Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 902

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 4 Episode 033
11. Math Ghost vs Almond (3)
The schoolyard basked in the brilliant midday sun.
A middle-aged man in a white cap clapped his hands, gathering the children around him.
“Alright, alright.”
A Taegeuk emblem was emblazoned on his white jacket.
It was Coach, a former national archery representative.
“Today we have a special guest. One of my former students.”
The children grew excited at the Coach’s words.
“Woooow…!”
“Wait, could it be Almond!?”
“It must be Almond!”
Since all the children had watched the footage of Coach appearing in the national competition, they immediately thought of Almond whenever his former student was mentioned.
“Sorry, but it’s not Sanghyeon…~”
Tada.
The person who appeared instead of Almond was Hyeonju, an Olympic gold medalist.
“Waaah!”
“Huh. Really?”
“You were his student!?”
Since Coach was someone who rarely boasted, most of the children didn’t even know that an Olympic gold medalist was his student.
“Uh, um? Teacher. You didn’t mention that I was your student?”
“I did. Just now.”
At the Coach’s cool response, Hyeonju’s expression went blank.
“Ah, haha. You haven’t changed a bit. Anyway, nice to meet you all. I’m Hyeonju Cha, an Olympic gold medalist and a former member of this school’s archery club.”
“Waaah~!”
The children applauded and welcomed her.
“The story I’m going to share with you today is….”
Hyeonju gave a lecture on her experience competing in the Olympics as an athlete. Some of the children here would soon face that same day themselves.
It was an experience that would become their flesh and blood.
After the lecture ended, before she went to shoot and help them, she asked a question.
“We’re about to go shoot now. Any other questions? Personal ones are fine too.”
One of the girls raised her hand eagerly and asked.
“Um… Are you the same year as Senior Almond?”
Her face flushed crimson as she asked the question, and the other children giggled at the sight.
She clearly adored Almond quite a bit.
“Ah. We’re not the same year. He’s one year ahead of me. Sanghyeon is my senior.”
“Wow… That’s amazing.”
The children’s eyes flooded with envy.
‘Wow. My brother really made it.’
Hyeonju found this experience novel. Being friends with such a famous person was something entirely new.
Once the conversation about Almond opened the floodgates, a mischievous-looking boy shot his hand up and cried out.
“Is it true that Almond really struggled that badly with studying?”
Puhahahaha.
Laughter erupted among the children.
“Aha. Well, since I was on the sports team… I didn’t exactly apply myself, you know?”
Hyeonju scratches his head as he adds this.
I wonder if I should even be saying this.
Somehow that question feels like it’s really asking: if you don’t study, is it okay as long as you work hard at archery? It’s making me hesitate.
“Sanghyeon didn’t do well in school either. But… doesn’t every class have kids like that?”
“…?”
“Kids who don’t study at all, but somehow they’re really good at math.”

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“Draw just one line to make this equation true. But you can’t change the equals sign!”
[19-18=18]
Almond furrowed his brow in thought for a moment. It wasn’t a long time.
Even in that brief moment, the chat was flooded with jokes and donations.
Haha, pretending to think~
“What’s wrong with frowning? Haha”
-Here comes the counter for real
-???: Should’ve used the bug here!
-Show us? Almondo?
Ding.
[Gaji-bokkeun donated 3,000 won.]
[Math? Almondo.]
Haha, I gritted my teeth and squeezed 3,000 won out of my younger sibling to complete it.
It’s not even a thousand won anymore lol
hahaha
This guy paid to get banned and now he’s paying again lol
Ding.
[Tank donated 5,000 won.]
[If Almond wants to draw one line on the Math Ghost’s neck, thumbs up~]
-Good~
Hahahaha
Hahahahaha lol
-For real, that’d be faster?
After that, joking donations continued to pour in so much that they were piling up.
“Ah.”
Almond drew a line with a quiet sigh.
Dingdongdang~
With a clear chime, the problem was solved.
“Oho? Excellent!”
As the Math Ghost marveled, the chat window filled with so many question marks it nearly caused buffering.
-?
-???
-Huh?
-What just happened?
lol
-Huh?
-What is it?
-Who are you??
-What?????
.
.
.
Then, like a celebratory burst, a donation came through.
Ding.
[Shy Yeopo donated 5,000 won!]
[If you solve this, I’ll send 100,000 won~ lol]
The donation Shy Yeopo had sent before Almond solved it arrived after he’d already solved it.
-lololol
Broke and crying lol
-Give it back lol
ㅋㅋ (kk) is Korean internet slang for laughter, similar to “haha” or “lol” in English.
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 105]
However, “ㅁㅊ” doesn’t form a standard Korean word or common slang.
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 107]
The most natural translation would be:
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 109]
haha lol
-Timing lolololol
-Ahhhlolololol
It happened because Shy Yeopo thought Almond wouldn’t be able to solve the math problem, and the donation was delayed in arriving.
Ding.
[Shy Yeopo donated 5,000 won!]
[Oh…]
-lololol oh…lol
-You can feel all the emotion in that;
-Ahhhlol
-I can almost see the expression lolol
I’m getting soaked. ㅠㅠ
-???: That donation will come back before it cools down.
He had sent donations even when Almond solved the math problem.
In the end, he had no choice but to send the promised 100,000 won as well.
Boom boom boom!
[Shy Yeopo donated 100,000 won!]
[B-big… a… s-Aseng…]
“Thank you, Shy Yeopo~”
Almond greeted Shy Yeopo and opened the door that the Math Ghost had been blocking.
Wait, he’s just moving past this like it never happened?
The viewers were bewildered.
-Why is he so calm?
-B-i-g A-s-eng
-He actually solved it with pure math but isn’t bragging lol
-Supo-jwa lol
-Real talk, Aseng’s different fr fr
-This is actually hilarious lol
-Him just standing there somehow pisses me off more
He used to constantly spout “What’s the strategy? It’s Almondo” for trivial tactics, dumb luck, or brute force solutions.
But when he actually solved a problem with his brain, he said nothing at all.
It was only natural that someone would bring up this contradiction.
Ding.
[Suspicious donated 5,000 won.]
[Is this a slip-up? Did you already know the problem? lol]
-lol for real
-It’s surprising that Almond even knows problems like this lol
-Could be
-Ah…
That’s when it happened.
The Math Ghost, who hadn’t disappeared yet, spoke up.
“Ahem. But don’t celebrate too soon. There’s one more problem.”
“?”
“In 1×2=2, there are 0 zeros at the end. In 1×2×3×4×5×6×7=5040, there is 1 zero at the end. We exclude zeros in the middle, like the 0 between 5 and 4. So when you calculate 1×2×3×…×1990×1991, how many zeros appear at the end?”
-No lol
-Just go away?
-Difficulty spike out of nowhere lol
-What is this lol
-Ugh 🙁
The problem suddenly became complicated.
In truth, this problem didn’t need to be solved. It was just an additional problem that appeared for those who solved the first one too quickly.
A kind of trick for the players.
But—
“Hmm… the numbers are too large.”
Almond began calculating while drawing something in the air.
“But once a zero appears, it doesn’t disappear, so…”
With nothing but the determination to clear this quickly, he did his best to calculate something.
-??
-Could it be…?
-He’s actually doing this?
-Huh?
-Whoa
-His eyes are different? This is crazy
“495.”
Almond delivered his answer.

