NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 274

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Episode 274. Epic of Victory (2)

Excluding the opponent Yeon-woo had eliminated, three more had already been taken out.

 

‘If the participants from the opposite dormitory really started group action with ropes tied around their arms, and I eliminated one of them early, that would make five total.’

 

That meant there were currently eight survivors including Yeon-woo.

 

‘The two who stayed in the same dormitory as me would be acting individually, while the remaining five are in group action.’

 

At least it was quite an advantage that he had dealt with one of the participants from the opposite dormitory before they could join up, since their starting point was close.

 

No matter how amateur they were, the more people there were, the harder they became to handle, so conversely, even one person short would create blind spots for them.

 

‘It would be nice to have a sniper rifle. Kim Su-hyeok would have been flying around even more in this kind of situation.’

 

But all he had were low-powered survival rifles and pistols that fired plastic bullets.

 

Since their range was embarrassingly short compared to real guns, no matter how ghostly his guerrilla warfare was, he had to fight at quite close distances, which put him at an absolute disadvantage.

 

‘I should avoid confronting them right now without sufficient preparation. First, I need to deduce their movement patterns.’

 

The fact that they had joined up and were moving around meant they had agreed in advance to meet somewhere.

For that to happen, there had to be a common location that all of them knew.

 

Since the routes each participant took on the first day were all different, there were at most only two places they would commonly know.

 

‘Either their dormitory, or the dock.’

 

While having dinner the previous evening, Yeon-woo had carefully watched whether any noise or light occurred around the dormitory, but there definitely seemed to be none in the nearby area.

 

Since this was an uninhabited island with no light pollution from artificial lights, if the opposite dormitory had also enjoyed a barbecue party, that light would have definitely been visible within at least a 500-meter radius.

 

Dividing the island into east, west, south, and north, the dormitory where Yeon-woo had stayed was on the east side.

The dock was on the south side, and where Yeon-woo was currently located was on the north side.

 

‘When we arrived on the island yesterday, they said there were dormitories for staff and managers near the dock, along with the situation room.’

 

Then the location where their dormitory would be was most likely on the west side of the island, completely opposite to where Yeon-woo had stayed.

 

‘Assuming they gathered on the west side, the people from our dormitory who were already eliminated were probably mostly concentrated in the center of the island.’

 

When Yeon-woo arrived at the dormitory yesterday, everyone had already finished showering, meaning they had arrived at the dormitory much earlier than Yeon-woo, which meant their starting point wasn’t far from the dormitory.

 

In other words, the west or south sides were impossible.

The north side obviously couldn’t be it since Yeon-woo was there now, and the east side was too far from the alliance team considering the time they were eliminated.

 

Since none of the east, west, south, or north directions fit, it was right to assume that the gathered players had advanced toward the center of the island and massacred the enemies they encountered.

 

Yeon-woo looked at the mountain rising in the center of the island and began moving toward it.

 

***

 

Meanwhile, in the situation room, a company representative of an eliminated participant was protesting to the PD in a somewhat agitated voice.

 

“Hey, isn’t that cheating? Shouldn’t the production team stop them from doing that?!”

 

He had watched through the cameras as some participants moved around in groups and unleashed indiscriminate gunfire on the celebrity he was in charge of, literally ‘hunting’ them.

 

He couldn’t help but be excited.

 

But the PD shook his head.

 

“We don’t intervene unless it’s dangerous behavior. Since they stopped shooting as soon as the red light came on the participant’s protective gear, it’s hard to consider it dangerous behavior.”

“What do you mean? The survival game is individual competition, but they’re teaming up and doing stuff like that?!”

 

Then another manager who had been sitting and watching silently spoke up.

 

“You’re Director Choi from Line Entertainment, right? Even so, saying ‘they’re’ and ‘stuff like that.’ Please choose your words more carefully.”

 

At the manager’s words, the man called Director Choi roughly turned his head to look at the manager who had spoken.

 

“…Ha, what? Choose my words? Whose manager are you? You’re still wet behind the ears. I bet you’re one of those bastards who cowardly move around in packs, right?”

“What? Bastards? This old man is hopeless.”

 

The manager stood up and glared.

 

As a fight was about to break out suddenly in the situation room, staff members stepped in to stop them both.

 

“Both of you, please don’t do this. You can’t cause a disturbance here. And we’re still filming right now.”

“Ha, damn. What a fucking situation…”

 

Director Choi, who had been protesting, muttered to himself in frustration, then opened the situation room door and went outside.

 

Even though he was eliminated, since Seo Ju-hyeon, whom Director Choi was in charge of, had performed quite well on the first day, he couldn’t protest more harshly here.

 

How that footage would be edited ultimately depended on the PD.

 

PD Yoon Chang-jun, who had been quietly watching the man leave through the door, shook his head and thought to himself.

 

‘Tsk, there’s no need to feel so wronged. With the way things have turned out, maybe it’s better that Seo Ju-hyeon was eliminated.’

 

It seemed like interesting footage was going to come out.

 

“Let’s start the special mission now.”

“Yes. Drone directors, please get ready.”

 

At PD Yoon’s words, the staff moved busily.

 

***

 

Zing─.

 

Yeon-woo’s smartwatch rang as he was heading south toward the center of the island to track their movement routes.

 

《A special mission has begun. From now on, a total of four mission boxes will be delivered to various locations around the island using drones.

 

Each mission box contains one of the following equipment items randomly.

 

1. Silencer

– Significantly reduces firing noise.

 

2. Hit Count Reset Ticket

– Resets all hit records accumulated so far. (1 use)

 

3. Laser Sight

– Attaches to the bottom of the muzzle for more accurate aiming.

