I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 61

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Episode 61

I smiled while maintaining tense eyes.

“I haven’t seen your face much? Doesn’t seem like you come here often.”

A gang member spoke in a rough tone. He was one of the Funny Capsule Distribution Network, also called the MZ Gang. The gang member wearing thick Silver Rings leisurely sipped Whiskey with one hand.

“…Ah, how annoying. Why do you keep nitpicking about my looks?”

Influencer 1 already knew who the other person was. But she couldn’t just leave quietly from here.

I swept my hair back with one hand as if I was exasperated. It was a habitual gesture of Influencer 1.

“I got my eyes done a little, and Filler… no, I really didn’t put in much CC? It’s almost natural? Just because I got a bit prettier, you can’t recognize me right away?”

“…What?”

“You got my Yoosta ID two months ago but didn’t even send a DM!!! That’s why I did it, are you satisfied!!!”

I confused the gang member with the most common episode that happens in Clubs. Nearby, conversations went back and forth jokingly calling the gang member a bad guy.

“What’s your ID? Are we following each other now?”

“No. We’re not following each other now. I blocked you because you were annoying.”

Mocking cheers rang out. The gang members drank again, laughing and giggling. The half-conscious extras also clapped and laughed. Everyone was under the effects of Funny Capsules.

“But you came in again? Here?”

“…What’s annoying is annoying…”

My heart was tightening with anxiety. I got past one hurdle, but my fingertips kept trembling, afraid the lie would be discovered.

‘If I really get caught, it’s over…!’

I kept feeling scared and like I was going to cry. Influencer 1 was the only sober person here.

She was even the farthest from the door. Influencer 1 unconsciously swept her hair back and touched the Radio once. It was a signal to come quickly.

Crackle…

A small sound from beyond the receiver could be heard. It’s okay. They’ll come in soon. A faint trust in Detective Yoon and Detective Gwak bloomed.

“I came after hearing all the rumors. Your crew is famous.”

Influencer 1 spoke carefully. The gang member who had been giggling just moments before looked interested.

“I want to join your crew too, how do I do it?”

This was the Innermost Room. You had to go through several doors to get in. I had explained the location to them before entering, so they should come soon.

“Aha~?”

Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump.

My heart was beating so hard it hurt, like I was going to die. The snake-like gaze of the gang member staring intently at me was sharp.

“If you came after hearing rumors, this?”

An Envelope with a Smile Sticker attached came out from the gang member’s chest. He smiled and shook the Envelope.

I pretended to fix my fallen hair and touched the Radio behind my ear once more. Quickly. Please come quickly. Quickly.

“Yeah. That.”

“Wow… a girl I’ve never met is so bold… Hey. You need to know the effects to sell it properly.”

Rustle-.

The sound of opening the Envelope seemed excessively loud.

“Don’t take them out one by one boringly, just give me all of them.”

Gulp. As soon as I finished the short sentence, I swallowed. My mouth kept getting dry.

All the gang members’ gazes were fixed on me.

Sharp silence cut through the air like a knife. The few seconds of silence felt particularly long. For a moment,

“Ahaha! Look at her. So small but fearless.”

“The lady is speaking~. Ah, sorry!”

Changseok, she’s asking for the whole thing. Give it to her! Don’t be petty like a man!”

The gang members with faces red from alcohol hit the table and laughed. They exchanged jokes among themselves that they might make on the Downtown District streets.

The lie worked properly.

The Envelope with the Smile Sticker finally came into my hands, and the moment I got the evidence.

Bang-!!!

“Ah, damn it’s so complicated. You bastards, how are we supposed to escape if there’s a fire when you’ve twisted the building like this? We need to install emergency exits on every Wall!”

“Hah…”

With a loud noise, the door opened,

“Ah, why are you only coming now!!!”

The detectives burst in. I’m saved.

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“Yes. Just like that-! We’ll change the Camera setting and go again.”

It was quite a long take, but there was no NG.

The tension and fear were properly conveyed. Yoon Hyeonjo properly saw Han Yeoreum’s eyes when he opened the door just now. It was different from when she was sobbing beyond the window last time. If she was flustered and didn’t know what to do then, now it was more…

‘Like she barely survived.’

It felt like he caught some key point where Detective Yoon gradually gets influenced by Detective Gwak in the drama.

Clearly, all people in the world were inferior to Detective Yoon. Detective Yoon was an elite, after all. He became a police officer to rise above humans who don’t properly follow justice and law.

That was Yoon Hyeonjo’s interpretation of Detective Yoon. As it goes on, he does develop some bond with Detective Gwak and the Investigation Team, but that feeling doesn’t extend to Influencer 1 or ordinary citizens.

“Actor Hyeonjo-! Let’s match the Action one more time before we go into the shot!”

But Influencer 1 trusted the detective. She was looking at him with eyes that believed he would definitely save her.

This wasn’t part of the calculation. Yoon Hyeonjo practiced the choreography he had arranged with the Martial Arts coordinator. Throw a left punch, duck briefly, then a straight kick.

“Yes! Absolutely perfect. All that practice repeating the same movements paid off.”

Yoon Hyeonjo made a rather inefficient proposal to the proudly smiling Martial Arts coordinator and supporting actors.

“…Sorry, but would it be okay if we added just one movement?”

Yoon Hyeonjo’s mind worked quickly. Detective Yoon who shows just a tiny bit, really just a little kindness only to people within his boundaries. He wanted to express that his cold personality had cracked.

“Director Gong. I want to Ad-lib this part.”

“Hyeonjo… are you explaining your Ad-lib?”

“Well, it would be inefficient to suddenly do it on the Film Set. I just thought of it now, so it is an ad-lib.”

“Right, right! But what’s really going on. Seeing our Hyeonjo doing Ad-lib like this. What kind of change of heart is this~!”

Director Gong covered his mouth and was moved by Yoon Hyeonjo’s additional proposal.

Yoon Hyeonjo looked at Yeoreum in the distance, who was getting her makeup retouched because her makeup had smeared from tears.

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‘Wow, it’s really different…’

Watching the stormy Action scene right before my eyes left me speechless.

I also gave a passionate performance crawling under the table, but it seemed incomparable to the scenes where Detective Yoon and Detective Gwak used their bodies.

‘Especially the last part.’

There was a movement where both of them threw punches simultaneously, and the way they put strength in their core and used their entire upper body with momentum was incredible.

‘I definitely want to try Action later too.’

In the completely destroyed Filming Set, Yoon Hyeonjo, who was getting wound makeup on his reddened hands, gestured to me.

“Did you call me, senior?”

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