The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 13

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 013
My body feels like it’s melting and dripping away.
I keep wanting to lean against something, to lie down… I feel a bit drowsy too.
‘No, this won’t do!’
I need to pull myself together.
I’m being influenced by the possessed body’s consciousness again.
I probably don’t have what I’d call hands among my bodily organs, do I?
I was startled for a moment, but fortunately, as the edges of my body extended, they moved according to my thoughts.
The advantage of becoming a Great King Slime is that my body is made of gel, so I can freely reassemble it into any shape I want!
With my newly formed hands, I first embraced Lee Yu-ji’s body, who was standing there blankly.
More precisely, I pulled her into my transparent belly.
While I’m controlling my body, the slime juice shouldn’t cause her pain or anything.
‘She just won’t be able to move.’
Slime juice is originally a potent neurotoxin, after all.
Next, I hastily swallowed Choi Woo-jin, who was trying to draw his weapon.
He didn’t even manage a groan as he went into my belly.
‘I just… ate the protagonist.’
This feels very strange.
I could feel Choi Woo-jin’s final struggles inside my belly.
The poking sensation made my stomach churn like I’d eaten spoiled food, but—
Glub glub…
After churning my belly a few times, it went quiet.
‘Oh, I think I just controlled the slime’s body properly?’
It was the same when I possessed Ruru, and now too—I keep learning how to use the bodies of non-human things, and for some reason it doesn’t feel quite right…
But Choi Woo-jin is the strongest in this world, so I won’t be able to keep him paralyzed for long.
Well then, now for the last thing—
“Aaahhhhh! Don’t come near…!”
Kang Il-yeon blew a whistle and moved the golem.
The golem thrust its fist into my belly, but—
‘I’m an A-rank monster right now, after all.’
I easily deflected them and reached toward Kang Il-yeon.
“Kyuuuuung…?”
I wanted to tell him not to be afraid, but all that came out of my mouth was this sound.
I easily lifted Kang Il-yeon and pulled him into my mouth—
Gulp.
After swallowing all three of them, I retrieved the keyring hanging from Alex’s waist as he lay face-down on the ground.
A cat-shaped keyring, different in color from the one Kang Won-yeon had.
A staff keyring—a key to the Warehouse of the Sorghum Field located somewhere in Seoul.
As long as it’s not a place with a strong barrier, I can escape quickly with this drooping body, so getting out is the priority for now.
I can easily deal with any gatekeepers using my neurotoxin.
But I couldn’t use the cat keychain I had on me.
‘If I go to the Hunter Investigation Unit like this as a Slime, my identity will be exposed in an instant.’
With that thought, I activated the keychain.
When I want to escape from the Subspace and return to my original location, this is how I do it.
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I turn these eyes—
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back like this.
Ugh… my hands are sticky, so it’s not easy, but I managed to do it somehow.
As my body continued to grow larger, I felt debris from the surroundings sticking to me, so I closed my eyes.
Exiting the Subspace can make you a bit dizzy.
And when I opened my eyes—
“…?”
“Kyuuuuuu…?”
What I saw around me was a space as vast as an abandoned factory, with drums scattered here and there.
Standing in that space was a person I never could have imagined.
A composed face that rarely showed any sign of surprise.
Within it, the refined and harmonious features that I loved.
“…What….”
My insides twist.
My startled eyes tremble.
At the same time, the name tag on his broad chest trembled as well.
Hunter Investigation Team 1
Team Leader Kwon Ik-seong
…It was Ik-seong!
And the moment I recognized Ik-seong, the first thing I did was….
My insides twisted.
It felt like someone was punching my stomach.
“Kyuuuuu!”
I tried my best to hold it in, but I couldn’t.
What could be called a mouth opened, and three humans tangled with Slime juice spilled out from my belly.
“Kyuuuuuuu!”
After vomiting everything, my body felt drained of moisture and slowly began to shrink.
Perhaps I had used the Slime juice—which contained ‘neurotoxin’—too enthusiastically.
I looked at the three humans who had now grown larger than me.
The unconscious Kang Il-yeon.
Lee Yu-ji, who appeared to be unconscious as well.
And Choi Woo-jin, drenched in juice, looking up at Kwon Ik-seong with an exhausted face.
Choi Woo-jin waved his hand at Kwon Ik-seong, who was looking down at him.
“Hello. Investigator sir.”
Goodbye!

