NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 325

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Episode 325. Hand Signals, Sign Language

‘He did something unnecessary.’

Yeon-woo thought this as he watched John McClellan’s departing back.

John McClellan had approached Yeon-woo and his group while they were eating breakfast, exchanged some trivial greetings, then disappeared just like that.

As a result, everyone in the Hotel Restaurant began paying attention to Yeon-woo and his group.

“That person must be him.”

“The champion, you mean?”

Then a man wearing a red beanie nearby snorted and said:

“Champion my ass, he’s just the inaugural winner who got lucky. The level difference between 「Survival Island」 and this 「Global Match」 is enormous.”

“That’s true. It was just child’s play with scrubs from a small Asian country, and honestly, I could tell the level of that program after looking up that guy’s Profile.”

When someone chimed in from the side, the man in the red beanie got excited and talked even more.

“I looked up his Profile too. Interesting. Honestly, as an actor, his Profile was flawless. The Golden Bear Award from Berlin and all, and many of his works have high recognition, right? But survival is a different story. He has no military service experience and has never participated in international competitions or related events.”

Then others around them added their comments.

“Hey, Gunnar. You really don’t know anything about Asia’s broadcasting system.”

“Asia’s broadcasting system?”

“It’s almost all scripted puppet theater. Everything was rigged from the start for that man to win.”

“You mean it wasn’t actually real? So it was a Fake documentary?”

When the man in the red beanie expressed doubt, the man next to him quietly nodded.

“Think about his filmography, appearance, age. Consider all the information together. He’s an excellent actor.”

“…I see.”

The man wearing the red beanie looked at Yeon-woo with a bitter smile, as if he had learned some ugly truth.

“But this 「Global Match」 won’t be like that, right?”

“Of course not. That man is just a kind of Trophy brought in to make this tournament’s winner shine brighter.”

“…Trophy.”

The more they listened, the more plausible it sounded.

Now they seemed to understand John McClellan’s intention in suddenly appearing to greet the Korean actor Ryu Yeon-woo.

And Yeon-woo, who had been quietly listening to those conversations, slowly opened his closed eyes.

Seeing Yeon-woo like this, Kim Su-hyeok quietly said:

“Hmm, I don’t know what they’re saying, but they seem to be from Northern Europe. They sure talk a lot while eating.”

At Kim Su-hyeok’s words, Yeon-woo quietly smiled and nodded.

Kim Su-hyeok’s guess that they seemed to be from Northern Europe was correct.

‘To be precise, they’re Norwegian guys.’

Yeon-woo couldn’t speak Norwegian fluently enough for skilled conversation, but he could understand roughly what they were talking about.

‘Thanks. I appreciate you thinking that way.’

At first, he had hoped the game would start quietly without drawing attention, but he thought John McClellan’s sudden intrusion had inevitably made him a target for other participants’ vigilance.

But perhaps he had underestimated the other participants’ confidence too much.

Arrogance.

Their pride was reaching the Sky.

The more they looked down on him as a Trophy or a rookie, the easier the upcoming game would become.

Yeon-woo never underestimated their abilities.

‘To be precise, not the celebrity participants themselves, but the people they hired.’

According to the Materials he received from Han Hae-woon, even if he met them as enemies on a Battlefield, they would never be easy opponents.

Some of them were veterans among veterans with more combat experience than even Yeon-woo from his previous life.

That’s why he completely agreed with that Gochujang-head’s comment that there was a severe level difference between 「Survival Island」 with amateurs Domestic and this 「Global Match」.

He never intended to overwhelmingly crush them from the start, and throughout his past and present lives, Yeon-woo’s personality wasn’t like that either.

He would just thoroughly analyze weaknesses, formulate countless strategies in his mind, actively respond to variables, and make complete preparations to display instant wit at any moment.

The difference between combat and command is bigger than one might think.

No matter how much they were combat mercenaries or special forces veterans who had flown high on battlefields, Yeon-woo was more confident in commanding these many-versus-many battles.

However, it was inevitable that among them, there would be those to hit first and those to hit later.

‘The Norwegian in the red beanie. That guy’s name was probably Gunnar Hundsen. Making a memo for now.’

***

After finishing breakfast and doing some light exercise, Yeon-woo and his group went to their respective rooms to take light naps.

It would be foolish not to sleep until night in the name of adjusting to jet lag.

That much accumulated fatigue would build up in the body and result in slower reaction times or clouded judgment at crucial moments.

The best method was to take light naps of two to three hours divided into several sessions while getting used to the lifestyle pattern here.

Then around evening, Yeon-woo went to find Kim Su-hyeok’s room.

“Um, so you’re asking me to teach you about hand signals?”

Yeon-woo nodded at Kim Su-hyeok’s words.

Hand signals were absolutely essential once you entered the battlefield, and if he performed hand signals he hadn’t even learned with ease, he would inevitably draw suspicion.

‘This is tricky. Since it’s hard to pretend not to know what I know, I have no choice but to pretend to receive all the training in advance.’

Then Kim Su-hyeok looked at Yeon-woo with a troubled expression.

“I can teach you the basics, but if you don’t master the advanced parts as well, it will only cause confusion for both of us. Unless we’re in a situation where we’re holding our breath in close confrontation, it might be better to just communicate verbally.”

