The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 45

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 045

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“Ha ha… It seems you don’t quite understand what it means to be assigned to the Hunter Management Office’s Grade 3 Special Task Force. This isn’t an opportunity that comes around every day.”
In that instant, the Chief’s face, which had been playing the fool moments before, turned cold.
He spoke in a low voice, as if coaxing her…
No, rather as if threatening her slightly.
“The Heonsu Department is being dissolved anyway, right?”
A glint of something dangerous flickered in his eyes.
Yet Lee Yu-ji simply gazed at his eyes calmly, her pupils rolling as if hesitant.
Soon, the innocent and naive light in her eyes shifted subtly.
“I wanted to join the Heonsu Department.”
As if to say this was the real her, her eyes grew darker.
Then the face of an athlete who had run in the Olympic Village wearing the Taegeuk mark emerged.
A calm, composed face preparing for battle—one that looked quietly confident.
He flinched at that expression, then opened his mouth again to persuade Lee Yu-ji.
“Listen, Investigator Lee Yu-ji…”
“Huh?”
That was when it happened.
Lee Yu-ji pointed at the Chief’s feet with a startled expression.
“…Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh?”
“…What? What is it?”
Just as the Chief jumped up from his seat in alarm.
Lee Yu-ji laughed sheepishly and scratched the back of her head.
“Oh. It was just a rock.”
“…”
This girl.
The Chief looked at Lee Yu-ji with a distorted expression.
Lee Yu-ji had already returned to that innocent, almost foolish-looking face from before.
Then she giggled.
“Ah, I came here to receive first aid because I was just helping rescue the passengers… I should be going now. Chief!”
She bowed at a 170-degree angle like before, speaking with sincerity.
“It was an honor to meet you!”
The Chief watched Lee Yu-ji, her tightly bound hair swishing left and right like a tail as she ran toward the crime scene, his expression utterly bewildered.
Soon the Spokesperson who had been standing far off returned to his side.
“I took several photos, but which one should I send to the PR team? Since I shot from a distance, we got quite a few good shots…”
The Chief shook his head at the Spokesperson’s words.
“Hold off on any media play involving Lee Yu-ji for now.”
“Why…?”
“Why? Well… that one there…”
The Chief clicked his tongue as he watched the tussle between the grandmother, still intoxicated by the funny powder and yanking Lee Yu-ji’s hair, and Lee Yu-ji herself.
In his mind lingered an afterimage of Lee Yu-ji’s face as she spoke those words—that she “wanted to work in the Heonsu Department.”
A face displaying a resolve far harder to break than Kwon Ik-seong’s.
Yet judging by what came before and after, there was no way to tell if that face was genuine.
“That one’s an idiot… or just pretending to be one.”
“She seems like an actual idiot, though?”
The Spokesperson answered with conviction, watching Lee Yu-ji being dragged away by her hair.
The Chief nodded and replied.
“Right?”
That was when it happened.
The Chief’s phone rang.
Upon seeing the number displayed, the Chief answered with a tense expression.
“Chairman.”
His voice became slightly strained. His face reacted to each word from the other end.
“Yes, of course. Well… Don’t worry. Kwon Ik-seong won’t be causing trouble again.”
Then, in an instant.
A contemptible smile crossed the Chief’s face.
The Chief stepped out from the back of the ambulance and walked toward the car, speaking in a low voice.
“It was a mess caused by Kwon Ik-seong’s family, so they should bear the responsibility instead. I’ll hold them strictly accountable and ensure this never happens again. Yes. Yes. Don’t worry and just head inside.”
After hanging up, the Chief looked toward Ji Won-gil, who was opening the car door with a displeased expression.
“Hey, rookie.”
“Yes?”
“Life’s rough, isn’t it?”
Just as Ji Won-gil was contemplating his response, the Chief pointed at his phone and spoke.
“It’s rough for me too. Don’t think I’m not reading the room, you know? Sigh. Really.”
The Chief sighed and climbed into the sedan.

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After the Chief’s car disappeared from the scene with nothing but photographs taken,
only once the scene was nearly cleared could I return to the Heonsu Department in the official vehicle.
‘Wow….’
My body felt like it was falling apart.
My condition in the car could be summed up in one phrase.
Like I’d just run through three rounds of combat.
And brutal ones at that, getting pummeled the entire time.
I glared at Pee So-won from the passenger seat as she drove.
‘It’s all because of this person.’
The biggest cause of my muscle soreness was gripping the steering wheel of a bus rolling on burst tires at the final moment, tensed the entire time.
Later, I noticed my handprints were left imprinted on the leather of the steering wheel.
‘A psychopath, no matter how you look at it.’
The gratitude I felt for her coming to save me had long since vanished, and I’d come to regard Pee So-won as an enemy….
“What are you looking at?”
“Huh? No… it’s just….”
Then Pee So-won glanced at the back seat through the rearview mirror.
Byeon Gu-do and Ma Deok-ho were already asleep, snoring softly as if exhausted.
Both of them had endured grueling work all day because of this incident, though I couldn’t say exactly what they’d done.
Pee So-won opened the sunglasses holder mounted above the rearview mirror and pulled out a squeezable red ginseng drink, offering it to me.
“…Drink it. Quietly.”
She said this in a very low voice.
Seriously.
Was I really going to be moved by just one squeezable red ginseng drink….
‘…Hmph. She only gave it to me.’
I should remain loyal from now on.
I held the red ginseng drink and looked at Pee So-won with sparkling eyes.
Sensing that gaze, Pee So-won spoke as if exasperated.
“Don’t people ever tell you that you’re like a dog?”
“Is that an insult?”
“No, it’s not really an insult.”
Pee So-won glanced at the back seat once more, then asked in an even lower voice.
“…So you really did say you’re going to the Hunter Management Office.”
“…How did you find out about that….”
I lowered my voice as much as possible while looking at the back seat.
It felt like being caught by my teammates—or worse, my Team Leader—submitting a resume to another company.
To be honest, it was an incredibly attractive offer.
But as someone who knew the original story, I naturally had no choice but to refuse.
The reason was—
‘…In the original story, the Hunter Management Bureau Special Task Force gets practically carpet-bombed by Choi Woo-jin.’
After experiencing several more incidents following the bus incident, Choi Woo-jin, completely corrupted, utterly destroys the Hunter Management Bureau Special Task Force.
As a result, the Special Task Force doesn’t merely fall apart—it reaches the point where everyone must resign, and with corruption allegations surfacing between the Special Task Force executives and the Hunter Association Chairman, they’re all indicted one after another.
In short, it’s a place where people go to die.
“Was the Chief only approaching you?”
Pee So-won spoke with a bitter smile.
Ah, now that I think about it, several other investigators also seemed to have received offers from the Hunter Management Office. That’s why quite a few investigators actually transferred from the Hunter Investigation Unit to the Hunter Management Office.
“It’s obvious what the Chief wanted to say when calling you separately. ‘Come to the Special Task Force. It’s a special promotion. You’re talented, our youngest. Go do well. The supplies are better here than this place, so you won’t be in as many life-threatening situations, right?'”
Pee So-won spoke in her characteristic languid voice.
Watching her eyes narrow, I suddenly realized something.
“Uh…”
“…?”
“Don’t tell me…”
“What.”
“Are you feeling hurt?”
This woman—she’s actually feeling hurt, isn’t she?
Pee So-won’s face began to flush with embarrassment.
“Ha. Me?”
I’d struck a nerve.

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