Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 500

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 220
76. One versus Forty-Two (3)
Suddenly, a spray of crimson blood erupted into my field of vision.
“What—what is this!?”
Player 42, Gamtwe, staggered backward as though struck by vertigo.
At first, he hadn’t even realized he was the one being attacked, but upon glimpsing his health bar, the situation became clear.
Something had slashed me.
‘Damn it.’
[Chakra Release]
Boom!
He unleashed his chakra to its maximum capacity, launching himself backward through the air.
“Haah….”
In an instant, the distance between me and the ‘something’ had stretched beyond twenty meters. Yet I still had no idea what it was.
‘What in the world is it?’
Furrowing my brow, I stared intently at the spot from which I’d fled, and only then did I realize that a person had been standing there.
“Oh.”
Tap-tap-tap.
He approached leisurely, shaking the blood from his blade.
“I thought I’d split you in half.”
At the sight of him clicking his tongue with disappointment, Gamtwe’s blood boiled.
Almond had genuinely believed he could split me in half, so he’d said it. But to Gamtwe, that appearance seemed like a provocation.
‘That bastard….’
However, he deliberately refused to fall for the provocation—not that it was one.
“That… is that a jutsu? How did you learn it?”
He spoke while drawing out a shuriken.
His plan was to divide my attention and finish this in an instant.
“I studied primarily from textbooks.”
“…What?”
It wasn’t a lie. If you had a jutsu manual, you could use it.
Hahahahaha
Textbooks lol
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋ
-That’s a fitting answer from the prodigy of the Leaf Village!
‘Act cocky for now. You’ll be dead soon enough.’
Gamtwe maintained his composure while observing his surroundings from the corner of his eye.
In a speed duel between ninjas, understanding the terrain came first.
‘Nothing. Open field combat.’
The NPCs had all fled, leaving nothing. Between the enemy and me, there were no obstacles. It was an open field battle.
I measured the distance as well.
Approximately twenty meters. Not far at all.
‘I have enough chakra to close the distance.’
There’s still enough chakra left to narrow the gap again.
‘Let me check my health.’
[Health: 62%]
My health had taken a significant hit.
‘It’s fine.’
However, this wasn’t really a disadvantage either.
Hadn’t I seen it before? As long as I avoided an instant-death judgment, health didn’t mean much in this game.
‘I need to endure it.’
Now my eyes locked completely onto Almond.
Kyiing….
Chakra gathered at my feet.
Almond seemed to have sensed the shift in momentum as well.
‘It’ll end in one exchange anyway.’
‘One exchange….’
We were thinking the same thing.
Was Almond reaching back because he wanted to draw a smaller blade instead of his saber for a single decisive clash?
His hand moved behind him, fumbling.
‘Changing weapons?’
Gamtwe couldn’t possibly miss that.
“Not a chance!!!”
Boom──!
Gamtwe’s form shot forward like an arrow. Blood still gushing from his wound traced a horizontal arc behind him as he moved.
‘?!’
Crash!
Almond’s form bounced to the right, and Gamtwe’s blade slash missed.
“Where do you think you’re going!”
In response, Gamtwe’s form spun around, and his left hand hurled shuriken.
The shuriken, caught in centrifugal force, scattered precisely along Almond’s path.
A glint of light reflected in Almond’s eyes.
Whoosh….
Whoosh….
Everything in my vision suddenly slowed to a crawl.
Only Almond’s blade moved at proper speed.
His sword traced slow afterimages as it swung three times.
‘Three of them.’
Red sparks erupted, three times over.
Cling-clang-clang──!
Three sounds rang out.
He had deflected all the shuriken scattered along his trajectory.
‘My turn.’
Whoosh!
He spun in a circle, channeling centrifugal force as he hurled shuriken at Gamtwe.
Deflecting and throwing again—all of these movements happened in roughly one to two seconds.
Whiiiing──
The shuriken tore through the air as it flew toward me.
──Clang!
Gamtwe batted one away and let the other two slip past him.
Almond’s attack had completely missed.
‘His accuracy is… lacking.’
More precisely, the remaining two shuriken had missed so badly they sailed far over my shoulder.
But then─
‘Huh?’
I watched Almond’s hands cross rapidly.
‘That’s….’
A ninja hand seal. A jutsu.
Poof──
What jutsu was it? The moment I thought that, his body vanished in white smoke.
Clatter!
A shuriken fell to the ground where he’d been standing, rolling across the floor.
‘A shuriken…?’
It was the shuriken he’d thrown earlier.
The one that had slipped past my shoulder.
“A… substitution!?”
A massive shadow loomed from behind me.
Almond had switched places with the shuriken that had passed over my shoulder.
Using the substitution technique in such a way.
“Fooled again?”
Shhwiiing──!
A red line traced across the back of Gamtwe’s neck. His vision spun upside down.
Thud.
He found himself looking between his own legs.
Hahahaha
Hahaha, that’s hilarious!
-???:I ordered two ketchups here!?
Fried shrimp, you’re getting fooled again!? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Wow they actually did it
-???:Chick-chop!
Are you falling for it again? lol
[1 → 42]
[Instant Death]
[48/60]

