Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1242

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 127
39. There’s No Way She Could Be Smart (3)
Macaron’s words from before had been right.
「Large-scale collaborations like Streamer Tournaments are… actually invisible wars, you know…」
The Nantuh Tournament was like that, and Seok’s event was too.
Whenever many Streamers gathered together to do something, noisy incidents always erupted.
Almond was no exception.
At Seok’s event, there were always those dissatisfied with his role as a patron, and at the Nantuh Tournament, he was a complete newcomer, so there was no need to mention it.
Countless posts asking why they brought such a guy kept pouring in, and I couldn’t pay attention to each one.
Back then, simply streaming day after day was all I could manage.
Looking back, it was all trivial stuff.
“The way fandoms prefer to handle things is by blowing trivial matters out of proportion.”
Gleam.
Juhyeok’s frameless glasses glint.
He seems to think he said something quite cool.
In fact, this was an undeniable truth that no one could refute.
Even Macaron, who had been active as one of those fans, couldn’t help but accept it.
“That’s… true.”
The term “way to handle things” was quite fitting.
“Usually they make noise to achieve some purpose.”
“I see… then what purpose could there be behind all the talk about Choi Sa-rang?”
There was a reason this conversation came up in the Mixnuts conference room.
7th) But what exactly is this Choi Sun-sin doing in the Knight Order?
When a post like this rose to 7th place on the trending issues, it started what they call “getting burned.”
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All feedback is behind closed doors lol
They don’t explain anything.
Just extreme damage on Lemon.
Plus she’s got such an arrogant attitude.
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It was a simple post.
But once it became a trending issue, it was no longer simple.
-Choi Sa-rang is just a figurehead anyway?
└She barely even appears on stream lol
└Lmaooo 222
-She’s just Almond’s nepotism hire lol what are you asking
└For real…
└Adult circumstances ^^
└But it was supposed to be a skill competition;
└Isn’t that “skill competition” just literally one simulation match??
└Why don’t we do it like a league then? Best of five, first to three? kkk
└Tottia just accepted it and went with Paprika anyway, right?
-She’s pretty, but honestly way too arrogant
└She is pretty though…
-She’s a sickly beauty so there’s way too much to criticize
└For real kkk
└The Hawking effect lol
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The flames were burning bright and fierce, just as the saying goes.
Mixnuts couldn’t help but bring up the topic.
And this was Juhyeok’s response.
“Choi Sa-rang never really had a proper chance to prove herself. Honestly, they’re just criticizing her because she’s an unknown ‘has-been.'”
“!”
Macaron couldn’t refute that cold and sharp analysis.
After all, he understood the mechanics of this industry well enough.
Perhaps this was simply human nature itself.
‘That’s right….’
If you’re not at the right level, you should step aside.
That might be an irresistible instinct.
「Hey. I told you not to talk to me.」
For some, even speaking to them becomes grounds for contempt.
「W-wait, you just looked at me. What do I do. You saw me, right?」
For others, a mere glance earns them praise.
“So what should we do?”
Macaron asks.
Perhaps this question wasn’t only about Choi Sa-rang.
“W-what should we… do in a situation like this?”
Juhyeok adjusts his glasses as he speaks.
“You prove that you’re at a higher level. That’s all.”
“…!”
“You have to prove you’re stronger. Then people’s perception will change. Like magic.”
Macaron’s eyes wavered.
Juhyeok observed his reaction carefully.
So he added one more thing.
“Don’t resent people for being cunning.”
“…Yes?”
Macaron felt a sting of truth.
“It’s precisely because people are cunning that things change. Depending on what you do, the way people treat you will shift. And isn’t that beautiful in its own way?”
A sly smile.
It radiated from Juhyeok’s expression.
How much he trusted Almond, and himself as well.
So the cunning of others was nothing but a blessing to them.
Because they could change everything at any moment.
“Choi Sa-rang will pull through too. She’s the kind of person who has no choice but to.”
