I was Mistaken as a Monstrous Genius Actor [EN]: Chapter 302

Bang. The bullet pierced the tattooed man’s upper skull, shattering his brain. At least, that’s how it looked from Kang Woo-jin’s perspective, and it was the same in the tattooed man’s mind. His head was smashed, and he fell. As if regretting it, Woo-jin fired two more shots into the fallen man’s chest.

Kang Woo-jin’s expression remained unchanged.

In an instant, despite his comrade being eliminated, the bearded man rushed in right after.

“Hup!”

The bearded man charged. He grabbed Kang Woo-jin’s pistol with his left hand. Since the start was off, it was closer to freestyle than the storyboard. The bearded man quickly swung the knife in his right hand. What he saw was Woo-jin’s neck. But the knife cut through the air. Kang Woo-jin slightly pulled his body back, dodging it easily. Woo-jin moved his fingers.

He removed the magazine from the grabbed gun and held it in his remaining hand.

-Thwack.

The magazine was embedded in the man’s right eyeball.

The second man to rush at Kang Woo-jin, the bearded man, also.

“Kuh!!”

At the start, he was full of the intention to show Woo-jin a thing or two, but now he realized it.

This Korean actor was not ordinary.

Why? Because the motion of removing the magazine from the mock gun was too natural.

‘What? Why is he so natural with handling a gun? Guns are illegal in Korea.’

But the way Woo-jin removed the magazine with one hand was the skill of someone who had handled guns for decades.

How was this possible? The bearded man naturally began to forget that this was a test. He even felt like he had entered a ‘beneficial evil’ [a situation where something bad leads to a good outcome].

Whatever it was, a magazine was embedded in his eye.

It wasn’t real, but the flow was. The bearded man was also a professional. He assumed the current state of the performance. He lost one eye but didn’t die. First, he had to remove the magazine. The bearded man, with a knife in his hand, moved his left hand to remove the magazine embedded in his eye. Kang Woo-jin also acted.

-Swish.

He grabbed the bearded man’s right hand, which was holding the knife, with both hands. The strength was gone. His focus was on the magazine embedded in his eye.

-Thud!!

The knife was plunged into the bearded man’s heart.

“Ugh.”

He swung his fist, having been struck in the heart. It was a final struggle. It was slow and insignificant. Kang Woo-jin lightly brushed away his arm. At the same time, he pulled out the knife from the man’s chest. To make sure he was gone. One more stab in the man’s chest, and one in the side of his neck were added. The bearded man collapsed on the floor like a lump of meat.

It was a judgment of a fatal wound.

30 seconds.

The time it took to eliminate two large men.

The dozens of martial arts team members who filled the outskirts of the action school, having witnessed several exchanges in a short moment, gaped.

“Wow… what is that? It’s insane.”

“I, Isn’t Kang Woo-jin getting pushed back, but rather the Hollywood team is getting beaten? Doesn’t it look like a real fight??”

“…Why is Kang Woo-jin so good? He’s so fast.”

“Hand-to-hand combat, weapon skills, situational awareness. He’s incredibly skilled in ‘CQC’ [Close Quarters Combat]. What is it? Does anyone know Kang Woo-jin’s past?? Did he perhaps learn ‘CQC’ professionally?”

“Is that even possible?”

“No, the current situation is even more impossible.”

Shock spread among the dozens of martial arts team members. The actors who were already connected with Woo-jin were the same, especially Ha Kang-soo, who had a dinosaur-like face.

‘Martial arts, what is this… Could it be that Woo-jin served in the special forces?!’

Jo Moo-chan, who looked up to Woo-jin with a clean image, had a sight to behold.

‘Damn… he’s so cool. No, teacher! How are we supposed to surpass that??’

Around that time, Kang Woo-jin, holding a knife in one hand, raised his head. He saw the remaining two opponents. A man with a buzz cut and a sturdy body. A bear-like guy who was the most scattered in the team.

“……”

Kang Woo-jin’s gaze towards the two was cold. There was no sign of tension. It was as if he was doing something he always did.

On the other hand.

“!!!”

“……?”

The tension was more extreme for the remaining two opponents. They had never practiced. This was their first exchange. Moreover, it was off the storyboard. Yet, the previous two comrades were sucked into Kang Woo-jin’s movements as if they had matched their lines dozens of times. Even though they had the intention to show him what they were made of.

How much vitality did it have that the enraged comrades matched Woo-jin’s movements?

No, did they really match?

The buzz-cut man among the remaining two.

‘Wait a minute, this wasn’t in the plan.’

He widened his eyes and took out the knife he had on his waist. Originally, he didn’t even think about taking out the knife. There was no need for his turn to come in the first place. But it came.

‘Let’s stay calm for now.’

The buzz-cut man gripped the knife tightly in his right hand and took a long breath. He didn’t know why this situation was happening, but he had to move. Staying still in this situation was a disgrace.

