The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 105

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 105

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Lee Yu-gyeom had made it a routine to head straight to the Haenimdalnim Workshop after school.
At first, Kang Il-yeon thought he was just being attentive as class representative, but once he started coming every single day, her perspective shifted somewhat.
“Do you pity me?”
“…Why would you think that?”
Lee Yu-gyeom, who had been studying in a corner, adjusted his glasses as he answered.
“I don’t have parents.”
“I don’t have parents either.”
She flinched.
Kang Il-yeon pressed her lips together tightly.
“But you have an older sister! She takes such good care of you…!”
“Her? …I’m the one taking care of her. Anyway, what else?”
Lee Yu-gyeom shook his head firmly as he spoke.
“I don’t have any special skills.”
“You craft items.”
“That’s just crafting, nothing more.”
“I only study too.”
Lee Yu-gyeom closed his book with an audible snap and stood up, saying it was time for his academy class.
“I’m registered for an academy on Wednesdays.”
“What kind of academy…?”
Someone who always maintained perfect school grades and consistently ranked in the top tier nationally on mock exams was attending an academy?
“…Math. I’m a bit weak in math. Don’t tell my sister.”
“Why?”
“I’m paying for it with part-time work. I go in early and work at a convenience store nearby to cover the academy fees.”
“…You, you could just ask your sister.”
“Is her money my money? Besides, she’s new at her job. We have a lot of debt too. My sister doesn’t want to sell the apartment we lived in with our parents.”
A few days after hearing that, Kang Il-yeon made a proposal to Lee Yu-gyeom.
“Help me with the workshop. I can’t answer phones and such. When calls come in, you answer them. You just need to take calls on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at set times.”
“Me?”
Lee Yu-gyeom furrowed his brow.
Was this customer service?
But it turned out to be something different.
“Customer service is handled entirely by chatbots. The problem is the calls with suppliers when ordering materials…. I’ll pay you more than convenience store work.”
That would certainly be far better than dealing with difficult customers while working at a convenience store.
“How much more?”
So he was inclined to accept, but Lee Yu-gyeom asked just to confirm.
However, the answer that came back—
“Would an hourly rate of about 50,000 won be appropriate?”
All sorts of thoughts began swirling through my mind.
“Let’s make it 30,000 won.”
This guy.
He had no idea how the world worked.
But Lee Yu-gyeom wasn’t particularly strong with capitalism either.
“And… an extra 50,000 won for Wednesday overtime shifts.”
Watching Kang Il-yeon beam at those words, Lee Yu-gyeom felt a twinge of conscience but held it back.
And so, today.
“What orders are we placing today?”
“Oh, Won-yeon submitted something on Tuesday, so there’s nothing much to do right now…”
Kang Il-yeon spoke quietly while looking at the computer screen.
“…Hmm…”
Then came a sigh—or perhaps a lament, it was hard to tell.
Watching that, only one thought crossed Lee Yu-gyeom’s mind.
“Why? Did your application to that Hunter Investigation Unit get rejected?”
“Oh, the manufacturing outsourcing?”
Only then did Kang Il-yeon’s face brighten.
“We got selected. We’re sending them a few items as a test for now.”
Kang Il-yeon handed Lee Yu-gyeom several handcuffs and batons.
“Now I’m making handcuffs for my sister.”
…It sounded a bit odd when he put it that way.
Thinking such thoughts, Lee Yu-gyeom glanced at the screen Kang Il-yeon had been sighing at earlier.
“But why were you sighing? Is something wrong?”
“Oh, it’s not that kind of thing…”
Saying so, Kang Il-yeon turned his monitor toward Lee Yu-gyeom.
And there was—
[Finally, that person has appeared today! The talk of the town! The person who’s spawned countless videos and screenshots. That person who’s been strangling the breath out of villain hunters lately!]
Along with Shin Gyeong-tak’s familiar voice, a person hesitantly shuffled into the filming set.
Wearing a very awkward smile on their face.
[Investigator Lee Yu-ji! And—]
Behind them came a woman with a lukewarm expression.
[Team Leader Pee So-won!]
Two panelists stood up and applauded.
The video, which appeared to be a preview for a talk show, jumped through only the entertaining parts as previews do.
[When you caught the bus terrorist, there was quite a story behind it, wasn’t there?]
[Ah. It’s not really that impressive of a story—]
But soon, a flustered expression crossed Shin Gyeong-tak’s face.
[Really? Is that even possible?]
[Haha… It was possible, you know?]