Macaron felt that no matter who replaced the subject before, it wouldn’t seem strange.

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Meanwhile, there was one more person who had succeeded.
A single person who had finally, perhaps just a little, realized the desire to ‘become smarter’.
‘Based on the data I’ve seen so far….’
Almond.
He analyzed the data by drawing from his experience of nearly every ranking position.
And he realized something.
That strategy he’d been keeping in mind… it might actually be correct.
So he spoke.
“It’s a split.”
A gulp.
A tense moment.
He was only watching Choi Sa-rang’s lips.
She smiles.
Widely.
“Wow… you finally got it? That’s the right answer.”
-Gasp
-Whoa
-Shocking
-Huh?
The Viewers were as shocked as Almond was.
‘I… I got it right….’
Soaring~
A sensation like flying up into the sky.
It was similar to when he received praise for the first time after joining Aseng.
The Viewers were equally moved by Meongcheong’s growth and couldn’t help but marvel.
Finally ㅠㅠ
The idiot’s rebellion lol
-Kyaa
-This?
-Wow
-Ttok-cheong’s glorious moment!
-Tears of emotion…
‘I, I can’t believe it.’
It’s truly like a dream.
But this isn’t a dream.
Reality was harsh.
-Did they plan this together?
-You already knew?
-Or just pretending to know? kkk
Are you hoping Almond finds it?? ㄷㄷ Prayer meta ㄷㄷ
-Looks like he’s just taking the win
-Just acting like it went according to plan now kkk
Given how he’d presented himself so far, there were plenty of disbelievers.
Especially among the viewers of other Streamers.
-Seems staged kkk
-But who even is that person?
-Ugh, it’s way too obvious
-Big corporations sure know how to produce kkk Even staging things like this
-It’s pretty forced;
Their trust in Coach Choi Sa-rang was equally low, not just in Almond.
And it made sense—Choi Sa-rang was still a stranger to them.
She hadn’t taught them anything so far, nor had she even given them hints with a single word.
Danmuji raised his hand and asked.
“Is the split… the ‘correct answer’?”
The correct answer.
This kind of wording was almost never used in the pro scene.
“Yes.”
“…”
But apparently the answer was correct.
Danmuji was momentarily at a loss for words.
lol
-Correct answer kkk
-?
-Seems like a quack
-Is this even right? kkk
-But who is that woman anyway? Is she Jeon-ja-pa’s hidden daughter?
-She’s pretty so I’ll let it slide…
Danmuji asked again.
“It seems like you already knew… Why only now….”
“If I told you to split the moment I arrived, would you have done it?”
“…!?”
Danmuji was startled no fewer than three times by this response.
First, because her words were absolutely right, and second, because her gaze was directed not at Danmuji but at Almond.
-Real talk lol
-That’s true lol
-Why are you looking at Almond lol
-Lmao
-I mean…
-Especially like Nut Shake would do it lol
-Lmaooo
-Haha
-Spot on
And finally—
‘As soon as we arrive…?’
She had chosen the word “as soon as we arrive” far too naturally.
‘She knew from the beginning.’
It meant she had been considering split operations from day one.
While Danmuji stood there dumbfounded.
Sarang withdrew her gaze from him and slowly walked forward to stand before everyone.
“Ahem.”
She felt it was time to move to the next phase.
“Since the person who seemed most difficult to convince has understood, I think it’s time to explain the split strategy.”
In the end, she had been keeping quiet with Almond’s understanding in mind from the start.
Almond, oblivious to her meaning, grinned and scratched his head.
“I’m not quite at that level.”
He simply seemed delighted to have received the Coach’s praise.
-?
-??
-That wasn’t praise…
-This guy’s something else lol
-Lmaooo
-He really is hard to convince…
-Is this guy’s brain actually reset? lol
“…”
Everyone in the Knight Order, including Choi Sa-rang, stared at him in disbelief.
But soon she resumed her explanation.