“….”
The Math Ghost chuckled and gave a thumbs up.
“Well done! Magnificent!”
Poof!
This time, he vanished cleanly.
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 181]
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The clip of Almond solving the math problem in an instant quickly spread throughout the community.
[Real-time Amondo Il’s brain power is insane]
-??
-Wasn’t an hour edited out in the middle?
You already knew the problem beforehand, didn’t you? lol
Look at Almond normally, you crazy bastard. Do you really think that guy would know about this kind of problem? lol
lol lol lol lol
└This is the most impossible scenario
Looking at the next problem, it doesn’t seem like it lol
People who initially suspected he’d solved it using a different method gradually began posting comments like these.
[Almond concept collapse lol math genius]
This post also included the second problem.
What the heck is that?
-Scary
Hahaha, so all of that was just an act? What a waste.
For some reason, it’s funny how he kept track of the headcount of guys he caught during the kill-per-mission like he was a ghost… ㅋㅋㅋ
Wow lol, are you serious?
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-He really solves it insanely fast
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-The process for solving the second problem is actually visible. And it’s correct??
Even posts like this started appearing.
[But Almond is obviously a genius no matter how you look at it?]
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He took down the Deceptive Abyss in one shot, found the Dokkaebi’s bell gimmick, and then solved the Math Ghost problem with a neural-magical three-pointer~ What else could he do~
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-That’s insane
-For real though
-Neural-magical three-pointer lol
-Hahaha
-Info) Almond introduced himself as a strategic player even at the international tournament.
-Looking at it this way lol is this even fair?
-One-sided dominationlol
-The moment all of history changes over two math problems…
└Hahahaha for real
└History is written by the victors
Juhyeok, watching this unfold, scratched his head.
“What the…?”
A problem that even he couldn’t solve on the first try—Sanghyeon just breezed through it.
“…Oh, now that I think about it?”
This made Juhyeok recall the days when he and Sanghyeon traveled together.
There was a time when they went on a business trip together, and Juhyeok was solving sudoku out of boredom.
Sanghyeon solved it alongside him then, and he remembered being impressed by how quickly he worked through it.
「What’s this. You like sudoku?」
「Huh? Ah… Yeah. A little?」
It didn’t seem like he actually enjoyed it. Beyond that, his numerical calculations were strangely fast.
Especially when calculating the daily donations that came in, he always seemed to know roughly the amount in his head.
‘I just thought he was quick with money because he’s money-conscious.’
Juhyeok was somewhat taken aback by this side of Sanghyeon that he was discovering for the first time.
After all, how often does one actually use mathematical ability in adult life and society?
“Wait.”
But as he thought about it, Juhyeok felt chills run down his spine.

Juhyeok entertained this conspiracy theory, but as countless anecdotes came flooding back as counterarguments, he soon shook his head.
“Ugh, uh-huh… That doesn’t seem to be it.”
There were far too many incidents from his time with Sanghyeon that would be impossible to cover up no matter how he spun it.
It seemed best to simply categorize Sanghyeon’s exorcism of the Math Ghost this way.
“Geniuses are unpredictable. That’s just how they are.”
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 241]
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The Kim Kim Duo was naturally the most bewildered by this incomprehensible, erratic genius.
“W-what just happened?”
Manager Kim looked like a ghost, completely drained of spirit.
Kim Gwajang had turned into a red-faced Dokkaebi.
“Is this another glitch!? Huh!?”
“N-no!? He just solved it! Just like that!”
“What? Why is that the answer!?”
Even after seeing the answer himself, Kim Gwajang couldn’t comprehend it.
“Ah, I mean. So when that becomes 10 out of 10 like that… it becomes 1….”
Only after hearing Manager Kim’s explanation did he sigh.
“Y-you really got it right!? S-so what about the second one? What’s the second one!?”
“That one honestly… doesn’t even need to be solved… I have no idea either.”
“!?”
The situation was far worse than Kim Gwajang had imagined.
In fact, he’d expected them to waste at least several hours unless they cheated. He knew neither of these two had a brain for thinking.
“So the Math Ghost really was here?”

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