Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 925

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 4 Episode 056
19. Act of God (2)
A glitch.
It’s the act of progressing through a game using buggy gameplay mechanics.
Speedrunners typically exploit glitches frequently.
Instead of struggling through stages that should be completed normally, a single glitch can skip everything and take you straight to the boss.
Among those who prioritize speed, allowing glitches is an unspoken rule.
Even if someone knows about a glitch, it’s usually difficult to execute, so this too is credited as a matter of skill.
This culture traces back to classic console games.
Particularly in platformer games like Nintendo’s Sonic and Mega Man, such phenomena occurred frequently.
“See here? If you rub against this spot just right…”
Whoosh.
By rubbing against a certain wall, you suddenly ignore all obstacles and plummet downward, either advancing to the next stage or
“Tada. Here’s the boss.”
skipping directly to the boss stage.
This is a typical glitch.
In short, it’s a very common glitch.
-?
-What is this?
-Wow
-Lol what
-That’s a bug
To some, a glitch is nearly miraculous, or simply just a bug.
But to those immersed in the speedrunning world, it’s an essential skill and competency they naturally must master.
So speedrunners aren’t surprised by ordinary glitches.
Whether it’s skipping straight to the boss or killing the boss in one hit.
They’ve already seen it all.
However, even they have moments when they’re amazed.
“What? You discovered a new glitch?”
It’s when someone finds a new glitch.
After discovering a glitch, repeating and mastering it is actually easy. It’s a matter of effort.
But discovering a glitch?
“…Wow.”
In their world, that’s what they call a genius.
“Insane. Balloon Gum.”
And if you keep discovering them repeatedly?
“Balloon Gum again? What is this…?”
There’s a name for Balloon Gum in this world.
“An act of God.”
An irresistible force that cannot be explained by science and reason.
A genius beyond genius—a natural calamity incarnate.
That is Balloon Gum.

* * *
Thud.
Manager Kim’s head slams into the desk.
Thud! Thud!
He doesn’t stop, driving his head down harder.
“M-Manager!”
“Let… let go! We’re finished… Let’s pack up.”
The image of a human broken by the face of calamity itself.
“W-Why would you say something like that!”
“Like that? How can you say that after seeing this mess!?”
“….”
Manager Kim had nothing to say.
“You said Phase 2 has multiple types so one person can’t clear it! And then suddenly Balloon Gum shows up with Suyeon!?”
“That… that is….”
Manager Kim scratched his head.
Honestly, he had nothing left to say.
Even the final bastion had crumbled.
Now it was truly a direct confrontation between the Patriarch and three exorcists.
Aside from lacking spiritual power, it was a textbook boss stage setup.
“Manager Kim. Say something. What do we believe in now!”
The Manager pleads with eyes like a believer who has lost their god.
“It seems the Patriarch will have to settle this through true combat….”
“True combat? What’s that. Is that a skill?”
The answer came back coldly.
“N-No… It literally means fighting the three of them under normal circumstances….”
There is no god, so you must forge your own path.
“Ugh.”
Thud.
Manager Kim slams his head into the desk again.
“A-Aigo! Manager!”
“I’ll just die before the Patriarch. How’s that?”
“The Patriarch isn’t that easy! This is a boss monster our company developed with blood and sweat! Our employees burned through the night! Pouring all their passion into it! Who else would believe in it if you don’t!”
Thump.
As Manager Kim strikes his chest and appeals desperately, Manager Kim pauses.
Something had touched his heartstrings.
“…Y-You’re right.”
That’s right. Manager Kim himself was a salaryman too.
I couldn’t help but understand the developers’ struggles.
A game crafted with unified hearts by every employee of a small company.
Ghost Busters.
The final boss that would crown the grand finale.
The Patriarch of Evil, Jinmyeongsu.
From design to combat mechanics, visual and audio effects….
Not a single aspect had been overlooked.
Ghost Busters was a souls-like genre where players progressed by conquering powerful bosses and elites.
In such a genre, nothing mattered more than the boss monster—imagine how much soul they’d poured into its creation.
Jinmyeongsu was essentially the flagship of this entire game.
‘I see.’
This final battle wasn’t truly a clash between the Patriarch and the exorcists.
“That’s right. This isn’t… just our fight, Manager. It’s a battle against the entire company! Against those cunning streamers!”
Manager Kim’s words carried the weight of a holy war.
Kim Gwajang was moved.
“That’s… that’s right! This is that kind of fight. It’s no longer just our burden!”
“Exactly!”
Kim Gwajang wasn’t the only one moved. The CEO watching this unfold felt the same way.
‘Manager Kim… Kim Gwajang… these guys….’
If the employees were like this, what of the CEO who’d built the company from the ground up?
CEO Jung wiped away tears with one hand.
Yet with his other hand, he was sending a message on his phone.
[Development Department, assemble]

