NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor

Multiple monitors installed in the room displayed footage from various cameras.

Yeon-woo sat in front of them, monitoring the operation’s progress in real-time.

“Get ready. Target passing through point D.”

At Yeon-woo’s words, Han Hae-woon nodded and radioed the agents.

– Get ready. The target has just passed point D.

– Standby on the 6th floor.

– Check target movement.

Lee Gyu-jin and Park Jung-hyun, positioned in the 6th-floor corridor and stairwell of Kim Joo-seong’s luxury villa, tensed up and waited.

As the car carrying Kim Joo-seong entered the underground parking lot, Kim Su-hyeok, who had been tailing ‘Golden’, radioed in.

– Target DM. Should I follow?

DM (Dismounted Movement) meant that ‘Golden’, whom Kim Su-hyeok was following, had exited the vehicle and entered the building on foot.

Since Lee Gyu-jin and Park Jung-hyun were already waiting inside the building, it was better for Kim Su-hyeok to guard the parking lot entrance in case of any unexpected situations.

“No. Maintain current position.”

As Yeon-woo gave the order, Han Hae-woon relayed it exactly.

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Meanwhile, at that moment, Kim Joo-seong got out of the car, pressing his throbbing head.

“Good work. You can go home now.”

“Yes, Sir.”

Kim Joo-seong smiled bitterly at the driver’s words.

Click─.

As he closed the car door and turned around, he muttered quietly to himself.

“I’m not even a CEO anymore.”

Kim Joo-seong trudged along, used his security key to open the door, and got into the elevator.

Ding─.

The elevator Kim Joo-seong boarded from the basement arrived at the first floor, and the doors opened.

Looking ahead, he saw three burly men with unfamiliar faces standing in front of the elevator doors.

They were the hired thugs sent ahead by Golden.

“……”

Sensing something amiss, Kim Joo-seong quickly canceled the 6th-floor button that was already pressed and hit the 3rd floor before the men could enter.

Then the men got on the elevator.

As Kim Joo-seong stood in front of the elevator doors, the men behind him pressed the 4th-floor button and stood silently.

Having lived here for quite some time, Kim Joo-seong knew who lived on each floor of the same line.

‘People like that don’t live on the 4th floor, and there’s no reason for young men to be visiting there either.’

Ding─.

When they reached the 3rd floor and the elevator doors opened, Kim Joo-seong immediately bolted out.

“Catch him!”

The men in the elevator had originally planned to ambush Kim Joo-seong as he entered his home, but when he suddenly ran out, they shouted and chased after him.

Hearing their shouts, Kim Joo-seong quickly opened the emergency stairwell door and hurried down.

Meanwhile, Lee Gyu-jin, who had been waiting on the 6th floor, sensed that something had gone wrong when he heard the commotion echoing up the emergency stairwell and rushed to the elevator.

– The elevator stopped at the 3rd floor!

– Go down!

Hearing Han Hae-woon’s words, Lee Gyu-jin and Park Jung-hyun raced down the stairs at lightning speed.

– Kim Su-hyeok, enter.

– Roger. Entering now.

Kim Su-hyeok, who had been waiting outside, got out of the car and entered through the side entrance of the villa complex.

In the meantime, Kim Joo-seong had made it down to the first floor and was running towards the back entrance of the villa where the security booth was located, with Golden’s hired thugs in hot pursuit.

Spotting this, Kim Su-hyeok radioed in.

– Target spotted. Running towards the back entrance of the villa complex. I’m pursuing.

Then Han Hae-woon’s private communication came through to Yeon-woo’s ear.

– Team leader. The target didn’t come to the 6th floor and deviated midway. We’re in pursuit.

Yeon-woo nodded.

“I saw it on the screen too. It’s okay. Pursue at a steady pace. Their primary objective isn’t to harm Kim Joo-seong.”

This calls for Plan B.

Plan B, which was prepared in case they couldn’t handle it inside the building or if unexpected situations arose.

Although Kim Joo-seong would have a hard time, the outcome could actually be better.

‘Mr. CEO. It might be a bit scary, but please endure it.’

Those guys certainly have no intention of harming Kim Joo-seong.

There’s nothing to gain by hurting him.

They’re only trying to intimidate him enough to persuade him to sell the stocks he currently holds.

But considering Kim Joo-seong’s usual temperament, it was clear he wouldn’t give in to threats and would resist fiercely.

Ultimately, to protect Kim Joo-seong and deal a blow to Baek Sol, a certain degree of staging was necessary for everyone involved.

Also to move on to the next phase of the blueprint they had drawn up.

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Kim Joo-seong quickly ran to the back entrance, but there was no one at the security booth.

And he could see men running after him from behind.

With trembling hands, he searched for his smartphone in his pocket while running.

‘Damn it! Did I drop it while running down the stairs?’

