NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 349

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Episode 349. Global Match – Final Chapter (1)

When Yeon-woo finished making his selection and came outside, numerous players were already waiting in front of the item shop door.

And all those players’ gazes poured onto Yeon-woo at once.

“What’s inside?”

The one asking Yeon-woo was the Israel Team Leader.

‘This person must be next in line after me.’

It seemed like an implicit queue had naturally formed.

At the Israel Team Leader’s question, others could be seen perking up their ears as well.

And among them, he could see Italy’s team leader Marco Banchero, Italy-B who had earned 9 points, and even the Japan Team that had scattered Yeon-woo and his teammates.

‘They’ll find out anyway once they go in, but I don’t want to give them information.’

He didn’t know if the Japan Team was well-versed in Greek mythology, but they would at least know what Pandora’s box was.

That was an expression used metaphorically in many contexts, not just Greek mythology.

And anyway, the card they wanted most was also the penalty card, so they would choose that even if they didn’t know what the others meant.

On the other hand, the Italy Team would naturally understand well since Greco-Roman mythology was part of their national culture, and having lost one team member, it was hard to predict whether they would choose Ambrosia (6p) which might be a revival item, or consume all their points to choose Vulcan’s Forge (8p) which was presumed to be a special weapon selection.

After examining the faces of those two teams, Yeon-woo chuckled and answered the Israel Team.

“Inside is decorated like ancient Greece. You pay 1 point as an entrance fee to go in, then you have to look at a riddle-like menu and order. Since it’s expressed metaphorically, I hope you think carefully before ordering.”

He explained very kindly and in detail like a guide.

Of course, in Arabic, not English.

In his previous life, the place where he had been carrying out operations until just before his death from a mysterious sniper attack was the Middle East.

Naturally, Yeon-woo’s Arabic skills weren’t at the level of his English or Japanese, but he could speak it at about the same level as his Italian.

Of course, Israel’s official language was Hebrew, but even Yeon-woo, who had worked in the Middle East for a long time in his previous life, found it difficult to speak Hebrew, and since Arabic was also used as an official language in Israel until 2018, he thought there would be no problem for them to understand.

And indeed, seeming to understand, the Israel Team bowed their heads and expressed gratitude to Yeon-woo.

“Oh, shukran shukran.”

On the other hand, the Italy Team and Japan Team, who had only been staring at Yeon-woo’s mouth, naturally couldn’t understand.

“What’s he saying?”

“Somehow I don’t think Ryu Yeon-woo would tell us even if we asked, so let’s try asking those Arab guys.”

“As if they’d tell us. And they’re not Arabs, they’re Jewish. There are probably cameras around here too, so watch your words unless you want to get terrorized with international hate comments.”

Thinking Yeon-woo didn’t know Japanese, the Japan Team members chattered away in their native language.

Chuckling as he passed them, Yeon-woo approached Kim Su-hyeok and Park Jung-hyeon who were walking toward him.

“Team Leader Ryu, you’ll catch a cold at this rate. Let’s go up quickly.”

Seeing the worried Kim Su-hyeok, Yeon-woo nodded.

And he conveyed in detail the information he had learned inside.

“Hmm, I see. So you’re saying I should use all the points I have to buy 1-point Hermes boxes?”

“That’s right.”

“Understood. I’ll carry out your instructions. Now please go up, take a shower, and raise your body temperature.”

Yeon-woo nodded and left the rest to Kim Su-hyeok as he moved his steps.

He dragged his drooping body up to the hotel room, weighed down by the soaked and heavy defensive equipment.

***

Thud-thud-thud-thud─.

He was flying through the sky from morning, listening to the now-familiar sound of helicopter propellers.

The island visible outside the window had terrain that was quite familiar to his eyes.

Since this was already the third time entering the island, it wasn’t unreasonable to feel familiar with it.

“Hmm, the place we haven’t been to yet is the east side of the island.”

When Yeon-woo’s voice was transmitted through the in-flight headphones, the two people nodded.

