Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 502

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 222
77. Meeting an Enemy Again (2)
The analysts were still discussing Pungsna.
“Kill Almond. That’s all it’s ever been from the start….”
The caster reads the phrase again, as if impressed by the wording.
“Wow. This isn’t your typical sniper, is it?”
“From the start? When exactly did it start? Right after birth?”
“It seems like Almond must be the enemy of her parents.”
“Oh… You’re saying that’s not the case?”
!?
-No lol
-Like there’d be a sniper~ like that~
-Caster trying not to laugh lol
-Pungsna the Motherless…
-No lol
-lol so funny
-Extreme damage lol
After a moment of silence.
The analysts continued.
“Well, whether it’s the enemy of her parents or whatever! Just how much humiliation did she suffer to chase him down to an offline challenge like this!?”
“Exactly~! This is basically a real-life confrontation request, right? It could be happening right next to us in the capsules!”
The existence of Pungsna as a sniper might have been slightly inconvenient for the game company.
But there was no more interesting material for this challenge broadcast than this.
In match-type games like this, there needs to be conflict between opponents for it to be more entertaining.
Even in mixed martial arts, don’t they deliberately insult opponents or create narratives of grudges?
Sometimes they even fabricate conflict between the two.
But the relationship between Pungsna and Almond right now was genuine conflict—no need to mix in any lies.
The analysts couldn’t help but love it.
“Wow! A real-life confrontation request?! Now that you mention it, that’s really exciting, isn’t it?”
Real-life confrontation, or “hyeonpi,” is short for real-life PK (Player Kill)—when conflicts in games escalate to the point where players seek each other out in reality to fight.
“Ah. Real-life confrontation! Back when online games first came out, that was really common, wasn’t it?”
-Those were the days full of romance…lol
-The 90s lol
-“That generation”
-An era where only the strong survived lol
“Yes. It’s nice to see it again after so long. Of course, they’re not actually fighting in real life.”
“Ah! And! We’ve confirmed which capsule Pungsna entered! Capsule 18!”
“So Player 18 is Pungsna?”
With those words, Pungsna’s screen appears on the display.
“Oh.”
“Huh!?”
The analysts each wore expressions of surprise.
The moment the camera turned on, Player 18 Pungsna had secured a kill.
“Wow! Pungsna! Kill! Clean execution!”
“It’s like he knew the camera was coming and killed anyway!?”
-Kya
-Demonic talent lol
That guy’s really the assassination grenade man lol
-The guy’s basically a cowardly ninja as a human so he’d be good at this
“Just from watching that kill, you can tell he’s quite skilled.”
Even a professional caster acknowledged it—Pungsna was maintaining his battle royale skills at a high level.
“Yes. According to information coming in now, apparently he’s an incredibly skilled player from the start?”
“Ah, is that so?”
“Yes. If he hadn’t… done that work, many people evaluate his true skill as being within the top 300 rankings.”
-Match-fixing? lol
-300th place? Crazy.
-Can’t even mention the match-fixing lol
Since this was an official event for the game company, they deliberately avoided touching that sore subject.
But the viewers could read between the lines well enough.
“Anyway, since this Pungsna is quite skilled too, there’s little chance he’ll die before meeting Almond… is that what you’re saying!?”
“Yes. Unless something unexpected happens, that should be the case.”
“Then ultimately, given the game’s nature, if both keep surviving, the encirclement will tighten and they’ll meet!”
The audience seemed quite excited at this.
Oooooh…
A murmur rippled through the crowd.
They’d forgotten all about their failed bets on Player 42, now anticipating the meeting between Player 1 and Player 18.
But then—
“Huh!?”
Before meeting Player 18, Player 1 found himself in trouble.
“The camera’s switching back to Player 1 now. It looks like Player 1 is exposed to quite an unusual situation?”
The broadcast team’s expressions became several times more uncomfortable than when explaining the match-fixing.
“Ah…”
An even more malicious form of unsportsmanlike conduct in battle royale games.
“Is it teaming?”
Teaming.
