NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 331

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Episode 331. Race Start

Kim Su-hyeok received the sniper rifle that Yeon-woo handed to him.

‘This gun is…’

It’s a famous gun.

The model used by the protagonist in a famous Hollywood movie about a sniper who was abandoned by his country after retirement.

It was a bolt-action sniper rifle that was like a dream to professional snipers around the world.

“Thank you. I never expected to see this here.”

Leaving Kim Su-hyeok expressing his gratitude behind, Yeon-woo began taking out various equipment from his military bag.

Starting with the shock-absorbing full-body suit provided as standard by the production company, along with a lightweight plate carrier and all kinds of protective gear.

He also distributed the basic rifles to be used.

“There were only rifles that use 5.56mm rounds. I guess the practice bullets they specially procured are only made to fit that specification.”

“Ah, so that’s why you chose the Heckler & Koch gun.”

“Yes. Among them, I was torn between the G36 and HK416 until the end, but ultimately chose the 416 model. It seemed like it would be better for use in various environments.”

It’s also one of the firearms most used by special forces around the world, and domestically it’s the model adopted by the Navy Special Warfare Flotilla.

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

“You made a good choice. I don’t know if you’re aware, but the G36 is a good firearm while also having clear disadvantages.”

Then Yeon-woo naturally answered while putting on his equipment.

“The scope issue would be fine since we’re not mounting the German military standard model, and the barrel shroud overheating problem should also be okay since it’s been modified for survival use with lower firepower, but the G36’s barrel length is too long, so it would be inconvenient in various ways during operations.”

Kim Su-hyeok and Park Jung-hyeon, who had been naturally nodding in agreement while listening to Yeon-woo’s explanation, soon tilted their heads.

They belatedly realized that the person they were having this conversation with wasn’t a special forces member, but a movie actor—and a star representing the younger generation at that.

“…You’re incredibly knowledgeable?”

“Ah, I’m an extreme military enthusiast…”

Yeon-woo thought it was fortunate that enthusiasts existed.

The reason everyone nods when you say you’re an enthusiast of anything is because senior enthusiasts (?) have already paved the way by appearing on various programs and showing off knowledge that surpasses experts.

Kim Su-hyeok also nodded, putting aside his doubts at those words.

“You did mention that. Hmm, that’s impressive.”

The three people, who had now put on all their equipment and completed their combat preparations, looked around.

They could see teams here and there expressing dissatisfaction with the equipment their team leaders had chosen, as well as others quietly changing clothes like the Korean team.

Kim Su-hyeok examined the equipment Ryu Yeon-woo had chosen once more and thought it was quite a good selection.

They weren’t models with exceptional advantages, but they also weren’t models with disadvantages.

And the best part among them was that they were equipment relatively familiar to Kim Su-hyeok and Park Jung-hyeon.

It’s not actual combat but a survival game, so how much difference could good equipment really make?

Most of the time, good equipment doesn’t mean a huge difference in basic performance, but rather the ability to additionally mount various purpose-specific attachments, and it was unlikely that a TV show would have prepared such detailed equipment.

Then indeed, the best choice would be equipment faithful to the basics.

The standard models that Ryu Yeon-woo had chosen now.

But there was one piece of equipment that wasn’t a standard model.

Kim Su-hyeok stroked the bolt-action sniper rifle he was carrying on his back with his fingertips.

He felt the pleasant texture from the smoothly processed surface carved from walnut wood.

‘Hmm, to think I’d encounter this gun here.’

It felt like his emotional attack power had increased by about 50.

Of course, Yeon-woo had chosen this gun by examining everything and selecting the most efficient one, with not even 1 percent of emotion or romance reflected in the decision.

As other teams also completed putting on their equipment, the chaotic atmosphere gradually settled down.

Then the staff members guided each team outside.

“Looks like we’re taking a boat in now.”

“Ah, do you get seasick by any chance?”

Yeon-woo recalled Kim Su-hyeok getting slightly seasick during the mission to infiltrate Okinawa.

But Kim Su-hyeok firmly shook his head.

“No. No problem at all.”

Seeing that, Yeon-woo showed a faint smile.

‘Look at this guy acting tough. I’ve already seen him get seasick.’

Then a staff member pointed to the car that had brought Kim Su-hyeok and Park Jung-hyeon.

“Now, the Korean team will board this vehicle and move.”

Yeon-woo and his team members followed the staff member and boarded the car again.

And the place where the departing car arrived was an unexpected location.

“Hm? It’s not toward the harbor.”

“That’s right.”

Then Park Jung-hyeon, who had been quiet, spoke up.

“According to the map, there’s a small airfield in this direction.”

“Oh, you checked all the way over here? It’s quite far from the hotel.”

“Yes. If we go a little further down this road, there’s a Koreatown and a Korean soup restaurant.”

“Ah…”

Just as Park Jung-hyeon said, a small town appeared, and going a bit further, a wide open field came into view.

And some large objects on top of it caught their eyes.

“…Are all those there because of our program?”

At Yeon-woo’s words, Kim Su-hyeok also slightly opened his mouth and looked outside the window.

Outside the window, there were over twenty helicopters.

“As expected of the land of a trillion dollars.”

America, which got the nickname “land of a trillion dollars” because it’s said to pour over 1,000 trillion won into its defense budget.

Indeed, the scale was extraordinary.

“Operating twenty helicopters just for transportation to film one program.”

Actually, since the production crew also had to ride, it might be over twenty.

Calculating the daily rental fee for helicopters, it might not be such a large amount compared to the budget Blue Whale Gate had set, but the very idea of operating helicopters instead of flights or ships was extraordinary.

