Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 514

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 234
81. Talent (1)
After the game started.
[Transmitting]
The same text appeared in my field of vision as well.
Whoosh.
A sound effect like transmission echoed, but.
‘Has it begun?’
My vision was pitch black darkness.
I couldn’t see anything.
Yet a speaker’s voice rang out clearly and alone.
“This station is Hongdae Station. Hongdae Station. The doors opening are…”
This is…
‘The subway?’
It was the subway.
Pop.
Suddenly, as if my eyes had opened, the world came into view.
“…?”
I was inside Seoul’s Line 2 subway, and the next station was Hongdae Station.
-Whoa
-It’s the subway???
-Huh? Is this Korea’s subway that people say jumps out of novels?
-Huh? A new map???
Ah, so it was the subway after all.
[Collecting data…]
[Subway Line 2]
For a moment, it was easy to mistake this for reality.
The background graphics alone were nearly photorealistic.
That’s right.
The background graphics were like that.
[Searching for ‘Jetter’ within the data-formed area…]
‘What is that.’
Among the countless people, I could tell at a glance who the player of this game was.
[1 Jetter detected]
A character rendered in ridiculous low-polygon style.
A crude in-game character that didn’t match the realistic background at all was sticking out as is.
Beep beep.
[Wonmu Heo]
A nickname appeared above his head.
That nickname soon turned red.
Both were given the same mission.
[Annihilate the Jetter!]
-kkkkk
-Whether it’s a Jetter or Butter, let’s go kill it~!
-Looks totally dim lol, you’re out right away
-Is this a new map??
-Kya
The moment this message appeared, Wonmu Heo charged forward first.
‘Hmm.’
Almond calmly assessed his entire body in the meantime.
‘Where and how should I strike… wait?’
Suddenly, something caught Almond’s eye.
The charging Wonmu Heo somehow overlapped with Almond’s image from the arcade earlier.
「A kick to the upper body would’ve been good just now」
And Choi Sa-rang’s words echoed in my mind.
Rather than hesitation, my body moved first.
Whoosh!
As I threw out the kick, my enlarged foot extended straight toward the opponent’s jaw.
‘Oh?’
The opponent trembled, clearly flustered. He apparently hadn’t expected to get hit first at all.
“What!? If I just grab you…”
The opponent gnashed his teeth and charged again at a rather sharp angle.
Seeing the glove-like form and the charging posture.
‘This is judo.’
I could easily tell it was judo. Since it’s also a Summer Olympics event, I’d seen my seniors practice it many times.
「You can’t block grabs. You have to evade them.」
Though it’s a different game, grabs are a technique that can’t be blocked—that’s universal in all fighting games.
「It would’ve been good to backstep while attacking simultaneously~」
Following Choi Sa-rang’s advice, I backstopped while extending my leg far.
Whoosh!
“Ugh!”
Another hit to the face.
The opponent’s graphics distorted, turning into a ridiculous expression.
「You can’t block while charging in. That’s when the counter opportunity comes.」
So that’s what she meant.
I, who had been kicking recklessly until now, finally took a proper stance.
After that, I bounced lightly in place, ready to move anywhere.
Tap… tap…
It was the footwork used in taekwondo sparring.
The opponent no longer advanced.
“If my opponent wants to defend, I can grab them or…”
Grabbing won’t work.
Taekwondo Jen has no grappling techniques.
“It’s better to feint and strike.”
Tap… tack…
My left foot twitches as I shift my stance.
“!”
My opponent flinches momentarily as well.
For just an instant, he genuinely thought my foot was coming up and tried to move his arm in that direction.
I wasn’t the type to miss such an opening.
“Ugh!”
Thwack!
Another direct hit to the jaw.
After that, my footwork grew increasingly lighter.
Thwack!
Thud!
Every kick I threw landed perfectly.
There were no proper combos strung together. I was only using very basic strikes and evasions.
Yet the gap was enormous. From Wonmu Heo’s perspective, it was as if an invisible wall existed only on his side.
Thwack!
“Ugh!”
By the time Wonmu Heo’s health had dropped to half.
I tilted my head and muttered.
“What? He’s really bad at this. I thought he was lying.”
I can’t laugh my ass off
-My apologies, but Nut Fans’ true talent is ‘provocation’, you know?
