NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 339

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Episode 339. End of “Global Match” Day One

“Three teams at once…”

Seeing the kill logs appearing one after another, players scattered across the island fell into confusion.

“Could that red dot shining in the center really be the Korean team? If everyone rushed there, a chaotic battle could have broken out.”

“That might be the case. I don’t know how they did it, but seeing them take out multiple teams in succession, they’re definitely very dangerous enemies.”

The Brazilian team had seen the lone red dot shining in the center, but judged they had already missed the timing to head there.

‘Since I came up with the idea that advancing to the center would be a way to avoid combat with other teams, many other teams probably thought the same thing. It was wise not to go after all.’

Brazilian team captain Pabllo Santana nodded his head, praising himself.

If they had headed to the center, he or his teammates might have occupied a spot in those continuously appearing kill logs.

Pabllo’s core strategy for this “Global Match” was for all three members to survive the first day.

Pabllo, who enjoyed survival combat in his home country, understood better than anyone the advantages that numerical superiority brought as matches progressed longer.

‘Most of the teams that survived now are probably teams where all three members are still alive.’

He thought the teams that made it past the first day would be those that avoided combat as much as possible and focused on survival.

‘If they experienced combat twice or more, even if they survived, they’d be battered, so they’d essentially be eliminated from the long race continuing tomorrow.’

Of course, there were variables like the South Korean team that had just posted consecutive kill logs.

‘In the end, from a long-term perspective, it wasn’t a wise choice.’

Having fought like that, even if the South Korean team was lucky enough to have all members survive, their life consumption would be significant, so he thought they could easily cook them if they encountered them the next day.

However, there was a fact that Brazilian team captain Pabllo was overlooking.

No, a fact he didn’t know because he had never engaged in combat to take someone out in the first place.

The Achievement and reward system.

Contrary to Pabllo’s expectations, Yeon-woo and Kim Su-hyeok didn’t even have scratches on their protective equipment, and although Park Jung-hyeon had been hit three times in this battle, he had recovered all losses using the life recovery voucher that Yeon-woo had given him.

In gaming terms, they were maintaining what’s called a ‘full HP state’ at all times.

Meanwhile, at that moment in the control room, a discussion about that reward issue was in full swing.

“We obviously have to give the life recovery voucher as a team elimination reward, but about the reward for the triple kill.”

“How about a special weapon selection right?”

When one director mentioned special weapons, the others shook their heads.

“Don’t you remember? The one who got first place in the preliminary round was South Korean team captain Ryu Yeon-woo. He already obtained a special weapon.”

“Hmm, then two would be too much of a balance break. We’ll have no choice but to release a special item.”

The other directors nodded at that, but their expressions weren’t very bright.

Originally, they had planned to start releasing special items from the afternoon of the second day.

“Among the special items we prepared, what could maintain game balance?”

Maintaining game balance meant, in other words, the item with the lowest utility.

Since the South Korean team’s combat power was higher than expected, they couldn’t give them a powerful item.

While the others were pondering, the director who had mentioned balance selected one card from the table.

“The radar detector seems good.”

Then everyone nodded as if agreeing.

“It looks good at first glance, but it’s an item with lower utility than expected. This is perfect. It’ll look decent when they receive it, so there won’t be any complaints.”

***

After finishing the battle at the concrete building, Yeon-woo and his teammates were heading toward their target location.

Beep─.

Then Yeon-woo’s smart watch rang.

‘Hm? Is it a kill log from another team?’

He hurriedly checked, but it didn’t seem to be that.

– A special item has arrived according to Achievement completion. Please check your tactical pad.

Yeon-woo, who saw the message, informed his teammates in front and behind.

“It seems a reward for the battle we fought earlier has arrived. It says to check the tactical pad.”

“That’s quite late.”

“Right. They must have pondered a bit about what to give us.”

Then Kim Su-hyeok and Park Jung-hyeon kept watch in all directions, thoroughly checking if there were any enemies in the vicinity.

“Clear.”

“Clear on this side too.”

Nodding at his reliable teammates, Yeon-woo took off his military pack and pulled out the tactical pad inside.

– Time remaining until next strategy time 01h 17m 10s.

– Distance remaining to destination 213M.

– Items(2).

‘Hmm, there’s still quite a bit of time left.’

After checking the remaining strategy time and distance to the destination, Yeon-woo clicked on the glowing item slot.

– Special Weapon Acquisition Ticket [Used]

– Additional Ammunition Refill [Used]

– Life Recovery Ticket [3/4]

– Radar Detector [Available for Registration]

‘Radar detector?’

Yeon-woo’s brow furrowed as he saw the name of the newly registered item.

If you were to pick the two things that greatly changed the nature of modern warfare, many military experts would choose satellites and radar.

At first glance, satellites and radar might seem similar to civilians in that they’re both used to detect enemies, but their uses are distinctly different.

While countless satellites orbit Earth for weather observation and radio transmission, military reconnaissance satellites among them are equipped with ultra-high-performance cameras that provide visual information directly.

Literally, you visually see photographs or videos taken from the sky.

‘I also examined all the Small Islands of Central America through satellite photos before coming here.’

On the other hand, radar is difficult for civilians to access.

That was why Yeon-woo furrowed his brow when he saw the item’s name.

Radar is basically an information system that calculates the time difference while radio waves output from an antenna reflect off objects and return, to determine the distance to objects.

