The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 170

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 170
People usually call this kind of situation by a specific name.
A complete and utter mess.
“How… how did you figure it out?”
In response to my question, Pee So-won casually crushed the Gamer—the protagonist of this world—beneath her feet as she spoke.
“I guessed.”
“What?”
That was the moment my face twisted in disbelief.
Pee So-won finally lifted her foot off Choi Woo-jin.
Choi Woo-jin lay sprawled out, coughing.
Even with an S-rank body, it would hurt if an A-rank pressed down with full force.
But he didn’t resist at all…
‘He really is insane.’
Anyway!
How could she pinpoint the answer so precisely?
With guessing skills like that, she could’ve gotten into Seoul National University without studying!
“Spiders.”
“Pardon?”
“Those spiders that guy releases. They kept circling around you. But then, starting at some point, they began circling around me too. That timing was roughly…”
Pee So-won looked at Choi Woo-jin.
“Right after he joined the Special Team.”
Choi Woo-jin sat up halfway, shaking his head with a laugh.
“Wow. You’re only sharp at times like this. When interrogating criminals, your instincts are terrible.”
“Want another beating?”
A madman and a psychopath fighting.
I had no desire to get involved.
“So I kept an eye on the Special Team members. Among them, Choi Woo-jin seemed the most suspicious. A third-generation guild heir deliberately joining the Special Team—there are only two obvious reasons for that.”
Pee So-won glared at Choi Woo-jin as she spoke.
“Either your grandfather gave you a special order, or you have some personal information you want to extract.”
“W-wait, then that’s not my fault! You figured it out without any help from me!”
I looked at Choi Woo-jin while making my case for my own innocence.
Choi Woo-jin then stood up, looking exasperated.
“Is that what matters right now? You just held a needle to my throat and threatened me a moment ago.”
“Ah… that was…”
I bit my lip.
“Well. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t attack civilians.”
“…?”
Choi Woo-jin looked at me with an expression of disbelief.
“Am I a civilian?”
“Wait, I think my head’s gotten confused. Your parents’ deaths weren’t your fault either.”
I spoke calmly.
A moment ago, I truly wasn’t in my right mind.
I still harbored anger toward this world’s protagonist, but that anger was ultimately directed at ‘this world’ that created ‘this world’s protagonist.’
Choi Woo-jin is this world’s protagonist, but he’s also just….
‘He’s also Choi Woo-jin.’
Regardless of whether that bastard is insane.
Just as I’m both a nameless extra and Lee Yu-ji.
I couldn’t forget that.
Choi Woo-jin’s eyes widened.
His expression twisted.
“Why isn’t it my fault?”
What are you talking about?
“Did you buy some strange item to kill our parents? Or did you slip money to the Hunter Management Office? Or are you Choi Jun-gu?”
I spoke as if exasperated, clicking my tongue.
“There are bad people out there, so why are we doing this to each other?”
I shook my head firmly.
“You weren’t even sixteen back then? You didn’t even know the details of what happened…”
This was even before his regression.
Choi Woo-jin’s regression timeline came after that.
“If Father was trying to pass something on to you before he died, there must have been a reason for it. He probably thought it could help you somehow. Same with Mother.”
Our parents were that kind of people.
I had no intention of blaming a mere sixteen-year-old for our parents’ judgment and its tragic consequences.
That would be desecrating our parents’ memory.
They died while working according to their own sense of duty.
It wasn’t a death caused by Choi Woo-jin.
But if there was something strange—
‘She didn’t even say something like “please take care of him.” She just told him my name.’
Why did Mother tell Choi Woo-jin my name?
Was she worried her body might disappear?
No matter how capable Choi Jun-gu was, he couldn’t make a dead sergeant’s body vanish in the middle of downtown.
Rather, because the accident happened in the middle of downtown, everyone recognized that the possibility of manipulation was low.
So why did she specifically tell that child my name?
And the words she left behind were also strange.
‘You’ll recognize him at a glance. He has kind eyes.’
Why would she say something like that….
“I hate being kind.”
Choi Woo-jin looked at me quietly.
“Is that something to brag about?”
I looked at him with a puzzled expression.
“So you’re saying being bad is better then, what?”
As I stood there bewildered, Choi Woo-jin was about to speak again when Pee So-won cut in between us.
“What is this? I keep hearing things I don’t understand— let’s talk about something I actually know from now on, yeah?”
Pee So-won’s expression turned menacing as she glared at Choi Woo-jin, me, and Kwon Ik-seong in turn.
Upon hearing her words, Kwon Ik-seong walked toward the door and locked it with a click.
“First, let’s have a meal.”
That damn food again, food!
No, wait…
Once we eat—
A Quest rolls in, doesn’t it?
When else would all four of us gather like this!
“You don’t look ready to eat right now…”
It was the moment Pee So-won spoke with a hollow laugh.
I clutched my stomach and spoke.
“Oh, my stomach… Everyone brings melons instead of food, not a single meal…”
I pointed to the melons placed on the table in front of the two of them.
“My younger sibling only peeled apples for me…”
“Hey.”
“My stomach is killing me. I’ve been starving for 24 hours…”
“You went 24 hours without eating?”
Pee So-won furrowed her brow.
“Yes! Because I was sleeping!”
As I answered cheerfully, Pee So-won raised her fist as if she wanted to flick my forehead, then lowered it.
She glared at Choi Woo-jin and spoke.
“Youngest.”
“…”
“Order black bean noodles.”
I quietly added.
“And kung pao chicken for me.”
Silence settled among the three of us.
In the midst of it, Choi Woo-jin spoke as if exasperated.
“Why do I have to order?”
When Choi Woo-jin asked, Pee So-won answered.
“Because you’re the richest one here, you bastard.”
Oh. That makes sense.
Everyone was convinced.
Choi Woo-jin ordered the black bean noodles.

