The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 51

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 051
“Why are you curious about that?”
At my question, Kwon Ik-seong hesitated for a moment before speaking.
“Just personal curiosity, let’s say.”
“Don’t tell me….”
I covered my mouth with both hands as I spoke.
“…You like me?”
Is this one of those clichéd developments where my favorite character ends up liking me after I possessed someone in the novel?
Could this be the special side story content I haven’t opened yet?
[Caught a villain and stole my favorite’s one night
(19+ Special Revised Edition)
]
…If it’s something like that, I’m not mentally prepared yet…!
I only thought of Ik-seong as my favorite, not as a man….
‘I’ve tried it.’
Hehe.
“It’s not that kind of curiosity.”
“Ah. I see.”
But Ik-seong’s answer flowed out with absolute certainty, without a shred of hesitation.
His slightly furrowed brow was a bonus.
‘Not a single grain of room for doubt.’
Tch.
“Then… why….”
He gazed at me quietly.
As if he were doubting whether he could trust me.
Then he opened his mouth softly.
“Besides Cha Jeon-hyeok, I suspect there are individuals or forces within the Heonsu Department colluding with criminal organizations. Most likely the Investigation Team.”
Oh. As expected.
At this rate, I could quickly catch the spy supposedly in Team 1.
“And it appears that person also broke into my office.”
“Wow. They’ve got some nerve.”
That bastard. Whoever they are, once I find them, I’ll make sure they face justice….
“On X month XX day, at X o’clock. I checked my office’s CCTV.”
Huh…? That date is the day I possessed Ik-seong.
The internal spy broke into Ik-seong’s office on that day?
It was while I was still confused.
“The break-in lasted approximately 10 minutes.”
10 minutes is incredibly short.
To break in, extract information, and leave in that time. Impressive.
“So it really was an inside job then?”
I was subtly trying to imply that it could have been an inside job by Team 1.
But Ik-seong’s answer was unexpected.
“I don’t think it was Team 1. I’m also considering the possibility that he could be the Gamer.”
“Excuse me?”
But suddenly the conversation took an odd turn.
The Gamer wouldn’t have any reason to break into Kwon Ik-seong’s office, would he? Besides, he had other channels to obtain information—
“The person I suspect is someone who dominated my mind and body for ten minutes. I’m thinking the Gamer might possess some kind of mental ability, even if I’m not sure what skills he has.”
“….”
Surely not…. Right now….
“I’m not sure what he was trying to do, but the me in that ten-minute CCTV footage wasn’t actually me. There are ten minutes I have no memory of. The way he tried to hide it suggests he had a good grasp of my movements that day as well.”
He’s talking about me.
I felt my lips burning as I drank from the water cup in front of me.
“So if he’s the Gamer, then the Gamer could be inside our Investigation Team.”
“Pfft…!”
A piece of sundae flew out of my mouth.
I coughed and searched for water, and Ik-seong quickly handed me a bottle of mineral water and asked kindly.
“Are you alright?”
“…Yes. Yes, well….”
How did I end up being mistaken for the Gamer!
Does this even make sense?
And he noticed something strange just from a ten-minute possession?
Ah, possessing Kwon Ik-seong really was too risky, too risky!
Though I did manage to defuse the bomb because of it.
“You don’t need to worry too much.”
But interpreting my reaction differently, Kwon Ik-seong spoke in a somewhat gentler tone.
“I’ll investigate the Gamer on my own.”
“You can’t trust anyone, is that it?”
Is that why you’ve locked me in this Interrogation Room and been feeding me sundae?
Was this delicious sundae actually a trap all along!
I looked down at the sundae I was eating with a sad expression.
Just then, Kwon Ik-seong swept back his bangs with a troubled expression.
Not that I should be thinking this right now—
‘Ik-seong really is handsome.’
I almost drooled without realizing it.
Ik-seong dropped another bombshell.
“It seems the Gamer has taken an interest in Investigator Lee Yu-ji.”
“Excuse me?”
Choi Woo-jin is interested in me?
I recalled the moment he first saw me, when he faced me with an expression as if he was about to kill me.
Besides, on the bus, all he ever thought about was using me.
There seems to be some serious misunderstanding here…
“Well, isn’t it just because I tend to stand out with my actions?”
“…So you do understand.”
“Yes, well…”
I regret that I’ve gotten caught up in three incidents within just a short time of joining…
But I never wanted to become such a “showy” newcomer!
When my life is on the line, what can I do?
“Actually, I made separate contact with the Gamer. I tracked the Gamer’s location from above using a helicopter—”
“Wait a moment.”
My eyes widened.
“You deployed a helicopter? But the team leader clearly said that wasn’t allowed…”
“It was an independent decision on my part.”
Kwon Ik-seong answered calmly, but for someone like me who knew the original story, it was a shocking turn of events.
Kwon Ik-seong, of all people, ignored orders from above and acted alone? And by deploying a helicopter without flight authorization at that?
“The disciplinary action seems like it will be quite severe.”
Kwon Ik-seong nodded. His expression suggested he already knew.
Wait. Could it be that—
“…Were you trying to save me?”
At my question, ripples spread across Kwon Ik-seong’s otherwise serene face.
He furrowed his eyelids briefly before answering.
“It’s not only that.”
Not only that.
That meant—
“I see.”
That he did have the intention to save me as well.
It was quite a surprising revelation.
Because it was something the Kwon Ik-seong in the original story could never have done.
The reason was probably because one of Kwon Ik-seong’s principles was “to save colleagues no matter the circumstances.”
Only then did one mystery finally resolve itself.
I realized why the penalty for failing the Quest to stop the bus terror was septic shock from a gunshot wound.
I had thought it was simply because I might not have been on the bus, but it seemed there was more to it.
‘Perhaps even if I had done nothing—’
Kwon Ik-seong would have stopped the bus terror.
This time, without trusting the higher-ups and defying their orders, he would have done it for certain.
But perhaps I became a variable that interfered, and I ended up intercepting what Ik-seong had to do.
Thinking such thoughts made my feelings complicated.
That I was just a nameless extra.
That I was destined to die, which is why I kept getting status abnormalities.
Why do I keep feeling like I’m intruding on the protagonists’ story?
But there was no time to continue dwelling on such strange feelings.
“Have there been any men approaching you recently, even if they’re not romantic interests? Women are fine too. Even friends you’ve become close to recently would count. If anyone has gotten closer to you since joining the Heonsu Department, they’re worth suspecting.”
“Ah, wait a moment. That… ‘interest’… could it be…?”
I paused, retracing the conversation from moments ago to see if I’d missed something, and my eyes widened.
“The Gamer likes me? Romantically?”
To my question, Kwon Ik-seong responded calmly, yet with the clarity of a profiler presenting their analysis.
“That’s what I believe. The Gamer harbors romantic interest in Investigator Lee Yu-ji. And he continues to watch her because of that curiosity.”
Did that even make sense?

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