NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 278

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Episode 278. Survival Island Final Chapter (3)

Player 1 Kang Hak-jun looked at the meters and direction displayed on his smartwatch and chuckled.

 

“Running so hard, aren’t you.”

 

The Player Location Tracker he had acquired was labeled as single-use, so he thought it would show the location just once, but it was actually for tracking one person.

 

When he registered the player he wanted to locate as Player 7, it seemed to continuously show his location until he was eliminated.

 

‘And now it’s the finals. Only Player 7 and I are left, so it’s safe to say I’ve basically won.’

 

It goes without saying how important intelligence satellites are in modern warfare.

 

But this wasn’t just satellite-level intelligence—it was real-time tracking of the opponent’s location.

With the opponent’s position and direction shown in 5-meter intervals, there was no way he could lose.

 

‘Of course, that guy seems to be a decent shot, so going into a 1-on-1 situation with cover might be disadvantageous. He’s probably been hit zero times too.’

 

He had already been hit once during combat, leaving him with only two lives remaining.

 

‘Still, he’s quite the monster. 7 kills so far, no wait. He also eliminated that idiot Jang Ju-won earlier, so that’s 8 kills total with 0 hits taken…’

 

Kang Hak-jun shook his head as he leisurely tracked along the path his opponent had fled.

 

‘Getting the Player Location Tracker was a stroke of genius. Without it, I probably would have had trouble too… Hmm?’

 

Following the route Player 7 had taken in his escape, he spotted a rifle abandoned on the ground.

 

‘…?’

 

Was he so scared that he abandoned his gun while fleeing?

What kind of trick is this now?

 

Kang Hak-jun never even dreamed that the rifle had been discarded because all the ammunition was used up.

 

Though Kang Hak-jun had gotten quite a few kills himself, most were from group attacks where they collectively shot at one person to eliminate them, firing only one or two shots each time, so he still had plenty of ammunition left.

 

‘An opponent without a rifle… Of course he’d still have his pistol, but there’s a huge difference in rate of fire. This final battle is going to be too anticlimactic.’

 

Confident of his victory, Kang Hak-jun frowned as he realized the ending wouldn’t be as dramatic as he’d hoped.

 

‘Anyway, who is Player 7? Is it Min Jun-kyung after all? This is why inexperienced rookies who don’t know broadcasting are no good…’

 

Kang Hak-jun, who suspected that Min Jun-kyung—a recent debutant singer who had been discharged from the counter-terrorism unit—was Player 7, sighed as he pushed through the forest following the GPS signal.

 

***

 

Meanwhile, in the situation room, watching Kang Hak-jun’s head cam as he looked at the rifle Yeon-woo had abandoned, PD Yoon Chang-jun raised his voice.

 

“No, I told you we should have supplied more ammunition.”

“Huh? When did you say that, PD? You were happy about it, saying we could shift the blame to the viewers.”

“Ahem, if we had supplied our Yeon-woo with ammunition, we could have had an exciting finale.”

 

At PD Yoon Chang-jun’s words, the writer narrowed her eyes.

 

“Our Yeon-woo?”

“When did I… I meant actor Ryu Yeon-woo.”

 

Yesterday’s interview had given PD Yoon Chang-jun much to think about.

 

The principle that viewers gradually come to support survival participants due to the information gap created while watching interviews, feeling like secrets are being shared between just two people.

 

As the interviewer, PD Yoon Chang-jun was no different.

 

He had gradually become captivated by the sincere attitude of the young actor who made him reflect on himself.

 

Not as a director, but as a viewer.

 

And on screen, Yeon-woo appeared entering the abandoned school grounds with only his pistol.

 

‘That’s right! With pistol versus rifle, fighting inside a building would be slightly more advantageous than outdoors. Well done, Yeon-woo!’

 

Unable to maintain his neutral stance, PD Yoon Chang-jun was internally cheering for Yeon-woo when one of the staff watching the screen spoke up.

 

“Huh? But what’s he picking up as he goes in?”

“What’s he picking up? Switch to the school’s main entrance cam.”

 

When the connected screen switched to the camera covering the main entrance, they could see Yeon-woo collecting something like a long rope before entering the building.

 

“What’s that? Is that rope we supplied?”

