The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 244

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 244

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Today’s Cuteness Points of Taekwondo Girl L
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Hello everyone! I’m casting off all the shackles of this world…!
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Taekwondo Girl making a disgusted expression at Sa Gong-seong’s arrest with an elbow joke
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Taekwondo Girl subduing the resisting priest with a back kick
[Comments]
Hahaha, when I see them all gathered like this, they look like manga characters hahaha
A taekwondo girl like a big dog ㅠㅠㅠ
No but seriously, why are the other Heosusguk members so funny too lol, they’re like a chaotic family
-That Vice Director is Lee Yu-ji’s partner, right? I saw him block when a priest swung a club at Lee Yu-ji? That’s so cool.
-Kwon Ik-seong blocks for her too, his eyes literally dripping honey when he looks at Lee Yu-ji
-Everyone… you shouldn’t get this obsessed with civil servants.
That’s what I’m saying lol, anyone looking at this would think it’s a government bootlicker gallery… Let’s cut back on the government worker simping.
└Isn’t this a place where we simp for Hunters…? The Hunsu Bureau investigators are Hunters too, so what’s the problem?
└The person who wrote that comment must be a Hunter religion believer.
-The fact that this woman was once on the national team drives me crazy.
└She even qualified for the Asian Championships, right?
└I heard that was just a rumor
Kang Min-joo looked up from the internet community.
And she saw Yu Gyeom sitting on a ten-million-won sofa, reading a book.
“…Why are you reading when you’re done with the college entrance exam?”
At those words, Yu Gyeom tilted his head in confusion.
“Because the exam is over, so I read.”
“…?”
“…?”
“Never mind. Stop.”
Kang Min-joo laughed and stood up from her seat.
Then she sat down cross-legged below Yu Gyeom on the sofa and looked up at him.
By the way, today Kang Il-yeon and Kang Won-yeon were away at the Hatsune Dalnim Workshop to pick up a cage.
Choi Woo-jin was also out for a bit.
So this was an opportunity for Kang Min-joo.
“…You know….”
“Hmm?”
But the moment she saw Yu Gyeom take his eyes off the book and gaze at her intently, Kang Min-joo couldn’t say anything.
She was simply overwhelmed by his handsome, cool, beautiful, and cute appearance, and all she could say was this.
“Your sister… she was a national representative before, right? Did she quit sports after awakening?”
This was the only topic I could bring up in a moment like this.
And Yu Gyeom was the type to answer kindly whenever someone asked about Lee Yu-ji.
He was always affectionate, but when his sister came up in conversation, how should I put it… his face would light up?
But the Yu Gyeom right now—
“Did you see something strange online?”
There was something cold about him.
Even though Yu Gyeom had maintained a rational distance from Kang Min-joo, he had never shown her this chilling side before.
Like a class president who was kind to everyone, he was, if anything, closer to impartial sunlight for all people.
But this dark expression was unexpected.
Kang Min-joo answered with some confusion.
“No, just… someone said your sister almost competed in the Asian Championships.”
“If there are any strange comments, take a screenshot and send them to me.”
At Yu Gyeom’s serious words, Kang Min-joo gauged his mood.
“There weren’t any like that…. Really, truly. Did I upset you somehow?”
“Why would I be upset with you.”
“Then….”
“If you see anything about assaulting a fellow athlete or whatever, send it to me. I’m an adult now, so I can report it to the police myself.”
Assaulting a fellow athlete.
At those words, Kang Min-joo carefully opened her mouth.
“About your sister….”
“Did she really assault a fellow athlete?”
Yu Gyeom looked at Kang Min-joo quietly.
Kang Min-joo hesitated as she spoke.
“No, I saw that comment too. But it’s really unbelievable, right? Your sister assaulting someone? That’s why I was thinking of posting about her on my SNS….”
“Yeah. She did assault him.”
Yu Gyeom said it matter-of-factly.
Kang Min-joo’s eyes widened at those words.
“What?”
“My sister beat up half the male taekwondo national team.”
“Why….”
Kang Min-joo spoke with a serious expression.
“Why did she do that? What did that guy do!”
At those words, Yu Gyeom lost his voice for a moment.
Yu Gyeom let out a hollow laugh and swept back his bangs.
Watching Yu Gyeom’s disheveled hair for a moment, Kang Min-joo thought to herself.
‘I do have an eye for men.’
The discernment she had gained from selecting countless bags and shoes hadn’t gone anywhere.
…. But that wasn’t what mattered.
Kang Min-joo, get yourself together.
“You’re… that’s exactly what I’d expect you to say.”
“Huh? What?”
“Usually… when something like this happens, people don’t really care about the reasons, you know? But you immediately ask why, and you trust your sister. That’s how it should have been.”
“What… do you mean?”
“My mother made a mistake.”
Yu Gyeom’s eyes grew dim.
“My mother told me to stop doing taekwondo right then. She said it didn’t seem like a good fit for me. She just said to stop. That taekwondo wasn’t everything in my life.”
“Just… like that?”
Normally, wouldn’t someone question something like that first?
“Yeah. I don’t know why she did it. Mother must have known that my sister wasn’t that kind of person. My sister struggled so much after hearing that. After that, things between the two of them seemed to get worse….”
“And then Mother passed away right around that time.”
“Yeah.”
Silence fell between the two of them.
Min-ju was momentarily at a loss for words.
Lee Yu-ji, who always seemed bright and somewhat… a bit naive, had such a backstory.
Now that I think about it, my sister wasn’t just a bright and simple person—
‘She was someone who tried incredibly hard.’
Perhaps even what seemed like a slight lack of sharpness was all careful consideration to brighten those around her.
Especially consideration so as not to worry Yu Gyeom.
With that thought, Min-ju felt her heart ache in one corner.
Min-ju asked carefully.
“But… why… did you commit assault…?”
At those words, Yu Gyeom struggled to open his mouth.
He hesitated before continuing.
“My sister had a friend who did taekwondo with her since childhood. That friend was severely bullied by a fellow athlete.”
“So you hit that fellow athlete? That’s why you were reported? But then shouldn’t you and that friend have joined forces together….”
It was when Min-ju spoke as if it were obvious.
Yu Gyeom let out a sigh.
“That friend testified.”
“What?”
“That friend testified that my sister hit the fellow athlete, that she did it for no reason at all.”
Yu Gyeom furrowed his brow.
“That person testified directly.”
“Then… then shouldn’t you do something about that friend? Even now, you could go and charge them with defamation….”
Watching Min-ju’s pupils tremble, Yu Gyeom shook his head.
“It’s difficult to let go of someone you’ve liked for a very long time. My sister… did that.”

