Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 505

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 225
78. Chicken Game (2)
“Wow…!”
Player 25.
He was one of the six remaining players.
Like most of the remaining players, he was a skilled streamer who broadcast to a modest audience.
And right now, he was absolutely delighted.
[Current Viewers: 7.2K]
The moment he broke into the top 10, his viewership surged past 5,000, and now 7,000 people were watching him.
-Will he actually win?
-People are starting to flood in here too
-Something feels off about him though…
Of course, they weren’t true fans—just vultures hoping to catch a glimpse of a potential chicken dinner winner.
Yet his stream had never even reached 2,000 viewers in all his years, and now he was receiving this incredible attention. It was definitely a good thing.
“F-finally… Finally, evolution!”
True to form as a dedicated skill-focused streamer, he was far more excited about the ninja scroll he’d just obtained than the viewer count.
[Disguise Technique]
A Disguise Technique ninja scroll.
This was his third Disguise Technique scroll.
Which meant he could now evolve Disguise Technique into Transformation Technique.
-Ooh
-Ninja scroll evolution? lol
-Nice
Uuuuung…!
Brilliant light erupted from the scroll, and Player 25’s face was filled with pure joy when—
Pfft!
“!?”
A whistling sound cut through the air from somewhere.
Thunk!
A long skewer pierced through his neck.
“Gack…! Cough…!”
[Airway Blocked]
It wasn’t an instant kill or severing judgment, but his airway was definitely blocked.
[Death in 30 seconds if not treated]
He had only thirty seconds.
“Th-this is insane…!”
Player 25 whipped his head around frantically, his neck still impaled by the skewer.
“Where the hell are you?!”
Pfwoosh!
Another piercing sound tore through the air.
That was the last sound he would ever hear.
[DEATH]
“!?”
[Player 1 → Player 25]
[5/60]
Only after seeing the kill log materialize before him could he accept his current situation.
Hahahahahaha
What the hell is this? lol
A sniper who appeared in a ninja game lol
-This has to be Almond
Looks like you found the almond bow lol
-If this isn’t magic, what is!
“No. What is this!? They… they killed me from over there!?”
Only after becoming a ghost could he pinpoint where his killer had been.
Player 1 was perched on the roof of a tiled house at the very edge of the encirclement.
The distance was so vast that even if he had spotted them, he wouldn’t have paid it any mind.
From such a distance, they had pierced his neck with perfect precision.
-For real
-What’s the bow’s range?
-Did they not set a range limit on the bow?
-No way they shot from that far
“How did they even know I was a ninja from that distance!?”
Player 25 had been in disguise.
By this point in the game, most ninjas routinely employed disguise techniques.
Yet the enemy had eliminated him in a single shot.
-Probably because of the ninja scroll’s light
-Looking at when they died during the ninja scroll evolution, wasn’t it because of that??
-I’m not sure
“…D-did that light kill me in one shot?”
Though deeply aggrieved, his spirit could at least find some solace.
The comfort came from knowing he wasn’t the only victim.
Whoosh!
[Player 1 → Player 60]
[4/60]
A ninja, thinking nothing of it, carelessly poked his head out onto the roof for a better vantage point—only to die instantly.
An arrow pierced straight through from his forehead to the back of his skull, killing him on the spot.
“…!?”
No matter how he thought about it, Player 25 felt far less wronged than Player 60. Honestly, he’d been worried the light from his evolution was too bright and would expose him anyway.
‘They killed him just for barely poking his head out?’
Yet Player 60 had merely lifted his head slightly onto the roof for reconnaissance purposes alone.
That alone was enough to kill him instantly.
The unfortunate victim’s suffering didn’t end there.
Whoosh!
“Where else…”
In his spirit form, I rose into the sky to observe everything from above.
Thud!
In my field of vision, I could see a pitiful Ninja tilting his head in confusion, an arrow lodged in his heart.
That Ninja had also disguised himself well enough. But he carelessly rummaged through the fallen corpse to loot it, exposing his heart in the process.
Still, he hadn’t died yet.
“Gack… hack… what the hell, where is it…”
He staggered forward, desperately searching for his opponent.
But at this point, even if he found me, it would be futile.
Whoosh!
Just as he seemed to be holding on, another arrow pierced his head, and he collapsed like a wooden puppet.
[1 → 32]
[3/60]
Only three remained now.
“No way, that bow is totally broken. Did they really create such an overpowered weapon…”
-Wow
-Scary scary scary
-Insane
-Player 1 is basically winning this
-He’s gone crazy lol
No matter how popular you were or how fierce the competition, you couldn’t stay in a room you couldn’t win.
-Bye bye
-That was fun, Player 25
-You have no talent as a streamer, just stick to grinding lol
-Lmaooo
Player 25’s viewers began flooding out en masse.
[Current Viewers: 921]