Park Jung-hyeon looked beyond the window on his side and spoke.

“At the eastern end, there’s something that looks faintly like a small lake.”

At Park Jung-hyeon’s words, Yeon-woo looked in that direction.

He had always sat on the left side of the helicopter so he didn’t know, but from Park Jung-hyeon’s side, terrain like a reservoir was apparently visible.

“We haven’t encountered the Italy Team even once so far, have we.”

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

With other teams, at least before the kill log came up, gunshots could be heard from far away.

Gunshots make a ‘bang bang’ sound when heard up close, but when heard from far away, they sound like ‘thud thud’ or ‘rattle’.

It’s also metaphorically described as ‘the sound of roasting beans’, and considering the decibels of modified survival guns, it seemed the sound would be audible within about a kilometer.

‘That means the Italy Team and we have never once come within a kilometer of each other.’

Yeon-woo and his teammates started from the southeast side of the island on the first day and headed toward the center.

Then they came back down south, got scattered by a penalty card, and each headed north individually.

After gathering in the north and searching the vicinity, the second day’s match ended.

Since Yeon-woo had swept through the west side of the island while heading north, there was only one place left.

“Then the Italian team is most likely in the east right now, at the 3 o’clock position.”

“That means near that lake.”

Yeon-woo nodded at Park Jung-hyeon’s words.

He had a strong premonition that they would probably engage in quite a difficult battle near that lake.

And the helicopter arrived at the island where the third day’s battle would unfold.

After getting off the helicopter, Yeon-woo moved to the starting point and immediately pulled out his tactical pad.

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

– Destination reached. (3/6)

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

There were six teams.

It seemed like one of the other teams they hadn’t been able to meet at the hotel due to separated areas after elimination had participated through the revival round.

‘I wonder which team made it up.’

Whoever it was, it would be difficult for a team captain alone to survive.

Yeon-woo began operating his tactical pad to use the items he had purchased last night.

《Items (4)》

– Life Recovery Voucher [2/6]

– Radar Detector [Currently registered target: Japan]

[1h 30m 00s] The target’s location will be displayed after.

– Aegis [Inactive]

– Hermes’ Box [5/5]

‘Hmm, it’s better to keep the radar detector on the Japanese team for now. At least it’s a team whose location I somewhat know.’

He had transferred one Life Recovery Voucher each to Kim Su-hyeok and Park Jung-hyeon, and although it showed a total of two remaining after using two so far, there were actually four in total if you combined what all three people had.

That was more than enough.

Yeon-woo activated the Aegis he had purchased yesterday for a whopping 10 points.

‘Come to think of it, the price is expensive.’

Acquiring 10 points was an extremely difficult task.

You’d need to eliminate ten team members, or even if you only targeted team captains, you’d need to eliminate five of them.

Plus you’d need to pay the entry fee, so you’d need 11 points to acquire Aegis.

‘There might be other functions besides simply blocking penalty cards. Ambrosia, which likely revives eliminated teammates, costs only 6 points, and special weapon acquisition rights cost 8 points, so it wouldn’t make sense for a mere curse prevention charm to cost 10 points.’

He suspected there might be some other function that would make you feel it was a ‘shield’ rather than just a ‘charm.’

Yeon-woo also used two of the Hermes’ Boxes he had received from Kim Su-hyeok.

As expected, Hermes’ Box was indeed an ammunition supply item.

He received a message asking which firearm’s ammunition he wanted to resupply, and he selected assault rifle ammunition and sniper rifle rounds for Kim Su-hyeok.

Then he received a response that they would be delivered via drone during the next strategy phase.

‘Since ammunition is quite heavy, I should use the remaining three boxes one at a time during each strategy phase.’

Beep─.

The third day’s match began with a beep sound.

And for the next three hours, he searched the surroundings but couldn’t find anyone else on the vast island.

***

Meanwhile, in the broadcasting room, John McClellan had called several staff members behind the studio to interrogate them.

“Are you certain? If any of you are found to have different circumstances during a later investigation, I will never let it slide. You’ll have to wage war with BWG’s law firm.”