‘It’s not like we’re going to engage in aerial combat here, so why give us a radar detector?’

Of course, radar is an indispensable weapon in modern warfare.

During World War II, when Nazi German forces invaded England, England achieved a great victory by being the first to use radar.

But that’s at the level of military operations.

At the civilian level, the extent to which ordinary people use it would be collision warning systems in vehicles.

It’s not like we’re detecting fighter jets or warships at sea – where would you use radar in this kind of infantry combat?

Yeon-woo frowned and read the item description.

– Radar Detector.

1. During strategy time, input the target country to activate the detector.

2. It operates when 90 minutes remain until the next strategy time, and the pre-entered opponent’s location will be briefly displayed on the operation pad.

3. Can be used every strategy time.

Yeon-woo’s expression changed strangely after reading the description.

‘What kind of radar detector is this? It’s just an item with a plausible name slapped on it.’

Then he became conscious of the cameras attached throughout the equipment that would be capturing video and audio even now.

“CEO Kim, Team Leader Park. We got a new item as a ‘reward for taking out three teams in a row.'”

Yeon-woo looked at Kim Su-hyeok and Park Jung-hyeon and spoke.

What came from Yeon-woo’s mouth wasn’t the Korean he’d been using until now, but clearly pronounced English.

And he was strangely emphasizing the phrase about it being a reward for taking out three teams, as if for someone to hear.

At Yeon-woo’s words, Kim Su-hyeok and Park Jung-hyeon did a final check of their surroundings before approaching.

Then Yeon-woo briefly read the item description and asked for their opinions.

“What do you think?”

Seeing Yeon-woo asking in English along with the item description, Kim Su-hyeok immediately grasped his intention and spoke decisively.

“It’s trash with only a fancy exterior.”

Park Jung-hyeon also nodded in agreement with Kim Su-hyeok’s words.

“When 90 minutes remain until strategy time? We don’t know if we’ll be moving or in combat then – would we have the leisure to look at the operation pad?”

“Right. And it only shows briefly, and it’s not even showing all teams’ locations – if it’s just pre-entered team locations, it would be difficult to use strategically.”

Park Jung-hyeon, who had been staring intently at the operation pad after receiving it from Yeon-woo, continued speaking.

“And it’s even called a radar detector, but it’s not even radar. It’s just briefly showing locations on a tablet PC that’s designed to look like radar using GPS signals from satellites – how is that radar equipment? Isn’t this false advertising?”

Yeon-woo looked surprised at Park Jung-hyeon, who he thought only ate soup well but unexpectedly spoke quite articulately.

And Yeon-woo, who had been quietly listening to the two men’s conversation, soon nodded with an innocent expression.

“I suppose so, right? I was also half-doubtful after reading the description, but hearing the experts’ opinions makes it clear. I had expectations since it was called a special reward, but it’s too ambiguous as a reward for taking out three teams in a row.”

Unless you could at least predict which direction they were heading, just briefly showing locations would likely be useless unless you got lucky and spotted a team right nearby.

Of course, that was for now.

‘But since it’s not single-use, its true value will show later on. When there are only a few teams left, being able to identify locations even briefly will be a big advantage.’

Nevertheless, complaining and deliberately speaking in English as if for someone to hear while being conscious of the cameras was clearly a message to the control room that would be watching this in real-time.

‘This one item can’t be the only special item, and our team can’t be the only one achieving achievements, so they’ll probably give other teams better items to balance things out.’

Even though he clearly understood this fact, he couldn’t just be taken for a fool.

So while pretending to share item information with his teammates, he subtly delivered a message to the control room.

Then Kim Su-hyeok nodded and played along.

“Sigh. Instead of giving us such useless items as special rewards, I wish they would just replenish our bullets.”

If things keep coming out like this, it means he’ll switch careers (?) to being a black consumer.

***

Beep—.

After arriving at the target point and time passed, a strong beep sound rang out from the tactical pad and Smart Watch, signaling the end of the match.

《A total of 8 teams have survived so far. Congratulations to all survivors!》

《Day 1 of Global Match has ended. Please wait without moving from your current position.》

Yeon-woo nodded as he looked at the guidance message that appeared on the tactical pad.

‘As expected, it seems no fighting broke out after the battle where we eliminated that team.’

Everyone must have anticipated that Day 1 would soon end as they watched the darkening sky, so they didn’t choose the risky adventure of engaging in battle with other teams.

In fact, the Japan Team and Brazil Team were positioned where they could see each other from a distance of over 300 meters, but neither team bothered to close the gap first and spent time maintaining a safe distance from each other.

Then the roaring sound of several helicopters began to be heard from the sky.

“They’re coming to pick up the players.”

Thud-thud-thud—.

The sound of helicopter propellers spinning and tearing through the air struck their eardrums forcefully.

“Team Leader Ryu. We’ll probably return to the hotel where we stayed, right?”

Kim Su-hyeok looked at Yeon-woo and asked, and since Yeon-woo thought so too, he faced him and nodded.

Then Kim Su-hyeok continued speaking.

“Hmm, I can already feel the piercing gazes from other teams that will pour down on us in the restaurant.”

Seeing Kim Su-hyeok like that, Yeon-woo chuckled.

The more he got to know him, the more he realized this uncle was quite an attention seeker, contrary to his image.

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