Genius Archer Streaming Season 1 Episode 195
66. Nothing special (2)
After class, children wearing identical uniforms rush out of the school gate.
Since everyone was finishing school at the same time, the school gate was packed with no room to breathe.
Like the subway during rush hour.
A student who was trying to squeeze through the gap shouted.
“for a moment! sorry! “I’m going to go out!”
Pure white sportswear, pure white hat. Long black hair hanging down below.
It was a sight that was not often seen during dismissal time at high schools. What was even stranger was the desperation in her voice.
“Ji, do I really have to go quickly? Guys. Just a little… … eww… … !”
Thinking that it was fortunate that she was a third-year student, Soyeon succeeded in running through the huge crowd.
widely.
The sneakers, as white as the skin exposed on my ankles, finally stepped on the sidewalk blocks instead of the grass of the school playground. At the same time, it shoots forward like a bullet.
‘Is it the track and field club?’
‘I guess they’re preparing for physical education college.’
‘That’s really fast.’
It was a fast run that made the other kids lose their minds.
As they expected, the sports team was right.
It has nothing to do with running, though.
“ha… … ha… … .”
Maybe that’s why I was out of breath after a while. It seems he has no endurance.
chin.
Someone’s hand came up to her shaking shoulder.
“sister!”
She was a female student with a brightly lit name tag that read, “Cha Hyeon-ju.”
“Calm down!”
“… … You, why did you follow me?”
“That’s right! Look at what happened just now, Unnie. You said you saw Sang-Hyeon oppa there. I told you, that’s not even true.”
“So you’re saying you’re going to go and check it out now?”
She shook off Hyunju’s hand and stepped onto the roadside.
He waved his hand urgently and called out something.
Jiying.
It was a taxi that stopped smoothly. This is a recently introduced self-driving taxi.
“sister!”
“Don’t ride!”
Tuk.
After locking the door and fighting off the annoying junior.
She looks around.
“uh… … .”
Empty front seats, needlessly flashy ambient lights.
This is my first time riding a self-driving taxi.
It’s been commercialized for almost a year, but as a student who doesn’t take taxis very often, I’m unfamiliar with how to use it.
thud. thud. thud.
A knock on the window.
This time it was Dong-su. His face was red from how long he had been running.
Even though it was sad to see that happen, Soyeon opened the window.
“What.”
“hey! Sang-Hyeon Yoo, I just kicked that bastard because archery wasn’t cool! “Why are you so impatient with her!”
“… … You don’t know anything, so you can’t say something like that.”
“what?!”
“Sanghyun… … .”
Soyeon paused for a moment.
“He can’t quit archery. “Is there a reason?”
“Hey you lunatic──”
Jiying.
The window closed again.
“Please go to 74-8, Heogye 3-gil.”
“From Cheonggye High School, go to 74-8, Hugye 3-gil.”
* * *
Inside a self-driving taxi.
Sanghyeon sighed deeply.
“… …Why this car?”
It was an issue for a long time and then disappeared for a long time.
It seems to be coming out again these days.
I thought about just getting off, but I can’t do this forever. Sanghyun just closed his eyes tightly and spoke with correct pronunciation.
“Saetgang Memorial Park.”
“In the succession, Saetgang Memorial Park.”
As the machine voice spoke, as if reciting a poem, a map appeared on the screen next to it in response.
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Sanghyun closed his eyes tightly.
It felt like my heart was beating excessively. For no reason, his hand tightly grasps the handle next to him.
“We’re leaving. Please fasten your seat belt.”
The steering wheel begins to move.
Woohoo!
The sound of the electric motor spinning echoes and the scenery outside the window passes by.
Jiiiing… … .
A cell phone vibrating sound that is almost indistinguishable from a motor sound.
[Kim Joo-hyuk]
It’s a call from Joo Hyuk.
Sang-Hyeon takes a deep breath and takes out his cell phone.
“What.”
-Hey. Where are you? I have something to tell you. Why aren’t you here all of a sudden?
“ah… … .”
Sang-Hyeon thinks for a moment, then checks his appearance and answers.
“My wedding.”
-Wedding ceremony?
“There’s a colleague I met the other day. “It’s his wedding.”
-ah. no wonder. So you contacted me? Anyway, we have an interview, right?
“interview?”
