Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 900

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 4 Episode 031
11. Math Ghost vs Almond (1)
“How high is this thing going?!”
Manager Kim couldn’t take it anymore and bolted from his seat, shouting.
As the Aghwi rose higher, the red flush creeping up Manager Kim’s face climbed right along with it.
That crimson line had nearly reached the top of his head by now. He looked like a pot boiling over at full intensity.
And for good reason. The final moments of the yokai he’d placed such faith in had ended like this.
“Dying to a bug like this?!”
“….”
Manager Kim beside him wore a dazed expression.
In that daze, only one word surfaced in his mind.
‘Glitch.’
An act that speedrunners employed, existing in that gray area between bugs and superhuman plays.
It was the act of exploiting game gaps to instantly skip stages or neutralize bosses.
Usually, such glitches were discovered only after the game launched and countless attempts were made over time.
But this damned Balloon Gum and Almond duo found one on launch day, and another the next day.
I could say with certainty.
This glitch they’d found this time was far more catastrophic than the Jibakryeong one.
‘Can the game even progress from this?’
When the Jibakryeong died, I hadn’t worried like this. After all, the corpse remained in place, and it was somewhat ambiguous to call it a glitch—it had been a kind of Almond superplay.
But this time was different.
The graphics had shattered, and the Aghwi had been launched skyward. After a certain point, it wasn’t lifted by a talisman anymore but shot into the cosmos above by a game error. And in front of all these viewers too!
Pabababam!
[Mussuk has donated 100,000 won!]
[Can we go to Mars?!]
Ding.
Donations poured in, mocking the Aghwi being launched so high.
[Shiba Dog has donated 50,000 won.]
[So this is… an advertisement, right?]
Hahahahaha
“Asking what company we entrusted the ad to lol”
-I forgot what game this was advertising;
[No King has donated 10,000 won.]
[Crypto coin backdoor ad]
Even donations pretending to be concerned about it.
Nowhere here was there any appreciation for Ghost Busters or the mid-boss-tier Aghwi.
-Huh
lol
-Whoa
What the hell is this lolol
Hahaha, where does it end?
How many times over is that supposed to skyrocket? lol
Thud.
Manager Kim slammed his head onto the desk.
He truly believed it was over.
“Nooooo!”
“Manager! Calm down! There’s a quiz section after this! A real quiz that demands actual thinking!”
“What, what? You said there was something that required thinking earlier too….”
“No, this time it’s really blatant! An unavoidable math quiz!”
However, as the world always goes, there was no law saying one must simply perish.
When one devoted oneself with passion, opportunity would arrive in some form or another.
Just as Balloon Gum, despite making mistakes while trying hard, somehow managed to kill the Aghwi by firing a rocket at it in the most unexpected way possible, opportunities sometimes arrived through truly extraordinary methods.
Those who believe in God often speak of it, do they not? That even when no one is watching, God observes me.
Even in that moment of their despair, a single camera above the office ceiling was blinking with a red light.

