NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 348

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Episode 348. Item Shop

Now five teams.

If we include the one team that will come up through the loser’s bracket, that makes six teams.

Looking at the door of the lavishly decorated Item Shop, Yeon-woo stroked his chin.

‘When the production team made their plans in advance, they must have judged that by now there would be hardly any teams left with their bodies intact.’

They would have expected that one or both team members would be out, or even if they survived, they would have very few lives remaining.

‘That’s why they limited the personnel going up through the loser’s bracket to just one team leader.’

But things didn’t flow according to the production team’s expectations.

Analyzing the kill logs that have arrived so far, the teams that currently have all three members remaining are Korea and Japan.

And Italy, Israel, and Germany each have two survivors.

To put it metaphorically, everyone is in better shape than the production team expected.

Yeon-woo and his teammates had a major influence on the surviving teams making it through with relatively little damage.

It’s credit to some and blame to others.

Through Lu Bu-style play, eliminating teams left and right while roaming all over the island, the survival of five teams that the production team expected for the full-scale finals was moved up much earlier.

‘Our team has already eliminated six teams.’

Originally it was five, but with today’s addition of Brazil, it became six.

Six teams out of twenty total teams.

They had eliminated almost one-third.

Proportionally, the remaining ammunition that Yeon-woo and his teammates had decreased rapidly.

Having experienced the most combat, they would have consumed more ammunition than any other surviving team.

「Global Match – Item Shop」

Yeon-woo organized his thoughts while looking at the sign in front of him.

‘That’s why what we’re targeting first is ammunition.’

No one had gone inside yet.

Like Yeon-woo, there were two others who had been wandering around the hotel 1st floor and discovered the Item Shop entrance.

‘The Expert from the Japanese team and the team leader from Israel.’

No other people were visible besides them.

‘Most of them are probably back in their rooms taking showers by now.’

Kim Su-hyeok and Park Jung-hyeon were also soaked from the rain, so they went straight back to their room.

The cast members who had commuted(?) back by helicopter crowded in front of the elevator to go up to their rooms, but there weren’t enough elevators for everyone to go up at once.

Yeon-woo and those beside him were people who had stepped aside to wait for the next round rather than squeeze into the sweaty, crowded elevator.

Having accidentally discovered the Item Shop before others this way, it seemed good to take maximum advantage of this opportunity, but he couldn’t get a sense of what or how to do it.

‘First, I need to gather as much information as possible about how the Item Shop operates and what products it sells.’

The most effective way to gather information is, of course, to ask directly.

Yeon-woo pushed past the hesitating others and approached the guard standing in front of the Item Shop.

“Excuse me. I’d like to use the Item Shop, but are there any rules I should know before entering?”

The guard nodded and opened his mouth.

“To enter the Item Shop, you must pay an entrance fee of 1 point. Once inside, we sell many types of items, and you can exchange your current equipment for other equipment, and we also sell items that can apply penalties to opponents.”

Yeon-woo nodded and asked again.

“Can I see a list of the items for sale in advance?”

The guard shook his head.

“The list can only be viewed inside, and you can only browse items that you can afford with the points you have.”

This meant that someone with 5 points couldn’t even know what items were being sold for 10 points.

‘Then I, having the most points, have the greatest advantage in terms of information.’

Yeon-woo nodded and asked again.

“Is it possible to transfer points between players?”

“It is not possible.”

Yeon-woo smiled slightly at the firm answer that came back.

‘If transfers are also impossible, then the person with the most points is definitely me.’

Water dripped from his rain-soaked flight suitcase.

Yeon-woo headed toward the Item Shop door without hesitation.

His wet combat boots made squeaking noises as they hit the marble floor of the hotel lobby.

“I’ll enter.”

The guard nodded and took out a tablet PC, manipulating something on it.

“Player South Korea-A has paid 1 point as entrance fee to the Item Shop.”

Creak─.

The thick door lavishly decorated with golden ornaments made a sound as it opened to both sides.

And Yeon-woo entered inside.

***

Whirr─.

Kim Su-hyeok and Park Jung-hyeon, who had showered and changed into casual clothes, were finally catching their breath after finishing a day of grueling filming in the rain.

“Phew, it’s tougher than I thought.”

“Honestly, I looked down on it because it’s a TV show, but the physical exhaustion is tremendous.”

Kim Su-hyeok nodded at Park Jung-hyeon’s words, took out water from the hotel refrigerator, drank it, and smacked his lips.

Today especially, the dark beer in the hotel refrigerator was strongly appealing to him.

“Should I just drink one can and sleep? My body temperature dropped a lot, so drinking just one can wouldn’t be too bad.”

“Hmm, we’re going to sleep early anyway, so one can shouldn’t affect our condition. It might even help if we sleep well.”

Just as they were seriously contemplating whether to have just one light beer each, the smartwatch placed on the table vibrated.

“What’s this?”

“I’ll check it.”

Park Jung-hyeon picked up the smartwatch and opened the arrived message.

– [South Korea-A] has entered the Item Shop.

“Hmm?”

Park Jung-hyeon tilted his head after seeing the message, and Kim Su-hyeok asked.

“What is it?”

“It says our Team Leader entered the Item Shop?”

“···Where is that?

The other teams at the hotel had also received the same message.

