Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1268

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 153
47. Potato and Goguma (3)
Sarang gave feedback and exited the capsule once more.
There was no point staying in the capsule for extended periods, so whenever time permitted, she preferred to step outside and spend it there.
‘They’re still going at it.’
As I sat down at the computer, a group chat window appeared.
[Popcorn: Yo kkk why are you saying you’re first in everything at Scrim? That’s not like you?? Did you get scratched?]
[Marshmallow: Right. It’s better to try different things in Scrim.]
It was a group chat from my former teammates.
I usually tried to ignore it, but they were making such a racket that I started tapping at the keyboard too.
[Choi Sa-rang: Damn, aren’t you guys practicing?]
Though I used rough language, there was somehow a smile spreading across my lips.
This group chat had been completely inactive for a while.
After the past international tournament, conversations started trickling in, and once we began preparing for the platform tournament, it became completely lively.
[Popcorn: Yo if we practice too, how can we not feel bad for you~kkkkkkk]
[Cosmic: Lolkkkkkkkkkrl]
[Choi Sa-rang: Yeah? Get ready to be humiliated in front of everyone^^]
[Popcorn: Come up to where we are first, then talk~]
Click.
Of course, the warmth was fleeting.
These guys always managed to irritate me once we started chatting.
[Popcorn: Being first in Scrim right now isn’t really what matters~]
Sarang understood that too.
Scrim rankings were never really important.
Tournaments and Scrims were different things.
The CK team players knew that better than anyone.
They had never performed particularly well during the Scrim phase.
But what were the results?
They became the team with the most championship trophies.
Yet Sarang had declared that she would take first place in this Scrim.
Why?
[Choi Sa-rang: It’s different from what you guys think. This is a streamer tournament.]
[Popcorn: Huh? What is?]
[Choi Sa-rang: First of all, the level is pathetic. Not being able to take first here is different from not taking first in a pro team’s Scrim.]
[Popcorn: Pathetic lol]
[Banana: Lol]
Actually, after the last Scrim, I had analyzed the Knight Order team’s matches, but I had also watched quite a lot of other teams’ matches.
Including the Paprika Scrim.
That’s when I felt it.
Cheese’s current level was significantly lower than Paprika’s.
So placing first here is the fundamental skill I need to have to face off against Paprika.
No matter how disconnected Scrim is from the tournament, if I flounder at this stage, I’ll have no chance of winning against Paprika anyway.
But what they’re worried about isn’t the first-place strategy itself.
[Marshmallow: So we don’t need to practice other strategies? If we only use one, it gets exposed anyway… Aren’t we using just one to get first place?]
What they’re worried about isn’t achieving first place itself, but maintaining first place with a single strategy.
This was a very dangerous approach.
[Choi Sa-rang: Look at Scrim’s schedule]
Of course, she had an answer for this too.
[Choi Sa-rang: This isn’t like a pro Scrim schedule. It’s sporadic, and there’s barely any practice time. Diverse strategies? If Ril can even polish one properly and still get caught, that’s on him]
[Marshmallow: shivering/trembling]
[Cosmic: Wow, she’s writing a novel. Looks like she got scratched good]
[Popcorn: lololololololololololol]
Cosmic: Hey, scratch more ㅋㅋㅋ
Despite what they said, everyone seemed to enjoy Jeon-ja-pa speaking a lot in the group chat for the first time in a while.
Because of that, they watched the match and gave commentary as if they were the Knight Order’s coaching staff.
[Popcorn: But why is Goguma getting ripped into so much? He’s gonna lose confidence]
[Choi Sa-rang: That guy needs to have his spirit shaken up]
Popcorn: hahahahahaha
[Cosmic: hahahahahaha]
[Choi Sa-rang: From the start, he doesn’t seem like the type who’d be affected by criticism]
She meant it.
Goguma had big reactions, but he didn’t seem to be shaken much at his core.
[Banana: There aren’t many people who’d keep their sanity while you’re criticizing them… He might’ve actually lost it mentally]
[Choi Sa-rang: Is that so? Then never mind.]
Of course, what she saw might not be accurate.
She didn’t really care anyway.
There was nothing she could do about it.
[Banana: ???]
Popcorn: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ lol I knew it would be like this ㅋㅋㅋ
‘What really matters is something else.’
By pushing her to get first place this time, what she wanted to see was the reaction of the other players.

* * *
Just before the match began.
