Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 750

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 220
72. A Motley Crew (2)
-She refused before?
-What?
Now you’re winning?? lol
-Wasn’t she just a candidate before, not the actual Commander?
-Trying to push out the face of the show?
When viewers heard that she had been refusing to appear in the broadcast, they grew curious.
Why had she done that?
-No wonder she wasn’t showing up
Even when I was a best dresser, I barely appeared – I was the main character.
-But this time she had no choice but to appear, right? She’s practically the star of the quarterfinals
-Anyway she’s probably appearing for the MVP interview?
While she hesitated to answer, countless speculations swirled about, but
“That is….”
Her answer never reached its conclusion as the screen suddenly cut away.
Bzzzzt.
-????
-Hey, PD!
No, seriously.
-This cunning… it feels familiar somehow
Is it just me, or does it feel like they added some editing from the existing nut oil tube-style quick application version? lol
The screen remained black for a moment.
As the darkness gradually lifted, the video slowly began anew.
People assumed they would now see gameplay footage or hear from the think tank.
-??
-Huh?
-What
What appeared on the brightened screen was an office space decorated in crisp, cold white tones.
Inside were people wearing identical clothing, differing only in tie color.
They all sat at their respective desks, working diligently.
The camera’s focus was on everyone simultaneously, making it unclear where to look.
With no background music, only the rustling of papers and occasional phone conversations mixed through.
-?
-What is this?
-Uh
-A company??
-Is this an error?
-The editing room?
A landscape completely different from what they’d seen before.
The viewers thought it was a broadcast error that had accidentally shown the editing room.
Of course, it wasn’t.
This was where the false national team had actually filmed.
It was the working landscape of a company.
Several people were simply working as they normally did.
Ding.
Then, beyond the partition, a man appeared.
A thin white line protruded from his head.
That line soon became a rectangular speech bubble, and information filled it.
==== ====
Name: Jinseong Kim
Age: 31
Occupation: Marketing Team Manager
Special Notes: Currently participating in the National Championship
Nickname: SeoulJagaKimManager
==== ====
That was it.
He was a member currently participating in the National Championship.
-Oh
-So this is where the player works
-There was someone like that?
-Who is he?
-I thought he was just an office worker lol
-What’s his ID lol
Employee Jinseong Kim.
He stood up from his desk.
The speech bubble remained planted above his head as he approached the camera.
Unaware of the camera’s presence, he gathered the documents beside him and headed toward his superior’s desk.
“Um, Manager…”
His words faded away muffled, as if heard from a distance.
Then the scene changed.
Bzzt.
This time, it was a large supermarket.
A weekday morning, lunchtime.
Countless housewives pushed carts back and forth, while promotional staff offered samples.
Some carried massive boxes and stocked items onto shelves.
Ding.
Then, a white line appeared above one person.
==== ====
Name: Dong-hyeon Lee
Age: 29
Occupation: Mart Logistics Manager
Special Notes: Currently participating in the National Championship
Nickname: Porter
==== ====
This was also someone the viewers were seeing for the first time.
After that, scenes changed increasingly rapidly, one after another. Numerous professions appeared.
App developers, chicken restaurant owners, academy instructors, and gym owners….
==== ====
Name: Ji-hun Park
Age: 35
Occupation: Gym Owner
Special Notes: Currently participating in the National Championship
Nickname: Protein
==== ====
All of them were members of the National Championship team.
“Huff… Gasp… Just one more!”
The last to appear was gym owner Ji-hun Park.
He was shouting as he lifted a weight beyond his limit.
“Krraaaaaah!”
-Outside the capsule, this guy would probably win everything lol
Those people are really adding fuel to the fire.
-Wait, I think I saw this guy in the Inspection Unit
While the camera certainly captured his enormous muscles and strength, what it ultimately focused on was the Monster energy drink visible beside him.
-Is this an ad too lol
-What’s with all the ads lol
-Krraaaa~
Hahaha~
-Ah, so that “Krraaaa” I heard wasn’t an illusion lol
“Krrrraaaaaaah!”
After successfully lifting the weight.
He immediately hurled the barbell to the ground, and it rolled toward the camera with a heavy sound.
Thud!
In that instant, the screen switched.
It was the game screen.
Protein, who had just thrown the barbell.
“Kyaaaaaaah!”
He was screaming as he fell.