At Lee Yu-ji’s dazed response, a close-up of Shin Gyeong-tak’s surprised face was captured.
Like a seasoned broadcaster, her reactions were engaging enough to leave viewers desperately curious about what had been said.
Soon the preview transitioned to a touching moment.
[We have to save those people. That’s the reason the Hunter Investigation Bureau exists.]
After Lee Yu-ji’s rare earnest response, Pee So-won’s words followed.
[Lock up all those bastards? That kind of thinking.]
With the censored beep and the CG of birds flying from her mouth, laughter erupted.
Thanks to that, comments like these appeared in the right comment section.
Comments
-Their chemistry is insane lolololol Lee Yu-ji tries to keep it professional but the Team Leader keeps messing it up lololol
-I thought only Kwon Ik-seong was in the Hunter Investigation Unit, but there are people like this too.
-Shouldn’t the Hunter Investigation Unit release a fun content video?
└It’s the Hunter Investigation Bureau now. Get the name right.
└Hasn’t it been promoted yet? It needs to pass through Congress.
└What are you talking about? Bureau promotion can happen with presidential approval without needing Congress.
└Typical of dictator Baek. The main culprit oppressing Hunters and ruining the nation’s economy!
└Let’s stop with the politics in videos about civil servants risking their lives to protect citizens. I’m not a fan of President Baek Hee-ryeong either, but I think this was the right call.
The comment section was filled with “entertaining” and “looking forward to the Taekwondo Girl episode” about the two investigators, though scattered political discussions appeared in the replies.
But that wasn’t what mattered right now.
“Lee Yu-ji is going on a talk show?”
Lee Yu-gyeom was aware of the commotion about the Hunter Investigation Unit becoming the Hunter Investigation Bureau.
It wasn’t an event significant enough for someone who only studied to know about, but rather something he’d learned while interrogating Lee Yu-ji about her overnight absence.
‘Why didn’t you answer your phone?’
[I was sleeping after the dinner party ended…]
‘You drank.’
At Lee Yu-gyeom’s cold voice, Lee Yu-ji’s voice grew smaller.
[No, that’s…]
It was unclear who the older sibling was.
Realizing this fact, Lee Yu-ji began to protest.
[You, you try working in society! Can you survive without a shot of soju!]
‘But why are you lying?’
[Huh…?]
‘You said in a message that the Team Leader drank so you couldn’t come home because you had to drive him.’
[Me?]
Lee Yu-ji seemed to quickly scan through her messages.
Then she muttered with a deflated voice.
[I really did lie in the middle of all that.]
‘You don’t even remember?’
[No, that’s not it… My memory is just a bit fuzzy…]
‘Fine. I’m going to commute from the apartment for a while, so if the dorm supervisor calls, you make up an excuse.’
[No, that’s not it! I really had a reason to drink! Our team had something really great happen! That’s what working in society is!]
Lee Yu-ji laid out everything that had happened in an aggrieved tone.
For Lee Yu-gyeom, who barely checked his phone, much of it was hearing about these matters for the first time.
What I could gather was that the Hunter Investigation Unit had been promoted to the Hunter Investigation Bureau by presidential decree.
And that Lee Yu-ji had become a Grade 3 civil servant.
‘So you’re becoming something like an agent now?’
Was it becoming something like the National Intelligence Service?
Lee Yu-gyeom, who despite his intelligence had no sense of how the civil service worked or how society functioned in general, asked.
Wasn’t this an incredible promotion either way?
I’d heard that ordinary civil servants don’t get promoted unless time passes?
And if it’s a ‘Bureau,’ that means something like an intelligence agency, right?
[Well, it’s not really like that… I’ll probably just keep doing similar work going forward.]
Of course, Lee Yu-ji, whose circumstances were somewhat different, answered dejectedly, but today’s preview made it certain.
“It’s supposed to air at 8 tonight… It seems the preview came out today because it was scheduled so hastily….”
It was when Kang Il-yeon muttered this.
The door to the Haenimdalnim Workshop swung wide open and someone entered.
“Hey, so my sister’s appearing on GoGo Show? If anyone leaves hate comments, screenshot everything.”
It was Kang Won-yeon.
And Kang Won-yeon held up the most terrifying weapon in the workshop as he spoke.
“Find their address and we’ll take care of them.”
Lee Yu-gyeom, looking exhausted, removed his glasses and rubbed his eyelids.
Lee Yu-ji.
She hadn’t become a Grade 3 civil servant—she’d become something like a sports star.

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