Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 523

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 243
83. Winner’s Interview (1)
The moment Iseok Kim’s long-awaited counter strategy was revealed.
[Is this really it…?]
[He’s actually going to lose??]
[The idea of continuously stacking cold energy on top of itself is pretty clever lol]
[So that bastard’s getting beaten again??]
No one in the community believed Almond could win.
Because they understood the game so well, they only felt more despair.
[The mecha engine can’t function without engine activation, so it’s screwed.]
[If that thing came out with frost options too, no matter how wide the map is, it’s just a matter of time before it stacks everything]
[It hasn’t ended yet because it’s a rooftop, but if it were somewhere like a subway, it’d already be over]
[Lmao the only hope is a newbie playing the game for the first time today, that’s legendary]
For Iseok Kim, expanding the domain of cold energy was far too easy, and even on a relatively spacious rooftop map, the Jetpumped map’s characteristics meant there was a clear concept of “boundaries,” so Iseok Kim had no choice but to win.
Within the cold energy domain, the mecha engine can’t function → The cold energy domain keeps expanding → Eventually cold energy covers the entire map → Defeat.
This was an inevitable mathematical conclusion.
The better someone understood Jetpumped, the faster they would have reached this conclusion.
Almond had lost.
We needed to look at the next player.
That’s why we couldn’t help but be shocked.
By the shift in the game’s momentum as Almond began throwing baseballs.
And…
[What??]
[Almond’s making a crazy comeback lol]
[Huh??]
After a couple of baseball throws.

* * *
“Clickcha!”
Along with the chant familiar to any Almond fan, a devastating downward strike descended.
CRAAAAAASH──!!
A tremendous roar echoed through the arena.
The spectators who had been sitting during the prolonged match all leaped to their feet in unison.
“D-did he really…?”
“Did… did he finish it!?”
Everyone murmured in disbelief.
Though Iseok Kim’s condition remained obscured by the heat radiating from Mega Leg and the frost created by the Winter Blade.
Anyone who had seen Iseok Kim’s remaining health could have predicted it.
That this was the final blow.
The commentators themselves had already risen from their seats, shouting.
[That last strike! It looks like it connected perfectly!!]
[W-wait… is it over!?]
Shhhhhhh…
The chill gradually dissipated, revealing the silhouette of a single figure standing within.
[Almond]
The shadow’s owner was Almond.
[Kiseoseu Kim]
[Health: 0%]
The health bar of Iseok Kim’s avatar, lying on the ground, was completely burned away to nothing.
That was it.
I had won.
[H-he won…]
Before the analysts could even cry out.
“WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!”
“KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!”
Cheers barely distinguishable from screams erupted, shaking the Challenge Arena.
[He won! He won! Almond won!]
[Almond! Almond did it! Almond, who played this game for the first time today, has defeated the very person who created it!!]
Rumble rumble rumble…!
In fact, several objects were shaken loose and fell.
The chat window was no different in atmosphere.
-OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
-He won!
-LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO
-Insane
-He won!? For real???
-Stop being so good Sang-hyun Yu! Stop being so good Sang-hyun Yu! Stop being so good Sang-hyun Yu! Stop being so good Sang-hyun Yu!
-Mom, when I grow up, I want to become a baseball! Mom, when I grow up, I want to become a baseball! Mom, when I grow up, I want to become a baseball!?
-Mom, when I grow up, I want to get hit by Almond! Mom, when I grow up…
.
.
.
The moment victory was confirmed, hundreds of messages praising Almond flooded the chat.
The chat window began lagging more and more.
-???
-Lag wtf
-What’s with the buffering
Eventually the system completely crashed and the broadcast cut out.
[Broadcast Ended]
-???
-What?
-Did the broadcast just crash?
“Lol the server going down is legendary”
-How crazy was it for that to happen
The broadcast wasn’t being run from a capsule—it was essentially being maintained through a mobile device, so no matter how advanced modern technology was, it couldn’t withstand such an overwhelming surge of traffic.
As a result, all fifty thousand viewers flooded into the relay broadcast channel.
“Ah… ah… our channel’s chat is starting to lag right now!”
“The traffic is incredible!”
The relay broadcast chat did lag for a moment, but quickly recovered.
