The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 67

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 067

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I was screwed.
“…So you’re saying you resolved all of this through possession?”
What. What do you mean.
I wanted to say that, but I didn’t have the courage to actually do it.
“I-I’m not sure what you mean. Oh, it’s almost lunch time now! Since I’m in charge of meals for our team… I’m not sure if you know, but our team doesn’t have a meal budget, so we always play cards to cover the costs….”
That was a lie. These days the meal allowance was generous enough that we didn’t need to split costs, and I could add plenty of extras to my sundae soup.
“The illegal fighting ring case in Cheonho-dong.”
Ik-seong read through the documents with an expressionless gaze.
“The weapons trafficking investigation in Geumho-dong.”
“….”
“The bus terror attack that happened downtown.”
“….”
“And the bomb removal inside the Heonsu Building.”
“Hey! I didn’t actually remove that bomb!”
“Right. You only discovered it. Let me correct myself. Bomb discovery.”
I, who had spoken so confidently just moments ago, shrank back down again.
“So you resolved all of this through ‘possession.’ The Slime’s strange behavior that day, how Seo Gil-su suddenly went quiet during the terror incident, and even Ruru working hard to remove the bomb inside the Heonsu Building.”
He showed me the footage taken from the warehouse in Geumho-dong as he spoke.
The investigators, who had been terrified when the Great King Slime emerged from the subspace keyring.
The Slime suddenly spitting out Lee Yu-ji, Choi Woo-jin, and Kang Il-yeon in front of them.
Then returning to its original cute form.
…Ha ha.
“The Seo Gil-su terror case seemed odd too, so I reviewed it again. I analyzed the dashcam footage from the vehicle. There was a section where the driver’s seat was properly captured.”
He then pulled up the footage of Seo Gil-su on the laptop… or rather, precisely, the footage of me possessing Seo Gil-su.
“I had lip-reading analysis done.”
No.
Don’t do this.
I wanted to squeeze my eyes shut, but that would be as good as a confession, so I held back.
Besides, right now I was wearing a special handcuff ring with Ik-seong, so I couldn’t even run away.
Damn it.
‘Oh, Team Leader Kwon, are you finally dating?’
‘…?’
I should have realized it when Kwon Ik-seong was suddenly waiting in front of Team 5 a moment ago.
The expression on Pee So-won’s face as she looked at Ik-seong was somehow not bright.
‘Dating? What’s the age difference between them anyway.’
‘It’s only a five-year difference, ma’am.’
‘That’s a huge gap! When Lee Yu-ji was in middle school, that dark bastard was already working at the Hunter Management Office!’
To call him dark would be a lie—Ik-seong was far too pale.
For some reason, I found myself standing between two people like a husband caught between his mother-in-law and wife, nervously gauging their reactions.
Pee So-won glared at Kwon Ik-seong with a growling edge to her voice.
‘I warned you. Don’t go making moves on our youngest.’
…?
Those eyes—like a beast marking territory—left me somewhat flustered.
‘Huh? Is that what this is about?’
Upon hearing her words, Ma Deok-ho and Byeon Gu-do’s expressions hardened similarly.
With all of them baring their fangs like wildcats and glaring at Kwon Ik-seong, I quickly ushered him toward the lobby.
But then, at some point—
Ik-seong took my hand.
‘Eh…?’
I could only let out a dumbfounded sound.
This is my first time holding a man’s hand!
Except for that time a citizen grabbed me by the collar and I was trying to break free!
My heart was pounding helplessly when Ik-seong slipped something cold and solid onto my bewildered fingers.
‘Excuse me.’
…And that something was these handcuffs.
Damn it.
I should have bolted before the cuffs went on.
If only I’d run then…!
“Yes, Owner.”
…Please.
“Please raise me well. Feed me beef. Pet me twice a day.”
I didn’t need to be hearing the lines I’d spouted during my hallucination!
Worse still, Ik-seong’s voice was utterly devoid of emotion, making it all the more humiliating.
Ik-seong spoke matter-of-factly.
“I didn’t think those were words Seo Gil-su would say.”
“Aren’t they not words an ordinary person would say either?”
But he simply gazed at me quietly.
I didn’t want to continue this conversation any further.
Just as I thought that, Ik-seong played the video again.
And soon, I appeared on screen laughing with tears streaming down my face.
