Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 67

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 67
24. Disassembly Analyzer (2)
“Everyone knows our nation is the people of the bow, right? When we talk about archery, we’re talking about Olympic archery!”
-Wow lol
-Is this actually an Archery Range?
-This is virtual reality?
-Crazy, it looks like real footage
-Insane
-This is Fantasia…
-Isn’t archery a bit too on-the-nose? lol
The implementation quality, surpassing anything shown before, left viewers speechless.
Riding that wave of excitement, Huyeon Yu ramped up the energy.
“Yes! Almond is famous for archery, right? But there’s a question gamers always get asked! Especially virtual reality gamers! Whether you can really shoot as well as Olympic shooters or archers do!!”
-lol come on. Olympics and this?
-They’d get destroyed against the real athletes.
-What’s a game streamer gonna do lol
-fr lol
-People always ask that though.
-No matter how advanced virtual reality is…
“That’s why Fantasia has poured all our cutting-edge technology into developing this ‘hyper-realistic virtual space’ to test your true abilities!”
-Virtual is still virtual though, right?
-But the implementation is pretty high quality
-Nah lol
-Not really lol
-lol is that actually true?
“Yes! Since you’d probably ask, I should mention—this is the actual model currently being used by real Olympic athletes! It just hasn’t been mass-produced yet! We even have interview footage here!”
Video footage played of athletes from various disciplines being interviewed.
‘It really does look authentic…’
I fidgeted with my hands while watching the footage.
The sensation was definitely different from the virtual spaces I’d experienced before.
‘But they never mentioned anything like this existed.’
My mind grew complicated. My eyes turned toward the staff in the back. I was trying to signal Juhyeok.
But what I saw wasn’t the staff—it was the Arena wall.
Ah. Right. This was virtual reality.
‘I really can’t tell the difference.’
For a moment, I’d confused it with actual reality.
This had never happened in the previous Capsule. The full-dive Capsule always felt like entering a game graphics world, never causing confusion with real reality.
But this place was different.
The texture of grass, the subtle fragrance carried on the wind, the delicate weight variations across different body parts.
This wasn’t a space created to enter a game.
A space created to blur the line between reality and illusion.
“Almond?”
Huyeon Yu asks, noticing me lost in thought for a moment.
“Ah. Yes.”
“Please select a bow here.”
“Yes.”
As I turned my head without much thought, I couldn’t help but be astonished.
‘What?’
Did it really need to be this identical?
The recreation was so precise that such thoughts naturally arose.
Bows from the brand I used during my professional days were on display. Even the components could be swapped out separately.
‘Win&Win’s Hoyt Helix….’
There was also the lineup that Sanghyeon favored. Though time had passed and it wasn’t the exact model he used.
‘It must be a successor model to that line.’
There was definitely a bow that gave off a similar feel.
Looking at the model name, it was likely a successor.
My hand trembled as I gripped the bow. It wasn’t trembling from injury since this was virtual reality.
My heart was pounding against my chest.
‘This is completely different from the realistic Olympics game I did in the Capsule Room.’
Standing before such a genuine bow, I naturally trembled once more.
The realistic Olympics game I played in the Capsule Room always felt like a game, after all.
The weight felt through the body, the subtle center of gravity of the bow—none of that was implemented. That’s why I couldn’t shoot in one go and hesitated for a moment.
But here.
“Oh. You chose that bow?”
“Yes. It felt familiar somehow.”
It’s real.
Due to my naturally keen senses, I can’t deny there’s a slight sense of artificiality.
But among all the virtual realities I’ve experienced, nothing has been this authentic.
Almost 95 percent is indistinguishable from reality.
Only the minutest details differ—the balance of the stabilizer attached to the bow, the feel of the hand grip.
If you kidnapped sleeping amateurs and put them in this capsule for practice, they’d all be fooled.
‘A real bow… real archery.’
So calling this real wouldn’t be an exaggeration.
I’m holding a real bow and doing real archery.
From that moment on, what broadcast this was, how many viewers were watching, whether I needed to prove I was Platinum—none of it mattered to me.
Nothing else seemed to matter anymore.
“This is your first time shooting a professional bow dedicated to archery, right?”
Huyeon Yu’s question brushed past my ear.
I didn’t bother answering her question.
After all, this would be answer enough.
Twiiing—
Without a word, without even a breath, I drew the bowstring.
Despite it being a professional bow I hadn’t touched in ten years, my draw was as natural as breathing—as if I’d shot with it just this morning.

