Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 998

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 4 Episode 129
41. Balloon News (3)
*Whoosh.*
The capsule opened and I pulled myself up.
I’d just escaped from salary negotiations.
“Phew. That was long.”
I unconsciously glanced down at my arms.
They weren’t trembling too badly.
In Cheese Village, even long streaming sessions didn’t strain me much.
Mostly because I didn’t need to focus on complex movements.
All the concentration required was digging quickly to harvest fertile soil.
Compared to the games I normally had to play, this was nothing.
“Aren’t you streaming way too long these days?”
Juhyeok came over and asked with concern.
Now that I thought about it, I’d skipped dinner.
“Nah. I’m just doing it because I can handle it.”
I said that and stretched.
“Aahhh…! What should we eat for dinner?”
I’d eaten lunch so much that I wasn’t thinking about dinner.
That was just moments ago, but nearly eight hours had passed now, and my stomach was growling.
“Hmm. It’s a bit late to cook.”
Juhyeok glanced at the clock and suddenly licked his lips.
“Chicken?”
“Yeah.”
*Clap.*
We high-fived, finally on the same page.
“Let’s go grab some. The streams have been doing well lately… what about beer too?”
“Of course.”
The chicken we were talking about wasn’t delivery chicken.
It was the old-fashioned chicken place in the neighborhood.
The place my grandmother used to buy from back in the day.
“Hehehehe.”
Juhyeok excitedly changed his clothes.
‘For a silver spoon guy, he sure loves this stuff.’
I chuckled at the sight and put on my shoes.
It was funny how someone who seemed like he’d never touch something like this was actually crazy about it.

* * *
While Juhyeok and Sanghyeon enjoyed a rare exciting evening with chicken and beer,
Cheese Village continued its bustling operations.
Particularly, Balloon Gum, who had just returned to his quarters,
“This is a scoop, a real scoop~”
He approached a village NPC in a state of unprecedented excitement.
“Excuse me. I’d like to purchase some paper for a bulletin board.”
He was speaking to Pali, an NPC who sold miscellaneous items that players needed.
“Paper? At our civilization level, we don’t have such a thing… though we do have cloth-like materials.”
“Can images be inserted into it?”
“Yes. It works just like paper. But what are you planning to do with this? Aren’t you an Herbalist?”
“I need to find my own path now too. I did submit an application to the Knight Order, but honestly, I don’t think I’ll get accepted…”
“Ah. What kind of path are you looking for?”
Balloon Gum and Pali had some familiarity with each other.
When Balloon Gum first started as a Herbalist, it was Pali who purchased his herbs.
Because of this, Pali was somewhat concerned about what profession Balloon Gum was trying to pursue.
“I… want to become this village’s first journalist.”
Pali tilted his head in confusion.
“A journalist? There’s no such profession…”
Hahahahahaha
Oh… hahahaha
-Pali, are you serious?
Creative jobs lol
I’m crying / Boo hoo / Wahhh
-Why not? If it doesn’t exist, you create it! That’s what a circle is!
“That’s… exactly what I’m trying to do. Wahaha!”
The profession of journalist didn’t exist.
He was simply looking to enjoy a role freely.
But—
“There is something similar.”
“…Pardon?”
“There is something similar. Would you like to hear about it?”
There was something like that?
Balloon Gum blinked and stared at the list.
‘There isn’t one?’
That’s right.
There wasn’t one.
Originally, there wasn’t one.
Balloon Gum had discovered a new profession.
Ding.
[You have discovered the job ‘Storyteller’.]
-Haha no way lol
-Insane
-Hidden job??
-No way
-This is crazy lol
-Lucky bastard lol
-The RNG is absolutely insane lol
-Wow lol
By speaking with various NPCs in the village, I could discover hidden jobs or uncover new information.
It was similar to how I had received ‘Sponsor Coins’ after selling land to Bigfarm at cost price.
“What, what is this? Is this real? Wow.”
Balloon Gum had happened to stumble upon one of these hidden elements.
Ding~!
Balloon Gum received a [Storyteller Coin].
“The Storyteller job can be advanced with just one coin. If you’re interested, why not give it a try?”
“Th-thank you so much!”
“May fortune favor you.”
Click.
Pali offered a martial arts salute and ended the conversation.
Balloon Gum quickly consumed the coin.
[Balloon Gum has advanced to the job ‘Storyteller’ (1st Advancement).]
The server chat window announced the existence of this new job.