It means forming a team.
One might ask what’s wrong with making a team?
In a battle royale where individuals must fight through combat and survival ability, when acquainted players form teams and turn it into political maneuvering, it’s typically an act worthy of criticism.
Of course, even so, there’s yet to be a battle royale game with a system that fundamentally prevents teaming.
And it’s natural that there are difficulties in detecting teaming, and it’s reality that it’s hard to precisely specify why this is wrong.
That’s why, even though the teaming was unfolding right before everyone’s eyes in a challenge hosted by the game company, there was no particular grounds to sanction it.
Thus, the Analysts could only sweat profusely, refraining from explaining the situation as much as possible.
“Ah… this, this isn’t a good situation, is it?”
Boooooo!
Jeers erupted from the spectator stands.
After all, no players liked teaming.
-Loser sniper teaming lol what a complete disaster package?
-Fantasia’s terrible management lol
“Damn, this is a fantasy lol”
-Is this Fantasia’s ridiculous management?! Let’s go to the moon!
The game itself is well-made though lol

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[Bamboo Forest]
Where I faced off against four Ninjas.
This place was a bamboo forest.
A vast woodland on the path leading from the marketplace into the capital.
Legend had it that in ancient times, there were always sprawling bamboo forests near the capital.
The military would cut bamboo to use as weapons whenever they ran short of supplies, or so the story went.
The four perched in the trees above showed no intention of cutting bamboo for weapons.
“Hey there. Your gear looks pretty loaded? Leave about half of it and go.”
North, south, east, west.
Four Ninjas appeared simultaneously from each direction, their identical outfits and weapons indistinguishable from one another, and every escape route completely sealed off.
This was clearly an encirclement.
And they were definitely on the same team right now.
‘How ridiculous.’
Teaming, of all things.
I felt genuinely wronged to find myself in such a situation.
But with the situation already unfolding, there was nothing I could do about it.
“Hand it over while I’m being nice. Before we come down there and strip you clean ourselves.”
The one who appeared to be the Leader was speaking.
The other three, seemingly to avoid letting their guard slip, were simply staring intently at me.
Because of that, I also had to stop scheming about slipping away through an opening.
There was simply no way to make a move.
“….”
I remained silent for a moment.
But the chat was already in an uproar.
-No way, even if chicken is good this is too much
-Teaming in a challenge hosted by the game company lol
-Are you kidding me lol get wrecked
Teaming was one of the most vicious playstyles in battle royale games like Battle Rage.
Losing solo matches was one thing, and getting sniped was something streamers dealt with.
But teaming was something ordinary players could experience too, and it was the biggest factor that disrupted a gamer’s enjoyment.
The chat had even started blaming it on chicken prices.
-Did that bastard really team up for chicken?
-Chicken is truly terrifying, everyone…
Chicken prices are going up to 40,000 won soon. At that rate, there’ll be murders over it lol
-It’s Bibi Kun’s fault
Rather than genuinely believing it was the chicken’s fault, they were attacking the sponsor to pressure the game company.
[Hwanggeondang donated 10,000 won.]
[As chicken prices rose and life became impoverished, farmers donned yellow fried garments and rebelled. This became known as the Yellow Olive Rebellion.]
I can’t translate this – it appears to be Korean characters that don’t form coherent words, just repeated laughter characters (ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ).
Hwang Geon lol Oliver lol lol lol
Yellow-green olive chicken lol
These viewers were absolutely furious enough to attack the sponsor.
That’s when I felt something odd about the situation.
‘Something feels off.’
I knew full well how much people despised teaming. Would I really go this far just to get 100 chickens I wouldn’t even eat myself?
And three of them wouldn’t even receive their share.
So I turned the tables and asked the Ninja who had threatened me.
“If you come at me like this, you won’t get recognition even if you place first.”
The Ninja—hidden behind the mask but almost certainly—smirked and replied instead.
“Is there some rule that says don’t team? This is natural in battle royales. Haven’t you seen the movies?”
I had nothing to say against such brazen confidence.
