The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 37

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 037
During sparring, I once watched my coach strike an opponent in that spot.
I saw my coach collapse without even being able to breathe.
But!
‘I had no idea it would hurt this much!’
A heavy, throbbing pain radiating from my lower abdomen surged through my entire body.
Unable to breathe properly, I clutched my lower region and staggered backward.
‘C-Rank Hunter or whatever—none of that matters!’
Lee Yu-ji’s original body immediately followed up with another back kick.
Even though I was using the ‘Focus’ skill, allowing me to see Lee Yu-ji’s heel positioning in slow motion as she prepared her attack, I found myself unable to mount any defense.
‘It hurts too much!’
Thwack!
As a result, Seo Gil-su’s body took the full force of the attack and crashed into the front window.
Cracks spider-webbed across the glass, and blood streamed down my—no, Seo Gil-su’s—head.
And yet it still hurt!
Not my head, but ‘that spot’!
How could this be happening?
This was the result of ordering Seo Gil-su to strike me relentlessly starting five minutes after I possessed Lee Yu-ji’s body.
I had hoped that by controlling Seo Gil-su’s body, I could stop the bus, but that might not work, and more importantly—
I glanced at the CCTV camera inside the bus.
‘The Gamer must be watching all of this right now.’
In the original story, the Gamer was indeed watching the bus’s CCTV feed.
I tried to keep an eye on the camera while gasping and whimpering silently.
But Lee Yu-ji’s impassive original body showed no mercy to my predicament and simply grabbed me before unleashing a palm strike.
The moment her palm—specifically the part of her wrist connecting to her palm—struck my jaw, I saw stars.
‘The jaw has nerves running through it!’
I wanted to scream this, but I could only helplessly let blood drip from my nose.
Lee Yu-ji’s original body was likely striking instinctively, knowing exactly where to hit.
I almost instinctively countered, but I held back.
With blood now flowing from my head as well, my vision turned crimson.
As I collapsed, Lee Yu-ji’s original body stomped on me—on Seo Gil-su—several more times.
‘Wait, hold on… I told her to put handcuffs on me once I’m incapacitated!’
Time remaining: 00:57
The thought of taking more hits for the remaining minute was horrifying.
‘A national team martial artist beating up a civilian—isn’t this a crime?!’
Seo Gil-su was hardly a civilian, being a C-Rank Hunter, yet my mind was inexplicably filled with a sense of injustice.
‘One minute feels like an hour!’
I tried my best not to make a sound so Lee Yu-ji’s original body would believe I was truly incapacitated, but—
“Ehehehe…”
Laughter escaped me again.
Fortunately, since my body remained still, my original self, Lee Yu-ji, looked down at me and removed the ring from her hand.
The moment my original body, transformed into handcuffs, was placed on Seo Gil-su’s wrist.
Zzzzzzzt—
Time remaining: 00:00
The possession ended and the pain vanished.
I was no longer Seo Gil-su, but rather Investigator Lee Yu-ji, who had mercilessly beaten down Seo Gil-su as he writhed in terrible agony.
The faint, unpleasant hallucinations and that strange joy that had been manipulating my mind all disappeared.
Kwon Ik-seong’s skill also seemed to have finished its cooldown and vanished, making everything feel eerily quiet.
In that silence, Seo Gil-su, bleeding from his nose, looked up at me and shook his head.
“What? You… How did you…?”
“Getting beaten up made you stop laughing, huh?”
“Hehehehe…”
Even now, this bastard was laughing.
[Passengers are prohibited from unfastening safety belts and moving about the bus, as well as engaging in behavior that causes discomfort to others.]
That was when it happened.
The bus’s recorded announcement played.
‘Suddenly?’
I was puzzled.
The announcement changed, but in the same friendly bus recording voice tone.
[Ah yes, right. Not even wearing a safety belt. Just beating up other passengers. This won’t do. Investigator Lee Yu-ji.]
