Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 86

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 86
30. Power Suit Play (3)
When you think about it, it’s a really audacious title.
[Battle Rage EP.6 – Yes. Almond Put On a Power Suit.]
Almond put on a power suit, so what?
It’s the kind of title where such a response wouldn’t be surprising.
But after watching the video, there’s only one thought that comes to mind.
‘Goddess Jia!’
So what if he gets a little bratty after drinking?
So what if the kid lacks some manners?
He’s a goose that lays golden eggs!
“21st place? Even if it’s just a single video, this is really huge?”
Even if only one of the three videos ranked 21st.
This is an incredible achievement.
You can tell by looking at the scale of channels in the same ranking range.
From million-subscriber channels gradually losing momentum to channels with over 300,000 subscribers experiencing explosive growth, they formed the 20th-place line.
Yet Almond’s subscriber count is still only 50,000.
‘Insane.’
It truly means a solid 50,000.
When a channel’s average view count exceeds its subscriber count, that channel is still in a growth phase.
Depending on how much the difference is between views and subscribers, you can tell how rapidly it’s growing.
With only 50,000 subscribers, Almond’s channel is in the midst of ‘explosive growth.’
‘Of course, there are plenty of channels where one or two videos blow up and then die. I need to keep my head on straight.’
As the saying goes, “one-hit wonder”—there are many cases where channels ride a trend, get a few videos to millions or tens of millions of views, and then collapse.
Almond can’t become like that, so I need to stay focused.
‘By the way, we’ve hit 50,000 subscribers… Do we need some kind of event?’
I feel anew just how incredible this growth is.
Even Juhyeok, the manager, didn’t catch the moment the subscriber count hit 50,000—it happened that fast.
In fact, for beginners just starting out on Oltube, even 10,000 or 20,000 would be impressive numbers.
Truly, the talented are different.
Or rather, I should say the talented ones—even the editor is talented.
Talent times talent, talent squared.
Really enviable people with abilities.
“…Haha.”
Suddenly, bitterness washes over me.
Despite being armed with all sorts of impressive credentials, I never had any shining talent or passionate drive to speak of.
Yet society recognized me more because of that.
That wasn’t bad either. But if simply working hard at what society tells you to do is considered talent…
Isn’t that terribly lonely as a person?
What has my life been all this time?
My thirty years…
For some reason, they felt denser than Sang-hyun Yu’s thirty years.
“?”
Ah. Come to think of it, that bastard Sang-hyun Yu was twenty-eight, wasn’t he?
“Damn.”

* * *
Bolt upright.
Sanghyeon sprang from the bed as if launched.
‘Ah…’
Throb.
A headache struck directly down, speaking volumes.
I’d overdone it yesterday.
The unfair part was that I’d drunk so much, yet my sleep had still been restless.
When I wiped my forehead, moisture clung heavily to my sleeve.
The pillow was drenched with sweat.
「You know they’re all chasing after your back alone.」
That voice, which should have grown tiresome by now.
Every time I remember it, my heart pounds.
At least it’s not an auditory hallucination—it only happens in dreams, so that’s a relief.
“Did you sleep long for once? Little brother?”
The door must have been open, as Juhyeok’s shadow drifted in with those words.
He must have sensed my movement.
“…Yeah. I drank a lot last night.”
“Right. You really did drink a lot. Little brother. And you even told me you’re my younger brother.”
That petty bastard.
There really are petty people like that.
The truth was I’d lied about being thirty when I was actually twenty-eight. As if one year younger or three years younger made any difference.
“Yeah. Must be nice being older, Juhyeok.”
Sanghyeon lightly deflected by quoting Jia’s words, then headed to the bathroom to shower.
Juhyeok was shouting something, but the sound of water drowned it out.
He was probably spouting some old-fashioned nonsense anyway.
Whoooosh!
Watching the white spray of water, yesterday’s game came to mind.
‘Power Suit Play… that was fun.’
As the sensation of wearing the power suit returned, my heart raced.
It felt slightly different from when I’d picked up the bow again.
The thrill was naturally far more overwhelming when I’d reclaimed the bow.
But this too was a wonderful sensation.
What kind of feeling was this?
‘…Fun?’
Was I actually enjoying the game itself? Not just the thrill of shooting arrows, but something more.
Was I genuinely finding enjoyment in Capsule games as a whole?
For Sanghyeon, who had lived a life devoted almost entirely to archery with little room for anything else, this was an unfamiliar emotion.
I shook my head as if to shake off water.
‘Whatever it is, feeling this excitement is a good thing.’
Rather than trying to understand what state I was in, I decided to focus on what needed to be done right now.
Shhhhhhhhh….
I closed my eyes again, surrendering my body to the hot stream of water.
‘Diamond rank. I have to get there.’
What mattered to me now was reaching Diamond rank.
It was a promise to my viewers, and the path to meeting Balloon Gum.
It would be the foundation for streaming longer, for playing the game longer.
Then I could feel this sensation even more.
I could hold my bow for even longer.

