The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 59

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 059
“…He certainly talks well….”
A single person muttering to himself as if chewing on his own thoughts.
Choi Woo-jin.
Before him, as always, stood numerous monitors, several of which displayed Kwon Ik-seong, and at the edges, the 5th Team Office of the Hunter Investigation Unit came into view.
He soon brought up the scene of the Hunter Investigation Unit Team 5 preparing Kwon Ik-seong’s “interrogation” on the central monitor.
“Will that be enough to resolve this?”
He knew that Yeo Hyeong-se had left Kwon Ik-seong’s name in her suicide note before dying.
And he naturally suspected that Yeo Hyeong-se’s death was not of her own volition.
What he was curious about was the method.
How exactly…?
According to the internal Hunter Investigation Unit records he had reviewed, there were no signs of anyone else entering the vehicle.
Moreover, the nearby CCTV footage showed the exterior of Yeo Hyeong-se’s car, and the dashcam recording inside her vehicle captured everything, yet aside from the sound of Yeo Hyeong-se sobbing, there was no other sound.
It was possible this was the work of a mentalist-type hunter like his grandfather.
However, from what he knew, using a mentalist skill required approaching within 300 meters of the target.
Yet when Yeo Hyeong-se died, there was no one within that 300-meter radius.
Yeo Hyeong-se’s movements that day showed she had been confined to her home the entire time.
‘There’s no room for a skill to apply.’
Then two possibilities remained.
Either there was a method to pressure Yeo Hyeong-se to the point where she had no choice but to die, or an item was used.
But that method would naturally have been buried by the Daeyang Guild, so it couldn’t be known, and there was no trace of any item either.
The path to unraveling the mystery of Yeo Hyeong-se’s death was becoming increasingly distant.
If he couldn’t reveal how Yeo Hyeong-se died, Kwon Ik-seong would ultimately be buried along with her.
Because Kwon Ik-seong’s name appearing in her suicide note was a fact.
‘Grandfather really set a proper trap.’
It was at that moment he thought this.
Lee Yu-ji’s voice flowed from the 5th Team Office.
[It’s a Lamia leather bag among the items confiscated from the subspace.]
[What’s that? I need to go into the interrogation right now….]
Just as Pee So-won answered carelessly with a distracted expression, Lee Yu-ji spoke clearly.
[I asked Kang Il-yeon about it. What happens if a mentalist-type hunter applies a skill to that leather bag.]
The moment he heard those words, Choi Woo-jin’s eyes widened.
Could it be.
[He said that even with a very small amount of Lamia leather, the moment a mentalist skill is added, it can control the target for 24 hours. The mentalist item and mentalist skill create a synergy.]
[I understand that, but the Lamia leather bag wasn’t found in there… there was nothing that could be called an item.]
The reason it couldn’t possibly be found.
Choi Woo-jin knew that.
More precisely, only Choi Woo-jin knew it.
And Lee Yu-ji, who knows that—
‘Please. Please…!’
I was breaking into a cold sweat internally.
This damned regressor, please save me!

