The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 283

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 283
Lee Yu-ji, shot by the bullet, lay sprawled on the ground and contemplated.
‘When should I…’
When should I get up?
If I rise gradually and deliberately, won’t it look more divine?
That was the plan.
The bullet that struck Lee Yu-ji dealt her no damage whatsoever.
The reason was—
‘We need something with real impact at this point. Any ideas?’
This had come up during a meeting with Pee So-won, Kwon Ik-seong, and Choi Woo-jin.
Lately, the number of followers hadn’t been growing much.
For that reason, Lee Yu-ji had proposed a new idea.
‘What if I got shot? You know, like that famous American President.’
‘What. You mean…’
‘Are you referring to Lincoln?’
‘That man got shot and died.’
At Pee So-won’s words, Lee Yu-ji’s eyes widened.
‘He became a huge sensation after dying. As a martyr.’
‘So you want to die too? I don’t think it’ll be that easy to die. The guns here aren’t as powerful as you’d think.’
Pee So-won said this while aiming the gun at Lee Yu-ji, then swiftly redirected the barrel toward Choi Woo-jin.
And without hesitation—
Bang—!
She fired.
Without the slightest moment of doubt.
‘This woman is absolutely insane!’
Choi Woo-jin took the bullet directly to his chest and clutched his heart.
‘Ugh…’
‘Ugh? Really?’
As Pee So-won spoke with annoyance, Choi Woo-jin laughed and straightened his hunched body.
‘The guns the Vice-Director supplies don’t include any real weapons.’
‘If I had magic stones, I could craft a weapon that would actually kill you.’
‘Wow. Is that so.’
A battle between lunatics who wouldn’t back down an inch.
You two, stop fighting already.
My heart’s about to give out.
Lee Yu-ji observed the scattered shell casings and bullets and reflected.
Then she spoke.
‘Let’s go with this then.’
‘Will it work? You need to act like it really hurts. Can you pull off the performance?’
‘Of course I can! What’s so difficult about acting! I’ve been giving speeches lately, so I’m a master of persuasion!’
At Lee Yu-ji’s words, Pee So-won let out a hollow laugh.
‘This isn’t the Hunter Investigation Unit—it’s a hunter crime syndicate.’
It wasn’t an inaccurate assessment.
Lee Yu-ji, who had grown so abundantly as a con artist prodigy, heard the zealous believer beside her cry out.
“Seize him! Catch that terrorist!”
This was the moment.
I just need to act at precisely this instant.
With that thought, she quickly rose to her feet.
“Ah… ah… no, that’s not it.”
“Pardon?”
She slowly picked up a bullet from the ground nearby.
“This bullet failed to pierce my heart!”
She held the bullet aloft as though it radiated divine power and cried out.
“The power of such an evil being cannot touch me! Look! Not a single drop of blood!”
It was true.
There wasn’t a trace of blood on Lee Yu-ji’s chest.
Yet the bullet hadn’t missed either.
Because the shirt she wore bore the unmistakable tear marks left by the projectile.
Wonder filled the eyes of those watching.
Simultaneously, that wonder transformed into fury directed at the man who had shot Lee Yu-ji.
“Seize him!”
“Grab that man!”
Many rushed toward the shooter in a surging wave.
Someone had already seized him.
And that man shouted.
“You foolish bastards! Only money can offer true salvation! The missing people are all dead! Instead of wasting time like this, you should look for victims to con like O.G. does! Otherwise, you’ll all die too!”
Even as people kicked at him, the man continued speaking without pause.
It was inevitable.
That man’s true identity was Pee So-won, and Pee So-won was deliberately delivering a prepared speech.
Words destined to dominate tomorrow’s newspaper headlines.

