Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 63

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 63
23. Advertisement (1)
I rushed toward the Manager’s office.
No, wait—I turned back and headed to the Department Manager’s office instead. The Manager had been laid off along with Kiyeol Kim.
The newly hired Manager probably wouldn’t grasp the severity of the situation. If I dilly-dallied and let reports pile up again, it would be the end.
In the mind of Daesu Lee, who had been an Assistant Manager, the Department Manager’s words from the previous incident kept echoing.
“We’ve locked in the Punk and Almond advertisement project. After a few meetings, we’ll probably get an offer.”
I had been planning an advertising sponsorship deal with Almond.
‘If I cover this up again, I’m done for.’
Daesu Lee squeezed his eyes shut and headed to the Department Manager’s office.
Knock, knock.
I gently tapped on the glass door and entered, speaking.
“Sir… I received an email like this.”
“?”
The Department Manager pushed his glasses up and frowned.
His expression clearly said, ‘Why are you bringing this to me?’ Since it was the reaction I’d anticipated, Daesu Lee pressed on persistently.
“It’s regarding the Almond project you’re planning… I thought it would be best to bring it to you quickly.”
“Almond? They sent an email?”
Only then did the Department Manager show interest.
From his expression, he seemed to have misunderstood it as good news.
‘The email content isn’t good, though.’
Daesu Lee, feeling troubled, scratched his head and held out the tablet.
“Mm.”
The Department Manager pushed his glasses up briefly and read through it.
I thought he’d soon make a face like he’d eaten shit.
“Uh… uh-hehehehe? This guy’s funny, isn’t he? Trying to dump everything on us?”
The Department Manager laughed instead.
I wasn’t sure if it was a pleased laugh, but it didn’t seem like the worst-case scenario.
“What should we do?”
The Department Manager waved his hand dismissively, brushing off Daesu Lee’s question.
“Almond’s manager? Who is this guy? I like him.”
‘What exactly…?’
He likes it?
Daesu Lee couldn’t understand.
“What’s with that face?”
“Ah… well, I just… what exactly do you like about that email…?”
“Ah. It’s so neat and clean, like a formal report, Lee. Compare it to the documents you send.”
Of all things. I’d only asked and gotten hurt for it.
‘He just seems to do his job well.’
Daesu Lee nodded without even breaking even.
“I, I see.”
“Anyway, this is good news, good news.”
Good news?
I still don’t understand the situation.
They’re trying to shift blame, and yet it’s good news?
“Listen, Daesu. I just came up with a brilliant idea.”
“Is that so?”
Daesu Lee asked again, but seeing he wouldn’t recover his investment anyway, he decided to just go along with it.
“The rating came out way too high. This is artificial intelligence anyway. Could there be an error?”
“No. It became Player 3 because it deserved to be.”
On this point alone, Daesu Lee answered with confidence. In reality, that was a part where errors were impossible.
“But why are people making such a fuss?”
“Well… because such a judgment is extremely rare.”
“Rare? Has it happened before?”
“Yes. A player from Denmark received Player 4 after placement once.”
“Hmm….”
The Department Manager adjusted his glasses and nodded.
“Right. So if we just post a clarification notice, it seems clean. But are we ending it there?”
“Sir?”
If we don’t end it here, what else is he suggesting?
Wouldn’t a standard clarification be the end of it?
“Advertising! Man! Advertising!”
The Department Manager suddenly burst out.
“Ah!”
Daesu Lee had no idea what he was talking about, but he immediately feigned understanding, surprise, and admiration in rapid succession.
“I, I hadn’t thought of that!”
He himself didn’t know what he hadn’t thought of.
But the Department Manager seemed satisfied and smiled knowingly. ‘Right. That’s exactly what I mean.’
“We can push up the Almond sponsorship proposal. We say we’re directly inviting him to test why Almond could only be Player 3, and simultaneously run an advertisement. We promote our operational methods. We can say we’re proving his innocence on his behalf, right?”
‘Ah!’
This time, the realization stayed silent in his mind.
Only then did Daesu Lee grasp the Department Manager’s thinking.
‘He’s viewing this as a natural advertising opportunity!’
Rather than saying “We made a mistake last time, so here’s an advertisement…” it’s much better to say now, “We’ll prove it for you!” like this.
