Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 314

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 34
12. Brain vs. Hodu (1)
Creak. Bang.
The infirmary door slams shut.
Children covered in blood enter one by one.
Fortunately, it wasn’t their blood. Zombie blood or someone else’s.
After Baek Jun-su’s group failed to seize the convenience store,
they lost teammates and exhausted their strength.
Baek Jun-su sat on a white bed, resting his forehead on his crossed arms, lost in thought.
The children didn’t approach him, assuming he was cooling off his anger.
But Baek Jun-su was simply deliberating. How should he lead this group forward from here?
Among the children, many suggested detouring to the cafeteria, saying they lacked the means to breach the convenience store’s barricade.
However, the reality was different.
From Baek Jun-su’s perspective, these guys were simply afraid.
Wujung Kim’s death, the struggle against zombies.
The traps they had set worked quite well, putting everyone on the brink of death.
That’s what terrified them.
It was a completely different feeling from facing mindless zombies.
But wasn’t the enemy experiencing the same thing?
“Um… Jun-su?”
Sohee Yun approached him and spoke. She seemed intent on offering comfort.
Baek Jun-su declared his words before she could even begin.
“We die without the convenience store.”
“!”
The children stared blankly at his mouth.
Their faces screamed: What about the cafeteria?
“It’s already been two days since this crisis began. The ingredients in the cafeteria require cooking.”
He had no intention of detouring to the cafeteria instead of the convenience store. He knew the truth—the cafeteria’s food would soon lose its value.
If the power cuts here too, that place will become nothing but a massive tomb.
“Their resistance was fierce.”
A tall male student wearing glasses shook his head.
“Will it work?”
Under his fingers as he adjusted his glasses, his sleeve was covered in dark bloodstains.
The name tag read: Choi Gi-su.
“Think of a way. You’re good at this sort of thing.”
Baek Jun-su clearly had faith in him—his ability to devise plans.
“…”
Choi Gi-su fell into thought, then shook his head.
“They couldn’t secure the bathrooms. If we just station one sentry at a time rotating through, it’ll resolve itself. We only need to control the entire annex here. We still have three days’ worth of rations left.”
“Three days’ worth of waste can be handled somewhat unsanitary if we assume humans are on the verge of death anyway.”
Ugh~ Sohee Yun, who was listening beside him, made a retching gesture.
Choi Gi-su glanced at her once, then turned his gaze back to Baek Jun-su and countered.
“If that’s the case, wouldn’t you just surrender? I would.”
“To people trying to kill us?”
“Are you going to kill them?”
“It depends on how you look at it.”
“So you’re saying you’ll kill them.”
Choi Gi-su crossed his arms and looked away.
He seemed to be thinking about an actual plan now.
“The barricade isn’t impenetrable.”
“Hmm?”
Baek Jun-su looked at Choi Gi-su’s mouth with hopeful eyes.
“It’s made from tables and metal cages inside the convenience store. Unless it’s built exceptionally well, it can only resist pushing force.”
Choi Gi-su’s explanation was easy to understand.
The barricade the enemies had set up relied on weight to hold it in place.
It wasn’t a problem that could be solved by just a few people pushing. Due to the door’s size, at most only four people could push at once.
The personnel inside was estimated at three, and with desks and bookshelves added on top of that.
Of course it wouldn’t work.
But what if they pulled instead of pushed?
Unless the fire door and barricade were very well interlocked, there was no way to prevent the door from opening in the opposite direction.
“…Don’t both the fire door and the convenience store door only open in one direction?”
Baek Jun-su raised an objection. It was a valid point. There was no pulling option to begin with. The fire door only opened in one direction. The same went for the convenience store shutter.
“Right. That’s why we need to go to the construction site one more time.”
Choi Gi-su was speaking while considering that.
“The reason the fire door and convenience store door only open in one direction is because of the frame, and we can pry it open with a crowbar or something similar.”
“…?”
Baek Jun-su didn’t understand.
Choi Gi-su explained once more.
“If we just pry up the frame at the right spot and roll it upward, the door will open even if we pull it.”
“Even if the door opens, there will still be the barricade.”
“Their barricade works by adding weight to hold it. It won’t be packed that tightly. Once the door disappears, we can just climb in like it’s a jungle gym. If worst comes to worst….”
Choi Gi-su lifted an alcohol lamp he’d taken from the science lab.
“We can always throw this while threatening them.”
“…That’s a last resort.”
