Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 267
87. Spring (5)
Panga Fish.
It is a pure Korean name that was created with the meaning of living strong and courageous.
Although my mother was Japanese and well-versed in Chinese characters, my father insisted on giving me this name.
Pang’er was a young man with a neat appearance at first, but he was strong and, although not an idiot, he was a person with a good head for studying.
It was easier than I thought to get into a better university than others and to a slightly better company than others.
However, there was always a strangely empty space in a corner of his heart.
An empty space where something that once existed has been erased, like a person who has lost their memory.
One day, Eo-jin plays a game called Civil Empire for the first time.
He fell into this game as if he were possessed.
An empty corner of my heart slowly filled up, and perhaps because of my father, who was Korean to the core of his skull while marrying a Japanese mother, I became fascinated by the opportunity to play the country called Joseon.
Yes. He has been interested in national competition since the early days of the game.
Naturally, he rose to the rankings.
After meeting Heechul, I also met a friend named Lee An-yong – a name that I thought my mother would really like.
At this time, everyone was young, full of passion, and sunny.
I remember these bright days as if spring was coming outside the window.
Memories are beautifully refracted and stored in the mind, as if they were covered with a cheap cherry blossom filter.
Isn’t this kind of filter usually applied only to memories of first love? There have been times when I have asked myself this. The answer to this has not yet been found.
He liked these guys and wanted to give it his all in this game.
However, the reality was not easy.
My father, who built ships at a shipyard when he was young, died of lung cancer.
The government provided compensation for the cancer caused by industrial dust.
It was money that could not be used for rent anywhere.
Meanwhile, the inheritance tax was stolen from the country without exception.
My mother was left alone in a foreign country called Korea with only a few pennies in possessions. When I asked him if he was going back to Japan, his only answer was that he had all his memories of his father here.
The day he returned to work after his father passed away, his legs started shaking on the subway.
It felt like an axis had disappeared from his world.
Nevertheless, the subway continued to rumble and life went on.
The world went on fine, and the company that paid the compensation still built the ship well.
On the day when the shipbuilding business was said to be booming again, a video of Gukbbong was uploaded to AllTube.
Eojin didn’t like that video.
King Jin was an unfilial son and was not a patriot.
Even as he went from being a newbie to a manager at a large company, he never stopped playing games.
He went from being just an archer to becoming the leader of the archer unit, and Heechul became the general commander. Anyong was good at wielding a sword.
The older brothers who were with me gradually got married, had children, and left the game, and when I came to my senses, the three of them had become the eldest brothers on the team.
During those years, Joseon failed to achieve any notable results other than advancing to the finals once in its first appearance.
While teams from other countries gradually received sponsorship and turned professional. Even if it is not a national competition, leagues are established and professional leagues are created.
In Korea, Civil Empire was completely ignored.
No, the saying ‘completely ignoring’ is incorrect.
Because it feels like the people who are turning away are doing so on purpose.
That was not the actual phenomenon.
Just like dust that had accumulated too much, it was blown away by even a slight wind.
No one wanted the Civil Empire to disappear.
It just naturally weathers away due to indifference.
The only way to get attention was to perform well in national competitions.
That was the only way to resurrection. Of course, even this was Heechul’s personal thought.
These three ungodly, unfilial brothers simply believed Heechul’s words.
Unfortunately, it was not confirmed for a while whether Heechul’s thoughts were correct or not.
This is because I have never had good grades before.
[Ugh, I’m screwed again this year]
[It’s just a matter of money, look at the difference in capital]
[Where is that Joseon that went to the finals?]
[How can a single cafe owner’s capital power beat people who have been trained through professional league competition?]
[I think Cookie is a true genius. I thought so…]
It was an annual event that when the national competition started, the community Embul would sing.
The event always closed with Heechul’s words:
“We have to prepare for next year.”
Tuk.
The face that smiles while patting Panga’s shoulder.
That face became more and more devastated every year.
The next year that we have been preparing for has already become this year, and Heechul, who wants to prepare for another year, is getting older.
I simply thought that time was passing by.
Unfortunately, the illusion that my complexion was becoming excessively pale and that I looked older day by day was not an illusion.
“…what? “What happened?”
This was the first time I tried to quit playing this game. But I couldn’t.
Because Heechul didn’t quit.
Nevertheless, he continued.
Eojin clenched his teeth.
My legs shook again, but this time they didn’t shake at all.
Anyway, these three continued on.
“We have to prepare for next year.”
When Eojin heard this again, she exploded and asked how long it would be until next year.
A thousand dollars boiled inside me because I knew there might not be a next year for him.
I just wanted to quit everything.
Heechul is just avoiding it in the dimension of ‘next year’, which may or may not happen.
Eojin thought so.
He is on the run.
But anyway, Heechul continued, and the next year he mentioned became this year once again.
And today.
Jiing.
Eo-jin rubs his half-awakened eyes and checks a text message.
[Notice) Sponsor briefing session information]
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Hello. Dear national competition players.
This is manager Kim Joo-hyuk.
A lot has happened so far, and our team is now receiving a lot of attention.
I’m cautious, but I think we’ve gathered the resources necessary to create a professional team next year…
==== ====
The text started to tremble.
The letters seemed as if they were going to fall, but what fell were hot water droplets.
