NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 257

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Episode 257. Vacation

Crack─.

 

The name plate The Man threw hit Kim Gye-sik, who was lying flat on his stomach, squarely on the back of his head, tearing the flesh as blood quickly flowed down his neck.

 

But Kim Gye-sik didn’t make a single sound and remained lying flat on his stomach.

 

It was an exceptional rage.

Kim Gye-sik thought this was the only way to survive and lay flat as if he had become one with the floor, not even lifting his head.

 

When some of the informants who had laid the groundwork were caught, honestly he didn’t even know such guys existed.

Such lowlifes were trivial matters that ‘Hwang-geum’ handled on his own.

 

Even when that ‘Hwang-geum’ had to be eliminated for having unnecessary conflicts with China’s underworld, he was indifferent.

There were plenty of guys to replace him.

 

Even when LN, which he had barely acquired by paying above market price, became a hollow shell and caused losses, his mood wasn’t good but it wasn’t something to get angry about.

 

After all, the reason for doing the entertainment business wasn’t to make profit, but just to use it as a useful tool for entertaining political and business figures and laundering money.

 

But this incident was absolutely unforgivable.

 

The Man sat back down in his chair and spat out words as if chewing them.

 

“Kim Gye-sik. Come forward.”

“···Yes!”

 

Kim Gye-sik, who had been lying flat, jumped up and stood in front of The Man’s desk, bowing his head.

 

“Presumed to be spontaneous combustion?”

“···That’s what they say.”

“Send the boys to catch all the guys who worked there and slice them bit by bit starting from their fingertips while interrogating them.”

“······.”

 

No answer came from Kim Gye-sik.

 

“What is it? Don’t stall and tell me now.”

“Well···. It seems a Norwegian merchant ship passing nearby discovered the fire on the island and sent an emergency rescue signal. And US Forces Japan who received that signal deployed and secured the slaves who were on the island.”

“······.”

 

The Man, who had been thinking for a moment, continued speaking in a metallic voice.

 

“Huu, tell the guys in Okinawa to erase all traces immediately and return home.”

 

He couldn’t even grasp how to make up for this loss, but first he had to avoid getting entangled with the US military.

 

***

 

Meanwhile, at that time, Yeon-woo was lying on a sun bed at the hotel, spending a leisurely lunch.

 

Yeon-woo, wearing sunglasses and lying under a large straw parasol, was actually sleeping.

 

He was recovering his stamina since he had stayed up all night carrying out the operation yesterday.

 

The other staff and actors would think Yeon-woo had slept through the night, but if he didn’t come out of his room during the day and kept sleeping, they would obviously worry unnecessarily about whether he was sick, so he came out early and settled on the sun bed.

 

Then Director Lee Yong-su approached Yeon-woo who was lying on the sun bed.

 

“Actor Ryu. Still, since we came on vacation, you should at least see the sea, right?”

“···Mmm, yes?”

 

Yeon-woo, who opened his eyes at the sound calling him, sat up and asked back.

Then Kim Min-su, who was beside him, added.

 

“The staff are saying they’re going to the beach as a group now. Since fans and paparazzi might follow you so you can’t tour downtown, at least go to the sea.”

 

Yeon-woo scratched his head after hearing what the two said.

 

‘The sea···.’

 

He had already seen it to the point of being sick of it.

Would he have just looked? He had swum all night, rowed oars, and rode boats, traveling back and forth dozens of kilometers for several hours.

 

Since Yeon-woo had already experienced the full course of Okinawa’s sea – chewing, tearing, tasting, and enjoying it – he made an ambiguous smile.

 

“Hey, when there are many staff it’s safe, so let’s go now. Hm?”

 

Somehow he had become a man serious about Okinawa vacation, so Yeon-woo staying only inside the hotel must have looked pitiful.

 

“Well, shall we?”

 

Yeon-woo got up from the sun bed.

Still, he had recovered some stamina while getting a couple hours of sleep.

 

‘Anyway, the schedule after today is just enjoying a normal vacation.’

 

Of course, that was also an extension of the operation in a way.

He had to show the appearance of a star who came on a normal vacation.

 

“So we’re going?”

“Yes. Let’s go together.”

“Okay!”

 

As Yeon-woo went into his room to change into light casual clothes, someone knocked.

 

“Who is it?”

 

When Yeon-woo opened the door, Lee Ye-eun came in carrying a large makeup kit.

 

“Sit down. If you’re going out, you still need to do basic makeup. Did you apply sunscreen? You washed this morning and applied skin lotion, right?”

 

Seeing Lee Ye-eun speaking like rapid fire, Yeon-woo laughed and shook his head.

He had secretly returned to the dormitory at dawn, just washed up, and immediately went out to lie on the sun bed and fell asleep right away.

 

“No. I didn’t do anything.”

“Oh my, I thought so.”

 

Lee Ye-eun quickly moved her hands and began applying light makeup.

 

Yeon-woo also felt he looked a bit haggard when he looked in the mirror after conducting operations all night, but when Ye-eun covered it with basic makeup, he returned to his usual appearance.

 

“Did you stay up late watching YouTube? You look a bit rough today. You didn’t even apply sunscreen and lay on the sun bed from morning getting UV rays, that’s why. Just because you’re under a parasol doesn’t mean you’re not exposed to UV rays. It all reflects and tans your skin too, you know?”

“Sorry, Mother.”

“What? Why are you calling me Mother? Don’t tell me I look old today?”

 

When Lee Ye-eun looked at her own face in the mirror, Yeon-woo shook his head and laughed.

 

“You look like a mother nagging today.”

“What are you saying? Are you crazy? To an unmarried woman.”

 

Lee Ye-eun smacked Yeon-woo’s back with a loud slap.

