The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 251

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 251
Traces of Twisted Causality 2 Time Remaining Until Disposal: 10:02:55
I furrowed my brow as I gazed at the status window materializing before my eyes.
Traces of Twisted Causality 2 Location: Closed-Stack Archive A-03
Of all places, why did the traces of causality have to be in a closed-stack archive?
A closed-stack archive simply meant a repository where ordinary civilians couldn’t enter.
Of course, even in the closed-stack archive, I could request certain materials and they’d retrieve them for me, but what this status window was telling me wasn’t to check some document in A-03—
‘It’s telling me to go directly to A-03 myself.’
No matter how I looked at it, it was impossible to do legally.
But I’d long since abandoned any pretense of a civil servant’s conscience.
I flashed a smile at the librarian of the National Assembly Library and spoke.
“Could I possibly search for these materials?”
“You can use the search terminal over there.”
The librarian answered as if annoyed.
“Ah, but this material says it’s available only after requesting it.”
“Ah. Yes. What’s the name of the material?”
“【A Study on the Efficacy of Emergency Item Distribution for Improving Treatment of Awakened Civil Servants】 and—”
“Yes…”
“【A Study on Industrial Accident Processing Costs for Awakened Civil Servants】 and—”
“…Um… yes…”
The librarian’s expression grew increasingly darker.
“【A Study on Behavioral Patterns of Awakened Civil Servants During the Arrest Process of Awakened Criminals】 and…”
“Just give me the list.”
The librarian finally clenched her teeth and extended her hand toward me.
She’d apparently decided to acknowledge that all the materials I’d requested were in the closed-stack archive.
She meticulously typed in each densely written material to verify it, then spoke to me.
“Give me your ID and fill out this request form.”
Looking at her forced smile, I felt a bit sorry.
Are you… also a civil servant?
But there was nothing I could do about it.
I had to make her enter the closed-stack archive.
I readily handed over my ID and the request form, and she stood up with an A4 sheet printed with the material locations.
“Please wait here for a moment.”
It was when she pulled the trolley and left.
‘Now’s the time.’
At my word, something sticky slipped out from my right leg, crawled across the floor, and stuck itself with a wet sound to the underside of her trolley.
[See you later, X Room!]
It was Kang Si-bang.
Simultaneously, Imalra, who had been hiding somewhere among the bookshelves, descended spider-like and attached herself to the underside of the trolley.
Then she immediately sent a message in brilliant neon-sign-like letters that only I could see.
Hair
Thread
Long
First
Inside
Leave
.
…Fine, you bastards.
I sat in one of the chairs, watching the trolley disappear into the distance with that thought.
A man in a black suit entered where the librarians were sitting and spoke.
“The rooftop level is off-limits today. You understand, right?”
“Yes. We’re aware.”
The man said that and entered the reading room to inspect the window.
One of the librarians watching this grumbled.
“How many times is this today?”
“Well, what can you do? A very important person is visiting.”
“Still, they could’ve just sent down an official notice.”
A very important person?
‘What are they talking about?’
I quietly watched the man loitering near the window, then pulled out my phone.
When I opened the news tab on the portal app, a breaking news alert appeared.
(Breaking News) Baek Hee-ryeong to deliver special address at National Assembly to appeal for passage of ‘Hunter Personal Information Protection Act Amendment’ led by National Assembly
It was about Baek Hee-ryeong delivering a speech at the National Assembly.
Ah, so the President is coming.
The Hunter Personal Information Protection Act Amendment had been rejected last time, but this time things were unfolding differently.
As the Hunter’s Guild’s political lobbying activities were exposed, public opinion had turned sharply against Seol Ok-gyun.
Moreover, the majority opinion was that for most hunters, if investigation was necessary, social interests should take priority over the Hunter Personal Information Protection Act.
Of course, the congressmen who had already taken money from the Hunter’s Guild and were now under investigation had a very high possibility of rejecting this amendment a second time.
Nevertheless, if public opinion continued to gather in this manner—
‘The President could enforce a special executive order to investigate Seol Ok-gyun.’
If that happened, Seol Ok-gyun’s skills would be exposed to the world, and by weakening Seol Ok-gyun further, we could even capture him immediately through cooperation with the international Hunter Investigation Bureau.
‘Baek Hee-ryeong is providing some backup.’
While I was thinking that, the librarian returned.
“Here… it’s all here. Please review it. Take your time.”
