The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 198

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 198
And this sensation of wanting to recklessly use the power surging within my body!
Wow, so this is it.
‘This is what it means to become S-rank.’
I could instantly understand why Jeon Hwan-su went around doing villainous things.
Because right now, I am Jeon Hwan-su!
“This is fun…”
As I muttered, Mo Jun-mi glared at me with a pained expression.
“You find this fun? Other people’s suffering is thrilling and entertaining to you?”
That gaze filled with despair.
Looking at those eyes, I paused for a moment to think.
‘Hmm. For now, I can’t let Mo Jun-mi see that Jeon Hwan-su has completely changed.’
If Mo Jun-mi’s true motivation really was ‘love,’ she might immediately rush back and bind herself to him through their contract the moment she thinks he’s changed.
And beyond that—
‘I can’t let my abilities be exposed any further!’
They’re already exposed enough as it is!
“Yeah. It’s fun. So Jun-mi, from now on, try attacking me.”
“What?”
“Go ahead and actively block me and hit me. I’m curious what you’d be like if you were serious. Even as an S-rank Healer, you wouldn’t lose in stats.”
Mo Jun-mi’s expression twisted at my words.
I deliberately pointed at the shotgun she was holding.
“Don’t know how to shoot?”
Oh. How easily this obnoxious tone comes out.
It feels like my brain circuits are naturally rolling toward the obnoxious side.
“Ah, am I too weak? Then want to use this?”
I tossed one of the whips I was holding in both hands to Mo Jun-mi.
Then Mo Jun-mi looked at me with a bewildered expression.
In that moment, the Polar Bear stirred and got up—
Bang!
“…?”
Mo Jun-mi looked confused toward me… no, toward ‘Lee Yu-ji.’
Lee Yu-ji immediately stood up and shot the Polar Bear.
Hahaha.
That was the task I’d given my ‘main body.’
Keep shooting every time the Polar Bear gets up.
“Catherine…?”
“Look at me. Mo Jun-mi. Either shoot me, hit me, or do something. It’s your chance for revenge, isn’t it?”
I pulled Mo Jun-mi’s gaze toward me so it wouldn’t drift toward ‘Lee Yu-ji,’ who stood ready with her next shot, blank-faced.
At my words, Mo Jun-mi stared blankly at the whip lying on the ground.
Like a hunting dog gazing at a leash that had fallen away.
“Pick it up.”
Yet at my single command, Mo Jun-mi obediently retrieved the whip.
Then she looked at me, breathing heavily.
“Are you serious? You know I’ll listen to anything you say!”
Tears welled up in Mo Jun-mi’s eyes.
If it were me, I’d be shouting with joy rather than crying….
‘Just as I thought.’
Mo Jun-mi wasn’t merely bound to Jeon Hwan-su by contract alone.
“So this is what really gets to you, isn’t it?”
“…!”
“But listen… that contract of ours….”
I decided to first confirm the exact terms of the contract.
“Do you remember what our contract was exactly? Recite it.”
I ‘commanded’ Mo Jun-mi.
Then Mo Jun-mi answered hesitantly.
“To obey everything you say. To do whatever you ask. And to tell no one about this ‘promise.'”
“Haha….”
I’d expected as much, but this was an unfair treaty that put the Eulsa Treaty to shame.
“Why did you make such a ‘promise’?”
“That’s…!”
Mo Jun-mi’s jaw tightened.
“Because you love me?”
At my question, Mo Jun-mi nodded with difficulty.
I chuckled at the sight.
Then Mo Jun-mi cried out.
“I know! I know how pathetic I am! But you’re the one who made me this way!”
“That’s not true.”
I chuckled and—
Bang!
once more observed the dying polar bear in Lee Yu-ji’s hands.
“Loving me is just your habit. Like that polar bear that keeps coming back to life no matter what. You just loved me without knowing why. No matter how many bullets it takes, no matter how much I hurt you, it’s just your nature, isn’t it? Jun-mi.”
I deliberately spoke to Mo Jun-mi the way the harsh Jeon Hwan-su would.
But I was subtly slipping hints I wanted Mo Jun-mi to understand.
“If that weren’t the case, you’d have no real reason to listen to me.”
Mo Jun-mi looked at the dying polar bear at those words.
The polar bear would regenerate again.
It would continue to do so until some unknowable ‘condition’ was met.
