Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 801

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 271
89. Whatever doesn’t kill you(1)
Of course, Sanghyeon’s broadcast was indeed popular.
His stream was gradually approaching what people called the ‘Live 100K Club’—the threshold before becoming a major corporate streamer.
These are broadcasters who average 100,000 viewers whenever they go live.
At this scale, one could say they’re standing at the starting line to becoming a ‘major corporate streamer.’
Many people already considered Almond to have entered that realm.
But—
‘What? 160,000?’
No matter how I looked at it, a short broadcast I’d casually started on my phone had drawn 160,000 viewers. And this was just a quick stream on my mobile.
‘Is it because of the Korean-Japanese War?’
Anyone could see this was the aftereffect of the Korean-Japanese War.
Since I hadn’t really communicated with my audience after the match ended, enormous interest had accumulated.
‘The reactions feel different too.’
Most of all, the reactions were different.
People who used to treat me casually, calling me Nut Shake and such, were mostly gone.
Now I was being treated like a national hero returning in glory.
Moreover, I occasionally noticed Japanese and English messages in the chat.
Global viewers had arrived.
‘But we don’t even share a language.’
It was strange that foreigners would join a broadcast where I just talk on camera.
Regardless, I greeted them and began the stream.
“Ah, hello everyone. I had some free time, so I turned on the stream to chat for a bit.”
Thank you so much ㅠㅠ
-Tribby collapsed the moment Almond went live
-Your grace is infinite, our lord…
World Class’s communication is insane.
The viewers were exaggerating, but my treatment right now was almost like that of a demigod.
If I were Ril, I imagined I’d skip straight from Minion to Contractor and ascend to divine status immediately.
“Ahem. Almond is definitely not world-class.”
hahahahaha
I’m dying laughing
-???:Sorry to interrupt!
-Hahahaha!
What’s with the third person speech?ㅋㅋㅋ
Pabapam!
[Rubisword donated 100,000 won!]
Almond! It’s been so long ㅠㅠ I’m totally going with my gut!!ㅋㅋㅋ
“Ah, Rubisword. You even watched it in person… Thank you so much.”
After a long time, Rubisword’s donation came through.
She was always the viewer who opened Almond’s broadcast.
I had assumed she was some wealthy, middle-aged man with a protruding belly, but when I met her at the fan meeting, she turned out to be a bright and cheerful lady. My prediction about her having money was at least correct.
-Is Rubisword in Japan too?
-I’m in Japan too lol
-Came to watch Rubisword 1 person
-Rubisword Almond marriage wish day 190
-Wow, what a start lol
Since I hadn’t streamed in a while, the donations were pouring in.
[BigSon donated 1,000,000 won!]
[Enjoyed the Korean-Japanese War!]
-lol
-A true big donor lol
-Wow
-For us, BigSon is Aseng!
Once the floodgates of donations opened, they came pouring in one after another.
If I counted even the small donations, there would be no end to it, and even just looking at the substantial large donations took quite a while.
Ding!
Ding!
[Kaljaru donated 500,000 won!]
[That was really cool at the end!]
[09 Commander Jjorong donated 100,000 won!]
[Commander! Congratulations on the national unification! Salute!]
[Gaji-bokkeun donated 320,000 won!]
I cried watching the Korea-Japan match, boo hoo ㅠㅠ
[Shy Yeopo donated 500,000 won!]
Is Lü Bu coming next? ㅋㅋㅋ I won’t set a mission ㅠ
-Wow lol
-What’s with this donation train lol
-Almond turning on the stream in the morning just to collect donations lol
-The Korean-Japanese War donations are insane
-Jjorong lol
-Gaji-bokkeun’s donation amount? What’s going on? Did they intercept their sibling’s tuition?
Even after turning off donations in the thousands of won, the donations were so overwhelming that I couldn’t have a proper conversation.
“Uh, uh… Thank you. I didn’t turn on the stream for this… I turned it on to communicate…”
My words said one thing, but the corners of my mouth kept rising.
-Look at those corners of the mouth
-No matter what you say with that expression…
-lol that’s hilarious
Then, as the donations gradually subsided, I was finally able to start communicating about something.
