Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 667

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 137
45. Departure (2)
No one on the international team had anticipated this.
Even Sanghyeon, the most popular streamer here, had no idea.
That fans would gather on the day of departure and send such roaring cheers.
“Waaaaaahhhhh!!!”
“Fake national team, fighting!”
“Almond! Win it all!”
Like a red carpet, countless fans lined both sides of the path, sending their support.
Some had even brought massive banners, though no one knew when they’d prepared them.
[Joseon’s Bow!? No way! Kingdom’s Bow!? That’s right!]
[King God General Chungmugong Almond ~ Bonus!]
[King~ You can’t beat me~ Bonus]
Phrases I hadn’t seen in quite a while, yet felt persistently familiar.
The ones that caught my eye first were clearly made by Kingdom fans.
[Hey! Almond! If you lose, you’re playing Ril with me!?]
There was even a threatening banner with Reina’s face plastered large across it.
‘…Dehaep?’
It was probably the Demian Association. Or maybe just a parody of them.
I could also see many cards from what appeared to be Ril’s original fans.
[The blessing of the Holy Land is with Almond!]
[Give us Damian, not Gakgung!]
[Fulfill the grudge of Ril Cup!]
I could tell that quite a few fans had switched over from Ril.
[Go! Nuts!]
[10 kills? You’re missing a zero!?]
[Chiki-cha! Let’s protect it!]
Beyond that, countless meme-filled support cards for Almond were scattered everywhere, and not just for Almond—cards had been made for Cookie, Kim Chi Warrior, Pang-eo, and others….
Players who’d gained recognition all had their own banners.
[Chiseung! When you sleep, close the airplane window!]
[Now I finally understand! Kuboji!]
[Pang-eo Ajae, if you lose, you’re single for life]
Some banners were practically curses rather than encouragement.
“Hey! Why am I getting threats instead of support!?”
At Pang-eo’s reaction, his fans only burst into louder laughter, showing not a shred of guilt.
“Ah… That, that’s…what is that… Kimchi….”
Mandoo blushed upon seeing the ‘Kimchi ♥ Mandoo’ banner and grumbled about it.
Yet the corners of her mouth curved into the brightest smile of anyone there.
The other members all walked along in wonder, looking around in amazement.
I was no different.
“Ah, yes. Thank you. Thank you. Yes….”
I waved at the approaching fans and even shook their hands, displaying quite practiced movements.
Yet for some reason, the corners of my eyes were flushed red.

* * *
After passing through the airport entrance.
We had now entered the duty-free zone.
From here on, it was neither foreign nor Korean territory.
So there were no fans gathered here.
“Ah. I need some cosmetics.”
“My mother asked me to buy something for her. Haha….”
Each member took time to purchase what they needed.
In the midst of this, Danggeun approached Almond, who was quietly pushing a cart.
“Aren’t you buying anything, Oppa?”
“Ah… what?”
Sanghyeon had been somewhat distracted until now.
I couldn’t calm the inexplicably racing heartbeat.
The cheers I’d received at the entrance earlier.
Something transmitted from there kept pounding against my heart.
“I’m asking if you’re not buying anything. Are you feeling unwell? Your face looks a bit… red.”
Only after Danggeun asked again did Sanghyeon return to reality.
“Ah. I’m… fine. There’s nothing I particularly want to buy.”
As a brief silence fell, Sanghyeon turned to Danggeun and asked.
“Aren’t you buying anything?”
“I already have plenty… buying more would just be extra baggage.”
Everyone had gone off somewhere, leaving only Danggeun and Sanghyeon pulling carts.
“Where are the others?”
“They all went off to buy things.”
Feeling something awkward, Sanghyeon asked how the recent broadcasts had been going.
“By the way. Danggeun. You’re streaming, right? How’s it going?”
Juhyeok had been quite interested in the recent broadcast activities of the national team members.
Since Danggeun had also been streaming recently, I asked to gather some information.
“Ah. The streaming… is going pretty well.”
She turned her gaze away shyly.
“How many viewers?”
“Around… a thousand?”
“Oh.”
For a streaming novice, a thousand viewers was quite a significant number.
It was probably thanks to the national team and the fake national team.
She had been quite popular since she’d performed well in matches.
“What do you mean ‘oh’? You were flying from the start.”
“Don’t compare me to you.”
Danggeun burst out laughing at his subtly understated deflection.
“That’s not it. You’re not even my opponent.”
“That’s exactly it… Oh!”
Sanghyeon suddenly remembered, pulling out a long rod from his bag.
“I promised to start streaming, but I forgot.”
“…!?”
Danggeun’s eyes widened in panic at those words.
He was turning on the stream right now?
“Um, should I get out of frame?”
It was already too late.
His movements were so simple and swift. Sanghyeon had already started the stream.

