Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 496

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 216
75. Ninja Mode (2)
Fantasia’s competition arena.
A challenge event was underway, distributing 100 chickens to the crowd.
One streamer captured everyone’s attention.
“Wow… isn’t that Gamtwe?”
“Gamtwe?”
“Oh no. We’re done for. He’s a ninja specialist.”
The figure entering capsule 42 was a streamer known as Gamtwe.
He was a streamer who specialized in playing ninja and assassination games. While his live broadcast viewership wasn’t particularly large, he had found considerable success with shorts on OlTube.
After all, he had a talent for creating content centered around superb plays and flashy, skillful maneuvers.
“Yo! Burger Gang members?”
He gave a casual wave to those who recognized him before stepping into the capsule.
His movements exuded considerable confidence.
“Woah! Gamtwe!”
“I’m part of the Burger Gang!”
Several fans cheered and supported him with excited shouts.
“Bro! Buy us chicken!”
*Click.*
Before the capsule closed, he thrust his thumb upward and shouted.
“Here we go, player entrance~!”
*Puhaha.*
Light laughter rippled through the audience at his performance.
The spectators noted Gamtwe’s number and remarked among themselves.
“There’ll be betting content in a bit, so make sure you remember which capsule he entered.”
“Right. Oh… wait, that one too…!”
“Hmm…”
Not just Gamtwe, but several other skilled streamers began gathering one by one.
Those who had come to watch in the latter half were mostly casual players, so they showed more interest in the game’s new mode than the challenge itself.
“Battle Large Ninja Mode?”
“So ninjas are playing Battle Large, I guess.”
“I mean, there’s martial arts battle royale, magic battle royale… what’s next?”
Somewhat jaded opinions could be heard scattered throughout the crowd.
Shortly after.
Text appeared on the massive screen installed at the front.
[All Players Boarded]
[60/60]
All the challengers had boarded the capsules that Fantasia had prepared.
*Keeeeen──*
A heavy electrical hum sounded, and all the lights went out, plunging everything into darkness.
‘Hm?’
Even from inside the capsule, I could sense the lights outside had been switched off.
Ding.
[VIP goggles detected]
[Please detach the right temple of the goggles and insert it into the port]
[The broadcast will be transmitted from this capsule]
‘Ah.’
So this is how they handle the camera feed once I’m inside the capsule—the goggles take care of it.
I pulled the right temple, and it slid out smoothly. It looked exactly like a USB Type-C connector.
When I inserted it into the port on the capsule, it fit perfectly.
-Huh?
-What’s going on
-Bontovi lol
-Feed switched?
-Oh
-Dog! Dog! Dog!
The viewers were confused by the sudden change in the screen.
“Ah. Ah. Can you hear me?”
-Yay
-Ooooh
-It’s the dog again!
“Everyone, don’t decide on your dinner menu in advance. We’re about to start.”
-Kyaa
-Bibi-kun~~! Come to me!
I ate chicken and now my mouth is tingling/burning ㅠㅠ
-Please chicken please chicken
-Lol Ninja Shack guys wait, the mad dog is heading out lololol
[Mad Dog donated 10,000 won]
But how many capsules are there? ㅠㅠ I couldn’t see it ㅠㅠㅠ I was at the scene ㅠㅠ
Oh, the scene is crazy.
-Mad Dog lol
-Are they betting at the venue? Why ask?
-Isn’t this an assassination attempt?
-Knowing it doesn’t help anyway.
The fans were worried that Mad Dog was trying to figure out my location and approach me.
‘Is that what they think….’
I wasn’t entirely unconcerned about such worries, but since I came to G-Star, meeting fans was practically inevitable, so I just told them.
“I went into capsule number 1. Did the camera not catch that earlier?”
-Yeah
-Suddenly switched back to Bontovi’s feed lol
-Oh, you told me
Reality check lol
[Rabid Dog donated 10,000 won.]
Thank you so much ㅠㅠㅠ They said we could even bet! I’m going all-in on Almond! ㅎㅎ

* * *
Meanwhile, in the competition venue where all the lights had been extinguished and darkness settled.
“Why aren’t the lights on?”
“What’s going on?”
“What is this?”
As the murmuring voices grew louder.
Boom!
White lights blazed down onto the broadcast booth.
“Hello everyone, G-Star fans!”
It was the MC and professional caster who would be broadcasting this challenge.
“I’m Dong-jun Oh, caster for Battle Large.”
“Hello. I’m Ji-ho Yu from Team M5.”
Oooooh~
Exclamations rippled through the crowd that had come to watch the challenge.
This person Ji-ho Yu seemed to be quite a famous pro in Battle Large.
“Our Fantasia has decided to really go all out with chicken giveaways at today’s G-Star Challenge.”
“Yes! Thank you so much to Bibi Kun Chicken for sponsoring us~!”
“It’s chicken worth a whopping 30,000 won!”
Everyone gasped in amazement at the chicken price.
-Wow
-That’s some serious chicken
-My mouth’s already watering
-We only believe in Gamtwe!
Almond’s viewers were already drooling at the thought of getting 30,000 won worth of chicken for free.
“So this challenge is worth a total of 3 million won, right?”
“Yes! It goes to the fans of the streamer who places first! And there are gifts for everyone here in person too, right?”
“Yes! After coming all this way, it would be unfair to get less than people lying at home watching the broadcast!”
At the sudden jab at the viewers, the chat exploded.
-??
No lol
-Suddenly attacking the couch potatoes…
-Where does he live?
A world for the cool kids… damn it.
“All you have to do is guess who will place first! Then right there on the spot, we’ll give out chicken! Gift cards! Everything!”
Waaaaaah!
The excited audience members threw their hands up into the air.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
With the loud noise, holographic numbers began to float up toward the spectator section.
“So from number 1 to 60, just stand in the position of the player you think will take first place!”
“As for who went in…”
“It’s a secret, right? We don’t know either? Isn’t that the charm of horse racing?”
Ooooooh.
The audience let out jeers.
Even so, they found their positions and went to them.
In fact, votes had already concentrated on the position of number 42, Gamtwe, who had been spotted by many people, and other famous streamers.
“Ooh. Number 42? Who went in to cause this?”
“We’ll probably be able to find that out once the game ends.”
“Did you happen to vote as well, Caster Yu Ji-ho?”
“Ah, yes. I…… chose number 1.”
“….”
A moment of silence fell over the broadcast booth.
“I just liked the number 1.”
…he made his excuse, but those in the know could tell.
-You… saw it, didn’t you?
-This guy saw it lol
-That’s why I hate perceptive bastards~
That he had caught a glimpse of who entered booth number 1.
“Ah~! That’s right! Number 1 is great! It’s a lucky number for winning first place! So everyone’s finished betting! Game start~! Here we go!”
-??
-What’s with the caster’s tone lol
ㅋㅋㅋ (laughing)
-Ah, this is the person who does the Baera caster role lol
Soon the game began.
[External sound blocked]
[External vision blocked]
Waaaah….
The commentary from the broadcast booth and the cheers of the crowd faded far away.