Since it was connected through G-Star’s infrastructure rather than through mobile, it was far more stable.
Unless millions suddenly poured in to spam the chat all at once, there was no reason for it to crash.
“Wow, I never thought I’d see the relay broadcast lag!”
“Indeed.”
It was rare for the relay broadcast to stutter even slightly.
It showed just how intense the excitement surrounding Almond’s victory was.
“Uh… uh? If they cross that line…!”
And that intensity had already surpassed all limits.
“Ah! The spectators are rushing into the arena right now!”
Roooaaarrr!
Once someone vaulted over the fence, everyone else followed suit, pouring over without hesitation.
“Surely they’re not going to attack Iseok Kim!?”
Both the analysts and security had the same concern, but fortunately, that didn’t happen.
They didn’t need to attack Iseok Kim. Someone had already done it for them.
And now they were rushing toward that someone.
“Almond! Almond!”
With thunderous cheers, the crowd surrounded Almond’s capsule.
“Wow… I… I never expected this level of fervor!”
“It was quite dramatic! Who would have thought that a player experiencing this game for the first time would be the one to save it!?”
“Almond! Almond! It seems the citizens are calling out the name of the hero who saved their nation!?”
“Yes! And they’re all waiting for that hero to open his eyes!”
-Hero lol
-Literally a hero at this point lol
-Reluctant hero Almond wow
Soon after, the sound of air pressure releasing from Almond’s capsule filled the air.
Hissssss…!
“Oh. He’s coming out.”
“He’s coming out. He’s coming out.”
Even those who had been loudly chanting Almond’s name moments before now swallowed hard and watched the capsule in silence.
Hissssk.
After the capsule lid opened.
“Huh?”
Sanghyeon muttered in confusion for a moment.
“Haven’t I come out yet…?”
-Lolololol
-So cute lol
-Haven’t come out yet lol
He had mistaken the surreal landscape before him—thinking he was still in virtual reality.
It was understandable; suddenly finding himself surrounded by countless people all looking down at him was not something easily accepted.
“Almond!”
“Almond!”
It didn’t take long for him to realize this was reality. With his name being called repeatedly—
“Almond! Get on our shoulders!”
“Let’s give you a victory lift!”
The fans rushed over and grabbed his hands, insisting on lifting him up.
The security guards had already been overwhelmed and lost control. The crowd was consumed by fervor.
“Uh… uh?”
Sanghyeon was startled for a moment, but soon surrendered to their pull.
“Almond…”
Whoosh—
Sanghyeon was lifted into the air in an instant.
“…Long live!”
Wow.
I found myself with my mouth hanging open.
“Waaaaaaaaaa!”
The mixture of cheerful laughter and cheers made my ears ring.
The world seemed to move slowly, and a scene from my childhood came to mind.
‘Back then…’
When he achieved first place in the championship, all his seniors and juniors rushed over to toss him in the air in celebration.
Archery isn’t a team sport, so such scenes are rare, but this was the first time someone from the school had achieved first place, making it feel particularly special.
Above all, it was a memory he’d momentarily forgotten. Yet here it was, surfacing again.
He turns to look at the people throwing him into the air, his face beaming with an enormous smile.
Could a person possibly look this happy?
His expression radiates the pride of knowing that he was the one who made them all so joyful.
“Alright! Alright! That’s enough now!”
“You need to leave!”
“Please stop!”
Security finally pushed through the crowd and began restraining the enthusiastic display, while the Casters also chimed in verbally.
“Now, everyone! We need to let Almond rest for a moment!”
“We’re moving on to our famous scene replay analysis! Please return to your seats!”
Only after the screen showed Almond throwing the baseball did the crowd’s excitement finally begin to settle.
“Now, I understood up to the point where he threw the baseball, you see?”
The Caster, who had relatively less understanding of Jetpumped, asked the question.
“The engine won’t start where the cold has accumulated, so he throws from a distance~ something like that, right?”
“That’s correct.”
“But after the second baseball, how did he suddenly charge forward?”
After throwing the second baseball, Almond suddenly accelerated his engine to maximum and charged at his opponent, delivering the finishing blow.
Yet his opponent was clearly inside the cold fortress where the chill had accumulated in layers.
“Ah, I don’t think you caught that. Let’s look at the first baseball throw again.”
