NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 200

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Episode 200. Target One

“We have a thermal camera.”

 

At Kim Su-hyeok’s words, Lee Kyu-jin rummaged through the tactical bag and pulled out a thermal camera.

 

“Here it is. But at that building level, the exterior walls are too thick to check human body temperature anyway, aren’t they?”

 

Whirr─.

 

Kim Su-hyeok started up the thermal camera and handed the manual to Lee Kyu-jin.

 

“Look at 23-E. Alpha Beta wrote content for situations like this. As expected from someone with unimaginably vast experience.”

 

Then Kim Su-hyeok put his eye to the thermal camera and looked at the 7th floor where Skullcap Corporation, where ‘Hwang-geum’ was located, was situated.

 

– 23-E : To check if a target is actually inside a building with thick exterior walls in winter, use a thermal camera to check the boiler pipeline.

 

The boiler pipeline on the 7th floor of the building showed up in bright blue.

The contrast was clear compared to other floors that showed up in red from running their boilers.

 

On such a cold day with below-freezing temperatures, not running the boiler to the point where there wasn’t even residual heat meant no one was inside.

 

For at least two days or more.

 

“He’s not there. Baeksol dealt with Hwang-geum. Don’t know if he was incinerated somewhere or sunk in Incheon Coast.”

 

Kim Su-hyeok handed the thermal camera to Lee Kyu-jin and picked up his smartphone.

 

– λ(Lambda) : Security-classified report. Face-to-face briefing required.

– αβ(Alpha Beta) : Confirmed. Meet at the company in 1 hour.

 

Han Hae-woon and the agents began moving toward the 5th floor of Mokwha Building.

 

Han Hae-woon entered through the back door of the closed Chinese restaurant and headed to the kitchen.

When he opened the unpowered commercial refrigerator, a new door leading to a secret passage appeared inside.

 

Beep─.

 

The door opened when he held up the security card.

 

They were probably monitoring Han Hae-woon disguised as Teren Williams through surveillance cameras from above.

 

Even if someone somehow obtained an access card, it was structured so that pressing a button inside would block both doors, trapping them helplessly.

 

Even if one entered through the main entrance of Mokwha Building and came up to the 5th floor, the same type of security system was installed.

 

When Han Hae-woon took the elevator in the secret space and arrived at the 5th floor, agents greeted him.

 

“You’ve arrived.”

“Everyone worked hard in the cold. What’s the report?”

 

No matter how secure the messenger app was, just in case, matters that required reporting without leaving information online were reported in writing or delivered verbally through direct face-to-face meetings.

 

A face-to-face briefing meant it was quite important and required security.

 

Kim Su-hyeok nodded and opened his mouth.

 

“It seems Baeksol dealt with Hwang-geum. Even if he didn’t die, it’s certain that Baeksol at least moved Hwang-geum out of that officetel. And in the process, we secured vehicle information presumed to belong to Baeksol’s hunting dogs and are tracking them.”

“Evidence?”

“23-E.”

“Good work.”

 

After hearing Kim Su-hyeok’s report, Han Hae-woon nodded and walked to the safe in one corner of the office.

 

Beep beep─.

 

Han Hae-woon entered the password to open the safe and pulled out a yellow envelope from among the neatly organized files inside.

 

On the envelope’s surface was written ‘Target 1’.

 

‘Target One’ was the first target Baeksol had used as a scapegoat after Yeon-woo and Han Hae-woon met.

In other words, An Jun-ho.

 

‘Now I’ll finally wrap up the An Jun-ho case.’

 

If Baeksol had started cutting ties regarding Hwang-geum, then the veteran actor ‘Jung Tae-seon’ who had driven An Jun-ho into ruin had outlived his usefulness anyway. It was time to dispose of him.

 

‘I’ll need to give Team Leader a face-to-face or written report on this case too. I think he said the variety show filming location was Gapyeong.’

 

Han Hae-woon looked at the agents.

 

“Everyone worked hard. I have something to handle so I need to move first, so rest comfortably until the next instructions.”

“Understood.”

 

***

 

Meanwhile, at that time in the pension, a song guessing game was in full swing.

 

“Oppa! You don’t know this song? Really?!”

 

After all the other actors had gotten their answers right and left, only Jeong Cheol-min and Yeon-woo remained, fighting a lonely battle.

 

“Do neither of you know? You can pass.”

