Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 132

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 132
46. Reckless Warrior (3)
[Reina VS Valkyrie Ascension Battle. They pulled aggro just to show this…gif]
A smile played across Juhyeok’s lips as he opened the post.
“Just as I thought…!”
Though it was a normal battle and might be dismissed as unknown on Reel, Almond’s gameplay never failed to move him.
It was the same in Kingdom, in Battle Rage, and it was no different now.
-No seriously, why would you actually fight that head-on lol
└Because it’s cool as hell.
└Insane lol
-Is this rigged or something?
└Even if it were rigged, how would you even pull that off?
└For real, how?
└If you tried like 100 times, wouldn’t you get a shot like that at least once?
└If you stream Reel that long you’d just die lol
└Trying to get a clip and end up needing a funeral instead lol
-Wow that’s legitimately badass lol
-Ooh~! That’s got some romance to it!
The reason for such a play was questionable.
But one thing was certain—he’d captured people’s attention. The post had already made it to the big boards, not just Reel.
That wasn’t all.
“Huh…?”
[#10 Reckless Warrior]
Reckless Warrior was currently trending in the Reel Pro real-time search rankings.
Juhyeok adjusted his glasses and tilted his head.
“How is that even possible?”
He checked the post’s view count again.
[Views: 1,789]
The view count hadn’t even reached 2,000 yet.
Even if everyone who saw it searched for it, it wouldn’t generate that ranking.
And obviously not everyone would search for it anyway….
“…Ah!”
Only then did he realize why that trend was appearing.
“This bastard… he’s really got a taste for it.”

* * *
Reel Pro was fundamentally a website for Reel. That’s how it started.
But when Reel skyrocketed to near the top of popularity, the website expanded into a comprehensive gaming community.
Since then, it had become one of the top three largest gaming community websites.
A new game trending in real-time searches on a site like this?
In terms of money, it could have been worth hundreds of millions in advertising value.
Department Manager Go found it hard to believe.
‘Almond did this?’
Almond had actually pulled off that feat.
[9th Place: Reckless Warrior]
A search term that had climbed to 9th place.
“Almond… is that right?”
Department Manager Go asked again, as if to confirm.
“That’s right! That guy said he’d promote this and changed his username to Reckless Warrior! Hahahaha! We got a free benefit, didn’t we!? I mean, if you’re going to hire someone for advertising, you’ve got to hire someone like him! Isn’t this customer satisfaction service? This is what it’s all about!”
I see.
So it was Almond. Department Manager Go scratched his head.
The Planning Department Manager’s praise didn’t stop.
“Not long ago, when he interviewed with Yana from the Fantasia Channel, he mentioned Reckless Warrior too. One of my employees told me. Isn’t that impressive? Unlike someone like you who just frowns and lets things happen however they will, he’s different, right?”
“Well….”
Why are you criticizing me again?
Department Manager Go frowned, then asked about something odd he’d noticed since earlier.
“But was Almond really someone with this kind of influence? You said before, sir….”
Almond was under 10,000 viewers, the Planning Department Manager had said so himself.
A streamer with under 10,000 viewers trends in real-time searches just from doing one amazing play?
Something seemed off.
“No, Almond doesn’t even have 10,000 viewers. How could he have that kind of influence?”
“That’s strange. With under 10,000 viewers, can he really trend in real-time searches from a single amazing play?”
The Planning Department Manager chuckled and waved his hand.
“That’s actually the punchline.”
Ignoring the comment about how using abbreviations to look young just made him look older, Department Manager Go listened intently.
What was the punchline?
“Think about it. Why would Reckless Warrior trend instead of Almond?”
Now that he thought about it, that was true.
If the original video was this, then logically Almond should be what people search for. But it was Reckless Warrior that trended.
“That young friend has incredible cunning.”
The Planning Department Manager showed him a GIF.
It contained Almond streaming.
His streaming reaction was quite creative….
“That’s just clowning around.”
“Ah, it’s a streaming reaction. You know, that thing. He usually does stuff like this. No, that’s not the important part. Look at the chat. The chat.”
-Yo! The damage output!
-Why won’t you show the damage numbers!?
-This crazy bastard….
-Carries the first game, won’t show damage output, and runs away like a cool guy….
Damage output.
The moment that word crossed my mind, I grasped the situation.
“Ah!”
Reel provides a kind of scorecard once a game ends.