At the librarian’s words, I spread out the materials she’d brought on the trolley and skimmed through the table of contents.
Then I quickly closed the books one by one and returned the materials to the librarian, saying:
“Thank you for your help.”
“Pardon?”
The librarian’s expression hardened as I returned the materials in less than a minute.
“Thanks so much~”
At my words, the librarian’s face contorted, but I smiled with a smirk as I left the reading room.
What I truly wanted wasn’t those materials, but the location of the closed stacks and the method to enter them.
Before long, I felt Kang Si-bang firmly attach himself to my right leg.
[Third floor.]
Following Kang Si-bang’s directions, I began to move.
[Right.]
Due to Baek Hee-ryeong’s visit, personnel seemed to be restricted, and staff members barely walked through the hallway.
‘Perfect timing.’
Because of this, I was able to reach the location of the closed stacks without being noticed by others.
[Here it is.]
The closed stacks.
I looked around while gazing at the door, locked as firmly as a safe.
In truth, there was a method of entering by possessing the librarian, but this time I would skip those approaches.
The reason was to be cautious about the ‘traces of twisted causality’ flooding in as memories, just like last time.
‘If that happened, I might not be able to escape before the skill ends.’
In the worst case, I could be ejected without even receiving the traces of twisted causality—
‘And my life could be discarded outright.’
When it comes to the status window, it’s best not to take unnecessary risks.
I knocked on the closed stacks door ten times.
Rhythmically.
Tap. Tap. Tap-tap-tap. Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap.
Then the sealed door to the stacks opened.
And with it, Imalra greeted me from inside the door.
Dazzl
ing.
So
bright.
Wow, it’s blinding.
Thinking that, I stepped into the closed stacks.
Click.
I heard the sound of the door automatically locking behind me.
Just in case, I had asked Imalra beforehand to check the internal CCTV and adjust its position.
[C
C
T
V is only
over
there↗]
I can’t translate this. The text appears to be incomplete or contains only a Korean character with a tone mark, without forming a complete word or meaningful phrase.
I looked toward the arrow marking that Imalra was indicating.
That’s when I noticed a CCTV camera mounted on the ceiling had been rotated to face the wall.
Adjusting it wouldn’t have been difficult.
With that thought, I proceeded toward the shelving unit.
The shelves were less densely packed than I’d expected.
Some sections stood empty while others were crammed with documents.
Among them—
[A-03]
Black file folders were lined up in neat rows here.
Yet finding traces of twisted causality wasn’t particularly difficult.
On the third shelf of A-03, there was a file folder emitting a blue glow.
I pulled it out.
~Traces of Twisted Causality 2 (S)~
Only visible to the main characters of this story.
Small text hovered above it.
This time, the word “attribution” was absent.
Which meant…
Congratulations! Traces of Twisted Causality 2 (S) is now attributed to you. Attributed items belong solely to you until your death.
Usage of Traces of Twisted Causality 2 (S): You can reverse twisted causality or alter causality itself.
Will you use it now?
Use it?
That’s when I furrowed my brow.
Something like a small pebble fell from above.
I looked up.
Was I mistaken?
Was I being pulled into another illusion?
As those thoughts crossed my mind.
An
Earth
quake
struck.
Imalra’s brilliant letters sparkled before my eyes.
Thank goodness.
So it was an earthquake… or rather.
Something felt wrong.
Spacetime itself had twisted.
My vision spun dizzily.
I thought I’d grabbed the shelving unit with my hand, but there was nothing to grasp.
Nothing beneath my feet either.
My body was suspended in empty air.
As the ground supporting me vanished, I was swept into a massive void.
I can see nothing, and I can hear nothing.
The only thing visible is—
Mental
Clar
ity.
I’m sorry, but “려.” is not a complete word or phrase in Korean that can be translated. It appears to be a fragment or incomplete text. Could you provide more context or a complete sentence?
Imalra’s words.
And as if those words had become a trigger, I soon sensed the hard, jagged sensation of stones against my back.
I was hurled onto a damp floor.
The moment I realized that, something fell beside me.
I saw long antennae twitching toward me.
From what appeared to be its mouth, digestive fluid dripped steadily.
That enormous creature melted the ground as the liquid fell drop by drop.
Ssssshhhhh—
A Giant Ant.
I’d seen this monster before in the monster compendium.
Which meant I’d been sucked into a dungeon.
In other words.
A Great Dungeon had appeared in the middle of Yeouido.

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