Genius Archer Streaming Season 1 Episode 3
1. I still want to shoot (3)
“It’s so similar… … .”
Sanghyun was once again surprised. The realism of the virtual reality world that embodies the Olympics.
-Wow… … !
-Yoo Sang-hyeon! Yoo Sang-hyun!
-Ah. Now Yoo Sang-hyun has grabbed the bow and climbed up. What do you think!?
-Yoo Sang-hyun has been a natural since he was young… … .
The cheers of the audience, and even the voices of the broadcasters from the championship days mixed together like hallucinations.
He was overcome with tension as if he were actually participating in the Olympics.
Thump thump.
The heartbeat that clearly should not have been heard rang in my ears, and my imaginary lips, which had no way of drying, dried up.
A familiar target appeared at the end of the 70-meter range as far as his vision could reach.
Red, yellow, blue.
A target drawn with multiple overlapping circles.
What I had only seen in my dreams was now right before my eyes. How long has it been since I last stood in this place?
“Phew.”
Sang-Hyeon immediately pulled the bowstring to see what it would feel like.
Kiriririk.
The familiar touch and sound of a protest being pulled. Sanghyun’s heart began to beat faster at that vivid sensation.
‘Oh, is this really happening?’
The moment when the string is pulled and held.
There’s always been a problem here: his right hand.
He turns his attention to his right hand.
‘!’
His right hand, which should have been shaking by now, was pulling the bowstring as if something had happened. Very firmly.
Sanghyeon remained in that position for a while, unable to do anything.
Something hot is rushing up to me.
‘… … .’
He struggled to swallow the complex feeling, not knowing whether it was sadness or joy, and took a closer look at the feel of the bow again.
‘It’s a little different.’
The tension of the string according to the application of force, the texture of the grip… … . If you look at it one by one, there was a clear sense of disconnect from reality. But those things were no longer important to Sanghyun.
If only I could draw a bow with my good arm… … .
Even if it has a texture like a toy bow, it will be fine once you get used to it.
‘Let’s do it.’
I took out the arrow and knocked it. Now, I can actually start shooting.
His eyes, which were always blank, glared fiercely at the target.
Now he enters into a war with his bow and himself.
Archery is always a fierce and quiet battle between yourself and the bow.
The athlete must always make the bow his or her own through the silent struggle.
It starts with a full draw.
This is a kind of preliminary battle where you pull the arrow to the position that suits you best.
It was the first time in a long time that Sang-Hyeon had done this, as precision and firmness of the right hand were essential during the full draw stage.
Kiriririk!
The string of the bow rests on the nose and lips as if it were a draw made yesterday. His right hand stuck under his chin as if it was returning to its original position.
It was a holding with perfect posture.
It was clearly a perfect sequence.
but… … .
‘The weight of the bow and the tension of the string are much lower than I thought. Is it made so that even beginners can do it easily?’
There was a problem.
To him, that lightness actually felt like an inconvenience.
Since you don’t feel the weight you’re used to, you’re putting in more effort unnecessarily.
His aim began to sway slightly here and there.
“again.”
Sang-Hyeon eventually failed to shoot the arrow and put it down again.
* * *
Joo-hyuk and the president gulped at the sight of Sang-hyeon’s eyes changing the moment he shot the arrow.
“Hey, hey. Pros are different. Their posture is no joke.”
“Yeah, that’s right. I’ve only heard about it, but this is my first time actually seeing it… … .”
It was the first time Joo-hyuk knew that Sang-hyeon could make an expression like that.
‘Is that Yoo Sang-hyun?’
Just shooting a bow in the game makes the viewer feel like they are being hunted.
In the silence that was spreading like fog, it felt as if even the wind that was blowing had stopped and was waiting.
“Huh… …? But why aren’t you shooting?”
“… … ?”
But Sang-Hyeon suddenly released the bowstring and lowered his bow.
“Could it be that my right hand problem has psychological effects?”
Joo-hyuk bit his lip. The president next to me added a word.
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“I’ve seen scenes like that at the Olympics. It’s like that sometimes. Of course, it’s not a good scene. “It’s not unusual.”
“… … ah. “It was like that.”
“I guess I was too nervous.”
I also remember Joo Hyuk. Once upon a time, one of the Olympic archers lowered his bow to rest for a moment after carrying all his arrows.
The tension and pressure of a match is difficult for even professionals to endure.
‘Is that guy nervous?’
