Genius Archer Streaming Season 2 Episode 8
3. Zombie School (2)
“This is it. I think this is the real deal… …! Wow. Could this really be the real deal!?”
When PD Jang’s excited voice echoed across the rooftop.
Another person’s voice interrupts.
“Why are you mumbling alone on the rooftop again?”
Chick.
The woman talking to him while smoking a cigarette next to him is PD Park Soo-yeon.
PD Jang and I joined the company at the same time.
“By the way, damn it. Our directors just live off the company’s money. Why do they keep making a fuss about everything?”
He is characterized by his very rough mouth. This is something that happens sometimes when doing this job.
Especially in the case of women, there are those who ignore them for no reason, so they evolve like this on purpose… … PD Jang tries hard to understand her harsh words.
‘Huh? Wait a minute.’
PD Jang, who looked back at her absentmindedly, felt as if he had been struck on the head by lightning.
Something suddenly occurred to me.
It felt like the final puzzle piece was falling into place in his vision.
‘Come to think of it, he’s a specialist.’
He is one of the few guys in our country who creates innovative entertainment. Regardless of whether it makes money or not, there is no greater loss than creating a new format.
He’s a PD from Mensa, so he’s famous and has a pretty good career. It’s because none of the things he’s done have paid off.
So, even though I ended up at this hot pants major channel broadcasting station, my skills are still outstanding.
“You… …what kind of entertainment show were you doing just now?”
“… … You don’t even know that?”
His eyebrows furrowed fiercely, and he looked like he was about to spit out another bowl of curses.
“Oh, no. I know, but I can’t quite remember the name──”
“Mystery Club.”
“Ah. Yeah, that’s it!”
Detective club.
It is an adventure-style entertainment show where students uncover the school’s secrets through mystery club activities.
“You had a lot of complaints about that. The set budget, the celebrities not being able to focus, and calling in a manager in the middle of the film… .”
“This bearded bastard is f*cking crazy.”
PD Park is smiling. He’s definitely smiling, but his expression isn’t very good.
“Why why…….”
“Do you think the entertainment show I’m doing is a real mystery club? I quit after just one season. I said it wasn’t profitable.”
“……ah.”
“For a variety show like that, the viewer ratings were high. But for a variety show like that… … that’s just it. There were no advertisements. It was literally a show that didn’t make money.”
“Oh, that’s it.”
PD Jang was extremely embarrassed. He had been so indifferent to the person he was trying to recruit.
“What I’m doing now is an old-fashioned travel variety show. I take celebrities on a shopping trip and pretend they do all the hard work.”
“… … Ahem.”
“If you’re not interested, why are you suddenly asking about the entertainment show I’m doing? Huh?”
PD Park leans against the railing and asks.
It’s something PD Jang rarely does because it’s so dizzying that he feels like he’s falling, but that guy does it very naturally, with both arms crossed.
PD Jang swallowed hard and continued speaking.
‘I can’t just back off.’
Even if you can’t convince them here, you should at least say as much as you can so that you have another chance next time.
“What you really wanted to do and envisioned was an adventure variety show. Like a mystery club. Right?”
“Hmm… … .”
PD Park frowns and looks around.
PD Jang beyond the smoky cigarette smoke.
‘I don’t know.’
PD Jang, who had no interest in others his entire life.
PD Jang, who grows out his hair and beard and pretends to be an artist, but is really good at making money.
PD Jang, who didn’t even know what kind of show I was doing.
Why is he suddenly interested?
To an adventure show that doesn’t even make money.
To me, who has never even had a drink before.
‘Did you smell money?’
PD Park answers first.
“… … Oh. Right.”
after.
He continued answering, blowing out smoke.
“I want to do an adventure-style variety show. But that costs a lot of money to produce. The set has to be big. It costs money to keep celebrities for a few nights, and it’s not easy to invite them.”
“Right? That’s hard. The set has to be big. The celebrities have to go here and there and their schedules have to match.”
“… … What the heck. Why are you sympathizing with me when you didn’t even do it? Stop talking nonsense. I’m only going to do things that make money from now on. I have a kid at home.”
“Look at this.”
The cell phone that PD Jang suddenly hands me.
Although the expression on his face as if telling me to take the bait is annoying.
PD Park puts the cigarette away with his other hand and takes a look.
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‘What the… … .’
What appears on PD Jang’s screen is a zombie school.
“Huh? This guy. Isn’t that the guy who was a guest on your talk show?”
“Huh? Huh. How do you not know?”
“Because you’re handsome.”
PD Park said only that and then focused on the screen again.
* * *
“Number 15. The correct answer is 45 square centimeters. It was a question of finding the area on a graph. It doesn’t seem like it at all… … .”
“… … sign 30… … tangent… … .”
“I guess I’ll have to apply the root formula… … Pluma… … .”
It was almost like a forced sleeping pill.