“There are no more donations, right?”
-Unknown
Collection expert lol
Nut shake lol
-lol
“Well, I think I need to go practice….”
Is this real? lol
They just collect all the money and leave!? ㅋㅋㅋ
-Abandoning your team!? Abandoning your team!?
Haha, damn it lol
-World class indeed
“I’m joking.”
-Oh my Department Manager! I’m dying laughing~
-Hahahaha!
Haha, phew.
-This guy might actually be serious, I was shocked for a moment
[Rubisword has donated 100,000 won!]
“Almond~ Almond~ Come on, spill the tea about meeting Asung ㅋㅋ”
“Ah. Rubisword, thank you for another 100,000 won donation. The story about meeting Aseng….”
Now that I think about it, it wasn’t long ago that Aseng formed the league and posted a photo taken together.
Moreover, since I’m only now turning on a communication broadcast for the first time, the viewers are probably very curious.
“Actually, I filmed meeting with Aseng’s employees as content.”
A video existed where I had turned the marketing department meeting from Aseng into content.
It just hadn’t been uploaded yet.
-Wow really?
-Huh?
-Fake national team??
“Yes. It might go up on Fake National Team. Or it might not… To put it simply, I just stayed quiet and Juhyeok did most of the talking.”
Walnuts are really amazing.
-External Hodu performance is insane
You don’t even have to say that… you already know, right? lol
-Kyaa
[Marine has donated 10,000 won]
[How far did you make him do hazing? Head dunking?]
“No. Head dunking is a bit… I just did something light….”
-???
-You made him do hazing?
No, haha
“Getting punished lol”
“Did you make them do light punishment drills lol”
-He’s also someone’s father….
“I just had them do it for the broadcast. For the broadcast.”
Sanghyeon’s words were a joke.
Probably.
“I should head out now for breakfast. I need to eat and we have practice matches.”
My brief communication broadcast ended there.
-Hey!
-Wait, 80% of this communication broadcast is just donations lol
Practice is unavoidable, right? ㅠ
-How much money are you eating like this!
-Let’s beat China too!
How much do I need to donate for you to turn it back on? Just tell me the amount!

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The players’ schedules grew increasingly packed, and they threw themselves into practice while halting all external activities.
A tension that hadn’t been visible before now permeated the air.
Especially with the Chinese Players.
Since Korea and China used the same hotel, they frequently ran into each other.
A few Chinese Players who could speak a bit of Korean would strike up conversations, and they exchanged light bows with one another.
When they’d meet at the buffet, they’d hold doors open for each other or serve food in each other’s stead—their relationship had been quite good. Some Korean Players had even gone out drinking with a few of the Chinese Players.
It seemed they hadn’t anticipated that China would end up facing Joseon. So their attitudes must have completely changed after the results were announced.
“Man. It’s brutal. Really brutal.”
Pangeo shakes his head as he transfers scrambled eggs and mackerel onto his plate.
The Chinese Players who had greeted them warmly before were now completely ignoring them.
They looked right through the Joseon team as if they didn’t exist.
A few Korean Players who accidentally sat near the Chinese team had to wonder if they’d become invisible.
Even without sitting nearby, the atmosphere was quite uncomfortable.
Some Korean Players complained of lost appetite because of it.
Sanghyeon, however, stuffed food into his mouth without a care.
“Jus’ eat. Gotta eat if we’re gonna fight.”
(Just eat. You gotta eat to fight.)
It was just like the days when I’d gone to the athlete’s village.
With so much energy expenditure, I ate like a madman.
Even eating this much, I’d be drained after running a few practice matches.
“You really… have the best mental fortitude, huh?”
Pangeo mutters while slurping down an entire bowl of tofu miso soup.
Pangeo himself ate quite well too.
But Danggeun beside him had no appetite, her complexion looking haggard.
Was it because if her brain specialist felt unwell, it would cause problems in-game?
Sanghyeon whispered to Pangeo.
‘What’s up with her.’
‘No. I had gotten close with some Chinese girl. Then suddenly she started ignoring me….’
There was a reason why Danggeun, who rarely got shaken, had ended up like this.
