Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1185

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 70
23. The Weight of Going to Work (2)
The day of defeat.
In a darkened room, I lie in bed and pull the blanket up over myself.
The small glow of my phone illuminates my face.
A sigh escapes me.
“Ehyu.”
It’s because of what’s on my phone screen. The Streamer Garden of the Community Garden.
Everyone here was celebrating the liberation of the Ttok-cheong Stronghold and firing off congratulations.
“Everyone’s so excited.”
I’m troubled, yet watching these people celebrate the end of the Ttok-cheong Stronghold feels….
Not particularly good.
Even checking the Rilpro Survival board brought similar reactions.
[Free promotion was so sweet~]
[Almond) Had a great time~]
Hahaha, we’re eating this and we’re almost the first ones, so it looks like this year is really going to be a survival war.
I shove my phone under the pillow and close my eyes.
“Ttok-cheong has no sensitivity at all, doesn’t it….”
Muttering such nonsense, I drift off to sleep.
In my dream, I’m boarding a ship. The ship was quite ordinary, but the sea it was sailing through was strange.
A sea made not of water, but of countless pieces of popcorn.
“Die! Die!”
Almond eagerly draws the bowstring and hits every single piece of popcorn.
Pop! Bang!
Yet from that sea, popcorn continues to pop and burst forth.
Since it’s endless, even a divine archer like me can’t possibly hit them all.
“Oh my, Captain. Don’t strain yourself so much~”
A sailor on the ship says this mockingly.
When I turn around thinking “What an insolent fellow?”,
Jello is sticking his rear out and shaking it.
“Hey, let’s just dance instead~! Yeah?!”
Jello’s rear moves up and down wildly.
Moving faster and faster, until even my dynamic vision can’t keep up.
Brrrrr─
This is no longer movement—it’s just vibration.
That’s how fast it was.
A speed where afterimages become reality.
Ziiiiing!
Zing!
There’s actually a vibration sound.
‘Insane.’
Flash!
I opened my eyes and woke from sleep.
It was already afternoon.
An alarm was vibrating from my phone nestled in the pillow.
My wake-up alarm.
“…Sigh.”
I turned off the alarm and scratched my head.
‘That was a really strange dream.’
Still lying in bed, I habitually checked the reactions on my AllTube channel.
But there was an oddly interesting video uploaded.
[Trash’s Slam Dunk]
‘…Huh?’
Based on the title and thumbnail, it was from yesterday’s broadcast.
‘Already?’
In the past, yesterday’s broadcast would go up today, and sometimes shorts would even be uploaded a few hours later.
But lately, with the office move and my editor’s resignation, Jia had become so busy that it was nearly impossible.
“!?”
But that wasn’t what caught my eye.
‘The ranking…!’
The performance? Of course it was good.
But that wasn’t what mattered.
“Ttok-ttok….”
-Ttok-cheong has returned…
-Clever young man! Clever young man!
-Ttok-ttok-ttok-ttok-ttok sharp!
-Ttok-straight-dilo ttok-reco-dilo…
The revival of Ttok-cheong.
These comments were what captured my attention.
I quickly headed back to the community garden.
Snort.
The corners of my mouth lifted slightly.

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The trending issues page of the Streamer’s Garden.
1st place) This video is gonna be #1 lolololol
The top post was about which video had gone viral.
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(Video)
That crazy bastard Ttok-cheong, clever young man, clever this and that, clever clever clever clever clever clever clever… Whoosh!
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The linked video was “Trash’s Slam Dunk.”
-Ugh…
-This is infuriating
-It’s over from this post
Is it starting again? lol
-This is why Pap-jung-geun can’t liberate himself, and these Ttok-cheong remnants are running wild
By the way, that video was really funny lol
-But if you watch that and still don’t acknowledge Ttok-cheong, are you even human? Do you have a conscience?
└I think the same way
└It’s really over…
-Clever young man! Clever young man! Clever young man! Clever young man!
I can’t believe how well Ddokchung plays games lol, if they were dumb they wouldn’t be able to play like that~
The comments on this post already showed warning signs.
