NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 182

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Episode 182. Play “Mirror” (3)

 

Song Ju-ah took out her smartphone from under her seat and urgently typed a message.

 

 

 

– Exclusive scoop. Ryu Yeon-woo and Jin Yu-han are performing together at Hyehwa-dong Small Theater. This is said to be their first performance. The play is called Mirror. Will gather as much coverage as possible after the play ends and deliver additional content.

 

 

 

Meanwhile, Manager Lee, who was working even on the weekend, picked up his smartphone when it rang.

 

 

 

It was a message from Song Ju-ah.

 

 

 

“···What is this about? Hyehwa-dong Small Theater?”

 

 

 

The message was so out of the blue that he couldn’t understand it exactly, but since Song Ju-ah wasn’t a reporter who usually talked nonsense, he prepared a basic framework for an article with the limited information.

 

 

 

– Ryu Yeon-woo and Jin Yu-han spotted at a Daehangno small theater. What is the true identity of the play “Mirror”?

 

 

 

Manager Lee tilted his head even as he wrote it himself.

 

 

 

“These two are doing a small theater performance?”

 

 

 

***

 

 

 

The spotlight was shining strongly above Yeon-woo and Jin Yu-han’s heads.

 

 

 

“Detective. Do I need to humor your detective games? The police will come once the storm warning is lifted, and they can investigate fingerprints or whatever then. Does the culprit become the culprit just because you deduce and point them out?”

 

 

 

At Jin Yu-han’s words, Kim Se-yeong pointed accusingly.

 

 

 

“No! This person is a detective! He should take suspect statements or whatever to help with the investigation later!”

 

 

 

Then Yeon-woo chuckled.

 

 

 

“If you’re going to be uncooperative, there’s nothing I can do. Then let’s all gather in the lobby and wait until the police arrive. We need to watch each other to prevent the murderer hiding here from committing additional murders, don’t we?”

 

 

 

Then Ha Jae-hoon, who had been holding communication equipment in the corner, approached with a stern expression.

 

 

 

“Um, Detective. I just got word that they can’t launch boats because the waves are getting rougher, and it will take at least another day for the coast guard to arrive.”

 

 

 

Then the people gathered in the lobby protested vehemently.

 

 

 

“What? So you’re saying there’s definitely a murderer among us and we have to sleep together in the same space? I can’t do it!”

 

“That’s right! Let’s all go into our respective passenger rooms except for meal times and not come out, and Detective Ryu Yeon-woo can keep watch in the hallway! We’ll cooperate with the investigation as much as possible!”

 

“Let’s do that! Anyone who comes out carelessly will be confessing that they’re the culprit!”

 

 

 

Then Jin Yu-han shook his head vehemently.

 

 

 

“I’m against it! It’s safer to be in the same space!”

 

“You be quiet! Don’t you know who’s being suspected the most right now?”

 

 

 

When everyone except Jin Yu-han insisted on this, Yeon-woo reluctantly nodded.

 

 

 

“Then let’s do that. Everyone please go to your rooms.”

 

 

 

At Ryu Yeon-woo’s words, Jin Yu-han opened his mouth to say something more, but seeing the cold stares from the others, he soon closed his mouth.

 

 

 

Ryu Yeon-woo, bathed in strong light, seemed to have become an untouchable sanctuary among the people.

 

 

 

Jin Yu-han turned around with a displeased expression.

 

 

 

All the actors went to their respective rooms, and Woo Seong-sik busily began changing clothes again to look like the murdered captain.

 

 

 

Meanwhile, Yeon-woo opened the door to Room 2 where Kim Jun-su was.

 

 

 

“Mr. Kim Jun-su?”

 

“Oh, yes. Detective.”

 

 

 

Yeon-woo looked at Kim Jun-su’s white sneakers once and continued speaking.

 

 

 

“You’ve been excluded from my main list of suspects for now. So, could you help me during the investigation?”

 

 

 

At Yeon-woo’s words, Kim Jun-su let out a sigh of relief and nodded vigorously.

 

 

 

“Yes! Of course! I’m really innocent.”

 

 

 

Then only the light illuminating Yeon-woo remained, and all other lighting was turned off.

 

 

 

“Good. First, the important thing is that the murder weapon isn’t visible anywhere in the captain’s cabin. Based on the depth and width of the wound, it seems like a kitchen knife. And looking under the captain’s fingernails, it seems he strongly scratched the culprit’s body during a struggle. There should be nail scratches somewhere on the culprit’s body.”

 

 

 

Kim Jun-su nodded and repeated Yeon-woo’s words once more.

 

 

 

“Murder weapon kitchen knife. Scratch wounds from fingernails.”

