The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 10

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 010
“Wow! We have quite the generous customer here! Congratulations! This water gun is now yours! Please take it with you right away!”
The Announcer handed me the water gun that had sold for 1,000 Gold.
The staff member received it and walked it over to me.
“I’d like to provide you with a more detailed explanation about the auction item. Would you happen to have some time?”
The masked staff member asked me with a kindness that pierced through the mask itself.
Of course I did.
‘That explanation’ was precisely why I’d come here.
As I nodded, the staff member guided me to a Secret Room in the back.
By spending 1,000 Gold—that is, 100 million won—in a single purchase, I had just ascended to VIP status at Susubat.
And here, VIPs were granted the privilege of viewing slightly more expensive and superior merchandise first.
“For someone as generous as you, we thought you might need something even better than this water gun. For instance, something like this handbag made from lamia leather?”
The Secret Room displayed various items. The staff member showed me one of the handbags.
As I opened the handbag, an incomprehensible sound reached my ears.
Come here, little one. I am your friend.
…This is a mental-type enchanted item.
Ugh. These troublemakers really do choose to do exactly what they’re told not to do.
Mental-type items like this were heavily regulated everywhere in the world, and most were illegal regardless of how dangerous they actually were.
Which is why, for example, this as well.
“What about this one?”
When I pointed to the bean-shaped wireless earbuds at the very end of the display, the staff member spoke in a sinister voice.
“You certainly have a discerning eye. I could tell from the moment you purchased our most dangerous item—the Slime water gun!”
…Please don’t recognize that.
I deliberately avoided the burdensome gaze I could feel beyond the mask and reached toward the earbuds.
Bean-Shaped Earbuds (??)
-Allows you to hear the true thoughts of the other party for 30 seconds.
-An item that translates and verbalizes the strongest desire among their true thoughts.
-Single-use only, so be careful!
“It seems you’re curious about someone’s true thoughts.”
I gave an ambiguous response to the staff member’s remark.
“Yes….”
For instance, a criminal, or a criminal, or someone like a criminal…?
“How much is this?”
The price that came from the staff member’s mouth was astronomical.
‘It’s too expensive for a single-use item….’
But it was an item that any investigator couldn’t help but covet.
I was contemplating for a moment.
Splat. Squelch. Squelch.
An odd sensation spread across my right leg.
Looking down in alarm, a jade-green Slime was clinging to my leg.
“Squeak?”
“Ugh! Why is this creature here again! Alex! It escaped from us again!”
The employee who saw this called out to another staff member in a flustered panic.
I peeled the Slime off my leg and looked at its face. The moment the Slime saw me—
“Blech…”
It vomited slightly. A yellowish-green liquid splattered onto my clothes.
And then my clothes began to dissolve.
Quite the offensive power for such a cute face.
‘Now that I think about it, the VIP shop was selling pet monsters too.’
“I’m so sorry, sir! I can’t believe we damaged your precious clothes! Are you alright?”
“Well…”
I watched as the employee named Alex quickly took the Slime from my hands and stood at a distance, lecturing it about how “this is why you get abandoned,” but I understood why it had come back.
The Slime in Alex’s hands looked quite sad.
I’m sorry. But I understand why you came back too.
“We’re terribly sorry. We’ll provide these earphones to you at a special discount price.”
Oh?
I was surprised by this unexpected fortune, but I smiled broadly without showing it.
I’m rich… I’m rich…
Did I just spend 100 million won?
“…Please be more careful going forward.”
I acted like a cheapskate and made a show of brushing off the t-shirt I’d received through Ro×Delivery.
“Of course. We’re truly sorry. If there’s anything else you’d like…”
“I heard you can also obtain custom-made equipment here?”
The employee’s eyes widened at those words.
They even seemed a bit flustered.
“Ah, so you didn’t just come here by chance? You can tell me. Are you perhaps from the Geumho-dong area…”
Geumho-dong? What are they talking about?
I pondered for a moment, then smiled and brought my finger to my lips.
“Shh. Knowing more than that gets you hurt.”
“…!”
The employee’s eyes widened.
I didn’t know what they were thinking, but in a place where anonymity was guaranteed, I didn’t need to worry much about the aftermath of whatever misunderstanding they had about me.
Either way, the employee had already begun treating me as someone important and readily explained custom-made equipment to me.
“Custom-made equipment, as you know, can only be used by the person it’s been inscribed for. Such equipment can only be crafted through the special touch of a Craftsman, and naturally, they’re tools that maximize one’s abilities. However…”
“It costs quite a lot, doesn’t it?”
“Yes. It starts from 30,000 Gold.”
30,000 Gold.
3 billion won.
It was an amount that made me swallow hard, but I…
I’m rich!
I hypnotized myself and spoke.
“Could I meet the Craftsman first?”
The employee hesitated for a moment before handing me a key.
“Take this and go to the room at the end of the hallway. You should be able to meet the Craftsman there.”

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I was walking down the hallway.
Strange sounds kept following my footsteps.
Splat. Squelch. Splat. Squelch.
…I turned around and apprehended the culprit.
“Kyuu…!”
This creature.
I discovered the Slime that had been grabbed by the scruff earlier was clinging to my shoe heel, and I lifted it up.
The Slime glistened and made a pitiful face.
“Kyuuu….”
I heard employees talking in the distance behind me.
“Where did that Slime go again?”
“That abandoned one? I heard they were going to turn that thing into Slime juice and sell it, but it seems to have disappeared?”
Slime juice, they said.
I looked at the creature, which seemed to know its own fate, clinging tightly to my hand with a sad expression.
My nose is three feet long right now….
I reattached the creature to my shoe heel and said.
“You need to stay quiet, understood?”
“Kyuu kyuu!”
It answered as if confident…. But honestly, I don’t trust it one bit.
For now, I needed to focus more on meeting this Craftsman.
The reason I spent 100 million won on a water gun was right behind this door.
I inserted the key I had received into the golden keyhole of the pitch-black door.
Then I turned it, and the door opened.
“Kyuu….”
I heard a sound from the creature that said it would stay quiet.
I understood why it made such a sound.
Inside the door was a large room displaying various weapons alongside bizarre lighting and strange objects like a moving sofa.
But the most peculiar thing in that room was….
A young boy moving incredibly fast between those objects.
“I’m missing a component…. This component should fit here… but the calculations don’t match! This won’t do! This isn’t perfect! The Director will hate it! The Director loves me because I’m perfect…!”
A young boy wearing glasses so thick his eyes looked like dots, his hair disheveled, ceaselessly writing something and touching objects.
I called out the young boy’s name.
“Kang Il-yeon.”
The moment he heard that name.
The young boy’s movements came to a halt.
He turned to face me with a jerky, mechanical motion, like a creaking robot.
I furrowed my brow at the light glowing above the young boy’s head.
The young boy approached me and slowly removed his glasses.
“You….”
The young boy’s revealed face was not unfamiliar to me.
‘Sun and Moon.’
Kang Won-yeon and Kang Il-yeon.
Like the sun and moon, their relationship was not good, but these brothers bound by blood were each other’s weakness.
“Hello. You really don’t resemble Won-yeon at all.”
I smiled brightly at Won-yeon’s weakness and spoke.

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