NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 293

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Episode 293. Survival and Hunting

The yard was overgrown with vines, but since stepping stones had been laid on the entrance path, there was no problem with people coming and going.

 

Yeon-woo first checked the inner area of the house.

 

‘Of course, the advance scouting team and the staff who installed the cameras would have checked, but…’

 

He walked around the house tapping various spots on the floor, but there didn’t seem to be any problematic areas.

 

‘Hmm, fortunately the floor hasn’t rotted.’

 

In old wooden houses like this, if the wood supporting the floor rots, various areas can rise or sink, creating gaps large enough for legs to fall through.

 

Dust settling was a problem that could be solved by sweeping and wiping, so checking for safety issues was most important.

 

Just then, An Jun-ho, who had quickly run over after hearing the Devil Instructor’s voice, followed Yeon-woo into the house.

Seeing Jun-ho, Yeon-woo pointed toward the back of the house with his finger.

 

“Jun-ho hyung.”

“Yeah?”

“You remember there was a vegetable garden behind the house when we filmed our variety show before. Could you check if there are any edible plants among the ones that might have grown wild?”

 

At Yeon-woo’s words, An Jun-ho nodded in understanding and headed toward the back of the house.

 

Meanwhile, Son Jin-wook and Han So-hyeon, who had followed them in, looked around the yard lost in memories.

 

“So-hyeon. Look at that.”

“Wow! That’s the fire pit sunbae made back then, right?”

 

Where Han So-hyeon pointed was a fire pit made by stacking bricks.

 

Of course, after more than three years of wind and rain with wild grass and vines growing all around, only the basic shape remained and it didn’t look like it could be used again, but it was amazing to find traces of their old filming.

 

Then Yeon-woo came out after checking the entire house and asked PD Joo Hyeon-seok.

 

“There aren’t any decent dishes or household items left. The production team will provide at least that much, right?”

“Of course. We’ll supply the minimum necessary tools as new items.”

 

Hearing that, Yeon-woo nodded and asked about the most important thing.

 

“What about fish traps?”

“If you open that old storage shed over there, you’ll find fish traps too.”

“Awesome. Talking about fish traps reminds me of when Yeon-woo caught an octopus before.”

 

At Han So-hyeon’s words, Yeon-woo scratched his head.

 

“The octopus came into the fish trap on its own though…”

“Still, octopuses have many legs. It would have been easy for it to get in.”

“…?”

 

Leaving behind Han So-hyeon’s nonsensical rambling, Yeon-woo headed to the storage shed.

 

Creeeeak─.

 

The storage shed opened with a sound like it would break at any moment, and inside were various tools in burlap sacks, just as the production team had said.

 

“Hyung, noona. Come over here. I think we need to organize things together.”

“Okay!”

 

***

 

Han So-hyeon and An Jun-ho took charge of cleaning the house and organizing tools, while Son Jin-wook also brought bricks piled up in one corner of the yard and began making a fire pit.

 

“Wow, having done this once before really makes the building speed faster than before.”

 

As Son Jin-wook said, the building speed was quite fast.

The circular brick stove he was stacking was already taking shape.

 

‘At least we’ll be able to make dinner by lighting a fire in the fire pit. The problem is we don’t have ingredients to make anything with.’

 

When they arrived at Gunsan Port, the sky was already gradually turning orange, and now that the sun was starting to set, it was getting darker and the staff began turning on the lighting.

 

Yeon-woo watched the actors working hard on their respective tasks, then picked up a fish trap.

 

“I’ll go set up some fish traps before it gets darker.”

“Got it!”

 

As Yeon-woo went out carrying the fish trap, he looked at PD Joo Hyeon-seok.

 

“Director. Honestly, there’s too little to eat, so at least give us some ramen.”

“We gave you rice.”

“Ramen.”

“…There are some decent vegetables in the vegetable garden behind the house too.”

 

A grandmother living near this house had felt it was a waste to leave the land unused, so she had grown vegetables there while tending to her own garden.

 

He heard they had received permission to eat freely and had also provided financial compensation.