* * *
Balloon Gum arrived at the final stage through a series of events so extraordinary, tumultuous, and bewildering that no amount of descriptors could adequately explain it.
“What…the final stage?”
[Final Stage – The Abyss Behind the Scenes]
-?
-Huh?
-What is this place
-Was the mastermind hiding in a toilet the whole time lolol
-Seriously lol
This could only be described with a single word.
Boom!
[Kkeom Jjak Player 1 Commander has donated 500,000 won!]
[Act of God]
Act of God.
A descriptor that was reaffirmed every time Balloon Gum caused something like this.
-Lololololol
-It’s been a while
-I’ll admit this one lol
-Lololol
-Seeing him go into the toilet, he’s definitely an act of nature
-Lmao
-Balloon Gum! Balloon Gum! Balloon Gum!
Balloon Gum scratched his head at the enormous donations and cheers.
‘…What on earth is this.’
Even he himself couldn’t comprehend it.
Why did such things keep happening to him?
But one thing was certain.
‘Well. This feels familiar.’
Such things happened to him quite often.
And no one knew better than Balloon Gum how to handle situations like this.
“Alright. Speedrun. You saw that, right? Now I’m going to take down the boss.”
He naturally seized the editing point and moved forward.
In moments like these, shamelessness was essential.
“It’s all skill~, you know.”
-Lololololol
-Pretending it was a speedrun lolol
-Lmao
-So used to it after experiencing it so many times lol
Balloon Gum’s voice carried newfound confidence even after the glitch occurred.
“Alright, Suyeon! Let’s go!”
Suyeon picked herself up from the ground.
“Ugh… W-what? Mister? Where am I…?”
Balloon Gum, now brimming with confidence, tapped her shoulder and spoke.
“Ah, Suyeon. You’re awake? Let’s─”
“──Shut up!!”
Suyeon suddenly burst out shouting.
“!?”
Balloon Gum flinched in surprise.
‘Again?’
-??
What the heck lol
Nope lol
-Huh???
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋ
“I… Suyeon…”
“Don’t you dare mock that ridiculous face of yours!”
Balloon Gum had turned to ice.
That commanding presence from moments ago vanished, replaced by a suddenly deflated demeanor.
What did I do wrong?
-Developers: Suyeon? We have no NPC by that name…?
-wtf
-She’s not an NPC…
Hahaha
Haha, that’s hilarious!
He only realized it later.
That Suyeon had suddenly begun acting out the cutscene.
“Patriarch? That’s hilarious. Professor, Jinmyeongsu. That’s right, isn’t it? You orchestrated all of this, didn’t you?”
She was actually speaking to the Patriarch.
Was he a professor??ㄷㄷㄷ
hahahahaha
Looks like we got a cutscene lol
What are you talking about? lol
I’m going crazy ㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋ
There was clearly history between the two of them, but for Balloon Gum, it was all completely unfamiliar dialogue.
“…That’s right. You brought this upon yourself. Stings a bit, doesn’t it?”

* * *
After battling the Patriarch for a while, Almond hesitated when he transformed into a yokai form.
‘What?’
But then he witnessed something peculiar.
He wasn’t the only one who’d frozen.
“You… are…”
The Patriarch suddenly spouted nonsense and simply stood motionless.
“…Was it like that?”
He muttered incomprehensible words, nodding as if he’d just realized something on his own.
‘A cutscene?’
No matter how I looked at it, it seemed like a cutscene was playing out.
But why?
‘What is this?’
Only then did Almond glance around his surroundings.
‘Huh?’
I could see Suyeon and Balloon Gum.
It seemed the story was progressing now that they’d joined in.
Almond saw this as his opportunity.
“Brother! Kkeom brother!!”
Balloon Gum was momentarily dazed by Suyeon’s blunt call before suddenly turning toward Almond.
“Huh, what?!”
“Now! Burst damage right now!!”
“!”
Balloon Gum immediately understood what Almond was urgently saying.
‘Ah. The Patriarch’s frozen too.’
He’d seen the Patriarch standing completely still.
He was in the middle of a conversation with Suyeon.
This was an opportunity.
He was someone who knew exactly how people who couldn’t play should approach the game.
Players who struggled with games─
‘You can’t miss something like this!’
They had to seize opportunities like this perfectly.
──Whiiiiing!
Tremendous pressure wind gathered at his staff.
This wasn’t a wind pressure bullet.
A new ability.
[Wind Pressure Strike]
An extreme damage technique that compressed wind pressure to its limit and unleashed it in a single blow.
Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap-tap!
Balloon Gum began to run.
What is this skill, that’s crazy.
-Ooh
lol
-It shows something when the time comes~
-Is that what he got earlier??
“Gandraaaaa!”
Thwack…!
He leaped forward, raising his staff high.
‘No way.’
Even in this fleeting moment, I couldn’t shake the anxiety that something bizarre might erupt again.
The thought crossed my mind—what if I suddenly laid down a Department Manager skill in front of me and blew myself to pieces? That sort of thing.
But─
Perhaps it was Balloon Gum’s nature to always defy expectations?
“!”
──Fwooooooosh!!!
My wind pressure strike landed perfectly on the Patriarch’s head.
-Wow
-Damn
-That’s sick
-Ooooh
-When he does it, he does it! Balloon Gum!
-Kek
The compressed wind burst outward at high speed, shredding the Patriarch’s form like a blade.
Splooooooosh!
As I entered Phase 2, the health that had been at 100% began to deplete.
[Health 83%]
The Patriarch sprawled backward, and the cutscene ended.
“Grrrrr…!”
The Patriarch, who had been in yokai form, took massive damage from the Monk’s strike and immediately shifted into a different form.
Crackle crackle crackle…!
A mass of black malevolence and negative thoughts.
[Evil Patriarch – Thought Entity]
A Thought Entity.
My lips curved upward.
-Thought Entity lmao
-You’re done lmao
-It’s nuts time
[Spatial Stride]
Whoosh!
My form scattered in an instant as I arrived before the Patriarch.
“Die, you little rat!”
The Patriarch, now transformed into a Thought Entity, struck the ground as if he’d been waiting for this moment.
A torrent of black aura pierced through the earth and erupted with devastating force.
Boom!
Just as I seemed about to be swept away.
I vanished once more.
Poof.
[Clone Technique]
I split into multiple forms, dispersing the damage.
“What…?”
The Patriarch’s eyes widened in confusion.
Reflected in his gaze.
My clones all drew their blades in unison.
Shink!
-burst damage angle lmao
-wow lmao
-clone absorption insane
-lmao
-game’s over

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