Genius Archer's Streaming

Hui-Chul's partner excitedly asked, "That's a good thing, right?"

Finding such a promising talent was certainly a cause for celebration, yet Hui-Chul's expression remained gloomy.

"I think we can do it next year," he said.

This statement implied that they could potentially win next year's competition.

Her gaze shifted toward Hui-Chul's abdomen and she slightly started trembling. Could it be that they couldn’t even look forward to next year?

Hui-Chul clarified before any misunderstandings could grow, "Because I'm not sure if that person will continue playing next year."

"Ah, I see," his partner nodded in understanding. "That person also seemed to have health issues, right?"

"Yes," Hui-Chul confirmed, knowing his partner was aware of Almond's condition since they discussed it before.

"Winning was never the goal," Hui-Chul's partner recalled their original objective. "Honey, don't be sad. Winning was out of the question... Making it to the main event and reaching the top eight was the goal, wasn't it?"

Hui-Chul nodded, agreeing to what was considered an impossible goal by the community. Achieving it would be a remarkable feat or at least a stepping stone to greatness.

"Yeah, I wasn't even thinking about winning, but..."

Hui-Chul couldn't shake off his disappointment.

"It seems more regrettable now that it’s within reach. If only we had known a little sooner... even if it wasn’t a year, just six months..."

Hui-Chul was aware that Almond had started streaming less than six months ago. Before that, Almond had worked in a successful corporation unrelated to this world. Hui-Chul was indulging in impossible hypotheticals due to his regret.

"Would it have been better if we hadn't known? Is that what you're thinking?" his partner inquired.

"No," Hui-Chul shook his head with a big smile. "I can't be that foolish."

His partner sat on his lap.

"Right. It's fortunate that we found him now even if we can’t win the championship. I'd be so happy just making it to the main event. I might even cry."

"Yeah, that's true," Hui-Chul agreed with a smile. However, he couldn’t fully hide the bitterness lingering at the corners of his mouth.

"Let's just focus on what we need to do right now. That person still has a lot to learn. We need to decide how to teach him. If we keep this up, we might not even make it to the main event."

"Right."

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***

After achieving A+ rank, Sang-Hyeon decided to take a break.

Reading the message, Sang-Hyeon's eyes drifted to the clock at the top of his screen.

"At 7 P.M, that means…"

It was currently 5 P.M. He could eat dinner and get back in time. That seemed like a good plan.

With a soft hiss, his custom capsule opened. Sang-Hyeon sat up and looked around. The person who usually greeted him after the capsule opened wasn’t there.

"He hasn't cback yet."

Ju-Hyeok hadn’t returned from the award ceremony preparations. He was probably shopping for clothes with Ji-Ah and wouldn’t return until after dinner.

"Hmm."

Sang-Hyeon scratched his head, looking somewhat troubled.

"What to eat?"

Dinner was always prepared by Ju-Hyeok. Upon reflection, it seemed that Ju-Hyeok had been taking care of various aspects of Sang-Hyeon's life beyond his managerial duties.

Shortly afterward…

Predictably, Sang-Hyeon was munching on almonds he'd taken from the cupboard. He didn’t even realize when he had taken them out.

The savoriness spread in his mouth, improving his mood. He continued to munch on almonds with one hand while scrolling through the community on his phone with the other.

"?"

Something felt uncomfortable.

"Ah."

He tapped his head and moved toward the computer. Why bother eating almonds at the dining table? He could just sit at his computer, munch on them, and browse the community there. Sitting at the dining table had beca habit from eating with Ju-Hyeok.

He placed a bowl of almonds on his computer desk.

He entered the community.

"I wonder how BornToB is doing."

Almond was concerned about BornToB. Was it because he suddenly cried or because of them playing together for so long? It was hard to say, but BornToB was certainly on his mind. Not that he wanted to continue playing games with BornToB. He hoped BornToB wasn't receiving too much flak.

"…?"

Sang-Hyeon was taken aback by the unexpected reactions. A lot of posts praised BornToB's fast archer rush and seven adored him.

The top post on Embul was:

A post asking for likes if users liked BornToB reached seventh place due to its high number of likes. Further searches on BornToB revealed numerous posts.

They all featured such titles.

And so on.

"What's going on…?"

Sang-Hyeon felt something was off. It seemed unclear in the beginning, but all the posts seemed like jokes now.

Why did they all suddenly uplift BornToB to such an extent? If a community suddenly propped up an underdog, it was usually for simple reasons.

First, it was simply for fun. This aspect wasn't really problematic. It was just a joke meant to be laughed off.

However, the second aspect was more contentious.

"Sother purpose…"

Sang-Hyeon quickly sensed something with his accumulated experience in communities.

"This is it."

It was a takedown strategy.

It wasn't about uplifting BornToB but elevating the status of B rank itself. Thereby diminishing the prestige of A rank. Most community users were ranked lower than A, so tarnishing the honor of A rank to make it seem no different from B rank was their goal.

BornToB was merely being used for this purpose. Similar content also made it to the top posts section.

Sang-Hyeon was confused about whether to feel happy or not. He was glad BornToB wasn’t receiving so much hate now, but something felt off.

Sang-Hyeon hoped someone would recognize BornToB’s efforts, but the community never reacted the way he wanted it to. He closed the window after having browsed enough. He grew full on the almonds and felt his eyelids close. Then, his gaze turned toward the sofa.

Sang-Hyeon’s mind becas blank as BornToB’s. He forgot about everything and decided to take a nap.

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***

Somewhere else, these individuals also couldn’t enjoy the compliments toward BornToB. It was the group chat full of stream snipers.

BoySchool's speech becincreasingly rough as if he lost his reasoning.

Then, the others demanded an explanation.

Pressed by the other members, BoySchool reluctantly responded after a moment of contemplation.

Everyone paused for a moment, except for SandSpoon.

To this, BoySchool added on as if he felt it was unfair.

VeryVeryCastle tried to intervene, but it wasn’t effective.

Then, CheesyAttackJudge asked something to a user with an unfamiliar nickname.

He noticed that Ronaldo wasn't an original member of the chatroom. Initially, it was unclear whether a user had changed their nickname, but it turned out to be a completely new person upon checking.

Ronaldo had joined them when the chatroom was deactivated after AK47's humiliating defeat.

This room was basically where extremists gathered. This time, they just happened to take on the task of stream sniping Almond.

Originally, it was just a common open chatroom waiting for users to join without any passwords required. The chatroom’s nwas only a bit difficult to figure out.

CheesyAttackJudge kept pressing Ronaldo for an answer.

A long silence followed.

Then, Ronaldo revealed his identity and caused an uproar in the chatroom.

Almond’s manager? Not many of them understood what this meant right away.

Only two of them responded.

Ju-Hyeok took a screenshot and left them a final message.

The silence only lasted for a moment before they all quickly made a move. As if on cue, all the members fled without looking back.

Only Ju-Hyeok remained, but that didn’t matter because he had already screenshotted everything.

A new post appeared on Embul.