The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 174

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 174

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The Hunter Management Bureau Chief stood in the shade of a tree in the parking lot beneath the National Assembly, chain-smoking through an official vehicle.
“Keep your eyes open. Make sure there are no reporters coming in or out.”
He ordered Ji Won-gil to keep watch.
“There aren’t any, sir.”
Ji Won-gil answered with an enigmatic expression.
“You… Am I amusing to you?”
“….”
Ji Won-gil did not respond.
Watching him, the Chief’s expression twisted.
‘The bastard can’t tell a lie!’
Having observed Officer Ji Won-gil up close recently, I had come to realize something.
Officer Ji Won-gil was truly competent, diligent, and meticulous about following civil service protocols….
‘Yet he subtly refuses to obey orders!’
His mind worked so sharply that there was no way to call him out on it.
“Once you become a superior, you’ll see if things go your way.”
“I imagine it must be difficult, sir.”
“You…!”
Look at him now.
He makes it impossible to scold him!
As the Chief seethed, Ji Won-gil extended a tablet PC.
“This is the Hunter Management Office budget status you mentioned last time. I prepared it since it seemed you’d need it for today’s hearing. I’ve organized it neatly by category and separated the budget allocations.”
“Uh… uh… yes….”
The moment budget was mentioned, the Chief quickly withdrew his glare and seized the tablet.
As expected, Ji Won-gil had aligned the numbers perfectly.
With the media in an uproar over this controversy, questions about mismanagement at the Hunter Management Office had surfaced.
There were allegations that when the Hunter Management Office established a support team, they had purchased expensive, unnecessary equipment—
In fact, it wasn’t merely an allegation.
The equipment had been purchased from vendors designated by Choi Jun-gu under the Chief’s direct orders.
However, on paper, it was entirely possible to make it appear without issue.
The equipment wasn’t entirely unnecessary, and they had only purchased it at prices ‘slightly’ above market rate.
If anything, the real problem was that it sat unused in storage, bleeding maintenance costs—
“I’ve combined the equipment management line items with other categories.”
By making the ledgers so that specific equipment maintenance costs couldn’t be isolated, it looked so clean!
The Chief smiled contentedly as he looked at Ji Won-gil.
“Officer Ji?”
“Yes, sir?”
“Have I ever told you how exceptionally competent you are?”
“Ah… Thank you.”
Watching the Chief’s warm smile, Ji Won-gil maintained his composure as best he could.
In the meantime, the Chief stubbed out his cigarette and spoke.
Now only one problem remained.
Kim Hyun-jae.
His own son.
His son wasn’t actually a special-track candidate for the Daeyang Guild’s Equipment Management Team.
His son was a combat-track awakener.
An E-rank one at that.
Yet his son’s awakening assessment form had been manipulated by the Hunter Association, which is how he’d gotten into the Daeyang Guild’s Equipment Management Team.
The fortunate part was that the Hunter Association still managed awakeners, and since awakening assessment forms were sensitive information, they couldn’t circulate outside without legitimate reason.
‘So, don’t think unnecessary thoughts, okay? Just sit still, Chief. Understood?’
The Chief recalled Choi Jun-gu’s cold voice coming through the receiver and nervously tapped his fingers.
There was nothing to worry about.
That man was someone who handled things decisively.
Even if the President stepped in, he wasn’t someone who could be touched.
He suppressed his anxiety and gestured to Ji Won-gil with his chin.
Then Ji Won-gil opened the car door.
The Chief settled into the back seat. It was time to head in front of the National Assembly and stand on the photo line.
That was when it happened.
“Hello there?”
The Chief discovered Lee Yu-ji already sitting right beside him.
“What are you doing? How did you get here?”
At the Chief’s words, Lee Yu-ji grinned and answered.
“I took the bus…?”
“Are you joking?”
“I’m serious though?”
“Hey, enough! I have a headache right now, so get out!”
It was the moment the Chief tried to grab Lee Yu-ji by the collar.
Lee Yu-ji grabbed the Chief’s hand and spoke.
The Chief couldn’t shake off Lee Yu-ji’s hand.
Her grip strength was far too powerful.
Though he knew the strength of ordinary hunters, this level of grip strength didn’t feel like F-rank at all.
“You’re the one who manipulated the rank, aren’t you? Ow, ow!”