“To define split simply, it’s dividing the team. By doing so, we amplify experience gain, movement efficiency, map control, and information gathering by several times over.”
Ting.
She brought up the reference screen.
The map screen of a team executing split operations became visible.
“!?”
“Huh?”
All the Knight Order members were taken aback.
“Oh? You prepared this in advance….”
“Yes, yes! Coach didn’t abandon us after all! Waaaah!”
First, the fact that he had prepared it beforehand showed that the Coach cared deeply about this team.
“…So you really did know beforehand.”
Second, it turned out to be true that Danmuji had been confronting this problem head-on, as he had been muttering about it.
And there was one final reason.
“It looks like a color bug, Teacher.”
As Almond was raising his hand to speak, the PowerPoint template had quite a distinctive design.
Lavender, sky blue, pink, and so on.
It looked like a magical girl transformation set for girls.
Why is the PowerPoint design like that lol
Is the concept a cat cafe?
-…?
Bug lol
Color bug lol
Pink princess template lol
Hahahahaha, isn’t that a PowerPoint bug?
“…It’s not a bug.”
Sarang hardened her expression and spoke flatly.
“?”
Almond began rubbing his eyes, wondering if his vision was off.
It’s hard not to believe he’s from a prestigious background lol
At Asung, if you do it like this, you’ll plummet straight down to intern level, so it’s definitely a bug lol
-“in Aseng this wouldn’t even be a PowerPoint”
-Almonds lol I’m genuinely flustered lol
Of course, there were people who liked this style.
It was Hong-cha.
“Wow… wow. The colors are so pretty!”
It wasn’t flattery—it was genuine.
Sarang seemed pleased with Hong-cha’s reaction and gave a slight nod before moving on to the main topic.
“Yes. Thank you. For those who don’t prefer this style, it won’t be a problem to watch anyway. Right? Let me explain the split strategy.”
Swish.
Sarang points to the two pink hearts visible on the map.
These represent the two divided teams.
The larger heart has three members, the smaller heart has four.
“The most basic split in survival matches is the two-three split we already know. It’s the same as what Almond mentioned. It’s also the one that suits the Knight Order best. But if we just say we’re doing a ‘split’ by dividing into two and three… it becomes confusing.”
Was it because she had called her own design a ‘bug’?
Sarang looked at Almond and asked.
“A split requires defining two major things to proceed. One is the distribution of personnel, and… what else?”
“Timing.”
Surprisingly, the answer came immediately.
“…Huh? That’s correct.”
But that’s not what I was going for.
Even Sarang looked a bit disappointed.
I wanted to probe deeper.
-Woooow
-Wow
-That wasn’t a setup, right? Kekekeke
-Huh?
-Did Almond get illegal brain surgery?
-Now I’m starting to suspect…
-?
If even Sarang couldn’t predict it, what about the rest?
‘Gasp.’
‘What, what is this?’
‘Did King Gul give him private tutoring?’
The Knight Order members who hadn’t answered yet whispered among themselves.
There was one person who panicked the most here.
I could overlook the split as coincidence, but not this!
“This is impossible!”
It was Gobong.
“This, this is cheating!”
Gobong had the lowest tier here, but he had one consolation.
‘I… I have to be smarter than Almond!’
If this continued, he would become the most useless person on this team.
“No, no way our Almond could be this smart!”
-??
-Kekekeke lol Kekekeke
ㅋㅋㅋ (laughing)
-Suddenly? Kekekeke
-Gobong feeling a crisis in his existence
-Lolkekekeke
-So this is what happens when a person stands at the edge of a cliff…
-Gobong… how pathetic…
-Study a bit yourself too Kekekeke
Our Almond couldn’t possibly be this smart.
In fact, Gobong wasn’t the only one thinking like Gobong.
Big) Honestly, didn’t Choi Sa-rang just give Almond all the answers beforehand? Kekekekeke
As the tournament practice began in earnest, the malevolent spirits haunting Rilpro’s account gradually started to stir.

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