* * *
The moment Almond drew the bow.
“….”
Huyeon Yu’s mouth fell open.
She forgot her duty to provide commentary. She couldn’t speak at all.
She simply stared with her mouth agape, her eyes fixed on Sanghyeon as if nailed in place.
‘What… is that?’
She couldn’t believe such a thought arose from merely watching someone draw a bow.
Even she found it absurd.
But….
That triangular space.
The triangle formed by the bow and the bowstring.
It felt like it would pull everything in.
The moment Almond drew the string, the entire world seemed to be sucked into that space.
Witnessing Sanghyeon’s full draw stance before her eyes was a shock of that magnitude.
Twiiing—
The fully drawn bowstring sang with tension.
Ting….
Finally, the string settled at the center of my lips.
This is holding.
The final preparatory stance before release.
Whenever I let go of this taut string, the arrow will fly.
‘It’ll hit dead center.’
And the arrow would surely embed itself precisely in the middle of the target. That’s what Huyeon Yu thought.
It felt like a future already drawn out.
Not just her—anyone could see it.
The center of the target would definitely be pierced.
Huyeon Yu’s hand holding the microphone trembled.
Why did you go quiet all of a sudden? ㅋㅋㅋ
What are you doing, noona? lol
-Wow, what’s with that stance? Are you really a pro?
-That’s so cool….
The viewers watching through the camera couldn’t properly feel it.
She wanted to resent why no one else could sense this.
‘I can’t breathe.’
This breathless sensation.
Almond’s concentration, bordering on murderous intent.
Then.
“…!”
Whoosh!
The sound of air being torn apart reached her ears.
The bowstring released without warning, without setup, without any foundation—simply let go.
It was Sanghyeon’s signature phantom-like Release, not a tremor in sight.
At that moment, Huyeon Yu thought once more.
‘Ah. I was right.’
As expected.
Thunk!
The arrow embedded itself dead center in the target.
The result was anticlimactically exactly as she’d predicted.
Her intuition hadn’t been wrong.
Probably everyone else’s either.
-Damn.
-Wow
-But is this really the same as archery? Just Almond doing his usual thing lol
-Fr fr just shooting like it’s a game?
-lol nice shot
-Wow.
-Shot it so casually
-Didn’t even realize he shot.
-Huh something’s different? For real?
Wow, so sexy ㅠㅠㅠ
-Kyaa~
For viewers who had already watched all of Almond’s mad movies, this was an obvious outcome.
Huyeon Yu had seen those mad movies too. Videos of him performing all manner of tricks while shooting arrows, slaughtering enemies.
Compared to those, archery’s bow shooting might have seemed tedious.
No, it should have been tedious.
‘It’s nothing like that….’
Yet Huyeon Yu was certain.
No one who witnessed this in person could possibly say such a thing.
“Hmm. It’s working out well.”
Perhaps that’s why.
Huyeon Yu couldn’t understand the words that came next.
“Pardon?”
“I tried shooting as a test. It’s working out well. The sense of realism is incredible.”
“Ah….”
Huyeon Yu’s expression went blank for a moment.
‘Was that just practice?’
In a way, it made sense.
Of course I should have thought of it as just a practice shot. That’s what I should have believed.
But I couldn’t think of it that way.
‘It felt too real.’
Perhaps it was because Almond’s archery transcended the realism that Fantasia was implementing in this virtual reality.
Did it matter whether that shot was practice or actual competition?
It was real in itself, regardless.
Gulp—
Huyeon Yu swallowed hard and tapped her head.
‘Get it together. This is a broadcast.’
The broadcast had somehow come to a halt.
I needed to keep going.
Huyeon Yu relaxed her facial muscles and forced a bright, cheerful smile.
“Wow. You’re pretty good, aren’t you?”
Her tone returned to normal.
Both the broadcast and her voice.
Hahahahaha
-Pretty good, huh!
Haha, Ha-yeon is starting to lay the groundwork for her cooking show tricks.
Almond: A archer who hits a little ㅋㅋㅋ
-Wasn’t that shot actually insane? Am I the only one feeling it? What was that?
-I don’t think it’s just “pretty good,” ma’am!
Huyeon Yu’s eyes, which had been fixed on Almond as if nailed in place, finally shifted back and forth between the chat and Almond. As they should have been.
“But that was just practice! Aren’t you curious what happens when we measure the real score?!”
-I’m curious!!
-I’m curious, teacher!!
Haha, what is this, kindergarten?
-Sister I’m so curious!
Huyeon Yu chuckled at the viewers’ reactions and turned to Almond.
“Are you ready….”
?
Before Huyeon Yu could finish speaking.
Thunk!
An arrow had already been shot, striking the center of the target.
-???
-Oh!
-Another bullseye!!!
Is this seriously archery or something? lol
-Just Almond being Almond.
“Uh….”
Before I could say anything else, Almond’s next shot rang out.
Twang!
The next arrow struck dead center on the target.
Then the one after that, and the one after that.
Twang!
Ping!
Twang!
Each one embedded itself in the target identically.
I was grateful this was virtual reality. Otherwise, arrows would have been piercing into arrows, and we’d have had a broadcast disaster on our hands.
-What….
-Is he insane for real?
-Seriously, shouldn’t he be competing in the Olympics?
-Wait, is this really 100% identical to reality?
-In Korea, this kind of talent is streaming games!
Hahahahahaha and/with
-Gasp
-Nah, it’s a game so there’s gotta be some assist even so.
Huyeon Yu shook her head desperately.
“No, no! There’s no assist here!”
Without thinking, my voice of truth burst out. It was nothing like an announcer’s tone.
What’s up with that genuine/real voice lol
I can’t provide a meaningful translation for this text as it appears to be corrupted or contains nonsensical characters that don’t form valid Korean words.
-Noooona
Lol, her voice without the broadcast tone is so cute
Even as that was happening, Sanghyeon shot all ten arrows given to him straight into the center, one by one.
“…Perfect 10 across the board.”
I achieved a flawless score of 10 points for every single shot.
It wasn’t simply all 10s.
‘The time….’
Every arrow had been released within 1.2 seconds.
He’d shot all of them in under 12 seconds. Was this even possible? I doubted whether even an Olympic archery gold medalist could pull this off.
Why does a mere streamer possess such ability?
Why does he seem more professional than actual professionals?
Am I just mistaken because I know nothing?
Questions cascaded through my mind.
Huyeon Yu felt she needed to end this test as quickly as possible.
“Let’s end this test here! It’s pointless!”
Piiing….
With a deflating sound effect, the archery range that had seemed so real began to crumble and collapse.
As if acknowledging defeat.

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