NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 287

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Episode 287. Group Viewing

On screen, Yeon-woo used the rifle’s last bullet in a predictive shot to eliminate Player 3.

 

– Player 7 has eliminated Player 3…

 

CEO Jeong Hyeok, who was watching the screen, clenched his fist tightly.

 

“That’s right!”

 

Han Byeol was clapping beside him until her palms turned red.

 

‘Hmm, it’s not like we’re cheering for the World Cup…’

 

Yeon-woo, watching them, smiled awkwardly.

 

When watching at the office building, it at least felt like group monitoring since it was an entertainment company, but sitting around the sofa at home watching together, it was truly ‘group viewing’ itself.

 

Then Yeon-woo threw the rifle on the ground and started moving somewhere.

 

“What? Why are you throwing away the gun?!”

 

Han Byeol shouted to herself, then immediately realized that Player 7 on TV was sitting right next to her.

 

Han Byeol turned her head toward Yeon-woo and asked accusingly, apparently already immersed in the show.

 

“Why did you suddenly throw away the gun?!”

 

Yeon-woo shrugged his shoulders and pointed at the screen.

 

“I used up all the bullets.”

 

Just then, the screen showed the bullet count of the last two remaining players.

 

– Player 1

Rifle 22 Pistol 8

 

– Player 7

Rifle 0 Pistol 4

 

“What? They should at least supply bullets, humanely speaking.”

 

Then Manager Kim Min-su, as if he had a lot to say, pointed at the screen and spoke up.

 

“Well, actually. Actor Ryu asked the production team about this long before that scene…”

 

Kim Min-su, who was speaking while watching the screen, closed his mouth.

 

That very scene was playing right then.

 

Long before eliminating Player 3, that is, the scene from the previous day when he had camouflaged with rope to eliminate two people and asked about equipment acquisition came on.

 

‘Hmm, they definitely said they held a vote among the gallery members.’

 

Since Yeon-woo didn’t know what discussion had taken place in the situation room at that time, he focused on the screen.

 

– Through your votes, we have decided on equipment acquisition or additional bullet supply from eliminated players. The final vote result was 1 in favor, 7 against, so it was rejected.

 

As soon as the PD finished speaking, Manager Kim Min-su on screen jumped up.

 

– Ha, really. Everyone, isn’t this too cowardly? You could just supply the same to all the other players too!

– Ahem, ahem.

 

The gallery members who voted also seemed embarrassed by the 1-to-7 vote result and turned their heads while clearing their throats.

 

Watching that, Son Jin-wook lightly patted Kim Min-su’s shoulder.

 

“Wow, I think this is the first time I’ve seen Min-su get angry?”

“Uh, um.”

 

Kim Min-su was also like the other gallery members in the situation room, clearing his throat and turning his head, apparently embarrassed by his angry appearance on screen.

 

Yeon-woo grinned while looking at Manager Kim Min-su.

 

“Min-su hyung. I’m touched.”

“Ah, no, isn’t that natural as a manager? Honestly, at that moment I wanted to pluck out every hair on PD Yoon Chang-jun’s head. They could just supply it or allow acquisition, but holding a vote just to save face – wasn’t their intention obvious?”

 

Yeon-woo also has broad shoulders and quite a tall height, but Manager Kim Min-su has the physique to protect such a Yeon-woo in a crowding mob.

 

‘If he plucked hair with that build and tremendous grip strength…’

 

Yeon-woo shook his head.

He thought it was fortunate that PD Yoon Chang-jun didn’t lose his precious hair.

 

Meanwhile, the screen was showing Yeon-woo heading toward the school.

 

When Yeon-woo appeared retrieving the white rope that had been used to hang the Korean flag on the flagpole, Han Byeol tilted her head.

 

“Eh? Are you going to strangle someone with that to eliminate them?”

“…”

 

A moment of silence fell at that absurd comment.

 

“Han Byeol, it’s not actually killing people…”

“Strangling someone. Byeol is cruel.”

