Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 421

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 141
49. True Recognition (2)
「I maxed out my credit card limit. These days I just use my debit card. Damn freelancer life.」
Those words kept echoing through Juhyeok’s mind.
Jia said she didn’t use credit cards.
More than that….
‘That was a debit card just now, wasn’t it?’
That card had been a debit card. I only caught a glimpse, but I’m certain I remember correctly.
The store clerk seemed to have misspoken.
Department stores typically run into limit issues more often than insufficient balance, so it was understandable.
The truth was insufficient balance.
If that were the case, Jia’s expression made sense.
‘Why… doesn’t she have money?’
Ding ding. Ding.
His phone rings. Juhyeok doesn’t notice.
After ringing for a while, his phone stops, and now vibrations sound from Jia’s bag.
“Oh. Just a moment for a call.”
Jia answers the phone.
“Yeah, okay. He’s with me. Ah… yeah. Got it. I’ll put him on.”
She quickly extends the phone to the side.
Sanghyeon’s voice comes through, and Juhyeok responds blankly.
“Oh yeah? Ah….”
But the content Sanghyeon was conveying was so absurd that his mind snapped back into focus.
“Huh? Wh-what about Sand Spoon…?”
According to Sanghyeon, a group chat member called Sand Spoon was actually on their side.
Sand Spoon—Juhyeok knew who that was. The person who had consistently picked fights with the snipers.
Hearing about it now, I think I understand why he did that.
“Ah… Jia, wait a moment.”
“Okay.”
He stopped walking through the parking lot and sat down on a bench inside the department store to check the community.
‘Did Sand Spoon appear in this photo too?’
1st) Almond Bontovi’s promotion match final game was broadcast (evidence attached)
A post that had already climbed to first place.
The flames spread much faster than Juhyeok had anticipated.
It was understandable.
This post contained not just circumstantial evidence about the broadcast, but also evidence that they had been systematically sniping, and even the process of how they rationalized their actions.
The response was naturally intense.
Even now, curses pour in in real time.
They were literally creating a sniper squad and rotating sniper duty???
-They tried to take down one Nalbil Judge and burned down the whole village…
Those fanatic bastards were going at each other like crazy lolololol
It happened when a major streamer like Almond entered and drew significant attention to the Cibil M game.
So it was natural that Embul’s reaction was even more intense.
-There’s no side as pathetic as this one
-???: Oppa, you’re Embul? (contemptuous gaze) <<5 seconds before it becomes reality
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ (lol/haha)
└Ah… that was fun. Embul.
Users thought this incident had dragged Embul's image down to the ground.
After all, that group chat was also created by extremists derived from Embul.
Whenever something like this happens, posts that pour oil on the fire keep appearing as usual.
[That group chat—I went in there briefly too, it gave me chills…]
[For those trying to brush this off as nothing.]
Let's just disband like dogs like the whistleblower said, fuck it. It was fun, M-Bullet!
As word spreads from mouth to mouth, the incident becomes far more vicious.
Eventually, public opinion flows in this direction.
-Embul's side needs to do something about this, right?
└What should Cibil M do
Alright, let's start by resetting the rank first~~!ㅋㅋㅋ
Even a rank reset is being discussed.
At this point, it's relatively mild compared to the punishments they're demanding.
-A rank reset just means they'll climb back up quickly with their skill. It actually gives them a chance to improve their MMR. A 3-year game ban would be better
└For real, just give them a permanent ban
└What about an eye ban? When the capsule recognizes the iris, you create a program that shoots a laser at an insanely high temperature to fry it.
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ (laughing)
"That's not a suspension, that's a cancellation, lol."
Public opinion was intensifying.
'This… has gotten out of hand?'
Juhyeok brushed his hair back uncomfortably.
The rest of the thugs deserved punishment, but there was one person who was wronged.
'Sand Spoon… is here.'
Sand Spoon did appear in the post Juhyeok uploaded.
