NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 347

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Episode 347. Reunion

Yeon-woo used a Life Recovery item to restore his remaining lives back to five.

Since he had only been hit once, other teams might have been frustrated at the waste of such a precious Life Recovery item if they knew, but Yeon-woo had plenty of Life Recovery items to spare.

‘I had two left even after giving one to each team member, and I just gained another one by eliminating the Brazilian team.’

From now on, only the top teams remained, so there might come moments where life and death would be decided by a single life difference.

Recovering lives was only possible when there was time to catch one’s breath, and in chaotic battles like the one just now where neither side could let their guard down, even having many items would be useless.

‘I need to use them in advance.’

By the way, the points Yeon-woo gained from eliminating the Brazilian team leader had increased to a total of 11p.

Since Kim Su-hyeok had finished them off, his points would also be 6p.

He organized his thoughts while walking toward Kim Su-hyeok, who was waving and welcoming him.

‘First, the most necessary item at this point is [Additional Ammunition Supply].’

The one he had obtained shortly after the game started was all he had.

By now, quite a lot of ammunition for Kim Su-hyeok’s sniper rifle had been consumed, and the bullets wasted during the recent battle in the corn field were considerable.

“Team Leader Ryu.”

Yeon-woo had walked over to where Kim Su-hyeok was and joined him, and Kim Su-hyeok called out to him while extending his fist.

Since he wasn’t usually very expressive with his emotions, Yeon-woo knew well that Kim Su-hyeok’s action meant he was extremely glad to see him.

Yeon-woo also extended his gloved fist to bump against Kim Su-hyeok’s fist before speaking.

“Phew, you appeared at perfect timing. I was just looking at the tactical pad to find CEO Kim and Team Leader Park.”

Hearing Yeon-woo’s words, Kim Su-hyeok explained the recent situation.

“That’s fortunate. I kept hearing gunshots nearby, so at first I thought it was two other teams fighting, so I climbed up a tall tree nearby to observe the situation and figure out their movements, but then Team Leader Ryu’s kill log arrived.”

Kim Su-hyeok, who belatedly realized that the gunshots he had been hearing were from his team leader fighting, was rushing over to provide support, and when the gunshots gradually got closer and showed signs of moving out of the corn field, he positioned himself and prepared to shoot in advance.

Yeon-woo, who had been listening to the story, asked about something he had been curious about.

“How did you know which of the two people running out was me when you shot? Wouldn’t it be hard to distinguish since we’re both wrapped up in protective gear from head to toe? The colors are almost similar too.”

When Yeon-woo asked, Kim Su-hyeok tilted his head with an expression that said ‘what kind of strange question is that?’

“Huh? They looked completely different at first glance. The height, aura, physique, proportions, vibe, and…”

“Ah…”

It seemed like he would endlessly list other differences if left alone.

‘Hmm, I wonder if he might figure out my identity someday when we work together on secret operations as Omega.’

Realistically thinking, there was no way someone would suspect that a collaborator in an operation was a famous actor hiding his identity and conducting secret activities just because he was tall and had good leg proportions.

However, while filming this Global Match and fighting together, Kim Su-hyeok and Park Jung-hyeon had been watching Yeon-woo’s walking style, shooting style, and all sorts of habitual body movements that came out during combat from right beside him for several days.

Therefore, if Yeon-woo continued to operate under his secret identity and their missions kept overlapping in the field, those similar behaviors might catch their eye and gradually make them suspicious.

Since he had confirmed through various operations that the three agents shared the same goals while risking their lives, enough trust had built up that he could fully believe in them now.

Of course, among them, Kim Su-hyeok was someone he could trust almost as much as Han Hae-woon, considering their long-standing connection from his previous life.

But even so, he had no intention whatsoever of suddenly revealing ‘I’m a reincarnated Alpha Beta.’

Anyway, even if he recklessly revealed such an unscientific and absurd story, the only person on Earth who would believe him would be Han Hae-woon, who had also reincarnated.

‘If I’m going to continue operating as Omega, I’ll need to think about how to handle my identity soon. I should discuss this with Hae-woon once.’

Yeon-woo organized his thoughts and quickly changed the subject.

“Let’s go find Team Leader Park first.”

“Understood. How many meters away is he from here?”

“About 300 meters away.”

***

After that, they reunited with Park Jung-hyeon without any problems.

Park Jung-hyeon had faithfully carried out Yeon-woo’s last instruction to go north.

He had calculated true north using the sun’s position at different altitudes, shadows, and tree rings, and had arrived at the northernmost point of the island.

He was truly a straightforward person.

To think he arrived at the northernmost point and waited quietly just because he was told to head north.

“Do they give these annoying items to other teams too?”

Looking at Park Jung-hyeon’s expression, he seemed quite as irritated as Yeon-woo.

It was natural that the experience of having one’s actions restricted by someone else and being kidnapped to an unknown location would be unpleasant for anyone.

“By the way, who used it? Actually, since we had the highest probability of winning, any team currently on the field would want to use it on us.”

The two nodded at Yeon-woo’s words.

In the broadcast room, it was indicated who used items on whom, so everyone there knew, but Yeon-woo and his team members had no way of knowing.

However, it’s just speculation.

“Looking at how they set quite high winning probabilities for the Italian team that showed no particular kill logs, and the Japanese team that occasionally took out one person, I think it might be one of those two. The items they possess would have been included in the winning probability calculations as well.”

The two nodded, thinking Yeon-woo’s words made sense.

Yeon-woo thought it would be good news regardless of which team it was.

‘I just don’t like Italy because of Marco Banchero.’

He seemed to recall the unpleasant gaze of that greasy-looking mustached man.

Of course, it wasn’t anything romantic between men, but rather.

