Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 661

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 131
44. Handing Over (1)
At that moment, at Cookie’s house.
The area around the sofa, once filled with chatter, fell silent.
Or rather, the area around the sofa that had once been filled with chatter.
Though truthfully, it had been quiet for a while now.
‘The atmosphere here is really something.’
Popcorn and Suhan scratched their heads absently, considering whether to say something, but decided against it. Having professional experience themselves, they understood well enough.
Even in matches that didn’t officially count, a defeat could sometimes cast a heavy pall over the mood. The manner of defeat was likely the issue.
‘We got thoroughly beaten, so…’
The commentators had worked hard to frame the possibility of a comeback and package it nicely, but those who knew could see through it.
Even Suhan, who didn’t know Civil M that well, could tell the match had been decidedly one-sided.
Even scrims could dampen the mood when lost like this.
So what could be said about losing the main match this way?
The atmosphere was quite grim.
Suhan simply stuffed the pizza slice I’d ordered into my mouth and waited for this moment to pass.
Waiting for someone to break the silence.
“Hmm.”
But I didn’t expect it to be this person.
“Shall we go over things together for a moment?”
It was Choi Sa-rang.
She placed her notebook on her lap and maneuvered her wheelchair toward the table.
“Ah. Yes. We should.”
“Ah… yes, yes!”
The members of the think tank jumped up like people jolted awake and moved to their seats.
They might not have even registered who had spoken, their minds so scattered.
Still, it was encouraging that Sarang, newly participating, was so actively engaged in strategy meetings. Even if she was only an emergency substitute, she would still be the commander-in-chief if she took the field. She was in a position where she might need to lead the think tank members.
“First, let me talk about where the snowball effect started.”
Sarang seemed to have already decided what to say, pointing out several key moments without even glancing at her notebook.
Once she opened the discussion, the others began offering their opinions one by one.
Words flew back and forth, and gradually the area around the table came alive with energy.
Their voices soon grew louder than the broadcast playing idly on the television.
[And so, the preliminaries for the international tournament have now concluded.]
[Yes. Though Joseon lost the final match, we must say they achieved considerable results, wouldn’t you?]
[Absolutely! Some are calling it not just an achievement, but a miracle! A miracle, they say!]
And so they spent that day absorbed in discussion, unaware that the broadcast of the international tournament preliminaries was coming to an end.

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Like most major tournaments, there’s typically a considerable gap between the preliminaries and the main tournament.
For the Joseon team, this was a blessing.
Though their final preliminary match had ended in bitter defeat, they’d been given plenty of time to forget those painful memories.
Moreover, public opinion barely blamed Joseon for losing to Rome in the end.
In fact, people seemed almost delirious in how they completely disregarded the Rome match.
This tendency was especially strong on Rilpro.
Big) Yeah~ slice it up again~ once you advance, that’s all that matters~~
The mindset was that losing to Rome didn’t matter since they’d qualified for the main tournament anyway.
hahahahaha for real
-whatever the main tournament~
Spain’s Franco stepped on it and went to the main tournament, so we should count it as similar to the quarterfinals lol
hahahaha lol haha
-ah! forget it, let’s celebrate! let’s mix national pride into a bowl of Makgeolli!
hahahahahahaha
All the comments were in a celebratory mood.
Big) ???: Hey. Rome. You won?
Most posts confidently calling out Rome contained content like this.
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(photo)
So what are you gonna do about it?
We’ve already gotten all the national pride we need.
What else can you do besides give interviews?
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Haha, damn it lol
Chisung’s jammin punch meme is crazy lol
What’s Rome gonna do about it~ We’ll only meet in the finals anyway~ ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Yeah, that’s right lol, it’s basically like Rome got left out.
“lol mental victory”
Kim Chi-seung’s fist-clenched meme is insane lol
Haha, that’s hilarious!
The fact that they’d already had their fun in the preliminaries and wouldn’t even face Rome anymore.
Just knowing this was enough to make the supporting gamers happy.
After all, Rome was one of the strongest championship favorites this season.
“National pride is like a drug, man, everyone’s gone crazy lol”
[since when were these guys so united?]
[where are the trolls? is Rilpro not working?]
People were taken aback by Rilpro’s unusually united front.
In reality, they weren’t exaggerating—communities like Rilpro achieving unity was extremely rare.
This was a place where people always lurked, ready to voice opposing opinions through absurd arguments.
The power of sports conducted under the name of a nation is truly formidable.
Big) Almond = Korean Escobar
Looking at this Big post mentioning Almond, I could certainly feel that power.
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Starting from being an archer, and even advancing to the main tournament with Joseon lol
Seriously, just a national pride machine.
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-lmao lol
-I was wondering what you meant lmao lol
-Info) Pablo Escobar was the richest drug dealer in history
└facts
└Info) “Pride” is short for methamphetamine, a drug.
└facts2
-Lmaooo true
-If we get past the quarterfinals, we might surpass Escobar lol
Winning in a match between nations where national honor was at stake—it was an intense pleasure comparable to a powerful and evil substance like drugs.
Perhaps that’s why they all came together.
If Rilpro was already in this state, then M-bul’s condition was even more severe.
They were already favorable toward the national team anyway.
They treated the Rome match as if it had never happened in the first place.
[By the way, why no second match with Rome? Just a default win?]
[Does anyone know when the second match with Rome is?]
[When are we going to Osaka?]
[Anyone booked flights for the main tournament?]
In this world, the second match with Rome never occurred, and only the confirmation of advancing to the main tournament existed.
-Wait, is this the Nuts Punk world or something?
└Rilpro’s got fake madness for real lol
└I heard in this world it’s Avante Nuts instead of Avante N. True?
└└lmaooo
-Just how much did you twist the world anyway! Almond!
-So when does the Gate open?
And so everyone lived on, remembering only the joyful memories, and several days passed from this point.

