NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 345

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Episode 345. Survival Island Alone

– Distance from [Player South Korea-B]: 2,137m

– Distance from [Player South Korea-C]: 2,402m

Please hurry back to where your teammates are.

‘······.’

Left all alone by himself, Yeon-woo scratched his head while looking at the distances to his teammates displayed on the tactical pad.

‘Well, I guess there’s no need to worry?’

In fact, there were no real systematic penalties for being separated from teammates.

It’s just that when traveling alone, the probability of winning when encountering other opponents was very low, and if it were any other team leader instead of Yeon-woo, it would be a fight between amateurs and professionals, making that probability close to zero.

However, if the focus was on ‘survival’ rather than ‘victory’, traveling alone might actually be advantageous since the probability of being detected would be lower.

‘If that’s true for me, then of course the same applies to Kim Su-hyeok and Park Jung-hyeon.’

Just because they were traveling alone didn’t mean they would easily be eliminated.

Yeon-woo began making several calculations while observing the real-time changing distances between teammates.

‘First···.’

He ran at full speed toward the mountain that towered in the center of the island.

After running about 100 meters, the distance to both teammates decreased.

– Distance from [Player South Korea-B]: 2,022m

– Distance from [Player South Korea-C]: 2,342m

‘The distance to Kim Su-hyeok decreased by 115 meters, and the distance to Park Jung-hyeon decreased by 60 meters.’

After confirming there were no other players around, Yeon-woo crouched in a corner of the bushes and began calculating something on the ground with a tree branch.

Since Kim Su-hyeok and Park Jung-hyeon were also moving in real-time, he couldn’t calculate exactly, but he could figure out quite a few facts.

First, just because he was about 2 kilometers from Kim Su-hyeok and 2.3 kilometers from Park Jung-hyeon didn’t mean the two were close to each other at a distance of 300 meters.

‘Those production crew bastards really scattered us thoroughly.’

When he ran toward the center of the island, the distance to Kim Su-hyeok decreased by almost twice as much compared to Park Jung-hyeon.

That meant Kim Su-hyeok’s position was much closer to the center of the island than Park Jung-hyeon’s.

Using trigonometry to estimate where the two might be located, the distance between Kim Su-hyeok and Park Jung-hyeon was also quite far.

‘Those two are probably more than 1.5 kilometers apart from each other.’

They were scattered across this vast island, forming a huge triangle.

Still, calculating from the real-time changing distances, it seemed both were heading north.

‘That’s fortunate.’

Seeing the approaching production crew vehicle and thinking some debuff or penalty might be given, it was good that he had told them the direction beforehand, so all three were now moving toward one side.

The two people who got out of the production crew’s vehicle would have had several options.

Yeon-woo could check the distances to the other two in real-time using the tactical pad, so he could decide based on their movements, but Kim Su-hyeok and Park Jung-hyeon had no information.

If they trusted Yeon-woo’s skills, they would head north, but if worry outweighed trust, they would return to where Yeon-woo was to protect him.

It seemed both of them now truly trusted Yeon-woo’s abilities.

‘I should head north first and then look for those two there.’

***

Meanwhile, the current victory probabilities were displayed on the large screen in the control room.

– 1st place: Italy (28%)

– 2nd place: Japan (24%)

– 3rd place: Switzerland (9%)

– 4th place: South Korea (8%)

(Omitted)

Two people frowned while looking at the announced probabilities.

One was naturally Manager Kim Min-su, and the other person dissatisfied with the probabilities was Myles Kroeger from the Canada team.

“Bullshit. South Korea at 8 percent? Those so-called external experts only look at simulated battlefield simulations made with all kinds of game theory, so they don’t know reality.”

Then the Australia team sitting nearby looked at Myles Kroeger.

The Canada and Australia team members had some friendship since they regularly met during joint training of the so-called Five Eyes UKUSA Agreement countries, so they were sitting together in the gallery watching the match.

“That’s true though. If you don’t go out in the field and run around yourself, those so-called experts always engage in armchair theorizing and then demand ridiculous things in actual operations.”

“Then you see South Korea’s win rate as lower than 8 percent, Myles?”