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Meanwhile, the commentators couldn’t hide their excitement as three players were eliminated in an instant.
“Wait, I thought we’d have some peace for a moment!? What is this…!?”
The large screen continued to display my footage while replaying the sequence of events.
Murmurs filled the entire arena.
“What bow is that?”
“That range is completely broken, man.”
“Ah… Almond’s bow… the balance is shattered.”
Instead of cheers or applause, there were only hushed whispers.
When people are too shocked, that’s the kind of reaction you get.
“Ah, right now. The viewers who came to watch missed their moment to cheer, didn’t they?”
“Yes. Even if they wanted to cheer, three players died one after another so suddenly and silently that… we even missed where and how they died.”
All they could see was me drawing my bow on one screen.
And on another screen, players being struck down by arrows and dying.
There was nothing to really react to.
“By the way, doesn’t this bow’s range seem a bit strange? It’s almost like a sniper rifle.”
“Ah, yes… I just received word from the production team.”
The caster nodded briefly before continuing.
“The bow was left with historically accurate range specifications. It’s determined by the physics engine, they say.”
“…Ah. So that’s… that much?”
The crowd stirred again.
In truth, how many people actually know how far ancient bows could shoot?
They had no way of knowing whether this was a common mistake from the game’s early model or if it was genuinely the historical bow range.
“Yes. However, since the bow was deemed difficult to handle in Ninja Mode, they based it on the longest-range historical records available.”
“Ah… so because it’s difficult to use?”
“Well, ninjas are quite fast, aren’t they? And hard to see. I think that’s what they meant.”
“Yes. Now that you mention it, it does seem like it should be difficult to land hits normally. Is this only possible because it’s Almond?”
“Yes, exactly. Even utilizing the maximum range while maintaining such accuracy is practically a bug in itself! The bow itself is fine!”
In fact, in most games, assuming close-range weapon-focused combat.
Ranged weapons like bows are typically given range limitations. But in Ninja Mode, they didn’t create separate restrictions.
Compared to the ninja’s speed and various techniques, the bow—nocking an arrow, drawing, and firing—was considered too slow to have any advantage, so they deliberately didn’t impose handicaps.
“Who would have thought someone could shoot like this!”
“Yes. Even if they did, we can’t really nerf all the other bow users just because of one person…”
This wasn’t actually the game company’s mistake.
It was, quite literally, an irregularity.
The game company simply couldn’t design the game around me.
“But at this rate, won’t Almond just end up standing on a roof and shooting arrows endlessly?”
Of course, because of that, the finale of the carefully prepared challenge seemed destined to end with just me shooting arrows from a rooftop.
Shooting a bow well was certainly a spectacle, but it wasn’t the kind of scene expected from Ninja Mode.
Shooting arrows skillfully is certainly a sight to behold, but it’s probably not the scene you’d expect in Ninja Mode.
-This ending’s gonna be so boring lol
-I came here to finish this game (for real)
-lololol if the ending’s boring they can’t even launch it lol
-Why’d they even call Almond here lol
The broadcast cameras focused entirely on me.
They figured the game would end the moment I drew my bowstring a few more times.
“Ah!”
But wasn’t there a saying that nothing’s certain until it’s over?
“Wait, this is unexpected news! If you look at the screen, Player 1 is rummaging through his quiver. He’s out of arrows!”
As the camera zoomed in, my quiver was indeed empty.
-Unexpected news lololol
-Damn
-Fantasia almost went down lololol
“Ah. So there really weren’t many arrows left? It looks like I’ve used them all now.”
“Well, I was using someone else’s arrows anyway.”

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“Ah. It’s done.”
My hand, which had been rummaging through the quiver, now grasped at empty air.
-Damn
Oh man, I really want some chicken ㅠㅠ
-Sigh…
-This won’t be easy
Right now I’ve just spotted someone who appears to be a Ninja. Unfortunately, I have no arrows.
I’ll have to run in and kill them directly.
“Now that leaves just two more besides him….”
I pause to think for a moment. I can see an easier way to win.
[The encirclement is tightening.]
It’s because of how the encirclement is narrowing—almost to its final stage.
‘My position here is advantageous.’
I’ve rarely had good positioning luck in this game.
But right now, fortune seemed to be lending me a hand.
“I think if I just hold my position, the remaining two will fight it out and one will die on their own.”
I already know roughly where the other two are located.
They’ll soon enter the encirclement.
They’ll have to move, and in that process, they’ll inevitably fight each other.
“I think I can just wait.”
I can simply wait until one of them survives, then fight the winner.
Actually, the Nut Clan doesn’t really prefer this kind of playstyle.
After all, I’ve always won by giving my all and crushing my enemies.
-Oh
Walnut-style play is crazy.
What’s up with the sudden success? lol
-Yeah, let’s just play it safe
But today, the chat’s reaction was different.
Unlike usual, they were cheering for cautious, defensive play.
‘They all came for the chicken.’
The reason was simple.
It was the chicken.
Hwanggeon olive is right in front of my eyes ㅠㅠ
Please ㅠㅠㅠ
-Don’t be reckless
A considerable number of these viewers weren’t even my fans.
[Current Viewers: 47,000]
When I first started streaming, there were only about 20,000 viewers. Now it was pushing 47,000.
That meant more than half weren’t my fans. The chat window was completely flooded with their messages.
‘Hmm.’
I didn’t need to feel this way, but I found myself slightly irritated.
They left chasing after chicken, and now they’re back?
Then I opened my mouth.
“But everyone, you need to remember something.”
-????
-What nonsense is he loading now
Major announcement ㄷㄷ
-What is it
“There’s a mission on the line—10,000 won per kill.”
Shing.
I drew my sword, and the viewers responded with countless question marks.
-???
-?
-Huh?
That’s crazy lol, not even spilling a single grain of rice?
-ㄷㄷ Heungbu-style meta
-You’re throwing away 3 million won for 10,000 won!?
“The 10,000 won goes to me. The chicken, though….”
I left my words hanging there.
Boom!
I suddenly threw myself toward the encircling boundary that was closing in.
“!”
“!?”
Two players watching for opportunities from different houses were startled, and I could see the shock ripple through them.
But the viewers were probably even more shocked than they were.
-Nut Shake…trembling
-No way lol the chicken was never the real prize anyway lol this is insane lol
-Supo-jwa crying lol
-He’s deliberately not giving out the chicken right now, what a move
-This is infuriating
-Streamer Almond, the worst person on earth

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