* * *
After drying off completely, I checked the Community reactions for a moment. It was a habit I always did before streaming.
Whether anything special had happened, what kind of public opinion was forming.
Checking regularly had somehow become part of my life.
‘Huh?’
Then I spotted something unusual.
[Real-time Almond Video Rankings!!! Insane lolololol]
Almond video?
If we’re talking about Ollytube, it shouldn’t have been uploaded yet. Besides, Jia had gone home yesterday after drinking heavily.
Was an old video getting a second wind in the rankings?
How could that be?
I tilted my head in confusion and clicked in.
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19th) Battle Rage EP.6 – Yes. Almond put on a power suit.
Almond’s video is at 19th place! Insane lololol in just one day!
I’m getting all sentimental about this!
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At first, I suspected a fan had manipulated the rankings.
But looking at the comment reactions, it didn’t seem like manipulation.
-For real lolol
-Wow lolol
-Is 19th place that impressive? I don’t really know Ollytube rankings
└For real lol I just watch recommended videos, there’s too much garbage in the rankings to bother
└I don’t know either, but considering Ollytube’s scale, isn’t 19th place pretty impressive? You bastard?
Why are you so mad lol
└Malicious Nut Gang arrested!
-19th place… That’s impressive. Is he really taking off now?
└Haven’t you seen him just crash and burn a couple times like this?
└If he gets caught in some rival dynamic with Jeon-ja-pa, one wrong move and he’s done for. Don’t you know what happened to Yongpal?
└Now that I think about it, did you catch Jeon-ja-pa’s stream yesterday for a second? I was genuinely shocked.
└Yeah. Looks like he turned it on by accident, but at least he’s still alive.
└Isn’t he trying to counter Almond?
That crazy guy lol what kind of almond counter-strategy lol
└Please get a real job! Nut Gang!
-Wow, Oltube’s doing well too. Usually only one of live streaming or Oltube does well. Damn, this guy has it all….
└The editor’s top tier.
Lol, he was just a fan. That’s so funny.
Looking at the slightly jealous comments, it’s certain.
This is genuinely 19th place.
“Wow… 19th place.”
At Sanghyeon’s admiring remark, Juhyeok chimed in.
“Yeah. 19th place. Brother. It was 21st earlier. We’ve climbed again.”
Juhyeok was eating.
“But… what is this video? How did it even come out?”
“Only Jia would know that. She seems to be sleeping right now.”
“No. She’s way younger than me, so why does she get the honorific and I get ‘brother’?”
“Well, she’s not human—she’s a ‘god’.”
Tsk tsk.
Juhyeok Kim shook his head as if to say you don’t understand anything.
“You’ll feel it when you watch the video.”
….
He’s spouting nonsense.
Sanghyeon swallowed that comment for now.
Let me watch the video like Juhyeok said and reconsider.
Since it’s basically a video made while drunk, I’m a bit anxious about it.

