The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 156

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 156
The first thing that caught my eye upon seeing Yulia Kim was the black eye patch.
What, is she a pirate captain?
I sat down across from Yulia Kim, who wore an eye patch over one eye, and quietly swallowed hard.
Or perhaps she simply had a stye…?
Well, surely she didn’t actually have no eye there or anything like that. Hahaha!
Yulia Kim.
With jet-black hair and a distinctly Korean appearance, she drank strong liquor and offered us a glass as well.
Then she said something in Russian.
True to her reputation as a legendary S-rank Craftsman, her presence was formidable.
Choi Se-a possessed far greater charisma, but this woman emanated something like a dark aura.
“She says to have a drink.”
The Leather Jacket Man, who had become unusually polite for some reason, translated Yulia’s words for us.
The power of 1.4 billion won was remarkable.
Of course, my teammates gave me suspicious glances, but it wasn’t really a problem.
‘I’ve accumulated performance bonuses from all this time, haven’t I?’
I could just say I’d saved every penny without spending any.
What’s flowing from my eyes right now? Not tears. Sweat. From nervousness.
Let me count again, 1.4 billion. Definitely.
“Beluga Diva? Drinking cheaper vodka than expected.”
Pee So-won picked up her glass and looked at me, Byeon Gu-do, and Ma Deok-ho.
A brief exchange of glances passed between us.
We were timing it.
Pee So-won suppresses the surroundings, pulls Yulia Kim into the Subspace, and the timing for us to escape from here.
No matter how much of an S-rank Craftsman Yulia Kim is, it would be difficult for her to overcome Pee So-won’s martial prowess immediately.
However, there was something I needed to confirm.
‘This is Yulia Kim’s workshop.’
I gazed at the interior of the Sea Dungeon, which resembled a master’s cave.
It was quite different from Kang Il-yeon’s workshop.
Il-yeon’s workshop was cluttered with all sorts of failed items, and various materials hung about, but this place was unusually clean.
‘If there’s anything noteworthy—’
Is that blood?
I deliberately averted my gaze from the blood splatters on the wall.
This looks more like a slaughterhouse than a workshop.
Regardless.
If the numerous items here were to have their seals released, our lives could be in danger as well.
No matter how much of an S-rank Craftsman she is, she wouldn’t be churning out S-rank items indiscriminately, and given that money is tight at this moment, there’s no way she’d be holding a large quantity of S-rank items, so it was best to identify the items’ existence as much as possible.
That’s when it happened.
At Pee So-won’s words, Yulia Kim chuckled and said something. In Russian.
“I have better liquor too…. Uh….”
The Leather Jacket Man stammered nervously, glancing at Yulia Kim.
“…He says that the dummy who came last time has eye orbs, and he’s offering to give them to you if you want.”
Yulia Kim chuckled and flicked a large grape in front of her with her elongated fingernail.
With just a flick, the grape burst instantly.
‘…!’
It was an item.
Finger-mounted type.
It seemed like it could even fit small bullets, but I wasn’t certain.
Pee So-won’s eyes sparkled.
She continued speaking in English.
“That looks delicious. At least it’s better than this cheap stuff, right?”
At Pee So-won’s words, I casually asked Byeon Gu-do.
“Just how much is Beluna Diamond anyway?”
“About a million won?”
I clenched my teeth, staring at the back of Pee So-won’s head.
Ugh.
‘Is she actually a chaebol when you think about it?’
With that thought, I took a gulp of vodka from the glass in front of me.
Whoa.
It was incredibly strong—
‘But delicious.’
Interesting.
That’s when it happened.
Yulia Kim pointed at me and said something.
“She says she’s seen you on YouTube.”
Yulia Kim mimicked a taekwondo punch while looking at me.
Then she observed me quietly and spoke.
“Taekwondo Girl.”
…What. She could speak Korean?
“Oh my. Hello there.”
I greeted her with that distinctive warm tone of someone who’d heard Korean spoken abroad.
Then Yulia Kim let out a hollow laugh.
“So much for being a righteous investigator and all that—you peninsula folks are hopeless. Here you are making deals with criminals like me.”
Once she got going, Korean flowed out of her smoothly.
Oh, that’s good… wait, no!
Don’t disrespect the spirit of this peninsula, you broad-minded fool!
Of course, I set aside such thoughts and smiled gently.
“Do you live off righteousness? To be honest, I can only survive by making deals with people like you, Yulia Kim. My apartment mortgage is quite substantial, you see?”
At my words, Yulia Kim’s expression became ambiguous.