* * *
“…Storyteller?”
“What is this?”
“Who knows.”
“Was there something like this?”
“Is it a hidden class?”
A hidden class.
Literally, a profession that remains concealed.
So one could argue that Storyteller is indeed a type of hidden class.
“Come on, what are you talking about, Balloon Gum?”
The people simply laughed it off.
“Right.”
“Is ‘hidden’ someone’s dog’s name or something?”
-You guys are too much lolololol
The bubblegum thing with Hidden is kind of funny lol
-If it’s not hidden what is it lol a job that was never revealed
The mere fact that Balloon Gum possessed a hidden class somehow made it cease to be one.
There was actually a reason why they didn’t consider Storyteller a hidden class.
What they meant by a hidden class wasn’t simply a profession that had been concealed—it meant a class that was “exceptionally powerful.”
In that sense, it wasn’t a hidden class at all.
Storyteller was not a class that guaranteed any physical prowess.
Yet… it was formidable in other ways.
Much like how the pen can sometimes be mightier than the sword.

* * *
At that moment, in Danmuzip.
After Almond logged out.
Only the two Bongbongs remained, conducting a serious meeting with grave expressions.
Something had unfolded in the aftermath.
“Um, but ever since then, interview cancellation requests have been coming in suddenly.”
“Interview cancellations?”
“Yes. They’re just not showing up. They sent word saying they passed the document screening.”
“….”
Danbong’s expression hardened.
Manpower was essential.
People were avoiding joining the Knight Order.
“So, where are they going then? The Agricultural Cooperative?”
“I don’t know.”
“These bastards….”
“Isn’t this because our public opinion has gotten really bad?”
“…Hmm.”
Danbong stroked his chin and nodded.
“That’s probably it. The Agricultural Cooperative seems to be focusing their gameplay on public relations warfare… and when Doughnutz drove out the invaders, we couldn’t do anything….”
“Is even coming back from lunch a sin!? What do we do about this?”
“Hmm.”
Danbong knew how to increase productivity, how to defeat monsters, and how to win wars, but he had no idea how to gain public opinion.
“…I, I don’t know. What do we do about this?”
“From what I can see, those Agricultural Cooperative bastards. I think they’ll try to spin it like they put out this fire too. Just looking at their style.”
Gobong had pinpointed it quite accurately.
“That… really?”
“Yes. Didn’t they nearly burn to death? So they’ll play hero again! When the truth is they came to drown us!”
“….”
Danbong lowered his head.
“Sigh, what do we do?”
Public opinion was something his mind couldn’t solve.
“So many interview cancellation requests came in that nearly half of them disappeared. There are probably plenty of others who just won’t show up without even requesting cancellation.”
ㅠㅠㅠ (or -ㅠㅠㅠ) represents crying or tears in Korean text/internet slang, similar to “T_T” or “QQ” in English.
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 159]
A natural English translation would be:
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 161]
*crying* or *sob*
-Oh no
-At least we got fertile soil, so won’t things work out somehow?
-What now
“The truth is they came to kill us, but the visible result is that they’re heroes… how do we make people understand this? We can’t grab people one by one and complain while explaining.”
“Do you think they’d listen anyway? Without evidence!”
“Sigh….”
“Politics is difficult….”
“Damn it.”

