The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 5

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 005

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“A bomb? What bomb?”
It was the moment Byeon Gu-do spoke.
Lee Yu-ji spun around and struck the Delivery Man’s head without hesitation as he tried to slip out of the 5th Team Office.
Strike.
Yes, that word perfectly captured the movement.
From a frame barely 160 centimeters tall, impossibly long legs extended in a single blow that buckled the Delivery Man’s knees.
What she did next was—
‘Eat this…!’
Shoving a mushroom through the gaping mouth beneath the cracked helmet.
“You brought a bomb with you, didn’t you?”
The Delivery Man, whose collar was twisted in Lee Yu-ji’s grip, choked for a moment before lifting his head and letting out a hollow laugh.
“Keke… kek….”
“….”
“How did you know?”
What Lee Yu-ji had fed the Delivery Man was a mushroom born from the spores of Funny Powder.
Either way, she’d found the bomb and caught the culprit—so all that remained was bomb disposal, right?
The moment she thought this.
Her body tilted sideways.
The Delivery Man pulled her with overwhelming force.
I… can’t resist…!
The instant Lee Yu-ji felt the pulling force, she understood.
This man was an Awakened One.
Though she had competed in track through high school, differences in rank were not easily overcome.
And it was in a flash that the cold muzzle of a gun pressed against her temple as she was caught in the Delivery Man’s arm.
Click.
“…Don’t move. Nobody move.”
‘What kind of crime novel cliché is this?!’
“Whoa, calm down, calm down…!”
And here was Byeon Gu-do, spouting “calm down” at a criminal of all people.
“…!”
And look at Ma Deok-ho, still gripping his headset tight and covering both ears! Fat lot of good that’ll do!
Then it happened.
Click.
Another chambering sound came from behind.
Cradled in the Delivery Man’s arms with nothing she could do, Lee Yu-ji’s eyes darted about, taking in the shocked expressions of Byeon Gu-do and Ma Deok-ho.
An exclamation burst from Byeon Gu-do’s lips.
“T, Team Leader…!”
Team Leader?
Are you talking about Kwon Ik-seong? Or—
The bomb delivery man glanced back at the sound of a fresh round being chambered and let out a scream.
“You, what are you doing? Do you want to see a hole blown through this girl’s head?”
Lee Yu-ji finally grasped the situation. The Team Leader of Team 5 had his gun trained on the delivery man holding her.
“…Well, doesn’t matter to me.”
A languid, low voice—
‘…She’s a woman, isn’t she?’
No, more than that—this guy! How could it not matter?!
‘I can’t die a dog’s death twice!’
The delivery man pressed the gun barrel hard against my temple, his voice trembling with rage. “Don’t lie! It has to matter!”
“Well…. It would be a bit annoying having to write an incident report, I suppose.”
Yet the Team Leader’s voice still carried nothing but languor.
There was no desperation or urgency in it whatsoever.
“But if we just drag this out, won’t we all get caught in the explosion and die anyway? If that’s the case….”
I had the feeling he was smiling. I could sense that tone in his breathing.
“…reducing the number of people who die is more ‘efficient,’ isn’t it?”
‘Now I understand why new recruits don’t last a week. I understand perfectly!’
Whether the Team Leader knew of her internal screams or not, he continued as if something had just occurred to him.
“Oh, but did you know?”
“W-what….”
“When people talk, their hands inevitably tremble slightly. Because their breathing changes. But you right now….”
“Stop spouting nonsense and put the gun down now! This is a bulletproof helmet anyway!”
The criminal’s agitated voice rang loudly in her ears.
She could feel the criminal’s hands trembling along with his voice. What if he accidentally pulls the trigger?
Lee Yu-ji’s mind buzzed with panic.
‘Am I dying again? Next time, please possess me into the protagonist.’
“…You talk too much.”
Bang!
A deafening blast erupted in Lee Yu-ji’s ears.
A tremendous explosion sounded in Lee Yu-ji’s ears.

