NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 340

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Episode 340. Dinner

Thud thud thud─.

Several helicopters landed in a row on the wide open field at the harbor.

That alone was quite a spectacle.

Since the helicopters weren’t carrying only survivors, there were over twenty of them in total, including those carrying staff and eliminated teams, just as they had departed in the morning.

Since they couldn’t launch helicopters to pick up eliminated contestants in the middle of the survival competition, the eliminated players had been waiting together in one area of the island following the guidance of staff members, and headed to the mainland together after the competition ended.

Players walked out onto the wide open field, cutting through the roar of multiple helicopter propellers.

Among those walking out with their heads down, blocking the wind with their hands, were Yeon-woo and his teammates.

“Is gukbap out of the question?”

At Park Jung-hyeon’s question shouted through the fierce wind, Yeon-woo and Kim Su-hyeok shook their heads.

“Since the game has already started, we’d probably be stopped from leaving the hotel.”

The two nodded at Yeon-woo’s words.

Perhaps because they’d had such a tough day, the craving for gukbap today wasn’t limited to Park Jung-hyeon alone – Yeon-woo and Kim Su-hyeok felt the same way.

Yeon-woo and his two teammates, who had grown much closer after spending several days together since leaving the country and going through today’s competition, were chatting about various things while waiting for the staff member.

Just then, someone walked boldly toward where the Korean team was waiting.

‘Hmm?’

His face wasn’t visible since he was wearing protective equipment all over his body, but he was definitely a familiar man they had seen before.

“Ah, it’s the Canada team we met in front of the concrete storage shed.”

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

He was the person who had managed to consume the Korean team’s lives by hitting Park Jung-hyeon three times during today’s competition – the only one to do so.

The man walked quickly toward where the Korean team was, and a safety officer who had been managing other players at a distance noticed the commotion and rushed over urgently.

Since they had moved to eliminate each other during the competition, he was concerned that emotions might have escalated and violence could break out.

Park Jung-hyeon, thinking the same thing, stepped in front of Yeon-woo just in case, blocking the path.

Then the Canada team expert who had walked right up to them took off his protective helmet and smiled brightly.

Then, as if he had learned somewhere that this was the Korean way of greeting, he awkwardly bowed his head and spoke.

“Annyeonghaseyo!”

That clumsy pronunciation somehow seemed like it might be followed by shouting the name of a certain program that reports celebrity gossip while making a finger heart, and Kim Su-hyeok, who almost burst out laughing at the unexpected situation, quietly turned his head to look into the distance.

Yeon-woo smiled and responded to that awkward greeting.

“Nice to meet you. You’re from the Canada team, right?”

When Yeon-woo moved to the side of Park Jung-hyeon, who had been protecting him from the front, and extended his hand, the Canadian man smiled broadly and grasped it.

“I’m Myles Kroeger from Canada’s JTF-2. I’ve been a fan since before I started this program – could we maybe take a photo later? I don’t have my smartphone right now…”

Despite his rugged face and tattoos covering almost his entire neck, making him look dangerous on the outside, Myles Kroeger was asking with the most innocent expression in the world.

And seeing him like that, Yeon-woo smiled brightly and nodded.

“Of course.”

***

After arriving at the hotel, he washed off the sweat and dust that had accumulated from rolling around in harsh conditions all day.

After finishing personal maintenance time and gathering again for dinner, they couldn’t help but feel the intense gazes pouring down on them from the entrance to the restaurant.

“It’s the South Korea team.”

“I heard those crazy guys who headed straight for the center of the island from the start are them?”

“Their kill count kept going up during the game. I don’t know how they did it, but they eliminated three teams in one battle.”

“They don’t even look tired. They’re monsters.”

Feeling the watchful and curious gazes coming from all directions, Yeon-woo maintained his poker face, Park Jung-hyeon just looked dissatisfied that there was no gukbap in the meal regardless of what people around were chattering about.

Meanwhile, Kim Su-hyeok seemed to be perking up his ears and listening to every single conversation around them, judging by how the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.

“It looks like the watchful eyes toward us will intensify.”

Hearing Kim Su-hyeok’s words, which sounded more pleased than worried, Yeon-woo nodded.

“It shouldn’t matter, right? From their perspective, once they put on protective helmets and arm themselves with equipment, everyone will look the same anyway.”

Kim Su-hyeok and Park Jung-hyeon agreed with Yeon-woo’s words.

Even if someone wanted to specifically target someone, once they entered the island, it would basically be difficult to recognize who was who just by appearance.

Since each team chose different equipment, it would be possible to distinguish them if you looked closely, like how Yeon-woo had recognized the Canada team at the harbor earlier, but it would be nearly impossible during urgent combat.

And trying to imitate the alliances formed by mutual agreement in the previous work “Survival Island” would be difficult this time since there were three people per team, making it hard to form alliances with each other.

Back then it was individual competition, so with mutual agreement it was possible to get on the same boat even if it might sink soon, but unlike then, now it was team-based, making it much harder to unite opinions than before.

‘Hmm, the special items are concerning though.’

Unlike actual combat, “Global Match,” which borrows game systems to add entertainment elements, seemed to have created more diverse items than previous seasons.

‘Since it’s still the first day, I haven’t been able to check various items yet.’

