Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 297

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 17
6. Battle (1)
After the awards ceremony announcement appeared on the Trivia website.
Messages arrived from people I was glad to hear from.
[Miho: Is everyone participating in the awards ceremony?]
It was the Balloon Stars group chat.
[Balloon Gum: Yeah, gotta go.]
[Takoyaki: I’m going. Because that’s what streamers do.]
[Strawberry Shooter: But why wasn’t I nominated in the female streamer category???? ㅠ^ㅠ This is unfair…]
[Miho: ….]
“Balloon Gum: There’s no such thing as a female streamer award originally, Strawberry haha”
[Takoyaki: Anyway Mond, since we’re talking about it, how about a real duo match after all this time? You feeling it?]
Takoyaki mentioned Sanghyeon.
Perhaps because I’d spent quite a long time as a Bottom duo back then, those moments playing real matches with Takoyaki felt nostalgic to me.
[Almond: Oh, I got invited to the awards ceremony too.]
[Balloon Gum: Oh, Almond’s coming too.]
[Takoyaki: Mond, let’s play real. There’s no driver on the bus]
[Almond: I’m not playing real matches for a while now….]
[Takoyaki: Huh!? What’s this, like Gum hyung is becoming a pro gamer?]
[Balloon Gum: Almond’s been doing Zombie School lately.]
[Takoyaki: What’s that.]
Miho: Wow! Oppa, you’re here?? I was worried because the streamer started a bit late ㅠㅠ Usually all the nominations are finished before the Nant match…
So that’s how it was.
Just as I’d expected. That’s normally how it proceeds.
[Almond: I guess I got lucky and caught the timing just right. Gum hyung, are you aiming for the Grand Prize this time?]
Bubble Gum: Nah lol, I got mine the year before last… hehe There are a lot of competitive people this year.
[Miho: Swag~]
[Strawberry Shooter: Almond oppa! Escort me there! >~<]
[Miho: Ew~]
[Takoyaki: Control yourself, Strawberry. You might end up dead.]
[Strawberry Shooter: Yes, hyung.]
Miho: Hahahahahaha so funny lol
[Almond: hahahaha]
[Bubble gum: hahahahahaha]
Perhaps because it had been a while since we talked, it felt enjoyable. Almond's lips curl upward in a grin as he looks at his phone.
"What are you doing grinning like that?"
Juhyeok asks with curiosity. There's also a hint of petulance mixed in—why are you the only one laughing?
"Oh, well… I'm chatting with the Balloon Stars team."
"Ah. They contacted you about the awards ceremony, right? Your whole team is nominated for Best Teamwork."
Just as Juhyeok said, Balloon Stars as a whole was also a candidate for the special award of Best Teamwork.
This is evidence that the Nant Tournament has significant influence on the awards ceremony.
[Miho: Everyone, see you at the awards ceremony!]
With Miho's words, the group chat conversation died down. Probably the streamers with different schedules had gone to sleep.
The streamers with the same schedule seemed to be starting their broadcasts now.
'I should start streaming too.'
Almond checked the time, thought that, and headed to the capsule.

