Sighhh. "Time to clock out."
He jumped from his desk, suddenly full of energy and ran to the stamping machine. He could finally go home and watch the season finale of My Little Magical Nexus Girl! With a grin, he rushed back to his place, booted up his PC, and opened his favorite browser.
That’s when it happened.
An ad popped up:
"Ad-free content! Please buy premium for $20 a month!"
"I almost had a stroke when I saw that," Hajime raged at the intrusion. "This site is monetizing now of all times?!"
This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author's work.
He clicked the little X to close it and resumed his video. But the moment it started, another ad popped up.
"I hoped to God it was one of those skippable 15-second ones," he muttered. But even after waiting, it didn’t go away. He looked down at the progress bar and—
"A f***ing 1-hour ad?!"
Panicking, he refreshed the page. The ad came back longer than ever. Refreshed again. It still came back with annoying flare. It was like some kind of malware had taken over his PC. He'd never been so pissed in his life—veins bulging, ragged breath—this was the last straw for this salary man!
In that blind state of rage, he finally found clarity.
He whispered, like he was reaching out to a long lost lover:
"An ad blocker... I must find it..."
He searched the web, desperate, furious. And then—he found THE ONE. So free and enticing as you're first porn mag. It felt too good to be true and it probably was. Either way, without any hesitation, he went to click the download icon.
Suddenly, another ad popped up in his way.
He accidentally clicked the “Yes.”
To his horror, the ad flew out of the screen and smacked him right in the face.
He lost consciousness, cursing ads with his last breath.