The screen slowed down.
Whoosh.
The moment Almond throws the first baseball is captured.
“Here, Almond throws the baseball for the first time. Do you see it?”
“What is it?”
“The cold disappears along the path of the baseball.”
“Ah…!”
It was true.
The cold was disappearing along the baseball’s trajectory.
“When the baseball’s special move activates, it catches fire, which momentarily pushes back the cold.”
“But only for a very brief moment?”
Even in slow motion, the cold rushed back to fill the empty space with surprising speed.
“Yes, so unless you knew beforehand, you couldn’t utilize this. Almond discovered this on his first throw, and on the next throw, he pre-heated his engine in preparation.”
That was it.
On the second throw, Almond launches forward the moment he releases the baseball.
The speed was so incredible it was hard to tell which one was the baseball.
“Incredible…!”
Such exclamations weren’t coming from the Caster’s mouth alone.
-Dude, that’s absolutely insane
-I didn’t know that…
-I thought he just won because the engine suddenly activated like a bug lol
-So that’s why he could suddenly fly!? Wow lol
-He used that split second perfectly. Insane.
The chat erupted in endless admiration, and the audience stirred with excitement.
“That was absolutely insane.”
“Jetpumped really got played.”
“Wow…”
The Analysts shared dramatic news from the Production Team before moving on to the next segment.
“Ah. And this is information we received from the Production Team. If Almond hadn’t succeeded with those baseballs, there wouldn’t have been another chance.”
“Why is that?”
“There were only exactly two baseballs.”
“So Almond found both of them!?”
“Yes. They were all concentrated on one rooftop!”
-Wow…
-Damn
-Heaven really abandoned Iseok Kim lol
-Should’ve lived a righteous life tsk tsk
“Ah… Right now! An interview is ready!?”
*Ping.*
The screen transitions to show Sanghyeon and the Reporter standing together.
-Fashion on point lol
-What’s with the towel on his head?
-lol
-Wow even like that he’s handsome
-A sexy Nut Fan exists!? The Production Team went to find him. Nosebleeds everywhere~!
Sanghyeon was covered in so much sweat that he had his head wrapped in a towel.
It looked exactly like a victory interview scene from professional athletes, and it suited him perfectly.
“Ah.”
The Reporter, notified that the screen had switched, gave a small nod and began the interview.
“Hello. Almond?”
“Yes. Hello.”
“Today you fulfilled the wishes of all Jetpumped Players! How do you feel?”
“Ah. Yes. I feel great.”
“I see! This is already your second Challenge victory today, right?”
“Yes.”
-??
-Second time??
-Ooh
-Ah right, he also cleared Baera’s new mod earlier lol
The venue stirs at the mention of a second challenge victory.
Almond’s viewers already knew this, but many Jetpumped players either only knew the name Almond or didn’t know it at all, so naturally they were unaware of this fact.
“That’s truly impressive! I heard it was 100 chickens too.”
“That’s correct.”
“Wow~!”
The reporter opens her mouth wide and widens her eyes dramatically.
-Why is the reporter’s energy so good?
-It’s so different from when she interviewed Wonmu Heo and Jihota earlier lol
-If your energy drops after seeing Almond’s face, you’ve got severe depression, you losers lol
“Right now, you’ve obtained not just 100 chickens, but 1,000 Golden Jet gacha tickets, 1,000 Golden Pumping gacha tickets, and! Even voting rights on balance patches!”
-Almond’s room is going crazy~~~~!!
-Kyaaaa
-Wow, a thousand? I might have a shot too!
Oh please ㅠㅠ this time let me ㅠㅠㅠ
-Wait, they were golden?? Wow
“The gacha tickets and chickens will be distributed automatically, but the balance patch voting rights… it really depends on how you use them! How are you planning to adjust the balance?”
“?”
At Sanghyeon’s blank expression, the festive atmosphere in the venue froze momentarily.
‘Ah. Right.’
‘This guy played the game for the first time today.’
‘Damn. He’s supposed to balance things?’
Everyone kept their thoughts unspoken, but they were all thinking the same thing.
-We’re doomed lol
-Already a bad sign
-???: The balance seemed fine. Let’s just keep it as is? Just nerf the baseballs a bit.
-Lol this is crazy
-That expression lol

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