The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 137

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 137
When Pee So-won met me at City Hall, she greeted me, Kang Si-bang, and Officer Oh with an expression that screamed she wanted to flick my forehead right then and there.
Then came my hastily fabricated summary of events.
So basically—
1. Kang Si-bang suddenly started communicating with the trees, and then the trees beat up the Goblins.
2. Kang Si-bang told us the trees were on our side.
3. Officer Oh wasn’t knocked unconscious by me beating him—he was swallowed by Kang Si-bang and passed out that way.
Hearing this, she showed an expression of complete disbelief about everything except point three.
“Ha ha…”
“Is this bastard dead or what?”
Pee So-won placed her finger under Officer Oh’s nose as he still lay unconscious on the floor and grimaced.
“He’s alive.”
…She seemed disappointed he was alive.
“So Kang Si-bang summoned the Druids?”
“Well… um… I suppose that’s because Kang Si-bang is the Great King Slime, after all?”
“How wonderful that the Hunters Bureau is cooperating with a Slime.”
Kang Han-geul chuckled beside me.
His face bore several minor wounds, but it seemed that simple injuries that didn’t involve actual loss of body parts wouldn’t heal.
‘Then I should just beat him until he’s bruised and scraped up.’
I made a mental note of this.
For some reason, I had a feeling I’d want to hit this guy again in the future.
“Surely you’re aware that Special Forces can’t be excluded from summoning investigation?”
Pee So-won said, glaring at Kang Han-geul.
“What would you investigate me with? Undercover investigation? I heard your side did that too?”
Kang Han-geul looked at Pee So-won as if he couldn’t believe what he was hearing.
She ground her teeth, but that wasn’t the important part.
“Anyway, there were no civilian casualties, right?”
I asked Kang Han-geul.
At my question, Kang Han-geul looked at the Jeong-an Mayor and asked him.
“Have you received any casualty reports?”
The elderly Mayor looked quite flustered and nudged the aide beside him.
The aide, who had been fielding calls non-stop, came to his senses and spoke to the Mayor.
“Ah, not yet.”
For reference, we were currently in the Mayor’s office.
The reason was simple—Jeong-an City had become a specially managed zone due to Special Forces deployment, and the control tower overseeing it was in the capital… in short—
‘It’s Baek Hee-ryeong.’
And the commander directly under her was Kang Han-geul standing before us.
To put it simply, Kang Han-geul was effectively acting as the Mayor right now.
The Jeong-an Mayor was merely fumbling through his first major accident.
‘One wrong move here and I lose my head.’
With a major disaster like this, one misstep and I’d become the perfect scapegoat for everything.
And worse—
‘Oh, Inspector Lee Yu-ji? Ha, how wonderful to… I mean, not wonderful given the gravity of the situation! My apologies! Please, come this way. Our Dungeon Management Division is quite… well, it’s functioning smoothly.’
The mayor stammered nervously the moment he saw me.
It was probably because I’d become famous for arresting the Incheon mayor before.
His treatment of me was exceptionally respectful.
‘Not a bad feeling, actually.’
I’d always felt like a servant in a noble’s household, constantly walking on eggshells around local government officials. But this? I could get used to this.
Jeong-an City’s Dungeon Management Division was indeed as pleasant as he claimed.
What I mean is—
‘It was being run by a single officer.’
It made sense.
Jeong-an City wasn’t a place where large dungeons frequently appeared, nor did it have many dungeon gates.
Because of this, there was no need to staff the Dungeon Management Division heavily.
A small municipality like this probably didn’t have much tax revenue either.
So the mayor, feeling guilty, cooperated with us enthusiastically, and Kang Han-geul quickly took control of Jeong-an City’s security.
He deployed the soldiers and guild members who’d come to support us strategically and eliminated the Goblins.
Of course, the guild members deployed weren’t from Hanseong or Daeyoung.
The Hanseong sub-guild master wouldn’t get credit to escape with, and Choi Jun-gu wouldn’t become a hero.
‘Hanseong and Daeyoung should be excluded from the support. There’s concern that Association-related personnel might destroy evidence.’
The reason my suggestion worked was simple.
‘There are other guilds nearby anyway, and with the Druids’ appearance, many Goblins have already been eliminated, so we can manage with current personnel. Most residents have also gathered in shelters.’
There were no casualties.
Not only did no A-Rank Monster appear, but thanks to the Druids, almost all the Goblins that emerged early on were captured.
Furthermore, thanks to the latest technology, smartphones, and the Gamer’s activities, even people living in remote areas and villages had evacuated.
In short, for an A-Rank Gate occurrence, there were virtually no civilian casualties.
Of course, soldiers and Hunters were still deployed since we couldn’t completely eliminate all remaining monsters.
‘We made it through this time.’
Nearly a hundred lives.
I felt a heaviness settle in my chest.
Lee Yu-gyeom
(Video)
Where are you? Are you hurt? Why aren’t you answering your phone?
You read it. Finally read it. Did you get a job at a broadcasting station instead of the Hunters Bureau? Are you risking your life for laughs now?
…was a feeling that didn’t last long.
Because along with Lee Yu-gyeom’s barrage of nagging came this video.
Taekwondo Girl L Riding on a Slime
Seriously.
Don’t do this.

