Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 538

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 8
3. Sandwich (2)
Approximately twenty minutes earlier.
Inside the classroom occupied by Class 5.
“Eyes down, you bastards. Now.”
“….”
Under the threat of the delinquent gang, Balloon Gum hung his head low like a guilty man.
Even so, he observed each member of Class 5 one by one.
He was searching for any opportunity to stage a rebellion.
‘Those three look like Players.’
Balloon Gum kept his head bowed to avoid appearing like a Player himself, while he carefully surveyed the three Players of Class 5.
“So eating in the bathroom here is actually a good idea, right?”
“First, we should search for food and equipment we can use to arm ourselves. If you search the classroom thoroughly, there’s plenty of useful stuff.”
“The desks themselves could work like riot shields.”
“The legs would be decent too. There’s probably a screwdriver in the teacher’s drawer here.”
The Players of Class 5 were engaged in heated tactical discussions with each other.
Whatever they were doing, these guys were taking this challenge seriously.
Because of that, they didn’t even spare a glance at Balloon Gum.
Clap!
One of the Class 5 Players approached while clapping.
“Everyone. We can’t just keep running from the zombies forever. We’re going to arm ourselves here. I’ll tell you what to look for.”
The students acting as delinquents readily followed his instructions.
“Ugh. What now?”
“It’s annoying, but we gotta do it to survive~”
Grumbling, they got up from their seats and began searching for what the Player had requested.
What they needed was a Phillips screwdriver, a box cutter, and rubber bands.
Items that would naturally be found in a classroom.
‘So that guy’s the leader here.’
Balloon Gum carefully observed the name of the Player currently commanding Class 5.
‘Kim Mango….’
A Player named Kim Mango.
Whether he was a Streamer or something else, if he could neutralize that guy, Class 5 would likely fall apart on its own.
Jinhyeok Kim’s group had high combat power, but no organizational cohesion whatsoever.
If they kept leading, they’d only lower Class 5’s morale, and everyone would end up depressed, causing a rebellion anyway.
‘I’m going to start a rebellion anyway.’
Balloon Gum chuckled with a satisfied smile like a loser dreaming of sweet revenge.
-Master of acting like a loser lol
-The position really does make the person…
-Bro lol don’t laugh lol you’ll get caught lol
-What kind of imagination lol
“Hey. You there. Chubby bird.”
Flinch.
Balloon Gum, called out again, startles in surprise.
“Huh? What?”
“We’re moving. You’re just going to sit there? Like a sack? You little punk… huh?”
“Oh, no! W-we’ll search too!”
Balloon Gum hurriedly gets up and begins pretending to search for something alongside the 3rd Class Students.
[3rd Class morale decreases.]
Hahaha, another scam/fraud?
The downfall of the class that chose the wrong leader ㅠ
“The humiliation of Samsung Electronics lolololol”
Balloon Gum vents through the broadcast microphone channel as if wronged.
“Sigh. No, why is their morale down again? Huh? I’m telling you I’ll pull this off soon? I said I’d show you a cheerful rebellion?”
A cheerful rebellion lol
-You can’t trust your hyung…
Who would believe in the cheerful rebellion of bubble gum lol
-Info) Plans to get beaten and just pretend to be cheerful
Hahahahahaha

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Kim Mango of Class 5.
He seemed like quite a strategically skilled player.
“You see those textbooks in the drawer? Cut them to a reasonable thickness with a cutter knife.”
He utilized the thick textbooks as armor.
“And wrap these papers around your arms and legs and stuff. Tie them down with rubber bands.”
Ting…!
After wrapping textbook armor around the shins, wrists, and other places perfect for getting bitten by zombies during a fight, then securing them with rubber bands, it felt quite sturdy.
‘Wow. This is actually pretty good?’
Even Balloon Gum, who was practically an enemy, felt the same way, so there was nothing more to say.
I’m seriously considering whether real-time balloon gum won’t betray me lol
-???: Should I join here?
-Kim Mango’s pretty good
“We’ve already disassembled most of the desks with a screwdriver. The bulky ones here will hold the desks and stand in front as shields. Like riot police blocking a protest.”
Click.
Kim Mango demonstrated by lifting a desk.
“And then, we in the back will stab these burlap sacks with broken spear shafts. Or hit them with desk legs.”
“Oh. Mango, you should mention that. If you shove a desk leg in their mouths, they get neutralized.”