 

Regardless, Yeon-woo shook his head.

 

“Ramen.”

 

PD Joo Hyeon-seok wavered at Yeon-woo’s momentum as he looked at him confidently and strongly demanded ramen like a loan shark coming to collect borrowed money.

 

“Um, alright. We’ll provide at least some ramen.”

 

But without backing down, Yeon-woo opened his mouth again.

 

“Four packs.”

“Come on, it’s not like you’re some daughter of a rich family, why are you being like this?”

“Four packages.”

 

PD Joo Hyeon-seok nodded his head as if resigned to the unwavering determination.

 

“···Fine. Four packages.”

“You can give them to me right now, right?”

“······.”

 

***

 

Having successfully extracted ramen from the production crew, Yeon-woo nodded with satisfaction and headed outside carrying the fish trap.

 

‘It’s already starting to get dark. Even if I set the fish trap now, it’s hard to expect anything to be caught before dinner time. And although I haven’t checked all of the vegetable garden in the back, it’s winter now so there probably aren’t many edible vegetables.’

 

There was a high possibility that dinner on the first day would have to be settled with ramen.

 

‘Well, since there are four of us, cooking three packages should be enough. I have a use for one package.’

 

If Manager Kim Min-su had heard this, he might have jumped up asking how it made sense to cook three packages for four people, Yeon-woo thought as he headed toward the seashore near the house.

 

‘First, let me set it up at the spot where I installed it last time since that place was pretty good and even caught octopus.’

 

Yeon-woo went back to the point where he had thrown the fish trap before.

 

“Was it around here···?”

 

Seeing the rock jutting out in the middle, he remembered tying the fish trap to that spot and lowering it through the crevices in the rock.

 

‘Back then, I threw it in with leftover bread that we bought and ate at the rest stop on the way here.’

 

Yeon-woo rustled around in his chest and pulled something out.

 

What came out from his chest was a square object covered with orange packaging.

 

It was the ramen package he had just extracted from Producer Joo.

 

“Raw ramen should work pretty well as bait too.”

 

He opened the package, put the seasoning packet in his bag, and put the raw ramen into the fish trap.

 

Then he carefully lifted the fish trap and threw it into the sea.

 

“I hope some edible-sized ones get caught···.”

 

Even if a bunch got caught, it would be a disaster if they were all sizes that had to be released.

 

After setting up the fish trap, Yeon-woo wandered around the area aimlessly with a wistful heart.

 

‘Ah, if this were a mountain at least I could find and catch a wild boar to eat···.’

 

Yeon-woo was scratching his head and gazing at the sea when he tilted his head curiously.

 

It was low tide so the water had receded from the white sand beach, and while looking around to see if there might be any shellfish to pick up and eat, he saw something moving with a rustling sound.

 

Yeon-woo looked at the camera director next to him.

 

“Director.”

“Yes?”

“Please shine your light over there!”

 

Hearing Yeon-woo’s request, the camera director turned the light attached to his camera toward the direction Yeon-woo was pointing.

 

“I don’t see anything though?”

 

While the camera director was tilting his head in confusion, Yeon-woo dashed out at lightning speed.

 

Yeon-woo took off his coat while running and immediately reached out his hand.

 

In the small mini tidal flat created by the receding water, sensing Yeon-woo approaching, the creature immediately moved its legs trying to escape.

 

‘Where do you think you’re going!’

 

Yeon-woo grasped the creature’s movement path and shot out his right hand like lightning.

 

Seeing Yeon-woo’s right hand reaching toward it, the creature hastily changed direction from running sideways, enduring the load on its body as it made a sharp turn.

 

‘Changing direction? Not a chance!’

 

And Yeon-woo, who had grasped that movement, also changed the trajectory of his hand, executing ever-changing techniques as he swiftly snatched the body of the creature trying to escape.

 

Then he immediately wrapped the creature in the coat he had taken off while running.

 

“What did you catch?!”

