Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 745

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 215
71. The Fake Journey (2)
With the fake national team content handling everything related to the national tournament, Editor Jia, who had been without work recently, found herself with little to do.
Yet she watched every match of the national tournament.
[Aaahhh! Almond! Almond is doing it now! Charging with two elephants simultaneously!]
Especially the final match against Persia—she watched it with her palms sweating.
‘Is he pushing himself too hard?’
Having observed Almond up close personally, she felt concern rather than admiration at his performance.
‘He was already struggling after just two matches.’
Due to his condition, Almond would strain himself if he played for extended periods outside his dedicated capsule.
Yet he displayed incredible focus throughout all three matches.
And Joseon advanced to the quarterfinals.
“…Wow.”
Watching countless people leap from their capsules and embrace each other, Jia’s mouth fell open slightly.
“Is this really the same Almond who had five viewers when I first saw him….”
Jia chuckled softly, remembering when she first saw him.
He who once played solo games alone now led two hundred colleagues and placed Joseon’s name on the quarterfinals roster.
‘And Juhyeok finally started his business too.’
He’d sung about starting a business, about making money. Now Juhyeok had taken his first step toward his goal.
“….”
She gazed at the mirror placed beside her.
Disheveled hair. Hollow eyes.
Having no work wasn’t purely a blessing after all.
No, truthfully it was painful.
The fact that I couldn’t be useful somewhere within this social community.
It didn’t feel particularly happy.
She picked up the employee ID card resting at the corner of her desk.
She thought she’d throw it away immediately. But she hadn’t—perhaps because her photo was embedded in it.
Looking at it, a thought came to her unbidden.
‘Should I go?’

* * *
Department Manager Jang made space and asked.
“J-Jia. What brings you here? Ah, please have a seat first. Yes.”
“Oh, yes. Thank you.”
Jia settled onto the sofa and took a moment to observe the interior of the office.
It was smaller than she’d expected.
Though he’d mentioned it was a newly established office, the sofa appeared to be secondhand with visible cracks in the leather, and plants were growing haphazardly in various corners.
The dull green floor looked as though it were perpetually damp like a swamp, though in reality it wasn’t.
The furniture arrangement was peculiar—employees worked in a circle around the sofa from wherever they pleased.
The workspace and rest area blended together without clear division, and one employee had a snack table right beside them, casually grabbing bites one after another.
Despite being a contract worker, Jia—who had worked at a mid-sized company—was experiencing this kind of work environment for the first time.
Yet it didn’t feel unfamiliar; there was something warm about it.
‘It looks nice.’
Sip.
She sipped the warm tea he’d offered and looked at Department Manager Jang.
Exhaustion clung to him like dry kindling, yet a faint spark seemed to flicker between the cracks.
“Jia. I’ve heard quite a bit about you. What brings you here? Did you just come to visit? Haha….”
Department Manager Jang couldn’t contain his curiosity and spoke first.
It was evident in his eyes.
That he was expecting something.
“….”
Jia couldn’t meet his gaze and looked down for a moment.
A large mug with a tacky design.
Hot tea water inside it.
Her reflection shimmering on its surface.
Her features barely visible through the curtain of hair falling long and straight.
Could she really do this?
After asking herself that question once more, Jia opened her mouth.
“Could I… work with you?”
“!”
Department Manager Jang was startled.
Though it was what he wanted to hear, he hadn’t expected these words to come out so directly.
Before he could react, responses came from elsewhere first.
“Of course!”
“Come right now! Starting today!”
Crash.
Several employees knocked over their chairs and rushed toward her to convince her.
“This place is really great. We’d be so happy if you were here with us!”
“This is true paradise. Paradise can only be reached after death, so…. Ugh!”
Department Manager Jang jabbed the side of the employee who was spouting nonsense.
I offered Jia another smile.
“You manage the Almond channel, don’t you?”
Jia nodded in agreement.
“That’s right…yes.”
“Since you’ve been managing the channel from the beginning, your pay must be quite substantial. Unfortunately, I can’t offer you that here.”
At those words, Jia hastily waved her hands.
“Oh, no. It’s not about that. I came because I thought there might be things I could help with while I’m still working at the Almond channel….”
“Ah!”
Department Manager Jang’s face brightened.
So she wanted to help?
“I can learn a lot too… and the fake national team trend is helping the Almond channel… but I’m just sitting around doing nothing. That’s been bothering me….”
While the fake national team content continued, she had no work.
She was making shorts from national match community reactions and uploading them, but that alone didn’t feel satisfying enough.
“I see. Hmm.”
Department Manager Jang sipped his tea, pretending to be composed for a moment.
Numerous employees behind him were glaring at him.
Department Manager Jang stroked his beard once, then shouted.
“Congratulations!”
Thud.
He struck his desk and pointed at someone.
“You. Go to the notebook section.”
“…Yes?”
“We need to train the new hire. Right? Just go to the notebook section for today. I’ll prepare a desk by tomorrow.”
All the employees gave him looks telling him to get out of here quickly.
“Y-yes… understood!”
He also willingly retreated, since he needed to catch this sucker who was about to commit to working here.
“Your mentor will be Jeongwoo.”
“Yes!”
“You’re in charge.”
“Understood!”
Department Manager Jang smiled warmly at Jia again and kindly guided her to her seat.
“Please follow me.”
“Ah… yes.”
Haha….
Jia had come here to overcome her memories of corporate life.
‘Is this actually okay?’
She had a feeling she’d be leaving with a completely different memory instead.
Still, she clenched her small fists tightly.
‘I can do this.’
Juhyeok had created a company to sell merchandise, and Almond was giving his all in this national match.
I couldn’t just fall behind and do nothing.
Being welcomed was already more than enough.
Watching the Employees fuss over the new hire, a smile unconsciously tugged at her lips.
I couldn’t even remember the last time I’d received such a warm reception in a corporate setting.
Of course, Department Manager Jang’s expression—barely suppressing a broad grin behind me—was slightly unsettling.
“Hey, you know that project we passed on before because we were short-staffed? Yeah, that one! Let’s do it now!”
“Huh? No… but then hiring one person doesn’t make sense.”
“Why not! Now we can actually do it!”
“…Wow.”
I could do this well.
Jia reassured herself with those words.

