The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 131

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 131
“What are you talking about?”
Kang Han-geul furrowed his brow.
“Ha Dae-ri. If the director finds out about this overstepping, he’ll be furious.”
“Understood.”
I nodded.
As expected, the network built over such a long time wouldn’t reveal its identity so easily.
I pretended to rummage through my pocket while striking Kang Han-geul’s shoulder with a back kick.
Besides, even with my low stats as a hunter, a few attacks wouldn’t seriously injure Kang Han-geul.
I was aiming specifically for his left hand.
The moment the crossbow fell from Kang Han-geul’s hand, I immediately restrained his free left hand with handcuffs.
As his hands were bound, Kang Han-geul clenched his teeth and glared at me.
“Ha Dae-ri….”
“Should I arrest you then? Actually, just the illegal guild dealings alone would let me take you to the Hunter Management Office right now.”
“That’s….”
I pulled out a wave detector from my pocket.
A different wave detector from the Hunter Association’s.
In other words, an unmanipulated one.
It was what Captain Hong had given me.
‘You’re closer to the team leader line than Pee So-won or Kwon Ik-seong. So the probability of you carrying a wave detector is high. Gather as much evidence as you can. Even if we can’t catch proof that the wave detector was manipulated, if you keep carrying our wave detector and demonstrate that there was an anomaly with the Hunter Association’s detector, we can at least apply charges of breach of duty, right?’
After that, we’d round up those who planted the charges and extract all the evidence.
Well, that was the plan.
Could Team Leader Kang not have heard of this plan?
I assessed that he wouldn’t have heard it.
The reason was—
‘Kang Han-geul is a government man.’
It was because of the top-secret information Choi Woo-jin had leaked to me.
Choi Woo-jin had given me not just the information that Kang Han-geul was a government spy, but more than that.
‘The government probably has a different plan from the Hunter Management Office. They’d rather expose a major scandal at the Association and absorb its role into the Hunter Management Office. Baek Hee-ryeong… she’s more interested in changing the structure through the sacrifice of one or two people.’
If Choi Woo-jin said this, it meant he knew more about Baek Hee-ryeong.
I couldn’t ask further, but I judged that Choi Woo-jin’s words would be correct.
Baek Hee-ryeong had planted Kang Han-geul to wait for the “moment,” and this dispatch from the Hunter Management Office was a small stepping stone toward that “moment.”
What could that be.
And why had I gotten involved in that plan?
Thinking such thoughts, I probed Choi Woo-jin with my words.
‘You hate your grandfather anyway. So wouldn’t you consider working with Baek Hee-ryeong? An informant of your caliber would probably appeal to her.’
‘Well. People of the same kind naturally despise each other.’
Evil confronts evil.
The means are not chosen to achieve righteous goals.
In that sense, perhaps they were similar.
‘And honestly, it’s boring. This whole legal justice thing.’
Was he really saying that in front of a civil servant?
In front of an investigator, no less?
But Choi Woo-jin spoke as if he didn’t care much.
‘Look, this situation is already complicated enough. Do I really need to get involved? I don’t even know exactly why Baek Hee-ryeong is turning a blind eye to this. I don’t know why she’s not helping even though she knows the Subspace Investigation Unit is moving. I don’t know if she’s sympathetic to them or if she wants to use them. Baek Hee-ryeong is uncontrollable.’
Choi Woo-jin’s words were subtle.
Uncontrollable?
That was like—
‘Choi Woo-jin can’t properly monitor Baek Hee-ryeong.’
Despite having eyes and ears everywhere, there was one person he didn’t know well—Baek Hee-ryeong.
And the fact that information about Baek Hee-ryeong was limited meant—
‘There wasn’t much information about her even before the regression.’
Either way, it didn’t matter.
What mattered to me was capturing Choi Se-a and surviving.
And at the same time, ensuring the people of this city survived as well.
“Wouldn’t it be more problematic if your identity is exposed there? If you cooperate with me, I can keep you living a comfortable life going forward.”
I spoke to Kang Han-geul while removing the ring I’d been wearing on my hand.
Then my face was revealed.
To gain trust, I had to give trust first.
“So it’s you.”
Yes, I’m the one who beat up that terrorist….
“The Taekwondo Girl.”
Ugh.
“The one who put on a dobok and performed in front of the Subspace Investigation Unit.”
“…That wasn’t something I wanted to do!”
I cried out indignantly, but Kang Han-geul just laughed helplessly.