Yoo Sang-hyun would be nervous in front of a virtual reality game. It was hard for Joo-hyuk, who had seen his company life, to imagine that.
He’s a very carefree guy in everything.
‘You really like it.’
Only then did he realize it.
How much Sanghyun loved archery and how much he missed it.
His love of archery was evident in his every gesture, expression, and even the sound of his breath.
I can’t help but be nervous.
It must be like seeing your first love again after a long time.
‘Isn’t money just an excuse?’
Sanghyeon didn’t seem to want to make money by playing games. He seemed to want to use that as an excuse to shoot his bow again.
I want to escape from the boring office life and shoot an arrow in the wide plains.
‘My grandmother passed away not long ago…’ … .’
The only reason Sang-Hyeon went to work was because of his grandmother, and her funeral was about a year ago. Sang-Hyeon is now letting go of the burden and doing what he wants to do.
‘It’s something I want to try… … .’
Joohyuk’s heart raced even though it wasn’t his job. What would it feel like to do something he wanted to do? And to become the best in that field?
It was something that had never happened in Joohyuk’s life.
“Oh. Pull again.”
The president tapped Joohyuk on the shoulder and said.
“oh…….”
‘oh… … I only had time to say one word.
Piyung!
To the point where I wanted to complain about how he could do that, Sang-hyeon shot his bow like water.
“!”
Even to Joo-hyuk, who knew nothing, there was something different about his bow.
“What, this is crazy!?”
The president who was watching also let out a gasp.
Even before the arrow arrived. Everyone could already see the moment Sanghyun shot.
Sigh!
That the arrow will hit the exact center of the target.
“and!”
“What is it, him? “Isn’t it a bit different from the archery I know?”
Archery, as the general public knows, is a pro among pros. Because unless it’s the Olympics, the general public has no chance of seeing archery.
But Yoo Sang-hyeon was one step above him. I don’t know anything, but it certainly seemed that way.
Just as Yuna Kim’s double axel is much more elegant than other athletes’ vague triple axels.
Sang-Hyeon Yoo, there was one more layer to his archery.
Piyung!
Another shot was fired.
As expected, the arrow hits the exact center again.
It is sucked in by the wind as if it were originally connected to its original location.
Sigh!
Three consecutive shots scored 10 points.
Sang-Hyeon didn’t stop there either. He fired two more shots in an instant.
Peewee! Peewee!
From then on, I started feeling sorry for the target.
[10 points!]
[10 points!]
The loud sound of shouting for a perfect score is somehow nerve-wracking. There was no tension.
Sang-hyeon shot a bow, and the arrow just hit the exact center of the target.
The saying that it looks like the palm is being turned over may have been coined after watching Sanghyeon shoot an arrow. I even have such absurd thoughts.
“… … “Brother, I heard there is a gap between this and reality?”
“Oh, yeah… … . There are a lot of players who have trouble adapting, but this guy is different. Usually, they struggle a bit at first, but then get better later. And that guy… … .”
The president scratched his head.
“I don’t know anything about archery. Isn’t that friend a little different? It just feels like something is different. That’s the archery we know… … ?”
Only then did Joo Hyuk reveal that Sang Hyun was in fact Korea’s youngest national championship gold medalist.
“… …The youngest?”
“yes. “He told me this while he was drinking.”
“If it’s the domestic championship, isn’t it essentially the youngest world champion?”
“It was meant to be that way.”
“It’s no joke… … . When you reach that level, something seems different to the average person… … .”
At that time, loud cheers were heard from the monitor.
-Waaaaaaaaaah!
-All 10 points! They all hit the bull’s eye! What is this!?
– Oh my gosh, I can’t believe it!
-Even the shooting time is the fastest record! That’s impossible!
Sang-hyeon ended the game by hitting all the arrows provided into the exact center of the target.
Chiik… … .
The capsule lid slowly rose with a hissing sound.
I thought Sanghyun would wake up and smile. Sanghyeon did not come out.
“Why aren’t you coming out?”
Joo-hyuk approached Sang-hyeon, thinking, ‘You don’t know how to act stupid again, do you?’
Joo-hyuk couldn’t help but pause as he looked inside the capsule.
“Hey. I didn’t know you’d come out… … .”
Sanghyun was crying.
I was covered in tears and crying profusely.
As if pouring out all the tears from the 10 years of not being able to hold a bow.
fantasy,