However, he hadn't engaged in sniping activities, and had only said things that irritated them throughout.
There was nothing particularly suspicious in the screenshots either.
"Sigh."
This much was manageable, but….
The public simply intended to burn all the members listed in the screenshot.
'Should I tell him he was actually a spy?'
Should I say Sand Spoon was a spy that Chiseung had planted?
Well… I'm not sure how that would look. If that happened, Kim Chi Warrior would have tacitly condoned their actions for quite a long time.
It would've been fine if he had made the report himself, but now that Juhyeok reported it, the picture looks strange, doesn't it?
'Then should I just edit the post?'
My first instinct was to modify it according to Chiseung's suggestion.
Delete all the parts where Sand Spoon appears.
'That won't work.'
But this idea was immediately rejected.
Several people had already seen the original.
What would I say if they asked why I edited it?
Instead, I decided to write a new post.
I eventually pulled out a small laptop from my bag.
"Jia, I'm sorry…"
"Yeah. Go ahead~"
Jia must have anticipated this. She was already sitting beside me with a calm expression, watching OilTube.
"Phew. Yeah. Thanks."
Tap tap tap.
I began writing the title.
[Additional Evidence Regarding the Broadcast Sniper Group Chat]
Right. I'd present additional screenshots under the guise of providing more evidence.
Publicly, the purpose was to present additional evidence, but my real goal was to convey that 'Sand Spoon is a normal person.'
I just needed to subtly slip in screenshots of Sand Spoon making refreshingly sensible statements among the actual evidence.

* * *
A moment later.
My post was published.
[Additional Evidence Regarding the Broadcast Sniper Group Chat]
On the surface, it was simply additional evidence about the sniper group chat.
But subtly woven throughout were many scenes of Sand Spoon criticizing them.
-Here we go again
-Wave after wave of urban legends…
These guys are seriously funny lol
At first, people were outraged that more evidence had surfaced. But gradually, attention shifted to Sand Spoon.
Because he was the only one saying anything remotely sensible.
That sand spoon is the only normal one there lol
-Is Sand Spoon the informant?
└No, the informant is Ronaldo
Talking about a sand spoon is so funny lolololol
lol
└Sand Spoon faction…
Gradually, more people began thinking according to my intention.
Are you seriously making a crazy movie with just a spoonful of sand on your tongue?ㅋㅋ
Haha, it seems there were some normal people too.
-They were talking trash about those Four Kings in the group chat.
Juhyeok seized the moment and slipped in a few comments of his own.
Now all this post needed was attention. That wouldn't be difficult.
The post received an avalanche of upvotes and instantly became a trending issue.
It was inevitable—it came right after the number one post.
A blockbuster Marvel series had a sequel coming out, and few people wouldn't want to check it out.
Juhyeok's post also quickly rose to trending status.
As a result, a post like this appeared on Embul.
[Let's properly publicize this and get them punished]
The title was harsh, but the author's name carried weight too.
It was Paling, a fairly well-known user on Embul.
He had written posts acknowledging Almond early on, and had done many good things for Embul besides.
His words would have more influence here than dozens of trending posts from Juhyeok.
Juhyeok swallowed dryly and opened the post.
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I think the community needs to take the lead in ensuring they face punishment…
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When Juhyeok read the word "punishment," he felt a chill run through him.
What if Sand Spoon got dragged into this too?
He swallowed dryly and read the next paragraph.
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The group chat itself isn't really a problem. It's always been a place where people with slightly extreme views hang out anyway.
The issue is that about three or four users in that space organized targeted attacks. I believe we should punish everyone from those who actually participated to those who said they would participate.
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"Phew."
After reading the entire post, Juhyeok let out a breath of relief.
This way, Sand Spoon was off the hook.
-Support this
-I agree
-Let's do this~~~
Paling's opinion received considerable support and was also listed as a trending issue.
The Embul moderators decided to discuss the severity of punishment and consult with the game company.