Whoooooosh─
He was plummeting from the castle wall that the Elephant had destroyed.
That wasn’t all.
Dong-hyeon Lee from logistics, Manager Kim from the marketing team, a hagwon instructor, a developer….
They were all being eliminated.
-They were all from the Inspection Unit
-They were all from the same unit??
-Gasp
Total annihilation lol
-They were all dead people
Six Sense is crazy
They had all been part of the Inspection Unit.
And this moment right now was the critical turning point that led to the loss in Game 2.
Zzzt.
An interview studio with a white background.
A muscular man sat there.
It was Protein, the gym owner.
[What were you thinking when the city wall collapsed and you fell?]
He was answering the question floating above his head.
“Well… ah. I knew we were screwed.”
You got played, haha.
-Yeah that’s right
-The game ended there
-Even thinking about the elephant now, it’s a broken unit
[Did you think there was a problem with the order?]
“If I said I didn’t blame the order at that time, I’d be lying. I thought it was an overly reckless command… The delay wasn’t that significant, but the order itself carried too much risk from the start.”
The 1-2 second delay that occurred while executing Daisunsin Choi’s order.
No matter how precious 1-2 seconds are in a game, when the results diverge this drastically because of that difference, the soldiers had no choice but to blame their commander.
“Besides, Cookie usually leaves field judgment calls to us. Cookie focuses more on setting up the board.”
Ting!
The screen changed with a clear sound, and another member appeared.
It was ‘Seoul-Self-Kim-Department-Manager’ who worked in the marketing team.
His teammates shortened it and called him Seojakim.
“He suddenly told me to jump down below the city wall, and I didn’t really understand….”
He was also answering a similar question.
And the question changed.
[Your nickname is quite unique… weren’t you a Manager?]
Seojakim felt embarrassed but answered.
“Ah, yes, I am a Manager. My nickname is my life’s goal.”
How is a person’s name like that lol
-It’s the dream of office workers though
Seoul self-made kimchi department head lol
And so the question changed.
[Then shouldn’t we be doing this….]
At this, Jinseong Kim was flustered.
“Huh?”
-Pupils dilating lol
-Just realized it now? lol
I can’t translate this as it’s not a line of text in any language—it’s an emoticon/emoji-like expression in Korean characters that represents a face with wide eyes (surprised or shocked expression). There’s no English equivalent translation for it.
-Bastard Kim in English lol whoosh~
-Cookie was bad, why didn’t you tell him this? lol
“Ah, that’s… I didn’t originally plan to go this far. It just kind of… haha. This is going out live on broadcast─”
Click.
The screen switched again.
This time it was a familiar face.
Maratang, the leader of the Inspection Unit, Ian-yong.
“Hmm. The second match was chaos itself.”
He stroked his beard for a moment before elaborating.
“You know, there’s such a thing as real combat instinct? The commander had just changed.”
He pondered what to say before continuing.
“It’s like using someone else’s arm. All those subtle synchronizations at the scene don’t match up. Honestly, I thought we’d lose the third match too.”
Then the question floating above his head changed.
[But we saw a change in the third match.]
“Yes. My mindset changed quite a bit. It was about executing orders unconditionally.”
Maratang answered while recalling a certain scene.
“I saw it in the second match.”
At this moment, the screen changed and only his voice continued.
It was that scene of Almond riding on the elephant.
“Almond took care of an entire elephant all by himself.”
Swoooosh…!
He rides down on his shield, scraping the entire head of the elephant.
-Wow
-It was brutal
-Even watching again it’s crazy
“Seeing that… I realized it right away. This wasn’t Almond’s decision.”
-lololol
-That confident expression lol
-Haha lol
“This was an order from the commander. The commander wanted this… We were lacking and couldn’t execute it….”
Crackle crackle.
The screen switched.
[Joseon vs Persia]
[Game 3]
The third game of the comeback.
Whoooooosh!
The Persia Elephants charged forward to reclaim their main base’s walls.
-Is this déjà vu?
-Same situation, just different location
-Oh…
That’s scary / That’s creepy
The exact same situation they’d faced in Game 2’s crushing defeat.
The elephants charged, kicking up clouds of dust, the screen moved slowly, and Maratang’s voice echoed out
[I felt it too. It was exactly like Game 2. As if it had been deliberately designed that way.]
