' sense of belonging. Sanzenin Arashi has put a lot of effort into planning a series of activities, and there are still two or three that haven't been launched yet.

　Today, everyone at NNV Studio is working overtime. Even the temporary workers we hired are being forced to stay at their posts. They have to finish these projects as soon as possible before Sanzenin Arashi will let them go home.

　The employees were busy as bees, but the boss, Sanzenin Arashi, was very leisurely. He had already given instructions on everything that needed to be arranged. He checked the time on his phone and realized it was almost time, so he drove his sports car towards Narita Airport.

　With the Sanzenin family's annual party approaching, Sanzenin Arashi's awkward younger sister has flown back from Hawaii, and he plans to pick her up at the airport to give Sanzenin Nagi a surprise.

　Maria was not told about this, so she was unaware of it.

　While on her way, Sanzenin Arashi received a phone call from Nanami Suzune.

　Nan Lingyin felt very heavy-hearted after returning from the party.

　If Otonokizaka Academy continues to run such a deficit, it will be closed down the following summer, and its students will be transferred to nearby schools.

　Nan Lingyin originally thought she was mentally prepared, but when she actually heard the decision, she felt that she really couldn't bear it. It was like watching a building collapse. Even if she knew, she was powerless to change it.

　Especially since she was on the top floor of the building at that time, as the chairperson, she had absolutely no means to stop this from happening.

　This matter has been tormenting her.

　I had hoped that with some effort I could stop the deficit, but now it seems unlikely.

　In fact, she had returned home yesterday, but she refrained from calling her daughter until the New Year was approaching. When she finally picked up her phone and saw the name "Qingshan Lan," she hesitated.

　……

　After answering the phone, Nan Lingyin's voice sounded somewhat melancholy, "Mr. Qingshan, please find some time to send the little bird back. We need to spend the New Year together at home."

　Arashi Sanzenin, gripping the steering wheel and wearing Bluetooth headphones, frowned and said, "Miss Suzune, did something unpleasant happen to you?"

　There was a pause on the other end of the phone, as if someone was hesitating about something, before Nan Lingyin's voice finally came through.

　"It's nothing, Mr. Aoyama. I just miss my daughter a little. It's the first time she's been out alone, so I'm quite worried."

　Sanzenin Arashi was driving and didn't think too much about it, so she said directly, "Miss Suzune doesn't need to worry about the little bird. But I do have a suggestion. Since it's just the two of you, why don't you come over to my place and we can all celebrate the New Year together? I really want to eat the New Year's dishes that Miss Suzune makes herself. I wonder what they will taste like."

　"Well... Mr. Aoyama, this doesn't seem quite right, does it?" Nan Lingyin was somewhat tempted, her voice calm. "If you'd like some New Year's dishes, I'll make an extra portion. Would you prefer red beans or burdock, Mr. Aoyama? The British tastes are quite different from ours, and what about dried fish? Would you like that?"

　She really needs someone to comfort her right now.

　……

　Please give me some flowers~

　..

299. Anyway, we're just getting married, right?!

　The scenery outside the car window kept receding.