The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 248

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 248
Every time I went to exercise, I recalled the contemptuous gazes that had followed me.
‘That’s the one.’
‘The kid who hit Kim Ha-jin.’
‘Must be crazy.’
Had I been hiding within all that murmuring?
Had I been silently observing everything?
‘Being a good person isn’t something that’s predetermined. You just have to be good when you can be.’
Seon-i’s words came back to me.
In that moment, I realized that everything Seon-i had said and all the time I’d spent with her hadn’t been in vain.
Though I’d parted ways with Seon-i, the time and words she’d left behind lived on within me.
“How are you swallowing sushi while crying?”
Pee So-won watched me sniffling as I ate tuna belly sushi, laughing as if she found it ridiculous.
“…It’s delicious…”
Pee So-won furrowed her brow.
“That’s casual speech.”
“Tch. You made me cry, Deputy Director.”
“That’s not—”
Pee So-won sighed for a moment, then pulled out a tissue and handed it to me.
I took the tissue and wiped away my tears.
“But what about these other photos…”
I looked at the other photo Pee So-won had sent.
It was an SNS post—
Hello everyone. It’s Kang Min-joo. I know I’ve been inactive on SNS lately, so I’m posting to clarify.
It was from Kang Min-joo’s account.
…No way. Surely not.
There have been all sorts of rumors going around about Lee Yu-ji lately, so I’m setting the record straight.
The attached photos showed me doing taekwondo in a dress that Min-joo had picked out, and
‘Please. This isn’t to embarrass me, right? You’re actually trying to help?’
A photo of me holding a certificate of commendation that I’d taken with Min-joo.
‘This is actually pretty touching…’
I’ve been living under my uncle’s constant surveillance.
The figure of a man standing at a distance was also there.
But this time, the wonderful adult Lee Yu-ji helped me by attending a party, and after she became an adult, she provided me with a place to stay and helped me get accepted to the Daeyang Guild.
And the final photo.
So I’m sending my own personal support to such a wonderful sister!😘
A selfie of her blowing a kiss, looking great.
Ha ha…!
Lee Yu-ji, fighting! Keep crushing the bad guys with those iron legs!
“Ugh.”
“Why? You provided timely support fire.”
“Timely support? What’s timely about it? Why would a kid like you get involved in something like this? If you catch flak for it—”
Pee So-won furrowed her brow at my words.
“Flak? Do you think a major guild is easy prey?”
“Huh?”
“The comment section is completely clean. Why would that be? The Daeyang Guild posted an official statement the moment that article went up—said it was all true and that any comments defaming their hunter Kang Min-joo would be reported. Their legal team is assembling a lawsuit squadron to teach capitalism lessons.”
Hah.
So Kang Min-joo didn’t charge into battle alone—
‘She had an insanely powerful supply line backing her up.’
Now that I think about it, Kang Min-joo belongs to the Daeyang Guild now.
“Choi Woo-jin’s a useful card, but I don’t like him.”
“Why don’t you like Choi Woo-jin? You two don’t even have any bad blood.”
I have some bad blood with him.
I got played hard by him!
“I just don’t like him. There’s something off about his eyes.”
Oh. That’s accurate.
Being a regressor probably makes it hard to live with a sound mind.
“Still, the way he pants like a puppy in front of you—”
“Like a puppy?”
“I don’t want to see it anymore.”
“….”
Just say you don’t like the person.
I shook my head slightly and spoke.
“But why is this work talk?”
This is pretty personal, isn’t it?
Surely the Heonsu Bureau wouldn’t assemble a legal team just for a mere civil servant.
“It’s a signal that the Hunter Church is intensifying their public opinion campaign against the Heonsu Bureau. All of this.”
“Yes. Well, I suppose so.”
They seem to be in quite a tight spot.
The fact that they didn’t anticipate the backlash and even went after my personal affairs suggests they’re desperate. That security guard who lived in the athlete’s village and apparently did background checks—if they’d been thorough, they should have discovered why I could cover up the assault case without discipline.
‘Did they think they could just collude with the Association?’
Whatever the case, it was a stupid move.
“But we have more than one thing we could get caught on. Especially someone like Byeon Gu-do.”
“…Ah.”
The same Byeon Gu-do who took a hit earlier?
Ha. That’s true enough.
“So what do we do?”
“What do we do? We just keep walking our path.”
She said that and slid an official document across to me.
She said so and handed me an official document.
Ugh.
I have an allergy to official documents.
What civil servants hate most is when their superiors hand them a piece of official paperwork.
There’s a high chance it contains something important.
But this one….
“It’s in English, isn’t it? I can’t do English. I did sports instead.”
“…That’s bragging.”
She said that and pointed to the first line, then read it aloud in English.
“Invitation to Brief the United Nations Security Council.”
…What is this.
“It’s an invitation to attend the UN Security Council and present expert testimony.”
“Ah…?”
“But testimony about what….”
“What else? Don’t you remember?”
Oh, that’s right.
The Security Council attendance Captain Hong mentioned!
Testimony about the peculiar Majeong Stone!
“I’m not breaking any wooden boards, right!”
“Is that important right now?”
“It’s very important! Videos of me breaking boards in that dress are already all over the internet!”
“…Sigh. You don’t have to. You need to testify about the dungeon that occurred due to the peculiar Majeong Stone.”
“Ah, understood.”
I wasn’t surprised since I’d heard about it before. But—
“Your flight ticket is for next Friday.”
“…?”
The timing was a bit surprising.
“So I… have to do English?”
At my words, Pee So-won answered with a slant.
“It would be nice if you could?”
Damn it.

