NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 342

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Episode 342. Mud+Festival

The second day of the “Global Match” had several rule changes compared to the previous day.

First, the opponents’ positions that were marked with red dots during each strategy time would no longer be displayed.

‘Probably because there were many teams that would look at the opponents’ positions and flee as far away as possible.’

From the production team’s perspective, more intense battles needed to continue happening to get more usable footage.

And second, the distance that had to be traveled each round doubled from 500 meters to 1 kilometer.

In fact, whether it was 500 meters or 1 kilometer, neither was a particularly difficult distance to cover within 3 hours.

Since the number of participating teams had been reduced to less than half compared to the first day, he thought doubling the distance proportionally was an appropriate decision.

Yeon-woo picked up his tactical pad while recalling the changed rules.

– Time remaining until next strategy time 03h 0m 0s. (+)

– Destination arrival. (5/8)

《The match will begin shortly. Teams that have arrived at the destination please stand by.》

After getting off the helicopter, they walked for about ten minutes to arrive at the point where yesterday’s match had ended.

It seemed there were teams that hadn’t arrived yet, as numbers were displayed next to the message indicating destination arrival.

‘It looks like three out of eight teams haven’t arrived yet.’

Yeon-woo brought up a rough map of the island in his mind.

If the island were a clock, the place where Yeon-woo and his team members were standing would be around 6 o’clock.

Since most teams’ walking speeds would be similar, the fact that three teams hadn’t arrived likely meant they were teams heading in the same direction.

‘Three helicopters heading in the same direction went toward the center of the island.’

There was a fairly large hill in the center, so there wouldn’t have been suitable places for helicopters to land.

Then it was highly likely that the teams heading toward the center hadn’t reached the destination yet.

The reason for analyzing this was because there were many elements that could be inferred from derived information.

‘In modern warfare, nothing is more important than enemy position information.’

On the island map in his mind, Yeon-woo eliminated his own position at six o’clock, the three teams heading from the center to their destination, and those who had already arrived from the north and northwest.

‘The Norwegian helicopter that likely followed behind our helicopter.’

While the helicopter carrying Yeon-woo and his team members was landing, no helicopter passed over their heads.

‘Then that means they headed to the ground before us.’

Miami, where the helicopters departed from, was to the west at the 9 o’clock direction of the island.

But if the Norwegian team’s helicopter destination had been the west side of the island, it would have flown together with the helicopter heading northwest.

Then the place where the Norwegian team could be was, broadly speaking, a fan-shaped area spread between 7 and 8 o’clock on the clock.

‘It’s the forest that exists beyond the coastal dunes area we used when heading to the center of the island.’

Yeon-woo heightened his concentration even more while thinking about the Norwegian team that would be somewhere in that area.

‘When I opened the tactical pad immediately upon arrival, it showed that five out of eight teams had arrived at the destination.

Yeon-woo looked at the tactical pad again.

– Time remaining until next strategy time 03h 0m 0s. (+)

– Destination arrival. (7/8)

It seemed two more teams had arrived at the destination in the meantime, as it now showed seven out of eight.

‘That means our ranking for arriving at the destination was 5th place. Since it took about 10 minutes to reach the destination after getting off the helicopter, it means the Norwegian team’s distance from helicopter landing site to destination is at least closer than ours.’

Yesterday and today, while riding helicopters between Miami and the island, he had focused outside the window and tried to memorize the terrain in his mind.

Even if the experts from each country had served as intelligence agency operatives or combat personnel in special operations units, there was a crucial difference from Yeon-woo.

Whether they had experience as an operational commander.

In terms of the ability to grasp all information, systematically categorize and stack it in his mind, and analyze it, he was at an exceptional level compared to any expert.

He brought up the systematically organized terrain in his mind and calculated each element one by one.

The fan-shaped area between the 7 and 8 o’clock directions of the island.

The island’s radius measured while heading to the center on the first day was about 3.4 kilometers.

The estimated area’s size was approximately 3.02 square kilometers.