The waiting period as everyone anticipated the arrival of the operator who would run the event.
During this time, the streamers could move around and communicate with each other, or devise additional strategies.
“D-Danmuji, you’ll have to handle this yourself… That’s what the Coach said, right?”
Danmuji gathered five members of the Knight Order and muttered with a serious expression.
“Why, why? Did he give me some kind of hint?”
“Yeah. But he said the Split was good.”
Almond only remembered the part about the Split being good.
-Is that even an answer? Kekekeke
-That’s a hint?
-Kekekeke oh man kekekeke
-Almond is currently splitting his left and right brain, show some sympathy
-Kekekekekekekekekekekekeke
“I… I’m trash so I won’t say anything….”
Goguma muttered beside him, full of self-loathing.
“Nobody’s listening anyway.”
Hong-cha declared flatly.
“D… dammit….”
That was when it happened.
“Yo Goguma~ You joined an MCN?”
His friend Baeksuk appeared.
And beside him was Greentea, Hong-cha’s boyfriend.
“Hong-ha~”
“Hong-ha, you’ll freeze to death. You uploaded like 20 shorts of me shooting you to death?”
“Hehe. My husband’s bringing in the money. What kind of language is that from a wife!”
-Did you learn that from Balloon Gum? Kekekeke
Infinite shorts pass, crazy
-Kekekekekekekeke crazy kekekeke
I can’t laugh that hard lol
-What? Why is Hong-cha’s face turning red…?
-Greentea lol kekekeke
-But that does get good views~
“?”
Greentea himself didn’t understand why Hong-cha’s face had turned red.
Normally, you’d need to throw a punch at such nonsense to make it look good.
Why was she acting like that?
‘Is she sick or something?’
He was worried that Hong-cha might be coming down with a cold, but—
‘H-husband? Wife!?’
Hong-cha was startled because Greentea had never mentioned marriage before, so hearing the words “husband” and “wife” caught her off guard.
‘I thought marriage was something only I was considering.’
That Chorok.
Still, he’s a man after all.
Hong-cha found herself thinking that way alone.
“?”
Meanwhile, Greentea was looking at her with concern, completely unaware that he had even said the word “husband.”
On the other hand, Baeksuk was itching to berate Danmuji Goguma, who had been a former colleague of Godanbaek.
“But Goguma, you really~ sucked, didn’t you? Huh?”
He targeted the easier Goguma among them.
“What, what?”
“The Coach officially said you were terrible? That you’re the worst. They even posted it in the announcements.”
It was obviously a lie.
But then—
“Hey, you bastard… Did you steal our feedback? How did you know the Coach said I was bad?!”
Goguma fired back like that.
“What? Did the Coach really say you were bad?”
Baeksuk breaks into a goofy grin.
“Puhahahaha!”
-Kekekekekekekekekekekekeke
Hahahahaha, Guma, I feel for you ㅠㅠ
-Kekekeke He confessed himself kekeke
-Kekeke Official confirmed
-Info) Actually, the Coach never said that…
“You bastard….”
Goguma’s self-esteem took another hit.
Lemon came to his side and patted his back.
Pat pat.
“Oppa. It’s okay. The Coach said your Iron Ball was good.”
“R, really?”
No. Actually, Lemon had no such memory.
“Yeah.”
But she said it was true anyway.
“I, I see… Phew… Damn those Agricultural Cooperative bastards, they can’t keep their bad habits to themselves.”
Goguma resolved to kill the Agricultural Cooperative.
And sure enough?
Even the one who could be called the de facto leader of the Agricultural Cooperative had arrived.
“Yoohoo~ Goguma~ Danmuji~ I heard you guys joined an MCN? Congratulations~”
It was Doughnutz.
‘Huh?’
I had been trying to stay quiet, but by the time we reached this point, I felt something was off.
The others might have had prior connections with Goguma, but Doughnutz didn’t.
‘Was Goguma marked as a weakness?’
I sensed some kind of intention behind this.
“Goguma’s being a bit too Goguma-ish, right? Ugh, so frustrating. Someone get me some Cider~ huh? Ahahaha! I’m just saying this because I want you to do well~ got it!?”
Haha, that’s hilarious!
Wow, 980 points on the CSAT Korean section, that’s crazy.
-Wow…
-Huh? When did I get called to the manager’s office?
What’s up lol
Is today sweet potato day or something? lol
-Manager Doughnutz’s domain expansion form is insane!