* * *
I stood before the massive villa where Choi Woo-jin lived, holding five chickens.
‘It took an eternity just to find the entrance.’
Unable to locate the entrance myself, Choi Woo-jin came down to meet me.
Seeing him in a pitch-black hoodie and matching black sweatpants—when he usually strutted about in flamboyant clothing—was quite peculiar.
Not a single one of the flashy accessories he typically wore adorned him.
‘Is this how he dresses at home?’
So he only put on that peacock-like, thug-like act when he was outside.
‘This cunning fox.’
Without all the styling, Choi Woo-jin looked considerably younger, and strangely—
‘I feel like I’ve seen him somewhere before.’
It was a feeling I had every time.
“The way you’re staring so intently—seems like you’re quite taken with my looks after all this time apart?”
“…right.”
Despite my response, Choi Woo-jin grinned widely and tapped his card key against a sensor protruding beside what looked like an ordinary wall.
“What, what is this? How do you even order deliveries?”
“Like this?”
Choi Woo-jin answered while reaching for the chicken in my hand.
Or rather, he tried to—but I swatted it away sharply.
“That’s not happening. This is a bribe.”
“A bribe?”
Choi Woo-jin opened another door and asked me.
‘How many villa entrances does this place have?’
Though I suppose this thorough security is what keeps the kids safe.
“You let Lee Yu-gyeom get kidnapped at the college entrance exam venue. Think about how much he’s been plotting to punish me.”
“Ha.”
Choi Woo-jin let out a hollow laugh.
I spoke while watching him.
“…Thank you for looking after our kids.”
“Our kids? Ah. Including the Kang trio?”
Choi Woo-jin grinned widely and bowed his head toward me.
“If you’re grateful, let’s go on a date, baby.”
This, this bastard!
I quickly stepped back and spoke.
“That fake relationship is over now, got it?”
“Says who~”
Choi Woo-jin said that and stepped back dismissively.
“Anyway, you and Lee Yu-gyeom. For siblings, you two are quite strange. You’re both so caught up worrying about each other.”
“What’s strange about that?”
I narrowed my eyes at Choi Woo-jin.
“Isn’t that what families usually do?”
I immediately regretted saying it.
Ah, that’s right.
Choi Woo-jin’s family was—
“Yeah. Family. It’s really a fascinating thing. Miracles happen because of a family’s love, don’t they?”
But Choi Woo-jin spoke as if he had no particular thoughts on the matter, tapping his card key beside the elevator.
“Miracles?”
The elevator doors opened shortly, and Choi Woo-jin stepped inside.
Staring at Choi Woo-jin’s plain face, I was momentarily dazed.
“Yeah. Like when someone suddenly meddles in another’s fate and saves them. That sort of thing.”
As I remained dazed, the elevator doors began to close, but Choi Woo-jin leisurely extended his arm to catch them.
The way he stood was as if he were leaning against the rooftop railing, tilted somewhat forward—
And so—
‘Is he really going to fall?’
I realized it.
“I wasn’t a high school student back then.”
‘No, it was when you were in high school.’
“I was twenty years old then.”
I stared at Choi Woo-jin with a dazed expression.
The one who had said those words to me on that railing—
“Ah, was it? You mean on the hospital rooftop?”
It was Choi Woo-jin.
Choi Woo-jin answered casually and took my hand.
Then he pulled me into the elevator and smiled.
“Do you still want to die? If so… I think I’d be a little sad.”

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