[Four Heavenly Kings donated 5,000 won.]
[Should we send them back to nature? Master?]
Back to nature lol
Haha, that crazy bastard
In movies, they all do stuff like this lol
-Almond, can’t you handle 4 vs 1? Scared?
I’m laughing my ass off with a big grin ㅋㅋ
Teaming was natural?
I couldn’t understand it.
No.
In movies maybe, but in this challenge right now, it was more unnatural than any underhanded strategy.
Teaming usually happened when people who knew each other queued simultaneously and executed a plan. But everyone gathered here was on-site recruitment, and the challenge details were only revealed today.
Planning was impossible.
Without any plan, four people—not even two—were teaming?
It was far too strange.
I asked probing questions.
“Why don’t you join my side instead? I’m already on my way back after taking down two of you.”
[NutsPunk Resident donated 3,000 won.]
[Hey, how about we call the new guy coming in ‘Jat’? Because he’s like a jat nut.]
-Lolol
-Pro wordplay right there
-Team Nuts is insane
-Introducing Mix Nuts’ new teammate “the Jat”!
Despite the viewers’ high expectations, the Ninja in the tree shouted.
“That’s not even funny! Hand over your gear and get lost!”
Only the Ninja, who’d been speaking like a leader this whole time, was getting angry.
So I gestured toward the other three and spoke.
“The fact that the others aren’t saying anything means they’d rather join me than you, right?”
He froze with a blank expression.
-Hahahahahaha
-Why’s only that guy talking this whole time? Lol
-No way lol
-For real? Lol
The Leader hesitated for a moment, then spoke to his teammates with a sulky tone.
“You, all of you… Fine. Go ahead and join whoever.”
A moment later.
The three teammates awkwardly climbed down and approached me.
-???
-Is this actually happening?
-This is crazy lol
-Disloyal bastards lol
These were the ones who’d been covering the left, right, and rear positions.
Heh.
I glanced at them and flashed a victorious smile.
The Leader, still blocking the front, shouted with an exasperated expression.
“Y-You’re really going!?”
Though his voice carried desperation,
“You disloyal bastards! You think you’ll get first place like this!?”
It was a voice he was forcing out with all his might, like a whale’s cry.
‘As expected.’
I heightened my senses and focused.
Shing!
I heard the quiet sound of the three drawing their blades as they approached, claiming to surrender to me.
They hadn’t actually betrayed him from the start.
‘They’ll all move in sync…’
Shing!
I drew my sword in an instant as well.
Pivoting on my right foot, I spun a half rotation.
Wherever my gaze swept, the blade’s trajectory carved three precise arcs.
──CLANG!!!
Three swords sparked and bounced away.
With a single swing, I had blocked attacks from all three directions.
-wtf
-insane
-wow
-?? wait, wasn’t he a traitor?!
The ambush was blocked pathetically easily.
“!?”
The Leader, who had been observing from the tree branch, dropped his jaw.
“How… how did you… block that….”
“How? You’re controlling all of them anyway. They’ll just move the same way.”
WHOOSH!
As my body flickered and spun, shuriken flew out simultaneously in three directions.
THUNK!
The shuriken embedded perfectly into all three ninjas.
Those three ninjas glitched like they were lagging….
POOF!
They all vanished into smoke.
-??
-huh?
-…?
Even the chat took time to process what had happened.
It had been a clone technique.
So it was a clone technique that drove me crazy.
-kyaa
-hodu what the heck 129!!!
-how did the nut fans figure it out you bastards??
Through the wisps of pale smoke drifting away, my eyes gleamed a sinister crimson red.
I smiled wickedly and extended my hand.
“Hand over the clone technique scroll. Then I’ll let you live.”
Anyone could see that promise of mercy was a lie.
-???: he said he’d let us live!
-clone technique, you’re mine now~!
-lmao it was the champion goblin all along
“Saying he’ll save me is such bullshit lol”
-???: I’m serious though? You won’t die~ you’ll just return to nature~
-Champion Goblin appears and Supo-jwa shotguns it lolololololol

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