Ding.
[Hong-cha whispers: Danbong, sir. We found something strange.]
A message arrives from Hong-cha.
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 175]
* * *
In reality, it was now time for most people to be falling asleep.
A new sun rises over Cheese Village.
Balloon Gum had chosen this place as his debut stage.
The very center of the village square.
Here where lava still pooled from the lava mage’s influence.
He boldly makes his declaration in this place steeped in the village’s history.
Cheese’s first newspaper.
Thump.
[Balloon Daily News]
He hangs his name on what looks like a massive bulletin board.
-Balloon Daily News lolololol
-Oh…hahaha
-Kyaa
-Out with the old media! Balloon Daily News is here!
-Kekeke
Streamer’s public opinion magazine is crazy.
“I heard there were people who looked down on the Storyteller.”
Balloon Gum had already heard the news.
From the start, when he heard that Miho and Takoyaki were the ones who discovered the Storyteller, he burst out laughing.
Of all the hidden bosses to find, why that one, they said.
“The pen is mightier than the sword! Let me show you!”
-Wow!
-Let’s go!
-It’s a revolution!
-Long live independence!
-Hahahahahaha
Balloon Gum seals a contract and activates a new skill.
[Extra Edition]
Whoooooosh!!!
In an instant, scraps of paper are copied and scattered in all directions.
-This is insane lololol
-There really is a copy ninja
That’s chewing gum crazy
-Whoa
So this is that famous copy ninja.
Hahahahaha
Why are you so cool for no reason lol
-???: To pull off this level of copying without a single sheet of paper…
“EXTRA! EXTRA!”
The cry rang out with the solemnity of an imperial inspector’s proclamation, and the villagers in the square spun around in shock.
“!?”
“Huh?”
“I… I’m losing it, what is that?”
Whoooosh…!
An astonishing number of printed sheets scattered through the air.
The contents of every printout were identical.
[The Great Village Fire—Only the Knight Order rushed into those flames.]
[The Great Village Fire—Only the Knight Order rushed into those flames.]
[The Great Village Fire—Only the Knight Order rushed into those flames.]
.
.
.
‘This storyteller… is incredible, isn’t he?’
Identical printouts scattered throughout the village with an almost manic fervor.
Why distribute them so extensively?
Did Balloon Gum, as a journalist, simply want to spread word of this incident?
That was only twenty percent of the answer.
In truth, the article’s content was merely window dressing for him.
What truly mattered was the name of his press emblazoned at the top.
[Balloon Daily News]
This extra edition was meant to announce the existence of such a publication.
“Balloon Daily News? What’s that?”
One could understand what Balloon Daily News was by reading the article beneath it.
[The Great Village Fire—Only the Knight Order rushed into those flames.]
“A, a newspaper?”
“Oh….”
Cheese Village’s first article, splashed across the front page in bold letters.
“…The, the Knight Order?”
“What about the Agricultural Cooperative?”
“Wow. Look at the Knight Order rushing into those flames. Insane.”
“Just three of them?”
They began reading through the article Balloon Gum had written based on mere fragments of the moment—utterly lacking in objectivity.
“Essentially, the Knight Order saved Mosol, didn’t they?”
“So it was the Knight Order who put out the fire… I thought it was the Agricultural Cooperative…”
“Giver…! Now I understand!”
When the Agricultural Cooperative drove back the invaders, public opinion had been unfavorable toward the Knight Order for doing nothing.
But that sentiment flipped instantly.
One photograph held far more power than hundreds of words.
The silhouettes of three men walking forward confidently, covered in ash from the crimson flames.
Weren’t they heroes?
Once someone becomes a hero, their past gets romanticized.
“Come to think of it, the Knight Order couldn’t come when the invaders attacked because it was lunchtime, right?”
“Yeah. They need to eat lunch too.”
“And we shouldn’t demand protection fees. They never said they’d charge fees in the first place. They haven’t even decided how to operate yet, have they?”
“Huh? Really? I completely misunderstood?”
The misunderstandings from before dissolved on their own, and people’s hearts began to turn.
“I wasn’t going to go to the interview, but I think I should go today?”
“What? An interview?”
“Yeah. Today’s the interview day.”
“Damn. Really? Can I apply to the Knight Order too?”
“Send a DM asking.”
New applicants began to emerge.
“I already cancelled… it’s too late…”
“Huh? You already told them you were cancelling?”
“Yeah… I did.”
“Go and beg them.”
“Should I just apply on the spot?”
“Yeah. They’ll accept you. You already passed the document screening.”
Even those who had requested cancellation now wanted to go back.
And—
“What’s this?”
Thud.
A printed flyer fell at Doughnutz’s feet.
He had planned to lead the Agricultural Cooperative members to the plaza to promote themselves.
But upon seeing the newspaper, his expression hardened completely.
‘What…’
His face flushed red in real time.
“This… what is this… media collusion, isn’t it?!”
hahahahahahahaha
What’s up with that? lol
Balloon Daily News lol
-Haha, oh my god!
The knights are heroes lol
-He roasted people alive and they’re calling him a hero
That’s society for you lol
Hahahahaha this content is insane hahahaha
At that moment, the villagers’ attention shifted toward Doughnutz.
“What about it. But what was the Agricultural Cooperative doing when the fire broke out?”

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