It calculates and displays who performed best, total damage dealt to enemies, damage taken, and so on.
Viewers curious about that scorecard naturally searched for his record to see his damage output.
Since that ID was naturally Reckless Warrior, it was naturally Reckless Warrior that appeared in the real-time searches.
“Apparently there was an incident like this before. He reached Diamond rank, wouldn’t show his ranking, and went rogue—ended up on Jaber’s real-time searches. Looks like he’s using that tactic again this time.”
“So that’s why it went up?”
“Exactly! And on top of that, the battle footage you just saw overlapped with it. The firepower stacked on top of each other.”
Was it a coincidence?
It didn’t seem like it. Since he’d apparently succeeded with this once before.
From creating the ID to going rogue in this manner—it all seemed intentional.
Tap.
The Department Manager placed a hand on his shoulder.
“Make sure you do well when he shows up. Got it?”
“Uh… well, is there really a need to go out of my way for something like this?”
“Director Park.”
“?”
“You know how sensitive that man is about this stuff. He’s obsessed with real-time searches. He doesn’t hesitate to manipulate them either. Plus, this Reckless Warrior is a WePlay collaboration. That man has stock in….”
….
Director Park.
The moment that title came up, Department Manager Go fell silent.
The Department Manager burst into hearty laughter.
“Anyway, I’m going to report to that man that it went up on real-time searches without me lifting a finger. That peanut or walnut or whatever. Just fit him perfectly into the advertisement.”
“It’s Almond.”
“Same difference, man. Anyway, do well. I know Jungseok owes that Director Park quite a bit too.”
….
Department Manager Go nodded silently without a word.

* * *
Meanwhile, Juhyeok and Sanghyeon dressed up early to handle a rare morning schedule that had come up.
Both of them were quite pumped up. After all, this was their first time shooting as advertising models, so they departed with excitement in their hearts.
“Alright. Let’s go!”
Juhyeok shouted energetically and opened the front door.
Bang.
What awaited them was a hellish stretch of stairs.
The momentum from moments before vanished like a lie.
Before these Daldongne stairs, everything became meaningless.
About ten minutes later.
“Huff… huff….”
Sanghyeon was fine, but Juhyeok was breathing as if he were nearly dying.
“You climb these every day and it’s still hard?”
“J-just… shut up… huff….”
Juhyeok, lacking even the strength to retort, pushed him away with a gesture telling him to get lost.
Honk honk!
Just then, a large van arrived. It was a vehicle sent from Punk.
The side door slid open, revealing a familiar face.
“Hey there. Did you wait long?”
It was Department Manager Oh, smiling with a friendly face.
It was Department Manager Oh who had decided to bring this van for Sanghyeon and Juhyeok, who didn’t have a car.
“No, sir. We just arrived. Actually, we might not even be able to breathe when we get in. Ha ha….”
Juhyeok pointed to the hellish stairs behind him, his face still flushed red.
Following Juhyeok’s thumb, Department Manager Oh’s gaze wavered. His expression was flustered.
‘They… live there? In Daldongne?’
Department Manager Oh actually had no idea how Sanghyeon and Juhyeok were living.
He had simply assumed that these two handsome young men from a major corporation must have grown up in good families.
Moreover, Sanghyeon had done archery when he was young, hadn’t he? Archery is a sport that requires equipment, so it must cost a fortune….
‘Did he even have an accident on top of all this?’
As his thoughts extended to the accident Sanghyeon had experienced, Department Manager Oh found himself at a loss for words.
The past that he had to live through replayed in his mind.
For a moment, he couldn’t say or think anything at all.
“Ahem, ahem.”
But soon enough, Department Manager Oh cleared his throat and spoke. He hadn’t been working in society for just a day or two—he wasn’t the type to show his surprise over something like this.
“Is that so? Ha ha. That’s good exercise too. So you’re healthy then? Come on in. Get in.”
He composed his expression and stepped aside.
Once they got inside, the atmosphere would shift. Because there was a surprise guest.
“Hello!”
At the bright greeting that sounded like a rookie idol’s, both Juhyeok and Sanghyeon were startled and looked toward the back seat.
Especially Juhyeok—he bumped his head with a thunk as he was entering the van.
“Ugh!”
Leaving Juhyeok’s cry behind, Miho turned her gaze toward Sanghyeon.