“Ah, no. If not that, there’s nowhere else to use it! How am I cruel…”

 

Leaving behind the protesting Han Byeol, Yeon-woo on screen quickly went up to the 2nd floor, grasped the internal structure, then headed to the Piano Room, which was most suitable for executing his strategy.

 

And while checking the distance in real-time with his smartwatch, Player 1 Kang Hak-jun followed and arrived at the school.

 

‘In reality, there was more time than that, but they edited it to look like they followed right behind to create tension.’

 

Kim Min-su, who was watching, opened his mouth.

 

“By the way, actor. I couldn’t see it either because I was watching from other camera angles in the situation room, but how did you get to the Piano Room with a rope from there…”

 

At that moment, Han Byeol quickly stopped Kim Min-su’s words.

 

“Ah! Uncle Min-su! No spoilers!”

 

On the other hand, Kim Min-su seemed shocked by a different part.

 

“U-uncle…?”

 

Regardless, Han Byeol was immersed in Yeon-woo on the screen.

 

It was the same for the others.

 

As soon as Yeon-woo on screen entered the Piano Room, he quickly looked around the classroom interior, checked the size and position of the broken Window, then immediately headed for the Front Door.

 

Then he took something out of his Bag.

Han Byeol, who was watching that scene, couldn’t help but tilt her head.

 

“Huh? A seedling shovel?”

“It’s not a seedling shovel, it’s a field shovel.”

 

Yeon-woo took out the field shovel, which was unclear what it was supposed to be used for, and immediately drove it hard into the upper part of the rotten Piano Room wooden door.

 

Then the screen switched again to show Kang Hak-jun tracking Yeon-woo while looking at his smartwatch.

 

Most Internet reactions were filled with question marks.

 

– [MissionImpossibleInflammation] : What??? Random shovel?

 

– [RangerPleaseNerf] : If you stick a shovel in the door, it gets caught and the door won’t open well? Since there are no bullets, isn’t he trying to barricade himself?

└ [Park Jun-hyeon] : Oh that’s possible, I saw earlier that there were only small windows mounted high up

└ [HardwareStoreHeavenlyDemon] : I don’t think it would help much though?

 

– [NoJapan WontBuy] : Amazing!! Is this where he releases the 3rd chapter of demon eating magic arts? It’s Yappari Yeon-woo chan desu yo

└ [Emiya babizilda] : What’s that, you otaku

 

 

And Kang Hak-jun, who followed up to the 2nd floor as if enchanted, got caught in the Booby Trap that Yeon-woo had set up in advance.

 

‘If it had been a real combat booby trap, I would have rigged a grenade to explode the moment the door opened…’

 

Unlike Yeon-woo who was thinking such terrifying thoughts with a calm expression, the Saebyeol family watching TV had their mouths wide open.

 

Kang Hak-jun was startled by the suddenly opening Back Door and the noise created by the falling mop handle.

And behind him, Yeon-woo appeared like a ghost, sliding smoothly.

 

There were only two fixed cameras installed inside the Piano Room, and even then, only one of the two cameras captured Yeon-woo appearing from outside the Window.

 

Since the production team never dreamed that someone would appear from outside the 2nd floor Window, the focus was slightly off, so to capture Yeon-woo’s figure, they had to enlarge the upper right corner of the camera as much as possible.

 

Naturally the image quality deteriorated, and on top of that, with tension-building BGM and slow motion added for dramatic effect, it was nothing short of a paranormal video.

 

“Oh, shit. That startled me. I thought it was a ghost.”

“What, what? Why are you outside the Building? Did you get bitten by a spider?!”

 

Seeing the Saebyeol family demanding an explanation for the absurd situation, Yeon-woo broke out in a cold sweat.

 

“Well, you know… there are window cleaning part-time jobs, right? It’s that kind of concept.”

“Huh…?”

 

Son Jin-wook pointed at the screen and continued.

 

“Then where on earth did you learn to set up that trap?”

“Well… at School?”

“Huh?”

“Um, when I was in School, kids would often prank each other by wedging chalk erasers above the classroom door, right? It’s something like that.”

