The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 32

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 032

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“Have we completed all the arrests?”
Yeo Hyeong-se, an investigator from Team 1, spoke while surveying her surroundings.
Cries of anguish echoed throughout the area.
At an opulent residence on the outskirts of Gyeonggi-do, all the suspects had been subdued by Team 1 investigators.
The total number of participants, as previously investigated, was thirty-four.
Since they were a mix of ordinary citizens and Awakened individuals, they were being separated and managed on the second and first floors respectively.
On the second floor where Yeo Hyeong-se was located, fourteen Awakened individuals were being held in isolation.
And their condition was….
“Damn it! I’ll kill you all! Every last one!”
One man, unable to contain his frenzy, had begun gnawing at his handcuffs.
Crash! Crash! Crash!
Another was slamming his head directly against a pillar.
They were all in various states of derangement.
The problem was that this Funny Powder—a banned dungeon byproduct—didn’t just drive users insane; it also granted Awakened individuals a modest stat enhancement.
Though minimal, for Awakened individuals whose strength already surpassed that of ordinary humans—
“Aaaah! Team Leader, the pillar is breaking!”
…it became an overwhelming force.
As cracks began forming in the pillar from the Awakened individual’s head strikes, Ham I-na called out to Kwon Ik-seong in a panicked voice.
The restraint cuffs were items designed to prevent skill usage, not to suppress physical strength.
Yeo Hyeong-se, standing right beside Ham I-na, spoke to her.
“Why are you just standing there watching!”
The moment Yeo Hyeong-se tried to forcibly drag the Awakened individual away—
The man’s head headbutted directly into Yeo Hyeong-se’s head.
Yeo Hyeong-se collapsed, clutching her head.
“Hehehehe… hehehehe….”
The Awakened individual was making strange sounds.
Kwon Ik-seong walked directly toward that Awakened individual and drew the pistol from his waistband.
Rather than being frightened, the Awakened individual crawled toward the gun barrel and giggled.
“Ha… You’re going to shoot me? Go ahead. Shoot me, you bastard. Damn Hunter Investigation Unit bastards. How dare you….”
Bang!
Whoosh!
Kwon Ik-seong fired with an expressionless face, and the net that spread from within completely bound the Awakened individual’s mouth and entire body.
“Mmmmmph….!”
Seeing this, Ham I-na muttered under her breath.
“I really thought you were actually going to shoot…”
“…It’s a Team Leader-grade issued item. If aimed incorrectly, it can cause asphyxiation.”
At those words, the Awakened individual with his mouth sealed thrashed about, his eyes widening.
Ham I-na swallowed hard, as did Yeo Hyeong-se, whose forehead was split open and bleeding.
However, Kwon Ik-seong spoke with a face that showed no particular disturbance.
“Are you alright?”
Yeo Hyeong-se answered.
“Yes. I’m fine.”
“This area seems to be mostly secured.”
Kwon Ik-seong called the support team waiting outside and instructed them to prepare a transport vehicle.
Soon, a transport bus bearing the Heonsu Department insignia arrived at the gate of the residence where the party had taken place.
The civilians on the first floor were transported away on that bus.
Now only the Awakened suspects remained.
It was as they too began to exit the garden one by one, handcuffed.
Of course, one of them was writhing like a fish caught in a net, slung over Kwon Ik-seong’s side as he headed toward the transport vehicle.
Watching this, Ham I-na felt slightly taken aback.
Of course, she thought the strength to carry an Awakened suspect like an object was remarkable, but more than that—
‘That completely unfazed expression.’
In fact, throughout the raid on the crime scene, Kwon Ik-seong never showed a moment of disturbance. Not before suspects attempting self-harm, nor before those trying to retrieve items.
He had simply subdued the suspects with the same composed expression as now.
In the process, he was even somewhat—
‘If you don’t release that item now, under the Civil Servant Act, I am permitted to injure you. Is that acceptable?’