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Ding.
[Almond has started streaming]
[Currently traveling~]
Despite the sudden start, countless viewers flooded in.
-hey
-oh finally
-he said he’d do outdoor streaming lol he actually did it
-nice nut fans keeping their promise
This was thanks to his earlier hint in Japan that he’d focus on outdoor broadcasts.
-nice
Is it true that Almond thinks home cam is the worst? lol
-wow his visuals are insane…
-aha!
The camera was replaced with a smartphone, while the chat continued to be transmitted through the smartwatch on Sanghyeon’s wrist.
Ding.
Donations also appeared as holograms on the smartwatch.
[Rubisword donated 30,000 won.]
[I was at the departure hall! Everyone fighting!]
“Ah, Rubisword. Thank you. You were there?”
Sanghyeon searched his memory for a moment.
He remembered Rubisword’s face, but she must have been covering it with a mask or something.
She disliked having too much attention focused on her, so it made sense.
[Rubisword donated 30,000 won.]
[I was wearing a mask~ hehe]
As expected, she had been wearing a mask.
Ah, Princess Ruby ㅠㅠ You’re on a different level from the usual attention-seekers!
-Rubisword praise content
-Could she be leaving Japan too?
-Mom! When I grow up, I want to be Rubisword!
“Ah. Thank you, Rubisword. Anyway, thank you all for welcoming me at the departure gate today… I turned on the stream to say this.”
Only Danggeun, standing right beside him, could notice that Sanghyeon’s voice trembled slightly at this moment.
‘Huh?’
When she looked up at something seeming off, his Adam’s apple came into view. It was bobbing more than necessary.
‘Is he moved?’
He must have been touched that the fans came to see him off.
He seemed more sentimental than he looked.
Danggeun simply thought that and moved on without showing any particular reaction.
‘The donations are insane though.’
Sanghyeon’s stream definitely had a different scale.
Donations started pouring in the moment it began. From the original members who were always there, to the newly arrived big spenders—you couldn’t even estimate how much it added up to with just one rotation.
What she envied most was that such donations automatically created the flow of the broadcast.
Ding.
[Soryongpo donated 10,000 won]
[Is that Danggeun next to you~~?]
Someone recognizes Danggeun.
“Ah, yes. It’s me, Danggeun.”
Sanghyeon slightly turned the camera toward Danggeun.
“Ah. Hello….”
Even in real life, he hangs out with Brain lol
-Goo goo. Gaga. Danggeun is needed.
No lol, asking if the baby is a nanny lol
-You’re pretty, unnie! (oops)
-Praise Cookie for positioning Danggeun in case Sang-hyun Yu causes problems
Chat messages mentioning Danggeun poured in at an incredible speed.
It was dizzying to keep up with them one by one.
Danggeun, newly impressed by how amazing streamers were, looked up at Sanghyeon with admiration.
“Since Danggeun is streaming these days too. Please watch her broadcasts.”
‘Ah… Could it be because of that?’
She finally understood why Almond had suddenly turned on the stream.
It was originally scheduled to go live, but he turned it on at this timing to give momentum to Danggeun’s broadcast.
-Danggeun streams too?
All 200 of them debuted as streamers lol
-If you watch Danggeun’s stream, you’ll understand strategy so well
Of course, isn’t this a broadcast that Almond should be watching? lol
-Oh, a trivia??
Though a thousand people were watching, most of them still didn’t know she was streaming.
Perhaps through this opportunity, many more would come to know.
[Suspicion Illness donated 5,000 won.]
[But Almond, shh~ suddenly turning on the broadcast to interact like this is sus if you ask me~ at least I’ll give it a thumbs up~]
At the comical voice flowing through the donation message, Danggeun felt oddly guilty and flustered.
Hahaha, that’s hilarious!
lol
-What’s the scheme?
-???: You got fooled! This is an ad!?
-Another ad?
No, I said I was going to stay up all night ㅋㅋㅋ
The comment wasn’t directed at Danggeun.
Since Almond didn’t do interaction broadcasts that often, viewers were simply suspicious that there might be some other hidden agenda.
Most were suspecting it was an advertisement.
Of course, it wasn’t an advertisement.
But—
“Actually, there’s an airline advertisement today.”
Almond casually showed the airline desk scenery on his phone while saying this.
“???”
Even Danggeun was startled and her eyes followed his camera work.
When did he even get that?
-???
Damn it.
That’s crazy lol
-How many deals did you get?
“~or so I was about to say.”
“Huh!?”
Danggeun burst out laughing in disbelief.
Of course carrots are tricked too lolol
-Is this really a 100k streamer!?
That’s so cute lol
I cannot translate this as it appears to be random Korean consonants without vowels or proper word formation, making it meaningless in Korean.
What!? Hahaha, you’re crazy haha
-Huh!
No, I’m seriously annoyed too.
Sanghyeon, who had only meant to fool the viewers, turned around and asked Danggeun.
“Huh? Did I fool you?”
Probably because it was a broadcast, he was speaking formally. Danggeun’s face flushed red and she quickly turned away.
“No.”
hahahaha
-Anyone can tell it’s fake
It’s Brain, but he seems like his pride might be hurt lol
I cannot provide a reliable translation for this text as it appears to contain corrupted characters, typos, or OCR errors that make it unintelligible in Korean. The phrase doesn’t form coherent meaning in its current state.
Carrot leftist ㅠㅠ