Goguma was completely dumbfounded—this was the first time he’d ever been insulted by Doughnutz.
Lemon stepped forward again.
“Ew~ you’re such a fossil~ we don’t need advice~”
That’s so cute lolololol
-Can’t even counterattack, just adorable…
Hahahahaha
He’s such an old-fashioned guy~lol
“What, if I’m a fossil, can’t I give you a piece of advice? Huh?”
Doughnutz fired back without hesitation.
“Ah~?”
He grinned wickedly.
“This is all ‘business’ here, so you can’t even give each other advice? That’s why you can’t beat us! You need that bond! We’re family. Family! Look!”
Then the old guys gathered and performed the ‘Agricultural! Cooperative!’ chant again.
-Sigh
Lol fuck
-They’re old guys…
-They really are family. The hopeless trio.
That’s rough lol
“You get it, Goguma you bastard! MCN business relationships have limits~ you gotta do well! It’s about receiving it well! If you can’t, there’s nothing left for you!”
The mental attack resumed.
‘Hmm. This won’t do.’
Unable to watch any longer, I stepped forward.
I decided these guys needed to be kicked out.
“He’s not Goguma.”
“Huh?”
Doughnutz adjusted his glasses and asked.
“What do you mean he’s not Goguma? Didn’t he join the MCN? Did only Danmuji join?”
“No. He’s not Goguma.”
“…Huh? What are you…?”
“This one’s a potato.”
Almond simply decided to insist on it.
Haha, I’m dying laughing.
Hahahahaha
Are you gonna fall for it again? lol
Uchiha potato lol
“And trying to trick me with potatoes again ㅋㅋㅋ”
-At least this time it’s the same famine crop
Potato magic is crazy.
“P-po…potato!?!”
The moment Doughnutz heard the word potato, his face suddenly turned crimson, and his nearby colleagues dragged him away.
“H-hey, Older Sister. We need to leave now.”
“Older Sister! Just ignore it. There’s a saying like this. If someone appears and points at a sweet potato calling it a potato, never respond and just run away….”
Cosmopolitan urban legends lol
Uchiha potato is creepy as hell lol
Hahahahaha, run away~
And so the Agricultural Cooperative vanished through the potato exorcism technique.
Quite loudly.
“T-this this this…! Don’t live your life like that, you hear me!? Huh!? I still ask them to hold the fries when I order a burger…!?”
As Doughnutz’s voice grew fainter, I felt relieved.
“Phew.”
Then I turned around, concerned about Goguma.
‘Huh?’
Except for Hong-cha, everyone else looked like they were in poor condition.
There was a heavy, oppressive atmosphere weighing down the mood.
This wasn’t actually because of the Agricultural Cooperative.
‘Hmm….’
It was this kind of feeling.
I had felt this before at some point.
It was a familiar emotion for someone who does archery.
‘Pressure… is it.’
It was pressure.
‘But why? It’s just a scrim.’
I didn’t understand why they were feeling this pressure.
I hadn’t taken Choi Sa-rang’s words about continuing to place first today that seriously.
After all, I was someone who declared from the very first interview of the international tournament that my goal was to win the championship.
That was when it happened.
“Hello! Players from Cheese!”
Poof.
Camembert took the stage.
“As I mentioned before! Through this joint scrim, we will determine which team possesses the strongest overall power!”
Murmurs rippled through the crowd.
Conversations broke out among the streamers.
Since there was nothing particularly noteworthy to address, Camembert continued with the briefing.
“It won’t just be first place—we’ll be practically determining the entire priority order for actual combat. You understand, yes?”
At that moment, the words [BUT STILL] appeared prominently on the screen.
Doodung!
“Of course, the actual match will be different from this scrim. Enormous variables await us. According to the information the organizers released today! The survival match we’ll face in the actual event will have new elements added to it.”
Murmurs rippled through the crowd again.
This time, the murmuring was considerably louder.
“What? Seriously? Is the patch version different?”
“Huh? What’s being added?”
“Oh, this must be a tournament to promote the new version. Insane.”
Camembert waited for their confusion to subside.
Then delivered the closing remarks.
“So it’s not just about devising strategies to win this scrim, but rather fundamentally studying the survival match and cultivating your ability to adapt on the fly that will be crucial!”
Soon after, the second scrim began.
Today would reveal the gaps between the teams.

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