“Pass.”

“I’ll pass too.”

 

They were playing quite popular songs, but Jeong Cheol-min and Yeon-woo, teacher and student, just tilted their heads in the same manner.

 

‘This is a disaster. I really don’t know a single song.’

‘Why doesn’t that young guy Yeon-woo know anything? I just want this to end.’

 

At that moment, the Writer approached Producer Joo and showed him a note.

 

“How about this song? It’s still somewhat related to those two…”

“Oh, that’s good. Let’s go with this one.”

 

He played the next song on the laptop.

Then Yeon-woo suddenly stood up.

 

‘Hm? This is?’

 

And when he looked back, Han Byeol and Seo Ji-eun were nodding their heads vigorously.

 

Looking at Jeong Cheol-min sitting beside him, he still seemed clueless about what song it was.

 

‘Since this is a variety show, a little provocation at this level would make it more fun when editing.’

 

Yeon-woo looked at Jeong Cheol-min with a triumphant expression, placing his hands on his hips.

 

“Sir. Do you really not know this masterpiece?”

“I don’t know. How would I know recent songs?”

 

Han Byeol, who was watching from behind, rolled around laughing.

And Yeon-woo quietly raised his hand.

 

“Correct answer. Team Han Byeol Beyond the Stream.”

“Yes! Yeon-woo. What’s the correct answer?”

“It’s our Prince Akenaton’s latest title track. AXIS’s ‘Universe’!”

 

Then Jeong Cheol-min suddenly stood up from his seat.

 

“Ugh! Dong-ha!”

“AXIS’s Universe. Correct!”

 

Jeong Cheol-min immediately approached the camera and started making excuses.

 

“No, Dong-ha! I even bought the album beforehand before receiving the gift. You know that, right? Right?”

 

The actors rolled around laughing as they watched Jeong Cheol-min from behind, grabbing the ENG camera and making excuses while sending a video message to Dong-ha.

 

And watching that scene, Producer Joo Hyeon-seok cheered inwardly.

 

‘Nice. We got a great shot. Perfect!’

 

With a satisfied face, Producer Joo shouted.

 

“Alright, let’s take a break and then continue!”

 

During the brief filming break, Yeon-woo checked his smartphone.

 

– Han Hae-woon: There are matters regarding Target One that require an in-person report. I’ve confirmed 23-E.

 

23-E was a manual that Yeon-woo had written himself.

 

‘Hwang-geum must have left his residence. If it’s matters related to Target One…’

 

Since An Jun-ho in the military couldn’t have had anything bad happen to him because of Baek Sol, it was probably a positive report.

 

‘If it’s good news about An Jun-ho, then it means the timing has come to get rid of Jung Tae-seon. So does that mean Hwang-geum is dead?’

 

At that moment, he heard the voices of Han Byeol and Jung Su-yeon who were looking outside through the window.

 

“Wow, it’s snowing heavily.”

“Unnie. Can’t we go outside and build a snowman?”

“No. You’ll catch a cold. Byeol, you didn’t even bring gloves.”

 

Then Han Byeol smiled.

 

“I did! I brought three pairs of gloves in case it snowed!”

“…Really? Then shall we make just a small one right out front?”

“Yes!”

 

When Yeon-woo looked outside, snowflakes were falling heavily as if the sky had burst open.

 

‘Is it trying to wash away An Jun-ho’s injustice cleanly?’

 

But the staff were in chaos.

 

“Ugh, trash is falling from the sky.”

“If this piles up more, will the bus be able to get out tomorrow? I don’t think we’ll be able to leave.”

 

The one who was excited about this was Han Byeol.

 

“Amazing! Unnie, then we get to stay here and play for one more day, right?”

“You didn’t forget that we came here to work, not to play, did you?”

“But it really feels like we’re on a school trip.”

 

Jung Su-yeon chuckled seeing the excited Han Byeol.

 

Watching this scene, Yeon-woo picked up his smartphone and typed.

 

– Hae-woon. It’s snowing a lot, so an in-person report today seems difficult. This is a remote place, so any vehicle approach would be noticeable anyway.

 

Soon, a reply came from Han Hae-woon.

 

– Han Hae-woon: That’s fine. Isn’t this why we spent the money? I’ll approach the vicinity and deliver the report via military drone.

 

‘Oh, that method. Since he’s going to deliver it by drone anyway, I should ask for one more thing.’

