Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1279

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 164
50. Not Yet the Time (3)
The morning of the long-awaited platform championship.
Probably every streamer competing that day woke with trembling hearts.
Sanghyeon was no exception to some degree.
The only difference was that he was accustomed to such feelings.
‘Just stick to the routine.’
Having spent his childhood as an athlete, he knew how to handle this anxiety.
It was to continue the routine of moving his body.
‘Let’s go for a run.’

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A running course bathed in sunlight.
Various people jogged back and forth.
Sanghyeon ran blended into the scenery with them.
“Huff… hah…”
But those weren’t Sanghyeon’s breaths.
They were Juhyeok’s.
“Don’t… don’t mind me, just go… hah… huff…”
Juhyeok had followed along with Sanghyeon’s run.
Yet despite his build, Juhyeok was far removed from athletics.
Especially cardio endurance training rather than strength training?
It was the opposite of his nature.
“Yeah. I’m not thinking about it~”
Sanghyeon truly paid no mind to Juhyeok’s words and continued at his original pace.
When he completed one lap, Juhyeok had turned tomato-red and collapsed onto a bench.
“Ugh, uuuugh…!”
He was making sounds like a dying man.
Sanghyeon sat down beside him, handing over an ion drink he’d bought from a nearby convenience store.
Juhyeok couldn’t even manage a word of thanks before gulping down the drink desperately.
“Ah, ahhh! Ha… th-thanks.”
“Why did you suddenly follow me?”
Sanghyeon asked while opening his own ion drink and taking a sip.
The label on the ion drink gleamed with the word “Monster.”
“Huh…? This was a Monster? Raaahhh!”
Juhyeok glossed over Sanghyeon’s question and raised both arms, making monster sounds.
“Raaahhh~”
Since there was etiquette regarding monsters, Sanghyeon followed along with a ‘raaahhh’ as well.
“So why did you follow me?”
“….”
I hadn’t forgotten the question.
“Sigh….”
Juhyeok dropped his head and exhaled heavily.
“Well… I thought maybe if I ran, my head would clear up a bit.”
“…My head isn’t that cluttered.”
“No, that’s not what I meant─”
“Are you anxious about something?”
Sanghyeon seemed to already know why Juhyeok had come to run.
“Sigh….”
Juhyeok pondered for a moment, then broached the subject carefully.
“Did you see that?”
“What?”
“Goguma joining our company, those shorts he liked. Mixnuts something-something. Whatever.”
“Yeah.”
Sanghyeon nodded while sipping his drink.
“At that moment, I felt good, but at the same time, something heavy settled in. It’s not that I trust the streamers and move forward… it’s that they trust me. It’s different from your situation.”
Before, I only had to trust Almond.
I was fine just focusing on my own work.
But now, in reverse, I have two people who trust this management.
“They believe in me so firmly, but honestly, I’m just a guy whose maximum output is what I do together with you.”
Juhyeok gulped down the ion drink like it was alcohol and sighed.
“Whether what I think and plan is actually decent, or if it’s just because you’re good at what you do….”
Whether the company succeeded because of Almond, or if I can truly fulfill the role of a company.
This was actually a proposition that could never be resolved. The causality was too intertwined to unravel.
“Juhyeok, that’s….”
“I know. What you’re going to say.”
I’d mentioned similar concerns before.
Whether I was truly the right vessel to nurture a streamer like Almond.
Sanghyeon’s answer back then was still etched in my heart.
‘The best partner.’
A faint smile crossed Juhyeok’s lips.
“Like you said… we work well together.”
“Right.”
“That’s the problem.”
“?”
“Danmuji Goguma can’t possibly work well together. They’ll never mesh like you and I do.”
“…Is that all?”
“Yeah. Well… that’s it.”
Sanghyeon was puzzled.
Was this really Juhyeok’s anxiety?
Really?
Goguma and Danmuji don’t mesh well with me?
‘That can’t be right.’
Goguma and Danmuji don’t need to mesh well with Juhyeok Kim.
Would Aseng’s CEO and Juhyeok Kim get along well?