Opportunities to acquire special weapons.

Radar equipment usage permits that are radar in name only.

Besides basic life and ammunition, there were many other types of items.

And while game items include ‘buffs’ that grant beneficial effects to oneself, there are also ‘debuffs’ which are the opposite concept.

‘If any team acquires a debuff item that can impose penalties on other teams, we would most likely become the target with high probability.’

Of course, he thought there probably wouldn’t be items with fatal effects that could suddenly lead to elimination.

That would draw viewers’ resentment.

‘Still, if there are debuff items, it would become troublesome.’

Yeon-woo was organizing his thoughts during mealtime while eating half-heartedly.

Just then, the hotel restaurant door opened and staff members pushed in a wheeled serving cart carrying something human-sized covered with white cloth.

All eyes immediately focused on it.

Following behind them, show host Tony Williams appeared, waving his hands exaggeratedly above his head.

“Hey, everyone. Nice to see you. We met this morning, but after going to the island, it feels like several days have already passed, doesn’t it?”

Then he grabbed and pulled the cloth covering the object on the serving cart.

“Now, please watch comfortably while eating. I came to find you because there are several things to announce.”

Tony Williams paused briefly, looked over the teams eating, then continued speaking.

“First, the teams that were unfortunately eliminated today will join the gallery starting tomorrow to watch the game progress together. Today is the last day surviving teams and eliminated teams can freely meet. Starting tomorrow, they will be thoroughly separated.”

Until now, whether they survived or were eliminated, everyone went to the island and came back the same way, so there was no difference in information, but if they observe the island thoroughly through cameras in the gallery, they might be able to pass acquired information to someone.

In that context, Manager Kim Min-su was also eating separately in a different location.

Since this matter was content that had been in the guidance document initially delivered to Saebyeol Entertainment, Yeon-woo nodded.

But Tony’s following words were quite unexpected.

“And through a separate mini-game, only one team will be revived through a resurrection match. So eliminated teams don’t need to be too discouraged, right? However, only the team leader will be revived.”

The players who heard that story stirred.

Of course, since only the team leader would be revived, the possibility of aiming for victory was slim, but it wasn’t zero.

Then someone from the England team raised their hand.

“When is the revival timing? Will they be revived immediately tomorrow?”

Tony Williams, hearing the question, waved his index finger left and right as he answered.

“No. After faithfully performing the gallery role, they will be revived when only four teams remain surviving on the island.”

Since eight teams currently remain, it means revival happens when half of them are eliminated.

And it also meant that upon revival, they would immediately enter the TOP 5.

‘Though it’s only one person, there would be advantages too.’

Watching from the gallery means being deployed to the battlefield after acquiring that much information.

They could grasp where the remaining teams were, what strategies they used, how many remained, and what weapons they used.

Though he didn’t know what kind of variable this would become, seeing the fire burning brightly again in the eyes of already eliminated players, if the production team’s purpose was to tighten the loosening atmosphere, it seemed successful.

“And based on your performance so far, we’re revealing each team’s predicted victory probability as estimated by a 16-member external evaluation panel including military experts.”

As Tony finished speaking, a screen appeared on the monitor that had been covered by white cloth.

– 1st place: South Korea (32%)

– 2nd place: Italy (21%)

– 3rd place: Japan (11%)

– 4th place: Switzerland (10%)

(Omitted)

‘Hmm…’

Predicting victory at 32 percent was an extremely high probability.

Even Brazil or France, considered soccer powerhouses in the World Cup, barely exceed 20 percent when their victory probabilities are calculated.

He had been worried about being targeted by debuff items, but this was helping to definitively end that concern.

‘If there are any, it’s confirmed they’ll be used on us. No need to worry anymore.’

And Yeon-woo looked at the teams below South Korea.

‘Italy would be the team with that greasy uncle, 21 percent… That’s quite high.’

South Korea and Italy combined exceed 50 percent.

Considering that the other 6 teams share small percentages among themselves, it means they see one of the two teams winning with extremely high probability.

‘The Italy team didn’t rack up much more kill log compared to us, yet they have high probability…’

That would mean they obtained good items as rewards through some special play.

***

News of the revival match sparked hot excitement among the eliminated players, and Yeon-woo and his group returned to their dormitory to rest.

About two hours later, someone came looking for Yeon-woo’s room.

Knock knock─.

“Yes, coming.”

When Yeon-woo opened the door, a hotel staff member was waiting at the door with a serving cart.

“Room service. This is a note from the sender.”

Yeon-woo chuckled as he opened the note the staff handed him.

– Actor! They say we can’t contact each other from today until filming ends. The production team even checks the contents of this note before delivering it in case it contains information. Still, Koreans need their rice power, so I thought everyone would feel energized with a hot bowl, so I arranged this delivery. Fighting! By Kim Min-su

The food on the serving cart along with the note was covered with stainless steel food covers, but the smell coming through was enough to tell what it was.

Dinner had been a simple hotel-style meal, but smelling this aroma made his appetite rise and he felt he could definitely eat more.

“The other bowls were delivered to the adjacent room, right?”

“That’s correct.”

“Then I’ll go to the adjacent room so we can eat together. Let’s go together.”

Seeing the arrival of food that would boost Park Jung-hyeon’s combat power, Yeon-woo smiled.

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