-uh. Interview with Police. You were caught.
“Ah… … That’s right.”
An interview was scheduled with Police, the production company of Reel.
-That was just postponed until after the competition. I asked him to hold the victory interview with great enthusiasm.
“I play the game, but why are you showing off your spirit?”
-I guess they just thought it was a joke. what.
Hahaha. Joo-hyuk laughs.
-And I also have a meeting with the production partner of The Badass Hero. It will be a bit like a preview? The open beta starts next week. We should also participate and broadcast advertisements.
“Are you currently in a competition?”
-Are other streamers playing? An advertisement is an advertisement, and a contest is a contest.
Do it.
Sanghyun scratched his head.
I made another mistake. He’s not a player, he’s just a streamer.
Of course, advertising will take priority over competition practice.
“… … Hmm. Okay.”
-Okay~
The schedule is tighter than I thought.
Sang-Hyeon thought it was a good decision to go see him today.
“It detects traffic changes and changes the route.”
The steering wheel on the empty front seat moved and changed lanes.
* * *
Soyeon called right away.
I answer the phone only after the signal goes away for a while.
-hello.
It was Sanghyun’s voice.
“where are you.”
Soyeon asked, biting her lips tightly.
-Why is that?
“I’m done with school. Are you home? Do you still live there? I know. More than one person has seen you.”
-… …Are you a stalker?
“It’s not a stalker, it’s a stalker. First, I entered the athletes’ village and received sponsorship and all special benefits from the association. Do you just run away because it’s no longer fun? “You know you can’t quit until you spit out all those taxes.”
-……ha.
“Why are you sighing because you did a good job? “Do you think I’m joking?”
-Don’t say anything childish like you. Just go home.
“What!? You… … .”
Tuk.
As the call ended, he let out a sigh of disbelief.
“under……!”
I called again.
Instead of his answer, an unfamiliar mechanical sound rang out from the taxi.
“It detects traffic changes and changes the route.”
On the phone, only the connection sound was heard. In the end, it did not connect.
“… … “What is it?”
Beneath the white hat, the tears I had been holding back finally flowed.
The sight of myself reflected in the rear-view mirror, which I no longer needed to see, was pitiful.
Sigh.
But, true to her original, upright personality, she quickly wiped away her tears and steeled her resolve.
I think I can convince you.
“It detects traffic changes and changes the route.”
The second time this voice rang out.
The girl just fiddled with her white hat nervously. She didn’t really care.
It seemed to be going well on its own. I learned in school that there is a system that moves to the faster route depending on the traffic volume.
“Detecting traffic changes… … .”
When the third voice rang out in succession.
It was only then that I noticed something strange.
“?”
Now that I think about it, I can’t see the building that should be visible.
Should I switch to manual guidance? She looked at the empty driver’s seat.
I saw a few simple buttons. I didn’t know anything about them. I didn’t even know which way to go. It’s impossible for a student to know the road situation properly.
“Detecting traffic changes… … green onion… … pooh… … .”
Chijijijijiji… … !
Eventually, a strange noise started to burst out.
“!”
She quickly unbuckled her seatbelt and tried to find the emergency stop button.
However, the seat belt did not come off.
“You cannot unfasten your seat belt while driving.”
‘what… … ?’
The cold, mechanical tone of voice was somehow chilling.
In that harsh tone, the taxi continued to shout.
“It deviated from the expected path. Re-exploring the route.”
“It deviated from the expected path. Re-exploring the route.”
“It deviated from the expected path. Re-exploring the route.”
“It deviated from the expected path. Re-exploring the route.”
.
.
.
The girl quickly picked up her cell phone and dialed 119.
“Tae, the taxi is strange! help!”
The caller confirmed her location using her number.
The location changed from moment to moment.
“This is a speeding zone. Please slow down.”
ping! ping! ping!
Red lights flashed here and there, warning drivers to slow down.
But no driver will slow down.
80, 90, 100 per hour… … .
Baaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
The last thing I heard was the urgent honking of the car in front.
* * *
“You have arrived.”
The taxi’s voice rang out, and Sang-Hyeon swiped his card to pay.
Shoot… … .
As soon as I get off, a fairly familiar scent drifts in through the wind.
It is the scent of moist water and the scent of pine trees spread out in all directions.
I turned my head slightly and saw the destination written in neat handwriting.
