The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 213

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 213

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“So you stole someone else’s gun and used it while playing hunting games with your fake girlfriend…?”
“She’s a fake girlfriend. A fake girl….”
I was saying that when—
“….”
Seeing Ik-seong staring at me with an expressionless face, I pressed my lips shut.
‘I have too many fake girlfriends….’
Pee So-won spoke, her voice full of betrayal.
“Hey… I was wondering if you’d gone off somewhere else doing some righteous deed and barely escaped death again without me knowing….”
“I barely escaped death? I almost died because of Jeon Hwan-su.”
I looked at Mo Jun-mi and Choi Woo-jin with pleading eyes.
Choi Woo-jin nodded and spoke.
“That bastard shouldn’t be left alive.”
“There appear to be many legal measures we can take.”
Kwon Ik-seong interjected.
“While breaking dungeon stability by using mana stones within the dungeon could be a significant issue, since the special mana stone details are still classified, we can exclude that. However, everything he did to Mo Jun-mi can be charged as dating violence.”
Kwon Ik-seong looked at Mo Jun-mi.
“Dating violence….”
Mo Jun-mi murmured, turning the words over in her mind.
“I hadn’t thought of it that way.”
It was understandable that she hadn’t.
Things had unfolded so rapidly, and she’d been conditioned by Jeon Hwan-su for far too long.
Of course, Mo Jun-mi must have known something was wrong, but thinking that the person you love is committing crimes against you is—
‘It must have been heartbreaking.’
So she had deliberately turned a blind eye to it.
“But dating violence isn’t under our investigation division, is it? We’d have to hand it over to the regular police station, wouldn’t we?”
Pee So-won said.
I spoke while observing Mo Jun-mi’s darkened expression.
“That’s true, but since it’s violence that occurred between Hunters, there’s room to consider it within our investigation jurisdiction.”
I gently—very gently—took Mo Jun-mi’s hand.
“…Take your time thinking about it.”
“Ah. Yes. But now that I think about it, that doesn’t sound like a bad idea either.”
Mo Jun-mi placed her hand on top of mine.
“Actually, it’s hard to prove other things. Only I saw Jeon Hwan-su harm Guild Master Choi Woo-jin and Lee Yu-ji, and they say the special mana stone is classified. Since Jeon Hwan-su hasn’t actually been punished for this incident, he could continue working at the Daeyang Guild and be a nuisance to the Guild Master.”
“Hmm. I see.”
Choi Woo-jin tilted his head.
“I don’t think I’d be bothered? It might actually be fun?”
Choi Woo-jin grinned wickedly.
It was a smile that looked quite dangerous.
The kind of smile that made me think I could bury Jeon Hwan-su in a dungeon if he acted up one more time.
“Just proceed however you’re comfortable with, Hunter Mo. After all, we’re now in a position to back you up, so we’ll help with anything.”
Hmm. Hearing him say it like that, it was quite…
‘Like a guild master?’
Surprisingly, he seemed suited to be a guild master.
Then Mo Jun-mi spoke.
“But if I file a complaint, wouldn’t Jeon Hwan-su just leave the Daeyang Guild out of spite? Then the Daeyang Guild would lose another S-rank Hunter—”
“Ah, you don’t need to worry about that. As you’ve read in the contract, if there’s any social scandal or criminal activity, the penalty is three times the contract fee, immediate expulsion is possible, and even if expulsion doesn’t occur, they can’t transfer to another guild during the contract period.”
There’s a contract clause like that?
I marveled at Choi Woo-jin’s professionalism, which I rarely saw, and spoke.
“Wow. The Daeyang Guild contract is pretty strict…?”
“Right. Our chairman is really good at this kind of thing.”
Ah, that’s right. Choi Jun-gu wrote that contract.
“But you know…? I have two things to say at this point?”
I carefully raised my hand and spoke.
Then Mo Jun-mi, Choi Woo-jin, Pee So-won, and Kwon Ik-seong’s eyes all turned toward me at once.
With a look of anxiety in their eyes.
“What. What is it.”
When I asked, Pee So-won spoke.
“I’m just anxious whenever you say you have something to say now.”
“….”
Really. Do they think I only cause trouble?
“I rode on the President’s private aircraft! It was amazing! I’ve never even flown first class!”
At my words, Choi Woo-jin’s brow furrowed.
“Is that all?”
“No. Of course not.”
“Then…”
“I’ve gotten quite close with the President. We even had tea together.”
“…Wow. Congratulations.”
Pee So-won said flatly.
Ah, you people. Just listen a bit more.
I briefly explained to Ik-seong and the others what we saw at Skyorigin and about the Hunter Church.
Hearing this, Pee So-won spoke as if she couldn’t believe it.
“You did cause trouble. How did you even know to go there?”