While we’re at it, if we show our facilities and conduct various tests while running the advertisement, it will boost trust in the management a bit.
Daesu Lee nodded vigorously.
“Understood!”
“Yes, and inform Manager Shin about this too.”
“Yes!”
“Post the announcement properly today!”
“Yes!”

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That day, Almond played an additional four matches by 8 PM.
He took first place in every single one.
[Almond first place across the board! Unstoppable momentum!!]
[Almond, is he really surpassing Jeon-ja-pa?]
[Maybe a truly new era really is beginning!]
Unstoppable 9-game winning streak wow
[Almond’s insane skill….]
The news set the Community ablaze once again.
It was only natural.
First place in the placement matches was common enough that you’d hear about it occasionally, but securing four consecutive first-place finishes in Platinum Tier 3 was a different story entirely.
While placement matches started with an extremely low rating, Platinum Tier 3 was where people who actually knew how to play congregated.
Gathering a hundred such players and still coming out first meant this person was clearly operating on a different level.
-Wow, this is seriously another level….
-The skill gap is real.
-Playing a different game entirely by himself.
What they call “Another Level.”
Moreover, Almond was still not using any firearms, maintaining his winning streak with the bow alone.
I seriously didn’t know you could shoot with a bow even after coming this far lol
Oh my god, haha!
-Sweeping the bow mission rewards again.
-How much is he even making today.
This was why he appeared to operate on an entirely different wavelength from the other Platinum Tier 3 players.
Meanwhile, the archer concept was having a significantly positive impact on mission acquisition as well….
“Thanks for the mission, Tororo. I’ll secure the victory with the bow this round.”
“Thanks for the mission, Dayseai. I’ve achieved 10 kills with the bow.”
“Thanks everyone for the three-win bow streak mission. I’ll claim it.”
Naturally, bow-related missions began flooding in at an extraordinary rate.
Since he was excelling with the bow in a game where fighting with firearms was the norm, it stimulated people’s urge to place missions. They were curious how long he could keep it up.
Almond had inadvertently become engaged in a sort of “bow challenge” within Battle Rage.
‘One match left.’
Now he stood just one match away from Platinum Tier 2.
He’d won one match in the Platinum 2 promotion series, and now just needed one more victory.
Here, “winning” meant placing in the top 10.
In other words, to advance to the next tier, he needed to place in the top 10 in two out of three consecutive matches.
The difficulty was considerable.
“I’ll do the last match next time.”
Almond decided to postpone it for later.
Glancing at the time, it was already past 8 PM. My stamina was nearly depleted.
-Ah, if you leave stuff like this behind, it’s bad luck lol
-He’s not a man~~
-Already 8 o’clock?!
Oh my god, I’m crying.
-Curious if he can rank up.
-Honestly, with this momentum he’s definitely gonna do it.
-Strike while the iron’s hot, nuts dude….
-If you leave one promotion match and log off, you’ll get a 10-loss streak tomorrow lol
Everyone spouted all sorts of strange superstitions to threaten Almond.
But to Almond, who worked in an industry that could be called a kingdom of jinxes, it was barely worth a scoff.
The broadcast proceeded as scheduled.
“Tribee~!”
As the outro music played, Almond’s face gradually faded from the screen.
I’m crying / I’m so sad
I’m sorry, but this doesn’t appear to be standard Korean text. The characters “-아바 퓨ㅠㅠ” don’t form coherent words in Korean. “ㅠㅠ” are typically used as emoticons representing crying/sad faces in Korean internet culture, but the rest doesn’t translate to meaningful English.
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 137]
Could you verify the original text?
-Bye bye bye bye!
-See you later!
-Bye!

The Tribby viewers didn’t hold Almond back even at the very end. They understood that today’s broadcast runtime had been nearly three to four times longer than usual.
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 144]
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Hissssss….
The capsule lid hissed open as the pressure released.
Almond—no, Sanghyeon—rose from the pod, looking several times more exhausted than usual.
Sweat didn’t merely trickle down; his entire body was drenched.
“Huff. Hey, are you okay? What the—”
“Ah. Did I stay in too long?”
Sanghyeon shook his head while pressing his forehead, droplets of sweat falling with each movement.
