The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 127

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 127
“Ah, that’s something I….”
It was when Team Leader Kang Han-geul stepped forward.
Choi Woo-jin grinned and shook his head.
“Come on~ I appreciate it, but shouldn’t we do it randomly? If I take the prepared materials that the person who prepared them shows me, is that really an inspection? That’s like playing a rigged game of Go-Stop, isn’t it?”
Wasn’t that exactly what we came here to do—play a rigged game?
I looked at Choi Woo-jin with bewilderment, but he was grinning from ear to ear.
Choi Se-a spoke without the slightest change in expression.
“Woo-jin’s right. Ha Dae-ri, show Woo-jin the documents he’s asking for, and then Woo-jin, why don’t you go shopping for items with your aunt later? You’re going horseback riding next week, right? And you’ll be hunting then too? We’ve got some nice guns that came in—non-Awakened can use them too.”
Choi Se-a laughed, emphasizing the words “non-Awakened.”
The fact that Choi Woo-jin was non-Awakened had been his long-standing complex.
At least, publicly speaking.
‘In reality, he’s S-rank, so it doesn’t matter to him at all.’
Because the Choi Jun-gu family inherited abilities passed down through bloodlines, Choi Woo-jin’s existence as a non-Awakened stood out.
That’s why he was treated like an ugly duckling, and rumors even circulated that he wasn’t Choi Jun-gu’s biological son.
‘Even though it wasn’t a hundred percent pure bloodline inheritance to begin with.’
In fact, Choi Woo-jin’s father was also non-Awakened.
Yet Choi Jun-gu didn’t cast him out; instead, he pitied him.
Or so it appeared publicly.
In reality, he left Choi Woo-jin alone to hide his son’s death.
Choi Woo-jin’s father was a journalist and activist who opposed the Hunter Association, and while his colleagues kept a sharp eye on him, Choi Jun-gu couldn’t kill Choi Woo-jin.
‘Because that would create one more secret.’
But in the first life, Choi Woo-jin eventually learned all of his grandfather’s secrets that his father had uncovered and was killed.
According to the original work, the innocent Choi Woo-jin before that point held gratitude toward Choi Jun-gu.
Because his grandfather protected him when everyone treated him like an ugly duckling.
Thinking about it that way, maybe Choi Woo-jin was somewhat pitiful?
“Well, the hunting club kids are all Awakened now and go monster hunting. I’m the only one who goes rabbit hunting.”
“Really? Is rabbit hunting fun?”
“It’s alright? The island Grandfather recently bought has a lot of rabbits, so I can shoot multiple times.”
Watching Choi Woo-jin smile brightly, I swept away any thought of pity far from my mind.
The fact that it was an island his grandfather had recently purchased hit me hard with a sense of class disparity.
And that wasn’t all.
That face, as if slaughtering rabbits was fun!
‘Even if it’s an act to deceive his grandfather, it’s extremely non-mammalian.’
In any case, Ha Ye-seul found herself in a position where she had to assist Choi Woo-jin, the temporary Officer.
Choi Woo-jin requested various documents more seriously than I expected.
To the point where I wondered if he was actually conducting an investigation.
“Give me the wave measurement data from XX year through the first half of this year…. Especially for Seoul cases—they’re special investigation targets, so please provide the follow-up status of the assigned guilds.”
“You could inquire with the guild side about that….”
But of course, it wasn’t just the two of us—Officer Oh and Team Leader Kang stuck to our sides like dogs desperate for a bone.
“We should cross-reference it with the Guild’s data, shouldn’t we?”
“Ah, yes.”
Though it didn’t seem like there was much I could actually do about it.
And truthfully, there wasn’t anything I could do either.
The Hunter Association wasn’t a loose organization, so on the surface, most of the data showed no traces of Guild lobbying whatsoever.
In other words, it was purely a formality.
But why make me do this of all people?
‘Does he just want to torment me?’
With that thought, I watched Choi Woo-jin studying the documents with a serious expression.
Somewhere along the way, he’d removed his hat, sunglasses, and jacket, now dressed in jeans and a shirt.
I suppose he looked like a proper office worker.
If only he wasn’t wearing those thug-like earrings.
“Are there written records for this as well?”
For a thug, he certainly made a lot of demands, and I found myself quite busy.
Officer Oh and Team Leader Kang seemed somewhat anxious at first, but gradually lost interest.
They couldn’t leave their posts for extended periods, and besides, they seemed confident that even if Choi Woo-jin discovered something, Bureau Chief Choi Se-a would cover it up.
In the end, only I ran around in all directions, submitting the materials Choi Woo-jin requested.
Just the written documents alone filled an entire box.
A short while later.
“Oh my, I’ve taken up quite a bit of your time. Lunch hour has already passed.”
He spoke remarkably quickly.
Lunch hour was thirty minutes late!
I held back a sigh as I looked at the empty office.
“Ha ha, it’s fine. If you need anything else….”
“Ah, I need to put these documents in my car. Could you open the car door for me?”
You’re really thorough about this, aren’t you?
I gritted my teeth and forced a friendly smile.
Don’t forget.
Right now, Choi Woo-jin is the Chairman’s grandson.
“Yes! Should I carry the box as well?”
“That would be even better.”
He immediately placed the box on me.
This bastard.
Carrying the box, I held the elevator door open and unlocked the car door for him.
Annoyingly, it was a different color from the car he usually commuted in to the Heonsu Bureau.
This time it was a white sports car, with a lion roaring on the emblem.
He was driving around with several cars worth more than a decent house.
“Well then….”
I thought the task was finished and tried to turn back—
“Get in. You’ve worked hard, so let me buy you lunch.”
“Huh? Lunch break is over, so I need to get back to work…”
“Oh, I already called your aunt.”
He leaned against the car bonnet with a carefree attitude and grinned wickedly.
“Ha Dae-ri, don’t work this afternoon.”
…!
For a moment, I felt a flutter of excitement.
My pride was wounded.
“Since I have to come back here anyway this afternoon, let’s just grab a quick lunch and return, shall we?”
He winked at me and put on the sunglasses he’d been resting on top of his head.
Ugh, haha, that reckless bastard.
Even as I thought that, I politely opened the passenger door with both hands.
The car seat alone feels completely different…
It was then that I was thinking such thoughts. The engine rumbled to life with a vroom.
Soon, Choi Woo-jin turned his head to back out of the parking space.
His face drew closer to mine.
“This face is cute too.”
He grinned wickedly.
I furrowed my brow and spoke.
“Are we really going to eat?”
When I asked, Choi Woo-jin nodded as if it were obvious.
“There’s things I need to hear, and things I need to tell you, right?”
Things to hear, things to tell?
In that moment, I recalled Choi Woo-jin’s ‘trading conditions’.
[Tell me about Officer Han Seong-ye. Exactly what kind of person she was, and how she ended up marrying Detective Lee Do-young.]
That’s right.
Detective Lee Do-young.
This time, he wanted to hear about my father.