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“Goodness! Gamtwe! I thought he might survive for a moment, but he ended up completely covered in ketchup!”
-Ketchup ending lol
I got scammed for the first time, and it ended with mayonnaise lol
Cut it down in one stroke.
“Still, dying buried in ketchup is an honorable death for Gamtwe, wouldn’t you say?”
“Yes. I pray he has gone to Gamhalla.”
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ (lol/haha)
-Gamhalla lol
-What company’s fryer is Gamhalla? lol
Damn, this is so funny lol
“What was most impressive in that battle was indeed the ninjutsu we emphasized, wouldn’t you agree?”
“Yes. It seems Gamtwe didn’t initially realize he had fallen victim to the substitution technique. That appears to be the deciding factor in his defeat.”
“Ah… I see.”
“Yes, and… when Gamtwe said he’d deliberately distract, it actually just gave Player 1 time to cast the substitution technique.”
“Time?”
“Yes. The substitution technique requires considerable casting time on objects. Player 1 was already executing it while they were talking!”
-Ah, he was already doing it
-Wow
I didn’t know that either lol
-So it’s not instant cast after all
“But… isn’t the application of the substitution technique quite unusual? Normally it’s a defensive technique.”
The substitution technique.
Probably one of the most famous ninjutsu out there.
During combat, you suddenly swap yourself with a log or similar object to evade the enemy’s attack.
It’s a useful ninjutsu that can even embed the opponent’s blade in the log, rendering their weapon unusable.
“Yes, exactly! It’s normally used to dodge attacks.”
“Using it so offensively like this actually became a poison for Gamtwe, who was accustomed to ninja games.”
“Player 1… who could they be? Are they perhaps a highly intelligent player?”
The casters were convinced that Player 1 had executed intelligent gameplay based on incredible understanding.
However, contrary to that interpretation….
“Huh…?”
I was utterly bewildered.
“Oh. Is that not how you use it?”
I was currently rummaging through Player 42’s corpse while chatting with the viewers.
The viewers were explaining the original purpose of the substitution technique.
-Yeah, it’s for evasion
-Lol
-It’s originally a skill for dodging attacks
-Well, not really lol
“I read the description and naturally thought it worked like the Rubisword. But now that I hear it, using it preemptively as an evasion tool does seem better. The casting time is pretty long.”
Since I was already familiar with Rubisword play, I’d interpreted the ninja technique in that direction.
Of course, either way didn’t really matter.
I’d killed the thug anyway, so the objective was accomplished.
“But…”
Then a question occurred to me. I’d gotten so used to receiving backseat gaming advice about settings and strategies that I hadn’t even thought to ask.
“How do you all know about this? This game hasn’t even come out yet.”
How did the viewers know anything to give advice about? This was the first day the game had been released.
-Oh…
-Ahahaha lol
-Y-yeah hehe
-There are things even those social butterflies don’t know!
-Ahem! Please don’t ask…
-There are a few people here from the Leaf Village
-lolol phone ninja
Hmm.
I watched as countless excuses flooded the chat.
“I’ve collected everything I need.”
Click.
I stopped looting the corpse and stood up from my position.
“Someone else might target me too. Let’s get moving.”
I had to leave this marketplace now.
[The encirclement tightens.]
This location had also fallen within the encirclement after all.
Click.
I raised both arms overhead for the ninja sprint.
-lol what is this
-What’s with that takeoff pose lol
-Ahahaha lol
-Why do I feel embarrassed…
I dashed forward like an airplane toward the direction where the sun was rising.