When Brad Marvil from the Australia team, who was relatively new among the members here, asked, Myles Kroeger looked at him with a ‘what are you talking about’ expression.

“What are you saying? Of course I mean it’s higher. They’re not people whose combat power weakens just because they’re scattered and a bit far apart. At least that’s certain considering the battles I’ve experienced with them.”

“Huh? But even if they’re skilled, it’s not like they’re fighting with cold weapons like in medieval times, so if they’re outgunned, won’t they lose in the end?”

Then Myles Kroeger waved his finger.

“Real combat isn’t about firepower battles. If it were combat where missiles are being poured at each other, the side with greater firepower would win. But when you’re holding a single gun and clashing in such wide terrain, strategic judgment from moment to moment based on experience is important.”

Then Brad Marvil made an even more confused expression.

“···So that means it’s disadvantageous, right? Korea’s team captain is just an actor, and that island is crawling with top-notch experts.”

“···Hmm?”

When Myles Kroeger thought about it for a moment, Marvil’s words were absolutely right.

From his experience of facing him directly, he had thought of Ryu Yeon-woo as just one of the experts on the South Korean team, and his instincts had even judged Ryu Yeon-woo as the most difficult opponent to deal with among them.

But according to Marvil’s logic, if Ryu Yeon-woo was just an actor, then he should be at the greatest disadvantage.

“Ah, I don’t know about that. But the South Korean team is strong, I tell you.”

“Sigh. Uncle Myles. There’s that old man’s stubborn speaking technique again.”

“···You little brat. You’d understand if you experienced it yourself.”

“Yes, yes. I’m sure I would.”

***

Buzz─.

When he broke through the center of the island and entered the north side, Yeon-woo’s smartwatch vibrated.

‘Hmm? Is it a kill log?’

Yeon-woo hid his body in the densely grown corn field for a moment and checked his smartwatch.

But what arrived wasn’t a kill log, but a mid-game status report from the production team.

《Congratulations to everyone who is working hard to survive in the Survival Island Global Match. You have successfully survived for 777 minutes! Now, shall we see who has been enjoying this island more enthusiastically so far?》

Yeon-woo scratched his cheek while reading the message and touched the screen to check the lower part of the message.

– Survival Status

1. South Korea-A (9p)

2. Italy-B (7p)

3. Switzerland-B (6p)

4. South Korea-B (5p)

5. Japan-C (4p)

(Omitted)

18. South Korea-C (0p)

Yeon-woo tilted his head as he scanned through the survival status.

‘What are the points?’

It showed that Yeon-woo had 9 points, Kim Su-hyeok had 5 points, and Park Jung-hyeon had 0 points.

When he scrolled down to the end of the message, there was guidance about the ranking calculation method.

《This is the number of players you have eliminated so far. Each time you eliminate an opponent, you earn 2p if the opponent is a team captain and 1p if they are a team member. If you survive until today’s match ends, you can purchase various items with your points.》

Yeon-woo nodded after reading the guidance about the point calculation method and chuckled.

‘Come to think of it, Park Jung-hyeon hasn’t eliminated anyone yet.’

When they eliminated the French team at the center of the island, Park Jung-hyeon was guarding the opposite side of the island, and when they fought in front of the concrete building, he played the role of drawing the enemies’ attention and got hit three times instead of eliminating anyone.

And just moments ago in the bushes terrain, when they eliminated Norway’s Gunnar Hundsen, he was circling around to catch the enemy from behind according to their pre-established strategy, but in the meantime, Yeon-woo had eliminated the opposing team captain with lightning speed, so he had to return to the rally point empty-handed.

Yeon-woo could clearly envision Lee Kyu-jin teasing Park Jung-hyeon when he watched the Global Match later.

‘Should I try to help him get a kill if there’s a chance···.’

On the other hand, Yeon-woo had eliminated five people so far, but coincidentally, four of them were team captains, so he had earned a total of 9 points.

And at this moment, players scattered throughout the island also saw the same message.

The German team checked the message and shook their heads while shrugging their shoulders.

“What on earth did he do to overwhelmingly have 9 points all by himself···.”