“Hoo-”

He raised the hand holding the knife and the remaining hand to his chest and glared at Woo-jin, who was standing upright. Kang Woo-jin held the knife with the blade facing backward, not upward, and the bear-like guy, the largest of the Hollywood stunt team, was staring intently at Kang Woo-jin.

‘Did you think ‘CQC’ was easy?’

A face greatly shocked. Yet, he recalled the words of Ethan Smith, the team leader. That Kang Woo-jin thought ‘CQC’ was easy.

‘That can’t be. It’s not that he thinks it’s easy, it’s that it’s really easy for him.’

At this moment.

-Thud, thud.

Kang Woo-jin quickly closed the distance. The opponent was the buzz-cut man. It was like a ferocious monster was approaching. The buzz-cut man also rushed at Woo-jin. He tried to stab Woo-jin’s face with the knife in his right hand, but suddenly switched the knife to his left hand and aimed for Kang Woo-jin’s side.

It was unconventional, but Woo-jin reacted.

-Thwack!

He kicked the man’s leg. It was more accurate to say he pushed it rather than kicked it. The buzz-cut man’s posture faltered. Woo-jin tucked the wrist of the man holding the knife in his left hand into his side. Soon, a firm fist flew. It was thrown by the buzz-cut man, whose left arm was trapped, with his remaining hand.

-Hook!

Woo-jin knocked away the fist with the back of the hand holding the knife.

With the force applied, Kang Woo-jin’s knife slashed across the man’s neck. The blood that spurted from his neck splattered on Woo-jin’s face. No, that was the performance. Kang Woo-jin grabbed his limp neck with both hands. He twisted and broke it. There was a sound of bones crunching, like a crack. Of course, it was only heard in Kang Woo-jin’s ears. But the buzz-cut man, realizing his neck was broken.

‘……This is insane!’

He had no choice but to kneel and then fall to the floor. It was natural to die.

‘How does he know these techniques!’

Three, the time taken was about 1 minute.

Kang Woo-jin looked down at the man whose neck was broken and muttered indifferently.

“1 minute, not bad.”

It was an impromptu performance from the storyboard. But it wasn’t over yet. There was one person left. The largest man among the opponents.

The bear-like man already had both fists raised. He was serious. From what he had witnessed so far, he acknowledged that Kang Woo-jin was far beyond ordinary.

Kang Woo-jin stared at him with a cold gaze.

“……”

He grasped his posture in a short moment. However, it didn’t take long. He finished calculating in a few seconds. The bear-like man was in a boxing stance. Kang Woo-jin held a knife in one hand but lowered both hands. It was close to attention. There was no ready stance. He was also full of composure.

It was an aura that he could subdue you without any preparation.

The bear-like man with both hands raised narrowed his brow.

‘What, is he even going to do as he pleases with his stance?’

The defenseless state was not in the storyboard, nor in his common sense. But for some reason, the bear-like man felt an unknown force from Woo-jin, who was staring at him indifferently.

It was natural.

The bear-like man had no way of knowing the ‘freedom of the role’ [the ability to improvise and deviate from a script].

He couldn’t easily approach Woo-jin, who had lowered both arms. Then he felt it. What is this? He was being overwhelmed by someone who hadn’t even taken a stance?

The distance between the two was short.

Soon, a thumping sound was heard. The bear-like man rushed at Woo-jin.

-Whoosh!

The man threw a fist as big as his face. It was fast for his size. He was going to stop right before hitting the face, and this was also different from the original storyboard.

So what? That actor also made changes, right?

However, even though it wasn’t in the plan, Kang Woo-jin’s response was fast. He slightly lowered his head to avoid the punch. At the same time, he picked up the knife that had fallen on the floor. The man’s brow narrowed further.

‘…He dodged that easily??’

The bear-like man, feeling his pride hurt by his own hesitation, threw another punch. Woo-jin, who had lowered both arms, reacted. He guarded with his right hand. The knife in his left hand went in and out of the man’s side in an instant.

“Kuh!”

The man took a step back. Kang Woo-jin returned to a defenseless stance like attention. But he took a step closer to him. There was no stopping or hesitation. The entire movement was closer to a live performance outside of the storyboard.

‘But why does he dodge so easily as if he knows everything?’

The bear-like man couldn’t understand. If they were moving according to the storyboard, it would be possible, but that wasn’t the case now. Both he and the Korean actor were free.

But no attack was getting through.

The man struggled to raise both fists and take a boxing stance. But his heart rate increased. The bear-like man was already pushed back by Woo-jin’s momentum. Soon, Kang Woo-jin, who was approaching him, who had taken a stance, quickly closed the distance to about two steps. The bear-like man thought of defense.

However.

“……”

Woo-jin, who was close to the man, didn’t attack.

He just stared quietly at the man in front of him, who was breathing slightly roughly. The defenseless stance, like attention, was the same. He was waiting, wasn’t he? A gaze that said, ‘Come at me’. The bear-like man gritted his teeth. From here on, defense and everything else was secondary to restoring his pride.

The professional he was mobilized all his fighting knowledge.

