Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1220

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 105
33. Still, the Mind Works (3)
Early morning.
I woke up early, washed, and changed into fresh clothes.
Today was a day with an important schedule.
I skipped cereal and simply sat at the table, waiting quietly.
“Ah. They’re here.”
I noticed first from the faintest sound and reacted ahead of time.
Juhyeok, who was brushing his teeth in the bathroom, looked confused.
“What?”
Ding dong~
The doorbell actually rings from outside.
“What is this… Psychic powers?”
Juhyeok gasps in surprise, toothpaste foam still on his face.
“I’ll get it.”
I rush over and open the door to find men in neat caps entering.
“We’re from Nova.”
They’re people from Nova, the premium brand of Divers.
“You requested our transport service, correct?”
“Ah, yes.”
“Is this the custom capsule for Sang-hyun Yu—’Almond Unit Zero’?”
The man asks while manipulating a pad hanging around his neck.
“That’s correct.”
I thought the seemingly casual question meant additional fees would be charged depending on the custom capsule.
“Ah, yes… Then you must be Sang-hyun Yu?”
“Yes.”
Suddenly, everyone removes their caps and bows.
“Thank you so much for using our service!!”
“!?”
Their voices rang out so loudly across the entire neighborhood that I was taken aback.
‘Did some hired help subcontractors arrive?’
Fortunately, they weren’t hired thugs.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m Hyoseok Kim, Manager of the CS Team. The Chairman personally instructed me to deliver a special message.”
The Chairman?
They used to call him the CEO, so when did the title change?
Well, he’s doing so well.
With several subsidiaries now established, Chairman was indeed the correct title.
“The Chairman is absolutely delighted that his image has improved greatly thanks to Streamer Almond’s patronage.”
I hadn’t received any personal contact about this.
‘To this extent?’
So men really are about actions rather than words, aren’t they?
I never expected this kind of service.
He must have genuinely appreciated it.
“Of course, this relocation installation will be completely free. Going forward, all repairs, relocations, and installations are complimentary. Please feel free to use our services without any burden.”
Juhyeok, caught off guard by this unexpected kindness, finishes brushing his teeth and rushes out to express his gratitude.
“Oh my! Thank you so much! I can’t believe you’d go this far…!”
Free of charge.
He couldn’t possibly be unhappy about it.
“It’s naturally what we should do.”
“We’re just glad we could help! Senior… or rather, Chairman, please tell him how grateful we are!”
“Yes!”
While the employees carefully inspected the capsule and disassembled it piece by piece.
Juhyeok seemed to be in an excellent mood, his shoulders held high.
“Hmm, hmm. Look at that—our CEO Yu has grown quite a bit, hasn’t he?”
‘Yeah… he’s always liked this kind of thing.’
In a way, he’s quite predictable.
Pfft.
Sanghyeon chuckles and points to his cheek.
“Finish brushing your teeth, CEO Kim.”
“…”