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With steaming Chinese food laid before us, Pee So-won, Choi Woo-jin, Kwon Ik-seong, and I all hesitated to pick up our chopsticks.
‘This is a game of reading the room.’
Just eat already, you bastards.
I reached for my chopsticks first to encourage the three of them to start eating—
“So you’re saying Choi Jun-gu was involved in Team Leader Han’s death? Not just Cha Jeon-hyeok, but the Hunter Management Bureau Chief too?”
Pee So-won spoke coldly.
I put my chopsticks back down.
How could I swallow with this hanging over my head?
“And you found out about it at sixteen when you got a call about Lee Yu-ji’s parents and went to the crime scene, where you saw the Hunter Management Bureau Chief.”
Choi Woo-jin raised an eyebrow as he responded.
“Yeah.”
“Short on words?”
“It’s not that I don’t talk much. I might actually have more life experience than you.”
Choi Woo-jin laughed.
…That’s fair.
He has lived longer since he’s a regressor.
Though not longer than me, a possession user.
By that logic, isn’t Ik-seong actually the youngest here?
“So what are we doing from here on? Yulia Kim won’t say a word and keeps demanding we find her a lawyer, and we don’t even know where the ledger from her dealings with Choi Jun-gu is?”
Choi Woo-jin glanced at me as he spoke.
“There’s a way, though. Our investigator Lee Yu-ji. The possession ability user.”
“A possession ability user?”
Pee So-won furrowed her brow.
Damn that mouth.
I wanted to kill Choi Woo-jin, but since we’d each exposed one of each other’s secrets, I decided to let it slide.
“I do have a possession skill, but…”
“A possession skill? Is that how you possessed that crazy guy?”
Pee So-won seemed taken aback, as if she hadn’t known that part.
“Possession, not control?”
“No, but! That doesn’t mean I can possess Yulia Kim and find the ledger. When I possess someone, I can’t access their memories or anything like that. I can only use their body and skills—”
Body and skills.
Right.
That’s normally how it works, so why did memories transfer when I possessed that guy?
‘…What was that about?’
A small question arose now, but I couldn’t bring it up here.
That’s when it happened.
Choi Woo-jin shrugged as he spoke.
“Why do you need to access memories? Just control Yulia Kim’s body. Have her say Choi Jun-gu bought items from Cha Jeon-hyeok. That’s all.”
Wow. Brilliantly terrible, isn’t it?
But since Choi Jun-gu is even more of a scumbag, I was somewhat tempted—
“That’s a false confession. It violates the ethical code of an investigator.”
The moment I thought that, Kwon Ik-seong opened his mouth.
Then Choi Woo-jin let out a soft laugh and replied.
“Ethical code? Oh. I colluded with a major criminal like myself, went to rescue Investigator Lee Yu-ji, hid my identity, concealed Investigator Lee Yu-ji’s re-awakening, and above all—”
“….”
“How can you speak of ethics when you harbor improper feelings toward a fellow investigator?”
At those words, I swallowed hard.
Wait… could it be… Did Ik-seong just say he has feelings for me…?
I quickly interjected to clear up the misunderstanding—
“Those feelings don’t necessarily mean anything improper…!”
“I’m the one who has violated the ethical code so far, and you’re the one trying to make Investigator Lee Yu-ji violate it now.”
Ik-seong’s response was without hesitation.
“I have no intention of asking my colleague to do such a thing.”

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