“No. The rope is much thicker.”

“Ah, I think that’s the flag-raising rope from the flag pole? During location scouting, I saw it rotted and lying on the ground.”

“What on earth is he planning to do with that?”

 

The production team, switching between cameras installed in the abandoned school to follow Yeon-woo’s movements, watched with growing amazement.

 

“I think I have an idea of what he’s trying to do, but… will that actually work?”

 

The two remaining viewers, including Manager Kim Min-su, were equally wide-eyed.

 

‘…As expected, our actor has it all planned out.’

 

***

 

Kang Hak-jun initially followed Player 7’s trail at a leisurely pace.

 

After all, no matter how much he ran, Kang Hak-jun could clearly see where he was going—he was in the palm of his hand.

 

 

– 165 meters.

– 180 meters.

 

But he panicked seeing the distance gradually widening.

 

‘···What? What’s so fast?’

 

If he continued chasing leisurely like this, the distance would widen too much.

 

As he increased his speed to close the gap, at some point his opponent had stopped, and the distance between them began to rapidly close.

 

‘Hah, I thought so. Running at full speed through this rough terrain would naturally tire anyone out.’p>

 

Kang Hak-jun chuckled and moved his steps carefully as the distance narrowed to within 50 meters.

 

Kang Hak-jun, who had been moving forward, stopped firmly in place.

Between the densely grown trees, a small two-story abandoned school appeared.

 

‘···Damn! I should have dealt with him in the forest. It’ll be troublesome if he holes up and hides inside there.’

 

Kang Hak-jun had no choice but to approach the building with his gun drawn.

 

‘If I carelessly enter the building, he might be lying in ambush.’

 

Kang Hak-jun positioned himself near the small entrance at the left end of the building, hiding his body in the thick bushes with a clearly tense expression.

 

Perhaps just ten years ago, this would have been a well-maintained flower bed in a small school grounds.

 

Now, having been untouched by human hands for so long, wild weeds had grown rampantly, creating a desolate scene.

 

Kang Hak-jun began searching the first-floor classrooms through the windows.

 

Some places still had intact glass windows, while others had spider webs stretched across broken glass panes.

 

There were also places where windows had been completely torn out, leaving gaping holes that seemed accessible enough to enter the building through.

 

Then noise came from the second floor of the building.

 

Creak─.

Clang!

 

 

Kang Hak-jun, who had reflexively pointed his muzzle upward while observing, realized that Yeon-woo was on the second floor.

 

‘Then he could attack me through the window from above. That’s actually more dangerous.’

 

Kang Hak-jun made a quick decision and entered the building through the space where a window had completely fallen out, leaving a gaping hole.

 

Quickly approaching the main entrance, Kang Hak-jun carefully examined the top of the stairs, then went up while checking each space where his opponent might emerge with his muzzle.

 

 

Meanwhile, the production staff in the situation room watching this on monitors and the two remaining gallery members were sweating with tension.

 

Since the winner of this Survival Island, now in its third day of competition, would soon be determined, they swallowed nervously while staring intently at the monitors.

 

Of course, the two remaining gallery members were each praying with clasped hands for the celebrity they were in charge of to win.

 

“Ahhh, they’re about to meet now.”

“Bring up the piano room cam.”

 

The piano room Yeon-woo had entered was actually a small classroom with an old-fashioned reed organ, not a piano, since it was such an old branch school.

 

***

 

Kang Hak-jun slowly moved his steps while holding his breath and stood in front of the piano room.

 

– 0 meters.

 

Since the GPS measured in 5-meter intervals, it meant Player 7 was at least within a 5-meter radius, and that could only be this piano room.

 

Perhaps because it was an old school building, the piano room only had a small window high up facing the hallway, making it difficult to check inside.

 

‘Anyway, plastic bullets aren’t real bullets, so they can’t even penetrate this rotting wooden door. I can just slightly open the door, stick my muzzle through the gap to check, then shoot. No need to dangerously go inside. Being inside is disadvantageous in this situation – how stupid.’

 

Kang Hak-jun slightly opened the front door of the piano room.

 

Creak─.

 

At the same time, he heard the sound of the back door opening.

 

‘······!’

 

If his opponent was now opening the back door to come out and shoot him, that would be troublesome.