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Whiiiiing…!
The game started in the sky.
True to one of Battle Large’s modes, it was a start very similar to Battle Large’s original mode.
However, since the Ninja mode was set in an era of cold weapon warfare rather than an age with firearms, there was no parachute jump from an airplane.
Flutterrrr!
‘A kite?’
I was hanging from a massive kite.
‘The directional control and all that is exactly the same as Battle Large’s parachute?’
The controls felt no different from Battle Large’s parachute at all.
-Wow
-It’s a kite lol
-The oriental aesthetic is killing it
-Crazy
“The feel is similar to a parachute for now. But it seems like I can’t land wherever I want?”
In the original mode, you would parachute when you spotted your desired location as the airplane flew by.
But the kite had been flying on its own from the start.
-Wait, so we can’t start at the armory?
-What is this?
-Is it just random??
-They removed one strategic element…
With this setup, the kind of gameplay where you’d formulate a grand plan and create movement routes like in the original Battle Large becomes impossible.
But then a tutorial message appears.
[Try controlling the kite toward your desired location. The kite will not descend until you give the signal.]
‘Ah.’
So this kite wasn’t a parachute—it was playing the role of the airplane.
‘Then when do I descend?’
I move the kite toward the terrain I want.
“Hmm, but there’s no armory or anything like that here. It’s just… the map is completely different…”
It had a completely different character from the Battle Large maps I’d played before.
A map shaped like an ancient Eastern city-state.
And even…
“…What is this? There are so many people!”
Strange things become visible as I get closer. They all turned out to be people.
Ding.
[NPCs exist in Ninja mode. Their role is merely as obstacles for concealment and cover, so they hold little significance. However, some NPCs may sell you items, and you cannot harm them.]
So those NPCs are just part of the map.
Since it’s a ninja battle, it’s a mechanism designed to provide the fun of blending in with people and performing assassinations.
-Someone’s gonna kill all the NPCs
-Lol wow
-It’s a real ninja war
-Could hide between those people?
-That’s crazy, for real
I believed the NPCs were the biggest difference this mode offered, so I headed toward the area where they appeared most densely.
“I’ll head to that marketplace where there seem to be the most people.”
I pulled Aimee toward the crowded market and gave the signal to descend.
Then─
“!?”
──Snap!
The rope snapped and I began falling rapidly.
[Learn Ninja Falling Technique]
A tutorial appeared.
It said that if I formed a specific hand seal, I could use the falling technique even while dropping.
I formed the hand seal as the tutorial instructed.
Then, poof!
White smoke burst forth, and my vision shifted instantly—I was now standing on the tile roof of a building.
“Oh….”
-That’s sick lol
-Fantasia really polished this
-Kyaa~!
-That’s pure romance!
Standing in the middle of the tile roof like this, I truly felt like a real ninja.
[Feel the Chakra]
The moment this message appeared, I felt an energy enveloping my body.
Uuuuung…!
[Ninjas can use chakra to cling to walls freely or hang upside down from ceilings. By releasing chakra in the opposite direction, you can also propel yourself forward.]
‘This is….’
Chakra was a system I’d used once before in Ril. It was probably similar to the sensation when I handled Storm Ninja Haruky.
However, this time it didn’t seem to be controlled through cognitive behavior.
‘It responds to my thoughts…!’
Relatively speaking, since Battle Large was a lighter game than Ril, it didn’t demand overly refined control.
That’s why they adopted a method of interpreting and applying brainwaves.
It’s a method that requires large capsule specifications and has many bugs, so it’s rarely used.
‘Oh.’
From a player’s perspective, there was no method that provided a freer sensation than this.
[Try Ninja Running. If you run with both arms behind you like an airplane, you’ll feel incredible acceleration.]
-Ninja running lol
-Ah…lol
-The atmosphere suddenly shifted to school hallway vibes
-Insane lol
‘This feels great.’
Tap-tap-tap-tap!
Almond was already darting across the tile roofs of the buildings in the marketplace like a flying squirrel.
-Already completely adapted?
-Dude, I can practically see the chicken from here.
-But doesn’t he look way too much like a ninja? lol
[60/60]
About 3 minutes after the game started.
Everyone was still alive.

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