* * *
Ding.
[Almond has started streaming!]
Over the past few days, Sanghyeon had been working through several pending game advertisements.
I like it even if it’s an ad ㅠㅠ
-Since he’s been streaming regularly lately, this is so good
-Please just do ads all the time
Given the circumstances, the stream had focused primarily on advertisements, but since Sanghyeon’s personal broadcasts hadn’t been on for extended periods, the viewers were delighted.
As a result, Jia’s workload naturally increased as well.
Advertisements had to be uploaded to AllTube, so work naturally came her way.
Especially since advertisements needed to be executed flawlessly without any issues, the editor had considerably more work than with regular videos.
Typically, one advertisement required the effort it would take to upload two or three regular videos.
Jia didn’t dislike it.
In fact, she welcomed it.
Rather than spending her days idle and falling apart, I was grateful when work came in.
If I hadn’t been working, my thoughts would have kept drifting back to that thug.
When work had dried up during the national tournament and the fake national team period.
More than the fact that my income wasn’t being generated, what tormented me was that I couldn’t fill my mind with work.
[Juhyeok: Why don’t you try working with Department Manager Jang? He needs some extra hands. You’d get paid a cut too. Gain some experience.]
Juhyeok had made such a proposal to me. He seemed to sense my condition as well.
But I couldn’t accept it.
[Jia: No. They’re doing well on their own. Let me just take it easy for now.]
Department Manager Jang was clearly skilled in my eyes. Producing observational documentary videos every week wasn’t possible without tremendous dedication and sharp instincts.
It was a different level of difficulty from editing a single broadcast.
So working with Department Manager Jang would certainly be an honor for me as a video producer.
The problem was his company.
Working with Department Manager Jang ultimately meant working with his company, which was essentially the same as re-entering an organizational structure.
I didn’t want that.
「Her? With the Manager?」
「…But you’re a contract worker anyway, right?」
「Ms. Jia. You’re acting like this toward someone who’s leaving anyway?」
「Sigh. Why is this Manager like that with her?」
For me, those memories were dull black paint.
I tried layering different colors over those memories—would this look better, or how about that—but
it only grew darker.
The more I tried, the more miserable it became.
I had no confidence in throwing myself back into that web.
『Maybe I should introduce Yeonju instead…』
Still, Department Manager Jang needs extra hands. It would be a waste to leave it empty.
At least one colleague I’d stayed in contact with until the very end at that company.
That’s Yeon-ju Heo. A friend who helped me with work before.
‘Should I go in with Yeonju instead…?’
Jia shook her head.
Truth be told, calling her a friend was probably just because they’d bonded over both being contract workers.
‘She probably doesn’t like me anyway.’
In any case, I was grateful that work had come through now.
I brushed aside the old memories and threw myself back into work with fierce concentration.
“It’s been a while since we’ve done a commercial. Let’s make this one count!”
I rolled up my sleeves and spoke louder than usual, uncharacteristically.

* * *
Because of G-Star, Sanghyeon had signed contracts for a tremendous variety of advertisements.
Most of them were naturally game advertisements.
Since G-Star was a game expo, after all.
But game advertisements didn’t all mean the same thing—turning on a broadcast and playing games.
While many things had happened at G-Star, one particular game he’d formed the deepest connection with was receiving a special advertisement campaign.
“Oh! Here you are! Almond! Manager! This is—”
A man came running over, repeatedly calling out greetings.
He shook hands with both Juhyeok and Sanghyeon in succession and asked.
“You remember me, right?”
“What? Of course we do, Department Manager Jeong~”
Mincheol Jeong, the department manager of the Hitman Simulator promotion team—essentially the driving force behind this advertisement.
Juhyeok naturally remembered him.
“Haha. The world’s so busy these days, you know? Someone ordinary-looking like me gets forgotten in a flash. I have to confirm every time.”
It seemed to be a joke meant to ease the awkward atmosphere.
“Right, let me show you the way.”
Department Manager Jeong led the way to the filming studio.
On the way there, he and Juhyeok chatted about various things that would roughly happen.
But an unexpected question came flying at Department Manager Jeong.
“By the way, this is being filmed by Choi’s Planning, right?”
“…Yes?”
Though Choi’s Planning was famous in the industry, it wasn’t well-known among the general public.
It was a company exposed only to a select few—the companies placing advertisements and the celebrities receiving them.
So Department Manager Jeong was surprised when the name was suddenly confirmed like that.
“Ah, Choi’s Planning. Yes, that’s right. It seems you’ve worked with them before?”
“Ah, yes. Well, it was just a coincidence…”
“Wow! You’re a streamer, and you’ve already done one Choi’s Planning advertisement? Now two!? Wow…!”
“It’s nothing special.”
“It is special! Our CEO made a big decision to contract with them. This is going to turn out amazing.”
“It will be. They’re the top in the industry. They don’t just use anyone, you know?”
Juhyeok let out a knowing chuckle, his words dripping with significance.
“Of course. Naturally. Please, come in.”
Department Manager Jeong simply guided them both with a bright smile.
It was only natural, after all.
Whatever was about to unfold had nothing whatsoever to do with him.

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