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Is the end of the world approaching? A horrific incident unfolds at an OLC sermon! The shooter’s final words: “The missing people are dead!”
The shooter’s identity revealed: “The Big Hand of Harlem,” the underworld’s refusal incarnate!
OLC Chairman Gyoju declares, “Only those who fear salvation will covet money.” Transported to the hospital but refusing treatment, he continued his sermon thereafter.
Looting and terrorism erupted across the streets. Everyone with paper money robbed and was robbed by others.
Mifton Factory officially declares bankruptcy. Interview with Mifton’s president: “There’s nothing left that money can accomplish!”
These articles had surfaced only yesterday.
Now, New York’s newspapers ceased publication.
The factories no longer operated.
Ever since Lee Yu-ji was shot, whether one believed salvation came from abandoning money or that survival required earning it, both sides grew increasingly volatile.
One side stopped working altogether, intent on discarding their wealth.
The other side plundered from others to accumulate more.
Ranking… compilation in progress….
And amid this chaos, the system began to collapse.
No one had foreseen it.
Capitalism itself was being utterly negated.
Because currency no longer functioned as currency, human labor could not be converted into monetary value.
Since people preferred plundering to purchasing with money, currency became unnecessary.
Human greed remained unchanged, yet its object was no longer money.
This state of affairs began paralyzing the system.
Ranking compilation ceased.
Ten days passed. Then twenty.
People grew increasingly destitute.
Even the marts once protected by iron gates had long since been stripped bare, with no one left to guard them.
Public authority—the police—crumbled first, and some formed organizations to pillage throughout the city.
“P-please, spare me!”
“If you want to live, hand over everything. When did I say I’d kill you? You won’t achieve salvation by dying anyway.”
“All I have is this bundle of cash. I swear!”
“A bundle of cash? Ah… so you’re one of those? One of those mafia bastards spouting that money saves everything.”
“That’s not it….”
That’s when it happened.
Squelch.
The bundle of cash was ripped from the man’s head.
In its place, black liquid poured forth.
“Aaaahhhhh!”
The woman draped in pearl necklaces gasped in horror and turned to flee.
The pearls fell from her neck.
Black liquid pooled thickly between the scattering pearls, then greedily engulfed them like a viscous swamp.
It soon ensnared her felt shoes and began coiling around her legs.
“Ahhhhh…!”
Her legs were submerged first, then her waist, then her chest.
The woman’s entire body was being consumed into the thick, viscous black liquid.
Bang!
A gunshot echoed from somewhere.
Simultaneously, a hole appeared in the center of the liquid.
The liquid lost its viscosity and transformed like water, sinking away.
Soon the woman’s mangled form resurfaced.
The terror of nearly dying was fleeting—the woman quickly noticed her shoes and pearl necklace had vanished, and she shrieked in horror.
“My money…. My pearl necklace…. Ahhhhhhh! Give me my money back!”
The woman screamed as if retching.
And then—
A bundle of cash fell from the woman’s head.
Thud.
Along with it, black liquid erupted like a fountain from the woman’s head.
Bang—!
This time the bullet pierced straight through the woman’s heart.
The woman—or rather, the thing spewing black liquid—collapsed smoothly.
Watching this, the woman who fired the shot, Pee So-won, spoke to Lee Yu-ji.
“What the hell is that thing?”
Lee Yu-ji approached the collapsed woman.
The woman’s body had completely transformed into black liquid and vanished.
Nearly a month had passed since the world’s capitalist system came to a halt.
Other changes had occurred in this world besides the loss of money’s value.
This was it.
The cash-bundle humans were gradually transforming into black liquid monsters.
And defeating them required increasingly stronger items.
“…Yeah. What could that be?”
“You’re answering a question with a question….”
That’s when Pee So-won, following Lee Yu-ji’s gaze after hearing her words, fell silent.
At first, she mistook it for a dark cloud.
But it wasn’t.
It was—
A massive object resembling the Empire State Building extended equally massive tentacles through every alley, devouring everything in its path.
“It’s a liquid monster. Damn it.”
The black liquid pouring from the cash-bundle humans had coalesced into one.

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