Baek Jun-su firmly refused. If he threw that, all the food supplies inside could disappear.
“So you’re saying we can at least open it?”
“Yeah. The only downside is it takes a lot of time. But we have plenty of time, don’t we?”
Baek Jun-su nodded and organized the children into groups, sending them to the construction site with Choi Gi-su.
“Find the items you need.”
Choi Gi-su headed to the construction site with several children.
I found equipment better than a pry bar at that location.
It was something like a drill used on-site to break marble.
[(Photo)]
[This thing here. I don’t know how to use it, but once I activate it, I think it’ll destroy that door pretty easily.]
[Just hearing the sound would be threatening enough.]
Choi Gi-su thought this was quite an excellent item, so he decided to bring it along no matter what.

* * *
“These crazy bastards!”
Hyeon-a was furious.
She had asked why we had to evacuate, and then she saw the message Almond showed her.
Baek Jun-su was planning to raid us at dawn.
“They’re bringing those tools again?! Do they even know how to use that thing?!”
“Even if they don’t, just activating it could cause who knows what.”
Almond shrugged.
Truth be told, he wasn’t afraid of the tools. What scared him was how Juhyeok Kim would react when facing Baek Jun-su.
So he was devising a way to win without confronting him at all.
“Anyway. That’s why relying only on the barricade is dangerous. Once the fire door gets torn open, the barricade becomes useless.”
Hyeon-a didn’t want to abandon the convenience store, so she came up with some kind of plan.
“Then… what if we make the barricade thicker and more tightly packed so they have to crawl through, and we just stab them with spears like we’re catching moles? Right? Like that time with Kim Wujung or whatever.”
I can’t laugh hard enough at this
-Hyeon-a’s got no filter now
No, noona, haha!
It was a method of sorts, at least.
But still, Juhyeok Kim’s cowardly nature was the problem.
Could he really stab while looking directly at Baek Jun-su’s face?
Honestly, it was hard to imagine.
“But that plan has no backup if it fails.”
Above all, Hyeon-a’s plan had no follow-up.
If we couldn’t stop them there, we had no options.
We’d all just die and hand over the convenience store. Almond was saying we should at least save our lives.
“But… what exactly is your plan? Why are you wrapping bread in boxes? Are we the Bread Shuttle?”
bread shuttle lol
“A bread shuttle’s bread shuttle? ㅋㅋㅋ”
-Bread conspiracy appears
“Oh, that’s not it.”
Almond scratched his head.
There was a method that came to mind right away.
“Bread needs to be the reason the convenience store matters.”
“That’s true. But we can’t just carry all this around. Where are we going to settle?”
“That’s….”
-Hodu full spin lol
-You trust Almond’s plan? I’d rather trust a kangaroo!
-What crazy thing will he do this time lmao
Almond did have a plan of sorts.
“What is it? Tell me.”
When Hyeon-a asked, Almond began explaining his plan with enthusiasm.
“First, the operation name is ‘Killing Baek Jun-su.'”
-Insane lmao
-The operation name spoils the operation lol
-“Breaking the Leaf”
-Spear──
-Suddenly?
He forgot, as always, that his plans rarely ever went according to plan.
And proceeded to explain his plan with great confidence.
“…It’ll definitely work.”
He finished his final sentence with hope and observed the viewers’ reactions.
-Passionate one-sided love for Hodu
-But surprisingly, it’s not bad?
-Wow, finally using the bow???
-Oh. Seems like it could work.
-Better than expected
It didn’t seem to be a bad plan.
The NPCs were convinced too.
“…If you’re that confident about it. It’s worth a try. The risk isn’t that high either.”
Hyeon-a nodded her head.
Then paused.
“Soboro bread. But the sentry will be changing soon.”
“Already?”
When I checked the time, two hours had already passed.
Time flows faster here.
“If something goes wrong when the sentry changes, they’ll notice and make their move first. That won’t work.”
“Uh….”
-Lmao didn’t think of that lol
-A plan that falls apart in 1 second….
-A plan that ‘falls apart’
Hyeon-a pondered for a moment.
Then held up her phone.
“There is a way.”

* * *
It was almost time to change the Sentry.
One of the students from Baek Jun-su’s Group stood up from his seat, tilting his head in confusion.
He was the next Sentry on duty.
“What? Jang Seong-su isn’t responding?”
They had promised to communicate with each other before the shift change, but there was only silence.
