Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 373

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 93
33. Fan Meeting (1)
Jansen.
A villain who left an enormous impression with just a single appearance during the Battle Large era.
People remember him as the Sniper, but to be precise, that’s not quite accurate. Given the Battle Large system where sniping was blocked while watching broadcasts, he was simply fortunate. After all, Jansen only encountered Almond once in the game, so calling him a Sniper has its limitations.
Despite appearing just once, people remember Jansen. Why?
Perhaps it’s because he was nearly the only viewer who ever cornered Almond. At the time, he had obtained an item called the “Power Suit”—an item that dramatically enhanced physical abilities.
It’s difficult to obtain, but once you have it, winning becomes easy. Thanks to this, he was able to match Almond evenly.
However, the real reason Jansen stood out most among countless snipers wasn’t the Power Suit or even that he cornered Almond.
“Jan──sen!!!”
It was this bizarre cry.
The very shout now echoing through the fan meeting venue.
“Ah. What? Why is that crazy guy screaming again.”
“Seriously. How far is the Nut Clan going to take this?”
“What, what…is this the Nuts Punk world?!”
Since the first arriving fan was making such a sound, the other fans were confused. So the staff member stopped him.
“Um, Jansen. I understand you’re excited, but please restrain yourself.”
“Ah, yes…”
Jansen surprisingly calmed down immediately, but…
A moment later, as if the condition had flared up again, he shouted.
“Jan, Jan──sen! Jansen!!!”
He pointed frantically as if he wanted to say something.
People frowned.
“Just, speak. Come on?”
“Goodness. What is this, Pokémon?”
Meanwhile, a few people who turned their gaze toward where Jansen’s finger was pointing muttered.
“Uh…it’s Almond.”
Looking in that direction, someone was indeed peeking their head through the doorway, wasn’t he?
“Huh? Almond?”
“It’s Almond.”
“Really?”
The fans, uncertain, murmured for a moment.
“Jan──sen! Jan──sen!”
At Jansen’s desperate shout, they finally became certain it was indeed Almond.
“Waaaaaaaa!”
“Kyaaaaaaaa! It’s Almond!”
A roar like fireworks exploding erupted. Purely from human voices alone.
Even passing cars briefly lowered their windows to see what was happening.
And no wonder—the number of fans lined up behind Jansen was considerable.
That makes sense, as there’s quite a considerable number of fans lined up behind Jensen.
A hundred fans with reserved seating attended the fan meeting today.
Among those who didn’t get reserved seats, dozens—or perhaps hundreds—of other fans gathered around the pojangmacha tent, just hoping to catch a glimpse of Almond.
“Almond! Almond!”
“Nut! Nut! Nut!”
“Oppa! Just look this way once!”
Though they couldn’t attend Almond’s fan meeting, they had gathered here hoping to see his face if he happened to pass by.
This location, where Asung’s headquarters stood, was the epicenter of the office district, but it was also a popular dating spot—the perfect place to drop by casually.
“Wow! Sang-hyun Yu! Sang-hyun Yu!”
“Almond!”
Of course, his fans who had plans nearby or worked in this city came too.
“Who’s Almond? Huh?”
“What? There are so many people…”
“Sang-hyun Yu?”
Even those who didn’t know him, and even those who only knew Sang-hyun Yu from his time at Asung, moved their feet out of curiosity.
In other words, hundreds of people had gathered. The roar they were shouting was hardly different from the sound of fireworks exploding.
Sanghyeon flinched in surprise at that roar.
“!”
I quickly pulled my head back inside and shut the door.
Thud.

* * *
“Phew.”
Sanghyeon leaned against the door behind me, gasping for breath.
‘What was that?’
Thud. Thud.
My heart felt like it was about to burst.
Why were there so many people?
The number of fan meeting attendees was actually fixed.
One hundred people—slightly less than the pojangmacha tent’s maximum capacity of 120.
So I thought there would be at most 80 to 90 fans already lined up.
After all, some people would be late.
But when I checked, that wasn’t the case.
‘I didn’t expect this.’
All 100 people were lined up, and they were the lucky fans with reserved seating.
The problem was that there were people who came looking for me despite not winning the fan meeting lottery.
Considering the cold weather outside, it was obvious they would suffer, shivering without even being able to come inside.
They were enduring that hardship just to see my face once.
‘What should I do…’
Me, the owner of that face. Even though I’m usually shameless, I felt sorry.
“I can’t just ignore them.”
Someone speaks as if they know exactly what Sanghyeon is thinking.
“If you start giving in one by one, it’ll all crumble like dominoes the moment word gets out.”
The voice belongs to Jia.
She had followed him out when she noticed Sanghyeon suddenly leaving his seat, just in case.
“Ah… yeah. You’re right.”
Sanghyeon nodded without objection. Her words were absolutely correct.
If I try to apologize to them and do more, it would end up reverse-discriminating against the people who went through the effort to win the fan meeting lottery and showed up.
‘There’s no way around it.’
So this is the heavy burden celebrities carry. Sanghyeon realizes once again that life as a streamer isn’t all easy.
“Those people are already happy just seeing Almond’s face. They knew they couldn’t get in and chose to come anyway. They’ll already be satisfied.”
Jia pushed Sanghyeon’s back with her characteristic firmness.
“So go on. Get back to your seat, Nut Fans.”
Sanghyeon eventually returned to his seat, and Juhyeok, Jia, and the others who had come to help now slowly opened the doors to guide people to their assigned seats.
From outside the door came voices trying to calm the crowd: “Everyone! Please wait just a moment! Please don’t make too much noise!”
And shortly after.
Entry began starting with number one.

