NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 326

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

Episode 326. Shooting Lane

Two days had passed since Yeon-woo and the agents began adjusting to the time difference and getting their bodies back in shape.

As usual, he was warming up with light exercise at the hotel’s fitness center when the door opened and a staff member from Blue Whale Gate approached.

“The match is scheduled to begin in three hours. Please return to your respective accommodations and wait.”

Upon hearing this, Yeon-woo looked at Kim Su-hyeok and Park Jung-hyeon who were exercising nearby.

The two nodded their heads.

Over the past two days, Kim Su-hyeok and Park Jung-hyeon had tried their best to teach Yeon-woo everything they knew.

And Yeon-woo had suffered the ordeal of pretending to learn things he already knew.

‘Still, I’ve created a decent alibi that will let me act freely as long as I control myself appropriately.’

His deliberate act of learning earnestly wasn’t just to avoid unnecessary suspicion, but also for the sake of the two who had taught him.

Originally, the most important thing on a battlefield is trust.

Of course, this isn’t a religious story about defeating enemies through the power of faith, but rather that when receiving orders, you need unwavering trust in your superior to execute those orders without hesitation.

The difference between immediately hitting the ground when ordered to take cover from incoming bullets versus hesitating for a moment creates a significant delay that ultimately determines life and death.

“Let’s go up and wait for now.”

Following the staff member’s guidance, Yeon-woo and the two agents went to their respective rooms.

About two hours later, someone knocked on Yeon-woo’s door.

Knock knock─.

“Yes.”

When he opened the hotel room door, several staff members were waiting outside, accompanied by a cameraman.

“Please put on this eye mask. The game begins now.”

Yeon-woo nodded and took a quick look around the hotel hallway before putting on the eye mask, counting the number of staff.

‘Five total including the cameraman.’

He didn’t see any other staff in the hallway during his brief observation.

One of the staff members approached and put the eye mask on Yeon-woo while two others supported him from both sides.

That left only one staff member besides the cameraman, which was nowhere near enough to also bring Kim Su-hyeok and Park Jung-hyeon from the adjacent rooms.

‘This means either the team members and I start separately, or there’s some kind of game that only team leaders perform first.’

The staff member who had approached them at the fitness center earlier had announced that the game would start in three hours, but according to the time he had checked just before these staff members visited, only about two hours had passed.

‘Being called an hour earlier than announced suggests there’s indeed some kind of mini-game that team leaders must perform first.’

Supported by staff on both sides, Yeon-woo took the elevator down and got into a vehicle.

The car started and departed, and Yeon-woo naturally brought up a map in his mind.

‘This hotel doesn’t have an underground parking garage, and judging by the sound of the revolving door, we came out through the main gate. And if a car departs from in front of the hotel, it must pass through the intersection toward Miami.’

Having memorized maps of the surrounding area and major facilities on his smartphone while at the hotel, he could predict their destination in real-time like viewing a mini-map, imagining the direction the car was traveling.

There are various operational situations where you might chase or be chased with bullets flying, or need to hide in complete silence, and you can’t check maps constantly during such operations.

Therefore, maintaining a large operational map in your head as a commander is an essential ability.

As Yeon-woo expected, the car stopped after traveling about a hundred meters.

‘Waiting for a signal means it’s definitely not a right turn.’

The right side of the map in his head was eliminated.

Going straight would lead into Miami, and while he’d need to check until the next intersection, there was a high probability they were heading to the airport.

On the other hand, turning left would connect to the national highway leading toward the harbor.

Then the signal must have changed as the car began moving.

And his body was pulled to the right.

‘We’re going to the harbor.’

The harbor map appeared again in Yeon-woo’s mind.

Located about 20 kilometers from the hotel, the harbor was one of two options for reaching the island that would serve as the main stage for the survival game. Since there was a high probability of stopping there if they were taking a ship rather than a plane, he had thoroughly studied even the internal facilities.

‘Gathering only the team leaders to do something. Considering the time we were given earlier, it should take about an hour.’

Since they’d be fighting to their heart’s content for days once they entered the island, they wouldn’t have team leaders engage in physical confrontations or mini-survival games.

That would rather spoil the main event and reduce the entertainment value.

‘Then it’s likely to be individual record competitions or timed capture-the-flag style games.’

During the short journey to the harbor, he began creating various anticipated scenarios in his head and running simulations.

Whatever they were doing, there’s a world of difference between being suddenly thrown into a situation versus preparing in advance and doing image training.

***

The vehicle seemed to have arrived at the harbor as expected.

The fine vibrations from the gray cement floor of the harbor, distinctly different from asphalt, were being transmitted through the wheels.

‘We entered the harbor entrance and immediately turned left, so we’re heading toward the warehouse area, not the dock.’

And Yeon-woo’s current location was being updated in real-time in his mind.