“Y-yes, we’re certain. CEO. I’m completely uninvolved.”

“Same here.”

John McClellan looked at them and nodded.

“Alright, I understand for now. Since no major variables have occurred yet, I’ll let it pass for now.”

John McClellan shook his head repeatedly as he returned to the studio.

Marco Banchero, the Italian team captain who had been acting strangely since the first day, was originally known as an oddball throughout Europe, so it was understandable.

Marco Banchero had been operating separately from his teammates since the first day.

The team captain wandered alone, while his team members, having no one to protect, roamed around freely and hunted other teams without restraint.

Could those be the team members of that team captain?

These people who gradually cornered their opponents and took them out one by one with movements closer to hunting than combat.

Even among the same experts, there was a difference in combat power between those who had to protect their civilian team captain and those who could run wild without anything to protect.

Just like how Yeon-woo had gained the upper hand in the corn field despite being in a 2-to-1 situation, having a civilian to protect versus not having one made a huge difference even in a 3-to-2 scenario.

Looking at it this far, one might think it was a fairly decent strategy.

If only the team leader could survive alone.

In fact, Marco Vancero intentionally played apart from his teammates from the very beginning, and the table directors, impressed by his unique playstyle, awarded him several reward cards. With his considerable skill, he managed to shake off pursuit from other teams and survive well on his own.

However, his play after getting off the helicopter today was so strange that it raised suspicions he might be colluding with someone from the production team.

It didn’t make sense to me that someone would act that way unless they knew in advance about the new rules that would be implemented starting today.

It was certainly not the kind of action you’d take on a battlefield where you had to keep moving every three hours.

John McClane returned to his seat and looked at the large screen.

On screen, Italian team leader Marco Vancero was digging trenches with a field shovel, scooping out the waterlogged earth that had absorbed heavy rainfall from the previous day.

As if they were going to build their own fortress.

***

Buzzzz─.

After three hours passed and the first strategy time began, ammunition supplies arrived along with the sound of drones.

And Yeon-woo tried to distance himself more than 30 meters from his teammates as usual, but he felt that the tactical pad was different from before.

“Hm? Why isn’t the red light coming on?”

When strategy time started, a red light would immediately come on as if urging him to quickly distance himself more than 30 meters, but now neither red nor green lights were on.

And soon after, a message arrived.

《Congratulations on surviving to the final round! The rules will be changed starting from this round. From now on, the minimum movement distance requirement disappears. And your positions will be shared with opponents in real time!》

Then six circles appeared on the tactical pad.

As always, golden indicated his own position, red indicated opponents’ positions.

However, this time they were circles, not dots.

‘Hmm, circles of this size would have a radius of about 500 meters.’

As if to confirm Yeon-woo’s thoughts were correct, a message immediately arrived.

《But don’t worry too much! It’s not your exact location but displayed as circles with a 500-meter radius, meaning opponents are located somewhere within that circle. Now you can fight more intensely! We wish you good luck!》

The message ended, but the circles displayed on the tactical pad continued to remain instead of disappearing as usual.

And Yeon-woo shared this information with his team members.

“I was getting tired from searching without finding any enemies, so this works out well.”

“I was starting to get tired from searching everywhere without finding any enemies, so this works out well.”

“I think the same.”

Yeonwoo also nodded at the two people’s words.

I had predicted that there would be rule changes since the frequency of battles decreased too much as the number of surviving teams dwindled.

I wasn’t sure exactly how they would restrict the playing field or what approach they would take, but they went all out and shared the enemy’s location in real-time across a wide area with a 500-meter radius, and even lifted the movement restrictions.

It literally means to seek each other out and kill.

And then Yeonwoo’s tactical pad and smartwatch vibrated one after another.

– Aegis has been activated.

– Aegis has been activated.

– Aegis has been activated.

Yeonwoo scratched his cheek as he looked at the three messages that had arrived in succession.

“It seems like someone cast a curse on us. Of course, it probably didn’t work out the way they intended.”

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