The Ttok-cheong Stronghold had superficially ended completely, but uprooting its foundations seemed nearly impossible.
3rd Place) We need to redefine what “clever” means
The Ttok-cheong forces were even trying to change the meaning of words themselves.
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No, I’m not saying this because of Ttok-cheong, but seriously. Isn’t game intelligence different from knowledge-building intelligence?
Combat sense is a type of intelligence too.
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Now they no longer acted openly. They didn’t directly support the clever young man.
Yet they controlled the community more thoroughly than ever before.
That’s right.
-Honestly, if you’re stupid you can’t play games
If you’re stupid, you can’t survive 5 years at Aseong – you’ll literally become fertile right away.
I have no idea what Aseong is, thinking it’s Aoji lol
Becoming fertile is crazy lolololol
-Wow… Pro-Ttok-cheong people are so disgusting…
└? What are you talking about? We’re just discussing the game?
Hahahahahahahahaha
-This is beyond saving now… We’ve lost.
It was no longer a battle fought with guns and swords—this was a kind of cultural war.
The outcome of the war was decided by Macaron’s video.
“Wow. It’s gotten this far.”
Inside the office.
Juhyeok sits at his desk, laughing, in a space where quite a lot had finally been organized.
“Macaron really pulled off something.”
After saying that, he shakes his head for a moment.
“No, wait.”
Of course, Macaron had created the video.
“How did Jia change his mind?”
Hadn’t Macaron been laying low for quite some time? Juhyeok had tried countless ways to bring him back, but failed every time.
It was Jia who had changed Macaron’s mind.
‘I wonder if he’ll still refuse to come to work?’
That was when it happened.
Zing.
[Macaron]
A call came from Macaron.

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Jia had one thing on her mind today.
‘What should I wear?’
She’d be heading to the office soon to work, and she was wondering what to wear going forward.
Summer was coming soon, and since she’d only worked from home, she didn’t have many summer clothes.
Well, it was quite an idle concern.
Like the breeze from a fan on a languid afternoon.
“Hmm….”
She sat in front of the fan, scrolling through shopping malls on her phone.
Zing.
Zing.
A call came from Juhyeok.
“Yeah. Oppa.”
-Jia. You saw Macaron’s video, right?
“Yeah. I watched it and uploaded it. Of course I saw it.”
-No, that’s not what I meant….
Juhyeok seemed to be about to tell her the rankings, but Jia spoke first.
“By the way, did you really send Macaron dozens of messages? Macaron was exaggerating, right?”
-No, seriously. Can’t that guy count? Dozens is too much.
“Right?”
-I sent hundreds of them.
“….”
-Just kidding. I sent exactly three.
Juhyeok doesn’t bother mentioning that there were eighteen missed calls.
-By the way, your video hit 1st place.
“Huh… What? What did you say!?”
It hadn’t even been up that long.
1st place.
“Really!?”
-This video got a good response, and suddenly it happened.
When you work in editing, you develop a certain eye for gauging which videos will do well and which won’t.
‘I didn’t think it would be this good.’
Even so, I never expected it to hit 1st place this quickly without any special event or promotion.
Honestly, I gave it a grandiose title—”The Trash Players’ Slam Dunk”—but.
It was really just the final round of five placement matches, wasn’t it?
This was Jia’s first time seeing a video with no particular narrative climb to 1st place this rapidly.
‘I’ve seen it happen on other channels.’
Not on Almond’s channel, but when other videos hit 1st place, there were cases where they’d climb up a bit absurdly.
Macaron seemed like one of those cases.
It’s hard for Jia to understand, but in any case, the view counts come out well.
Isn’t that a talent in itself?
‘Macaron’s first time hitting 1st place?’
Come to think of it, Macaron’s videos had never hit 1st place before.
-Macaron didn’t thank you?
“…Huh? Me? Why?”
-Because you changed her mind.
“Um… Me?”
-She said so when you met.
Juhyeok suddenly says this.
What is he talking about?