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Ham I-na, the newest investigator of Team 1.
Having been with the unit for less than a month, she arrived at the crime scene with a tense expression.
Thanks to being hired at the top of her class, she’d managed to join Team 1, the ace team, but that’s where the problems began.
The ace team’s abilities were simply extraordinary.
Especially watching Kwon Ik-seong during every meeting—how he could sketch out a crime scene with just a handful of clues, deduce the perpetrator’s actions, and issue commands was nothing short of astonishing.
Still, I thought I was keeping up reasonably well.
My direct senior had even said something like—
‘You’re catching on pretty quickly for a newbie. You’re definitely living up to the hype.’
Those words of encouragement set her passion ablaze even brighter.
She was the type who’d joined with a genuine sense of purpose.
Several guilds had tried to recruit her, but she’d turned them all down.
But—
‘Still, don’t push yourself too hard. Especially today at this illegal weapons trafficking site—there are weapons scattered everywhere, so it’s dangerous. You understand? One moment of carelessness, and you’re done.’
At the mention that she could die, a primal fear gripped her.
‘Do all of them carry this kind of fear and keep working as investigators?’
It was while she was thinking such thoughts.
Heonsu Department 57th Class Group Chat
As she accidentally opened her phone to pull up case files, she noticed the group chat was exploding with messages.
‘…?’
Without thinking, her fingers moved toward the chat.
Is this video seriously the Team 5 newbie?
The one who came in dead last in the physical fitness test?
Shouldn’t we be careful about what we say?
Doesn’t matter. They’re not in this chat. They came in at the very end and didn’t get added to the roster.
Still, let’s refrain from ranking people by last place or whatever.
Yo, an F-rank did that kind of kick against a D-rank?
Do they have twenty lives or something?
What video is this…?
She was about to scroll up to see the beginning when—
A voice called out to her from the driver’s seat, warning her to pay attention.
“Hey, newbie. Didn’t I warn you that today’s site is dangerous? We’re almost there.”
“Oh. Yes, ma’am.”
Just as she was hurriedly trying to put her phone away—
her direct senior Yeo Hyeong-se’s phone, who was sitting in the driver’s seat, rang.
It was Team Leader Kwon Ik-seong.
“Yes, Team Leader. We’re almost there anyway. Is there any dangerous situation at the scene….”
[Is there any chance a healer could come?]
At those words, Yeo Hyeong-se’s expression hardened.
Ham I-na was equally tense.
“Who was… injured?”
It was the moment Ham I-na, trembling in Yeo Hyeong-se’s voice, tensed up and reached for the revolver hanging at her waist.
A sigh escaped from Kwon Ik-seong.
Team Leader Kwon had sighed.
The shock of that fact was immense.
Team Leader Kwon Ik-seong was a man who rarely revealed his emotions.
However, what came from Team Leader Kwon Ik-seong in the next moment was unexpected.
[The youngest investigator from Team 5 has lost consciousness.]
“What? The youngest from Team 5?”
Yeo Hyeong-se’s voice pitched upward.
Why on earth would Team 5’s youngest investigator pass out at the 1st Team Deployment Site?
[Yes. And it appears… we’ve discovered a new Connected Subspace. The evidence is… pouring out, so to speak. I’ve already called the forensics team, so please have the other investigators wait at the Investigation Unit.]
And the next statement was essentially a declaration that everything was finished the moment Team 1 arrived on scene.
After hanging up, Yeo Hyeong-se spoke in a dazed voice.
“Then… isn’t the case already resolved?”

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