Kim Joo-seong had intended to call the police, but with his smartphone gone, he had no choice but to enter the alleyways of the residential area behind the villa.

A chase was unfolding through the residential area as the twilight dimmed.

Kim Joo-seong was running, the hired thugs were chasing him, and finally, the agents were pursuing them.

“Hae-woon, launch the drone.”

– Understood.

Han Hae-woon launched a drone equipped with electro-optical equipment and immediately switched it to infrared mode.

While checking the cameras of the agents running through the alley, Yeon-woo watched the drone’s screen on the monitor.

Then, turning on the voice modulation program, he gave instructions.

“I’ll command directly, so open the communication channel.”

– Understood.

Crackle─.

– From now on, follow the instructions of Agent Omega.

Upon hearing Han Hae-woon’s voice, everyone tilted their heads, not knowing Omega’s identity, but they nodded, as following orders was fundamental.

– Understood.

And Yeon-woo’s modulated voice began to command the agents over the radio waves.

“Lee Gyu-jin and Park Jung-hyun, turn right at the next corner. Kim Su-hyeok, keep going straight.”

“The target is heading towards the open space in front of the hill behind the two-story house beyond the stone wall. Turn right there now.”

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Kim Joo-seong’s breath reached the tip of his chin.

He felt like he couldn’t run any further.

Although it was an alley right behind the house he had lived in for years, Kim Joo-seong, who only commuted by car driven by a chauffeur, had no knowledge of the neighborhood’s geography.

“Huff, huff.”

As he gasped for breath, the hired thugs caught up behind him.

“Why is this old man running so well? If you had just accepted our demands, you wouldn’t have had to meet us. Right?”

Kim Joo-seong, panting, glared at them.

“…Demands?”

“You should have heard it already in the company building’s parking lot. To hand over your shares.”

“So it was them who sent you after all? Do you think you can do this in South Korea and get away with it?”

The hired thugs sneered at Kim Joo-seong’s words.

“Them? You seem to know very little. You should understand properly. Our employer is someone far above the law.”

At that, Kim Joo-seong took a stance as if he had no intention of giving in to threats and was determined to fight somehow.

Seeing this, the hired thugs approached with a sneer, as if they found it ridiculous.

“This old geezer seems to need a beating to come to his senses.”

Just then, a man with a huge build and another with a sleek physique appeared at the entrance of the open space.

“Yo, are you guys trying to extort that mister? You punks.”

It was Lee Gyu-jin and Park Jung-hyun who had caught up.

At first, the hired thugs were wary, thinking they might be police, but soon they smirked.

“Kids, don’t meddle in other people’s business and scram.”

“Yeah, or you’ll really get it. Looking at your appearance, I wonder where you’re from. Which gang do you belong to?”

At that moment, Kim Joo-seong shouted at the agents.

“Please call the police right now!”

“Tsk tsk. Mr. Kim Joo-seong. If you act like this, we’ll have to get rough too, you know?”

Lee Gyu-jin, who had been listening to the conversation between Kim Joo-seong and the hired thug, shrugged his shoulders and smirked.

“We don’t really like the police. Let’s just handle this ourselves.”

At that, a hired thug with an incredulous expression pulled out a knife from his pocket.

“You seem to be some local punks, but if you mess around thinking you have backup, you’ll really be in trouble. Which group are you from? Chungjiang? Daerim?”

As one of the hired thugs approached and spoke, Park Jung-hyun scratched his head and answered.

“Daerim? I don’t know about that, but let’s say we’re from the Green Mothers’ Association.”

“What?”

Then immediately, Park Jung-hyun rushed in, knocked away the knife the hired thug was holding, and instantly struck his jaw and abdomen.

It was an incredible speed that didn’t match the size of his fist, which was as big as an iron pot lid.

Thwack─.

Ugh─.

With the lightning-fast strike, the approaching thug lost consciousness and collapsed.

The startled hired thugs became cautious, pulled out knives from their pockets and approached, and Lee Gyu-jin smirked.

“Isn’t the Green Mothers’ Association those ladies who wave flags in front of schools to stop cars?”

“That’s right. This guy just didn’t obey the stop line.”

With those words, Lee Gyu-jin and Park Jung-hyun rushed in, quickly subdued the hired thugs, and started beating them like punching bags.

Lee Gyu-jin, who closed the distance in an instant, kicked away the knife-wielding hand of one thug with a kick, and immediately followed up with a spinning kick to the jaw.

While attention was drawn to that flashy movement, Park Jung-hyun, moving at an incredible speed that didn’t match his build, grabbed the remaining thug by the collar, slammed him to the ground, mounted him, and started raining down punches with his pot lid-sized fists mercilessly.

Park Jung-hyun’s indiscriminate pummeling looked not like a person, but like a wild bear.