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After watching Kwon Ik-seong’s interview, this was what I thought.
‘Ik-seong was just being Ik-seong.’
Kwon Ik-seong didn’t evade his responsibilities, nor did he attempt to hide anything, and he didn’t come across as excessively deferential.
Moreover, what Kwon Ik-seong said in the interview.
That is, his statement that ‘all organization members will become subjects of investigation’ carried weight.
It meant he would investigate everyone without exception—not just Cha Jeon-hyeok, but even the deceased Yeo Hyeong-se.
And simultaneously, his words emphasizing both ‘suspicion’ and ‘trust’ to the public also carried weight.
It was a warning to public opinion that swayed like reeds depending on each breaking incident.
Most importantly—
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-If he’s guilty with that face and tone, shouldn’t the Hunter Investigation Unit be investigated too?
His confident demeanor and relaxed tone became a hot topic online.
Of course, Ik-seong was just being his usual self.
He was naturally a quiet person, like a still lake.
He rarely displayed emotions, and his low, deep voice was charming—
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-He’s handsome, so he’s innocent.
…He was far too handsome.
Though somewhat biased, the way Ik-seong conducted himself in the interview truly resembled a scene from a movie featuring a righteous investigator.
Thanks to this, public opinion that had nearly collapsed at the sudden death of Team 1’s investigator gradually subsided.
‘That’s fortunate, but….’
The problem was that all that burden had shifted to Team 5.
‘From now on, all of Team 1’s materials will be transferred to Team 5. You won’t be going home for a while, so pack your underwear and necessities. Make sure the overnight duty room is ready.’
Team 5 hadn’t left work for a single day since the early morning when Yeo Hyeong-se’s body was discovered.
Pee So-won returned from a team leader-level meeting that opened an hour later and declared that all of Team 1’s materials would be transferred to us.
In other words—
‘We’re now investigating all of Team 1, including Kwon Ik-seong.’
“How did it happen~ that Team 5 became the center of the Hunter Investigation Unit~”
Byeon Gu-do cleverly parodied the lyrics of a melodians song and handed me yet another new file.
“I think I’m going to throw up.”
There was simply too much material.
Since Kwon Ik-seong’s name had leaked from Yeo Hyeong-se, all case files, meeting records, and documents from her three years since joining were transferred to us.
Just reviewing them once would exceed ten thousand pages….
How was Team 1 even working?
I thought they were treated differently from Team 5 in terms of office size and number of members, but now I could see the actual workload was completely different!
Compared to Team 5, which usually worked half-heartedly, they seemed to be working ten times—no, twenty times as much.
Not only does the number of cases we handle differ, but the scale of the cases themselves is enormous.
I stopped brushing my teeth and stared down at the documents Byeon Gu-do had set before me with a dejected expression.
More documents piled on top of documents already stacked high.
‘I haven’t slept in days—I feel like I’m about to pass out.’
What irritates me is that those higher-ranked than me are doing just fine despite all this.
Especially Pee So-won.
That woman who always wore an annoyed expression and was nowhere to be found in the office—
After the Yeo Hyeong-se incident broke and she returned from interrogating Kwon Ik-seong, she’s been sitting motionless ever since, staring at documents as if nailed to her chair.
It looks like she’s been sitting there for over twenty hours now.
‘Did she even go to the bathroom?’
She’s a psychopath in every sense of the word.
I looked at Pee So-won with an uncomfortable expression.
I’d thrown her the hint about “Lamia skin,” but truthfully, that wasn’t a hint meant for her.
‘It was bait for Choi Woo-jin.’
I’d thought if Choi Woo-jin took the bait, he’d approach Pee So-won, not me—
‘But there’s been absolutely no reaction.’
…Please, just do this right.
In an hour, Cha Jeon-hyeok will be released from prison and transferred to the interrogation room.
And when that happens, Cha Jeon-hyeok will make statements damaging to Kwon Ik-seong, as if following a well-written script.
‘They coordinated their stories.’
If things continue like this, clearing Kwon Ik-seong’s name becomes impossible.
Then I drown, and if I possess Cha Jeon-hyeok to clear Kwon Ik-seong’s name—
‘I fall to my death.’
Insane choices.
Drowning or falling to my death.
‘Still, wouldn’t falling be slightly better? How do I reverse-engineer falling techniques so my head cracks open nicely from the impact….’
It was while I was mulling over such thoughts in my hazy mind.
Pee So-won’s face suddenly hardened.
‘Why. Why. Did she catch me not working?’
I glanced at Pee So-won and was about to turn my attention back to the documents when I suddenly saw a character appear on the monitor screen.
A fox wearing sunglasses.
…It was Choi Woo-jin.
Long time no see, investigators.
A package will arrive at your office in a bit, and I’d really appreciate it if you’d accept it without being too surprised.
A gift straight from my heart, you could say? 😘
Don’t reject my feelings~ I’ll get hurt~
Along with this nauseating message, surprisingly—
“Uh, that….”
Ma Deok-ho pointed to a square box sitting on top of the cabinet near the entrance.
A gift box wrapped neatly with ribbon that had been placed there at some point.
‘That crazy bastard….’
When did he plant that thing?!
And that was the moment.
“Everyone down.”
Pee So-won sprang up from her seat in an instant and fired her revolver at the gift box.
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-bang!
Watching the gift box shred apart in tatters, I thought to myself.
‘Ah…. I just want to sleep….’
Damn it.

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