* * *
3 PM.
Almond's subscribers received this notification.
[Almond has started streaming!]
[Support your favorite streamer through the year-end awards ceremony voting!]
One additional element appeared in the usual notification.
An 'Support' button that didn't exist in the original Triby had been created.
A separate page titled 'Year-End Awards Ceremony Event' had been made, and you could leave comments there.
-Wow, the awards ceremony is already here
-Mom! Why am I still unemployed next year too!?
-What did we even do already….
There were simple complaints about the new year starting….
-Miho, win an award this time.
-Almond! Almond! Almond! Grand Prize!
└Almond started way too late this year….
The target is kind of… lol
Give me the Grand Prize for bubble gum this year ㅠ
└Gum hyung has no connection to awards….
-For the Reel category, honestly shouldn't we give something to Balloon Stars? Their storytelling and shounen manga-style reversals were insane
Comments filled with predictions and wishes about who would receive which award this year.
-Who gets the grand prize. Is it that Pumpkin Pie?
Cutify is trash lol
└Didn't they win last year?
-Fish Cookie is overwhelmingly dominant in viewership. Wouldn't they get the grand prize?
-For chat broadcasts, it seems like Chaamseae or Ppulranem.
-What about Butterfly Valley? Butterfly Valley?
└"Impossible"
└Sigh….
The streamers mentioned in comments predicting major awards were all unfamiliar names to me.
Since I blocked video sponsorships, I didn't really have the chance to encounter them through clips.
'There are a lot of talented people.'
I thought that and started the broadcast.
"Trah!"
-Hey there~
-CEO, hey~
-Everyone, please vote!
-Vote for your Almond!
-Bro, I voted! For Miho!
"So there's a support system now?"
-Haha, kind of appealing
-pressuring while playing dumb
-is this Almond's way of handling things?!
Almond genuinely didn't know and was just asking, but he was misunderstood.
"No, I really haven't seen it before."
-???: My wife is my first love.
Don't worry, I was rooting for you lol
-I pressed it, bro.
Communication was impossible.
So Almond called out the viewers' antics from yesterday.
"But you guys are way better at lying, aren't you?"
Hahahaha
I watched the clip, it was funny lol
I can't translate this as it's not a coherent Korean word or phrase – it appears to be keyboard mashing or gibberish characters.
-oh no Almond's got crazy follow-up game, Chiki-chaya~!
Only then did the viewers stop teasing Almond with the "support" feature. At least they had some conscience.
"Anyway, let's get back to the game. Ah…"
Almond suddenly added something as if he'd just remembered.
"By the way, did you see the capsule performance yesterday? It logged out in less than a second and ejected instantly without any glitches at all."
lol
-the capsule is insane
I found that strange too lol
-is this an ad bro?
Just all real lol lol
"Anyway… it's just amazing, you know?"
Haha, Almond who doesn't know the meaning of the word "cut to the chase."
You're saying you play games, haha.
No lol crazy nut shake lol
Almond mentioned the Nova Capsule out of gratitude because he'd heard news from Juhyeok today.
"Now I'm really going. Today's game is~~~"
-ooooh~~~~
-Kingdom~~~~!
-Real! Life is Legend!
-Viewer, life is legend!
-Everyone's refusing to mention Zombie School
I kind of miss Joongbong, lol
Do the zombie thing! That was so funny lol
"Zombie School!"

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I returned to the Zombie School avatar of 'Juhyeok Kim' once more.
The avatar remained on standby with an expression as if it had just been caught in an embarrassing moment.
"His expression is so funny lol lol lol"
I'm dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋ
What is that? lol
Moments later, the avatar returned to a more dignified posture.
"Ahem."
I moved this 'Juhyeok Kim' avatar that I'd put on again after just one day around experimentally.
Then I walked toward the bathroom door.
Thump! Thump!
"…Ah. The zombies were piled up outside."
I paused, having unconsciously tried to open the door, and said that.
haha
-What memory
Reset? lol
I summarized the current situation and relayed it to the viewers.
"So I was occupying the convenience store. Then suddenly I needed the bathroom urgently, so I broke through the zombies, took care of business in the bathroom…."
-Processing lol
Hahahahaha
-It sounds even weirder when summarized
"…So I need to return to the convenience store. This game is an extreme realistic survival game where you have to account for every bodily function. Please keep that in mind."
-You're the one who needs to remember that;
The survival of Gok-han is shocking.
I wonder what crazy thing will happen next lol
"The zombies seem to be right in front of the bathroom door right now? I guess I've drawn aggro."
To go out and return to the convenience store, I'd have to break through those zombies again.
But could I evade all their attacks and get through this time too?
I opened the door slightly.
Creeeeak….
"GRRRRAAAAAAHHHHH!"
"KYAAAHHH!"
Thump!
The door slammed shut immediately.
"…It seems like the numbers have increased. Or is that just my imagination?"
When I first broke through, the numbers barely exceeded ten.
-They must have heard the noise and come looking
-Seems like more came down from the upper floors
-Looks like there's almost twenty now
-We're done for lol
-Looks like we have to kill them now.
With so many zombies, I couldn't simply evade and push forward.
'I might make it to the middle, but if the zombies keep attacking from behind….'
Even if zombies had simple attack patterns, what if three or four of them attacked simultaneously from all four directions?
Unless I had eyes in the back of my head, I couldn't dodge everything.
"I need to kill the zombies, but I can't do it with a box cutter."
-Right
-A box cutter couldn't kill a normal person either lol
-Box cutters are useless
-But how do we get out?
"I need a proper weapon to deliver real force."
The box cutter's grip was too short—if I tried to stab properly, I'd only hurt my own hand. I needed something bigger and sharper.
Then something flashed in Almond's mind.
'Right.'
One of the things I'd seen in the mirror when looking at the bathroom stalls.
[Cleaning Closet]
I headed toward the cleaning closet. Usually, a bathroom's cleaning closet is in the last stall and locked from the outside with a padlock.
I went to the adjacent stall, stepped on the toilet, and found the tool I needed.
"…There it is."
The long rod I pulled out.
A mop handle.