This time he recalled the island’s terrain as seen from the sky and eliminated possibilities one by one.

‘Hmm, that area has trees that are too dense, so even if there were space suitable for landing, the pilot would be reluctant to go there. It’s slightly farther, but there was an open field with nothing but a small stream.’

There was one place in that vicinity suitable for helicopter landing.

An area reachable within 10 minutes from the estimated landing point.

The place where the Norwegian team was estimated to be.

He decided on the place to designate as his target.

Whirrrr─.

Just then, the tactical pad vibrated, indicating that all eight teams had arrived at their destinations.

《The second day of the Global Match has dawned. We wish you good fortune.》

《Please select a target point at least 1 kilometer away from your current position.》

Yeon-woo selected the location he had already decided on without hesitation.

Then he touched the item window to check the information he had entered in advance.

– Radar Detector [Currently registered target: Norway]

[1h 29m 04s] The target’s location will be displayed after this time.

Yeon-woo nodded and returned to his team members who were 30 meters away.

“The target we need to deal with as our top priority today is Norway. I’ve registered them on the Radar Detector we obtained yesterday, so their location will be displayed in an hour and a half.”

The two people who heard Yeon-woo’s explanation nodded.

Since he had explained the information they received from the Canada team in the helicopter, both understood why Norway was their top priority target.

However, Kim Su-hyeok tilted his head and asked back.

“Doesn’t the Radar Detector only display for a very brief moment? Unless we’re lucky enough to be nearby, the enemies will also move while we’re heading to that point, so it’s practically difficult to chase them with that.”

Yeon-woo nodded at those words and smiled.

He had roughly deduced where the Norway team might be by considering numerous factors, but there wasn’t enough time to explain it all, and there was no guarantee his deduction would be correct, so he just laughed and brushed it off.

“I did set a target point, but we’ll have to hope we’re lucky enough to be nearby. Still, it’s better than having nothing.”

“That’s true.”

Yeon-woo looked at the two people and started walking.

“Let’s depart first. We’re heading west.”

“Understood.”

***

“Hehehe.”

Gunnar Hundsen of the Norway team chuckled as if in a good mood.

His appearance was quite a mess, his entire body covered in dirt as if he alone had undergone some kind of hell training.

‘Victory is ours. Hahaha.’

He looked down at his mud-soaked body and grinned.

On the first morning when choosing equipment at the Harbor’s Storage Shed, the factor Gunnar Hundsen considered most was ‘fashion’.

He was the protagonist of this show, and he was the one who should shine the brightest.

Therefore, he thoroughly distinguished between the Equipment his two team members would wear and what he would wear, and of course, the most important factor he considered was ‘style’.

A Sahara desert-colored flight carrier that looked like something a special forces unit from a movie would wear.

Among them, Cotid Company’s Protective Equipment stood out the most.

Other players judged that Cotid Company’s Protective Equipment was practically cumbersome for combat due to the tactical pockets attached here and there, so they didn’t choose it, but Gunnar Hundsen thought that design best expressed the coolness of special forces.

And because of the performance(?) of Cotid Company’s Protective Equipment that he accidentally discovered while fighting the Brazil team on the first day, he regretted not bringing the same thing for his team members.

While fighting the Brazil team, as he rolled around disgracefully in the mud, the tactical pockets of the Protective Equipment he was wearing got filled with mud, which then hardened.

After that, Gunnar Hundsen was ambushed by someone and bullets poured down concentrated only on him, but for some reason, only three lives were deducted.

At first, he didn’t know what was happening, but soon he discovered the hardened mud inside the tactical pockets and realized he was performing a bug-like play.

‘Well, so what. It’s the Production Team’s fault for leaving such Equipment around. I didn’t do it on purpose, it happened naturally, so it’s not my fault. Rather, isn’t this also a strategy?’

After lightly rationalizing to himself, Gunnar Hundsen felt like he was using a kind of cheat code in a PC game, as if he had an additional Barrier.

