The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 252

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 252
[An emergency situation has occurred.]
When she received that call, Pee So-won realized something for the first time.
The Deputy Director communicated directly with the Blue House.
‘This is quite bothersome.’
That’s what she thought, and three minutes after the situation arose, she arrived at the Public Investigation Division floor.
She had been sleeping in the on-call room.
It wasn’t as if she had anywhere particular to go on a weekend, and honestly, she didn’t have the leisure to enjoy herself in a situation like this.
And it seemed she wasn’t the only one thinking that way.
“Why haven’t you gone home yet?”
Kwon Ik-seong was sitting neatly at the Manager’s desk.
“I’ve left work. I’m currently on weekend duty.”
Of course he was.
“But setting him aside, what are you all doing…?”
Pee So-won looked at Byeon Gu-do, Ham I-na, and Park Min-bae, who were all sitting and working.
At least Ma Deok-ho had gone home, which was a relief.
“We’re determined to catch Seol Ok-gyun. I can’t stand that he made our youngest suffer.”
Seeing Byeon Gu-do’s difficult expression burning with zeal, Pee So-won raised her eyebrows.
How did he end up like that…?
That’s when it happened.
Park Min-bae, who had been looking at his laptop, widened his eyes and spoke.
“Deputy Director! Right now in Yeouido…!”
“Yeah. I know.”
People gathered around the monitor screen Park Min-bae had been watching. Everyone’s faces hardened as they confirmed it.
It was because of what Pee So-won was about to say.
“A dungeon has appeared on the National Assembly grounds. The grade is estimated to be A-rank or higher—”
Pee So-won bit her lip.
“From now on, this is classified information, so listen carefully. The President has gone missing. He went to the National Assembly for a special address today, and it seems he was caught up in a dungeon break.”
In that moment, the atmosphere in the conference room became tense.
The President had been swept up in a dungeon break.
That meant this was a national emergency.
“The guilds only provide backup from outside, and only the Hunter Management Office, the Hunter Management Office, and special forces enter. We retrieve only the President and get out. If possible, maybe the Prime Minister as well?”
Kwon Ik-seong immediately understood what that meant.
“Does that mean we cannot rescue the other civilians?”
“We’ll decide that after we find the President.”
Everyone fell silent at those words.
On the screen were ordinary people crying out toward those who couldn’t escape.
National Assembly staff, congressmen and their aides.
But no one could find fault with Pee So-won’s words.
Because they had to rescue the President first to resolve the national crisis.
And if this were—
“caused by a peculiar magic stone….”
“The timing is too convenient. We were attacked during the press conference about the Hunter Personal Information Protection Act amendment, right after the international cooperation discussion about Seol Ok-gyun came up.”
“Then doesn’t that mean South Korea could enter a quasi-wartime state?”
Pee So-won didn’t answer Ham I-na’s question.
But everyone understood the answer anyway.
Pee So-won squeezed her eyes shut.
Lee Yu-ji. Thank goodness that man wasn’t here.
If he had been here, there’s no way he would have stayed quiet after hearing this.
That’s when it happened.
A call came through on Pee So-won’s smart watch.
[Partner]
They say even tigers come when you call their name.
The moment the call connected, Lee Yu-ji screamed.
[Team Leader… no, Manager… no, Deputy Director nooooow!]
“Why are you shouting?”
[A dungeon appeared in the middle of Yeouido!]
“….”
How the hell did he find out about this again.
And—
[But it looks like an ant colony here. What do I do?]
An ant colony…?
Pee So-won raised an eyebrow at that peculiar nuance.
“You didn’t….”
[I came to the National Assembly library and accidentally entered the dungeon! What do I do!]
Should I even believe this.
Every single time something this important happens, Lee Yu-ji gets caught up in it?
That’s when Pee So-won clenched her teeth.
A grinning fox appeared on her monitor screen.
Hey. You missed me, didn’t you?
Gamer.
It was Choi Woo-jin.
When did he hack this computer….
I heard you need me. If you need me, just type three letters. By the way, the first letter is “do” and the last letter is “jwo”.
…Pee So-won was grinding her teeth at the message the Gamer had left.
[But there seem to be quite a lot of civilians here…!]
Lee Yu-ji’s voice came through, full of distress.
If she just told him to escape on his own… there was no way he would. That was clear from his voice.
At the same time, screams erupted from all around her.
[Ahhhhhhhhh!]
[Ugh!]
[Help me!]
[Please, help me!]
Pee So-won hesitated as she heard those voices.
That was when it happened.
While the other team members prepared to mobilize, Kwon Ik-seong approached her.
“There’s a school on a field trip to the National Assembly Museum. We’re counting approximately 200 students.”
“What?”
That information was definitely—
She recalled her conversation with Gu Jae-yong.
[There aren’t many missing civilians. Congressmen and aides will have separate teams deployed.]
Damn it.
She hadn’t believed that statement…!
“All of those students are currently unreachable.”
“….”
Pee So-won shut her eyes tightly.
Pee So-won brought her hand to her keyboard.
Help me.
After typing those three words, she gave Lee Yu-ji an order.
“Don’t you dare move. Stay right there. If you don’t—”
An order that Lee Yu-ji would absolutely never obey.
“I’ll kill you.”