If they were heading to the warehouse, there were several mini-games he could anticipate.

Just then, the car came to a stop.

Whirr─.

“Alright, we’ve arrived. Please hold the staff member’s hand and get out slowly and carefully.”

The door opened and the staff member sitting beside him extended their hand as Yeon-woo slowly got out of the car.

Judging by the considerable number of other cars idling nearby, it seemed the other team leaders had arrived just like Yeon-woo.

Following the staff’s guidance, he entered some kind of space.

The smooth urethane flooring and the cool atmosphere around him suggested they had entered inside a warehouse.

Then someone’s voice was heard.

“Now, welcome everyone invited to the greatest show on earth, ‘Survival Island – Global Match’! Please remove your eye masks!”

When Yeon-woo removed his eye mask, he could see other team leaders who had been brought here similarly, and in front, a black man wearing a beret stood on a high platform.

It was ‘Tony Williams,’ famous as a TV show MC.

However, while he wore a beret, his outfit wasn’t military uniform but a white suit from top to bottom, seeming to express something between a naval dress uniform and a show MC.

‘Perhaps it’s well-suited to the spirit of Survival Island.’

It was a survival where people aimed guns at each other’s lives, but simultaneously a TV show, so fundamentally it was entertainment pursuing fun.

He could see the participants looking around their surroundings.

Having been resting in their hotel rooms before being blindfolded and brought out, the participants opening their eyes in this huge cavity wouldn’t even be able to figure out where they were.

Yeon-woo also looked around similarly.

However, since he already knew where this was, he quickly scanned what had been installed inside the harbor warehouse.

‘That left side is filled with large shelves covered by black barriers. And on the right is a corridor-type structure with four entrances.’

He had some guesses about what was hidden behind the black barriers, but wasn’t certain.

On the other hand, he had a clear idea of what the corridor-type structure on the right was.

It was a shooting lane.

Individual shooting positions partitioned to allow firing guns toward targets.

A classic mini-game that survival games should naturally include.

Tony Williams on the platform opened his mouth while looking at the celebrities who still hadn’t come to their senses and were just looking around stupidly.

“Before you officially land on ‘Survival Island,’ we need to assess whether you’re qualified, right? This round is live ammunition pistol shooting. You’ll fire a total of ten shots, and in case of a tie, the person who completes the shooting in faster time receives a higher score.”

Yeon-woo’s eyes lit up at Tony Williams’ words.

‘This round?’

Tony had definitely referred to the mini-game as a round.

In survival games, there are two essential elements given to rounds.

“Now, what do you get for placing first? We’ll give you a special weapon acquisition right that the team leader or team members can use. Depending on the situation, it could demonstrate very powerful effects.”

One of the two essential elements that survival game rounds possess had appeared.

Namely, rewards.

‘Special weapons…’

This game was said to use ammunition specially developed by the U.S. military for training purposes.

It was said to have significantly longer range and muzzle velocity than ammunition for airsoft guns used in survival games, and while he didn’t know how far that was allowed, it was a reward Yeon-woo desperately needed.

‘I’ll need to work hard if I want to give Kim Su-hyeok a sniper rifle.’

Then Tony Williams opened his mouth again.

“And if there are rewards for winners, there must be penalties for losers, right? The team that records last place in this round cannot land on ‘Survival Island.'”

And the remaining one of the round’s two elements.

Having rounds in survival games meant there would be eliminated contestants.

When Tony finished speaking, the celebrities in the cavity stirred.

Not being able to land on the island meant elimination.

And that was the disgrace of disgraces – being cut at the entrance without even being able to participate.

Though it was a TV show, it had the nature of international competition, so if they recorded last place and were eliminated, it would be a horrifying prospect for celebrities who lived off public popularity.

The faces of the other celebrities standing to the left and right visibly changed to grave expressions as they recognized the seriousness of the situation.

And one of them raised their voice.

“Isn’t this different from the contract? You’re saying we can’t even enter the Island.”

Then Tony wagged his index finger with a relaxed smile, as if he had expected this question.

“No no. That’s not the case. You signed a contract to participate in ‘Survival Island – Global Match,’ not a contract to land on the Island. This is the first round of survival and you are representatives of each country, so it fully meets the terms of ‘Survival’ and ‘Global Match.'”

The person who had raised their voice at Tony’s words shut their mouth tight.

Since the organizers said so, there was no justification to argue back.

And Tony added with a sly smile.

“And you just need to not come in last place, right? Are you perhaps scared that you won’t be able to get a better score than others in Shooting?”

“Ahem…”

Those who had been wearing dissatisfied expressions let out awkward coughs.

After all, isn’t the basic spirit of survival ‘as long as it’s not me’?

And at the same time, the door of the Shooting Lane that had been closed opened.

Though for someone, it might become a path of death.

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