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I soon found myself seated in an upscale Chinese restaurant in Yeouido.
A chandelier hung inside the private room, and the Han River stretched out beyond the windows.
“Goodness, such an extravagant place for lunch…”
As I muttered to myself, Choi Woo-jin, who had been sipping sparkling tea served as an appetizer, let out a soft chuckle.
“It’s a place that someone as uncreative as Team Leader Kwon would never think to visit.”
What was he talking about?
“Even though we’ve eaten all sorts of menus while dating together, we’ve never had anything like this, right?”
He picked up a croquette made from minced shrimp and smiled mischievously.
“Cough, cough!”
At his words, I choked on the tea I was drinking, and Choi Woo-jin handed me a napkin.
“Be careful.”
“Let’s just talk about work.”
I barely managed to catch my breath and glared at him.
“Fine. Work. That’s good too. But I prefer to take and give in equal measure.”
I understood what he meant by that.
“You’re curious about my mother and father?”
“Yes, I am curious.”
“Why?”
No matter how much of a lifesaver he was, this was strange.
If he wanted to know something, he would have already investigated everything beforehand. So why was he asking me about it now?
As if reading my thoughts, Choi Woo-jin smiled knowingly.
“Because I’m curious about the two of them—not what appears in documents, not what one could barely imagine in writing.”
His words carried a peculiar sensation.
It was the kind of line that a protagonist from a novel who had stepped out of the pages would say.

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