I immediately knew who it was.
Choi Woo-jin.
The Gamer.
[Is it okay for an investigator to turn someone into a bloody pulp like that, Investigator Lee Yu-ji?]
I could vividly picture that malicious expression appearing on his face.
[If you inhaled that much Funny Powder, you should be out of it. How on earth did you manage?]
I bound the struggling Seo Gil-su to the bus pole with another pair of handcuffs and answered.
“…That doesn’t seem to be the important thing right now.”
I pushed through the delighted passengers, opened as many windows as I could, and removed the bubble gum I’d been using to cover my mouth and nose.
A pixelated image appeared on the small display panel next to the driver’s seat that announced the next stop.
An image of a fox wearing sunglasses lying on a sunbed.
A character the original Gamer always used like his own seal.
‘A fox in sunglasses.’
What terrible taste.
[But is it really okay to neglect the steering wheel like that?]
Screeeech!
As the Gamer’s voice spoke, the unattended bus began scraping against the guardrail.
Simultaneously, the bus lurched and several people tumbled and fell. Of course, they just giggled even as they fell.
“Hehehehe! Hehehehe!”
Instead of fastening safety belts for them, I first returned to the driver’s seat and grabbed the steering wheel.
I snapped the loosened shoelace and took control of the steering wheel.
Then I pulled out the smart watch I’d kept in my back pocket and turned it on.
The moment it powered up, a call came through.
Team Leader Pee So-won
…Why did I have this sudden feeling of dread about answering?
[Lee Yu-ji, you crazy bastard! What the hell are you doing on that thing! Get off right now!]
It was Pee So-won’s voice, completely frantic.
Ugh. I knew I’d get chewed out.
But wait! Is it my fault I’m on this thing? Huh?
Okay, I did board it on purpose, but Pee So-won doesn’t know that!
If I actually make it back alive, I’m just going to ram her.
She never treats me like a partner, just yells at me all the time!
“I, I want to get off too. But right now….”
I answered in a small, trembling voice while staring at the National Highway beyond the cracked windshield.
“The car won’t stop….”
[…Then just jump out yourself, you idiot!]
“We’re going a hundred kilometers per hour?”
[Just jump. If your face gets scraped up, I’ll take you to Healer Hospital and get you treated. As long as you’re still breathing, I’ll pour potions on you.]
This woman, seriously.
If I’m not breathing? What?
I’m a pathetic hunter with an EX-Rank skill but F-Rank stats!
“Um, but Team Leader Kwon Ik-seong keeps calling. What should I do?”
Kwon Ik-seong’s call was also showing on my smart watch.
[…Since we can do a conference call, take his call too. He’s tracking you as well. The command center is controlling traffic around you. You’re doing fine—just don’t cross the center line. Don’t… worry.]
Pee So-won’s voice softened slightly.
Hearing the word “worry” made my feelings turn complicated.
Could it be that Pee So-won was angry because she was worried about me?
Because I’m her “partner” after all?
I remembered what Ma Deok-ho had said.
About Pee So-won’s previous partner who had died.
‘Never treating me like a partner, but only then….’
I grumbled, but I answered Kwon Ik-seong’s call anyway.
[Investigator Lee Yu-ji, are you alright?]
Kwon Ik-seong’s voice came through the smart watch.
I flinched for a moment, remembering the fantasy of him stroking my chin, but I quickly checked the passengers’ condition in the rearview mirror and answered.
“Yes. Well, the passengers are still giggling, so it doesn’t seem like there’s brain damage. No one appears to have breathing problems either.”
At my response, Team Leader Kwon fell silent for a moment.
Then he spoke again.
[What I’m asking is whether Investigator Lee Yu-ji yourself is alright.]
Oh.
He was talking about me.
“Well… I… that… it seems fine to me.”
At my response, Kwon Ik-seong spoke in a low voice.
[I’m relieved. I was worried.]

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