“Right. This desk leg size is perfect for blocking zombies’ mouths.”
Ohhh….
Balloon Gum unconsciously nods and tries putting a desk leg in his mouth.
Clang. Clang.
Indeed, once a zombie latched onto something, it was a size difficult to spit out, yet a material impossible to chew and swallow.
“Wow. These bastards. Are they going to win the championship?”
hahaha for real
-Just join us here, hyung.
-Even if you join here we’ll make you champions lol gotta be in top 25 though
Hahaha, betrayal is in their nature.
“No. What traitor. It’s just a game.”
-Suddenly “it’s just a game” activate
-The one person betting their life on that game
Haha, looks like you want to betray me haha
“Ahem…”
While the double agent(?) Balloon Gum continued his career dilemma, Class 5 steadily armed themselves.
“Huh?”
Whether heaven was helping or what, as they armed themselves, the zombies suddenly began sprinting somewhere.
It was because of the thunderous sound reaching them from that direction.
Clang…!
“What is it. What’s that sound?”
Clang…!
Crash…!
The deafening sounds echoed in succession.
It was the sound of Almond breaking down the basement door.
“The aggro’s going crazy? All the zombies left?”
One student pressed his face against the window as he spoke.
“The ones running already went far away. But… they headed toward the bathroom of all places.”
It was good that the zombies moved elsewhere. If only they hadn’t gone toward the bathroom, which was exactly where they needed to go.
Kim Mango spoke.
“It’s fine. Even if they went toward the bathroom, dealing with the zombies that turned around because they were aggroed won’t be difficult. It’s much better than a direct confrontation.”
He judged this was sufficient.
There was a huge difference between fighting a zombie facing you and fighting one with its back turned.
“We armed ourselves to fight anyway, right?”
“That’s… true.”
Right. This wasn’t a game where they could keep avoiding combat with zombies.
If they weren’t going to fight, they wouldn’t have armed themselves so diligently.
‘I need to gain experience points.’
Frequent combat improved combat-related stats.
Conversely, avoiding combat meant continuously growing weaker.
‘Even if a few people die in the process… it doesn’t matter.’
Of course there would be casualties, but it didn’t concern him.
No, in fact it was even better.
Only twenty-five people can escape anyway.
“Let’s go.”
Kim Mango gave the signal with a simple command.
The classroom door swung open.
Thud. Thud.
Children wielding desk tops as shields advanced forward.
“Phew… this is terrifying.”
Balloon Gum repeated deep breaths.
Naturally, the 3rd Class Students were positioned at the very front.
“Let’s go.”
“Move forward!”
The moment they hesitated, criticism came from behind.
The 3rd Class Students had no choice but to exit the classroom.
Then they slowly advanced toward the zombies.
“Kyaaaaa?!”
Several zombies noticed Class 5.
About five or six of them?
“Kill them!”
Crash!
After shoving them back with the desk tops.
Sticks relentlessly pierced their skulls.
Splurt!
“Good. Keep advancing.”
This was unbelievable.
Balloon Gum swallowed hard.
It was like watching Roman soldiers from medieval warfare.
Systematic, disciplined, safe, yet devastating.
“Graaaaaaah!”
“Kyaaaaaaack!”
“More coming!”
More zombies began approaching.
Splurt!
Thud!
They were simply converted into valuable experience points.
Balloon Gum’s expression turned bitter.
‘At this rate….’
Class 5 was growing stronger by consuming combat experience.
“Ahahaha! These zombie shades are nothing~”
“Aren’t we like movie protagonists? Come on everyone, take your positions~”
“Players entering the arena~”
“Zombie guys~ if you keep messing around like that, you’re gonna get your heads blown off~”
Especially the delinquent forces who were already specialized in combat—they radiated an air of leisure.
They had become even more vicious and boisterous.
-lmao
-from the player’s perspective lol
-they’re seriously popular kids lol
-damn lol
“Sigh. Will this… actually turn into a rebellion?”
Balloon Gum’s sweat was pouring down.
-just let Class 5 do it…
-these combat freaks are kinda scary lol
-abandon Class 3? abandon Class 3?
-you’re gonna suffer the humiliation of a three-way loss again?
Someone beside me taps me repeatedly.
It’s Jihun Oh.
“Bal… ah, no. Hey. Loyalty guy.”
He asks the same question.
“Is this even possible? These guys seem insane?”