“No, I’m not. You must be in pain, so let’s finish this quickly. Really, my bones are going to break!”
At Lee Yu-ji’s urgent voice, the Chief’s face contorted.
Then you should just let go!
“W-what do you have to tell me!”
“We actually collected all the evidence of your son’s hiring irregularities beforehand.”
“What?”
At those words, the Chief’s eyes widened in shock.
But he quickly feigned composure and spoke.
‘He could be carrying a recorder and bluffing.’
He was the type whose cunning only activated in moments like these.
“W-what are you talking about? My son got hired at Daeyang Guild without any special favors—ow! It hurts! It hurts!”
“Oh, I’m sorry. When you lie like that without thinking, I can’t help but apply pressure.”
Lee Yu-ji released the Chief’s wrist with a calm expression.
The Chief clutched his wrist and grimaced.
“Officer Ji!”
He tried to open the car door to call out to Ji Won-gil, but it was locked.
Beyond the dark tint, Officer Ji Won-gil was walking toward the far end of the parking lot.
“W-what? Are you two in on this together? This is illegal unlawful confinement!”
“The illegal part is what you did. I’m just giving you a warning, Chief.”
Lee Yu-ji’s eyes suddenly turned serious.
“The truth will definitely come to light. And when it does, you’ll decide whether you fall together with Choi Jun-gu or take the fall alone.”
As she said this, she curled up the corners of her mouth in a smile.
Watching her, cold sweat dripped down the Chief’s back.
“What… you… you’ve been playing dumb this whole time…”
“Me? Why would I be dumb! That’s unfair!”
Lee Yu-ji had already returned to that familiar vacant expression and laughed.
“Well then, good luck with the hearing! Fighting!”
Lee Yu-ji, her fist clenched in encouragement, placed her hand on the car door.
“But remember this well. If the Hunter Association gets raided, do you think they’ll let Choi Jun-gu escape? Will Kim Jae-sul just sit idle? Those guys can fabricate ledgers in a heartbeat.”
At those words, the Chief’s face went rigid.
When Lee Yu-ji placed her hand on the car door, it opened.
As if it had been waiting.
As the door opened and a cool breeze swept in, the Chief called out to his driver at the far end of the parking lot with a deathly pale face.
“Park! Driver Park! Over here! Right now!”
Hearing the Chief’s shout, Lee Yu-ji continued walking without stopping.
Toward the back of the building where only a sliver of the parking lot was visible, at the edge of the National Assembly grounds.
Ji Won-gil was standing there.
“Thank you.”
At Lee Yu-ji’s words, Ji Won-gil spoke with an expressionless face.
“I’m thinking of it as paying off a life debt in installments.”
As he said this, Ji Won-gil placed the tablet PC into his bag.
“I’ve already transmitted the files, so check them.”
“Is it okay to leak internal documents like this?”
When Lee Yu-ji asked with concern, Ji Won-gil shrugged.
“Informants don’t face punishment. I’ve studied the law a bit.”
“What if you did face punishment?”
“Still, I would’ve done it anyway. I’ve studied law a bit, you know.”
“…What….”
Lee Yu-ji looked back in disbelief.
Watching the Chief’s fury, Ji Won-gil smiled faintly.
‘Seems like he’s been through quite a lot with his superior.’
As a fellow civil servant, Lee Yu-ji found herself sympathizing considerably as she gazed at Ji Won-gil’s smile.
Ji Won-gil spoke.
“I’m going to make my escape. That guy’s incredibly annoying. Want to come with me?”
Lee Yu-ji shook her head.
“I still have work to do.”
At those words, Ji Won-gil nodded and walked toward his car parked across the way.
In the meantime, Lee Yu-ji watched the Chief, furious as he was, scraping his driver’s shin.
The driver held out a pouch of herbal medicine to the huffing Chief.
“P-please calm down, sir. Your wife gave me this….”
“Damn it! What kind of mess is this before I even stand on the photo line…!”
Even as he said this, the Chief accepted the herbal medicine the driver offered and gulped it down eagerly.
Watching this, Lee Yu-ji nodded.
“Well…. You should take care of yourself.”
And then something fell with a thud from atop the National Assembly steps.
An empty syringe.
As Lee Yu-ji looked up, Imalra was holding a note.
My hands feel empty. I wish I had gloves.
Imalra was, by the way, the name I had given to “Hand.”
And I—
“Turn on X-fargo.”
I still mispronounced Russian.
Still, it was fortunate that we could communicate somehow.
Thanks to Ji Won-gil’s discovery, our Imalra had injected the mushroom extract perfectly into the Chief’s herbal medicine pouch.

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