 

‘Was he just waiting inside for the door to open! Anyway, his opponent only has a pistol, so if I shoot three rounds first and hit him, I’ll win! A rifle with rapid fire rate is much more advantageous!’

 

Kang Hak-jun forcefully opened the front door and entered inside.

Perhaps from not being used for so long, the door felt quite stiff.

 

As Kang Hak-jun opened the door and entered the piano room, the back door also opened wide.

 

Creak─.

Clang!

 

This sound was definitely the same sound he had heard from the second floor when he was hiding in the flower bed.

 

He urgently pointed his muzzle toward the back door and aimed, but all he could see was a single metal rod lying on the floor.

 

The metal rod was probably the handle of an oil-soaked rag that had once been used to varnish the floor of this old classroom.

 

Only then did a certain device catch Kang Hak-jun’s eye.

 

A thin string was connected between the front door and back door of the Piano Room.

 

A portable field shovel provided by the production crew was embedded in the upper part of the front door where the wood had completely rotted, and the thin string wound around that shovel was wrapped around a metal rod positioned diagonally in the gap of the back door.

 

When he opened the front door, the naturally tightened string pulled the metal rod wedged in the back door, and as it was pushed out, the back door opened together, causing the metal rod to roll on the floor.

 

‘A, a booby trap…!’

 

Behind the panicked Kang Hak-jun, Yeon-woo appeared silently like a ghost haunting the Piano Room of the abandoned school.

 

From outside the window.

 

***

 

‘Hmm, this should be tied securely enough.’

 

Yeon-woo, who had firmly tied a rope to an old-style exhaust duct on the school’s rooftop, positioned himself at the rooftop railing and waited for the signal.

 

At that moment, a noise that tore through the silence echoed from the Piano Room directly below the rooftop.

 

Clang─.

 

Simultaneously, Yeon-woo grabbed the rope with one hand and smoothly descended from the rooftop.

 

Perhaps because it was built long ago, the ceiling was low, and since it was only a 2-story building, it was an embarrassingly low height to even call rope descent.

 

As he quickly descended using the rope, he could see the panicked opponent’s back through the broken glass window of the Piano Room.

 

Yeon-woo held the rope with one hand and gripped his pistol with the other as he pulled the trigger.

 

Bang bang bang bang─.

 

Since he only had four pistol bullets left, he fired them all.

 

With this, he had consumed all the bullets provided by the production crew.

 

Combat effectiveness in the field isn’t determined by factors like who has stronger muscles, who can carry heavy objects farther, or how accurately one can shoot.

 

The ability to maximize the use of everything given to subdue an opponent is what constitutes combat effectiveness in the field.

 

And with that final attack utilizing everything given to him, the lamp on Player 1’s protective gear lit up red.

 

It was the final out.

 

***

 

Silence fell over the situation room.

 

They had observed everything up to Yeon-woo setting up the trap in the Music Room.

 

But while briefly watching Player 1’s head cam, Yeon-woo, who had gone out to the hallway, disappeared from the monitor.

 

They hurriedly switched the screen to Yeon-woo’s head cam and body cam, but all they could see was the building’s exterior wall, so even the situation room couldn’t figure out where he was.

 

At that time, Yeon-woo was hanging from the rooftop railing with the rope wrapped around him, so naturally only the building’s exterior wall was visible in the cameras attached to his helmet and chest protector.

 

“What, what? What just happened! Did you find where Player 7 went?”

“Uh, well, Player 1 is out? He’s been finally eliminated with two hits. I’ll send the kill log to both players.”

 

At that moment, a staff member who had been replaying various screens transmitted from multiple cameras raised his hand high.

 

“PD, I found it!”

“Put it up!”

 

The staff member replayed the moment of elimination captured by the camera mounted on the Music Room ceiling and zoomed in on the right corner.

 

That screen clearly showed Ryu Yeon-woo appearing like a ghost from outside the glass window, holding a pistol in one hand and shooting at his opponent.

 

“Cra, crazy…!”

 

Meanwhile, while the winner was being determined on the remote island, strange rumors were spreading on the internet.

 

Through the participants who had left the island earlier and their agency officials, testimonies about Ryu Yeon-woo’s unbelievable performance began to emerge one by one.

 

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