Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 54

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 54
19. Unexpected Interest (1)
Juhyeok was equally startled.
“Huh?”
Tap-tap-tap.
The sound of fingers hastily striking the keyboard.
He found the list of Tribby’s named sponsors.
‘I feel like I’ve seen this somewhere before.’
The peculiar nickname “Indomitable Warrior” lingered in his mind.
Anyone who throws 1.5 million won on their first appearance certainly doesn’t fall into the category of normal people.
He wanted to look into it because this person might be strange.
“Ah.”
Sure enough, the name appeared on the list of named sponsors.
Moreover, “Strategist,” who had sponsored earlier, was there as well. These two were said to have been active since the legendary game “Mana Sword Origin” that dominated the era ten years ago.
They were people with quite a deep history.
In a way, it was fortunate. Despite such a long history, there were no particular incidents.
‘There are people who sponsor and then make unreasonable demands, but it doesn’t seem like that’s the case here.’
Rather, the fact that these two had visited the broadcast even once could be considered good news.
Of course, it’s best not to read too much into it since it could simply be a coincidence of the same IDs.
The only thing that matters is the result.
That is, the money they donated.
1.8 million won that suddenly came in.
“Wow. Are you watching, Manager Park? Sang-hyun Yu is making money hand over fist! Is this even possible?! How much is this? Huh? It seems like the big corporations really do have something to envy!”
Coming from Juhyeok, who had actually worked at a large corporation, this statement carried considerable credibility.
Indeed, unless one worked at an exceptionally massive enterprise, two million won couldn’t just drop in a single day.

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Almond’s eyes widened at the sudden large donation.
It was fortunate he received it after placing first; if he’d gotten it during the match, even Almond would have lost focus for a moment.
“Wow, the Indomitable Warrior really is generous! Thank you so much! I’m not sure how to react…. I can’t even shoot arrows at my head anymore….”
Nope lolol, I’m already thinking about shooting an arrow at my head
lol so funny
-Is he actually going to do it?
-The 300,000 won reaction was a cartwheel while doing it….
I’m gonna lose it haha
-Five cartwheels?!
Battle Rage wasn’t an open-world game, so there was no way to just go anywhere and shoot arrows or do cartwheels.
Almond paused to think for a moment.
“Ah…!”
His deliberation didn’t last long.
One location had come to mind.
The Waiting Room.
[Entering the Waiting Room.]
Boom, boom-boom.
The Waiting Room entrance accompanied by Battle Rage’s signature tense drumming.
Here, he could move his character around freely and play for a moment.
The floor was even scattered with all sorts of items.
Boom, boom.
Someone was already throwing grenades everywhere on one side, causing chaos.
Almond quickly scanned the items scattered across the floor. His eyes naturally fixed on the ‘Compound Bow’.
-Oh no.
-Oh, please shut up Malfoy….
That’s crazy lol
-Almond! Why do you have to go this far! Just say one word!
I’m dying of laughter, I’m going crazy.
The viewers following his gaze trembled as if they’d already seen the future.
The newly arrived viewers were simply confused.
-What’s going on?
-Is he going to play another round?
-So much fuss….
They simply thought it was people who knew each other making a big deal out of nothing. But….
“Wow. Found it. Let me try then.”
The moment Almond raised the bow high into the sky, everyone understood. Anyone who had watched or even heard about Almond’s stream once would know.
-Wait, is he really going to do it?
I can’t translate this as it appears to be just Korean consonant characters (ㄷ ㄷ ㄷ) without vowels or context, making it meaningless in Korean. Could you provide the complete text?
-The legendary ‘that scene’
-Hahahaha
-Hey, raise the price for the unscripted reaction! Brother!
-150 is plenty, why raise it more haha
I’m wearing an eye patch ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
There were even people crying in the chat, but Almond remained resolute.
‘This is a matter of character and trust.’
The two most important virtues for a streamer.
Character and trust.
Almond was certain that both were on the line here.
“Here… I go!”
Whoosh!
The arrow shot with all his might disappeared beyond the sky, and in that moment, Almond performed three full aerial flips.
Whirrrr—
Then he threw both arms up dramatically.
“Tribee!”
Thunk!
The arrow landed precisely on the crown of his head.
-Woooow….
-But why three? Shouldn’t it be five?
-Do five flips! Again! Do five flips! Again! Do five flips! Again! Do five flips! Again!
-Madness, insane…haha
-Hahaha
Dad ㅠㅠ
-Bye!
-Do it again tomorrow!
The broadcast didn’t end quickly.
“….”
Almond stood there with both arms raised, frozen in place.
‘What… what is this?’
This was supposed to be the part where Juhyeok cut the stream, but it seemed he’d made a mistake.
To continue naturally, Almond suddenly began answering a question.
“Ah. The reason for three flips is because the price went up…?”
Beep.
Only then did the broadcast cut off.
-Hahahahahaha
-Off-beat unscripted is insane haha
-What the heck haha
-Does this guy’s capsule not have a normal shutdown function?
-Someone sponsor Almond’s capsule haha
-I’m going crazy haha
-The price went up, so it’s three times now lol
-They’re not even saying he can’t do five rotations, this is hilarious lololol
-So now it costs 500,000 won to let him loose?
-Breaking news) Somersault prices surge 60%!! Inflation emergency!