-Why can’t he do it~~
-It’s boring~~
“Ugh, this is boring~ Do it better~ lol”
-I sense pure innocence
My comment sparked considerable reaction in the chat as well as from Wonmu Heo’s expression.
What about the players, then?
“Waaaaaaaaaaa!”
“Almond! Almond! Almond!”
“Humanity now evolves into Nut Fans!”
They spread their arms wide like at a religious gathering and chanted my name.
This was the reaction before I’d even defeated Wonmu Heo yet—I dreaded to imagine what would happen if I actually beat Iseok Kim.
“Hey, you bastard! Why aren’t you fighting properly!? Who goes in with judo first!”
Even Iseok Kim began commentating as if reproaching Wonmu Heo. He was frustrated.
Of course, since the game had already started, this commentary would never reach him.
Still, even without hearing it directly, Wonmu Heo could sense exactly what Iseok Kim was saying.
“Phew…”
He grasped both hands firmly again, settling into a proper judo stance.
“They say the start is half the battle. Now it truly begins.”
Despite having lost half his health, he displayed a remarkably optimistic outlook, aiming for a reversal.
-What a joke, just go die already
lol
-The start is half the battle, but that doesn’t mean the start takes half your health?
Of course, no one believed in his chances of a reversal after witnessing the ridiculous display he’d shown earlier.
Paradoxically, only one person was paying attention to his attitude.
‘He’s not coming in.’
That was his opponent, Almond.
Due to the critical information imbalance of being a beginner at this game, from his perspective, he couldn’t afford to let his guard down.
Especially when the opponent felt like he’d sharpened his blade.
‘He’s probably aiming for judo’s signature counter techniques.’
Looking at the stance, it became increasingly certain that the opponent was using judo.
Now that Almond no longer underestimated him, the opponent seemed to be preparing counters suited to judo.
If he carelessly extended his leg here, he’d be caught and thrown.
After that, Almond couldn’t predict what combo would come next.
It was better to finish without getting hit.
‘If I just measure the distance right, judo can’t beat me.’
That was Almond’s thinking.
If he struck from the maximum distance at maximum speed, even judo counters wouldn’t work.
You can’t grab what there’s nothing to grab onto, can you?
Tap tap!
With an even sharper step, Almond’s kick flew in.
Boom!
“!?”
Wonmu Heo’s hands only sliced through empty air. It seemed he’d tried to grab something.
‘Now.’
In fighting games, failed attacks come with a price.
Bang!
Almond’s left foot strikes like a jab at the ribs, and immediately following, a spinning kick with his right foot strikes the heart.
Boom!
“Gasp!”
Saliva sprays from Wonmu Heo’s mouth as he gasps for breath.
The right foot that struck the heart becomes the axis of rotation.
Whoosh.
Almond’s body spins.
A heel strike infused with half a rotation’s momentum connects with the opponent’s face.
Boom!
Wonmu Heo flew backward in the direction of the impact and collapsed.
It was the moment my first three-hit combo connected.
[Victory!]
And immediately, the victory announcement appeared.
“?”
I tilted my head in confusion.
He still had plenty of health remaining?
Wonmu Heo had at least half his health left.
Why did he suddenly die?
“There’s no body. Did he disconnect?”
What, obsessed? lol
lol that’s hilarious
I can’t provide a reliable translation for this text as it appears to contain typos, random characters, and onomatopoeia (ㅋㅋㅋ represents laughter) that don’t form coherent Korean words or phrases.
You’re right, I did leave ㅋㅋㅋ
If someone didn’t know about Jetpumped, they might have thought the player actually disconnected. From my perspective, I’d turned around to throw that kick, so I had no idea where Wonmu Heo flew off to.
[JetpumpedMaster donated 10,000 won.]
[Director Wonmu Heo fell through the gap between the train and the platform~]
-???
What are you talking about??ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
I can’t translate this as it appears to be corrupted or nonsensical text with random characters and repeated laughter symbols (ㅋㅋㅋ).
-???: Please be careful of the gap between the platform and train…
If that donor hadn’t informed me, I never would have figured it out.
Wonmu Heo took my final spinning back kick with full force, and his body flew to the left.