Those confirmed to receive punishment were Sharr, AK47, and Waeseonggo.
The remaining candidates were Nalbil Judge and Extremely Intelligent.
Exactly the right people had been selected.
"Whew."
As Juhyeok leaned back and let out a sigh of relief, Jia asked him.
"Looks like it's over."
"Yeah. It worked out well."
Everything had unfolded favorably.
Because of this incident, Sniper won't even dream of reaching S+ rank in the future.
But there was one more positive outcome that emerged from all this.
A natural shift in public opinion had taken shape.
-Wait, forget about punishing them lol but then what about Bontovi and Almond who maintained perfect records while facing organized sniping this whole time?
└For real lol
└Season 1238 needs reevaluation…
-Dude the last match was a defensive build matchup and Bontovi literally crushed them with build speed lolololol this is insane lololol
└Wait?? Really? He won against sniping AND defensive build lololol
People who initially unleashed their fury solely at the Snipers' shameful conduct gradually regained their composure and began turning their attention to the victims.
They realized that the ordeal Bontovi and Almond had endured was far more grueling than what had been previously known.
-A+ rank players went all out to destroy them with sniping and defensive builds, yet Bonjingu and Doraemonde survived lololol
└A legendary duo
└Aren't they like the "superior two-man team"? lololol
└lmao lololol
└Superior two-man team vs inferior four-man team
└lololol lmao is that the same "superior" lololol
After reviewing up to this point, Juhyeok
closed his laptop with satisfaction and stood up from his seat.
"Let's go."
The question he'd held about Jia earlier naturally faded from his mind.

* * *
Around 8:30 PM.
30 minutes before the international team scrim.
"Yawn."
Sanghyeon, who had fallen asleep again, woke up once more.
"This time I'm really awake."
There were exactly 30 minutes left until the match began.
'Now that I think about it, how did that turn out…'
He remembered the task Chiseung had urgently asked him to check on, so he went into Embul.
He'd been told that someone named Sand Spoon might have been unfairly punished.
The first post he saw upon entering was like this.
1st) List of those executed in this incident
Fortunately, Sand Spoon was not on the list.
'Oh.'
And there was an interesting shift in public opinion that caught Sanghyeon's attention. Embul was discussing Bontovi again. Of course, Almond's story was included as well.
[Bontovi also needs reevaluation lololol]
[They won against all that? Everything?]
[Almond the legend lololol]
This was because the fact that Bontovi and Almond had won while breaking through both organized sniping and defensive builds had only now been revealed.
Moreover, people were no longer using Bontovi as material for the logic of "B and A are the same."
[Honestly, Bontovi can't be considered B]
Keep it up, dude.
[Bontovi's rise]
In other words, this was genuine recognition, not fake praise.
It was pure admiration.
Things were working out surprisingly well.
Sanghyeon found it remarkable.
Below that, there was another post like this.
5th) As of today, we declare the beginning of Bontovi's golden era for the Embul guild.
Where have I seen this before?
Sanghyeon thought this and scrolled down a bit.
7th) As of today, we declare that Embul has been liberated from Bontovi's golden era!
Just a few hours ago they said liberation from the golden era, and now they're calling it a golden era again.
Even the name changed from the previous era to Bontovi's golden era.
Looking at how quickly the name changed, it must be during Japanese occupation lol
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ (lol/hahaha)
"Historical accuracy? What a joke lol"
How did it end up like this lol
-Bontovi has immunity now, all the haters disband!!!!
Toby, please come back ㅠㅠ
Sanghyeon felt good.
The feeling that the world had finally recognized Bontovi.
He must have slept well too.
Sanghyeon thought today's scrim would go smoothly as well and slowly stretched.
A moment later, he entered the capsule.
[Kim Chi Warrior: Almond! Let's go!]
The first scrim of the international tournament had begun.
[Joseon vs England]
The opponent was England.

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