NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 146

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Episode 146. 「White Blood」 (6)

 

“The chaotic scene looks like a big city such as New York or Seoul.”

 

 

 

Hearing Do-jin’s words, Akenaton didn’t know what ‘New York’ or ‘Seoul’ were, but he agreed.

 

 

 

“Yes. Trachea is definitely a big city.”

 

“What’s a big city?”

 

 

 

Having apparently changed her target of questions, it was Ella who was shaking Akenaton instead of Do-jin, asking everything with sparkling eyes.

 

 

 

Akenaton had been faithfully answering Ella’s questions since the orbital elevator, but now exhausted by the endless barrage of questions, he shook his head with a clearly annoyed expression.

 

 

 

“Hmm, please step aside for a moment, Miss Ella. Since we’ve come to Trachea, I must first read the fortune.”

 

 

 

With those words, he took out a crystal ball and cards from his bag.

 

 

 

“…Reading fortune? So you really are a fortune teller.”

 

“It is to assist the god on the right path.”

 

 

 

He floated the crystal ball and cards in the air, muttered something, then made his eyes glow blue.

 

 

 

“Hmm, over there. My god. You must ride that car. Fate is guiding us.”

 

 

 

At Akenaton’s words, Do-jin tilted his head and raised his finger to point at a green vehicle on the roadside.

 

 

 

“Get in that car? Suddenly? Do you even know whose car that is?”

 

“That car belongs to a worker who receives oxygen and takes people to their destination. Let us go. I will assist you.”

 

 

 

So it’s some kind of taxi.

 

Since Akenaton’s status was that of a prince, he seemed to have visited Trachea several times and knew quite a lot.

 

 

 

‘He’s making it complicated just to say let’s take a taxi to our destination.’

 

 

 

Since he had no idea where to go in this city anyway, he watched Akenaton leading with a confident expression and slowly followed.

 

 

 

Akenaton naturally boarded by opening the back door of the car that was hovering slightly with magnetic levitation, making a humming sound on the roadside.

 

 

 

As Do-jin and Ella followed and got in, the car door closed, and the driver turned around with a friendly smile.

 

 

 

“Welcome! This Dipangdal will safely take you to your destination, customers!”

 

 

 

 

 

When Jeong Cheol-min appeared on screen, Lee Si-yeon, a student at the academy, screamed.

 

 

 

“Eek! Director teacher?!”

 

 

 

These days, 「White Blood」 was rapidly rising in popularity to the point where you couldn’t have conversations with other people if you didn’t watch it.

 

 

 

Si-yeon was also watching this week’s released episode on her laptop at home when she was startled by Jeong Cheol-min’s unexpected appearance.

 

 

 

Jeong Cheol-min had been cast quite suddenly, and since people would find out soon anyway, he felt embarrassed about announcing his appearance himself at the academy, so he hadn’t told anyone around him about his role.

 

 

 

“So, so that’s why you haven’t been coming to the academy much lately. Amazing!”

 

 

 

She naturally couldn’t help but share this surprising news with her academy friends.

 

 

 

Just as she was about to quickly take a screenshot and send the photo to the academy group chat, someone had beaten her to it and a photo was already uploaded.

 

 

 

Other friends were probably watching it right away as soon as it was released, so it was natural in a way.

 

 

 

 

 

This trend wasn’t limited to just young people, surprisingly.

 

 

 

Section Chief Oh had felt somewhat distant from his daughter since she entered puberty, but after asking her to connect 「White Blood」 to the TV following a coworker’s recommendation last time, their relationship had dramatically grown closer again.

 

 

 

“Huh? What’s gotten into dad? Are you interested in dramas too? You always just watch the news.”

 

“No. Dad likes fantasy too.”

 

 

 

Actually, fantasy being the mainstream of the global film market was in the early 2000s when Section Chief Oh was young.

 

 

 

「The Dwarf and the Ring」, 「Magic Broomstick」, 「Alice Chronicles」, and others.

 

 

 

‘That was truly the period when fantasy films based on novels that could only be realized through imagination were pouring out as CG technology developed.’

 

 

 

Section Chief Oh fell into reminiscence while watching 「White Blood」 that his daughter had put on.

 

 

 

On the other hand, the hero films trending recently centered around Hollywood were far from true fantasy.