* * *
“Jia is a god.”
I came to that conclusion.
“Maybe she’s like a constellation. I’ve received her stigma.”
Juhyeok chuckled at my reaction.
“Didn’t I tell you? Younger brother.”
Even so, he didn’t forget to use the term “younger brother” until the very end.
I pondered for a moment.
Thinking about how to deal with that bastard.
Soon I opened my mouth.
“You know what? Usually older brothers don’t call their younger brothers ‘younger brother,’ it’s the younger brother who calls the older brother ‘older brother.'”
“… Ah, I know. Younger brother.”
“People with lower rank usually face the inconvenience of having to use different language instead of names. So in the end, you calling me ‘older brother’ is no different.”
“… Damn it.”
Juhyeok eventually gave up on becoming the older brother. Quite a quick surrender.
“Right. Why talk about older and younger brothers now! I’m magnanimous enough to tolerate it!”
His mental victory was equally swift.
That’s why he was recognized in society. I learned something from Juhyeok once again.
Juhyeok Kim really is someone with much to teach.
“Let me eat some too.”
I naturally sat down at the table and eyed the dish Juhyeok had prepared.
This guy’s cooking skills are improving steadily. True to his elite nature, there’s almost nothing he can’t do.
Tap.
Juhyeok’s chopsticks blocked my way.
“Heh heh. Why don’t you just eat some Almond flakes instead?”
“… That’s got some bite to it.”
After several chopstick skirmishes, Juhyeok finally admitted there was leftover food in the kitchen pot.
There were no other side dishes, just mapo tofu remaining.
This was quite delicious.
The authentic Chinese flavor mixed appropriately with Korean taste, creating something new while making the rice go down smoothly.
Which channel did he learn this from?
“Ah. By the way, we hit 50,000 subscribers. Shouldn’t we do some kind of event?”
Almond blanked out for a moment.
‘I haven’t thought about it.’
Now that I think about it, I only came up with the event of kicking Juhyeok Kim when we hit a million subscribers.
I hadn’t really thought about anything else.
“Hmm… Well. Nothing comes to mind. You figure something out.”
“Got it.”
Juhyeok answered simply and quickly finished his meal.
Then he began exploring other channels.
Sanghyeon finished eating and washed the dishes.
‘It’s already 3 PM.’
I headed to the Capsule for the broadcast.
It was the fifth day since I decided to go for Diamond.
In two more days, half of the promised period would have passed.
‘Now I’m Platinum 2, wasn’t it….’
Already at Platinum 2 tier before even half the time had elapsed.
It was far faster than what I had planned. But I couldn’t afford to be careless.
If I went on a losing streak, all the time I’d invested would vanish.
Of course, I hadn’t considered such a scenario.
It seemed like a crazy thought.
But I actually wanted to try cutting two weeks down to one.
└Not even two weeks—from what I see, Almond will hit Diamond within a week.
After leaving this comment myself, I entered the Capsule.

* * *
“Lady. Don’t you have anything to say about yesterday’s incident?”
The Department Manager asked.
The wheelchair remained turned away. She seemed to have no intention of answering properly.
“Didn’t the Doctor clearly say? Just a little more──”
“I know. It was a mistake.”
A halfhearted response came back.
Her gaze remained fixed on the TV. As it had been lately, it was Almond’s channel.
[You arrived at Platinum 2 faster than expected, didn’t you?]
At the voice flowing from the screen, the Department Manager’s gaze shifted as well.
“…Are you feeling competitive?”
“I answered. Get out.”
Her voice was cold as frost.
A chill so intense it was barely distinguishable from heat.
Sensing that she was truly angry, the Department Manager bowed and left.
“Then?”
The woman was alone again.
[Maybe I could even reach Diamond within this week? Haha.]
Her eyes, as if no one had ever come and gone, fixed back on the screen.
[Anyway, I’ll do my best today too.]
Unlike the casual tone of someone going for a light jog, I racked up consecutive wins that day.
My MMR rating had already skyrocketed, and my ranking climbed steadily with each victory.
I reached the Platinum 1 promotion match within a single day.
“…Ha.”
A hollow laugh escaped.
The broadcast ended there for the day.
[I’ll continue tomorrow.]
The next day, the stream went live at 3 PM.
As always, she wheeled herself into the room and turned on his broadcast.
The Platinum 1 promotion match was chaos itself. There were countless forces trying to obstruct him.
Yet he broke through regardless.
The strategy remained the same.
Raiding the Armory from the start. Brutally simple to the point of being astounding….
A beautiful strategy.
Yes. There was even beauty in that straight-line breakthrough.
I felt something sublime—winning through pure skill alone.
After advancing to Platinum 1, Almond played several more matches and raised his rating considerably.
Then the next day arrived.
[Finally, it’s the first week.]
Seven days since declaring he would reach Diamond.
Crunch….
She bit at her long-grown nails.
An old habit surfacing without her realizing it.
[I’ll give it my all today.]
She felt anxious.
Almond seemed to be in exceptionally good condition today.

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