The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 61

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 061
“You bastard. I’ll buy you a disposable garbage bag for your corpse. Will a thousand won do? Huh?”
I rushed to stop Pee So-won as quickly as possible—instead, I swiftly covered the camera and CCTV that had been recording the interrogation room.
‘Can I even stop her with my strength?!’
Pee So-won was S-rank. Even if three or four B-rank hunters rushed her, it’d be questionable whether they could restrain her.
Soon Ma Deok-ho and Byeon Gu-do burst in and restrained Pee So-won.
More precisely, Byeon Gu-do was pinned under the desk, working to extract Cha Jeon-hyeok from Pee So-won’s grip, while Ma Deok-ho showed her a cat keychain, urging her to calm down.
…As if that would work.
“….”
Yet Pee So-won quickly calmed down.
?
How?
I was bewildered, but regardless, I first checked on Cha Jeon-hyeok’s condition—his collar area had been torn away.
“Ugh! Pee So-won, you bastard! Is this how you conduct a suspect interrogation? I’m going to report you!”
Cha Jeon-hyeok cried out in pain, but there were no visible external injuries.
I met Byeon Gu-do’s eyes and nodded.
The cunning Byeon Gu-do soon grinned and straightened Cha Jeon-hyeok’s clothes, then spoke.
“Oh my~ Captain. Why are you like this? The desk was just a bit rickety and you fell. My apologies! I’ll manage the equipment properly from now on.”
“Equipment management? Hey! Didn’t you see that bastard pointing a revolver at me?”
“A revolver? Oh, this?”
I quickly snatched the revolver from Pee So-won’s hand and pressed it against my temple, pulling the trigger.
Click. Click.
Cha Jeon-hyeok’s expression twisted.
“This thing’s completely out of ammunition anyway. The equipment team never supplied live rounds—didn’t you know? Oh, that’s right! Captain, you’ll be spending time in prison now!”
My foolish and irritating voice made Cha Jeon-hyeok’s eyes turn fierce.
But at the same time—
Crack.
Pee So-won, who completely smashed the already-broken desk with her foot, dragged over a chair and sat down, looking down at Cha Jeon-hyeok.
At that terrifying gaze, Cha Jeon-hyeok’s expression became meek.
“Ah, yes. Suspect. I’m sorry. The desk was so rickety that I accidentally pulled out the revolver without realizing it? But anyway, you don’t seem to be hurt—”
Pee So-won casually extended her hand toward Cha Jeon-hyeok.
Cha Jeon-hyeok, still lying down, grasped her hand with an anxious expression.
Pee So-won helped Cha Jeon-hyeok up and pointed to a chair over there.
“…Your most important mouth seems fine too, so shall we continue the interrogation?”
“If it’s like this, I’m refusing to testify! I’m invoking my right to remain silent!”
At that, Pee So-won let out a small laugh.
“Suit yourself. Either way—”
Pee So-won slid a document she’d received from the higher-ups in front of Cha Jeon-hyeok.
It was a suspect interrogation warrant exclusive to the Heonsu Department.
“You’re not leaving here for the next 24 hours.”
For reference, the Heonsu Department interrogation warrant couldn’t be refused, and interrogation was possible for up to 24 hours.
Human rights were thrown to the dogs by law, but well….
Since the suspects in the Heonsu Department were Hunters, they could theoretically go without sleep or food for 24 hours without suffering serious physical harm.
Of course, 24-hour warrants weren’t issued very often due to the investigators’ stamina issues—
‘There’s a possibility that Cha Jeon-hyeok consumed a drug that could activate within 24 hours. Since sudden actions are possible, we need to keep him in custody during that time. Didn’t you say you’d give Team 5 full investigative authority?’
Pee So-won reported directly to Captain Hong and obtained the extension.
That’s how Cha Jeon-hyeok’s all-night interrogation began.