That was because he had already been subdued by Almond.
“…What’s going on?”
The relief Sentry grew suspicious. He was about to delay his departure if contact didn’t come through, but then.
Ding.
A message arrived.
[Oh. I wasn’t looking at my phone for a bit.]
Jang Seong-su had finally replied.
“Ah. This bastard. Really….”
The relief Sentry frowned and grabbed his weapon.
[I’m heading out. Come to the front of the east staircase.]
[K]
“I’m heading out.”
“Got it.”
After saying goodbye, I left the infirmary.
As I walked, I exchanged messages without particularly watching ahead.
The first floor had already been cleared of all Zombies.
There was nothing particularly to be cautious about.
[Heading out now]
[K K]
[But aren’t you scared there?]
[Nah not really lol]
Thud. Thud.
“Ah shit… that startled me.”
I flinched at a few Zombies pounding on the main entrance.
I had to be careful when passing the main entrance of the annex. The shutter at the main entrance had a structure where the inside was completely visible, so Zombies kept clinging to it.
I gripped the hammer tightly and walked toward the east staircase, arriving shortly after.
“Phew.”
The fork between the staircase leading to the second floor and the staircase leading to the basement.
I glanced at the second floor and reminded myself.
‘Never go to the second floor,’ they said.
Baek Jun-su’s Group had mentioned the second floor before.
That I absolutely must not set foot there.
If they emphasized it that much, I couldn’t help but wonder what was actually there. Were there just too many Zombies?
But my curiosity couldn’t overcome my survival instinct.
He descended the stairs toward the basement level.
The absence of any sound and the darkness of the space sent chills down my spine.
“Hey. Jang Seong-su.”
I called out the name of my friend on impulse.
“Where are you?”
The stench of blood vibrated up from the floor, and sticky Zombie fragments were scattered everywhere.
Had Jang Seong-su really been down here for two hours?
Getting no response, I sent another text message.
[Hey. Where are you? I told you to come out front.]
The answer came from behind my head.
“Right here.”
Crack!
The sound of my right shoulder shattering.
The oaken hammer I’d been gripping went limp and fell from my hand.
“…Ugh! Ugh!”
My mouth was sealed shut.
They weren’t even going to let me scream.
“Just stay still for a moment.”
Hyeon-a spoke irritably as she wrapped packing tape around his mouth over and over.
Suhyeon bound his legs with rope and knocked him down.
“Honestly, even though we keep teaching you that it’s dangerous to look at your smartphone while walking~”
Thud.
The student lost his balance and fell flat on his back.
Only then did I see the identity of the person who had struck me.
It was that bastard looking down at me with the oaken hammer slung over his shoulder.
It was Juhyeok Kim.
“Ugh! Uuugh!?(Juhyeok, you pathetic loser!?)”
I spat out curses with all my might, but my words never reached Juhyeok Kim.
Without a word, Juhyeok Kim rummaged through the student’s pocket and pulled out his phone.
“Oh. Good thing this one has a fingerprint sensor. We could carry it around if needed.”
Speaking ominously, he brought his thumb to the phone’s screen, and the lock screen unlocked.
He went into the security settings, changed it to his own fingerprint, and gave a signal to Hyeon-a and Suhyeon.
“Okay. Changed it.”
When Almond nodded, the other two dragged the student away.
“Alright. You’re on music execution.”
Music execution? I had no idea what that meant, but the student was terrified. It clearly wasn’t anything good.
“Ugh! Uugh!”
Bang!
He flailed on the floor like a fish, but it was useless.
Before I knew it, his body was hoisted onto a cargo cart, and after that, he was swiftly moved and disappeared into the music room.
Almond watched him being dragged away, then shifted his gaze to his phone.
He needed to send a message to the group chat.
[Shift change complete]
[Is Jang Seong-su coming?]
[He should’ve just left?]
Then Almond picked up Jang Seong-su’s phone.
And he asked the viewers.
“…What should I say?”
-What?
-Didn’t you think of an excuse?!
hahaha
Hyeon-a only told me to make up an excuse. She didn’t tell me what to say.
[Jang Seong-su?]
[Jang Seong-su isn’t coming?]
After a couple of messages urging a response, Almond remembered something.
“Ah.”
A good idea seemed to have struck him, and his thumbs flew across the screen.
[I’ve got a stomachache, I’m in the bathroom.]
Toilet issue lol
Bathroom school lol
He’s solving everything with that thing lol

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