“The character I saw on YouTube—it seems like it wasn’t entirely an act after all?”
“Pardon? I’m not sure what you mean.”
Ever since I burst that grape with my fingernail earlier, I’d been a bit frightened, my heart clenching with anxiety.
“Well, never mind that. Choi Jun-gu is looking for me?”
Yulia Kim downed the vodka in her glass in one gulp.
It was a sight that made one’s throat burn just watching, yet she didn’t even frown.
“He wishes to commission you for item crafting.”
As I answered, Yulia Kim rose from her seat.
A suede mustang coat—not leopard print, but something like calf leather—dragged across the floor.
What was that, a tail?
“He wasn’t satisfied with what I made for him before?”
She said this while approaching and dragging her fingernails across the sofa where I sat—scratch, scratch, scratch.
The sofa, which looked like it was made of ivory, emitted a truly unpleasant sound.
“I… I’m not sure what you mean…”
“You know what I’m talking about.”
When Yulia Kim extended her glass, the Leather Jacket Man quickly approached and refilled it.
By the way, behind the Leather Jacket Man, Kan-dol-i was already restrained by a sturdy chain.
“Something similar to what that bastard smuggled out.”
Yulia Kim pointed at Kan-dol-i.
“How many years ago was it that I made that for you?”
I watched Yulia Kim quietly for a moment, then opened my mouth.
“Four years ago.”
At my words, Yulia Kim laughed.
“Ah, yes. That. The Subspace item. The one shaped like a key.”
My eyes grew cold.
My heart suddenly raced.
It was just a shot in the dark, but she took the bait immediately.
Among the numerous pieces of evidence at the crime scene, there was nothing particularly noteworthy.
But if the lack of anything noteworthy was the point to focus on—
‘Something that wouldn’t be out of place being there.’
If it had been an item.
I hadn’t avoided imagining such a possibility.
“Making something indistinguishable from ordinary objects like that is difficult. Especially for just a million dollars.”
Yulia Kim’s voice rang in my ears.
She tilted her head as she spoke to me.
As her hair shifted, her eye patch opened slightly, revealing the red flesh beneath it.
Did she really have no eyes?
Why would a Craftsman lose her eyes?
Of course, that’s not what matters right now.
“Well then… I’ll try to request a bit more from my superior. As you know, we’re quite successful civil servants in South Korea.”
I spoke while maintaining my usual air of foolishness and laxity as much as possible.
“He even broke through that wooden plank.”
My heart wouldn’t stop racing.
Four years ago.
The man who created the item that drove my family to their deaths stood right before my eyes.
The one who crafted it and handed it over without hesitation, knowing full well it would kill someone.
“So you understand, right? The deal needs to be certain—”
“I know. You Korean bastards always honor your deals.”
That was the moment.
Yulia Kim removed her blindfold.
Beyond the loosened cloth, raw red flesh was visible.
It was a wound near the eye socket, as if a massive finger had gouged through that very spot.
And where an eyeball should have been, there was only a pitch-black void.
Absolute nothingness.
“…!”
“I became like this because of that deal, didn’t I? The bastard who knocked up my mother was Korean too. He sold us out, and everything went to hell. I lost my eye and had to make this dungeon my home. But here’s the thing?”
Yulia Kim approached me like an enraged beast, her remaining eye wide open.
The pupil in her socket seemed to devour me as she lunged forward.
‘So there was a grudge between Choi Jun-gu and Yulia Kim?’
Damn it. The source material isn’t helping at all—what’s going on!
The moment she seized my jaw.
I moved my clenched fist.
“Choi Jun-gu tried to kill me too? How dare you—me, Yulia Kim. Me, who fought against that ‘monster’ here! I knew I shouldn’t have trusted those Korean bastards! Damn it!”
I reached for the lighter in my hand.
Three seconds.
Three seconds to extinguish the flame was all I needed.
With Yulia Kim gone, Pee So-won would handle the rest—
“Do you think I’ve only seen this a couple of times? Disgusting Korean.”
And in that instant.
Yulia Kim’s hand grabbed mine.
With excruciating pain, one of my fingers burst apart.
The lighter flew away, and more blood splattered against the wall.
“Damn it!”
Pee So-won couldn’t hold back and drew her rifle in that moment.
Yulia Kim nodded toward the Leather Jacket Man.
“Open it!”
What was being opened became clear the next instant as the ground beneath our feet split open.
Black water.
Water of unknowable depth, swirling like a toilet.
We were sucked into it.

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