Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 802

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 272
89. Whatever doesn’t kill you(2)
[China 93%]
[Joseon 7%]
An overwhelmingly one-sided prediction of victory.
Naturally, the Civil Empire community on M-bul couldn’t stay silent about such public opinion.
[Victory predictions posted in this column]
-What’s with this 93% prediction lol did they take a bribe?
└That’s insane
-China’s really that strong??
-Yep~ Stop complaining and pre-order 200 copies of Human Mysteries~
-???: These bastards seem to have forgotten who I am
The viewers couldn’t accept that China had reached a whopping 93%.
In truth, anyone would struggle to accept such numbers.
Unfortunately for Joseon, this wasn’t their first time.
-Fact) The prediction for the Japan match was the same nonsense lol nobody just paid attention…
└Oh…lol
└For real?lol
└I checked and Japan was at 92%lol
As the tournament progressed, there were virtually no experts predicting Joseon would win.
The gap in player pool was simply too large.
The opinion of the single expert who predicted Joseon’s victory became all the more intriguing.
[The one expert who backed Joseon’s hand]
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I believe Joseon has a chance at victory. This is because both of Joseon’s commanders can drive toward victory.
Moreover, these two lead the game with different styles. Yet despite this, Joseon’s soldiers synchronize with each different style every time.
This is a more troublesome condition for China than expected. It’s like playing poker where one side has one extra card in hand.
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-So having two commanders is basically their only advantage?
-Hmm, I guess so
-Oh…
-Persia and Japan’s Choi Sun-sin was such a legend that Cookie got overshadowed a bit. But he was the main force that got us to the finals
└For real
Honestly, Cookie was basically the national team’s father from the start, damn it ㅠ
Overall, there was an atmosphere of accepting the deficit against China to some degree, yet refusing to lose hope.
However, Rilpro was different.
-Wait, China had an undefeated streak???
-What, undefeated?
-They haven’t lost once in this international tournament?? I’m just finding out now
-That’s crazy
-No… I mean, they’re just overwhelmingly dominant. They’ve won with just a few shots every time they’ve advanced.
└Hahaha
The truth was, these viewers had been so ignorant about Civil M that they were only now truly grasping the gap.
They hadn’t known how strong China was.
Especially this year’s China was a team with zero losses—not even a single set defeat.
-Can we even win?
└If we can take even one match, we should applaud
That’s scary as hell.
-Wait, internal scrims are possible? Does that mean there are 400 players????
“Huh? Lol lol lol”
-They’re just on another level
Rilpro was panicking.
In fact, Rilpro’s reaction was largely representative of the general public’s understanding of Civil M.
“Wait, is China really this overwhelmingly strong?”
“Hmm… then will it be hard to win today? I’m only just starting to watch Civil M now.”
“Can’t we do it like the Korean-Japanese War?”
They’d only heard that China was roughly strong, but they hadn’t known it was this overwhelming. And since Joseon had fought so brilliantly in the Japanese match, they’d had high hopes.
But facing the reality now, it felt hopeless.
[Why China is undefeated.jpg]
Of course, amid all this, there were players trying to explain why China was undefeated and calm everyone down by saying they weren’t that strong.
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Their matchup luck was insanely good.
(Image)
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The argument was that they’d had favorable matchups.
The image contained data explaining China’s bracket.
-Oh… I see what you mean?
-But doesn’t it all work out because China played well?
└No, the Chinese players also admit they had good bracket luck
└Really?
-The civilizations Joseon faced were stronger than these ones?
└That’s true
Not all of them, but there were quite a few cases where the power ranking was lower than the civilizations Joseon had defeated on their way up.
Korea had a tough group from the qualifiers lol
Spain Franco Rome lol
lol lol lol lol
But honestly, doesn’t it seem like Joseon would be included in that good matchup luck too?ㅋ
Oh no… hahahaha
Hahahahaha
└Damn
└China’s matchup luck continues to be great~ ^^
└I think since China’s ranking is so high, they’d get a good matchup no matter who they face
But the reality was different.
China’s ranking was so high that their matchup luck merely appeared favorable.
Meanwhile, Joseon’s low ranking made every opponent seem like a group of death, and
Joseon was the most appetizing prey among all of China’s seemingly favorable matchups.
As increasingly desperate information continued to surface,
[Alright! Fake National Team is up!]
The Fake National Team was uploaded to Almond’s channel.
[Fake National Team ep.9 Believe in us]
[Now premiering for the first time!]

* * *
The moment Fake National Team was uploaded.
All of Department Manager Jang’s editing team gathered together, their eyes fixed eagerly on the viewer count graph.
Until now, Department Manager Jang’s team hadn’t been particularly obsessed with viewer numbers.
But this time, even they couldn’t help but have different expectations.
“I heard Almond broke through a million subscribers?”
“And apparently Civil M’s Korean-Japanese War had the highest live viewership among recent domestic channels?”
“Isn’t Fake National Team going to break records too?!”
After the Korean-Japanese War, interest in international competitions had become nationwide.
They couldn’t help but expect that people would flood into Fake National Team as well.
Then, bang—
Department Manager Jang entered with a scraggly beard and a hastily placed hat, beginning to swat at things with a rolled-up sheet of paper.
“Hey. Hey. What are you all doing! Huh?! Get away from there!”
“Oh, no, we were just trying to look at the viewer graph!”
“Why would you look at that! Huh? We’re artists, man. Did you forget?”
“What kind of artists work at a broadcasting station….”
“You bastard! Man, look at Jia over there. She’s just sitting around. A true pro doesn’t worry about that stuff. Man.”
Suddenly called out, Jia wore an awkward smile with a sheepish expression.
Well, her monitor was displaying the live viewer trend graph for Almond’s channel.
Since she had access to the channel from the start, there was no need for her to crowd around with the others and stick her head in.
“Ahem. So—”
Department Manager Jang casually dragged over a chair and sat down, asking.
“How many is it? Huh?”
“…?”
“Ah. How many is it!”