Famous for tearing people apart…

“Aren’t these guys pros? Why are they so weak?”

“Kuhuk.”

“Hey. These types usually just know how to wave knives around and bare their teeth. What pros?”

“Urgh.”

At that moment, a man appeared from behind.

“Hey, you rats. Stop right there.”

Click─.

As Lee Gyu-jin and Park Jung-hyun threw aside the hired thugs they were beating and looked back, they saw the man codenamed ‘Golden’ standing there with a pistol.

“I came to check because I didn’t get a call that the job was done, and what do I find? Some rats interfering?”

At that, Lee Gyu-jin smirked as if he found it absurd and pointed at Park Jung-hyun next to him.

“Oh ho. Have you ever seen such a big rat?”

Hearing those words, Golden’s eyebrow twitched.

“You’re so calm even when facing a gun? Don’t tell me you think this is just a self-defense gas gun?”

At that moment, Golden felt something sharp and cold against his back.

“Drop it.”

As Golden slowly turned around, he saw a man pointing a submachine gun at him.

It was Kim Su-hyeok.

Then, Lee Gyu-jin’s voice came from the opposite side.

“Our gun seems a bit bigger than that tiny pistol of yours, don’t you think?”

“…So you weren’t just some local punks.”

As Golden dropped his pistol to the ground, Kim Su-hyeok kicked it far away.

“Don’t move.”

Golden raised both hands and opened his mouth.

“Hey. I don’t know where you’re from, but there seems to be a bit of a misunderstanding. I’m from the Nati…”

Kim Su-hyeok pointed the gun at Golden’s head and barked.

“Shut up!”

Meanwhile, Park Jung-hyun approached Kim Joo-seong.

“Let’s go down together. I’ll escort you to a safe place.”

Given the urgent situation, CEO Kim Joo-seong had no choice but to follow Park Jung-hyun.

For now, he judged that since this person was opposing those who were chasing him, he probably wasn’t a bad person.

As Park Jung-hyun and Kim Joo-seong moved away from the open space, Kim Su-hyeok stared at Golden.

Then Golden opened his mouth again.

“Look. This will only cause trouble for you. I don’t know which side you’re on, but I’m…”

Pop─.

A bullet was fired from the silenced submachine gun Kim Su-hyeok was holding.

The muffled firing sound from the silencer was somewhat comical, but its power was no joke.

“Aargh, aaaagh!”

Shot in the knee, Golden collapsed and screamed.

Then, with a panicked expression, Lee Gyu-jin opened his mouth. But what came out of Lee Gyu-jin’s mouth was Chinese.

“What are you doing! This isn’t a place where Caihong (Rainbow) can reach! I told you using guns recklessly would cause big trouble!”

“It doesn’t matter. You saw this bangzi (Korean) holding a pistol. He’s definitely a shady character.”

Lee Gyu-jin grabbed Kim Su-hyeok’s arm and pulled.

“Let’s go quickly! Before the Korean police arrive.”

“But we should definitely kill this guy before we…”

“Hurry!”

Kim Su-hyeok and Lee Gyu-jin ran and left the open space.

Startled by the sudden gunshot, the hired thugs who had been playing dead cautiously got up.

Then they discovered Golden lying on the ground, shot in the knee, and ran over.

“Quick, call 119!”

Hearing the hired thug’s voice, Golden, who had been lying face down, turned over onto his back and shouted.

“Stop! No regular hospitals!”

Then he pulled out a smartphone from his pocket.

‘They definitely said Caihong (Rainbow). So, is the Chinese triad involved?’

It means rainbow in Chinese.

Others might not have understood, but the man codenamed ‘Golden’, who was originally in charge of operations in the Uyghur region, immediately understood which organization they were talking about.

‘Damn it! Why did the triad have to get involved of all things? What could they possibly want from a Korean entertainment company?’

Creating conflict between Baek Sol and the triad was absolutely out of the question.

If they become enemies with them, it would disrupt the supply line through which Baek Sol receives drugs.

Meanwhile, Kim Su-hyeok and Lee Gyu-jin, who had left the open space, reported via radio.

“We’ve thrown the bait as planned.”

– Well done. You two gather at point A, and Park Jung-hyun, connect a call with Kim Joo-seong.

Hearing Han Hae-woon’s words, the three agents nodded simultaneously, and Park Jung-hyun took out a smartphone from his pocket and handed it to Kim Joo-seong.

“Please take this call.”

As Kim Joo-seong took the smartphone Park Jung-hyun handed over, he was connected to Yeon-woo with a voice modulator.

And Yeon-woo opened his mouth.

It was something he had said countless times in his life, but it was the first time in this life.

Yeon-woo’s voice, altered by the modulator, was transmitted through the receiver.

– Mr. Kim Joo-seong. This is the National Intelligence Service. We’ll protect you from now on.