“…Seon-i.”
My expression froze in an instant.
“Who is Seon-i?”
Ik-seong stared directly at my face.
I answered with a rigidly stiffened expression.
“If this isn’t an official interrogation, I’d prefer not to answer.”
At that, Ik-seong’s expression softened slightly.
That was the moment I thought I’d gone a bit too far.
“If you don’t explain this to me, I’ll have no choice but to report it upstairs.”
“Report what?”
“A suspected case of re-awakening.”
“…!”
I slammed my fist on the desk at those words.
Then I reached for Ik-seong’s collar….
…only to quickly flatten myself back down on the desk instead.
“Well, you see… it’s like this….”
“Civil servants face punishment for failing to report re-awakening.”
Punishment? I’m an EX-rank hunter!
“Are you saying you’ll report me?”
My voice trembled so weakly I could barely recognize it as my own.
“Still, there’s this bond we’ve built through our joint investigations… I’ve helped you quite a bit, haven’t I? That Geumho-dong case that was supposed to be Team 5’s achievement—I pushed it to Team 1 for you!”
And that’s not all! I’ve really pushed a lot of Team 5’s achievements your way!
You just don’t realize it, do you?!
Repaying kindness with enmity is beyond the pale…!
I tried appealing to his emotions, but when Ik-seong’s expression didn’t change at all, I grew a bit desperate and did something Gu-do would do.
I proposed an under-the-table deal!
“I’ll continue to help you behind the scenes, so if you could just keep this secret once….”
“You mean the fact that Hunter Lee Yu-ji is a possessor?”
At the word “possessor,” my shoulders trembled.
It’s as if he knows I’ve possessed into a ‘novel’!
“It’s an intriguing skill. From what I observed, Hunter Lee Yu-ji’s ‘possession’ skill is at least A-rank… or possibly even higher. Am I wrong?”
At least it’s just the skill that’s been exposed. And he thinks it’s A-rank instead of EX-rank…?
‘What do you mean “at least”!’
I just got caught revealing an enormous secret to a named character from the novel!
“So you’re asking me to keep such a tremendous secret? And in exchange for achievements?”
“That’s right…?”
I answered quietly, my face crumpling.
Even unjust laws are laws.
One must choose their means carefully.
The person who fits best with such statements.
There’s no way someone like Ik-seong would agree to trading achievements….
“Very well.”
…He would?
“You agree?”
“On one condition, though. Let’s change the terms slightly.”
“I’ll agree to anything….”
“Join Team 1.”
Oh. I really like that.
Are you scouting me?
“…Ah, I can accommodate that anytime….”
But then, Byeon Gu-do’s voice echoed in my mind.
‘After Inspector Han Su-eop passed away, there was one vacant spot in Team 5. It wasn’t so bad, really. It was more like the guilt eased up a bit. So when you joined, I wasn’t particularly enthusiastic about it.’
Should I be honest?
I think I made a vague resolve back then.
I wanted to uncover the secrets surrounding Han Su-eop.
Because it felt like Choi Jun-gu was somehow connected to that person’s death.
And so—
I wanted to catch every single person responsible for Han Su-eop’s death.
All those guys who gave such expressions to Pee So-won, Byeon Gu-do, and even Ma Deok-ho….
‘I want to catch them with my own hands.’
In that moment, for some reason, a passage from the original work came to mind.
I want to grasp it with my own hands.
The true feelings of the protagonist Choi Woo-jin.
Did Choi Woo-jin feel this way too?
I answered with some hesitation.
“…But I should discuss it with our Team Leader first….”
“There’s another condition.”
“What is it?”
There are a lot of conditions.
“Let’s date.”
“That also needs to be discussed… huh?”
A bizarre sound escaped my lips. But Ik-seong, who’d just dropped that bombshell, remained completely expressionless.
He raised his eyebrows and asked.
“Do you two discuss such things as well?”
“Uh, uh, no? What did you just say…?”
“I said to join Team 1.”
“And then?”
“Let’s date.”
Kwon Ik-seong’s handsome features showed no change.
‘A face that doesn’t look like someone who just proposed dating at all….’
No, and what does joining Team 1 have to do with dating anyway?
Could it be….
Our Ik-seong….
“Ah… do you perhaps enjoy thrills? Like, do you have some kind of perversion where you need to date a fellow team member in secret….”
Do you have some weird fetish?
At my words, Ik-seong’s expression froze solid.
I knew you were inexperienced with relationships!

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