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[Don’t move. Stay right there.]
[Or I’ll kill you.]
I listened to Pee So-won’s words while observing the people before me.
I had been captured by the ant and brought to a place where countless white, massive stones were clustered together.
And soon I realized what they were.
White eggs visible all around.
The interior of the dungeon resembling a cave.
And that enormous ant fluttering its wings above, moving about.
That creature had captured me and brought me here.
Fortunately, Kang Si-bang had bitten the spider’s leg midway, allowing me to land here safely.
‘At first, I thought that was the boss monster.’
Usually, winged Giant Ants are called Queen Giant Ants, making them the dungeon’s boss monster in most cases.
But—
I stared at the massive something covering the white eggs.
That thing whose overall form I couldn’t even begin to comprehend.
Ants are divided into worker ants, male ants, and queen ants.
Typically, winged ants are one of two types.
Male ants or queen ants.
The greatest difference between them is that queen ants never leave the vicinity of their eggs.
Which meant….
That was the real boss monster—the queen ant.
And on one side, there were easily a hundred or so people gathered together.
Some appeared to be high school students, some were men in business suits, and some looked like ordinary middle-aged women or elderly men.
A translucent ant wriggled and crawled out from within one of the eggs.
It was a small worker ant.
At minimum, it was the size of a one-ton truck.
And without hesitation, the ant approached those people, grabbed one of them, and began swallowing them whole.
“Aaaahhhhh!”
Young girls who looked only one or two years younger than Lee Yu-gyeom were sobbing uncontrollably, unable to move for fear of waking the other ants.
That small worker ant was at least B-rank.
In other words, unless there was a B-rank or higher hunter here, none of these people would escape alive.
A chilling conclusion sent shivers down my spine, and I lifted the black folder.
Trace of Twisted Causality 2 (S)
Lee Yu-ji’s exclusive item….
Will you use it immediately?
I didn’t know what this was.
Honestly, I had intended not to use it because of the side effects.
But this wasn’t the time for that.
I couldn’t just let these people die like this…
“I wa—”
I was about to speak.
A hand emerged from among the white eggs and clamped my mouth shut.
“Yu-ji.”
A woman lifted her head through the eggs, her voice firm and commanding.
With overwhelming strength, she dragged me directly into the eggs.
Among the translucent eggs, the woman stared at me.
Disheveled hair, a face bare of makeup.
Only then did I recognize her identity.
Baek Hee-ryeong.
“Madam President. There are people outside who—”
“Don’t mind them.”
Baek Hee-ryeong spoke coldly.
“Pardon?”
Baek Hee-ryeong snatched the file folder I was holding from my hands.
As if she knew exactly what it was.
With strength that belied any ordinary person, she subdued me.
Baek Hee-ryeong clenched her teeth.
From outside came the screams of people.
“I don’t care who dies. You’re only thinking about yourself now. In this life.”

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