 

 

 

‘Urban fantasy’ featuring heroes with special abilities in modern settings has its box office focus on characters.

 

 

 

Since all focus is placed on the ‘hero character’ itself, it was right to see it as different from ‘fantasy’ which presupposes curiosity about new worlds.

 

 

 

Section Chief Oh even declined a company dinner and hurried home to watch today’s released sequel.

 

 

 

“Dad’s home.”

 

“Welcome back! Dad, come quickly. I’ve got everything ready!”

 

 

 

As Section Chief Oh opened the front door and entered, his middle school daughter greeted him warmly.

 

 

 

The laptop was connected to the TV and everything was already set up so they just needed to press the play button.

 

 

 

“Oh, well done. That’s my daughter.”

 

 

 

Section Chief Oh sat on the sofa as soon as he got home from work, and his daughter pressed the play button.

 

Coming out of the bedroom and seeing her husband and daughter like this, his wife chuckled.

 

 

 

“What’s really gotten into you two. Getting along so perfectly like this.”

 

 

 

Father and daughter looked at mother and simultaneously brought their index fingers to their lips.

 

 

 

“Shh!”

 

 

 

「White Blood」 is starting now.

 

 

 

***

 

 

 

“Akenaton. Where are we going?”

 

“It’s the accommodation where Liver’s delegation usually stayed when visiting for diplomatic events.”

 

 

 

Do-jin nodded at Akenaton’s words.

 

 

 

The magnetic levitation taxi carrying Do-jin and his party quickly entered the city center.

 

While heading to the city center, the sociable Ella struck up a conversation with Dipangdal in the car, and Dipangdal, who seemed to enjoy chatting more than expected, responded with a smile.

 

 

 

“Uncle Dipangdal. Who is the person in that picture frame?”

 

 

 

Ella asked, looking at the photograph hanging on one side of the driver’s seat.

 

 

 

“Hmm? Haha. This is from when Emilin, my friend, and I were young.”

 

 

 

At Dipangdal’s words, Do-jin stroked his chin.

 

The car ride into the city center was boring, and since this was the first time he’d seen a photograph since entering the body, Do-jin had been staring at it for a while.

 

 

 

“I thought it was your wife, but it wasn’t.”

 

 

 

At Do-jin’s words, Ella looked over and started asking questions again.

 

 

 

“What’s a wife?”

 

“······.”

 

 

 

Isn’t this a bit too much?

 

Even if they didn’t know much due to cultural differences, asking what a wife is.

 

 

 

Do-jin, who found it bothersome to answer, stared at Akenaton as if telling him to handle it himself, but Akenaton’s face showed the same curious expression as Ella’s.

 

 

 

“My god. What is a wife?”

 

“What are you talking about? A wife is a wife. A spouse. A wife. A married person. Someone you love.”

 

 

 

But both their faces still showed expressions of not understanding.

 

 

 

“···Could it be that there’s no concept of marriage in this world? Ella, you must have parents too. That’s how you were born.”

 

“Eh? I was just born by myself!”

 

 

 

At Ella’s words, Do-jin’s expression became bizarre as he looked at Akenaton, demanding an explanation.

 

 

 

“What is this supposed to mean, Akenaton?”

 

“Well, most red blood cells don’t really know how they were born. I was taught that the great Mother Hematopoiesis molds us and sends us down into the world.”

 

 

 

Hearing Akenaton’s words, Do-jin immediately understood how the structure worked.

 

 

 

“I momentarily forgot that you guys are cells.”

 

 

 

After entering the trading city of Trachea, the civilization level was almost similar to modern society, so he had temporarily forgotten.

 

 

 

Come to think of it, there was no way red blood cells could marry each other and give birth to other red blood cells.

 

 

 

It was clear what Akenaton meant by the great Mother.

 

 

 

‘Hematopoietic stem cells (HSC).’

 

 

 

Hematopoietic stem cells, mostly located in the red bone marrow at the center of bones, are stem cells that generate all types of blood cells.

 

 

 

“So this is a universe without love.”

 

 

 

Although he wasn’t usually the type to get sentimental, he remembered a famous 21st-century SF movie that said the only thing that could transcend space and time was ultimately love.