“Hey, Marciano. It seems the Item Shop has already opened?”

“Where is it? How did the Korean team already know and enter?”

Everyone hurriedly changed into casual clothes without even drying their hair and rushed down to the hotel 1st floor.

***

Meanwhile, Yeon-woo, who had entered the Item Shop, was looking at the monitor hanging on the wall.

On one side of the Item Shop, there was a time-based graph showing changes in ‘Victory Probability Calculated by 16 External Evaluators.’

‘Hmm, we were at 34 percent when we started fighting today, but after getting hit by the penalty card and scattering, it dropped to 8 percent.’

On the other hand, Japan decreased from 26 percent to 24 percent, while Italy’s victory probability rose as they remained idle, taking first place.

‘That means the team that used the penalty card on us was Japan.’

Since Japan consumed one of their cards, it would have dropped slightly accordingly.

‘Still, to go from 34 percent to 8 percent, cut down to a quarter.’

The external experts seemed to have judged the survival possibility of Yeon-woo and his team members, who had scattered after being hit by the penalty card, as extremely low.

After that, it steadily dropped for an hour, reaching a minimum of 4 percent.

‘They judged that I would be eliminated while fighting in the corn field.’

After that, when they eliminated the Brazilian team and the three reunited, the victory probability rose to 30 percent.

‘Penalty card···.’

It was definitely annoying.

Since the Item Shop also sold penalty cards, it was obvious that whoever bought them would use them against Yeon-woo and his team members, who had reclaimed first place with a 30 percent victory probability.

‘By the way, they decorated the interior to remind one of Greek mythology.’

Yeon-woo scratched his cheek as he looked around.

He had that thought from the lavishly decorated entrance.

It had a visual similar to the ‘Gates of Paradise’ that Italian sculptor Ghiberti created in Florence in the 15th century.

The interior decoration also had marble sculptures and subtle lighting, whether it reflected the art director’s taste for Blue Whale Gate or not.

He thought it was unnecessarily grand.

‘This is exactly the American method that Europeans always look down on.’

Throwing in capital to make it as grand, cool, and luxurious as possible.

In a word, it was ‘too much.’

But since it was going to be released to the global market, he thought viewers might like the abundant visual spectacle.

Yeon-woo walked with heavy steps through the corridor with its grand interior.

Since he was still wearing his combat uniform, he was captured in quite a stylish composition by the camera.

And at the end of the corridor, a tablet PC was placed all by itself.

“What kind of imbalance is this…”

Since they had decorated it so elaborately, he thought there would at least be a witch stroking a crystal ball.

Shaking his head, Yeon-woo checked the tablet PC.

「Item Shop」

Current Points: 10p

Aegis (10p)

Vulcan’s Forge (8p)

Ambrosia (6p)

Pandora’s Box (4p)

Nectar (2p)

Hermes’ Box (1p)

“Hmm…”

Yeon-woo frowned and pressed his temples.

‘I was hoping to quickly make a selection and go wash up…’

The production team had poured a whole bunch of tricks into the item list.

The menu had nothing written on it except mysterious names with no explanations whatsoever.

Life Recovery Ticket, Penalty Card, Additional Ammunition Refill.

He thought it would be written simply like this, but they seemed to have embedded their own mini mystery game.

‘First of all, they’re all based on Greek mythology.’

He intuitively understood what 「Pandora’s Box (4p)」 would be as soon as he saw it.

Since it was the legend where misfortune, disease, pain, and all sorts of harmful things sprang out from the box Pandora opened, it was obviously a ‘Penalty Card.’

‘So you choose without knowing the penalty effect. It’s a random draw.’

「Vulcan’s Forge (8p)」 would mean Hephaestus’ forge if translated our way.

‘Then is it a special weapon acquisition ticket?’

The player who could purchase that would be Italy-B.

Since he had 9 points, he could buy it even after paying 1 point as an entrance fee.

‘Perhaps there will be another player besides Kim Su-hyeok who acquires a special weapon.’

And it’s Italy, whom he considers a strong enemy.

‘And the other items…’

Ambrosia and nectar are originally a set menu like hamburger and cola.

Since ambrosia is the food of the Olympian gods and nectar is their drink.

‘Since nectar is 2 points, it’s probably a life recovery ticket. Then ambrosia is…’

The effect wasn’t certain.

Perhaps it might be an item that could revive an already eliminated team member.

But for Yeon-woo, who had no eliminated team members and plenty of remaining life recovery tickets, these were unnecessary items.

What remained were 「Aegis (10p)」 and 「Hermes’ Box (1p)」.

‘Aegis means the greatest shield.’

It’s a shield America really likes.

The air defense combat and weapon control system operated by the US Military is also called the Aegis System, and warships equipped with that system are also called Aegis ships.

‘But a shield wouldn’t block bullets for you.’

That would be balance breaking. A so-called ‘game-breaking item.’

What else could the strongest shield block during the game?

Only one thing came to Yeon-woo’s mind.

‘It would block penalty cards.’

Having finished his deduction, Yeon-woo used all 10 points to select 「Aegis (10p)」.

The remaining 「Hermes’ Box (1p)」 was obviously an ammunition refill ticket.

He could have Kim Su-hyeok bulk purchase those.

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