My eyes met Ik-seong’s.
Then I looked at Choi Woo-jin with an awkward expression and spoke.
“He told me. He’s an S-rank Hunter, so there’s nothing he doesn’t know.”
As I pointed to Choi Woo-jin, he furrowed his brow.
But when Pee So-won’s gaze turned to Choi Woo-jin, he shrugged and spoke.
“Of course. The only thing I don’t know is what kind of trouble our guy will cause next time.”
…That guy’s way of referring to himself.
Fortunately, Choi Woo-jin allowed himself to be ‘used’ by me once again.
Sigh….
Whatever the case.
“So you’re saying we’ll be investigating the Hunter Church together?”
Kwon Ik-seong glanced back and forth between me and Choi Woo-jin before speaking.
“That’s right. It’s a special directive from the President.”
‘Then let’s proceed with it. Trusting Lee Yu-ji.’
He said he trusts me….
The very god of civil servants, the pinnacle of the civil service….
That sense of accomplishment at that moment was indescribable.
“I got a presidential commendation and opened a direct line to the President, so now nobody’s going to listen to a word I say. Right?”
Pee So-won clicked her tongue at my expression.
“You’re going to keep seeking out dangerous work. Like someone obsessed with promotion.”
“No. It’s not about promotion!”
I need to chase after that guy’s twisted causality.
My mother, my father, and… I need to know about my death.
My head aches because of what the status window said about ‘world destruction’ and such.
“That Kim Seong-cheol you mentioned earlier. The middleman. You said more than twenty people died because of that guy, and there were families that committed suicide together. But there are supposed to be hundreds of people like that just in the Korean branch.”
I looked quietly at Pee So-won and Kwon Ik-seong.
“If people like that keep roaming around, people will keep getting hurt and endangered. That’s just the Korean branch, so think about how many victims there would be worldwide.”
That’s right.
Of course, uncovering the secrets of this world is good too, but primarily these Hunter Church bastards—
‘They’re completely evil.’
The Hayul Circle I saw was the perfect environment to become a breeding ground for all kinds of crimes.
“We’re here to catch people like that.”
Then we should catch them.
I’m an investigator after all.
At my words, Pee So-won let out a hollow laugh.
“Our maknae again… leaves people with nothing to say.”
“From what I’m hearing, for the Hunter Bureau to get involved in the Hunter Church investigation, we first need to establish the relevant charges. If we only tie it to Kim Seong-cheol’s fraud case, the police will have to step in, and the Hunter Bureau will be excluded.”
That’s a valid point.
The Mo Jun-mi case is general dating violence, but since both the perpetrator and victim are hunters, we have grounds to take the case. However, most of the Hunter Church members are ordinary people.
In that case, we need clear evidence that there’s a hunter involved among the perpetrators connected to the case—
“So what I’m suggesting is… what if our Mo Jun-mi hunter ran for Hunter Association President?”
We need Mo Jun-mi for that purpose.
I looked at Mo Jun-mi with desperate eyes.
“Ah. You mean we should see what gets legislated this time? Because if the Hunter Association President approves it, we can access individual hunter records too?”
“That’s right.”
“Hmm… it’s a good idea, but….”
Pee So-won glanced toward Mo Jun-mi.
Mo Jun-mi, aware that all eyes had turned to her, smiled faintly.
“It’s not an unreasonable request— but will it really work out that way?”
“Of course! If Hunter Mo Jun-mi runs for Hunter Association Chairman, both Bicyu and Hanseong will support you unconditionally!”
I answered with a bright smile.
Once Mo Jun-mi becomes chairman, everything will proceed smoothly from then on.
That’s how it’ll go!

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[Chairman Mo Jun-mi stated in her inaugural address that she would prioritize fair association management and hunter safety. In other news, the Opposition Party has opposed the Hunter Personal Information Protection Act amendment, and the bill was rejected by a margin of two votes.]
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“Let’s go receive the presidential commendation first….”
I was dragged away by Pee So-won, who had emerged in uniform with a dazed expression, my neck scruff in her grip.
Soon after, Byeon Gu-do scooped up my equally dazed self and tossed me into the car, with Ma Deok-ho sitting beside me.
That was right.
Today was the day I received a presidential commendation.
And—
the day the Hunter Personal Information Protection Act was rejected!
‘Damn it!’
This meant I couldn’t even approach Seol Ok-gyun, let alone investigate Haewon, which had become a sacred site!

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