The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 30

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 030
The Bus Downtown Terror Incident.
A major urban infrastructure destruction case that appears in Chapter 90 of the original work.
The criminal who hijacked the bus had explosives, and approximately 200 people died in this bus terror attack.
It was an incident that even Choi Woo-jin, who knew the entire future, couldn’t prevent, and he fell into considerable shock because of it.
…If I hadn’t regressed, would those people still be alive?
Reading his self-deprecating inner monologue, it was the first time I felt sympathy for the crazy regressor protagonist.
Most importantly, this incident puts the Heonsu Department on the verge of being shut down!
This time, it’s not just a matter of the Heonsu Department wasting that much taxpayer money and failing to catch another villain.
The criminal who hijacked the bus was originally a subject of investigation by the Heonsu Department.
In fact, the arrest team was even deployed during the distribution process of funny powder, and the criminal was arrested.
However, due to the arrest team’s mistake during the arrest process, the criminal escaped and hijacked red bus number 316….
[Why can’t you understand what I’m saying today? I’ll call you again later….]
It wasn’t simply an ‘arrest team mistake.’
Among the items distributed to Team 1, the arrest team, there were defective goods mixed in.
Even if defective goods are mixed in, it’s hard to notice, and by the time you do, it’s already too late for supply items.
‘…It’s handcuffs.’
When my thoughts reached that point, the time given to me had already—
00:01
run out.
“Woof! Woof woof!”
I came to my senses, feeling the warm, moist sensation of Ruru’s tongue against my cheek.
I had returned to my body.
Back to Lee Yu-ji’s body.
I turned my head and looked toward where ’27da 4885′ was located.
It was still there. I calmed Ruru down and got to my feet.
However, the car ’27da 4885′, which had its engine running, immediately began to move.
The vehicle moved out through the back door as the Security Guard opened the barricade.
Watching this, I furrowed my brow.
“Huh? Isn’t it past your start time?”
The Security Guard acknowledged me as he looked at me.
“What’s that car?”
“It’s a delivery for the Equipment Management Team. They say they forgot a few pieces of equipment today and are coming back? But it’s only 9 o’clock….”
I watched the rear of 4885 leisurely disappearing into the alley.
Since the car team leader said he’d call again at the last moment, that person couldn’t have missed the team leader’s instructions.
Besides, the Equipment Management Team works in a completely different department from us investigation teams, so we don’t even know how to identify defective equipment, and even if we did….
‘This is the kind of situation where sticking my neck out could get it chopped off.’
How would I even explain how I found out in the first place?
Vaguely brushing it off as cognitive investigation is only possible in external cases.
Besides, rooting out an internal mole is an extremely delicate and dangerous matter.
But a mere junior investigator investigating corruption at the rank of team leader?
This isn’t something you’d attempt unless you worked outside the Heonsu Department—or at least somewhere higher up than the Heonsu Department itself.
In other words, there’s no way to identify defective equipment beforehand.
The bus terror must be stopped at the scene.
“…Sigh.”
As I exhaled, the security guard seemed to sense something amiss and asked.
“Is there some problem with that vehicle?”
“Yes. There is.”
“What kind of problem….”
I pointed at the spot where 4885 had been parked, my expression grave.
Cigarette butts were piled high near the driver’s side.
“It looks like someone dumped trash there illegally.”
“Oh my. You’re right. I’ll have a word with them next time, investigator.”
Watching the security guard tsk-tsk disapprovingly, I bowed and turned away.
The moment I turned around, my face twisted.
Damn it!
‘Living as an extra through possession is brutal!’

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Park Seung-su. He’s an employee at the delivery company for the Equipment Management Team. His vehicle number is 27-da-4885.
I returned to the office and sent a message to Ma Deok-ho via the internal messenger.
It helped that I’d memorized the business card from his wallet before the possession wore off.
Ma Deok-ho replied as if quite surprised.
You really found him?
You told me to find him!
I nearly got shot because of this task!
Or maybe… was the Quest itself predetermined from the start?
I didn’t expect you to take it seriously. Thank you.
When did this bastard ever send a message like this….
Ma Deok-ho’s favorability increases by 10.
A status window floated above the headset-wearing head visible over the partition.
Well… there’s no harm in earning the favorability of a senior colleague on the same team.
The skill is called ‘Animal Communicator,’ so it might be useful if I need to possess something again.
…That’s the problem. I only have 69 hours left before I get shot to death!
‘Wait a minute.’
Something’s off.
Cha Jeon-hyeok clearly only instructed him to mix in a few defective components.
But can a bombing terror attack happen with just that? He knows who the criminal with the bomb is and just tells him to mix in defective equipment?
Besides, the bomb could easily be discovered and identified by the arrest team beforehand?
‘Could it be….’
So there’s a mole in the Arrest Team too. That guy will be carrying the bomb and handing it over?
‘There’s a spy in the Investigation Team.’
I’d already considered this possibility on my first day of work when I anticipated the bomb attack.
But I’d dismissed it, thinking it was merely a consequence of our lax surveillance of the Delivery Man.
‘Now that I think about it, something doesn’t add up.’
Of all days, they targeted the 5th Team Office—closest to the Detention Center—when every other team was out on field assignments.
It meant internal information from the Investigation Team had leaked outside.
‘And the person who provided it is in Team 1.’
I unconsciously thought of Ham I-na and Kwon Ik-seong, but neither of them could possibly be that kind of person.
That left eight remaining suspects.
Unlike the 5th Team, Team 1 had ten members—all of them exceptionally talented.
‘That’s a lot of people!’
Now, within 69 hours, I had to identify which one of Team 1 would hand over the bomb.
69 hours meant I could use Possession twice. I’d already used it once, so I had two remaining.
One would likely need to be reserved for the Crazy Terrorist, so the remaining one would naturally go to—
Does Team 1 have any field assignments tomorrow? If not, I was thinking of buying you lunch… and thanks again for the CCTV footage.
Ham I-na’s reply came immediately.
Oh… you didn’t have to do that haha, but thank you! Tomorrow I have a full team meeting for Team 1, so I’ll be in the office! I’ll buy the coffee!^^
She never refuses anything. Anyway—
‘So the Team Leader will be in Team 1 tomorrow as well.’
A sinister smile spread across my face.
That’s right.
My target is Kwon Ik-seong.
An A-rank Hunter. Plenty of skills to steal, and the person with the most information about Team 1!

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