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“Regardless, Player 42’s elimination is shocking, isn’t it? He had such high expectations.”
“Yes, that’s right. I imagine quite a few people bet on Player 42 due to crowd psychology. They must be deeply disappointed. Of course, I wagered on Player 1.”
Boooooo.
Jeers echoed from the spectator stands.
“Now that you mention it, Player 1’s identity is starting to be revealed, isn’t it?”
“Yes. It’s been coming up continuously in our official channel’s chat. I suspect some people here in the venue are beginning to figure it out as well.”
Murmur, murmur.
It seemed many at the venue still didn’t know. They exchanged glances and muttered among themselves.
“Wait, the Caster bet on Player 1 too?”
“Ah! This is rigged betting!”
“Who is it exactly??”
The broadcast team relieved their curiosity.
“It’s Almond! The hot-shot skilled Streamer everyone’s talking about!”
“That’s right. Among skilled streamers, he has quite a substantial following. Unlike other skilled streamers, he rarely digs deep into a single game for long.”
“Ah yes. So I hear many people who already knew it was Almond still bet on someone else!”
“A tremendous mistake, considering his momentum right now.”
Boooooooo…!
You’re the only one making money!
This is stock fraud!
Shouts like these erupted from the stands along with jeers.
“Ah, everyone! Please calm down! It’s not real money anyway, right?”
While the spectator stands grew chaotic for a moment.
One person’s shout rang out clearly.
“Almond, fighting!”
Because that voice stood out so distinctly amidst all the jeering, the camera turned in that direction…
“Was it that person who shouted?”
“Wow. What a devoted fan came to cheer for Almond?”
Ohhh.
Not just the broadcast team, but the spectators also gasped in admiration.
“She probably thought the jeering was directed at Almond and cheered him on. She’s as kind-hearted as she is beautiful.”
-Ohhh…
-So pretty
-Seriously jealous man…
-Worst streamer Almond! Worst streamer Almond!
-Almond should retire as a streamer right now! Almond should retire as a streamer right now! Almond should retire as a streamer right now!
-Wow… so jealous lol
“Did she come knowing it was Almond?”
“Yes. She even brought a support sign. Ah! Toward the camera! She’s showing it!”
As the camera turned to her, she smiled brightly and waved her sign.
“That’s hilarious! Thanks so much~ The picket signs are really entertaining too.”
“Yes. But what about the one that says ‘Pungsna must die’? What’s that about?”
“Right? It doesn’t match her beautiful appearance at all. ‘Pungsna must die’…?”
At that moment, information came through the caster’s earpiece.
“Ah. Pungsna… apparently she’s a vicious sniper who targets only Balloon Gum?”
“During Battle Large?”
“Yes. And… she’s also sniped Almond several times. But she lost every time, they say….”
“Why are we suddenly mentioning Pungsna… wait. Could she actually be here? Given that this fan went out of their way to write that?”
“Oh? That could very well be!”
The fan visible on camera nods repeatedly.
Pungsna is here.
“That seems to be correct!? How did you know?”
“The production team is checking the general participant seeds. If that fan knows about it, then Pungsna must have left some kind of mark herself!”
Since G-Star isn’t exclusively for streamers, the challenge also allows general participants to join on-site.
In fact, they always reserve general participant slots so ordinary people can participate.
If Pungsna is here, her nickname would be written on one of the general participant application forms.
“Ah, she’s here! As expected! Such an attention-seeker!”
“Really?”
“When registering for the challenge, you write your nickname and your resolve and such! There’s an incredibly shocking statement written here!?”
The paper shown on camera read as follows.
[Nickname: Pungsna]
[My Resolve: Kill Almond. That’s all it’s ever been.]

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[Current Remaining Participants]
[42/60]

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