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9:30 PM.
Everyone had boarded the plane.
I was sitting next to Pang-eo.
‘We’re leaving.’
I gazed quietly out the window for a moment.
Most of the others were similarly quiet, either checking their luggage or switching their phones to airplane mode.
“C-can I open this now?”
All I could hear was Chiseung whispering from behind.
I was sitting in the seat directly in front of him.
“…But this only opens the outer shell?”
I could see Chiseung’s expression perfectly—like a child who’d just learned Santa Claus wasn’t real.
“You can only open it after takeoff. It’s the air pressure difference.”
“Ah… air pressure….”
Mandoo was relentlessly deceiving him from beside me, so I had to work quite hard to suppress my laughter. I never thought Chiseung would fall for it all the way here.
“Geez. You’re going to kill the kid with fishing hooks.”
Pang-eo muttered with a hollow laugh.
Then he closed his eyes and tried to sleep.
It would take about 1 hour and 50 minutes to reach Kansai Airport, our destination.
[Our flight will take off shortly.]
After the announcement played.
The seatbelt sign illuminated and the plane began to taxi.
Vrrrrrrrr.
With a vibration, the plane lifted off, breaking through white clouds to reveal the blue sky beyond.
After admiring the view outside the window, I closed my eyes for a moment.
‘I should get some sleep too.’
The excitement from earlier had subsided somewhat, and now I wanted to relax my muscles and rest.
Even less than two hours of sleep would help.
Perhaps because it was shallow sleep?
I had a dream.
It was a dream with my old colleagues.
Probably because the sight of today’s national team departure ceremony had left a strong impression on my mind.
Me and Hyeonju and Dongsu in white uniforms….
‘Wait, Dongsu shouldn’t be on the national team.’
I almost realized it was a dream from the absurd logic of Dongsu appearing, but.
In the next moment, I cast aside such possibilities and became immersed in the dream.
‘Hey, Soyeon Han.’
When I called her name, a female student turned around with a radiant smile.
Strangely, she wore a school uniform rather than a white one.
Perhaps she appeared as I’d seen her most often.
‘Huh?’
Soyeon turned around with a bright smile.
I spoke proudly in response.
‘We’re finally going.’
Becoming a national representative and departing abroad—there was certainly reason to be proud.
‘Congratulations.’
‘You’re going too. Why congratulate me? Congratulate me when we win and come back.’
I found something odd about what Soyeon said.
Then, a crisp breeze blew in.
Whoooosh—!
Her hair fluttered in the wind, and a piercingly blue sky and sea spread before us.
The sea…?
When I went to the beach with Soyeon.
It was exactly like that moment.
‘What are you doing? Let’s dip our feet in the water.’
She lifted her skirt slightly as the wind caught it, suggesting we go to the shore.
What is this? Did I… come back?
If so, there was something I absolutely had to say.
‘The next Olympics is in Greece, right? I heard the beaches there are incredibly beautiful…’
The moment I heard this, I cried out, as if speaking to someone far away.
‘Come with me! I’ll take you!’
Ah. I finally said it.
I could only say it after coming back.
But then—
“!”
My eyes snapped open.
This wasn’t the beach. It was an airplane window.
Outside the window was only blue sky and clouds.
There was no sea.
The only water was what flowed from my eyes.
‘What is this.’
For some reason, I couldn’t remember.

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