NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 277

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Episode 277. Survival Island Final Chapter (2)

“How do you feel knowing that the winner will be decided tomorrow?”

 

This was the first question the PD asked.

 

The highlight of survival shows is the personal interview where contestants seem to bare their hearts only to the viewers.

 

Through interviews inserted intermittently during the survival show, an information gap is created.

 

‘Only the interviewee and the viewers know their true feelings, sharing them with each other.’

 

It creates the feeling that only the two parties share secrets unknown to other participants, making viewers more immersed in and attached to the survival contestant being interviewed.

 

This was the foundation of survival programs.

 

However, Yeon-woo’s response to the PD’s first question was silence.

 

He just stared blankly at the dormitory with thoughtful eyes, as if he hadn’t heard the question.

 

Those eyes seemed filled with sadness.

 

“Mr. Ryu Yeon-woo?”

“Ah! Yes. I’m sorry. I was lost in thought for a moment… What did you ask?”

 

The PD then judged that this wasn’t the time to ask about feelings regarding advancing to the finals.

 

“What were you just thinking about?”

“Ah…”

“Please feel free to speak comfortably.”

 

At the PD’s words, Yeon-woo continued speaking.

 

“I was thinking about right and wrong.”

“What do you mean by right and wrong?”

 

Yeon-woo looked around the empty dormitory with a bitter expression.

 

“When I entered this dormitory yesterday, it was bustling with other participants, but now I’m alone. Actually, yesterday in our dormitory, there was talk about forming teams for the second day.”

 

After bringing up the topic, Yeon-woo thought to himself.

 

‘The scene filmed during yesterday’s meal will be edited in after this.’

 

Since the PD hadn’t been able to review the filmed content yet, this was the first time hearing about the alliance discussion during yesterday’s meal.

 

“Is that so? But unlike the players from the other dormitory, why did the people from this dormitory approach the survival individually on the second day as well?”

 

Yeon-woo then spoke as if confessing, with an expression showing he wasn’t sure what was right.

 

“I opposed it.”

“You did, Yeon-woo?”

“Yes. So as a result, the other players were eliminated, and they might resent me. I think the elimination of the players from this dormitory might be somewhat my fault.”

 

The PD shook his head.

 

“Everything is an individual choice – that’s the production team’s stance. If they wanted an alliance, the five of them could have banded together without you. Alliances and separations are free choices.”

“I suppose so.”

 

Yeon-woo answered with a bitter smile.

The PD asked again.

 

“But why did you oppose the alliance? Seeing how you used rope to confuse other participants before fighting today, it seemed like you intuited that the opponents had formed an alliance after eliminating the first player…”

“That’s correct. I noticed the rope wrapped around the eliminated player’s arm, which was completely unnecessary for combat, and realized it was a marker to signal something to other players.”

 

Yeon-woo paused with a thoughtful expression before continuing.

 

“The reason I opposed the alliance was because I thought it would shake our principles.”

“Principles?”

“I’ve filmed quite a few works so far, challenged new genres each time, learned various lessons, and faced many obstacles along the way.”

“Actor Ryu Yeon-woo’s career is remarkable.”

 

At the PD’s words, Yeon-woo smiled gently.

 

“I found that society’s legally defined concept of ‘good’ is more ambiguous than expected. The boundaries of what’s permissible and what’s illegal – those gray areas where the line is unclear. There are many gray zones that are neither white nor black.”

 

After a brief pause, Yeon-woo spoke with conviction to the PD, or rather to the camera director filming beyond him, and to the viewers beyond that.

 

“In such times, I think about principles. Does doing this help me achieve the desired result? And does it not deviate from the righteous path? When I consider these questions, I can distinguish between white and black even within the gray.”

“What was the result that Actor Ryu Yeon-woo wanted?”

 

Yeon-woo looked at the PD with a gentle smile.

 

“What I consider is one thing. The entertainment of the viewers watching this program.”

 

Hearing Yeon-woo’s words, the PD felt like he had been struck in the head.

 

This was a young actor who had gained great popularity before becoming an adult and continued to build his career successfully, becoming a popular star.

 

When asking the question, the PD had anticipated about two possible answers from Ryu Yeon-woo.

 

‘Does it help win the survival show?’ or ‘Is it cowardly behavior that would draw criticism from viewers?’ – something along those lines.

 

But this young actor was looking at the essence beyond that.

 

‘Can acting this way truly provide entertainment to the viewers?’

‘Can the sight of people swarming together and massacring visible opponents truly convey to viewers the tension unique to survival shows and the appeal that comes from participants’ desperation?’

 

This was actually something he, as a director, should have been concerned about.

 

He felt ashamed of himself for essentially standing by while intentionally encouraging conflict and betrayal between players just to broadcast provocative content.

 

And the speechless PD’s expression was also being captured entirely by the camera.

 

***

 

After finishing the interview and taking a meal and rest, the final match began when the next day dawned.

 

Yeon-woo was tracking the remaining one person he couldn’t eliminate because the match time had ended the previous day.

 

‘They definitely would have walked in the opposite direction from the player I sniped and eliminated last yesterday.’

 

He remembered how they had backed away from each other, wary of one another as if they couldn’t trust even themselves.

 

‘Now what’s left is Player 1, Player 3, and me. Three people total.’

 

Coincidentally, those with single-digit player numbers had survived until the end.

 

Although Player 3 had never been mentioned in the kill log so far, conversely, from Yeon-woo’s perspective who had been counting all the kill logs, he was able to gain information thanks to that.

 

‘Since they’ve never been mentioned in the kill log, that means they’re a zero-kill player, but the status message said there’s one player with zero hits taken. And that would be me.’