The man in a boxing stance crouched down further and ran at Woo-jin. Because of his size, he looked like a truck. But it was light for Kang Woo-jin. He simply dodged to the side. The man’s jab aimed for Woo-jin’s side. Kang Woo-jin, who grabbed the punch, used the man’s force to pull him. He also tripped him.

The bear-like man made a sound of surprise and lost his balance, but somehow didn’t fall.

He turned his head.

‘Huh? Where did he go?’

Kang Woo-jin, who should have been there, was gone.

At this moment.

-Tap.

Something touched the back of his head. Something hard. The bear-like man, who was standing awkwardly, couldn’t move his face. He instinctively knew that Kang Woo-jin was behind him and what he was holding.

What was touching the back of his head must be a gun barrel.

Then the man muttered quietly.

“……Fuck.”

Behind him, Kang Woo-jin fired the gun with an indifferent face. The bear-like man fell. It was certain that the bullet had pierced his skull. However, even as he fell, the man’s thoughts were jumbled.

‘Why am I falling?’

Also, why were his veteran comrades subdued? And by a Korean actor, not even a Hollywood one.

Yes, the biggest reason was.

‘Carelessness.’

The biggest reason was that he had looked down on Kang Woo-jin. In real combat, carelessness was forbidden. But the bear-like man and his comrades all looked down on Woo-jin. Then, as the bear-like man fell onto the mat, he reviewed the ‘CQC’ that he and his comrades had shown so far.

It was even more of a mess.

‘Who the hell is this Korean actor?’

On the other hand, Kang Woo-jin, who was looking down at the back of the fallen bear-like man, raised his wrist. It was to look at the wristwatch on the storyboard. It was funny that he was following the storyboard now, but whatever it was, Woo-jin muttered lowly.

“2 minutes 48 seconds.”

It was a line from ‘Jang Yeon-woo’ of ‘Beneficial Evil’ [a reference to a character and show, implying Woo-jin is acting out a scene].

After that.

When all four foreign stunt team members were lying on the floor, silence fell over the entire wide action school.

“……”

“……”

It was because everyone in this action school, including the dozens of martial arts team members who had been watching from the outskirts, had their souls sucked out. Half of them had their mouths wide open, but no sound came out. There was no movement either. Everyone was still.

They were just staring intently at Kang Woo-jin, who was the only one standing in the center.

It was as if Kang Woo-jin was the only one moving in this action school. As he lowered his raised wrist, some of the cold air seemed to have left him. It was understandable. He had taken out everything he had pulled up. ‘Jang Yeon-woo’, ‘martial arts’, and ‘CQC’. In other words, he had returned to Woo-jin, who was equipped with a concept.

‘Okay, not bad.’

The first thing Kang Woo-jin did was.

-Swish.

He reached out to the bear-like foreign man from the stunt team who was lying face down right in front of him.

“Are you alright?”

At the sound, the bear-like man, who was lying face down, slowly turned his head. He could see Woo-jin’s outstretched hand. It was a nuance to grab it and stand up. And he was also conscious of the fluent English that Kang Woo-jin had just spoken. Not ‘good job’ or ‘you worked hard’, but a concern of ‘are you alright’.

The bear-like man grabbed Kang Woo-jin’s hand and chuckled inwardly.

‘Hoo- I can’t deny it.’

He had been thoroughly beaten. Of course, even if it was a very short exchange, he was the one who had fallen. The man grabbed Woo-jin’s hand and slowly stood up. Then he answered Kang Woo-jin.

“I’m fine.”

“That’s a relief.”

Then a question was thrown at Kang Woo-jin.

“I heard you looked at the ‘CQC’ storyboard casually.”

“Yes.”

“But how… are you able to do ‘CQC’? And even more than a professional.”

Woo-jin, with an indifferent face, was silent for a moment before answering.

“I just looked at the storyboard casually.”

“That doesn’t make sense. Ah- perhaps, were you in the military?”

It was a question of whether he had learned it in the military. Kang Woo-jin thought it wasn’t bad. No, it wasn’t the situation to answer that it was Hapkido, right? In reality, things like bayonet fighting and shooting were learned in the military.

‘It’s not a complete lie.’

Of course, Kang Woo-jin answered vaguely.

“There were some things that helped.”

The bear-like man’s eyes widened slightly, surprised.

“……Hmm.”

He smiled slightly.

“I didn’t know that. There was a misunderstanding on our part – I apologize for the movements that deviated from the storyboard.”

“It’s not a problem.”

After that, he bowed slightly to Woo-jin and turned around. His three comrades were getting up one by one. The bear-like man, who was closest to his comrade, muttered.

“That Korean actor, he seems to have come from the special forces.”

The two eyes of the depressed buzz-cut man widened and then slowly nodded.

“Y, yeah, I thought so.”

Ethan Smith, the leader of the stunt team, who was already in a state of mental shutdown, was watching his team members, who were beaten, from quite a distance. Ethan, who had a large nose, had his mouth slightly open. Soon, Ethan’s gaze slowly moved to Kang Woo-jin. Then, he muttered quietly in English, as if to himself.

“……Are we even needed?”