 

 

 

It was a device to help the audience understand once more and focus on the play.

 

 

 

“Hmm, the fisherman might have his own knife, right?”

 

“Yes. That’s right. He probably does.”

 

 

 

The door to fisherman Kim Ju-hyeong’s room opened and light fell on it.

 

Suspicion that he might be the culprit had deepened.

 

 

 

“I definitely saw the fisherman lurking around the kitchen area yesterday when I went into the restaurant to check the refrigerator for beer.”

 

 

 

Then the light illuminating the fisherman became stronger, and Yeon-woo continued.

 

 

 

“There was a customer with a hood pulled up in one corner of the restaurant. I couldn’t confirm his face, but based on his build, he definitely seems like that man in Room 5.”

 

“Then, then those two are the most suspicious suspects.”

 

 

 

As Yeon-woo approached Room 5 with tension-building sound effects, a strong spotlight shone down on Jin Yu-han’s head in the darkness.

 

 

 

Kyaa-!

 

 

 

Weak screams erupted from the audience seats.

 

 

 

Jin Yu-han was in his room, holding a pistol in his hand, pressed close to Yeon-woo as they listened to the sounds outside.

 

 

 

Although the audience all recognized that there was an invisible door between the two, their hearts pounded at the sight that made it seem like Ryu Yeon-woo could be shot by Jin Yu-han’s gun at any moment.

 

 

 

Then the sound effects that heightened the tension stopped, Yeon-woo turned around, and the light illuminating Jin Yu-han also went out.

 

 

 

“Let’s investigate the fisherman first.”

 

“Yes, Detective.”

 

 

 

After that, Yeon-woo investigated the fisherman’s room but couldn’t find anything special.

 

 

 

“Hmm, the fisherman did have a knife, but…”

 

“It seems too small, Detective. It’s just a paring knife level.”

 

 

 

Hearing Kim Jun-su’s words, Yeon-woo nodded.

 

 

 

And this time he went in front of Jin Yu-han’s room.

 

 

 

Bang bang bang─.

 

 

 

“Guest in Room 5. We need to search inside your room. Please cooperate.”

 

“Why should I comply with a search? I can’t trust anyone, so wait until the police arrive.”

 

 

 

Then Kim Jun-su got angry from the side.

 

 

 

“What! The detective is the police, so what!?”

 

 

 

Yeon-woo calmed Kim Jun-su down.

 

 

 

“It’s fine. It can’t be helped.”

 

 

 

Then the lighting went dark and an announcement came out in Kim Jun-su’s voice.

 

 

 

– It’s meal time. Crew members and passengers, please gather in the restaurant. Everyone must come out without exception, and for safety reasons, personal belongings cannot be brought.

 

 

 

The audience could only blink as they watched the stage, overwhelmed by the relentless content.

 

 

 

And the audience began whispering quietly with the people next to them, each making their own deductions.

 

 

 

“Who’s the culprit? Is it Jin Yu-han after all?”

 

“Why is he carrying a gun?”

 

 

 

Most thought Jin Yu-han was suspicious, but other characters were also suspected.

 

 

 

“I suspect Kim Jun-su. Didn’t he get off the suspect list too quickly? Just with one shoe.”

 

“If you think about it that way, that crew member who took bribes to board passengers is more suspicious.”

 

“Ah, was his name Ha Jae-hoon?”

 

 

 

The blackout time was deliberately set long to give the audience time to make their own deductions.

 

 

 

And when the main lighting came back on, the passengers were gathered in the center.

 

 

 

“Everyone raise both hands. No one brought personal belongings, right?”

 

“Let’s all keep a close watch on each other.”

 

 

 

Although everyone suspected each other, the actors were ultimately looking at Jin Yu-han with distrustful eyes.

 

And that Jin Yu-han was glaring at Yeon-woo.

 

 

 

Yeon-woo ignored that gaze and opened his mouth.

 

 

 

“While you were all confined to your ship cabins, I conducted some investigation with the help of Mr. Kim Jun-su. We searched all places except Room 5, but we couldn’t find the weapon presumed to be a kitchen knife.”

 

 

 

Then Jin Yu-han immediately retorted.

 

 

 

“Anyway, the weapon could be thrown overboard at any time to destroy evidence, couldn’t it?”

 

 

 

At Jin Yu-han’s words, the others glared at him in unison and each criticized him.

 

 

 

“I guess that’s what he did?”

 

“If he’s so confident, why won’t he open his cabin? Tsk tsk.”

 

 

 

Regardless, Yeon-woo continued speaking.

 

 

 

“And the victim’s stab wound was in the form of penetrating deeply from top to bottom. In other words, the culprit is likely someone taller and stronger than the victim.”