 

Yeon-woo, who had been tracking Player 3, stopped at a fork in the road.

 

Having zero kills but taking hits probably meant their shooting skills or combat sense were lacking.

 

Going left would lead to a Country Path that gets closer to the Dock, while the right was an Uphill Path heading toward the Abandoned School.

 

‘The Dock has too open surroundings, so they’d feel anxious. There’s a high possibility they headed toward the Abandoned School side, which is surrounded by dense trees.’

 

Not to mention Yeon-woo himself as Player 7, he had also confirmed through the kill log that Player 1, the other remaining person, had eliminated several others so far.

 

Player 3, who probably thought of themselves as the weakest among the three, would likely hide their presence as much as possible and wait for Player 1 and Player 7 to fight, hoping one of the two would be eliminated.

 

Yeon-woo began climbing the Uphill Path at a fast pace.

 

After climbing for a while, he veered off the path into Rough Terrain and made a full circle around.

 

As he climbed while thoroughly examining his surroundings, he spotted a player hiding in the Bushes Between the Trees in the distance, staring intently at the Uphill Path he had climbed.

 

‘That person is probably Player 3. How serious. Why do they think people would only travel on paths?’

 

What idiot would climb up a man-made Mountain Trail when they obviously knew there would be an Ambush in combat?

 

As expected, they seemed to perceive this as a game rather than actual combat.

 

He sat with one knee raised and fixed his gun on top of it while Aiming precisely.

 

‘The Rifle has only five bullets left, so I need to eliminate that guy accurately within those five shots.’

 

He concentrated his mind and fired the first shot.

 

Phissh─.

 

The Plastic Bullet making a whooshing sound as it passed through the Silencer flew and grazed over the guy’s Head.

 

Without hesitation, Yeon-woo immediately lowered the Muzzle slightly to adjust the Shooting angle and pulled the Trigger again.

 

Shwiik─.

 

‘······!’

 

In the moment of firing three shots in succession, Yeon-woo instinctively sensed danger.

 

Tatang─.

 

He immediately lowered his gun and rolled to the side as a gunshot rang out.

 

It came neither from Yeon-woo’s gun nor from Player 3 whom he had been targeting.

 

When Yeon-woo immediately looked toward the direction of the gunshot and aimed his Muzzle, The Man who had peeked his head out to shoot at Yeon-woo hid himself and ran away in the opposite direction.

 

‘One guy was following behind me!’

 

Then, glancing sideways at Player 3 whom he had originally been targeting, he saw them with startled rabbit eyes hastily leaving their position.

 

‘Ah, they didn’t get eliminated because I twisted the Muzzle at the last moment.’

 

The Rifle now had only one bullet left.

 

On the left was Player 3 running away with startled rabbit eyes.

On the right was Player 1 moving to change positions after failing to shoot him.

 

Between the two, he was confident that Player 3 had been hit by at least one of the three shots he fired before twisting the Muzzle at the end.

 

Then, since they said he wasn’t a player with zero hits taken, that meant one hit would definitely eliminate him.

 

Without hesitation, Yeon-woo immediately turned his Muzzle to the left and executed Predictive Shooting aimed at Player 3’s running trajectory.

 

“Argh!”

 

The bullet he fired after roughly estimating the speed of the flying Plastic Bullet and the guy’s running speed hit accurately.

 

Perhaps very disappointed that he had been eliminated, Player 3 roughly threw the gun he was holding onto the ground.

 

“Damn it. I just needed to survive a little longer!”

 

Ziiing─.

 

– Player 7 eliminated Player 3. (2 hits)

– There are now two players remaining on the Battlefield.

 

The rifle bullets he had were now gone.

 

Yeon-woo threw the now useless rifle to the ground and quickly hid himself between the trees.

 

‘Wait, thinking about it, it doesn’t make sense that he followed me from behind.’

 

No matter how long it had been since he left the filming set, there was no way an amateur could follow behind him within visible range without him noticing.

 

Moreover, it didn’t make sense that someone could track him and shoot at him while traversing rough terrain that wasn’t even a proper path.

 

Yeon-woo tilted his head as he looked at the position from which he was shot and the route he had climbed up.

 

‘It seems like he didn’t follow me from behind, but came over the mountain from the opposite side. Did he get lucky and spot me?’

 

Yeon-woo, who had been pondering for a moment, showed an expression of realization.

 

‘I see. The item from the mission box.’

 

He had obtained the silencer and Hit Count Reset Ticket from the East Side and North Side.

 

And before yesterday’s match ended, he had seen that the player he eliminated with sniping on the west side of the island had a laser sight attached to his gun muzzle.

 

‘It seems Player 1 claimed the last remaining item. He probably obtained it from the South Side where the dock is, which matches the route he came from.’

 

The last remaining item.

 

Player Location Tracker.

 

He didn’t know exactly how it worked, but the method to confirm Yeon-woo’s location would likely be through the GPS information embedded in the smart watch.

 

‘Surely his smart watch is displaying the direction and distance to my location.’

 

Things had become interesting.

 

It takes two hands to clap, and directing also required the opponent’s skills to be backed up in order to create a picture with an evenly matched appearance.

 

With his location being exposed to the enemy in real-time and his rifle bullets depleted, Yeon-woo thought the balance was now somewhat even and formulated his final plan.

 

‘Then there’s no need to decide the victory through such a bland pursuit and gunfight in the mountains. I suppose some degree of showmanship and performance is necessary.’

 

Yeon-woo looked at the abandoned school visible in the distance.

 

“Survival Island” was already deliciously cooked meat, but it seemed good to sprinkle some salt and pepper on top to add more flavor.

 

Finally, this epic had only one last scene remaining.

 

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————