* * *
“Please come in!”
Bustling and lively, like a market bazaar.
“Wahhhhh!”
This description seemed to fit perfectly for Almond’s fan meeting venue right now.
“Wow! Almond balloon!”
“I saw that on the livestream!”
“Oh my gosh. I’m so nervous…”
The fans seemed to know each other to some degree, and they took photos with each other before meeting Almond.
“Jaaaaaansen!”
“Jansen, take a photo with me!”
There were those who cursed Jansen, but Jansen also had fans. They took photos while striking Jansen poses.
It wasn’t just Jansen.
“K-King Deomdja.”
“Wow…”
“His presence is insane.”
The protagonist of “King~ You can’t beat me, come at me~” who had become a hot topic on AllTube after encountering Almond in the subway.
He too was a figure of interest.
Fans who recognized the so-called “King Moo-sae” or “King Deomdja” took photos with him as well.
-This is hilarious lol
-Just hearing the people’s voices is so funny lol
-The Nut Clan is so cute lol
-Wait, that’s King Deomdja!? lolololol
Meanwhile, Almond remained seated beyond the second-floor partition, hearing only the voices of people.
Once I finished greeting fans one-by-one to sign autographs and had conversations with each of them, I planned to have a chicken and beer party and move around freely.
“Phew.”
Almond hadn’t been speaking on stream since earlier, just steadying my breathing.
I was nervous.
Then, just then, I heard this sound.
“Alright. Almond is on the second floor! We’ll go in according to your fan meeting numbers!”
“Jansen! Doesn’t the order of entry matter!?”
“No. Jansen! It’s by fan meeting number!”
“Je, Jansen…”
The guide called numbers 1 through 10 first and led them up.
“Alright, numbers 1 through 10, please head to the second floor~!”
Rumble.
Ten people stood up and lined up at the stairs.
A moment later.
‘!’
Fan #1 appears.
“Ah, hello. Almond…”
I had expected someone like Jansen or King Deomdja, or some similarly muscular brute.
Instead, it was a female fan. Moreover, one with long, slightly wavy hair like a princess cut, wearing a neat cardigan, with an elegant impression.
‘She’s normal.’
For being number one, it was a fairly unremarkable entrance.
Sanghyeon found myself feeling relieved for some reason.
-Why is Almond breathing with relief lolol caught red-handed lol
-She’s actually normal?
-Wasn’t #1 supposed to be the strongest? Disappointing lol
-You crazy people, is this a martial arts tournament lol
-Hey hey! Nut Clan! Is this all you’ve got!?
“Should I… sit here?”
“Yes. Please sit.”
Fan #1, who brought relief to Almond and disappointment to the viewers, carefully sat in front of Sanghyeon.
‘The atmosphere is quite…’
Except for the fact that the distance was very close, it felt just like a corporate job interview with people coming in one by one.
“Oh… the, the chat window looks like this?”
She smiled brightly and pointed to Sanghyeon’s right side.
People who came to the fan meeting for fun could also see the chat in Almond’s stream. It seemed like quite good content.
-Why did you do an overseas internship?
-What’s your reason for wanting to join the company?
-If you were to enter the company, what role would you want?
The viewers were playfully throwing corporate interview questions at her.
Haha, we all think the same way.
Wow, you’re so pretty ㅠㅠ
-I donated enough to be Fan #1, and now she’s pretty too? She’s definitely a psycho. Just wait and see.
Pfft.
Fan #1 laughed again as she read the chat filled with jealousy and confusion.
Then our eyes met.
“Hello, Fan #1.”
I greeted her and extended my hand. She grasped it shyly.
“Oh, what do I do….”
Yet she smiled brightly, clearly a devoted fan of Almond. Which made perfect sense, after all. She was Fan #1.
You really like it, don’t you? haha
Wow, they must be a real fan ㅠㅠ
I’m jealous ㅠ
-The worst streamer on Earth, Almond…
This was Almond’s first fan meeting, and this fan’s first time seeing Almond in person. A moment of silence fell between us as we struggled for words.
Then she spoke first.
“Do you know who I am?”
I tried to guess by meeting her eyes, but she kept looking away.
Of course, there was no way I could figure it out just by looking at her eyes.
How would I know that lol
-Almond should know with his dynamic vision!
Just tell me something and ask me about it lol
Just as I was about to say I didn’t know.
“I don’t….”
“If you can’t guess, then please… wear this.”
She thrust something toward me with the tone of someone who had summoned every ounce of courage in her body.
I stared at it with eyes as if facing the greatest trial of my life.
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ (lol/haha)
Suddenly it became super important lol
Yoo Sang-hyun walnut fast spin lol
“His expression is so fucking funny lol”
‘Insane. Who is this.’
For someone caught off guard, my mouth opened faster than expected.
“Rubisword?”
It was just a guess I threw out on instinct.
I knew nothing about Rubisword’s gender, occupation, or age.
But she was always the one holding the top spot, donated steadily without causing any drama, and always handled matters that would benefit the stream.
I thought this woman’s harmless aura resembled that somehow.
-Oh. It does seem like it!
-Could it really be??
-Did I get it right??? lol
-Why is this happening
-For real??
Fan #1 kept her head bowed, looking embarrassed.
Or perhaps she had lowered it in disappointment for a moment?
‘Whether I got it right or wrong.’
Without an answer yet, I couldn’t tell.
A moment later.
Fan #1 lifted her head.

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