After that, the voices of the other members also came through.
[We were on edge. Here came that situation again.]
[Ah. What now? What do we do?]
[That’s when Maratang hyung shouted first.]
Maratang’s Waldo suddenly shot up into the sky.
“Haaaaaaaaaang!!!”
He leaped first, soaring toward the wall.
There was no hesitation whatsoever.
[Then the command came down.]
[It was completely different from Game 2.]
[…Yes. Our bodies responded immediately. Once Maratang hyung went first and the command fell, we just moved.]
“Waaaaaaaa!”
Countless Inspection Unit members charged forward after him.
Intense guitar music played as the background score kicked in.
“Haaaaaaang!”
Thud—
Soldiers kicked off the edge of the wall and launched into the air.
Countless soldiers separated from the wall.
Onto the elephants’ backs.
[My heart clenched tight….]
[Ah. That’s when I realized. This was it.]
[If others knock you down, it’s a fall. But if I jump, it’s a glide.]
Thump!
Countless soldiers landed on the elephants, sweeping away the enemies.
“Waaaaaaaa…!”
The audience’s tremendous cheers thundered through the arena.
-Wow
and ㅠㅠㅠ (crying)
-Insane every time I watch it
-Yeah
At that moment, the camera zoomed in on the Commander’s cam.
Her expression hadn’t changed dramatically, but there was unmistakably a flash of surprise in her eyes.
And Joseon claims victory.
[Victory]
All the players burst out of their capsules, and Almond threw his arms wide open, rushing forward to embrace them.
“Yaaaaaaaaaaa!”
“Joseon! Joseon advances to the quarterfinals…!”
An enormous roar erupted from one section of the audience, shaking the entire arena.
“We’re going alllll the way!!!”
The commentators, the analysts, everyone without exception leaped to their feet, howling with joy.
All the players linked arms, pressing their heads together.
“Joseon! Joseon!”
The players chanted in response to Bread’s lead.
“Fighting!”
“Monster! Monster!”
“Raaaahhhhh!”
Hahahaha
Haha, that’s hilarious!
-Never gets old
Awkwardly wedged among them was the rookie commander, Daisunsin Choi.
Her face was zoomed in on.
She was smiling.
More brightly than ever before, joyfully, like a child.
[The moment that changed my heart… it was…]
As her voice flowed out, the screen shifted.
A pristine white castle and snow-laden trees.
Several bicycles passing beneath it.
All of them teammates from the national team.
Almond rides past on a bicycle, and her face in the back seat is zoomed in on. And her surprisingly simple reason flows out in her voice.
[I just wanted to get closer to everyone.]
In the slowly flowing footage, her lips curved in a smile, her eyes full of beautiful scenery.
[Since we play the game together, I wanted to film together too, and talk more with them.]
Beside her, the faces of Pangeo, Spam, Ratte, Danggeun and others pass by one by one on bicycles.
They’re all laughing excitedly, as if wondering what they’re talking about.
Mouths wide open, laughing so hard tears are streaming down their faces.
[A ragtag bunch? Yeah, that’s true. But…]
With these words, the faces of the many Inspection Unit members who had been interviewed earlier flash past rapidly.
[We’re a team.]
Boom!
The screen fades to black.
Then, the title appears.
[Fake National Team]
[Fake Athlete]
-Awesome
Oh no, the team is losing ㅜㅜ
Ugh, this is so frustrating…
General, please… (or: General… *cries*)
-Comrades are friends! Blah blah blah…
Wow, that’s amazing!
.
.
.
The viewers, moved by emotion, continued typing in the chat even after the video ended.
However, the video hadn’t finished.
Only the emotional moment had ended.
[Cookie Scene]
Crackle.
An interview scene of a man suddenly plays.
-???
-Huh?
-Cookie scene??
Is this a cookie interview? lol
-Oh what’s this
-A bonus for the long break?
-Ah… that guy is….
Low quality, distorted voice, eyes obscured by black bars.
“No. That’s not what I meant!?”
He lamented in a distorted voice, sounding wronged.
“I didn’t say Japanese people are short….”
It seemed a behind-the-scenes explanation for ‘that remark’ was about to be revealed.
Stop making excuses lol
“Nuts shake, doing this on purpose lol”
Ah, give me back my emotions lol
lol
-???: W, wait…?

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