* * *
Sanghyeon shot up from his seat and voiced his idea.
“Korea…”
“What?”
Pangeo didn’t understand what he meant.
“All the office workers on our team went back to Korea, right?”
At those words, Pangeo’s mind went blank.
“Oh!”
After playing the Viking and Persia matches over the weekend, those with jobs had to return to work.
They wouldn’t be back until Friday of this week.
Which meant Joseon wasn’t at full strength with 200 members right now.
“Oh… right, now that I think about it.”
Pangeo had overslept today and didn’t realize it, but with even those who’d taken days off through Monday leaving today, the hotel rooms were nearly empty.
The Joseon team had a particularly high proportion of office workers.
It was so bad that overseas communities were even speculating that Joseon had been eliminated due to disciplinary action.
“So our numbers aren’t that many. We don’t need to book capsule rooms in bulk.”
“Oh… right?”
Pangeo had been following the manual, which stated he should rent nearby capsule rooms from the list.
But if he could go beyond that to other areas and book capsule rooms there…?
‘We just hide who we are and rent. Around here, they know we’re Civil M’s national team. How would they know in other areas? We don’t even have all 200 members anyway.’
It seemed he could avoid situations where they refused to rent to the Korean national team.
“Hey! You! Your brain’s working fast!? So you’re not just a meathead who plays games!? Huh? Ahahaha! That makes sense! Otherwise, a pure athlete couldn’t last that long in the professional scene!”
Pangeo ruffled his hair excitedly.
“We’ve already made an impression here anyway. I think we just need to go to a different area. Just get out of Osaka!”
“Right. Where should we go?”
Sanghyeon asked with a satisfied smile, pleased that his idea had worked.
“I don’t know. We’ll figure it out. Kyoto?”
That was when it happened.
A voice full of confidence flowed from behind the sofa.
“Ah. If that’s the case, why don’t we go all the way to Kobe? We can enjoy the scenery and have a nice beef dinner while we’re at it.”
“!?”
Sanghyeon spun around in surprise at the familiar voice.
“Juhyeok Kim!”
It was Juhyeok.
“You really got summoned, didn’t you?”
Sanghyeon jumped to his feet with a delighted expression.
“Summoned? What do you mean…”
“I’m serious. I just called you a moment ago.”
“Surprisingly, I actually heard you shouting. The moment I entered the lobby, someone called out ‘Juhyeok Kim!’ in Korean, and at first I thought I’d misheard.”
“But what are you doing here?”
Juhyeok explained the whole situation.
Sanghyeon nodded in understanding.
“Oh. That works out well.”
“So? Kobe it is?”
Juhyeok grinned and slung his document bag over his shoulder.
“That… is Kobe really better? Isn’t Kobe farther than Kyoto…?”
Pangeo asked, looking at Juhyeok.
He didn’t quite understand why Kobe specifically.
“Yes. From the main tournament onwards, each team has a chartered bus. It’ll be convenient to take that, and we already have a beef dinner reservation scheduled to celebrate making the quarterfinals.”
“B-beef…!?”
That was something he had no idea about.
“Yes, that’s right. It was decided not long ago. After advancing to the quarterfinals and with the sponsors and everything, we’ve broken even overall. That’s what made this possible.”
“Wow.”
Pangeo threw his arms up excitedly.
A beef dinner—even with those terrible superiors, it was the one thing he never missed. A beef dinner was sacred.
Pangeo suddenly thought of the members who had returned to Korea temporarily.
“Then what about the ones who went to Korea…?”
“Ah. Yes. Unfortunately, they won’t be able to attend this dinner. However, after everything is finished, we’ll have another full team dinner, so they can participate then.”
“Ah, I see.”
Pangeo’s mouth stretched into a wide grin.
Beef floated before his eyes. Kobe beef was quite famous, after all.
“Then it’s decided!”
Pangeo raised his hand in agreement.
“Yes. Then we’ll go with Kobe. I’ll inform the organizers and reserve the buses for tomorrow. The capsule hotels will probably be empty since it’s a weekday tomorrow. When I say I want to make a reservation, they’ll be thrilled. For now, rest easy and get plenty of sleep.”
“Ah, yes. Thank you. But please don’t let it slip that we’re a national team…”
“Ah, yes. I heard about that too. With 64 people remaining total, I’ll split you into groups of 20 to 30 and book it under a tour company name as a Korean group tour.”
“Wow!”
Pangeo let out an audible exclamation of admiration.
Simply having someone take over my work was refreshingly satisfying.
“Oh my. Manager, thank you so much. This guy’s going to be huge! A big catch! Hahahaha!”
While Pangeo laughed loudly enough to be disruptive in the lobby, Sanghyeon quietly extended his fist toward Juhyeok.
“Thanks for coming.”
“I didn’t come to see you. I came to make money, man.”
Tap.
Their fists met.
“Anyway.”
Hehe.
Sanghyeon smiled with a bright expression.
Seeing my partner’s face after so long was genuinely welcome.

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