 

4. Player Location Check Ticket

– Shows the direction and distance of an opponent’s location. (1 use)

 

Good luck to all players!》

 

 

As soon as he checked the message, Yeon-woo immediately climbed up the tree with the thickest branches among the nearby trees.

 

From the relatively high position, looking toward the south side of the island where the dock was located, he could see drones flying up and scattering.

 

One of them passed near the center of the island where Yeon-woo was and flew like an arrow toward the north.

 

‘If there are four total, they’ll most likely place them at the ends of north, south, east, and west.’

 

He had been briefed that there would be missions other than combat during the survival game.

 

At first, he thought the missions would somehow force players to gather at one location on the island to induce combat.

 

‘It seems more players got eliminated than the production team expected. The filming schedule is set for 2 nights and 3 days total, so it would be problematic for broadcast content if it ended today.’

 

Yeon-woo came down from the tree and changed his direction toward the east where the accommodation he stayed at last night was located.

 

‘If it’s north, south, east, and west, I should first secure the box from the closest east side and then head north. The north side has a stream in the middle and dense forest areas, so first-time visitors would have trouble finding their way properly.’

 

Having already mapped out all the terrain of the island on the first day, he moved without hesitation.

 

 

Meanwhile, the other participants had received the same message.

 

Zing─.

 

When the notification rang, the participants who had been moving together with ropes tied to their arms all checked their wrists simultaneously.

 

“Ah···.”

“Hmm···.”

“I guess we’ll have to search for these individually?”

“We’re five people, but even if we find all the equipment boxes, there are only four, so we can’t decide who gives up with rock-paper-scissors···. If we stick together, we’ll just end up having them stolen by the players from the opposing accommodation.”

 

Then Player 1, Kang Hak-jun, spoke up.

 

“Then let’s proceed with the mission but split into pairs to increase our survival rate. Since Kyung-jun hasn’t joined us so far, it seems like the Player 4 that Player 7 eliminated in the kill log was indeed Kyung-jun.”

“That’s right. I don’t know who it is, but Player 7 seems to be a real expert. Going alone might get us eliminated.”

 

Everyone here nodded in agreement.

 

Since yesterday, Player 7 had been posting kill logs that were unimaginable – opening kill, double kill, even surrender kill – so everyone was on guard.

 

Then one player who was looking around the group tilted his head.

 

“Oh, but we’re five people, so splitting into pairs doesn’t work with the numbers···.”

 

Then Kang Hak-jun spoke with a nonchalant expression.

 

“That’s fine. I’ll go alone.”

 

Kang Hak-jun was the one who first suggested they work as a team the next day as soon as they arrived at the accommodation yesterday, and since he was a celebrity famous for being a former special forces member, everyone was unconsciously treating him as the group’s leader, though they didn’t say it out loud.

 

When such a Kang Hak-jun stepped forward saying he’d go alone, no one objected.

 

And among these players, Bae Shin-woo, who came from a musical theater background, rolled his eyes.

 

‘Sigh, I only have one life left···. If I can’t get the hit count reset ticket, winning is practically hopeless.’

 

Bae Shin-woo looked at Yang Ho-seong, the comedian who seemed the weakest among the group and appeared to have no fanbase at all.

 

If it was Yang Ho-seong, it seemed like there would be the least trouble if he backstabbed and dealt with him when things went wrong.

 

“Then I’ll move together with Ho-seong.”

“Okay. Then the pairs are naturally all decided. Let’s meet alive at the accommodation this evening.”

 

After a light greeting, Kang Hak-jun walked away with steady steps.

 

Watching his retreating figure, everyone’s fingers twitched.

 

In fact, they thought Kang Hak-jun was as strong a championship candidate as Player 7, so seeing his defenseless back as he walked away with his back turned, they were hesitating whether to shoot or not.

 

‘But if I draw my gun and attack first now, I’ll literally just be taking the blame.’

 

If they eliminated Kang Hak-jun here, even though they all wanted it, they would all put on masks and shift responsibility through politics.

 

Saying how could they betray him right after turning their backs···.

 

And in a survival game, what responsibility could there be other than elimination.

 

While everyone hesitated, Kang Hak-jun had already disappeared between the trees.

 

As Kang Hak-jun’s figure vanished, Bae Shin-woo, abandoning any lingering thoughts, looked at comedian Yang Ho-seong whom he had chosen and spoke up.

 

“Ho-seong. Let’s go too. I need the Hit Count Reset Ticket. If we find it and the reset ticket plus two items you chose come out, you take them. If not, I’ll take them. How about we agree on that?”

 

Yang Ho-seong found Bae Shin-woo’s proposal appealing since he had met no one on the first day, maintaining zero hits and zero points with a hit count of 0.

 

“Let’s do that. Then if the Silencer and Laser Sight come out, I’ll take them.”

 

With that, Bae Shin-woo and Yang Ho-seong also departed, and the remaining two began moving together as well.

 

However, they didn’t know.

That Player 7 had already claimed half of the Mission Rewards they wanted.

 

***

 

While the alliance team split into three groups, Kim Min-su, who had briefly stepped outside the situation room, was on a phone call with someone using his smartphone.

 

“Yes, Director.”

– How is it? Our Actor Ryu isn’t hurt or anything, is he? I thought he’d return to the boat yesterday evening, but seeing that filming is still going on today, did he luckily survive?

 

Kim Min-su made a strange expression at Director Yoon Mi-yeon’s words.

 

“That’s not it…”

– What? Not it? What do you mean?

“Well, I’m not sure how to put this, but if I’m just reporting the facts accurately, the actor is basically sweeping everything up.”

– …What?

 

Then another person’s voice could be heard faintly from the other end of the phone receiver.

 

The voice seemed to be Actor Jin Yu-han.

 

– See, I told you so. You don’t need to worry. That guy Yeon-woo is a survival legend.

 

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