I was so absorbed in this game that it felt like finishing the math teacher’s lesson was the main quest of the game.
-Almonds lol walnuts are so annoying ㅠㅠㅠ
-Why are you so sleepy? Lol
-Aren’t you getting too immersed??ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-I’m going crazy ㅋㅋㅋㅋ I can see my school days, I can see them~
Almond thought about whether he should speak to the viewers.
In this situation, speaking into the microphone somehow felt like cheating.
I hold back, thinking that even if it makes me sick, I should just keep my mouth shut and listen to the whole class.
But at that time.
Ding!
[The eyes slowly close.]
[If you remain sleepy, you may become ‘tired’. Please try to get some sleep, even if it is only for a short time.]
This message comes to mind:
‘Hmm? Was it because of this?’
It’s not that the almond is sleepy, it’s that the character that the almond is in is sleepy.
-Wow. What the heck lol
-The walnut wasn’t weird!
-Are you really sleepy???
‘You can’t tell the difference?’
It was really amazing.
I can feel this character’s state exactly, so I can’t tell if it’s my state or the character’s state.
‘What happens when you get tired?’
They said that if you don’t get enough sleep, you will become tired.
But how on earth are you supposed to sleep at school? And in front of that teacher?
That’s suicide.
Almond ignores it for now and goes back to focusing on his scary math teacher’s class.
“Because here and here are perpendicular. We can use trigonometry again… … .”
I’m sleepy. If I could use half the charisma I used to scare the kids in class, I wouldn’t be sleepy… … The moment I think about it.
Tiring!
The alarm rings again.
[I am currently ‘very hungry’.]
[If you don’t eat anything, you will gradually lose strength.]
“… … What is this?”
Almond muttered into the broadcast microphone channel.
He checks his watch.
“It’s just past lunchtime. Why am I hungry?”
Gulp.
It’s the sound coming from the boat.
It wasn’t exactly almond-pear-sized, but it certainly looked hungry.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋAre you a pig?
-It was a time like that
-But it’s weird lol. No matter what, I’m not even hungry, I’m really hungry
“I guess you skipped lunch.”
Almond thought about it like that and just sat there quietly listening to the class.
-Skipping lunch and sleeping during class lol. This is total gangster stuff.
-Is this the school life of a popular kid?
-Do you have a girlfriend? Then I’ll really hope the zombies win.
While watching viewers’ chat.
Almond also realizes something curious.
‘Why does this feel like real time?’
Usually, in these types of story games, the time passing within them should be a little faster.
But here, every minute and every second seemed to count.
If someone heard me say this, they’d probably say it was just me being imaginary. They just found math class so boring.
So he checks his watch.
‘… … ?’
I unconsciously looked at the watch on my wrist. Since I’m a student, I don’t really have a watch. However, there is a mark on the watch band. It looks like I usually wear it.
Anyway, not now.
Almond turns his gaze to the clock on the blackboard.
‘It’s hard to tell from that.’
I have a watch, but it doesn’t display seconds.
That was when.
Ding~ dong~ daeng~ dong~!
The paper rings.
“Whew.”
Almond let out a sigh of relief without realizing it.
Similar breathing sounds echo here and there.
-Student synchronization rate 100%ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋWhy are you a real student? ㅋㅋ
-Whew lol
-???: I’m holding my breath until class is over!
Fortunately, my math teacher wasn’t the type to continue the lesson even after the paper was cut off.
“So the correct answer is… … root 3. That’s it.”
bang.
A math teacher who makes one attempt to puncture the blackboard with chalk and then coolly walks out.
“Whoaaaaam… … !”
As soon as he leaves, a student starts stretching loudly.
“Ah. That Jeon Tae-joong kid. He’s really annoying.”
I think the math teacher’s name is Jeon Tae-jung.
Even the name is somehow powerful.
That’s surprising, but Almond was surprised at another point.
‘and…….’
It’s because of the students’ real reactions.
“Hey. Why was that root 3 just now? You’re just reading the answer sheet again.”
“Ah… … That… … .”
A student studying.
“Ah. Should we go to the store?”
“I like sausage bread.”
“Let’s go together, Shipryun.”
A student going to the store.
“Eugene. Let’s go to the bathroom.”
“huh.”
Female students going to the bathroom together.
Too much realism.
Yes, it would be appropriate to say that it is excessive.
‘It’s completely different from the real incarnations.’
The real incarnations are purely fantasy figures. So even though they were implemented as real people, there was still a sense of distance.
Not to mention the NPCs in Kingdom Age. They are medieval and less realistic than the real-life incarnations.
By the way, these people are Korean. They are students at a Korean school.
The implementation rate is overwhelmingly higher than that of previous games. It’s to the point where it makes you wonder how far technology has advanced.
A loud noise is heard from behind Almond.
“Hey. Kim Woo-joong. Don’t you remember how you cried when you got beaten up so badly during a fight?”
Someone picks on Woo-Joong Kim, the student who first stretched.