Thud-thud-thud─.

The sound of helicopter propellers spinning came from outside the window.

Then the three people including Yeon-woo felt more intuitively the fact that they were participating in a survival game and its scale.

“This should be interesting.”

At Yeon-woo’s words, the other two nodded their heads.

“Indeed it will be.”

***

The helicopters carrying each team gained altitude and soared into the sky.

“Team Leader, have you ever ridden in a helicopter?”

Kim Su-hyeok’s voice, calling him team leader and asking, came through the headset inside the helicopter.

“Yesno.”

“Excuse me?”

“Ah, no. This is my first time.”

In his previous life, he had ridden helicopters countless times—more than he could count on all his fingers and toes—so the answer “yes” instinctively came out first, but thinking about it, even though he was living the life of a world star in this life, he had never ridden a helicopter.

When Yeon-woo looked outside the window, the helicopter was moving away from Miami and flying toward the Bahamas, which consisted of numerous islands.

Below were the Cayman Islands, behind was the Gulf of Mexico, and if you went up a little more, you’d reach the famous Bermuda Triangle—islands in the ocean.

Starting from Cuba to Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.

This archipelago, made up of island nations smaller than Korea, was surrounded by coral reefs and emerald seas, making it famous as a world-class resort area, and there were countless large and small islands scattered throughout.

‘There were just as many cockroach-like drug organizations.’

When you’re assigned to the overseas division at the National Intelligence Service, there are two main tasks you must primarily perform.

First, surveillance of North’s movements.

And second, tracking and eliminating drug organizations that have fled overseas.

‘These days, voice phishing is rampant, so the China and Southeast Asia divisions are probably busy.’

Even when Yeon-woo was active in his previous life, tracking Korean-origin drug organizations hiding in Central America and South America was one of the most important tasks.

Thanks to that, he was quite familiar with the environment here.

While looking outside the window and lost in old thoughts, the helicopter gradually lowered its altitude.

And Yeon-woo saw a fairly large uninhabited island.

Whether it was an island formed by volcanic activity, there was a fairly steep peak in the center, and he could see terrain that appeared to be long-grown corn fields as well as vast sandy beaches that had become desertified due to being in the path of sea winds.

‘This must be the place.’

An island with various environments mixed together haphazardly—mountains, forests, deserts, and vegetation.

This would be the battlefield where “Survival Island – Global Match” would take place for the next few days.

***

Meanwhile, that same morning.

Manager Kim Min-su moved to an indoor studio located in Miami that morning, following the staff’s guidance.

Blue Whale Gate cited the ‘gallery’ as one of the reasons behind the success of the original “Survival Island.”

At that time, it was awkward to gather all the external staff who had accompanied the participants in one place and just tell them to wait indefinitely, so with the intention of at least getting some reactions, they had installed monitors and cameras in one corner of the situation room and then basically left them alone.

However, during editing, they found that these people naturally became a gallery and observers, adding seasoning that enhanced the program’s flavor throughout, and it was perfect for inserting reactions of admiration whenever players made outstanding plays.

The staff member who had guided Kim Min-su pointed to a luxurious velvet sofa with a bright smile.

“Mister Kim. You can sit over here.”

“Th-thank you.”

Kim Min-su answered in awkward English and took his seat.

Unlike the previous shoot with its sweltering heat and makeshift container boxes, this was like the lobby of a luxury hotel.

In front, a screen as large as a movie screen took up a large portion of the wall, and beyond it, staff members could be seen monitoring situations everywhere in real-time with numerous pieces of equipment.

It looked like they had actually recreated the command center from movies where people embrace and cheer when a countdown leads to a successful rocket launch or the protagonist’s radio transmission comes through.

And on the glass table in front of Kim Min-su’s sofa, he could see finger foods and wine that had been placed there for him to eat and enjoy.

“Hmm, our actor will be suffering under the blazing sun while I’m here enjoying such luxury…”

He shook his head thinking of Yeon-woo, but sitting on the plush sofa and feeling the soft velvet texture enveloping his body felt like paradise on earth.

Looking around, he could see what appeared to be staff from other participants, people who looked like professional American broadcasters, and others holding various materials and cards while engaged in serious discussions.

Kim Min-su rummaged through his old leather bag to find the proposal that Blue Whale Gate had sent to Saebyeol.

Kim Min-su nodded as he flipped through and read the proposal.

“Ah, so those people are the table directors?”

To make the program more interesting, they had decided to give out different types of bonuses several times during the game, unlike the previous work—a system that would replace the role of the special cards from the previous series.

In the previous work, they had hidden boxes containing things like ‘hit count reset tickets’ or ‘player location confirmation tickets’ throughout the island, but this time, the ‘table directors’ sitting there in constant discussion would watch the players’ activities in real-time and provide appropriate rewards for spectacular or ingenious plays.

Just then, large text appeared on the big screen in front.

– Before the game begins, we announce the results of Round 1.

Winner: Ryu Yeon-woo – South Korea (KOR)

Eliminated: Paweł Kamiński – Poland (POL)

Looking at the screen displayed in English, Kim Min-su cheered awkwardly.

“It says winner, so our actor must have won something, right?”

Since Round 1 wasn’t shown to the gallery, he had no idea what kind of round had taken place, but winning was good news anyway.

Meanwhile, complaints erupted from another sofa.

“Co kurwa! What the hell is this bullshit? Eliminated before it even starts!”

A man who had cursed in Polish shot up from his seat.

Then the screen switched to show footage from a drone camera filming the entire island from above.

In the video, black helicopters were descending toward various parts of the island.

The real game was beginning.

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