‘A desire to think of me as prey and hunt me down no matter what.’

His nickname was the Hunter of Europe.

He was someone whose hobby was abandoning his main profession as a singer and entering the vast forests below the Alps with just a rifle, or exploring extreme wilderness areas like the Arctic, Kamchatka Peninsula, and Greenland.

The documentary team that followed him had broadcast shows that became topics of discussion even domestically, making him a hunter with global recognition.

Yeon-woo thought that if he were to face someone in the finals during this Global Match, Italy would be the most likely possibility.

Excluding Yeon-woo, it was the only team where the team leader’s presence was greater than the team members.

On the other hand, if the team that used the penalty item was Japan, there was no need for further explanation.

‘Well, I don’t have that much animosity toward Japan…’

Of course, historically speaking, it was natural to be furious about the story of patriot Yu Gwan-sun and to feel one’s heart swell when looking further back at Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s battles.

Because he was Korean.

However, during his agent activities, those who cooperated well on the international stage and sometimes exchanged information sources and were quite helpful were surprisingly Japanese agents, so he didn’t have such great hostility.

‘But there is such a thing as national sentiment.’

Thinking of the citizens who would watch the Global Match later, Japan was definitely an entity that had to be eliminated.

In a way, even if he gave up on winning, he absolutely had to avoid being eliminated by the Japanese team.

‘If I were to lose in a battle against Japan, it would be worse than not appearing on this show at all.’

And if this penalty card was Japan’s doing, it seemed like some additional ill feelings would be added.

***

When there were 1 hour and 30 minutes left until the next strategy time, the Japanese team’s location was inevitably displayed on Yeon-woo’s tactical pad.

“Ah, they’ve moved far away.”

Whether they thought ambushes would be more difficult from their original location, or whether they thought their position was unsafe when they heard the gunfire from Yeon-woo’s battle, they had moved quite a distance.

‘Hmm, no wait. Anyway, those guys would have had their originally planned destination too. Their expected location when the game started would have been near the corn field where I fought the Brazilian team.’

So shortly after the game started, Japan would have eliminated one of the Brazilian team members.

The Brazilian team lost one member to the Japanese team and wandered around the corn field before being eliminated by Yeon-woo.

‘Then assuming they advance in their current direction, at a 1-kilometer distance, hmm, around here?’

Yeon-woo made a disappointed expression and shook his head.

“The expected point where the Japanese team might go is too far from here. It would be tight on time to go there, fight, and return to our destination.”

“Let’s proceed slowly. If we want to win anyway, we’ll meet everyone eventually. Of course, other teams might eliminate them, but that doesn’t matter either.”

Hearing Kim Su-hyeok’s words, Yeon-woo nodded.

It was still the second day.

Compared to the previous work “Survival Island,” the battlefield range was too wide and since they moved in team units, fewer battles occurred than expected.

From the program director’s perspective, this might be more efficient.

There weren’t many battles, but each fight was substantial, so editing would be easy.

‘It might continue until the third or fourth day.’

Then the sky began to darken and raindrops started falling little by little.

Pitter-patter─.

Then suddenly, as if someone was pouring it out, an enormous amount of rain poured down in an instant.

“It seems to be a squall! Let’s take shelter under a big tree first!”

At Kim Su-hyeok’s shout, Yeon-woo nodded.

Even though they were right next to each other, they had to raise their voices due to how hard the rain was striking the ground.

The squall, a localized downpour that occurs in tropical rainforest regions, really intensified in an instant.

The time it took from when raindrops started falling little by little to this torrential downpour was only about 20 seconds.

As if trying to cool the heated atmosphere of the battlefield, the rain filled the entire world.

***

《The total number of teams that have survived so far is 5 teams. Congratulations to all survivors!》

Inside the helicopter heading to the hotel, Yeon-woo stared blankly at his tactical pad.

After the squall poured down, the match ended without any significant gains.

Yeon-woo and Kim Su-hyeok took out Brazil, and the Italian Team took out the Switzerland Team.

In the process, one Italian Team member was eliminated, and there were no other kills.

Now that five teams remained, probably starting tomorrow, one team leader would be added through a revival match.

‘The rules will definitely change starting tomorrow.’

If tomorrow proceeded with the same rules as today’s situation, there would be too few battles and it was unpredictable how long it would take to determine a winner.

Even though Yeon-woo and his team members were engaging in battles using the so-called ‘Lu Bu play’ method of actively seeking enemies rather than avoiding them, finding other teams in this vast land was an extremely difficult task.

‘Will they restrict the playing area?’

The first thing that came to mind was an online game famous for the survival genre among PC games.

That game solved the dilemma this program was experiencing with a stadium that gradually shrunk over time.

‘Hmm, but in reality, it’s hard to even figure out where I am, so even if they restrict the stadium, would it be possible to play only within that area?’

He thought they would probably increase battles through some other method.

***

After organizing his various thoughts and arriving at the hotel, he could physically feel that a new system had been created.

Because of the large, glittering structure installed at the hotel.

Walking along the path covered with red carpet, there was a large door decorated with luxurious gold trim to an overwhelming degree.

Yeon-woo recalled the message the Production Team had sent.

《You have successfully survived for 777 minutes! If you survive until today’s match ends, you can purchase various items with points.》

After seeing that message, Yeon-woo had hoped he could purchase additional bullets.

“Hmm, so that’s why they congratulated us for surviving 777 minutes.”

777.

Hotel.

The keyword that both keywords commonly pointed to was indeed ‘casino’.

‘Though it doesn’t seem like we’ll be gambling with points, maybe there’s some random element in purchasing items.’

Yeon-woo looked at the large sign hanging above the luxurious door.

「Global Match – Item Shop」

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