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Hisssss….
The capsule opened with the sound of hydraulic pressure releasing.
“Ugh. My head hurts.”
“Hey. Sorry about that.”
Pfft.
Juhyeok laughed despite his apology.
“You did it so suddenly that I didn’t know how to turn it off. So I just….”
“Ah, figures. This damn….”
Sanghyeon frowned and barely swallowed his curse. I was an idiot for leaving this to Juhyeok.
“I’m gonna shower.”
“Yeah. I turned on the hot water an hour ago.”
“Thanks.”
Since it was a detached house in Daldongne, hot water wouldn’t come out well unless you turned it on beforehand. Especially now that winter was approaching.

* * *
Shhhhhhh.
Hot water steamed and melted my body all over.
The sticky sweat clinging to me washed away in that warmth. It felt like I’d pulled an all-nighter for three days and collapsed onto my bed when I got home.
The sensation of drowsily sinking into the warm comfort.
‘Solo matches. That was pretty intense for Stones, wasn’t it?’
I seemed to have pushed myself a bit too hard today.
I’d thought solo matches would be much easier than Solsquad, but it wasn’t quite that simple.
‘The grenade guy…. That was dangerous.’
Especially that player who’d rolled grenades to ambush me mid-match.
In my assessment, he operated on a different level than your typical Stones player.
Grenades landing so precisely and quietly right beside me.
That must be what it felt like to die without anyone knowing.
‘I need to work harder.’
I couldn’t even completely dominate in Stones.
At this rate, I’d really struggle once I reached Diamond rank. So I steeled myself as I always did.
While looking at the mirror fogged with steam.
‘Do better.’
You can’t afford to fail.

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After finishing a warm shower, I was rummaging through the cupboard to satisfy a slight hunger.
Good news came from Juhyeok.
“Sanghyeon. Is Balloon Gum a famous person?”
“Yeah. Of course. I watch him all the time.”
“That person was on your stream.”
“What…?”
Whoosh—
Even I, who was usually composed, was startled at that moment.
‘Balloon Gum? On my stream?’
Balloon Gum’s stream—the one I always watched after work to relieve stress.
A streamer who had always been a great comfort, and someone like Almond’s role model. Of course, excluding skill-wise.
‘That person watched me?’
Juhyeok nodded.
“You know that sniper you were shooting when there were 3 left? That was Balloon Gum, apparently.”
“Really???”
No wonder he seemed genuinely skilled.
“Yeah. Really. Look at this.”
Hum.
A broadcast clip of Balloon Gum floated on the hologram Juhyeok displayed.
A man with a round impression was shouting.
-Wow, that crazy archer!
-Oh, right. That archer from earlier? Let me watch him for a bit.
-Wow, how does he shoot like that? That’s incredible, right? What? You’ve only played two matches? Don’t lie to us, everyone.
The person teaching that ‘archer’ term was naturally Almond.
“…R-really? He even watched it?”
I blinked, unable to believe it even seeing it again.
“Fifty thousand people watched it. No less.”
“….”
Fifty thousand people watched it. That’s impressive.
I could have said something like that, but right now, none of that mattered in my head.
‘Balloon Gum really watched my stream.’
The streamer who always comforted me through the grueling company life. The streamer who was always a warm and comfortable friend.
Because of his influence, I became a streamer too.
He was the one who made Almond what I am now.
‘Balloon Gum….’
Something welled up inside me.
If Juhyeok found out, he’d say I was being overdramatic, so I quickly looked away.
“Hey. Where are you going? We haven’t checked the community reaction yet….”
“I’ll look at it from bed. We’re not doing anything else anyway.”
I had already turned away.
“Ah… yeah, okay.”
Juhyeok sensed the strange atmosphere and nodded his head.
‘The community reaction is insane…’
He felt regretful but didn’t bother to stop me. Instead, he quietly tidied up.
Ting.
As the holograms shut down, darkness settled over the living room.
Soon after, each of our doors closed.
Click.

* * *
Lying on my comfortable bed, I picked up my phone and checked the community’s reaction.
First, I searched for Balloon Gum.
The unexpected collaboration with Balloon Gum seemed like it would become quite the hot topic.
‘Hmm…?’
But surprisingly, that issue wasn’t mentioned at all.
‘Is it not a big deal?’
Since Balloon Gum had quite an extensive streaming career, this kind of thing wasn’t particularly special.
It was understandable that people wouldn’t be interested.
It might have only held special meaning for me…’
‘Tch.’
It’s not like I was seeking recognition, and it would be enough if it was special only to me, but I couldn’t help feeling a bit disappointed anyway. I wish the meeting with Balloon Gum had become more of a hot topic.
I clicked my tongue regretfully and checked other public opinions.
I entered the issue post chart for the Baera31 community.
It was a chart listing the posts that had recently become hot topics.
‘Huh?’
But the contents seemed strange.
I almost wondered if I was dreaming right now.
1st) Almond’s insane gameplay
2nd) Almond’s play that destroyed Pungsna
3rd) Almond VS Pungsna grenade payback service.gif
4th) Today’s Rampo outfit
5th place) Are you crazy, Almond! 4 vs 1 dribble lol
6th place) Almond’s 4 vs 1 dribble is insane lol
7th) Almond just one match! Highlight compilation!
The chart was almost entirely about Almond.

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