The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 191

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 191

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“Please go in, Madam.”
“Thank you for your help.”
Min Bo-hee stepped out of the spa with a courteous smile on her face.
The moment she exited, the artificial smile vanished.
‘I need to manage my expressions better for a while.’
Because that old man was going through such things?
Every artificial smile Min Bo-hee wore was crafted by Choi Jun-gu.
There was a time when Min Bo-hee had used Choi Jun-gu’s wealth to cause all manner of trouble, even humiliating the Daeyang Guild’s legal team.
Choi Jun-gu, who had overlooked her antics a few times, eventually summoned her and spoke.
‘You just need to do as I say, keep your head down, and stay out of trouble. If my bloodline is all that matters, there are plenty of women I could keep by my side instead of you. Do you know why I share a bed with only you?’
‘That’s because….’
Whenever Min Bo-hee stood before Choi Jun-gu, her legs trembled uncontrollably as an unawakened person.
The marriage narrative between Min Bo-hee and Choi Jun-gu was quite dramatic.
When the Apocalypse first broke out, Min Bo-hee was twenty years old, eight years younger than Choi Jun-gu, and nearly lost her life to an ogre that burst from a Gate.
It was Choi Jun-gu who saved her. The Choi Jun-gu from roughly fifty years ago.
Because that story became known to the world, Choi Jun-gu could not abandon her.
…Or so she had thought.
Now Choi Jun-gu, with a face that looked thirty years younger than Min Bo-hee’s, gripped her chin and laughed.
‘It’s because you have nothing. You’re not even an awakened one…. You have no strength…. You have no money…. You’re a pitiful woman with nothing except what I’ve given you. That’s what I like about you. So you need to remember that well, Bo-hee.’
‘…I’ll never let this happen again….’
‘Of course this won’t happen again. Bo-hee. Smile for me.’
Choi Jun-gu grabbed the corner of Min Bo-hee’s mouth with one finger and pulled it upward.
‘Just to here. If you smile too much, you look foolish, and if you don’t smile enough, you look disrespectful. Smile just to here from now on. Understand?’
‘That crazy old man.’
Min Bo-hee felt quite relieved when that old man was taken into custody at the Heonsu Bureau.
Just seeing that old man moving around the same house gave her chills, but at least now Choi Jun-gu was no longer in that house.
Of course, without the funds Choi Jun-gu had embezzled, it would be difficult to completely control the Daeyang Guild, but at least while Choi Jun-gu rotted in prison, she was effectively taking control of the Daeyang Guild.
That’s why Min Bo-hee chose Jeon Hwan-su.
On the surface, there was an excellent justification for breaking free from the family-based system, and since he wasn’t of Choi Jun-gu’s bloodline, he lacked the power to become a second Choi Jun-gu and seize control of the Daeyang Guild.
Min Bo-hee was someone who couldn’t even fully trust her own children.
They were all creatures who resembled Choi Jun-gu more than they resembled her.
That strange, murderous glint in their eyes.
Just looking at them made her skin crawl.
There was one youngest son whom Min Bo-hee had quite cherished—
But he was already dead.
All that remained was this creature called Choi Woo-jin, who bore no resemblance to her whatsoever and looked exactly like Choi Jun-gu.
Ding.
That’s when it happened.
The elevator doors slid open.
Min Bo-hee, who would need to move around without an escort driver for a while, stopped short as she reached for her sunglasses.
“Oh? Grandmother. Hello.”
Choi Woo-jin was standing there.
With some woman, no less.
Min Bo-hee scanned the woman from head to toe—jet-black bangs falling just above her eyes, piercings dotting her eyes and ears, fishnet stockings and all—before shooting Choi Woo-jin a look of utter disbelief.
“Who is this?”
“My new girlfriend. Isn’t she pretty?”
When Choi Woo-jin reached to touch the woman’s cheek, she swatted his hand away.
“Not in front of an elder…! I-I’m sorry…”
“…?”
Min Bo-hee’s expression twisted.
Once she’d learned that he’d awakened as an S-rank and had been cunningly hiding it, she’d wondered if all the reckless antics he’d committed up until now were actually just an act.
But even now, with his S-rank awakening revealed and his name being mentioned as a candidate for guild master, he was still pulling stunts like this?
This was simply his nature.
The hooligan DNA he’d inherited from Choi Jun-gu.
Min Bo-hee actually felt relieved.
So Jeon Hwan-su would solidify his position after all.
“Ah, yes. She’s perfect as my grandson’s future bride.”
“Right? She’s pretty, isn’t she?”
Min Bo-hee smiled gently as she watched Choi Woo-jin chuckle.
That same artificial smile Choi Jun-gu had taught her long ago.
Min Bo-hee stepped into the elevator and pressed the button for the lobby.
“Oh? We parked our car in the basement…”
“No, I brought my car. We’ll take mine. I can just call another driver, and they’ll pick up Woo-jin’s car anyway. Why bother wandering around the parking garage?”
Going to the lobby meant she’d be seen by all sorts of people.
Whether Min Bo-hee knew it or not, Lee Yu-ji, disguised as a goth, thought to herself.
‘My goodness…She’s so considerate in these kinds of situations?’
“Oh, by the way. I’m not sure if Woo-jin mentioned it, but we’re going hunting soon. If you’re his girlfriend, you must be an awakener too…?”
“Ah, yes. F-rank.”
“Ah… F-rank…”
Min Bo-hee smiled even more warmly.
Watching this, Lee Yu-ji thought to herself.
‘She doesn’t discriminate against F-ranks! What! Maybe she’s actually a good person?’
“So, would you like to join us on our hunt? The private jet might be a bit inconvenient, so you and Woo-jin can come separately and have your own time together. We can always send a helicopter?”
‘And she doesn’t even hesitate when it comes to spending money!’
Lee Yu-ji smiled brightly at this.
“That sounds great!”
And watching her, Min Bo-hee was quite satisfied, thinking that this girl was no pushover—quite the eccentric one indeed.