‘Saetgang Memorial Park’
It was a space where, if you happened to pass by, you might not even realize that it was a memorial park.
Perhaps children will play here without realizing that this is a place to honor the dead.
It was a structure that could be accidentally entered if you were to walk near the Saetgang River and suddenly take the wrong path. This was the intended effect from the design.
This space claims that death is not something to be afraid of, or anything special or painful, but just the final destination of human affairs.
So this memorial space is also clean and has the names of the deceased engraved on black marble.
As I pass by, I see myself reflected on a black background. The names are covered over my appearance.
I too will become one of those names someday.
It’s not sad or scary.
We are simply making way for the next generation.
The hand that was grazing the black marble wall stops somewhere.
A name engraved there like a brand.
‘Han So-yeon.’
‘2007. 12. 03 ~ 2025. 06. 27’
His particularly short life is also described below.
Her birth occurred in winter, when all life freezes and withers.
Her death occurred in early summer, when all life was vibrant.
‘June 27, 25 years ago.’
Sanghyeon’s eyes stayed deeply on that number.
I can’t forget that day.
As summer was just beginning, at the dawn of a refreshing season when all life reaches its peak, her life was extinguished.
Ironically, it was also because of a car accident that she died.
Accidents caused by errors in fully autonomous vehicles were a major problem at the time.
It was the exact same accident that happened to Sang-Hyeon.
‘If only I had made the phone call properly back then… … .’
Just before the accident, Soyeon had called Sanghyun. What if Sanghyun had properly explained to her why he was quitting archery during that call?
If he had a self-driving accident and told you to be careful driving in the future… … .
‘Would it have been different?’
These cruel ‘what ifs’ were torn apart by his thoughts. Emotions that were usually kept locked away in a corner were torn apart by him.
My legs gave out.
dump.
He sat down, leaning his back against the marble, as if collapsing.
“It’s been a while, huh? I couldn’t come last year because I was busy. sorry.”
White breath rises with regret.
Even though I’ve been coming here for 10 years now, my heart feels heavy every time I come.
Fortunately, I don’t shed any tears anymore.
“Soyeon.”
He muttered quietly to the wall, where there was no way he could be heard.
“I met my brother-in-law yesterday.”
This is what Sang-Hyeon always does when he comes here.
It tells the story as if Soyeon were still alive.
“You gained a lot of weight? You’re doing well. You didn’t mention anything about me. I think you did it on purpose.”
Sang-hyeon knows that Dong-su was considerate of him.
“But… … I’m a little scared.”
He confesses to Soyeon something he has never told anyone before.
“I’m afraid they’ll find out. What kind of accident I had. That I could… … actually save you… ….”
Yes.
This is what Sanghyun fears the most.
Of course, it is scary for the public to find out about one’s weaknesses, and it is also scary for people to hear rumors related to Soyeon going up and down like an emotional joke.
However, it has already been more than 10 years.
It has already become very dull.
Yet something still weighs on his heart.
“It’s as if I killed you. If they find out… … How about… … .”
It’s a feeling of guilt.
So-yeon died in the same accident as Sang-hyeon.
The person I spoke to right before I died was also Sang-Hyeon.
And Sang-Hyeon didn’t say anything to her.
If they had given at least the bare minimum of explanation, if they had even told people to be careful of self-driving cars, the outcome would have been different.
My former colleagues found out about this fact, that instead of protecting the person I cared about, I actually drove them to death.
This is what Sanghyun fears the most.
So I intentionally didn’t pay any attention to them until now.
I lived without even knowing that Hyun-joo had become a gold medalist.
However, when Dongsu received a call from Rune Star.
Now I realize that it really can’t be avoided.
If you’re going to make a living as a streamer.
You have to face it anyway.
“But the funny thing is, I was happy to hear from you. It seems like a lot of time has passed.”
Then, surprisingly, a voice was heard from the black wall.
“You’re really coming on my birthday, not my anniversary.”
“!”
Sang-Hyeon was startled and looked around.
“They say that people who are very attached to the deceased usually come on their birthday.”
The voice’s protagonist slowly turned around the stone wall and appeared at the end of the wall.
It was Cha Hyun-joo, an Olympic gold medalist and Soyeon’s closest junior.
“Or is it because you don’t want to meet us?”
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