* * *
The company’s relocation was over in an instant.
In fact, Juhyeok and Sanghyeon had to scramble down and jump into the car.
“Phew… it’s getting hot. Really.”
Juhyeok says as he starts the engine.
Vroom.
With the car parked outside, it had become nothing but a sweltering oven.
“Yeah. It’s summer.”
Whoooosh.
A harsh blast of air pours from the cheap air conditioner.
Through that noise, Juhyeok’s voice pushes through.
“Oh, Sanghyeon. By the way, the video’s getting good reactions. Check it out.”
“A video?”
“Yeah. Yesterday was the Knight Order’s first practice, remember? I pulled quite a bit of footage.”
“Ah…”
Usually Jia would have told me about something like this.
It suddenly feels real that Juhyeok is now closely involved in video content as well.
‘The synergy really is different when you’re in the same space.’
Sanghyeon checks the OlTube channel with this thought in mind.
Juhyeok glances sideways with an expectant grin, as if waiting for my reaction.
One look at the video made it immediately clear why.
[You Have Become the Foolish Youth.]
Setting aside the title itself, the thumbnail was something else entirely.
Both eyes were photoshopped to point in different directions in the most grotesque way possible, making me look completely idiotic.
And plastered across it in large letters was something like “Finally a Nickname Change!?” as if celebrating the occasion.
“….”
“Puh… Puhahahaha!”
Juhyeok bursts into delighted laughter at my expression.
“Man, they made this fast.”
“We made this first. It’s Knight Order group content.”
With such joyful enthusiasm going into the video’s creation, positive reception was inevitable.
Comments flooded in endlessly.
-Foolish Youth kkkkkkk
-Gam-da-sal kkkkkkkkk
-I thought it was clickbait but why is it real every time kkkkkkk
The production team of “Mangani Warrior” is crying ㅠㅠ
└You’ve been at it long, let’s have a drink~
└Real talk, you’ve been doing this forever
-Goodbye… Rogue Warrior!
-If King Gul does commentary with this nickname I’m upvoting kkkkkkk
└Lol kkkkkkk
└Oh… kkkkk right kkk
└Even shortened it’s still “Foolish” so hilarious kkkkk
└kkkkkkk
-Foolish Carry~^^
-But how did you even convince Choi Sa-rang?????
└Beauty tactics
Reverse face ID is crazy
└Otherwise it doesn’t make sense kkkkk
└Honestly thought she was a parachute coach but just purging the Clever Youth was enough kkkkk
.
.
.
Comments poured in endlessly.
The chart rankings were solid too.
#Trending Video 3rd Place
One nickname change and I’m already in the top tier of trending videos.
‘Is this… it?’
I check the group chat messages that had been buzzing with notifications since morning.
Looking at it, there were messages piling up like this.
[Danmuji: Almond hyung, thanks for carrying the broadcast!]
[Danmuji: (link)]
[Sweet potato: Ugh, I totally messed up ㅠㅠ]
[Hong-cha: This too is the grace of the Daegam…]
[Lemon: Meeting with a smiling face, may today also be fertile.]
Hong Cha: What is that lol
[Lemon: I tried to make it a bit more aesthetic~]
Goguma: Our hyung is sacrificing his nickname right now to save our broadcast. Danmuji, you should listen to what hyung says too lol
That last message from Goguma never lost a single upvote.
Black Tea: Lol the pickled radish ran away lololol
[Lemon: hahahahahaha]
Almond: hahahahahaha
Almond had arrived.
[Hong-cha: Dae-gam!]
[Lemon: Daegam oppa!]
Ignoring their enthusiastic welcome, I got straight to the point.
[Almond: I’m gonna switch back to Clever Youth soon]
[Danmuji: Why?]
At the mention of Clever Youth returning, Danmuji came right back.
[Hong-cha: It was Danmuji who came back~]
[Sweet Potato: hahahahahahahaha]
[Goguma: Isn’t that way too transparent~]
[Danmuji: Hyung. Is there something you’re dissatisfied with? Just say the word.]
[Danmuji: You don’t have to be clever to be good, hyung.]
[Almond: No… Coach told me to do it.]
This is the downside of private feedback.
There’s a huge leap in logic, but nobody can know about it.
[Danmuji: ???]
Sweet potato: Gasp, that’s scary.
Goguma, with his fake madness, had no intention of actually following Almond’s orders, so he was shocked when it came out for real.
[Hong Cha: hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha]
Hong-cha, with his genuine madness, laughed with delight.
Hong Cha: Ah hahaha so funny! Welcome back from hell, Dduk-cheong~! Let’s go~!
[Lemon: hahahahahahahaha]
Lemon laughed along because Hong-cha was laughing.
[Danmuji: Pardon me, but could I get Choi Sa-rang’s phone number? I personally think she’s incredibly beautiful…]
[Sweet potato: Hahahahahahahahahahahaha Will that work~]
[Hong Cha: Lol this Isaki lol asking if the game order comes before the scandal lol]
[Almond: For real. From now on, you’re all getting theory lectures]
At the mention of attending a theory lecture, Danmuji fires back with another sharp retort.
[Danmuji: Should a wolf eat dog food, brother?]
Sweet potato: lololololololol eloquent and fluent
[Hong-cha: Heh~]
[Lemon: Whoa~]
Danmuji attempts to persuade me with what he considers a clever argument.
He was saying that with Almond’s physical prowess and problem-solving ability, there’s no need to understand theory.
But it didn’t work on Almond.
[Almond: What are you talking about?]
He simply didn’t understand.
[Hong-cha: S… Sasuga foolish youth…]
Hong-cha’s tongue flicks out at this incredible display of damage avoidance.

* * *
Tap tap tap…!
A woman typing at her desk stands up from her seat.
“Daegam is working hard too, huh.”
She holds her long blonde hair up to the full-length mirror, examining it from different angles.
‘Should I not tie it up today?’
The style of braiding her hair up on both sides is her signature look as a streamer, but today she decides against it.
She scrutinizes her reflection in the mirror from every angle.
“Hmm.”
She lifts her blonde hair on both sides and pulls it upward. Then the streamer who goes by the name Lemon appears in the mirror.
She makes a small fist and directs it toward the mirror.
Their fists come together.
“Gyu-ri.”
She calls Lemon by the name Gyu-ri.
Gyu-ri Kim.
Her real name.
“You can do this.”
Thump.
Lemon and Gyu-ri’s fists meet.
“If you work hard… you’ll make it.”
In one corner of her monitor, a match record plays without the broadcast on.
It was covered entirely in red—a record of defeats.