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And at that very moment.
In the National Crisis Management Center beneath the Blue House, where the Large Gate Disaster Control Tower had been established.
Captain Hong sat among the ministerial-level officials watching the monitors.
Beside the Hunter Management Bureau Chief.
Various screens were flowing across the central monitor, and among them was Lee Yu-ji’s ‘that video’.
“This is footage discovered on social media. As you can see, the Druids are….”
The video analyst paused mid-sentence and let out a brief cough.
Others in the room did the same.
The reason was in the video itself.
Lee Yu-ji in the footage was riding atop a Slime across a road that was cracking apart, bouncing around wildly.
And each time she did—
[This f***ing Kang Si-bang!]
Her shout came through with crystal clarity.
Of course, Lee Yu-ji had actually shouted “Kang Si-bang,” but the “Kang” part didn’t come through clearly, so everyone interpreted it as profanity—
“Pfft….”
As a result, the Minister of the Interior and Safety couldn’t suppress his laughter in this solemn setting and let out a deflating sound.
He quickly glanced at the President seated in the center.
Baek Hee-ryeong.
Though she projected an image of a warrior as a politician, when she actually presided over meetings, she became a cold-blooded analyst without a single flaw, and she didn’t even crack a smile while everyone else struggled to contain their laughter.
“So that’s Officer Lee Yu-ji?”
She simply asked in a low, clear voice.
At the President’s words, all eyes turned toward Captain Hong.
Captain Hong.
The very same Hunter Investigation Unit Captain Hong, who wouldn’t normally be present at an ordinary Gate incident and had only ever taken criticism until recently.
Even the legendary Hong answered Baek Hee-ryeong with a slightly tense expression.
“Yes.”
His mind was somewhat complicated.
He hadn’t found it funny even when Lee Yu-ji was bouncing around like that.
He’d sent her in for undercover investigation, yet she’d defeated an A-Rank Monster and simultaneously opened a Gate.
‘Of course, these bastards didn’t open it.’
He never expected the dungeon to have such structural issues.
This was all the fault of the Hunter Association, but if they couldn’t identify the responsible parties clearly during the investigation, the undercover officers might end up taking the fall.
‘At least there are no casualties….’
The only injury report was of a village chief who, in his excessive enthusiasm, had tripped while evacuating the grandmothers and scraped his forehead.
But if the President were to—
‘She might discipline the officer based on public opinion to reduce political risk.’
It was the fate of a civil servant to become a disposable pawn due to superiors, even after doing good work.
It was while Hong was preparing answers to every question Baek Hee-ryeong might ask about Lee Yu-ji for this very reason.
Baek Hee-ryeong opened her mouth and asked her first question.
“Are you alive?”
“Pardon?”
“I asked if you’re alive. You, investigator.”
Baek Hee-ryeong spoke thus, her gaze fixed on Captain Hong. In that moment, he clenched his teeth.
He too had momentarily forgotten.
That civil servants were human beings.
He thought he tried to remember it each time, convinced himself he made the effort to remember—yet he forgot again.
Captain Hong slowly opened his jaw, the tendons of his neck becoming visible as he spoke.
“I am unharmed.”

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