 

 

 

“What’s love?”

 

 

 

Seeing Ella ask the question, Do-jin shook his head.

 

 

 

“···Well. You don’t know how philosophical your question is.”

 

 

 

Hearing Ella’s question reminded him of his younger sibling who had grown thinner day by day in the hospital bed.

 

Perhaps it was because Ella’s appearance somewhat overlapped with his younger sister’s.

 

 

 

Although he was inside his sibling’s body, paradoxically, it had been 6 years since he’d seen his sibling.

 

 

 

“Well, love isn’t just Eros. Love is wanting to see someone, missing them terribly when you can’t see them, and wanting to give to that person even if it means sacrificing what’s yours.”

 

“Heh.”

 

 

 

At the same time as those words, Dipangdal’s car arrived at its destination.

 

 

 

“We’ve arrived, customers.”

 

 

 

At Dipangdal’s words, Akenaton took out several oxygen orbs from his pocket.

 

 

 

“Thank you for the comfortable ride. I’ve added a bit more than the promised amount.”

 

“Oh, you didn’t have to do this. As expected of foreign nobility, you’re very generous. Thank you!”

 

 

 

He had thought it was because Akenaton spoke formally to Do-jin and Ella, but thinking about it, Akenaton’s status was that of a prince.

 

 

 

Seeing him speak casually felt refreshing.

 

 

 

After getting out of the car, Akenaton guided them to the main entrance of a large accommodation.

 

 

 

“For now, you can stay here while I look into ship passage to Cardiac.”

 

“We’re taking a ship?”

 

 

 

At Do-jin’s words, Akenaton pointed to the sky with his finger and nodded.

 

 

 

“To head to Cardiac, you’ll need to take a ship. Normally, your identity would need to be verified, but I’ll see what I can do to handle that.”

 

 

 

Looking at the sky where Akenaton’s finger was pointing, they could see a procession of space warships flying in the distance.

 

 

 

“…That’s a ship?”

 

 

 

It was incredibly fortunate that they had brought Akenaton along.

 

 

 

How could they possibly obtain a warship with just Ella, who didn’t even know what a city was, and himself?

 

 

 

For now, they headed toward the accommodation as Akenaton had suggested.

 

 

 

The massive accommodation was no different from a modern 5-star hotel.

 

 

 

As they entered to check in, a female red blood cell who looked like a hotelier approached them with a smile and greeted them politely.

 

 

 

“Good day. It’s an honor to have you visit us again, Prince Akenaton.”

 

 

 

Then a male red blood cell wearing a red bellboy jacket approached and smoothly took the luggage that Akenaton and Ella had been carrying.

 

 

 

***

 

 

 

Seo Ji-eun, who had rushed home immediately after Pilates ended and was completely absorbed in watching the drama, was startled.

 

 

 

“Eh? Senior Han So-hyeon?”

 

 

 

The hotelier who appeared on screen was Han So-hyeon.

 

 

 

“Gasp. Even Senior Son Jin-wook!”

 

 

 

And the bellboy was, as expected, Son Jin-wook.

 

 

 

Ji-eun had always liked Han So-hyeon as an actress, but after hearing that Han So-hyeon was the one who recommended her for 「Sketch」, she had become a complete fan.

 

 

 

“Amazing! Ah, Yeon-woo, why! I could do a cameo too!”

 

 

 

When Son Jin-wook, Han So-hyeon, and Ryu Yeon-woo were all captured in one screen, she was so envious she couldn’t stand it.

 

 

 

She grabbed her smartphone and started typing furiously.

 

 

 

 

 

Bzzzz─.

 

Bzzzz─.

 

 

 

As his smartphone buzzed continuously, Yeon-woo paused the 「White Blood」 he was monitoring.

 

 

 

“Hm? Sister Ji-eun?”

 

 

 

Yeon-woo clicked on the message and chuckled after reading the content.

 

 

 

– Seo Ji-eun: Why didn’t you call me!

 

– Seo Ji-eun: I could do a cameo too!

 

– Seo Ji-eun: I want to act with Senior Han So-hyeon too!

 

 

 

Yeon-woo lightly tapped with his finger and sent a reply.

 

 

 

– We can all work together on the next project. Not as a cameo, but with official casting.

 

 

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