He too is worried about whether the rebellion will succeed.
Hearing it from someone else’s mouth suddenly clears my head.
“Wait, wait. Man. I’ll read the timing.”

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While Almond drew the aggro, Class 5 advanced steadily.
“Alright. The restroom isn’t far now.”
“Just do it like before! Don’t chicken out!”
“Relax your nerves!”
As they approached the restroom area, the number of zombies noticeably increased.
It was incomparable to the quantity they’d dealt with in the hallway.
“Krrgh?!”
Among those countless zombies.
One turned around.
It had noticed Class 5.
Then─
More than half of the zombies visible in their field of view suddenly spun around.
“Kyaaaaaaaa!”
“Sweep them!!!”
With Kim Mango’s cry, the shield bearers charged forward with desks.
“Kraaaaaaaa!”
“Thrust! Thrust!”
Once the charging zombies were pinned by the desk shield bearers, there were no exceptions.
“Kraaaack!”
Squelch! Thud!
They fell in droves under the barrage of mop-spears raining down from behind.
“Desk legs! Insert them!”
“Kaaaaack…ack!?”
Ting…!
The unfinished zombies had desk legs forced into their mouths like gags.
Crunch…!
Since human jaw strength couldn’t chew through desk legs, they became helpless in an instant.
“Thrust them through!”
Squelch!
The spearmen then finished off the gagged zombies as their hands became available.
And finally….
“The restroom! Hold the door!”
The restroom, Class 5’s objective, was within their grasp.
Creak.
They immediately opened the door.
“Hey you extras! Get in!”
They shoved Class 3 inside.
“Go check every single stall and confirm it!?”
There was a reason they opened the door with such confidence.
The zombies inside were meant to be dealt with by the 3rd Class Students.
-Bomb disposal squad lol
-There’s no hope here lol
-When’s the cheerful rebellion happening lol
“Hey! Aren’t you going in!? What? Damn it, while we’re holding them back, hurry up and go check!”
Threatened by Jinhyeok Kim, Balloon Gum reluctantly took a step forward.
There was no telling when that spear stabbing the zombie would turn toward us.
“Sigh. Kids. Don’t open one each. Let’s open them slowly, one at a time.”
“Okay…”
The listless voices of the 3rd Class Students. And so they began opening the bathroom stalls one by one.
“Hmm. Nothing here.”
Creak.
The first stall they opened was empty.
“Next.”
There was no zombie in the next stall, but there was a different ambush.
“Ugh, uuuuugh!”
“Ah shit… What the hell is this?”
It was a toilet that Daehyeok, the bulky friend from Class 3, had forgotten to flush.
“Th-this is actually… someone’s crap?”
“Flush it quick sh—”
“Wait.”
Then Balloon Gum stopped the children.
“…Why? Don’t flush it?”
“Someone was just here, I think?”
“Huh… Now that you mention it…”
Suddenly, one of the Class 5 teams that had headed this way flashed through Balloon Gum’s mind.
‘No way.’
There was no guarantee they were still here, but somehow it seemed like the reason the zombies had swarmed into this dark basement stairwell was related to that.
He gradually approached the bathroom entrance, stood on his tiptoes, and peered beyond the swarm of zombies…
“Damn.”
Among the writhing zombies, despite being covered in blood, he could see familiar faces.
“…Uh, huh? Isn’t that Daehyeok?”
“Class 3?”
“Wow. It’s the kids. D-Daehyeok and Yeonji and…”
“Shh!”
Daehyeok, distinguishable by his bulk from a hundred meters away.
He was struggling hard as he climbed up the stairs.
He also seemed shocked to see Class 5.
Probably he was coming back to the bathroom when he saw what Class 5 had eaten and was taken aback.
But Balloon Gum was equally shocked.
It was because of a figure who, even from over a hundred meters away being carried on Daehyeok’s back, was visibly striking in appearance.
“Ah… Almond.”
It was Almond.
Balloon Gum squeezed his mind to its limits, rolling his eyes around.
“Wait… so… Class 5 is turning their backs to us right now… they’re busy holding back the zombies… and Class 3 is in front of them… this is a complete sandwich….”
Click.
I grab Jihun Oh’s shoulder.
“Jihun Oh.”
“Yeah. Loyalty man.”
“Call me Balloon Gum again from now on.”
“…Why?”
“Because it’s time. A delightful rebellion.”

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