 

When Yeon-woo wrote down the necessary items and sent them, he received a reply from Han Hae-woon saying he understood.

 

After checking the reply and nodding, Yeon-woo went outside and joined Han Byeol and Jung Su-yeon who were making a snowman.

 

And seeing that scene, the Camera Director who caught the scent of good footage quickly started rolling the camera.

 

“Oppa! Please put the head on top of the torso.”

“No way. If we make it this small, it’ll break while lifting it. Let’s pack both the torso and head tightly and make them bigger.”

 

When he was conducting surveillance on the Russian oligarchs’ secret weapons storage in Sakhalin, since there was nothing but snow nearby, whenever he got bored he would make tons of snowmen and line them up in formation.

 

Yeon-woo began rolling snowballs with practiced hand movements, making them large and round in a pretty shape like snowmen from movies.

 

The key was to constantly pat the snowball with his palms while rolling it in a spiral pattern.

 

“Wow! It’s totally big and round!”

 

As it got noisy outside, Son Jin-wook and the staff came out too.

 

“What’s this. Making a snowman? It’s huge.”

 

When the head and torso were combined, it would be almost as tall as Yeon-woo.

 

“Jin-wook hyung. Please help me lift the head.”

“Okay.”

 

As Son Jin-wook approached, Jung Su-yeon took off her gloves and handed them to him.

 

“Wow, this is going to be heavy.”

 

Heave─.

 

With a battle cry, Yeon-woo and Son Jin-wook lifted the head together and placed it on the torso.

 

“Wow, so big!”

“Han Byeol and Su-yeon, you decorate the face prettily.”

“Carrot! We need a carrot. Writer unnie!”

 

Han Byeol busily moved around, sticking in a carrot to make the nose and using chocolate cookies to make the eyes.

 

After making arms with tree branches and wrapping a scarf around it, a pretty snowman that looked like it came from an animation was completed.

 

Producer Joo’s eyes lit up when he saw the snowman.

 

“Actors, let’s take a group photo with the snowman. This is perfect for a thumbnail.”

 

Then the actors gathered closely next to the large snowman.

 

“Alright, taking the ‘Saebyeol Family’ thumbnail. One, two, three.”

 

***

 

After that, several more games continued and it got dark.

 

At the accommodation, the production team was having a meeting, agonizing over what to do tomorrow.

 

Thanks to the falling snow, they got good footage, but the aftermath was the problem.

 

“The road surface will definitely freeze solid tomorrow, and that hill in front is the problem. The bus might slip.”

“Even if we call snow removal vehicles, they won’t come up this far.”

“We’ll have to pray it melts overnight. Or mobilize the staff to shovel the way down, and if there’s dirt, sprinkle that too and somehow make it work. Sigh.”

 

The staff sighed with dark faces.

 

Meanwhile, Yeon-woo’s smartphone rang as he was resting on the lodge 2nd floor.

 

– Han Hae-woon : I’ve arrived near where vehicles can access. The coordinates are 37.90···,127.46···.

– Got it. I’ll get away from the accommodation and signal you.

 

While the staff and actors were taking a break, Yeon-woo quietly went outside.

 

He entered the coordinates into the map on his smartphone to confirm Han Hae-woon’s location and moved away from the accommodation in that direction.

 

After walking for about 10 minutes into the forest with no streetlights and only bare trees, Yeon-woo turned on his smartphone flash and held it up toward the sky.

 

Whirring─.

 

Then a sound like a swarm of bees flying approached, and a large drone with green and red lights approached from the sky.

 

Yeon-woo held up his smartphone and spoke to Han Hae-woon.

 

“Drop it from there.”

– Yes. Understood.

 

Thud─.

 

A bag connected to the drone fell to the ground.

 

When Yeon-woo approached and picked up the bag, it contained a heavy object along with a report enclosed in a waterproof pack.

 

“Target secured. Good work.”

– Not at all. I’ll see you in Seoul tomorrow.

 

Whirring─.

 

The drone making bee-like sounds again moved away, and Yeon-woo put the report in his inner pocket, then shouldered the heavy bag like Santa and returned to the accommodation.

 

“Anyone who sees this would think it’s a present. Actually, come to think of it, maybe it is a present. I’ll say I found it in the barn back there.”

 

Inside the bag were snow chains for large vehicle tires.

 

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