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I asked the question on the document in a dry tone.
“You admit to selling the Water of Salvation to Cheon Seo-gyeong and Park Se-yeong?”
The reason Seon-i ended up in the interrogation room where I was stationed was straightforward.
The sale of the Water of Salvation had been structured as a multi-level scheme.
And Seon-i occupied a position somewhere in the middle of that pyramid.
However, since the Water of Salvation was a type of artifact, the case had been taken up by the Constitutional Bureau.
In the process of investigating which believers were victims and which were perpetrators, the path had been thorny.
Especially in Seon-i’s case, it was even more so.
“Yes. I sold it.”
Seon-i sat before me with a plain face, replacing the radiant appearance she had worn at the party.
Seeing her thoroughly dejected expression, my chest tightened.
But—
“I really wanted my cousins to be saved, so I wanted to give them the water.”
“But that water had no effect, did it?”
I regarded Seon-i quietly.
Our gazes met in the empty space between us.
“…That was….”
“Why did you tell people the water was effective when it had no effect on you?”
I waited for Seon-i’s answer.
“…That was….”
Tears welled up in Seon-i’s eyes.
There had been times when I cried looking at that face.
Long ago, there were nights when I wailed apologies to that face.
Nights where my face would be soaked with tears upon waking from dreams.
But now—
“Did you sell it because you genuinely believed the Water of Salvation caused awakening? Or did you want to deceive the buyers and yourself….”
I knew.
Seon-i was someone who missed opportunities to be good.
She was someone who fell for her own lies.
“Did you want to deceive?”

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