Danggeun and all the Korean Players had already been staying at this hotel for nearly a month.
Because of that, quite a lot of things had happened.
In the midst of it all, it seemed Danggeun had gotten close with one of the Chinese Players here.
“Danggeun. That’s just how they are.”
Sanghyeon said while shoveling Nut Fans into his mouth for dessert.
“How they are?”
“Yeah. From this period on, they think it’s competition time. Something like that. It’s not because they dislike you.”
“How would you know, oppa?”
“Well… the Seniors told me.”
“Ah… the Seniors….”
Danggeun looked skeptical.
“No, my Seniors, I mean the people who went to the Olympics said so?”
“…I got it.”
Was it really a matter of belief or disbelief?
Danggeun could barely bring herself to eat.
Unable to watch any longer, Sanghyeon stood up and headed somewhere.
“Eat this at least.”
He offered her a plate filled mainly with carbohydrates.
“If you eat even a little carbohydrate, you should be fine for practice.”
“…?”
Danggeun stared at him with surprised eyes at the fact that he would go this far for her.
‘You need to eat carbohydrates to get your brain working.’
Sometimes it was better not to know what was going through Sanghyeon’s mind.
“Th… thank you.”
Danggeun smiled softly and took his plate, beginning to eat.
“Geez.”
Pangeo laughed in exasperation.
“Friends and all that~ a good-looking guy is the best~”
In an instant, Danggeun’s eyes sharpened fiercely, and her fork stabbed into Pangeo’s thigh.
“Ugh… a, are you trying to eat protein too!?”
And so time passed, finally arriving at the day before the match.
Players from the Joseon team approach Sanghyeon, who was exercising in the hotel gym for a moment.
“The match predictions came out. Have you seen them?”
“Huh?”
Match predictions were always uploaded to the Civil M site the day before a match.
However, Joseon had never particularly paid attention to that data.
The reason could be understood by listening to Pangeo’s words from next to Sanghyeon, who was doing squats.
“Ughhhh… why even look at that! As long as we don’t get a hundred to zero, that’s good enough!”
They were inevitably underestimated. Low power rankings, an all-amateur team, a narrow player pool….
No matter how objectively compared to any other team, they would fall short.
But this time, there was a reason his teammates held expectations.
“Still, we’ve beaten Japan and made it to the semifinals now. Wouldn’t things be a bit different?”
Having defeated Japan and reached the semifinals, they believed their evaluation might change.
However─
[China 93%]
[Joseon 7%]
The results were cruelly predictable.
The expert opinions published in columns read like this:
[While it’s true that Joseon has clearly surpassed Japan, China’s practice environment is simply superior. First and foremost, they have a scrim partner. Mongolia is a team capable of everything that Joseon can do. Being able to conduct scrims against such a team is an enormous advantage.]
[Joseon’s performance this year has amazed everyone, but China is actually even more dominant. China hasn’t lost a single match in this international tournament.]
[China is on an undefeated streak, and with superior team condition, environment, and everything else, choosing Joseon would be an emotional decision. It’s the underdog trap.]
[Unfortunately, Joseon’s underdog myth ends here.]
[China’s professional player pool is substantial enough to run internal scrims among themselves. Mongolia being a scrim partner is merely the smallest reason I’m predicting a China victory.]
Meanwhile, in his hotel room, Hee-cheol sipped his coffee while reading the column with a bitter smile.
“Undefeated….”
Reading this column made it feel all the more real.
Joseon now had to face in the semifinals a team that hadn’t lost a single match in this international tournament, advancing with a perfect record.
And finally, the day of the match arrived.
[International Tournament Semifinals) Joseon vs China]
The broadcast waiting room was created.
As always, before the match, a video was uploaded to Almond’s channel.
It was the fake national team.
-Finally here
-The real fake national team showed up
-Passion! Passion! Passion!
-Wow
I cannot translate this as it does not represent meaningful Korean text. The characters “ㄷㄱㄷㄱㄷㄱ” are individual consonants without vowels, making them unpronounceable and without semantic meaning in Korean.
-I heard Almond made Aseng’s employees do the duck walk. Does that show up?

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