Since the train was in emergency stop mode, the doors were open, and he fell through the gap between the platform and train—dying instantly.
“Wait, you die if you fall there? Can’t you just keep fighting below…?”
“It’s not like Harry Potter or anything lol, why did it disappear?”
Harry Potter is crazy/insane
-Platform 9 and 3/4 (Physics)
Harry Potter lol fucking lol
I got scammed lol
This is what’s called a “bungie” system in Jetpumped.
Originally, it referred to dying from falling.
For example, on a map called “City,” if you fall from a building rooftop, you die.
It’s commonly called falling to your death.
But unlike falling damage, you can die even in places that don’t look like you should fall—if you fall into a space the game has designated as out of bounds, you die.
For instance, on some maps, falling into a toilet counts as getting bungie’d.
So falling through the gap between the platform and train works the same way.
[JetpumpedMaster donated 10,000 won.]
[According to lore, you die if you leave a “data-formed” area. But the criteria for that is pretty arbitrary]
-It’s the Developer’s fault for making it like that~
Why did it fall over there when it’s still in development lol
That’s so funny lolol
* * *
The reaction outside was similar.
“What? He died falling down there?”
“The new map is seriously hilarious.”
“What’s even funnier is that he’s the developer and he fell there.”
Puhahaha.
The Jetpumped booth was filled with laughter so intense that anyone watching would think it was a stand-up comedy show.
Wonmu Heo’s death was that ridiculous.
But in the midst of that spectacle, there was an element that everyone had overlooked.
“Wait. But doesn’t Almond still have 100% health right now?”
Specifically, the fact that Wonmu Heo hadn’t landed a single hit on Almond.
“Pu, perfect?!”
“Isn’t that a perfect game?”
“He didn’t get hit even once?”
A perfect game had just happened.
“No… that’s insane?”
Of course, there was the fact that he’d brought a basic Jet instead of the customized one he usually used, so he wasn’t familiar with it.
But the fact that a so-called developer couldn’t even touch a player who was playing for the first time today was somewhat shocking.
The fact that Almond had ended Wonmu Heo with a perfect gradually became known to more and more players.
“Waaaaaaaa! Perfect!!”
“Damn, Almond is a god!”
“Almond! Almond!”
“Nut! Nut! Nut! Nut!”
It wasn’t as if no player had ever beaten Wonmu Heo before. So why were they this ecstatic?
“Is it really his first time today!? That’s insane!?”
It was because Almond was clearly a player experiencing Jetpumped for the first time today.
Almond had no know-how, no experience whatsoever.
Then beating Wonmu Heo now could only be explained by one word: talent.
His paradoxically low experience level made his talent stand out all the more.
When a person’s talent is visibly expressed.
The audience goes wild.
It was the same looking at the sports market.
If a young soccer player making his debut in his first match scores three goals, anyone would go crazy.
Because people see the future.
If he’s doing this now, what will he be like later?
That’s why they let their imaginations run wild.
‘I can actually beat Iseok Kim…’
‘This could work.’
‘I can’t wait to see Iseok Kim’s face all swollen and puffy!’
In their minds, Almond was already pummeling Iseok Kim senseless.
So naturally, their spirits soared.
“Woooooooaaaaaah!”
“Next! Come on out!”
The players’ morale skyrocketed, and now not just the players but other passersby at G-Star had gathered to watch.
In the midst of this, a second developer stepped forward.
“Now, don’t celebrate too early.”
Thump. Thump.
Iseok Kim dampened the users’ excitement from the commentary booth.
“Now the real match begins! The next opponent is~!”
As he stretched out his arm and pointed, a bulky man was warming up.
“Pangyoʼs Mountain! Ji! Hooooo! Taaaaaae!”
Pangyo’s Taesan lol
Haha, seriously
-Taesan lolol
-Where’s Volcano? lol
Boooooooo…!
Amid the tremendous jeers, the interviewer approached and held out the microphone to Jihota.
“This challenger seems formidable. Do you have any final words?”
He scratched his neck for a moment.
“He’s the weakest among us. Be prepared.”
With that said, he entered the capsule.
-lolol
-The weakest of our Four Heavenly Kings lolol Why is this happening lol
-lololol
-True though~
-Ah, classic Taesan!

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