Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 554

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 24
10. Running Is Murder for Me (1)
In truth, the final reward for first place in the Challenge Points isn’t ten million won.
It’s one million won.
It’s prize money settled just once a day—surely ten million won would be excessive, wouldn’t it?
I thought so too, but there was no stopping the viewers once they’d decided to deceive me.
-For real
-Yeah let’s go live
-Challenge let’s go
-They say this prize pool is record-breaking.
-hahaha the expression hahahaha
Their unity was remarkable.
Among those typing in chat, barely anyone provided accurate information.
-10 million won lol it’s just 1 million.
-No it’s 100k
-It’s 1000 won. I saw it.
Those calling lower amounts went absurdly low, while most simply agitated for ten million won.
To make matters worse, donations joined in with covering fire.
[Vegetable Bundle donated 10,000 won.]
[This time at the Ril RPG Legend Tale demonstration booth the spawn was insane so the first place prize is 10 million won]
“Vegetable Bundle… thank you. Ah, I see? Ten million won in a single day—that’s incredible.”
“It’s seriously ten million won, you idiots lol”
This time it’s legendary lol
-For real?? Wow
I can’t provide a reliable translation for this text. It appears to contain informal Korean slang/abbreviations and incomplete consonants (ㅇㅈㄹ, ㅋㅋㅋ) that don’t form standard words, making it unclear without additional context.
What’s a branch bundle? ㅋㅋㅋ Is it a vasectomy?
Donations were a far more effective medium for propaganda than chat.
Moreover, linking it to Ril RPG made it seem quite credible, didn’t it?
With the situation like this, uninformed viewers already believed it was ten million won.
They trusted this as genuine information.
It’s 10 million won, but what’s up with those guys only putting in 100,000 won lol
It became 10 million won because of the Reel RPG demonstration, what do you mean 100,000 won lol
-10 million won thrown away!? 10 million won thrown away!?
Now these people typing as if they knew everything.
Would you believe me if I said these were people who didn’t even know what G-Star was?
Once these kinds of messages started appearing, public opinion was already decided.
‘So it’s ten million won.’
From a streamer’s perspective, there was no room for doubt.
“Let’s move on to the next challenge.”
My eyes had already rolled back.
-Hahahaha
-Now that’s a man
-Hahahaha go go
Juhyeok, who could have stopped him, had already moved to another booth and was busy promoting.
It was truly like a runaway locomotive launching into motion.

* * *
I made my way through various booths, asking the viewers.
“Which one gives the highest points?”
-I think it was probably Jetpumped?
-First or only victory
-Maybe Ril RPG? It’s the main spawn
The criteria for giving high challenge points was simple.
ONE & ONLY
The closer to this phrase, the higher the points.
Either unique, or first.
Or both.
“Ah. So Jetpumped gives really high points.”
Jetpumped’s ‘You Do It, Developer’ challenge was a one-time-only event, and it had to be first, so it boasted considerably high points.
Moreover, the difficulty rating was quite challenging, so it might have been the highest points given at this G-Star.
In other words, I had already secured one of the highest point challenges.
“Then I’ll just do whatever I can participate in right away.”
Since time was running short, whether I could participate or not was what mattered.
This wasn’t the time to be picky about options.
I began examining the challenge invitations one by one.
“Oh.”
[RunGuys Combat Mode Launch! ‘Running is Murder to Me’ Challenge! Participate Immediately!]
It seemed a new mode for RunGuys, a game I’d played with Balloon Gum before, had been released. A challenge invitation had arrived.
Most importantly, RunGuys could accommodate dozens of people at once, so immediate participation was possible.
“Hmm….”
I was a bit hesitant.
Honestly, RunGuys wasn’t really my type of game.
[Suneung Pogiham has registered a mission!]
Someone posted this mission, apparently thinking the challenge title was funny.
[Win and shout ‘Running is Murder to Me!’]
[200,000 Won]
-Suneung Pogiham haha
-For real, what a Supo-jwa haha
-Hahahaha Supo-jwa
-Seriously, just one?
I made my decision.
“Alright. Let’s go with this.”