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The video began in a studio with a white background.
For viewers, it was a familiar sight they’d seen countless times before.
It was the same space where players would sit for interviews.
But this time, something felt different.
Where there usually stood only a single chair, a desk had been placed as well.
And—
Crackle.
After static filled the screen, someone appeared.
He was sprawled in the chair with his feet propped up on the desk, leaning all the way back.
It was Almond.
-???
-What is this lmaooo
-Seriously lol
-Is he world-class now or something lolol
-What a ridiculous pose lol
-Those legs are insane
-Huh? lol
The viewers watching the premiere couldn’t hide their bewilderment.
After all, here was Almond with his chin thrust toward the sky, feet planted on the desk, sprawled out in an almost horizontal position.
It was a concept they’d never seen before.
Almond seemed to find it amusing himself, barely managing to keep his lips pressed together.
A caption appeared above him.
[What are you doing right now?]
It was exactly what the viewers wanted to ask.
The answer came quickly.
“I’m waiting because a sponsor is supposed to arrive.”
-A sponsor???? Like a sergeant waiting for a private lolol
-Such a wise posture for waiting for a sponsor lol
-What even lol
Waiting for a sponsor in such a posture.
The viewers were dumbfounded.
[Where’s the sponsor?]
As if Almond had been waiting for this, he reclined even further back.
He raised his index finger and whispered.
“Ah. Aseng.”
-What lololol
-Is it Choi Sun-sin? lol
-Wow
-This is what world-class looks like~
-Hahaha
-The passing necklace given to him
-Lolol
-Haha
-What kind of concept is this lol
[You’re the ones providing the funds, so wouldn’t it be better to be a bit more humble? It could become controversial.]
Almond’s posture leaned back even further.
It seemed he was planning to recline further with each question.
“Ugh… hmm.”
-This looks even harder.
-Isn’t this torture lol
-Is it just me or is the desk a bit high? lol
-He’s gonna do a handstand at this rate lol
-He’s struggling too much to answer lol
“This is a humble posture. It means I’ll always look up from a low position~”
-Lol
-It looks as hard as dogeza so I’ll acknowledge the humility
-When Aseng employees come, he’ll show them what’s up
[What will you do when the Aseng employees arrive?]
“We’ll negotiate how to proceed with the sponsorship. The negotiation will be handled by….”
Thud.
Juhyeok suddenly appeared beside him.
“Our management CEO will handle it.”
-Then why are you even there lol
-Move your legs, can’t see lol
-Hodu appears D:
Juhyeok, who had briefly appeared, soon vanished again.
And then another question came up.
[What do you do, Almond?]
“I’ll be discussing what kind of content we’ll do with the Aseng employees.”
Surprisingly, Almond had something to do as well.
[Do you have any ideas?]
“We did a viewer vote. It was decided that I’d be a military drill sergeant, and the employees would be trainees in that kind of content.”
-??
-You said you’d discuss it lol
-When exactly lol
-Viewer vote lol
-???: (suddenly loosening his watch) I forgot my nature…
-Huh? lol
-Blood revenge lol
[What kind of training are you planning to do?]
“I held a viewer vote. We compromised on duck-walking.”
-Viewer vote stopped~
hahahahahaha
Nah lol when and where did I do that lol
-Almond held it inside his head so you all couldn’t participate~ Stop asking~
Lol voting for the pottery/ceramics category
If waddling is the compromise, what was the original?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[We’ve arrived~]
“!?”
At the sudden announcement of arrival, Almond hastily tried to straighten up, but his chair tipped backward.
Thud.
As he fell, the screen went black.
Hahaha, that’s hilarious!
Nope lol, wasn’t it supposed to go like this?
-“The body remembers Aseng”
-Well, the body doesn’t lie~
-Character collapse
The title appears.
[Fake Athlete]
[Fake Athlete]
Something different from usual was added here.
[Sponsored by]
Monster
Aseng Electronics
Divers
Chocolate Friends
Sunyang Motors
.
.
.
Numerous sponsors were listed.
All of them were company names I’d heard of at least once.
Including the smaller sponsors, there were nearly twenty sponsor names attached.
tsk tsk tsk
Gasp hahahaha
and went crazy lol
That’s worth lifting your legs for ㅋㅋㅋ
-Still showing old loyalty by putting Aseng second
The monster on the left moved quickly and got first pick, otherwise it would’ve been totally pushed back lol
-Chocolate Friends lol, no wonder Almond has some weird character drawn on his shirt.
-“Trust us”—are those companies really “us”?
-Whoa, is this really that pathetic fake national team we knew? My heart swells with pride…
-With that lineup, you have no choice but to trust us lol

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