“You want to get behind? What the hell, who the hell is getting behind you?”
“Ah. Seriously, I told you to stop swearing.”
A pretty female student sits next to Kim Woo-joong.
She put on makeup to make her eyes look bigger and wore a tight skirt.
“Ah… … Okay.”
Kim Woo-joong scratches his head and says, “Okay,” to the student, “I can’t move.”
‘It’s like a real school.’
While Almond was admiring the children like that.
“Hey. Kim Joo-hyuk.”
A female student with raised eyebrows calls out to Kim Joo-hyuk.
“Kim Joo-hyuk. Can’t you hear me? Give me your chair. Why are you sitting there?”
‘Wow. There’s a kid named Kim Joo-hyuk… … That’s me?’
Almond realized belatedly that someone was calling him, and turned around.
Hmph!
Is that a slap coming?
‘What is this?’
Almond unconsciously moved his head far back to avoid it.
“… … ?”
The one who slapped him was a girl with dark eyes. She nodded and said, “What are you trying to do?”
‘What the heck? Is this a joke?’
It’s hard to tell if he really meant to hit me or if he was just pretending to hit me like friends do.
If you were going to hit me, wouldn’t you have swung it more properly?
It seems like a joke, but the atmosphere is not like that at all, so I’m asking just to confirm.
What are you trying to do? Hit me?
Teeing!
[Unable to answer due to status ‘Fear’.]
I’m speechless.
‘?’
I’m really speechless.
I even feel my heart rate rising, as if I’m feeling real fear.
“Kim Joo-hyuk, that loner bastard… … is avoiding our So-hee’s kind slap? If I were you, I’d slap the other way too.”
Gyarrr.
The tall guy who appeared with laughter bursting out here and there was a guy named Baek Jun-su.
It said so on the name tag.
Judging from the fact that he’s the tallest, he must be the highest ranking person here.
“You f*cking punk. Just tell me.”
Baek Jun-su loads his fist back as if he is about to hit a punching machine.
Almond was embarrassed.
“Meiji Squad!!”
I wonder if that slow-moving fist is really trying to hit me or not… … .
There was no distinction.
‘Are you serious?’
Should I hit you even as a joke?
Still, Almond avoids it by leaning over the chair he is sitting in.
Empty… … !
Baek Jun-su’s face contorts in pain as his fist is stuck in the chair frame.
“Ah! Chew… …! Who are you avoiding!?”
How can I get that? I tried to refute it, but I couldn’t speak because of fear.
“But this kid. He’s so cocky.”
Kim Woo-joong, who had been watching from behind, steps forward.
He runs straight towards you and delivers a side kick.
Phew!
‘This is no joke.’
Almond now realized that this was no joke. Who would kick the side of the bed as a joke?
‘Even in a state of fear, I think it’s possible to avoid it.’
Sweep!
Almond, who lightly deflected another attack.
“?!”
Since he was kicked in the air, it was only natural that Woo-Joong Kim fell to the ground with a thud.
“Ah, ahh… … !”
Kim Woo-joong and his friends’ eyes turn fierce at the same time.
“This kid is hurting again?!”
“What are you trying to do, Kim Joo-hyuk? Do you really want to lose?”
A murderous atmosphere.
-Is this the right way to play this game? LOL
-If you avoid that, won’t the game stop progressing?
-Hey, I just got hit once lol
-Much lol
-I grit my teeth and avoid everything lol
Almond’s gaze also changed. It was because he was thinking of something else.
‘… … This body. It’s really slow.’
I’ve been feeling this way since a while ago, but this body is slow and bursting. Could this be one of the abnormal statuses?
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[tired]
All actions become slower. If fatigue persists, stamina may decrease.
[very hungry]
Your stamina is significantly reduced. You cannot move much.
[fear]
You cannot speak in front of the object of your fear. You become frozen and your actions become slow.
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Even though I was very hungry and scared to begin with, I ended up getting tired because I couldn’t sleep.
That’s why it’s slower.
Meanwhile.
“Hey. If you dodge this time too, I’m going to really lose.”
Kim Woo-joong stands up with a murderous look in his eyes and turns his legs.
‘What should I do?’
Do I really have to hit those guys?
Almond somehow feels hurt.
* * *
“Oh, hot… … !”
widely.
After throwing away all the cigarettes that were burning, PD Park takes out another one.
I was watching this game without even realizing that my precious cigarette was burning out.
“With this game… … are you trying to create an adventure-style entertainment show?”
She now understands what PD Jang was trying to say.
“Yes. Without being restricted by the platform. Without having to worry about what the broadcasting station bosses think. And with much less production costs.”
There is certainly not a single word that is wrong.
‘This kid… … .’
PD Park feels himself wavering.
It’s disgusting. Being swayed by that guy.
“……what do you think about it?”
PD Jang asks cautiously.
“Are you okay?”
fantasy,