Of course, the second-place Italian team member also had 7 points, so it wasn’t a huge gap, but the problem was that the first place’s identification code was A.

“What kind of person is this? If it’s A, doesn’t that mean he’s the team captain?”

At those words, team captain Fritz Kaufmann, who had been thinking deeply, spoke up.

“If it’s Korea’s team captain, he does shoot quite well. He beat me and took first place in shooting in the preliminary round···.”

Fritz Kaufmann had also recorded third place with a total score of 99 points, hitting only one 9-point shot.

Kaufmann easily accepted that Italy’s Marco Banchero, who was usually called an oddball in the European entertainment industry, had performed better than him.

Marco Banchero was a hunting-obsessed oddball, and the documentary specials following him around were popular enough in Europe that he was famous in this field.

However, Kaufmann had watched last season’s 「Survival Island」 and thought that while Ryu Yeon-woo might have some skill, there was probably quite a bit of production team intervention for the show’s success.

In other words, not a ‘drama without a script’ but ‘sports with a script.’

A manipulated reality show with dramatic direction.

It was a natural suspicion since the combat content was too overwhelming and stylish, as if it had been scripted.

So when the Norwegian team captain was ranting about ‘being a supporting actor for creating false heroes,’ he had nodded inwardly.

However, when Ryu Yeon-woo actually beat both him and Marco Banchero in the shooting round and took first place with tremendous skill, it left a strong impression in his mind and he began to think that maybe it wasn’t manipulation after all.

“Hmm, perhaps it might be the result of unconscious Orientalism that looks down on Asia.”

“Anyway, let’s be careful. Looking at the rankings, they seem to be quite skilled. That region is famous for ninjas and samurai and such, isn’t it.”

If Kim Su-hyeok had heard this, he might have loaded his sniper rifle with patriotism and delivered a headshot, but the German team slowly advanced toward their next destination while having such conversations.

***

Meanwhile, after entering the northern region of the island, Yeon-woo was advancing to rendezvous with his teammates while checking Kim Su-hyeok and Park Jung-hyeon’s positions in real time.

The massive corn fields spread out around him were like a vast sea filled with green leaves.

When Atlantic sea breezes blew across the island, the enormous corn fields would sway in unison with the wind, creating a feeling as if waves were rolling in.

‘In America’s massive Corn Belt regions like Michigan or Missouri, when people get lost in corn fields, they deploy helicopters to search for them.’

Of course, this wasn’t America but Central America, though the large-scale farming was similar, and it definitely felt completely different from Korea.

– Distance to [Player South Korea-B]: 422m

– Distance to [Player South Korea-C]: 627m

Yeon-woo nodded after checking his tactical pad.

It was different from when they were scattered apart. As Yeon-woo advanced in one direction, the distance to both teammates decreased at similar rates, indicating they were now positioned in a straight line rather than a triangle formation.

‘If I advance to find Kim Su-hyeok first, then rendezvous with Park Jung-hyeon, we won’t be far from our predetermined destination.’

Rustle─.

Just as he was making these plans, Yeon-woo heard the sound of human-height corn stalks swaying on both sides near his location.

‘······!’

It definitely wasn’t the wind causing the movement.

‘Did I run into another team at this moment?’

Holding his breath and listening carefully, fortunately it seemed like only two people were moving.

‘Since we originally set this location as our destination while tracking the Japan Team, it’s likely either Japan or Brazil, who recently fought them.’

Given that they were moving rather than setting up an ambush, and that only two people were moving, he thought it was more likely Brazil than Japan.

With his vision blocked by corn stalks that had grown taller than his height on all sides, he could only rely on his hearing, but plenty of information was coming through.

Rustle─.

Rustle─.

Based on the sound and intervals of the corn stalks swaying, both people seemed to be holding their breath and advancing very slowly.

Movement that suggested they had noticed someone else nearby.

‘They don’t know my exact location either, but they’ve detected that I’m somewhere in the vicinity.’

The direction they were approaching completely overlapped with the route Yeon-woo needed to take, making it difficult to advance while avoiding them, and they were already too close for him to change direction and circle around them.

It looked like he would have to engage in a 2-versus-1 battle.

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