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In an instant, the pressure crushing my temples and entire body vanished.
A high-pitched ringing echoed in my ears.
Beeeep—
Did I just get shot?
With my freed hand, I carefully touched my temple.
Something wet seeped out.
Blood.
But—
“…Hey, rookie.”
As my hearing returned from the ringing, a woman came into view.
She had hair somewhere between a short cut and a bob, reaching just below her ears. Dark shadows hung beneath her eyes, and her pupils were devoid of life.
“Are you seriously just lying there expecting someone to pick you up?”
At the woman’s question, I carefully pushed myself to my feet.
My neck felt slightly stiff from the tension, but there was no pain.
If anything, the place that should have hurt was—
I stared at the criminal screaming while clutching his blood-soaked right hand.
The blood smeared on my temple wasn’t mine.
The Team Leader hadn’t shot the helmeted head—she’d shot the right hand of the one pointing the gun at me.
‘My head was right next to it! And she fired anyway!’
A definite psychopath!
Moreover, the hand is one of the smallest targets on the human body.
If her breathing had wavered even slightly, there would’ve been a hole in my head.
Yet she landed the shot with perfect accuracy and no margin for error.
‘A psychopath with an eerie talent for marksmanship!’
The moment I realized this, I understood what I needed to do next.
I sprang to my feet and bowed ninety degrees to the woman.
“Hello! I’m rookie investigator Lee Yu-ji!”
…Making a good impression on my superior.
This psychopath was my boss, after all.
‘I need to look good!’
The woman watching me had her face painted with bewilderment.
She looked me up and down before muttering.
“Looks like a lunatic got hired this time.”
But I wasn’t looking at the woman’s face.
My eyes remained fixed on the bomb timer with over ten minutes remaining.
A translucent window materialized above it.
Abnormal Status ‘Nameless Extra in Crime Novel Must Die’ lifted!
You have completed the Quest ‘Find the bomb installed inside the Heonsu Building! (A)’!
You receive 5,000 Gold as completion reward!
Right, finding the bomb was the Quest completion condition.
…Mom, Dad.
I made 500 million won. Our apartment isn’t the bank’s anymore—it’s mine!
The moment I thought that.
Congratulations! You have successfully completed the possession. A special skill has arrived!
Another reward had come my way.

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One hour later. The Captain’s office of the Hunter Investigation Unit.
Captain Hong, who had just heard a report about the incident that occurred in Team 5, looked up at the woman who had delivered it with a bewildered expression.
Though she was standing at attention, her head was tilted at an odd angle.
It was Pee So-won, Team Leader of Team 5.
“…Is that the end of your report?”
“Yes, sir.”
Despite the captain’s incredulous tone, Team Leader Pee So-won’s answer remained concise.
“So a new recruit on their first day came into the building with a detection dog, noticed abnormal behavior in the dog, uncovered a bomb, and even caught the terrorist? All of this just happened to fall into place perfectly?”
Pee So-won, reading something in Captain Hong’s tone, reached out and picked up the documents.
“Should I paint a picture for you?”
When Pee So-won said “paint a picture,” she meant finding a way to give plausibility to this absurd story.
That was how civil service work went.
The higher-ups didn’t like the word “coincidence.”
Saying the suspect was caught “coincidentally” implied that if it hadn’t been coincidence, the arrest could have failed.
And that would demonstrate the agency’s incompetence.
“What are you going to paint?”
In response to Captain Hong’s question, Pee So-won set down another document with a look of reluctance, then began spinning a narrative.
“During the regular inspection period that Team 5 conducts internally, a new recruit who was learning the ropes followed procedure by the book and discovered the bomb. We tracked the terrorist’s location via CCTV, immediately pursued, and successfully made the arrest… That’s the report I’ve prepared.”
As Captain Hong read through Pee So-won’s report, his eyebrows twitched slightly.
“A picture….”
“…It works, doesn’t it.”
At Pee So-won’s words, Captain Hong’s eyes narrowed.

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