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The day before the hunt.
The internet was already buzzing with talk of Choi Jun-gu’s family hunt day.
Title: Hey, did you guys hear that Jeon Hwan-su is coming to Choi Jun-gu’s family hunt day?
Man, this rumor really nails it.
Comments
-Looks like the story about Jeon Hwan-su getting engaged to Choi Jun-gu’s granddaughter is legit.
-What about Mo Jun-mi? Is he abandoning his childhood sweetheart? That’s insane.
-But Mo Jun-mi is world-class enough that calling her just a childhood sweetheart seems off.
-He probably felt the pressure. Choi Woo-jin hit rank 1, after all.
-But where the hell did Choi Woo-jin even come from?
-(Article link) The youngest grandson of Choi Jun-gu who was always causing trouble. Like some chaebol’s youngest grandson. But now he’s S-rank.
-Lmaooo but doesn’t Choi Woo-jin’s girlfriend change like crazy? Is he bringing another model-type woman this time?
-I’m more curious about Mo Jun-mi’s reaction if Jeon Hwan-su shows up at the hunt day lolol If she leaves Daeyang Guild and declares herself free, how much would her market value be?
-I’m guessing hundreds of billions. Could hit a trillion if she goes overseas
Why would she reject a trillion-won valuation and stay with Jeon Hwan-su instead?
I had no idea about the internal situation between Mo Jun-mi and Jeon Hwan-su, so I felt frustrated too.
Even Choi Woo-jin seemed to find it difficult to get information about these two S-rankers.
Neither of them were psychic-type hunters, but because they were S-rank, we had to be careful since we could detect their skills.
‘Ugh. Useless when it matters most.’
I closed the internet window with that thought, and just then my eyes met with Kwon Ik-seong, who had come to hand me some documents.
“This is Choi Jun-gu’s statement. I thought you’d be curious, so I’m sharing it. There’s still no proper testimony whatsoever.”
There he goes again, my Ik-seong… So thoughtful….
I picked up the statement with that thought.
“Um… I’m taking a day off tomorrow.”
I can’t tell anyone I’m going to the hunt day disguised as Choi Woo-jin’s goth girlfriend, but for some reason I felt guilty and ended up mentioning the day off anyway.
“Ah, yes. Please get some good rest.”
“Yes. Thank you. I’m sorry for taking time off during such a critical period. My reckless actions keep putting extra work on the investigation team….”
Going out to cause another incident tomorrow, I had no face to show.
At my words, Kwon Ik-seong looked around the empty office.
“You stay until nine or ten every night, working alone. Isn’t that right?”
“What?”
How did he know that? I’m always away from the office for field work or coordination duties.
‘Is this also his deductive ability?’
Chills….
“And even though what Inspector Lee Yu-ji does seems off-topic, it ultimately comes full circle and helps the team.”
“Ah… well….”
How did it end up this way? I guess.
“So I believe this matter too is for the team’s sake.”
He knows something.
I looked up at Kwon Ik-seong, my expression hardening.
How much? Just how much does he know?
Yet Kwon Ik-seong, as always, gazed down at me with those emotionless, unfathomable eyes and spoke.
“Don’t get hurt. That’s all that matters.”

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