‘Shut up, you crazy bastard! …Ugh, ugh-gack-gack!’
…One might even call it courteous.
It made sense that someone like him would hold the position of Team Leader of Team 1.
She also felt a slight sense of frustration that she still had a long way to go before becoming an investigator like Kwon Ik-seong.
Click.
That was when it happened.
She felt something cold from behind her back.
Before she could even recognize what it was, goosebumps instinctively covered her spine.
“Don’t move. Don’t say anything. I’ll shoot.”
A gun.
A magic gun.
From the sound reaching her ear, she instinctively realized what it was.
Being at the very end of the line, she slowed her pace.
She had learned countless self-defense techniques that could be used in such situations, but the instructor who taught her self-defense had repeatedly warned her.
‘Never engage an opponent with a gun. That is the best course of action.’
…Damn it.
She furrowed her brow, watching the other investigators and suspects gradually move away. Her heart began to race wildly.
What should she do?
Her hand moved before that thought could settle.
It was when she drove her elbow toward the suspect’s ribs behind her.
The suspect’s arm immediately covered her body.
“Team Leader!”
As Ham I-na’s cry rang out, Kwon Ik-seong turned around.
But his pace slowed when he saw her being held captive.
The criminal holding Ham I-na as a hostage grinned wickedly and spoke to Kwon Ik-seong.
“Damn Hunter Investigation Unit bastards.”
The criminal easily shook off the handcuff item dangling from his free hand—the one not holding the gun.
It had been defective from the start.
The moment Kwon Ik-seong realized this and reached for his gun.
The criminal’s body launched upward.
It was a skill.
“Emergency situation! Emergency situation!”
Yeo Hyeong-se, who had been walking directly ahead of Ham I-na, alerted everyone to the situation using her watch item.
“Team Leader… because of me…”
“Later.”
Kwon Ik-seong cut off Ham I-na’s words sharply.
He handed her the keys to the unmarked vehicle they’d arrived in, which was parked beside the transport vehicle.
“Drive.”
“Yes!”
Ham I-na climbed into the driver’s seat, and Kwon Ik-seong took the passenger seat. He gave her directions since she didn’t know where to go.
“Straight ahead. Turn right after two blocks.”
It was one of Kwon Ik-seong’s skills.
His five senses opened completely.
Kwon Ik-seong’s senses were sharper than others.
He could see people from far away, detect faint scents, and hear frequencies that human ears couldn’t pick up.
His strength and stamina were said to be stronger than typical A-rank Hunters.
It was undeniably a skill perfectly suited for an investigator.
Ham I-na turned the steering wheel following Kwon Ik-seong’s directions, which he recited like a navigation system.
It was in the midst of frantically turning the wheel.
“…”
Kwon Ik-seong unbuckled his seatbelt and leaned out the window, shouting.
“Left turn. We’ve entered the main road.”
“If it’s the main road, civilians could be taken hostage too, couldn’t they? I should report this to the command center first.”
Before she could even activate her smartwatch with trembling hands, Kwon Ik-seong’s phone rang.
Kwon Ik-seong answered through his watch.
[Hey, you bastards! What are you doing! That crazy son of a bitch just got on a bus!]
It was Captain Hong’s voice.
“We’re aware.”
[Aware? Then why did you let him get away?]
“That is…”
Just as Ham I-na was about to say something, Kwon Ik-seong spoke first.
“There’s something more important. The criminal has a bomb.”
[What?]
“There was quite a strong smell. It’s freshly opened—likely a considerable amount of explosives.”
[Damn it….]
A curse slipped from Captain Hong’s lips. He issued an order to someone beside him, not to Kwon Ik-seong.
[Pull up the footage of everyone on bus 316 right now.]
And then Captain Hong said something incomprehensible.
[Wait. What is that?]
“…?”
Captain Hong’s voice, monitoring the situation room from the Captain’s Office, pitched upward in confusion.
[Isn’t that him? That Junior Member of Team 5! Why is he coming out of there? No, why is he going in?]

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