Each shake sent beads of perspiration cascading down.
“You have to do this tomorrow too, and the day after that. Aren’t you pushing yourself too hard?”
Juhyeok’s eyes filled with concern.
It was an expression you rarely saw from him—he was generally cold-blooded by nature.
But the fact that he looked like this now meant my condition was worse than I thought. I shook my head firmly.
“It’s nothing like that. I’m just getting a bit dehydrated. Grab me an ion drink from the fridge.”
“An ion drink?”
“Yeah. I bought some and put them in the fridge.”
Juhyeok opened the refrigerator he usually used.
“Not that one—the drawer-type cooler, you know?”
“There’s something like that?”
There was another refrigerator next to it that had never been used before. It looked like a simple drawer from the outside.
Creak.
When he opened it, his eyes went wide.
‘He stockpiled this much…?’
The entire cooler was filled with nothing but ion drinks.
It was nearly three or four boxes worth.
“Here.”
Juhyeok silently handed me one of the drinks.
Click.
I cracked open the can and chugged the beverage down.
“Ahhh. Hey, I could film an ion drink commercial like this, right?”
I joked to lighten the mood, but—
‘This doesn’t seem normal.’
I was thinking this situation was strange.
Not just now, but I’d been thinking this for a while.
Inside the capsule, the body doesn’t move at all. Only the brain is active.
Could sweating this profusely really happen from just brain activity alone?
“I’m going to shower.”
Sanghyeon got up and headed to take a shower.
Juhyeok stared inside the capsule where Sanghyeon had been sitting.
He’d expected it to be damp, but the built-in ventilation system had already dried away all the moisture.
I reached my hand inside the Capsule.
‘It’s not hot though…?’
Then again, a Capsule was the culmination of modern technology, so it couldn’t possibly have such a basic problem as temperature control.
“Hmm… I have no idea. Really.”
Capsule-related issues are difficult to diagnose through self-diagnosis alone.
Few people knew how to repair them properly, so the repair costs were astronomical.
“Still, I should look into it.”
No matter what, I wasn’t the type to overlook a problem like this.
I’d been uncertain about it until now, but this seemed like a good opportunity to get a proper inspection done.
At some kind of professional facility.
Besides, I’d made quite a bit of money anyway, so I’d think of it as an investment.
“…Huh?”
Just as I was thinking that and sitting back down in front of my computer.
I discovered a notice posted by Fantasia.
[Regarding Almond’s Rank Rating Settlement Method….]
That was the title of the notice.
The content was roughly this: The artificial intelligence Ravi didn’t simply analyze game rankings or wins and losses, but analyzed actual gameplay content to rapidly elevate those destined for the upper ranks.
Apparently, Almond was judged to be engaging in so-called “sheep-farming gameplay” based on factors like exclusively using bow skills, high kill counts, and minimal farming, which is why he was rapidly promoted upward.
“Heh. Case closed. The matter’s settled.”
I felt satisfied.
The comment reactions weren’t different from mine.
Ugh, these losers lol can’t catch the almonds so they’re all worked up.
Hahaha, Fantasia’s official explanation!
-Right, he’s out there beating everyone with just his bow, so who’d want to keep him in Gold?
Those guys would hate it the most if almonds really went around stomping everyone in gold ㅋㅋㅋㅋ they’re getting hung up on this
-Guess they hated seeing records being set
-AI’s take) Almond is a sheep-farmer.
-Wow. Congratulations, bro!
These weren’t reactions from the game company’s official homepage, but rather comments from articles circulating in the Community.
Either way, the result seemed to be Almond’s victory.
“Glad I sent that email.”
I thought that and checked my mailbox. There were several new emails….
One of them was a reply from Fantasia, the developer of Baera.
[There is no issue with the artificial intelligence’s judgment. However, it is true that public opinion has become quite noisy. We believe Almond will also be troubled by such matters. Therefore, we would like to invite Almond to our company and conduct various tests (skill tests, medical checks, etc.) to demonstrate this, and it would be good to provide clear authentication. On our official Fantasia channel….]
That was the content of the email.
“…This is an advertisement offer, isn’t it?”
There was no explicit mention of running an advertisement, but they were saying they wanted to invite me to their headquarters channel and broadcast from there.

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