“Almond. This is our first time meeting in person, isn’t it?”
Her radiant smile was far more surreal in reality than it had been in Disworld.
“Ah… Hello.”
Sanghyeon greeted her awkwardly.
He was startled by the unexpected visitor, but his expression was perfectly suited to be misinterpreted as reluctant.
Perhaps sensing this, Miho began offering an unsolicited explanation—about why she had ended up in this van.
“My manager is on vacation, and I can’t drive…”
“You have a car though.”
Department Manager Oh cut her off dismissively.
“That car got into an accident, so it’s being repaired…”
“But you can’t drive?”
“Well… that’s exactly it. Since I’m not a good driver, I got into an accident and had it repaired.”
Miho had hastily sent her perfectly fine foreign car at home to the repair shop.
She smiled as brightly as possible, as if nothing unusual had happened.
“So I ended up in the van… haha…”
Department Manager Oh turned around, laughing and shaking his head.
“Ah, yes…”
Sanghyeon and Juhyeok had nothing to say and could only offer bland responses.
“Well then, let’s go. Still, the van is much brighter now that Miho’s here!”
After teasing Miho thoroughly, Department Manager Oh lifted her spirits again, and the van departed.
Vrroooom…!
About fifteen minutes had passed.
Miho, Juhyeok, and Sanghyeon had naturally begun conversing with one another.
It was possible partly because they shared a common purpose, and partly because Miho and Juhyeok were both naturally personable.
Then Department Manager Oh casually mentioned something to Sanghyeon alone.
“Um… Sanghyeon. There’s something I didn’t explain properly.”
Miho and Juhyeok’s heads automatically turned toward him.
“…”
Department Manager Oh felt their gaze and hesitated for a moment, but ultimately had no choice but to speak.
“We signed the contract a bit late, didn’t we?”
“Yes.”
“You know from working at a company that when additional schedules are suddenly added in a rush, people get irritated…”
What Department Manager Oh meant was this:
Because of Sanghyeon, a major process had been added before the schedule.
That team could be quite displeased with Sanghyeon. Of course, Department Manager Oh would hold his ground on-site to prevent such things.
But he couldn’t monitor every petty disadvantage they might impose. Even if he did notice, they might claim he was being oversensitive, and he might not recover anything.
“…So please bear with it.”
He finished his explanation with a somewhat apologetic expression.
“I’ll apologize in advance.”
“No, no. I’m grateful you signed the contract, even if it was last minute.”
Sanghyeon shook his head, saying it was fine, but Juhyeok looked somewhat irritated.
Miho gazed at Sanghyeon with worried eyes, her concern evident.
“Don’t worry too much. I’ll help you out. This kind of shoot is my main work, so I know what I’m doing.”
“Right. Miho will help a bit. She’s a real pro.”
“Thank you.”
“Oh. We’re here. Everyone out, out!”
We pulled up in front of Fantasia’s headquarters.
I felt the oppressive weight of the towering building.
We passed through the lobby and headed toward the central elevator.
Our destination was the 20th floor.
The entire 20th floor was composed of filming studios.
-20th Floor. Fantasia Filming Studio.
The moment we stepped out of the elevator, the studio’s characteristic brilliant white light enveloped the four of us.
And there spread countless cameras, massive glass panels, and a vast floor with a matte finish.
“Here it is. The Fantasia Filming Studio.”
It felt entirely different from the live broadcast studio where I’d done the Almond Disassembly Analysis before.
There were far more staff and equipment than back then.
Gulp.
I swallowed hard.
If Department Manager Oh’s warning was true, all these people wouldn’t treat me kindly today.
Sure enough, I made eye contact with numerous staff members.
‘Why, why are they all coming this way?’
In fact, most of them were walking straight toward me.
I looked at Department Manager Oh, confused, but he was already shaking hands with someone else, deep in conversation.
Then, the person leading the charge came running up with a bright smile and extended his hand.
“Are you Almond?”
And then, one after another.
As if it were a red carpet laid out for Almond, people guided the way.
“Almond! Welcome! Please come this way! We’re the 3D team!”
“So you’re Almond—you look even better in person! We’re the makeup team. We’ll proceed simultaneously, so we appreciate your understanding.”
And just like that, I was separated from Miho, Juhyeok, and Department Manager Oh.
‘This is… actually better than I expected?’
The staff’s expressions didn’t seem hostile at all.

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