“Huhehe.”

Gunnar Hundsen, who thought he was in a much more advantageous position than others, felt like victory was in sight.

Meanwhile, there was someone watching such Gunnar Hundsen through a Scope.

“That’s right. It’s Norway.”

Kim Su-hyeok, who confirmed the opponent’s appearance through the Scope, looked at Yeon-woo with a curious expression.

When 1 hour and 30 minutes had passed since the game started, Yeon-woo’s tactical pad vibrated to notify that the Radar Detector had activated, showing that the target Norway team was only about 400 meters away.

In fact, since Yeon-woo had roughly grasped Norway team’s location in advance and started tracking them, it was a natural result, but Kim Su-hyeok, who didn’t know this, thought it was amazing luck that Yeon-woo had set Norway as the target and reached near them on this vast Island.

While tracking Norway and continuously observing them, Yeon-woo and his team members found it strange that only team leader Gunnar Hundsen looked like he had been rolling in dirt.

“No kill log has come up while we were pursuing Norway, but did they engage in combat?”

“For that to be the case, it’s also strange that only the team leader looks like he rolled on the ground.”

After observing for a while, Yeon-woo and his team members reached a conclusion.

“The Canada team definitely hit more than seven shots, but he didn’t go Out, and the Production Team reported that only three shots hit according to the computer system.”

“Yes. That’s what they said. From what I can see, it seems like that Norway team leader’s Protective Equipment is…”

Both people nodded as if agreeing with Yeon-woo’s suspicion.

“It looks like he did something to the Sensor with dirt.”

“Hmm…”

Yeon-woo, who had been stroking his chin, briefly borrowed Kim Su-hyeok’s sniper rifle and examined Gunnar Hundsen’s appearance in detail through the scope.

“Then let’s try this approach.”

Yeon-woo whispered to Kim Su-hyeok.

Kim Su-hyeok’s eyes widened as he asked back.

“Hmm, isn’t that a bit much?”

“Since he’s wearing protective gear all over his body anyway. When the bullet hits, the impact spreads immediately, so there might be some pain but it definitely won’t be dangerous.”

At Yeon-woo’s words, Kim Su-hyeok nodded, and Park Jung-hyeon, who was beside them, chimed in.

“After all, isn’t this all something he brought upon himself? If you do bad things, you get punished.”

Hearing those words, Yeon-woo agreed.

“These days they shorten that kind of thing and call it ‘seulbuljaе.'”

It was a term from Yeon-woo’s notebook of new slang.

“An abbreviation? Non-recyclable trash? No, that would be ‘jaebulseu.'”

At Kim Su-hyeok’s question, Yeon-woo shook his head and answered.

“Self-brought disaster.”

“Ah. Why would they bother shortening something like that? As expected, Team Leader Ryu is from the new generation, so you’re definitely different.”

At Kim Su-hyeok’s mention of “new generation,” Yeon-woo felt somehow proud.

“Ahem, let’s begin the operation.”

Since the distance to the target was still within a hundred meters, even without knowing the exact distance, with Kim Su-hyeok’s skills, he should be able to hit the target even using training special bullets.

Kim Su-hyeok immediately took position where he could clearly see Gunnar Hundsen and began to steady his breathing.

Once his body’s trembling had stabilized to some degree, he completely stopped breathing and fixed the target in his sight.

Click─.

Bang─!

With a loud sound, the bullet was fired from the sniper rifle.

Whoosh─.

The fired bullet passed through the leaves, cut through the air, and flew at high speed toward Gunnar Hundsen.

To drain his life points, they had to avoid the hardened mud and strike somewhere else.

Including his helmet, his upper body and thighs were already covered in mud.

Below the knees wasn’t visible due to the bushes, and hitting the shoes wouldn’t register as a hit anyway since there were no sensors there.

An area without Coated co.’s tactical pockets.

A place not covered in mud.

Yet an important area where the production team had provided essential protective gear.

The bullet flew toward a rather unfortunate area.

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