Eo-jin noticed it immediately after receiving the text.
‘You’re back.’
The sender is clearly the manager, but this text was written in consultation with someone.
“Okay, next year… I have to prepare.”
This person is preparing again for next year.
As if the trembling voice of the royal family now rang out in place of his own.
He didn’t care.
Even though next year might not come to him, he was trying to leave it behind.
For another Pangeo Cookie Malatang that will come later.
For the pleasant memories behind that cheap cherry blossom filter.
The goal is to leave behind this great legacy called ‘next year’.
* * *
Tongue.
The taxi door closed and Heechul got out.
His face looked much healthier than before.
While the taxi driver takes his luggage out of the trunk, he takes another look around the city.
‘You’re back again.’
Osaka.
To him, this city was not just a popular tourist destination for Koreans.
This is where miracles begin.
His gaze is directed towards one of the countless buildings.
This is the hotel where the players are staying.
He took a long stride towards it.
As you enter the hotel, you are greeted by a familiar lobby scene.
As soon as he checked in, he turned on the automatic translator and asked a question.
“Where is the seminar?”
The manager reserved a seminar room here today.
It’s like a large auditorium, and it’s originally difficult to make a reservation, but since the hotel itself is for national competition teams, it was easy.
The staff member kindly explained where he was going and sent him a map.
Heechul nodded and headed to the room to put his luggage back in.
It was the same room as the room I had previously stayed in.
“If you get to the semifinals, I’ll change it to a bigger size.”
It was the moment when the guest room door was opened while cracking a joke like an old man.
Suddenly, loud fireworks explode.
Pubbung!
“Howdy!”
Panga’s voice resonates brightly.
“Kook Hee-cheol! “Resurrected like a dog~!”
“Waaaaaa!”
Members of the national competition were crowded into this small room, holding cake.
Shake!
Other doors opened at once and other players came out into the hallway.
“Waaaaah! cookie! cookie!”
“Kook Hee-cheol! Kook Hee-cheol!”
It seems like they gathered to celebrate his return.
Heechul was startled and even took a step back.
“Uh…what is it? how did you know?”
Actually, Heechul was planning to make a surprise appearance during the seminar.
“How do you know? “If you look at it, it’s fake.”
But I guess it was difficult to fool my old friends.
On the contrary, I was surprised.
“This guy is disqualified as a strategist. Your movements are all caught! uh!? Hahahaha!”
Maratang bursts out laughing cheerfully.
Heechul also laughed along.
“Ahahahaha!”
With that smile, he was convinced.
That you are back where you belong.
‘can do.’
And Heechul truly felt it.
We can do it together with them.
I believe that Joseon will be able to make it through the semifinals and shine in the finals.
* * *
The victory in the Korea-Japan match was not simply a victory for the Joseon team.
It was also a victory for the Civil M Korea branch.
They had to deal with the explosive influx of users after the Korea-Japan War.
We put a lot of effort into helping newbies adapt as best as possible by temporarily expanding the server and holding various events simultaneously.
As a result…
“Is this a proper graph!? uh?! “You didn’t flip the graph over, did you?!”
The graph of the number of concurrent users was reminiscent of the stock graph in the movie.
“Tteoksaaaaaang!”
The employees spread their arms and jumped up.
Even executives ran out of their offices and shouted:
“Long live Korean independence!”
The following executives will be the happiest. There was talk right now that they would rather receive a resignation notice from the head office next month.
Then, articles began to appear one after another.
[Unpopular game “Civil M” 150,000 simultaneous users “Korea-Japan War” effect]
[Is it now? Civil Empire’s soaring stock price]
[Security prices soaring after Civil Empire’s “Korea-Japan War”]
Even the stock prices of Civil Empire’s creators were fluctuating beyond just the game’s problems.
Even though Korea has a smaller population than the United States and China, consumers never spend a lot of money on games.
In particular, the ranking of the Korean market in online games surpassed that of Japan, which has a population nearly three times that of China, and was immediately followed by the United States.
With such a big response in the market, it was natural for the stock price to move.
[Even in Japan, a “defeated country,” the number of concurrent users increased… Civil Empire stock price “vertically rises”]
The effects of the Korea-Japan War did not even apply only to Korea.
Because the match between the two countries was so fierce, many famous scenes were reproduced and covered in the media.
Japanese users were also influenced by it, and the number of people trying Civil Empire increased.
Some people were so desperate that they worked harder to beat Chosun next year, while others did not like the national team’s play and logged in saying, “I’d rather play.”
Thanks to this, as the number of concurrent users in Japan and Korea increased, stocks headquartered in the United States began to show unusual signs.
In the end, the story of Civil Empire had no choice but to come out in stock-related communities as well.
[Is Civil M going to Mars?]
[Korea-Japan match theme stock reading ㄱㄱ]
[Theme stock rumbling, idiots hahaha]
[Aren’t you supposed to buy Vietnamese stocks? Haha]
[Mars is going to go!]
[Is Civil M really happening?]
.
.
.
Until then, Civil M’s stock had been fluctuating, rising and falling repeatedly.
Although they are currently gaining tremendous popularity, stocks are ultimately bought based on future value.
I didn’t see any great potential.
However, strange rumors began to circulate in the industry.
[Breaking News] Asung is founding a Civil M pro team???]