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Eight hours later.
“I don’t know anything.”
Cha Jeon-hyeok was exercising his right to remain silent, and he’d genuinely been holding out for eight hours in complete defiance.
Pee So-won repeated the same questions to him for hours without showing any sign of fatigue.
But—
‘I feel like I’m dying.’
Was I the only one feeling this way?
Byeon Gu-do and Ma Deok-ho were also reaching their physical limits.
After several nights without sleep, no amount of Hunter physiology could preserve their stamina.
Both of them were yawning or nodding off repeatedly.
And as for me—
‘My mind feels half gone….’
If it weren’t for this insane Quest window with a death penalty attached, I would’ve logged out mentally long ago.
But right now, I have to possess Cha Jeon-hyeok at the moment he starts talking nonsense.
‘If only I had something like a ‘mushroom from Funny Garlic spores’ to feed him, but I don’t have it right now—’
If I fed him something suspicious and got caught, there’d be no glossing over it this time.
In this already tense internal atmosphere, I could end up being suspected myself.
So to execute this Quest of clearing Kwon Ik-seong’s name, there’s only one method.
‘I have to possess Cha Jeon-hyeok.’
Anyway, there’s no large window like the one described in the special side story, so the possibility of Cha Jeon-hyeok throwing himself to his death has vanished.
Plus, with various restraints blocking not just the doorway but every single pen tip, there was no possibility of Cha Jeon-hyeok committing suicide.
‘I’ll just endure these 24 hours, then possess him right after the Lamia powder activates.’
In the special side story, Cha Jeon-hyeok fell to his death while speaking Kwon Ik-seong’s name.
And I couldn’t stop it.
The reason was simple.
‘This skill is affected by the body I possess.’
So this time, I’ll let the Lamia powder’s ‘specific action’ play out completely—speaking Kwon Ik-seong’s name and falling to his death—before I possess him.
Yes.
If the specific action fails, your mind will recover a little. But shortly after, you can attempt that action again. Maybe 10 minutes? The interval will be short.
This was a tip Kang Il-yeon told me.
How she knew this—
I was the same way.
Well, it was a predictable story.
That insane Chairman.
Anyway, once I possessed Cha Jeon-hyeok’s body and recanted my statement while revealing the existence of the pill, it would be perfect.
‘Good… The problem is that the exact timing of when that happens wasn’t even revealed in the special side story….’
Well, I’ll figure it out eventually by keeping watch.
With that thought, I suddenly turned around to look at the people watching the interrogation room’s interior from behind the glass.
Then I saw Ma Deok-ho standing dead asleep and Byeon Gu-do sitting dead asleep.
Both of them were sleeping without a single twitch, as if they were truly dead.
I grabbed Byeon Gu-do’s arm and shook it.
“Ugh! I wasn’t trying to do that!”
What was he screaming about in his dreams this time?
I furrowed my brow at that thought.
“What, what is it.”
“Inspector, your phone is ringing….
Only then did Byeon Gu-do answer his phone call. Even in the meantime, Ma Deok-ho was still sleeping standing up, leaning against the wall.
‘The guy who loved leaving work on time so much….’
I felt a slight pang of sympathy.
And that was when it happened.
“Hey. Team Leader Kwon’s witness inquiry time changed a bit, so he’s coming over. Since Captain Hong needs to enter the Hunter Management Office together tomorrow morning, it seems there’s no choice. He’s in the parking lot right now, so you go check.”
Me?
I shook my head.
“Why not. You’re the most functional one here anyway. You got two hours of sleep.”
Just as I was about to retort to Byeon Gu-do’s complaint with ‘Are you bragging about making me sleep for 2 hours?’, Ma Deok-ho quietly interjected into our conversation.
“I’ll go check.”
When did he wake up? And why is he volunteering to take on work?
As I had that thought, Ma Deok-ho spoke with dark circles heavily shadowing his eyes.
“It’s time to feed the cats.”
So he needed an excuse to leave this interrogation room.
I understood.
And the moment Ma Deok-ho opened the interrogation room door, a security guard passing by the entrance suddenly greeted him.
He was someone who mainly worked in the lobby area, but given the hour, he seemed to be making internal rounds.
By the way, the security guard was a Hunter now too.
He was newly hired when the Heonsu Department suddenly received external attention.
Actually, it was strange that a place like the Heonsu Department, which dealt with such dangerous suspects, had been hiring civilian security guards all this time….
That was when it happened.
“Damn it!”
Pee So-won’s cursing echoed from inside the interrogation room.
“Team Leader!”
Blood was flowing from Pee So-won’s hand gripping Cha Jeon-hyeok’s jaw.
What’s happening?
My judgment clouded for a moment.
At the same time, Ma Deok-ho rushed through the doorway of the Interrogation Room that had opened.
The Security Guard bolted after him simultaneously.
The moment the inner door of the Interrogation Room swung open and both the Security Guard and Ma Deok-ho entered.
I shouted through the earpiece connecting me to Pee So-won inside the Interrogation Room.
“You need to disarm the Security Guard!”
Pee So-won moved faster upon hearing my voice.
With blood dripping from her hand, she pressed down on Cha Jeon-hyeok’s nape and snatched the gun from the Security Guard’s waist.
At the same time, Cha Jeon-hyeok’s face contorted.
No, I thought it had contorted, but in an instant he turned his head toward the glass—toward me.
Hollow eyes.
The same eyes I had when I suffered a mental attack from Lamia and became dazed.
‘Now.’
Right now, Cha Jeon-hyeok’s mind is being controlled.
Soon Cha Jeon-hyeok’s face turned away again. Instead of targeting the gun at the Security Guard’s waist like a Special Request Police Officer would, he bolted toward the open doorway.
‘Specific action’.
That ‘control’ remains effective until I can execute it with certainty.
Which means—
I spoke to Byeon Gu-do.
“You need to follow that bastard!”
When I turned back after speaking, Byeon Gu-do was already gone from that spot.

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