I don’t even need to go that far.
What about the Department Manager? The Manager?
I don’t know about that. There’s no reason to think about it in the first place.
In business, compatibility is created by ‘systems’ more than by people.
And Juhyeok Kim knows that better than anyone.
Then what could it be?
‘What am I… worried about?’
Juhyeok couldn’t properly articulate the fear lurking deep within him.
Something drifting like a wispy cloud—he couldn’t grasp it with his hands.
Sanghyeon suddenly remembered something.
“When exactly is our promotional video going up?”
“That’s… not the right time yet.”
Juhyeok subtly averts his gaze.
A bead of sweat dripping from his chin looked anxious.
“Every other team has already uploaded theirs, and the platform tournament promotion has started. If only we don’t do it… isn’t that kind of freeloading?”
While individual streamers draw attention and promote their own characters, it ultimately has a significant effect of promoting the platform tournament itself.
This was even more true for major corporate streamers.
“Yeah. I know. I get it. Do you think I don’t know that? Look at this.”
Juhyeok shows me his phone.
[Missed Calls × 17]
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CEO Dahee Chae
CEO Dahee Chae
Tr Daeri
Tr Daeri
CEO Dahee Chae
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“That person’s kind of scary.”
“…The CEO herself?”
“Yeah.”
Juhyeok nods, trembling slightly.
“Since we’re the only ones not uploading the promotional video, she’s been pestering me like crazy.”
“Why aren’t you uploading it?”
“It’s not the right time yet.”
“Hmm….”
Sanghyeon crumpled the empty can and tossed it into the trash bin like shooting a basketball.
Thunk!
The can landed perfectly inside.
“Are you scared?”
“!”
Juhyeok flinched.
“This is your chance to prove it. That real management isn’t just riding on Almond’s coattails.”
“I know. It’s just that the video still isn’t perfectly─”
“But that’s what you’re actually afraid of, isn’t it? Proving yourself another way.”
“That’s not it! The video just isn’t properly ready yet!?”
Juhyeok suddenly shouted.
Sanghyeon blinked.
“That can’t be right.”
“…What?”
“There’s no way you’d miss a deadline like this. Same with Department Manager Jang. How long has it been since filming wrapped?”
“I’m watching for the right timing.”
“The tournament starts today though?”
“…Sigh.”
Juhyeok growled in frustration.
“You’re only clever when it’s pointless like this.”
Clang!
Juhyeok hurled his can into the trash bin.
It hit the rim and bounced back out.
Clatter…
The can rolled back to his feet.
Sanghyeon picked up the can and placed it in Juhyeok’s hand.
“Do you know who in this world trusts Juhyeok Kim the least?”
“…Father?”
“Juhyeok Kim.”
“….”
A brief silence fell.
“Everyone connected to you believes in you. Even Goguma and Danmuji, people you barely know, believe in you. Only Juhyeok Kim doesn’t.”
Juhyeok lowered his head.
“…Because I know myself best.”
His voice trembled.
“Know what?”
“I know better than anyone that I’ve benefited from you! You don’t understand!? I even sold you out when I signed the contract!”
Crunch.
Juhyeok crumpled the can Sanghyeon had given him.
“If it weren’t for you! There wouldn’t have been a contract at all! No matter how nicely I package it, how is this not an Almond company!? How is what I’ve done my own strength!? What kind of best partner is this!? This is….”
Juhyeok’s resentment ran deeper than expected.
Sanghyeon, who lived in the same house, had actually already known.
Since Danmuji Goguma arrived, the time he spent purely happy wasn’t very long.
“This is just an Almond company! That’s how I did the sales! That’s what worked!”
“I think so too.”
Sometimes changing strategy was worth a try.
“…What?”
“Mixnuts. I think it’s all Almond.”
Sanghyeon snatched the can from Juhyeok and hurled it without hesitation.
Was he a bit angry too?
“100% Almond.”
Bang!
It bounced off sharply without making it into the trash can.
Remarkably, it rolled back to Juhyeok’s feet.