 

“You said the estimated time of the crime was dawn, right? Then if they stabbed while lying down sleeping, it wouldn’t matter at all, would it? Even if it was a small-built female crew member…”

 

 

 

Jin Yu-han stopped speaking and looked around.

 

 

 

“Why isn’t that female crew member here?”

 

 

 

At those words, the other passengers also looked around.

 

 

 

“Huh? Why isn’t Sister Se-yeong here?”

 

“She was definitely here earlier.”

 

 

 

The audience also hadn’t noticed Kim Se-yeong’s disappearance because their attention was drawn to the presence of Ryu Yeon-woo and Jin Yu-han delivering their lines.

 

 

 

“Damn it!”

 

 

 

With an expression of dismay, Jin Yu-han turned around and ran to his passenger room.

 

At that moment, Kim Se-yeong ran out between Jin Yu-han running away and Ryu Yeon-woo standing at center stage.

 

 

 

“This, this is terrible! I found this in the Room 5 guest’s room, Detective!”

 

 

 

In Kim Se-yeong’s hand was a revolver pistol.

 

The pistol was held up by her fingers at the tip of the barrel, as if she was too scared to touch it.

 

 

 

The audience gulped at the urgently developing plot.

 

 

 

Jin Yu-han opened his mouth.

 

 

 

“Stop! I am···.”

 

 

 

Then Ryu Yeon-woo and Jin Yu-han’s gazes collided in mid-air, and without anyone taking the lead, they both simultaneously began rushing toward Kim Se-yeong.

 

 

 

Kyaak─.

 

 

 

Along with Kim Se-yeong’s scream, the stage went dark.

 

 

 

Bang─!

 

 

 

And immediately, a flash from center stage along with a single gunshot filled the entire stage.

 

 

 

The startled audience members flinched.

 

 

 

“What, what is it?”

 

“Someone fired a gun? Who shot who?”

 

And the audience didn’t understand what had just unfolded.

 

‘Then what happens to the culprit, and what the hell is the plot structure of this story…?’

 

The main lights came back on halfway above the murmuring audience, casting a dim glow across the stage.

 

The fisherman and the gangster passenger were holding Jin Yuhan’s arms, and Jin Yuhan’s head was drooping down toward the floor.

 

And in front of it, Ryu Yeonwoo was lying on his back in a sliding position, pointing a pistol at Jin Yuhan.

 

Of the two who lunged simultaneously, Ryu Yeon-woo grabbed the gun first, and it fired while the fisherman and the gangster were restraining Jin Yu-han.

 

“Hyung, the detective was just trying to protect us!”

 

 

 

Ryu Yeon-woo looked back and forth between the gun in his hand, Jin Yu-han’s corpse before his eyes, and the passengers watching, then staggered in place.

 

 

 

“Oh, detective!”

 

 

 

Then the passengers approached and supported Ryu Yeon-woo.

 

 

 

The strongest lighting shone on Ryu Yeon-woo.

 

The brightest spotlight shone on Ryu Yeonwoo.

 

Then, his confused expression was conveyed directly to the audience.

 

“This isn’t the detective’s fault. It’s all because he was trying to protect us···!”

 

 

 

Ryu Yeon-woo was supported as he trudged into Room 4.

 

 

 

And the people left in front of Jin Yu-han’s corpse began to speak.

 

 

 

“This all happened because you, Kim Se-yeong, searched the culprit’s room.”

 

“Wouldn’t it have been fine if Jae-hoon hyung hadn’t illegally taken extra money and brought that passenger aboard in the first place?”

 

“This is all because you, Kim Se-young, went and searched the culprit’s room.”

 

“What are you talking about! You guys were the ones who urged me to find out what the culprit was hiding!”

 

“Wouldn’t it have been fine if Jaehoon hyung hadn’t illegally charged extra and refused that passenger from the start?”

 

“What the hell? So you’re saying it’s my fault?”

 

When the crew members started fighting, fisherman Kim Ju-hyeong intervened to mediate.

 

“Everyone is involved in this. Stop fighting, all of you.”

 

Then Woo Seong-sik, the gangster passenger sitting next to him, roughly ruffled his hair.

 

“Damn it. I’m on probation, so if I get involved in one more incident, they said I’ll be rotting in prison for a long time this time.”

 

Even though Jin Yuhan was an ordinary criminal, the fact that the fisherman and gangster who had been holding him on both sides when Ryu Yeonwoo fired the gun seemed to have played a part in killing him left a bitter taste in his mouth, like chewing sand.

 

Just then, Ha Jaehoon blinked rapidly and opened his mouth to speak.

 

“···But we’re the only ones who know that this culprit is on the ship, right?”

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