 

The camera director ran over urgently and asked Yeon-woo, but Yeon-woo simply reached out his hand again and caught one more creature before covering it with his coat and wrapping it tightly like a wrapping cloth.

 

He had caught two of them.

 

“What is it?!”

 

Then Yeon-woo grinned with a triumphant expression.

 

“The best topping to put in ramen.”

 

He could feel well-fattened blue crabs thrashing around inside the wrapped coat.

 

***

 

The peak season for blue crabs in the West Sea is October.

Although it was now slightly past the peak season since the college entrance exam had just ended, there were still many blue crabs in the West Sea.

 

And they were plump, robust specimens at that.

 

On the way back home, he also picked up a large sea snail as a bonus from the edge of the tidal flat.

 

It was quite large, covering three finger joints, so it seemed like it would help add deep flavor to the ramen broth.

 

‘Well, just cleaning and adding the blue crabs to the ramen would be game over anyway.’

 

Yeon-woo opened the main gate and entered the house like a triumphant general.

 

Though it had been an abandoned house that looked ready to collapse, while he was hunting at the tidal flat, Jin-wook had built a fire pit and So-hyeon and Jun-ho had cleaned the house quite well, transforming it into a livable place.

 

Son Jin-wook, seeing Yeon-woo walking in, raised his hand.

 

“Hey, did you set up the fish traps properly?”

 

Then he immediately tilted his head.

 

“But why do you look like that? Why are you carrying your coat, and what’s all that stuff on your pants?”

 

Yeon-woo didn’t look great after his chase with the blue crabs.

Fortunately, he had brought spare clothes and shoes.

 

Yeon-woo silently grinned and took out a rubber basin from the storage shed, then unfolded the coat he had been carrying and poured out the creatures inside.

 

“I caught some things while I was out.”

 

At the mention of catching something, Han So-hyeon and An Jun-ho, who had been inside the house, came running out.

 

Of course, the production team including PD Joo Hyeon-seok also stirred with interest.

 

“What what? What did you catch?”

 

Han So-hyeon hastily slipped on her shoes and approached Yeon-woo.

Then she opened her mouth wide seeing what was in the rubber basin.

 

“Wow! Blue crabs! They’re huge!”

“Tonight our dinner will be seafood ramen flavored with blue crabs.”

 

***

 

He boiled the cleanly prepared blue crabs vigorously in the cauldron along with the ramen seasoning.

 

Once the blue crabs turned red, he added the ramen noodles and cooked them deliciously, completing a dish with visuals that rivaled any famous seafood ramen restaurant in Jeju Island.

 

“This is perfect. The fire pit, cauldron, freshly caught blue crabs and ramen. Everything is perfect, even cooking and eating it in the yard in early winter. Man, if I could just have a drink of soju with Cheol-min sunbae, it would be amazing…”

 

Yeon-woo, who was ladling the ramen into bowls for serving, shook his head upon hearing Jin-wook’s words.

 

“Jin-wook hyung, you seem to be becoming more of a heavy drinker lately.”

“Really! Sunbae, if you drink like that, you’ll drop dead.”

 

Hearing the nagging from Yeon-woo and Han So-hyeon, Son Jin-wook protested as if wronged.

 

“Ahem, I only drink once or twice a week at most. I’m also a celebrity with a schedule.”

 

Meanwhile, the staff were drooling over the visual of the blue crab ramen.

 

Then Yeon-woo pointed to the car parked in the alley and spoke up.

 

“Hey, I saw earlier that there’s pork belly for the staff to eat loaded in the trunk, and lots of other food, so how can you drool looking at this?”

“Ahem, when did you see that?”

“Pork belly?! Why don’t you give us any?”

 

At Han So-hyeon’s complaint, PD Joo Hyeon-seok hastily changed the subject.

 

“Well, you’ll have to eat that tomorrow. Do you happen to know that a special guest is arriving tomorrow?”

“A guest?”

 

This was the first time Yeon-woo was hearing about this too.

 

What immediately came to mind were probably actors from Saebyeol.

 

‘But now there are too many actors in the agency… Who among them is coming?’

 

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