 

“All done. Let’s go.”

“Yes.”

 

***

 

They took a big bus and moved as a group to a deserted beach and got off.

 

Kim Min-su, who got off following Yeon-woo, stretched his neck long to look across the road.

 

“What is it?”

“Ah, there was definitely a cream-colored small car that was following us from in front of the dormitory… I don’t see it.”

 

Yeon-woo had been watching that car too.

 

Since it was his habit to constantly watch all directions, he had been observing it and didn’t miss it parking far away after turning the corner leading to the beach.

 

“It seemed to park over there. Could it be paparazzi?”

“Probably so. Should I go and stop them?”

 

At Kim Min-su’s words, Yeon-woo shook his head.

 

“No. There’s no need to create controversy for no reason. Let’s play on the beach first and think about it when we discover them taking photos.”

“Hmm, understood.”

 

Looking excited to see the sea, Lee Ye-eun and Hong A-yoon could be seen taking off their shoes and running across the white sand beach.

 

The other staff members also walked toward the beach to enjoy their respective vacations.

 

‘Hmm, the sea is clear.’

 

It wasn’t the pitch-black dark sea with rough crashing waves he had seen last night.

 

The transparent emerald sea rolled in with gentle waves, lightly sweeping the white sand beach and breaking into white foam.

And the scorching sunlight shone down on the ripples, becoming glimmers that sparkled.

 

‘Peaceful.’

 

Yeon-woo, who had been staring at the sea, also walked toward the white sand beach.

 

To some, it was a place that gave peaceful peace of mind, but to others, it probably looked like a natural prison that confined slaves and prevented them from ever leaving the island.

 

Walking while thinking about last night’s operation, Yeon-woo saw a man in the distance secretly approaching with a camera.

 

‘Hmm, he’s clumsy…?’

 

The small man was hiding behind the guardrail on the coastal road and approaching toward the white sand beach where the film team was.

 

Of course, no matter how small he was, the guardrail wasn’t thick enough to hide his body.

He could be seen stumbling on a stone while walking and nearly falling forward before barely recovering his balance.

 

‘…Very clumsy?’

 

He probably wasn’t a professional paparazzi.

 

Whether he knew Yeon-woo was watching or not, the man started taking photos with a large telephoto camera.

 

After taking a few shots, he tilted his head and looked around, and since there were so many male staff in the group, he seemed unable to find where Yeon-woo was.

 

‘Could this be his first time out today?’

 

Yeon-woo waved his hand at the clueless paparazzi.

 

As if to say, I’m here, so take the photo.

 

Then, as if he had finally spotted him, he turned the camera toward Yeon-woo and started taking photos.

 

Kim Min-su saw this and approached.

 

“Actor.”

“Yes. I need to bring that person over. I have something to make him do.”

“Understood.”

 

Kim Min-su ran toward the paparazzi at high speed.

 

When a large man suddenly came running, the startled man hurriedly put his camera in his bag and tried to run away, but was quickly caught.

 

When Yeon-woo approached, the man Kim Min-su was holding started making excuses in Japanese.

 

“Oh, no. I just thought the sea was beautiful so I wanted to photograph the sea…”

 

Then Yeon-woo smiled and shook his head.

 

“I’m not trying to scold you. Could I take a quick look at the photos you took?”

 

Kim Min-su immediately checked his camera.

Naturally, there were several photos of Yeon-woo, and occasionally Hong A-yoon’s photos were visible too.

 

‘Huh, but he takes photos well?’

 

His shooting posture was so clumsy that I didn’t expect much from the results, but when I actually looked at the photos, the composition and shutter timing were comparable to professional pictorials.

 

Of course, no matter how good the results were, taking photos without personal consent was still illegal.

 

Then, thinking something had happened, several staff members from behind walked toward Yeon-woo and Kim Min-su.

 

Since they were people who carried heavy filming equipment and worked all day, they all had muscular builds like athletes.

 

Seeing this, the face of the bumbling novice paparazzi in front of them, which had been yellow like rice stalks, turned white as polished rice going through real-time threshing and milling processes.

 

“Is there any problem?”

 

Seeing the staff approaching with concern, Yeon-woo smiled and shook his head.

 

“It’s nothing. It’s fine.”

 

Then he looked at the paparazzi and asked.

 

“When you take photos like this, do magazine companies or newspaper companies usually buy them? How much do you usually earn?”

 

Then the man who had been hesitating explained about the pricing.

 

“…Well, the price varies by photo. I heard that cheap ones start from thousands of yen, and rare ones can go up to 200,000 yen.”

“You heard? Haven’t you sold any yet?”

“Actually, today is my first time. I’m sorry! I happened to hear that Mr. Ryu was visiting Okinawa, and because of financial difficulties…”

 

After hearing the explanation, Yeon-woo stroked his chin and nodded, then spoke again.

 

“Then let’s do this. I’ll give you double the sales proceeds you would have earned from today’s photos. Instead, please follow me around all day with all your might and take photos like you’re doing a pictorial shoot.”

“Yes! I’m sorry. I won’t do it again… Huh?”

 

Looking at the stunned paparazzi, I thought this worked out well.

 

Although I had created an SNS account long ago to communicate with fans, I was terrible at taking photos, and after Woo Seong-sik went to the military, I heard that fans were suffering from a photo drought.

 

‘I should upload a bunch of vacation photos while I’m at it.’

 

Of course, there were several excellent camera directors among the group, but who would want to hold a camera when they came to have fun?

 

Looking at the results earlier, I quite liked his photography skills.

 

“Won’t you do it?”

“I’ll do it! I’ll burn my whole body to take the best photos! Thank you!”

 

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