* * *
CEO Seongjin Jeong.
He was the CEO of the company that developed Ghost Busters.
Of course, despite the title of CEO, it wasn’t such a remarkable company.
A production company that had only just begun receiving investments and only just started releasing decent games.
That’s why everything was in chaos.
“Sigh… Where did I put that again??”
It happened almost once a month that he’d misplace his belongings and search for them using the internal office cameras.
“Let me see….”
Click.
The live feed turns on.
He rewound to a time he suspected and tried to view his office.
But something immediately caught his attention.
‘Hm? What’s that?’
There were people whose presence was oddly captivating.
‘What are those guys doing over there?’
It was Manager Kim and Manager Kim from the marketing team.
CEO Jeong, who came from a developer background, hadn’t paid much attention to the marketing team normally.
But the more he ran the company, the more he realized it. Marketing occupied at least thirty percent of everything.
Was it because of such thoughts? Without realizing it, he continued watching them.
The Kim Kim Duo high-fiving each other, drinking beer, swinging their fists through the air, and spraying saliva everywhere.
“Are they watching soccer? No, they should watch that after work. Why at the company….”
He zoomed in on the screen from a different angle.
The enlarged image quality wasn’t particularly good, but it was such a familiar sight that he recognized it immediately.
Remarkably, what they were excitedly watching even while working overtime was Ghost Busters.
“What… is this situation?”
I turned on the audio.
[Ahhhhh! Please! Just die once, please!]
[I’m going to land one hit! Right now! Right now!]
[Yokai are possible!? What?]
[Dokkaebi are just common mobs. Real yokai appear later.]
CEO Jeong watched the footage they were viewing as if entranced.
Based on their conversation, I could infer that the footage they were watching was of the streamer I had hired for advertising playing Ghost Busters.
They seemed to be hoping the streamer would suffer every time he died, and that the advertisement would stretch on longer.
“Huh… to that extent?”
Despite being the CEO myself, I found myself questioning it—they were that passionate.
In truth, Almond and Balloon Gum’s absurd gameplay was the kind of passion that automatically ignited anyone watching, making them burn with frustration.
But that’s not how it appeared to the CEO’s eyes.
All I could see were the two men of the marketing team burning with fervent intensity.
In my eyes, the Kim Kim Duo had become madmen for this company.
Especially Manager Kim—hadn’t his eyes completely rolled back?
The CEO was moved by his employees.
“This much, huh.”
I stared blankly at the scene for a long while.
And then I realized one thing.
I discovered that I found this situation itself entertaining.
‘Wait, this is actually good?’
CEO Jeong unconsciously began moving the mouse.
Since I was someone who developed games solo without hesitation, simple video editing was nothing to me.
Click, click.
I began editing the footage and audio of them directly. I cut out any statements that could be problematic and selected only the entertaining parts. I even made the video quality look reasonably presentable.
Of course, since the CEO was watching footage from a day ago, I had no idea.
What absurd things were happening in my game right now.

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[Strategy Guide has donated 5,000 won.]
So this is a strategy guide… right?ㅎ
Still, we took it down together this time haha
Is this really the strategy??ㅋㅋㅋ
-The strategy is pretty unconventional
Something something lol
A critical misunderstanding was unfolding in the Ghost Busters joint broadcast.
The culprit was Balloon Gum.
He had told the viewers that he knew the strategy for this boss.
‘I really did know it.’
It wasn’t a lie.
But things had gotten complicated.
Nothing was solved according to his strategy, and the Aghwi had flown away in a strange manner instead.
In other words, the viewers could only assume that the Aghwi shooting upward and dying was the intended strategy.
After all, Balloon Gum had earnestly assured them, ‘I’ll be the one to shine in the yokai section,’ so there was nothing to worry about.
And the performance they witnessed afterward was the Aghwi rocket launch.
By any measure, this had to be the original strategy.
That’s a piece of crap game lolol
hahahahaha
Hahaha, oh my god
and that was a good game lol
So this was the actual strategy.
It was no wonder such comments appeared in the chat.
‘What do I do.’
Balloon Gum sat quietly, unsure where to even begin explaining.
His anxiety was mountainous.
Was the Aghwi actually dead?
If it hadn’t registered as dead and he didn’t get the experience points, he’d have to restart the game.
Would he get cursed out?
But then a message appeared.
[Named Kill Achieved!]
A deep sound echoed.
As all the water on the floor disappeared, the dim vision of the third floor returned to normal.
“Yay! We got it!”
Suyeon raised both arms in the air and cheered.
‘So it’s dead.’
The Aghwi had been registered as dead, and the experience points seemed to have come through properly.
[By subduing a powerful spirit, your spiritual power increases.]
At that moment, Balloon Gum changed his mind.
‘Should I just tell them?’
Since I’d already killed the Aghwi anyway, wouldn’t the viewers actually enjoy it if I just explained? Besides, when the results are good, the process tends to get beautified in people’s minds.
With that judgment made, Balloon Gum was about to reveal the original strategy.
“So that… this was originally…”
But he couldn’t continue speaking.
All the viewers’ attention had suddenly shifted to one direction.
Suyeon suddenly pointed at Balloon Gum and said this.
“Wow, you’re really ugly.”
-?
-??
-?
-What’s the extreme damage?
Even viewers who loved teasing Balloon Gum seemed shocked by the sudden remark.
No matter what, they never would have expected Suyeon, who seemed so kind, to say something like that out of nowhere.
But the reason was soon revealed.
“The damn thing won’t die.”
It was because of what Suyeon muttered while looking toward Balloon Gum.
The Aghwi.
She thought the Aghwi was lying dead at the position where Balloon Gum was standing.
It was something that happened often in the game.
A bug that occurred when the X and Y axes were recognized, but the Z-axis difference wasn’t.
Huh? lol so funny lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
-Lol the Aghwi must be at that spot
Z-axis error lol
went crazy lol
Haha, that’s hilarious!
Man, you scared me half to death lol
Crazy lol the god of bubble gum broadcasts lol
“…?”
Balloon Gum, suddenly subjected to such a massive insult, was too flustered to say anything.
But the insult didn’t end there.
“Serves you right!”
Thwack!
She even kicked Balloon Gum’s foot with a thwack while laughing.
That’s not it lol
Hahaha, that’s legendary haha
I can’t laugh harder lolololol
-Of all times?
The god of broadcasting lolololol
Thwack! Thwack!
“What an ugly little thing! And so persistent!”
Balloon Gum could only laugh at the absurdity of the situation, unable to muster any further words. He simply waited for this moment to end.
Hahahahahaha
-This is definitely getting clipped
What am I supposed to do? ㅠㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋ
Oh my god, that’s so funny lol
That’s a legendary move lol
“Mond… Suyeon, can you stop her?”
Balloon Gum called out to Almond for help.
“Huh? Where’d he go?”