“Man…. Getting played by the Subspace Investigation Unit. Those incompetent bastards, the worst agency in our country.”
“We’ve actually made a lot of progress, you know?”
For some reason I felt wronged, but Kang Han-geul didn’t seem to be listening to my words.
“Anyway! I’m Lee Yu-ji, an investigator with the Hunter Management Office’s Public Investigation Division.”
“Are you introducing yourself?”
“I was about to recite the Miranda rights?”
“….”
Kang Han-geul stared at me and scrunched up his face.
“Is this your actual personality? Or are you messing with me right now?”
What.
Why.
“Ah, forget it. Just hand me my crossbow. If that thing misfires here, it’ll go flying everywhere.”
“Yes….”
For some reason, I had no choice but to obey his words meekly.
And the reason for that was probably—
“I’m part of the Hunter Special Forces, and I can’t disclose my rank or position. Either way, I’m under the President’s direct command, so I’d have more seniority than you, wouldn’t I?”
Kang Han-geul held out his bound hands to me with his characteristically indifferent tone.
“I’ll take responsibility for this later, Investigator Lee Yu-ji.”
His voice, ending with that casual drawl, carried genuine sincerity beneath it.
That lazy bastard was a soldier?
No wonder I kept feeling compelled to obey his words.
Before I knew it, I’d picked up the crossbow and aimed an arrow toward the sky.
“Fine. Then let’s hear it. What do you want?”
I expected him to start by asking how I’d discovered his identity, but surprisingly, he skipped right past that and got straight to business.
Impatient fellow.
But I actually preferred it that way.
I was already operating under a time constraint as it was.
Above us, Officer Oh, Pee So-won, and Kwon Ik-seong would all be on high alert down there.
“This is a high-grade dungeon.”
“Yeah. That’s what we agreed on.”
Team Leader Kang answered flatly.
But I didn’t lose heart and continued.
“This isn’t a situation where Choi Se-a and the Han-seong Guild are colluding and skimming profits together. It’s the opposite.”
Only then did a military-like sharpness flicker across Team Leader Kang’s eyes.
“What?”
“The Han-seong Guild’s vice master and Choi Jun-gu are trying to set up both Choi Se-a and the Han-seong Guild Master.”
Was he certain of this?
Even that question was omitted.
And the reason was clear.
Team Leader Kang had sensed something suspicious himself.
Since he was embedded in headquarters through Choi Jun-gu’s faction, he must have definitely picked up on something odd about Choi Jun-gu.
“Officer Oh is in contact with the Han-seong Guild’s vice master. Whatever it is, something big is about to happen. Something the headquarters can’t contain.”
“So you’re guessing this is a high-grade dungeon based on that? There are many ways for something big to happen, Investigator Lee Yu-ji. No one can easily predict what Choi Jun-gu will set in motion.”
Kang Han-geul, who had accepted my words without a shred of doubt as if receiving orders, finally applied the brakes to my argument.
Right.
I knew this objection was coming.
If anything, it came late.
Thinking that way, I spoke to Kang Han-geul.
“Yes. I can’t know Choi Jun-gu’s true intentions. But there is a way to find out what’s inside this dungeon.”
With those words, I called out toward the seemingly empty subspace.
“Kang Si-bang. I brought the ginseng!”
“Are you seriously trying to be funny? What is this?”
It was the moment Kang Han-geul’s bewildered voice burst out.
From one corner of the space that had seemed empty, a greenish liquid oozed and dripped down.
The massive emerald liquid pooled in one spot for a moment before taking the shape of a puppy right before me, its mouth gaping wide open.
Mouth stretched wide.
I then pulled out the earpiece from my pocket and shared it with Team Leader Kang Han-geul.
That’s when Kang Si-bang’s voice came through.
[Damn it! Where’s the ginseng! Hand it over right now!]
You’ve already eaten five roots.
Now get to work, Kang Si-bang.
I thought this while flashing a smile at Kang Si-bang.
“I brought everything. So first, you need to say hello here, our good Si-bang.”
I spoke kindly enough, but my home’s Slime just kept barking.
[Damn it! Show me the ginseng first!]
Ah, have I really been deceived this whole time?
I spoke calmly while observing Team Leader Kang’s bewildered expression.
“Our pet doesn’t bite.”
The moment I said that, Kang Si-bang clamped down hard on my right hand.
“Ahhh!”
Neurotoxin made my hand tingle sharply.

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