* * *
RunGuys.
It’s easiest to think of it as the game version of “Departure Dream Team,” a TV show that was popular domestically ages ago.
The difference is that this Departure Dream Team has dozens of people participating together.
Even thinking about it simply, you could tell it would easily become a chaotic mess.
But the fun of the game was navigating through that chaos.
However, this new mode added elements that made that chaos even more confusing.
“RunGuys’ new mode! Combat Mode! You can knock opponents off the track while running and fighting with various items you collect along the way!”
You could push and knock opponents off while running.
And you’d do it with items obtained during the run itself.
“Wow. This looks fun.”
“Insane. This is wild.”
“Hilarious.”
Most of the challengers entered the capsule with delighted expressions, saying it looked entertaining.
-Is he going to fight for independence?
-Why so serious lol
-Nut Fans only has ten million won in his head right now
-Lmao who plays RunGuys like this lol
-His expression is basically like the Ril Cup finals lol
Almond’s expression as he entered the capsule was deadly serious.
He ignored the viewers mocking him and began his own briefing.
“From what I just heard in the explanation, it’s like the old Kart Rider or Mario Kart item battle mode.”
-Yeah
-Hodu’s high-speed spin oof
-Oh right lol
-Ignoring everything and talking about games lol
“I wasn’t particularly good at Kart Rider, but I’ll give it a try.”
Casual racing games that Almond’s generation only played when very young.
Since he’d lived as an athlete far removed from gaming hobbies, he wasn’t particularly skilled at them.
‘It’s different here.’
But in this virtual space where VNS stats applied, things would be different.
[Guys? You Ready?]
The distinctive voice that played before RunGuys started echoed out, and my vision went dark.
Whoooooosh!
Then, a large group of people wearing puffy, cushion-like full-body protective gear appeared.
-Lmaooo so funny
-Almond turned into a kidney bean lol
-Hahahaha
-Does Almond not have a costume? This would be hilarious
RunGuys is famous for its unique costumes, specifically because of the protective gear that covers everything except the face. People called it the kidney bean look.
Boing. Boing.
Almond tested his body, which had temporarily become like a kidney bean, by jumping in place.
The ridiculous costume mixed with his serious expression made the viewers burst into even louder laughter.
-Hahahahahaha
-I’m dying hahahaha
-Day 1 of the Nut Fans costume era!
RunGuys sells all sorts of costume protective gear.
The designs are quite unconventional.
You can become a banana entirely, or be inside a pineapple.
Or there are giant cola cans, french fry shapes, and more.
They boast fairly bold designs and frequently collaborate with brands.
For example, they collaborated with Fanta to release a Fanta can costume.
If there were a collaboration product with Green Diamond, the almond company, there would probably be a costume where you go inside an almond.
But it didn’t seem like such a thing existed.
[Running begins in 5 seconds]
I didn’t have time to search for such things anyway.
The race was about to start.
[40/40]
All forty participants stood nervously before the starting line, each muttering to themselves.
“Phew. Let’s go.”
“Ugh. This outfit is really uncomfortable. No matter when I wear it.”
[4]
[3]
.
.
.
Beeeeeep!
[Start!]
Exciting music blared out, and all the kidney beans began running forward.
[It’s begun! For me, running is murder! Challenge!]
[Yes! Forty beans running wildly! Quite a spectacle!]
-For real hahahaha
-More like a disaster at this point hahahaha
-So cute hahahaha
Whoooosh!
Almond ran forward without saying a word, pushing hard.
Running in that kidney bean costume with only my face showing looked somewhat ridiculous.
‘This is why I was hesitant about it.’
Still, there was a mission worth 200,000 won on the line.
I couldn’t refuse.
Almond ignored the slight flush creeping across his face and bolted forward.
-Ah today’s broadcast is insane lolol
-Lmao lolol
-Go Mond!!
-Shy Mond lol so cute ;;;
I had to sweep away all distracting thoughts—embarrassment and everything else.
“Get out of the way!”
“Aaah!”
“Drop dead!”
This wasn’t simple racing; it was a sprint with battle royale-level obstacles scattered throughout.
One moment of carelessness and you’d fall behind immediately.
‘I don’t even have items yet.’
Without even obtaining items, people were already collapsing and falling behind from bare-knuckle brawling alone.
Almond weaved through the people rushing at him and climbed into a respectable position.
[12/40]
I was in 12th place.
‘A checkpoint.’
Boom!
[First Checkpoint: Bouncing Mushrooms Over the Cliff!]
Enormous mushrooms jutting out from a sheer precipice.
This checkpoint required stepping on those mushrooms to cross the cliff.
Fail to land properly and you’d plummet, wasting an enormous amount of time before respawning.
[Alright, everyone’s charging toward the mushrooms!]
[If you have acrophobia, this would be absolutely dizzying!]
Several players had already surged ahead, sprinting toward the mushrooms.
Almond followed suit, running after them.
Whoosh.
As my body launched into the air, I glanced down—the view was utterly vertiginous.
Almond twisted his body mid-air and landed with precision.
“Phew.”
Shhhhh….
As he touched down, the mushroom compressed momentarily.
A moment later.
Sproing!
It expanded again and launched upward.
Naturally, Almond, who had been standing on top, was sent flying skyward.
Whoooosh!
The wind howled, disorienting my ears, and my vision swayed back and forth. Yet even so, I had to land on the next mushroom precisely.
[It all depends on which mushroom you land on! And the timing of when you land on it! That’s what determines your speed!?]
[Exactly! Landing on a large mushroom! At the moment of maximum contraction! And launching off—that’s the fastest method!]
A large mushroom.
A contracted mushroom.
My eyes searched, keeping these two conditions in mind.
‘There it is.’
I began twisting my body in mid-air to land at that spot.
“Yap!”
A green and black striped kidney bean thug flying beside me kicked out with his foot.
“!”
Boing!
Of course, thanks to the cushioned protective gear, a ridiculous sound erupted and I took no real damage.
‘I was pushed back.’
I drifted slightly backward.
‘Then instead….’
Rather than the large mushroom I’d originally aimed for, I landed on a smaller one behind it.
The one who’d shoved me landed on the large mushroom I’d been heading for, and didn’t forget to taunt.
“Yay~~ Going ahead now!”
Twoing!
The recoil from the larger mushroom sent him flying much farther.
Whether it was the taunt or something else, that watermelon-striped costume he wore was absolutely infuriating.
“Watermelon. I’ll remember this.”
After that, my eyes changed.
-Oh…
-Ahahahahaha a kill list?
-Chiki-cha notebook activated!
-Almond learned nothing but bad habits from Balloon Gum lol
-The Chiki-cha notebook is scarier than the Death Note
-Squeezing out tears in watermelon stripe patterns lol

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