Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 530

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 250
85. Each Their Own Role (3)
It was glaringly obvious to me that Balloon Gum’s shouts were exerting some strange influence over the children.
That’s precisely why I eliminated the source of those shouts.
“Pardon me!”
Thud!
Balloon Gum’s head slammed into the sandy ground, and he lost consciousness on the spot.
[Stunned]
“…Huh?”
“What?”
“Eh? W-Balloon Gum?”
The children who had been trying to rescue Balloon Gum looked bewildered, like people suddenly waking from a spell.
Some students even moved back and forth in the same section repeatedly, as if experiencing lag.
-Almond triggered another bug lmao
-Bug maker lol
-What is this even lmaooo
It wasn’t just the NPCs who were affected by the bug.
The commentators were momentarily rendered speechless by my unconventional solution.
“…?”
After a brief silence, the more talkative Caster finally spoke.
“W-We had this kind of solution available!?”
Only the commentators were flustered, while the chat erupted in laughter.
-Lmaooooooo
-Hahahaha
-Breaking news) World Cup limited skin ‘Soccer Ball Iron Ball’ released!
-What’s a soccer kick lol
-That’s actually the right way to deal with trolls lol
The commentators, being paid by the game company to broadcast, were flustered by what appeared to be a game bug, but the viewers certainly weren’t.
The commentators quickly redirected the conversation.
“I-Is it okay to hit him like that?”
“Well… I mean, it’s not like we’re actually hitting him anyway. This should be the right way to handle it, right?”
“Truly incredible freedom! Zombie School!”
That’s crazy/insane
-The wrapper’s tearing!
-Top-tier hip-hop wrapper lol

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While the Commentators scrambled to spin the situation, Taco seized the moment and shouted to the children.
“Hey! Head to the main building! Run! Do you all want to become zombies!?”
Huh?
The response was strange.
Completely different from when Balloon Gum had shouted.
The children seemed not to hear Taco’s cry at all, running about in confusion.
Actually, this was the normal reaction.
With screams erupting from all directions and zombies rising up, who would listen to a single student’s voice?
‘So each character has their own unique ability.’
Taco was now certain.
Those children who had run as if entranced by Balloon Gum’s shout just moments ago.
Balloon Gum possessed the ability to command and control the children.
In early access, this kind of thing was possible when leadership stats were high enough.
It seemed the multi-mode had granted abilities from the start to maintain a faster pace.
‘And Almond’s strength and speed being absolutely ridiculous….’
No matter how exceptional Almond’s control was, he couldn’t ignore the fixed stats of his character.
Yet he was far stronger and faster than his peers.
When he ran past dozens of children and kicked Balloon Gum in the back of the head, that was definitely not normal stats.
Moreover, he didn’t seem to be affected by fear even when facing zombies head-on.
‘Then what about me?’
The natural question that arose was what Taco’s ability could be.
So far, nothing obvious had revealed itself.
He hadn’t been given any meditation time to discover his latent abilities.
“Brother! Run away!”
Almond shouted as he sprinted over, hoisting Balloon Gum onto his shoulder.
“Ah. You carried him! This way!”
Taco immediately guided them toward the main building.
In the meantime, Balloon Gum regained consciousness.
“Wait. What? Why did I suddenly pass out!?”
Since Almond had kicked him from behind, he had no idea why he’d lost consciousness.
To this, Almond spouted an absurd excuse.
“Ah. Well… I think some kids playing soccer kicked the ball wrong.”
“?”
I can’t translate this as it’s not standard Korean text – it appears to be keyboard mashing or random consonants without vowels.
This is Korean exaggeration soccer lol
Shaolin soccer lol
“S, soccer?”
“Brother! Head to the main building! Let’s run to the main building!”
Taco urged Balloon Gum along, as if there was no time for such talk.
“What?”
“You have to speak up, brother! That’s your ability! The kids have scattered like a disorganized mob right now! We need to gather them again and seize the main building!”
“Ability…?”
“Brother. If you keep spacing out like that, you’ll get hit by the soccer ball again!?”
“???”
I’m dying laughing lol
Bubble gum facial expression lol
-???: What are you saying… cough?!
Football that teaches you manners lol
“Hurry! Tell all of Class 3 to move to the main building!”
Balloon Gum hesitated for a moment, but it seemed like the right thing to do, so he opened his mouth wide.
“Claaaaaass 3! To the main buildiiiiiing!!!”
Then something remarkable happened.
All the children turned their heads toward the main building.

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“Ah, Team 3. True to form as the team that fell into danger first, they’ve discovered their ability first!”
“Indeed. In Zombie School, crisis is always opportunity. When you survive a crisis, your stats increase.”
“But I’m concerned whether too many casualties have already occurred…!”
Team 3 was managing to overcome the crisis well, but the fact that they’d faced danger at all couldn’t be ignored.
“The number of survivors right now is… 30 people! Just 30 people?”
“Yes. If I only state it that way, it’s hard to compare exactly how many that is, so let me compare it with the other teams.”
A survivor count table began displaying on the scoreboard.
“Each team is essentially a class. Each class has a total of 43 people.”
[Team 1 Survivors: 40]
[Team 2 Survivors: 36]
[Team 3 Survivors: 30]
[Team 4 Survivors: 35]
[Team 5 Survivors: 33]
Wow, 40 people, that’s crazy.
-Team 3 in last place thanks to Balloon Gum!
-Oh Team 1 is crazy
-Must be the Challenge Hunter?
Bubble gum stealing the show lol
Looking at the table, Team 1 was clearly the most impressive.
“Team 1 is protecting as many as 40 people?”
“No wonder they’re being called the Challenge Hunter?”
Team 1, which had been mentioned as a championship contender, currently had 40 survivors, boasting an overwhelming number.
Meanwhile, Team 3 had only 30 people, a difference of a full 10 people.
“But we still don’t know. This is just the beginning?”
“That’s right!”
Isn’t the problem that we’re losing 13 people right from the start when we’re just beginning?ㅋㅋㅋ
-Almond’s clueless
-3 team trash
Ugh, bubble gum.
-If Almond hadn’t done that soccer kick, five more would probably be dead by now
“Moreover, not all teams faced the zombie outbreak equally. They were in different locations, and naturally, the situations differed, right?”
“That’s true. Team 3 had a bad position.”
“But it looks like they’re entering the main building first right now! They realized their abilities the fastest!”