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‘No time. There’s no time.’
Almond was already standing in front of the lecture hall where people were trapped.
Since Almond’s mind was still consumed with thoughts of Turned On King, he’d moved through quickly.
However, there was one obstacle to opening this door.
“Ho-ho-ho.”
Whoooosh.
The moment Almond grasped the doorknob, a spirit appeared.
At first glance, it didn’t seem like something he needed to fight.
Slap!
Almond didn’t even glance at it before slapping a talisman on it.
“I am the Math Ghost who protects mathematics… Ugh!?”
If anything, it was fortunate.
This Math Ghost didn’t disappear from the talisman.
Clunk. Clunk.
The door naturally wouldn’t open either. The spirit was blocking it.
“I, I am the Math Ghost. In this sacred university where one should pursue learning, I’ve prepared a quiz for those who disparage mathematics…”
“What? Did I use the wrong talisman?”
Almond wasn’t listening.
Nobody watched the entire game story while speedrunning anyway.
hahahaha
The talisman might be defective lol
-Listen to him dude
Whenever math comes up, I just grit my teeth and pretend I don’t know anything lolol
Almond sour counter
“If you answer correctly, you may pass!”
“Let me try something else.”
Regardless, Almond pulled out a bag containing talismans of every type.
“W-wait, the answer is…”
Even as the Math Ghost recited his lines, my gaze naturally drifted toward the container of talismans.
Ding.
[Almond Lord donated 5,000 won.]
[The problem is, you’ll have to guess correctly, won’t you? (pulling out talismans by color)]
Hahahahaha
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋ
I can’t hear it lol
I go deaf whenever the math genius shows up lol
lol
Red toilet paper, blue toilet paper, that’s crazy.
hahaha
Watching my reaction, the Kim Kim Duo leaned their faces closer and closer to the monitor.
“How about this one?”
“This is actually a nasty and brilliant method, isn’t it? Huh? So I just have to solve it no matter what?”
“Of course.”
Kekeke.
Manager Kim rubbed his palms together and laughed like a villain.
“If you can’t catch them with your body, you catch them with your mind. Yeah. That’s right.”

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