“…No. That’s not it.”
“What’s not it?”
I set down the whip and approached Mo Jun-mi.
Mo Jun-mi, still unable to pick up the whip.
Even hearing my command to take the whip, she wasn’t gripping her heart in resistance.
So I understood.
Mo Jun-mi’s contract.
It actually has no binding force on her.
The reason being—
“Go ahead and shoot. If you shoot me, I’ll admit it. That you can’t.”
I directed the muzzle of the shotgun Mo Jun-mi was holding toward my heart.
This was a gamble.
Simultaneously, it was a verification of my ‘deduction’.
Every deduction requires verification, as Ik-sung had said.
And my deduction was this.
Condition one: Choi Se-a’s contract binds the contractor’s death if the contract is broken.
Condition two: That death occurs in whatever manner Choi Se-a desires.
Condition three: Choi Se-a is A-rank, and Mo Jun-mi is an S-rank Healer capable of self-healing.
Conclusion.
No matter what death Choi Se-a wishes for, Mo Jun-mi can overcome any of them through healing.
I laughed watching Mo Jun-mi trembling, unable to fire the gun.
Very wickedly.
“See? You just refused my command. Just now.”
I brushed back Mo Jun-mi’s sweat-dampened hair despite the freezing cold.
And I kissed her forehead.
Seeing sadness bloom in Mo Jun-mi’s expression, I laughed.
“Is there anyone else in the world who could make you this sad with just one kiss?”
Wow. What an incredibly flirtatious line!
The jaws of hell were taking hold of me.
And the next moment.
Click.
Mo Jun-mi’s gun chambered a round.
“?”
Wait.
A killing intent flickered in Mo Jun-mi’s eyes.
She aimed at my heart and gritted her teeth.
“You’re right. It wasn’t you who bound me—it was me. So now it’s time for me to be free.”
Awakening this quickly?
Hold on.
Wait… uh…!
Bang!
A pain like being struck by a baseball bat shot through my thigh and radiated across my entire body.
“You… you bastard…! XXX! Don’t you dare lower that gun!”
Unable to shed Jeon Hwan-su’s true nature, I cursed under my breath.
Yet Mo Jun-mi simply prepared her next move in silence.
Ah, stop.
I only have one minute of possession time left!
Bang!
But Mo Jun-mi’s bullet fired once more.
This time it was aimed at my leg.
“From now on, you’re staying right here, completely immobilized. Until I kill all five bears. You understand what I’m saying?”
“What? Ah, wait…. Stop now…. You can stop shooting.”
This wasn’t right.
This wasn’t the fresh start for Mo Jun-mi that I had hoped for!
I pleaded with her, but Mo Jun-mi reloaded her gun.
There seemed to be a slight ache in my chest, but she appeared indifferent.
Even the sadness had long since vanished from her eyes.
“Thank you. Thanks to you, I can finally escape this shackle.”
My theory was correct.
Mo Jun-mi is unaffected by Choi Se-a’s mental skill!
And it seems I just made her realize that!
‘X Room!’
Kang Si-bang, help me.
But there was no way he could help. The communication device with Kang Si-bang was on my original body.
“You said it yourself. There’s only one way to close the E Zone. Kill all five bears.”
“What?”
What kind of ridiculous clear condition is that?
There are five of those massive creatures here right now?
It was the moment she aimed at my other leg.
Possession time has ended!
I returned to my original body.
“Aaaaaahhhhh!”
Listening to Jeon Hwan-su’s anguished scream.
Ouch. That must hurt.
Anyway—
“So we have to kill all five bears? At once?”
Mo Jun-mi nodded at my question.
“Yes. The timing has to be nearly simultaneous. That’s the only way we can find the Magical Stone that closes the E Zone.”
Mo Jun-mi tossed a whip to Jeon Hwan-su, who was screaming horribly, and spoke.
“So find Choi Woo-jin right now.”
But how am I supposed to find Choi Woo-jin in this snowstorm….
That was when it happened.
Something shot up like a cannonball from beyond the crevasse.
I splashed cold water into the air.
“…?”
I tilted my head, watching Choi Woo-jin grinning before my eyes.
His entire body was covered in blue blood.
“The killer whale was full of vigor. I was going to use it as a stepping stone, but I ended up killing it instead.”
“…I see. You killed it.”
Good grief. This lunatic is actually useful!

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