“Ha… Yeah, you know it too.”
Juhyeok exhaled a deep sigh.
‘I wanted to hear words like this instead.’
Rather than empty platitudes about being the best partner, he just wanted to confirm the truth.
Juhyeok thought it through.
‘Calling me the best partner was a lie.’
Even though a tremendous light had touched his dark heart then, he denied it.
Shadows encroached.
Words that pierced painfully.
“So Danmuji and Goguma will think the same way later.”
“…What?”
Yet again, light shot through.
Always with precise aim.
“Oh, Mixnuts is 100% riding on Danmuji. Oh, Mixnuts here is 100% riding on Goguma.”
“…?”
Sanghyeon picked up the can again and hurled it without hesitation.
“You’re going to make it that way.”
The remaining beverage scattered along its trajectory.
Sunlight refracted and glimmered.
A faint rainbow formed.
Would it have been a deeper rainbow if the sunlight were stronger?
If there were more water?
Unknown. The can had already landed perfectly in the trash.
Thunk!
“See? I told you so. Even the trash can agrees with me.”
Smirk.
He laughed with the sunlight at his back.
Juhyeok squinted, absently removing his glasses to rub his eyes as he muttered.
“That’s just because you’ve got good athletic reflexes… you bastard…”

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Waaaaaaa…!
A massive roar erupted across the virtual stadium.
“Ahhh! Thank you for your patience! Everyone! Cheeze versus Paprika! Paprika versus Cheese! The long-awaited inter-platform championship! I’m Caster Kim Sang-hun! And on my right!”
“Hello! This is King Gul, your analyst!”
“And on my left!”
“Senior Analyst Red Glasses.”
The Caster, Analyst, and Senior Analyst all took turns greeting the audience.
Then the broadcast officially began.
“Right now, in addition to the viewers who purchased stadium tickets, we’re also seeing live stream viewers entering.”
-Kyaa
-Keu
lol
I cannot translate this as it is not a meaningful word or phrase in Korean. These are just repeated consonant clusters (ㄷㄱ) without vowels, which do not form valid Korean text.
-Daegam’s viewers let’s go~!
-Finally!
-Wow
-Let’s goooo
I’m trembling and ㅠㅠ
-Motmotmot fighting!!
-Kalchi tear them all up~
-Balloon Gum fighting~ (btw I’m rooting for Paprika lol)
I cannot translate this as it does not represent meaningful Korean text. These are individual consonants without vowels or context, making them untranslatable.
-Daegam~~
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.
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The moment it started, viewers poured in and the numbers quickly climbed to this.
[Current Viewers: 519,000]
King Gul spoke up at that moment.
“They’re flooding in like a storm. And we have another announcement to make, don’t we?”
“Ah, yes, that’s right.”
The Senior Analyst nodded.
Red Glasses adjusted his spectacles, his expression turning cold as he explained.
“The players will claim victory directly on the battlefield of proof. However, we cannot fight directly. That is why we have prepared this.”
Ting!
[Point Betting]
This notification appeared above the ticket purchasers and viewers.
-Ooh
-Kekekekeke
-Wow kkkk
-They’re doing this jointly???
-Daebak
-Ooh
The Caster shouted.
“Cheese? Paprika? Today, who will it be! The legendary Chee.Pap.Oh!”
[Chee.Pap.Oh]
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Paprika
Cheese
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Red is Paprika, yellow is Cheese.
-Chee.Pap.Oh kekekekekeke
-What’s with this old-man naming sense
-Ohhh kkkkkkkkkkkk
-Seems like they do this every day
-Kek
-Chee.Pap.Oh daebak
“You place point bets on who will win!”
It was a system where viewers could bet using points accumulated from watching.
While common enough, the integration of Paprika’s currency and Cheese’s currency was unprecedented.
People grew excited and began clicking on the team they supported or predicted would win.
Uuuuung!
-Huh?
-Huh huh?
-What?
-Whoa kkkk
-This isn’t a secret ballot or something? kkkk
Remarkably, the colors of the spectators’ clothing in the stadium began to change.

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