 

Everyone was dumbfounded seeing Yeon-woo scratching the back of his Head and answering nonchalantly.

 

“…”

 

Yeon-woo looked at the faces of the Saebyeol family.

 

This should be sufficient explanation…

 

He thought.

 

‘Hmm, it doesn’t seem to be the case at all.’

 

Well, what can you do.

 

Whatever.

 

***

 

Has it truly reached trend status?

 

To find out, you just need to look at elementary schools Nationwide.

 

The day after “Survival Island” aired, metropolitan and provincial education offices across the country sent official documents to each School.

 

– To: See recipients

(Via)

Subject: Safety Accident Precaution Notice Due to Survival Program Influence (2nd Notice)

 

1. Related: Ministry of Education School Life Culture Division-3407

2. As a certain survival program on TVM has recently become popular among students, special attention must be paid to safety accidents, so please do your utmost to prevent accidents.

 

A. Cases of hanging from building exterior walls or performing dangerous acts with ropes, etc.

B. Cases of possessing or shooting with model firearms (BB gun firearms).

 

 

Since it was obvious what kind of reaction kids nationwide would show after watching this program, the Ministry of Education took preemptive measures and schools made every effort to prevent students from watching and imitating “Survival Island.”

 

“Hey, did you see Ryu Yeon-woo yesterday? It was freaking awesome.”

“I saw it. I watched it with my whole family. My sister kept screaming and it was hilarious. Isn’t there a survival shooting range in the neighborhood?”

“Probably not? I tried it once when my father took me to one in the countryside on the way back from grandmother’s house.”

“Awesome. How was it? Fun?”

 

When students were talking about “Survival Island” in the hallway, a teacher passing by gave them a warning.

 

“You guys absolutely must not think about imitating it, okay?”

“What are you saying, teacher. You have to be able to do something similar to even attempt to imitate it. You’re looking down on kids. Teacher, you’re the one who shouldn’t try to imitate it. The only people who imitate stuff like that are crazy adults trying to get YouTube views.”

“······.”

 

The teacher briefly considered raising his fist to try to restore the teaching authority that had fallen to the floor, but then thought about making a living and quietly lowered his fist again.

 

“Hmm, anyway, don’t think about doing dangerous things.”

 

***

 

Meanwhile, not only Han Hae-woon but also agents who didn’t know Yeon-woo’s identity couldn’t help but be interested since it was their area of expertise.

 

Kim Su-hyeok was binge-watching “Survival Island” reruns at home and couldn’t help but be amazed.

 

Kim Su-hyeok originally had no interest in popular culture or media.

 

So he only learned about the actor Ryu Yeon-woo because he had to do background investigation on him as an actor belonging to an entertainment company located in Mokwha Building, and didn’t know much about him until he looked into it separately.

 

He never expected there would be such talent among the neighboring tenants using the same building.

 

Of course, casting Ryu Yeon-woo was out of the question since he was a world-level actor who earned tremendous money, but thanks to this, it seemed like he had discovered a new area called survival enthusiasts.

 

‘Ah, with that level of quality, it seems like we could consider enthusiasts too, but why does Alpha Beta think negatively about it···.’

 

A short reply had come to the text he sent.

 

– Alpha Beta: Not worth considering.

 

Of course, since Kim Su-hyeok had the spirit of absolute obedience ingrained to his bones, he wasn’t objecting to orders or complaining, but he felt somewhat disappointed for some reason.

 

As a result, he naturally became interested in the actor Ryu Yeon-woo.

 

‘Hmm, his representative works are “Sketch,” “Master Plan,” “White Blood,” “Moon”···.’

 

They were all famous works, so even Kim Su-hyeok, who had no interest in popular culture, had heard of these titles.

 

“Alpha Beta also emphasized that agents should enjoy popular culture to prevent their minds from wearing down during agent life···.”

 

He was thinking of starting with the works of the actor ‘Ryu Yeon-woo’ who had sparked his interest, but he was wondering what to watch first.

 

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