“What are you talking about… Met? You said she doesn’t leave the house. Did you hear this directly from Macaron?”
-She’s been commuting to work.
“…Wow!”
Jia bolted upright from her bed without thinking.
“Really, really!?”
-Good work. Team Manager Seojia. How did you manage to change Macaron?
At Juhyeok’s question, Jia stood with her mouth hanging open, unable to speak for a long moment.
-Hello? Why aren’t you saying anything?
“Oh, um… This is my first time.”
-First time what?
“Playing the role of a superior. What do I do?”
-What do you mean what do you do. You worked fine at Department Manager Jang’s company.
“That was like being an external dispatch worker!”
-That’s just how it is.
This person has no idea.
Those born as members of society from the start don’t understand.
Why Macaron disappeared, why we couldn’t go find her directly.
Why Jia is trembling right now.
I know nothing about it.
“What about clothes? I… don’t have anything suitable for a boss to wear.”
-Wait, are there special clothes for that?
“Sigh….”
I find Juhyeok’s obliviousness irritating, and worry keeps spilling from my lips.
Yet Jia’s face is suffused with a smile.
“Dressing like you is boss fashion.”
-…Huh? That, that can’t be right.
Pfft.
Just from his voice, Jia can picture Juhyeok’s expression and bursts into laughter.
“Why do you hate it? Isn’t a CEO the ultimate boss?”
-Well, that’s true. But it sounds like you mean something bad.
Since it actually was meant negatively, Jia changes the subject.
“Oh, but oppa. You said we need more streamers, right?”
-Right. Now we need to seriously start recruiting.
Mixnuts was preparing to expand in earnest as they established their office.
Juhyeok had developed some industry connections and insight by now, and Sanghyeon was the same.
We were also contacting other editors besides Macaron.
But for streamers, we hadn’t contracted anyone except those we’d connected with during the fake national team days.
Even though they were actually the core of management revenue.
“I think I might know someone decent.”
At this, Jia offers a recommendation.
‘I… feel like I’m gaining confidence.’
In truth, she had never voiced an opinion about company matters before.
Her company and social life up until now had never been particularly successful.
But could it be thanks to Macaron’s return?
Jia felt like she understood something.
What part that Juhyeok didn’t know about she needed to fill in.
-Huh? Who?
Jia quickly sits back down at the computer and searches for something.
It’s someone’s AllTube page.
She scrolls down once more to check the AllTube video style and speaks.
“Let Me Tank.”
-Huh? Oh! That… that master tank player?
It seems Juhyeok hadn’t felt her presence very deeply after all.
Quite an unexpected reaction.
Jia swallowed hard.
‘Is it really that unexpected?’
Just moments ago she’d been confident, but Juhyeok’s response made her reconsider everything.
‘Still….’
Even reconsidering it, this was a solid pick.
“I, I think… this person has charm. They’re, they’re just not polished yet.”
-What aspect?
Given Juhyeok’s nature, he wouldn’t simply accept a recommendation just because someone close to him suggested it.
If anything, he’d ask even more critically.
Jia took a deep breath and continued.
“This, this person… I mean… they have duality. They were holding back when we were together. But when I saw them talking alone on their mic channel….”
Jia’s explanation wasn’t perfectly organized, but she managed to convey what she’d sensed, however she could.
“…and I think the video would look even better if our team edits it….”
-Sounds good. I’ll send them an email.
Juhyeok agreed.
“Really… really?”
Jia was shocked.
Honestly, she felt like she’d been rambling without even knowing what she was saying.
“I, I can’t believe my word actually… matters, right?”
-Team Manager Seo. Is there any chance the company goes under?
“…that’s true.”
-Now that I think about it, it sounds good. I’ll reach out. See you in a bit.
“Okay!”
Click.
The call ended.
Jia hugged her phone to her chest for no particular reason.
“Phew… ah….”
It was nothing really.
Yet her heart raced and fluttered like this.
“So we’re really running a company.”
Only now did it feel real.
That she was a founder of Mixnuts.

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