* * *
The next day.
A massive shadow falls across the studio.
Someone’s head.
“Wow… So this is the Mixnuts Books office? The famous one?”
He makes a fuss to his manager who came with him.
The manager nods along in agreement.
“Ah… Didn’t someone… die here?”
The manager pinpoints the exact table where Macaron had been lying.
It was a long table, like an operating table.
“Yeah. The big CEO was right here like this. Scalpel.”
The man with the large head strikes a serious pose, spreading both hands wide.
“He didn’t die—he just fainted.”
Jia, who was guiding them, corrects him.
“Ah… Yes. In the end, that’s what happened. The surgery went well.”
“We didn’t do surgery though….”
Ahahahahaha!
The two men laugh, finding Jia’s reaction amusing.
“Oh, you’ve arrived! King Gul!”
Juhyeok and Sanghyeon, who were arranging seating in the studio, come out.
“Welcome, King Gul.”
“Wow! Hello! Almond. CEO!”
King Gul introduces his manager and shakes hands.
“Nice to meet you. But the studio is amazing!?”
“Haha. We just finished building it.”
“So it’s brand new?”
“Yes. That’s right. For now, please have a seat. Seeing King Gul in person….”
“My head’s pretty big, right?”
“Ah, no….”
Zzzt.
Juhyeok’s eyes dart toward Sanghyeon for some reason.
Sanghyeon brazenly avoids his gaze.
“Seeing you in person, you have an even better physique. And you’re quite charming.”
“I hear that a lot. Since usually only my upper body shows on camera and my head’s large, people don’t know about my… psyonic body type. They think my shoulders are narrow too?”
Pfft…!
Bontovi, who was moving around with a camera, finally bursts out laughing.
“Ah… but if I remember correctly, aren’t you Bontovi?”
“That’s correct.”
“But what are you filming?”
“Ah, it’s a promotional video for our office.”
“Ah, so this is what you were talking about….”
“Yes.”
King Gul found it odd.
“But it’s the office’s first day promotion… Is it really right to call me? Haha.”
He still had no idea why he was here.
He just thought he was invited as a guest.
“No, no, I’m so honored~ On such a historic day~”
‘If I tell him what we’re doing, he’ll probably refuse.’
The employees had the opinion that no one would come if they knew beforehand.
In any case, King Gul seemed to be in a good mood.
After all, Almond was now classified as a major corporation streamer, and King Gul had become his first guest.
But something felt off, which I realized the next moment.
The manager suddenly dragged me away for an interview.
‘Huh?’
The manager was suddenly trapped in another room, hearing a strange question from Bontovi.
“If our CEO and King Gul fought one-on-one, who do you think would win?”
“…?”
As King Gul, I couldn’t figure out what direction this company promotion video was going.
‘What is this. This place…?’
Something felt off.
King Gul was suddenly left alone without the manager.
This place only had Mixnuts employees.
“Then let’s cut to the chase and begin.”
Sanghyeon stood up first and led the way.
“Cut to the… My head is pretty big, but….”
Nonsense tumbled out.
Despite mentioning a Psionic Body, he was trembling.
“?”
“J, just joking. A joke.”
“Yes. Please go in here first, King Gul.”
Whoosh.
As the curtain was pulled aside, there was a small stool.
They wanted me to go into this small space.
Isn’t this just confinement?
“…Yes?”
“Ah, we’re keeping it secret for now. This is all content.”
“…?”
King Gul’s eyes turned toward Juhyeok.
Actually, Juhyeok didn’t know Almond’s exact plan either.
Since this was Almond’s planning, he just left it to him.
So I simply nod in acknowledgment.
King Gul nods as well, trusting me.
“Ah, yes. I’ll just sit here?”
Whoosh.
Once I draw the curtain closed again, King Gul can’t see anything happening outside either.
He can only see shadows.
And then, Almond turned on the broadcast.
“Hello everyone. As promised, this is our first studio broadcast.”
The viewers naturally grow curious about the shadowy figure shrouded in mystery.
“Behind? What do you mean behind?”
Almond plays dumb.
‘Oh… what is this? Am I kind of the main character here?’
King Gul feels a subtle sense of anticipation.
Wondering how it will be when he makes his entrance.
Of course, he had no idea whatsoever what kind of content he was about to participate in.

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