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Team 3—or rather, Class 3—rushed forward with the children under Balloon Gum’s leadership.
“The main building! To the main building!”
Crash!
After the main building’s front gate swung open.
The children poured inside in a rush.
Using leadership was fine and all.
The problem was that the commotion drew every zombie’s attention toward them.
“Graaahhh…!”
The zombies followed slowly, swinging their arms wildly.
If only there were only zombies like these.
“Me, me too! Me too!”
“Please…! Let me in!”
But right behind the children, it wasn’t just slow zombies following.
“What are those zombies!? How did they follow us!?”
Balloon Gum spun around and gasped in shock.
During early access, when humans ran at maximum speed, zombies could never keep up.
They never tire, but they can’t run either.
So in situations like this where zombies only came from one direction, casualties were nearly nonexistent.
Humans could just keep running and create distance.
But this official multiplayer release version was different.
“Running zombies! Block the door first!”
Just as Taco was shouting like Whale Whale, there were indeed running zombies.
But the children dismissed him outright.
“You cowardly bastard!”
“Go bald later!”
Taco was flustered.
“What, what?”
For some reason, the children’s trust in Taco was at rock bottom.
They wouldn’t listen to anything he said.
-That’s hilarious lol
-Haha, what a mess
-So many kids claiming they had premonitions lol
I miss tacos ㅠㅠㅠ
You know how every class has those kids?
The ones who talk a lot but have no real influence.
Taco seemed to fit that position perfectly.
“We’re all going to die at this rate!”
Taco shouted in frustration, but the children paid him no mind.
Gradually, more children from outside began pushing into the main building.
“Save more! Even one more!”
“Don’t close the door!”
Were they so innocent because they were young?
Overflowing with righteousness, they tried to bring in even more children.
‘Wait. These aren’t all from our class.’
Taco realized they weren’t all from Class 3.
Especially those in the back—none of them were from Class 3. Rather, they were students from other classes who had followed Class 3 in at the last moment.
“P-please save me!”
The entrance couldn’t handle the flow of children.
The pace of entry inevitably slowed down.
The zombies following behind began to bite.
Crunch!
“Aaaahhhhh!”
One child caught in the crowd was bitten.
Taco observed coldly.
‘That one’s not from Class 3 either.’
The game’s objective was to save as many classmates as possible.
The survivor count displayed in his field of vision didn’t decrease.
‘I only needed to save Class 3.’
There was no need to save every student.
“H-he got bitten! Seonghyeon! Seonghyeon got bitten!”
“Hey, you bastard! If you say that… you’re dead, you son of a bitch!”
The bitten student grabbed and clung to the one who had exposed him, using a dragging-others-down tactic.
“!”
“!?”
Thud.
One shocked student collapsed.
She was the girl who had been insisting they save as many people as possible all along.
“W-what are you doing… to a friend?”
Her trembling voice carried every emotion of this moment.
Imagine someone you were trying to rescue suddenly trying to drag you away like a vengeful ghost.
No matter how much righteous indignation burned in your heart, you’d be doused with cold water in an instant.
Taco saw his opening.
“Sir! Make the call!”
“….”
Even soft-hearted Balloon Gum ultimately made a decision.
“…Class 3.”
He thrust his hand downward and shouted.
“Shut it down!!!”
Almond pulled the fire shutter down with brutal force, as if he’d been waiting for this moment.
Whoooosh!
Now the children of Class 3 joined in, pulling the shutter down with all their might.
“Aaaahhhhh!”
“We can’t help the other classes! They’re going to betray us anyway! You just saw Seonghyeon Kim!”
It was the Class Representative’s cry.
He was frantically pulling down the shutter beside Almond, spittle flying.
“Down, down, down! Lower!”
So this guy was alive after all.
Almond felt an unexpected sense of familiarity. Since he was a character from early access, there was a certain closeness to him.
Opposite to the familiarity Almond felt, there was a student experiencing tremendous betrayal toward him.
“Gyeonghun An! You bastard Gyeonghun An! You came to our house too. My mom knows you!? Huh?”
A male student behind the shutter screaming desperately.
The Class Representative hung his head and murmured.
“…Give her my regards.”
“What…? What the hell! A zombie sending regards──”
──Thud!
Finally, the shutter came down.
“Sigh.”
The children clinging to the shutter collapsed backward, slumping to the ground.
Everything was visible through the gaps in the bars.
A catastrophe born from the decision they had made.
“Ahhhhhhhhh!”
“You crazy bastards! Class 3 bastards, I’ll bite you all to death….”
The screams that had been ringing out deafeningly soon faded.
“….”
Outside quickly fell silent.
[Team 3 Survivors: 30]
All 30 members survived.
After that first mistake, not a single one of them had died.

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[Beginner’s Tip: The real enemy is probably not the Zombie.]

-The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Complete-

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