* * *
A moment later.
The bathroom door swung open.
Creak.
At the squeaking sound of the worn sliding door, the zombies' heads snapped toward it.
"Graaaaaah!"
The zombie closest to the bathroom door lunged forward.
"Kaaaaah──"
Sticky saliva stretched from its gaping maw.
──Thunk!
Something pierced straight into it.
A spear fashioned from a burlap sack, sharpened with a utility knife.
"!?"
The zombie thrashed its limbs, unable to advance further.
"Oh. It works."
Almond muttered to himself.
"Kaaaaack!"
"Kyaack!"
Other zombies rushed forward, but he kicked the sliding door shut, blocking them out.
Thud! Thud!
Zombies slammed violently against the door.
Only the one zombie Almond had just stabbed managed to get through.
Almond stepped backward and thrust the spear through the narrow gap again.
"Kueeeeegh!"
Thunk!
Blood erupted from the wound. The attack was working….
"Graaaaaack!"
The zombie spat blood and lunged again.
These creatures had no concept of retreat in their vocabulary. Only attack, and attack again.
So Almond thrust again.
Thunk!
After repeating this three or four times.
"Kyaaaaack! Kyaack!"
The thrashing only grew louder, and more zombies swarmed in response to the noise.
"It won't die."
I couldn't kill it.
Thud! Thud!
More and more zombies pounded against the poorly sealed sliding door.
Boom! Boom!
The door creaked ominously.
"Huh…?"
Then immediately──
"Insane."
──Craaash!
The bathroom door crumbles.
"Kyaaaaaaah!"
"Gyaaah!"
Now at least three or four Zombies could pour through the bathroom entrance at once.
Thud.
Almond quickly kicked the Zombie in front, pulled out the spear, and swung it to the side.
Whoooosh──!
The Zombies rushing from both sides were swept back by the force.
'It won't cut.'
Considering the shape of the wooden spear I'd carved with a utility knife. It was absolutely not a cutting-type weapon.
The unharmed Zombies charged again.
"Kyaaaah!"
Whoosh.
I struck with the blunt end of the weapon instead.
Wham!
While the Zombies momentarily lost their balance, I turned the blade back around.
Whoosh──
I stabbed one of the thug's legs.
──Squelch!
Then it began to stagger…
It fell.
Unable to use one leg, it lost its balance and toppled over.
'Is this it?'
So that's how it works… The realization hits me.
But there were nearly five Zombies blocking the way ahead. I had to bring them all down like this.
As that thought crossed my mind, my eyes gleamed and everything around me slowed.
And──
Thrust! Thrust! Thrust! Thrust!
The spear pierced four times in an instant.
──Thump.
Simultaneously, four Zombies staggered and fell. All with holes punched through the exact same spot.
-???
-What
-Wow, I'm dying
lol
Whoosh.
Almond spun his wooden spear in a full circle, flicking away the clinging flesh and blood.
Then he thrust the wooden spear toward five more zombies that trampled over the fallen corpses and charged at him.
Splurch!
Crimson blood erupted in an instant, settling like mist.
"Grraaahhh!"
More zombie feet climbed over the bodies above. Almond thrust his spear again.
Splurch…!
Zombies climbed over the corpses once more, and the same situation repeated endlessly.
Splurch splurch splurch…!!!
As if possessed, without uttering a single word, every breath and movement became one—a thrust of perfect precision.
"Haah. Huuh."
All that could be heard was the measured breathing and the maddening, precise whoosh of the spear cutting through air.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
In that moment, even the chat fell silent.
They could only hold their breath and watch.

* * *
"Uhhhhh… Oh no. Pizza Bread isn't dead, is he?"
The Convenience Store Clerk leaned against the door, weeping from the guilt of having closed it, unable to bring herself to leave.
Not a single zombie had knocked on the convenience store door since earlier.
They had all gone to Almond.
Which meant, with high probability, he was being torn apart and devoured as a corpse right now.
"What do we do? Pizza Bread… can the two of us survive here?"
The Convenience Store Clerk asked through sniffles.
The shaggy-haired student called Pizza Bread quietly pointed toward the door.
"…Huh?"
The Convenience Store Clerk asked back, confused.
Then she heard it.
Knock. Knock.
A sound distinctly different from the way zombies pounded.
A knock.
"Open the door. It's me."
"Who… who are you?"
The Convenience Store Clerk jolted up in alarm and asked.
"The guy who went to the bathroom earlier."
"Oh! Pizza Bread? Is it really you?!"
Click.
The clerk carefully unlocked the door.
Creak.
As the hallway came into view through the opening door, she could only cover her mouth.
"Th, this is…."
All the zombies were lying flat on the ground.

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