Yeon-woo nodded at Kim Su-hyeok’s words.

As a former operation commander. Well, come to think of it, as a current operation commander, he completely agreed.

“But I’m really smart, you know? I’m truly confident in memorizing things, so please teach me everything including the advanced parts. I’ll remember them right away, so test me and if I pass, let’s actively use hand signals.”

When his employer spoke with such determination, there was no reason to refuse.

Looking at the young actor with confident eyes before him, Kim Su-hyeok scratched his cheek.

‘Well, wasn’t he valedictorian or salutatorian at Korea University? I think I saw related news about it.’

Kim Su-hyeok decided to give it a try and began demonstrating hand signals one by one.

“First, the basics are like this, and the advanced parts are like this. Now, when you fold two fingers like this and point your elbow forward while bringing your fist down…”

While demonstrating advanced hand signals that looked similar at first glance but could express complex meanings depending on angles and finger positions, he thought this might be a waste of time.

“For now, if there are any parts you can’t remember, I’ll show you again.”

“There aren’t any. You can test me right away.”

Kim Su-hyeok tilted his head at Yeon-woo’s immediate response.

“I just showed you well over twenty signals. Are you saying you remember them all?”

“Yes.”

At Yeon-woo’s firm answer that came right back, Kim Su-hyeok scratched his cheek and soon nodded.

“Hmm, alright. Let’s try it.”

Kim Su-hyeok stood up and pointed in all directions with his finger while explaining the situation.

“Our allies are advancing in a W formation from behind, dividing into front and rear guards, and Actor Ryu has detected enemy movement within 7 meters to the left front.”

Immediately, Yeon-woo opened his fist to show a stop signal, then extended his index and middle fingers to point direction, showed his palm facing down, and then indicated two, one, zero with his fingers.

It wasn’t counting, but indicating 7 meters ahead.

“Ooh…”

Kim Su-hyeok let out a small exclamation at the hand signals that came out immediately without any delay and began presenting other problems right away.

***

“What, is this some kind of instant memory ability?”

Kim Su-hyeok clicked his tongue while watching Yeon-woo’s concise hand movements that accurately performed whatever situation was presented.

Later, he presented complex situations that even he had to think about for a moment, but watching Ryu Yeon-woo immediately simplify them into something anyone familiar with hand signals could understand and express them cleanly, he felt that in this area, Yeon-woo was better than himself.

‘No, it’s not just concise – he completely understands the priorities of what should be performed first in that situation. Is this talent…?’

Yeon-woo was also looking into Kim Su-hyeok’s eyes, and it seemed obvious what Kim Su-hyeok was thinking right now.

‘Dude, it’s not talent, it’s experience.’

Just then, Park Jung-hyeon, who had been in the small room of the suite, opened the door and came out to the living room.

He was holding a smartphone in one hand, and Google Maps was displayed on the flipped screen.

And he had an extremely pleased expression on his face.

Like someone who had found an oasis in the desert.

Seeing this, Yeon-woo nodded and extended his hand.

Starting with a clenched fist, he immediately extended his index and middle fingers to point at Park Jung-hyeon.

Then without delay, he brought his thumb and index finger together to give the nuance of holding a spoon and expressed it with a gesture as if scooping something up to give certainty to what he was expressing.

And he spread four fingers and flipped his hand upside down.

As expected of an actor, all his movements were clear and intuitive.

Kim Su-hyeok, who was watching this, slightly opened his mouth and nodded.

Yeon-woo’s complex hand movements were intuitively input into Kim Su-hyeok’s mind, and he spoke aloud what he understood.

“Park Jung-hyeon has found a Korean Gukbap Restaurant within a 512-meter radius.”

Park Jung-hyeon tilted his head upon hearing Kim Su-hyeok’s words.

“Yes? How did you know? It was closer than I thought. In that sense, may I go out for a bit?”

How did he know?

Ryu Yeon-woo’s hand movements had said exactly that.

When he mentioned 7 meters, he expressed 2, 1, 0 in sequence with his fingers because 7 is the sum of 4, 2, and 1.

In order, the sum of 2 to the 2nd power, 1st power, and 0th power.

The reason Kim Su-hyeok mentioned 7 meters was because it’s a complex number to express, and in actual operations, they simply break it down into units of 2 meters, 4 meters, 8 meters, 16 meters according to multiples of 2.

Like this, they extend their fingers in sequence according to distance, with six being the pinky finger, and from seven onwards, they flip their hand while adding one more in sequence.

Then the sign of four fingers flipped upside down means 9, and in terms of distance means 512 meters, which is 2 to the 9th power.

Pointing at Park Jung-hyeon and the act of scooping something with a spoon were so clear that there was no need to explain them.

On top of that, the judgment to instantly assess the screen of the smartphone Park Jung-hyeon was holding and even his facial expression, plus the boldness to reach out and express it without delay.

He couldn’t help but be impressed.

Through that mechanism, Yeon-woo’s hand signals were saying this:

– Park Jung-hyeon has now found a Korean Gukbap Restaurant within a 500-meter radius.

“At this level, it’s not hand signals but sign language.”

Kim Su-hyeok began to look forward more and more to what kind of performance this young employer would show in the future.

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