The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 70

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 070

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After the Special Team was established, the group chat among my peers literally exploded.
Does anyone have Investigator Lee Yu-ji’s phone number~?
Investigator Ham I-na, I think I saw Investigator Lee Yu-ji having a meal with you last time. Are you two close?^^
I helped with some work before, so I was wondering if there’s anything else I could help with….
There were about seventy messages piled up in the group chat alone.
Countless direct messages were also pouring in to Ham I-na.
Everyone had the same purpose.
I heard Ham and the detective went in too? Is there any chance of an opening in the special team?ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
Establishing a connection with the Special Team.
Some people from the Equipment Management Team wanted to join the Special Team because their team was facing dissolution, but the rest were genuinely trying to pull strings.
The Special Team is typically established for one year.
What this means is—
‘At least for a year, you won’t lose your job. If you’re in the Special Team.’
In a situation where the Hunter Investigation Unit was turbulent both internally and externally, being in the Special Team guaranteed job security.
And that wasn’t all.
You could reliably receive various support funds under the name of special activity expenses and per-case bonuses.
Catching a few simple thieving villains was completely different from making a big score in the Special Team when it came to compensation.
As a result, not just my peers but even senior colleagues were reaching out to Ham I-na.
Hey, want to grab a meal?^^
I heard you joined the Special Team recently, you must be working hard…(see more)
You’re close with her, right? That Taekwondo girl…(see more)
And the person who actually wanted to use Ham I-na to secure connections more reliably was Investigator Lee Yu-ji.
The rumor that she was the backbone of this Special Team spread throughout the company in an instant.
I’m not sure how the rumor spread so quickly, but I suspect it was inferred from the fact that the Special Team itself was created because of Team 5.
Investigator Lee Yu-ji had built up quite a bit of accomplishments recently.
Ham I-na scrolled through the chat and suddenly lifted her head at the sharp gaze she felt from ahead.
The owner of that gaze was Kwon Ik-seong.
The person who had invited her to join this Special Team.
She should have been grateful, but truthfully, Ham I-na wasn’t particularly pleased.
In fact, that was how she felt about everything these days.
Ever since her direct senior, Yeo Hyeong-se, died like that, doubts about investigative work had begun to creep in.
‘Who am I fighting against?’
Criminals and those who pursue crime.
She had thought those two sides were completely separate, but reality wasn’t like that.
Yeo Hyeong-se had seemed like a good investigator, but it turned out she was a criminal who delivered a bomb.
She must have done it knowing that the bomb could instantly massacre dozens—or perhaps hundreds—of innocent civilians.
And then she went around with a perfectly normal face tracking terrorists, cursing them as bastards….
Ham I-na’s mind was cluttered when Kwon Ik-seong proposed this Special Team to her.
‘I hope this case becomes a turning point for you, Investigator Ham.’
‘Pardon?’
His face, always serene like a deep lake, showed no change in expression even after Yeo Hyeong-se’s death.
His demeanor was naturally the same as always.
‘I believe that no matter what profession one pursues, there comes a moment when you must decide what you truly want to gain from that work. The longer you do it, the more inevitable this moment becomes. I hope this Special Team assignment becomes the catalyst for you to make that decision, Investigator Ham.’
…Honestly, I didn’t understand what he meant.
I still harbored doubts and anxiety about investigative work.
But if Kwon Ik-seong had told her to hang in there, or that the Special Team offered generous allowances and was a good opportunity, she would have wanted to quit even more.
She wasn’t doing this work for the allowance.
If that were the case, she would have been better off joining a guild and running dangerous dungeon raids from the start.
What she wanted was belief.
Belief that she could make this world better.
If someone asked whether that was truly possible by eliminating criminals, she wouldn’t know—
And whether she could catch all the criminals spreading throughout the Hunter Investigation Unit was also uncertain—
But regardless, Kwon Ik-seong’s words made her not want to give up here.
She wanted to try just a little longer.
Even if the end result was a devastating failure.
She’d thought that way yesterday, but now she’d been caught slacking off the moment she joined the Special Team.
Ham I-na felt embarrassed and put her phone down, speaking.
“Ah, I apologize. I couldn’t focus on work.”
Kwon Ik-seong answered her with an expressionless face.
“It’s fine. Lunch break started 20 seconds ago.”
Hearing that, I checked my watch and it was indeed 12 o’clock.
…This guy.
Looking at him now, the Team Leader didn’t smell human at all.
Ham I-na watched as several people from the still-disorganized Special Team hurried out.
By the way, the ‘Headset Team Member’ from Team 5 right behind her seemed to have already left.
Was it possible for someone to disappear without a sound in 20 seconds?
‘Could it be a skill?’
Now that I thought about it, when I came to work this morning, I wondered if he was late, but he appeared like a ghost exactly at 8 o’clock.
That guy’s ability might be making his presence disappear.
“Is something bothering you? If you’re having difficulty adjusting, please let me know.”
Kwon Ik-seong spoke.
Sometimes he didn’t smell human at all, yet sometimes he seemed considerate.
He was truly a strange person.
“No, I’m fine.”
“I saw you arguing with Investigator Baek Sang-jin from Team 3 this morning over documents.”
Ah. Baek Sang-jin.
Right.
The Special Team was currently investigating the Black Market first and foremost.
Based on the Gamer’s track record so far, it was becoming almost certain that the Gamer was either an individual or a group operating as a manufacturing-type Hunter group that created hacking items.
For that reason, materials related to the illegal weapons trafficking case had to be shared with Team 3 as well, but there was some friction when Baek Sang-jin, an ‘Investigator’ from Team 3, expected treatment equivalent to a Team Leader.
“Who sends documents to their superiors like this? Don’t you know you’re supposed to slip them into a folder and bring them?”
What was somewhat amusing was that he had deliberately taken me all the way to the front of the closed Sky Garden to say this.
He probably didn’t want to say it inside the Special Team, or he’d get thoroughly chewed out by Pee So-won again.
Team Leader Pee So-won had declared that within the Special Team, there were no regulations between team members except for the two Team Leaders.
“So from now on, let’s unify the title to ‘Investigator.’ That should help with team unity, right? Investigator Baek Sang-jin?”
…When Team Leader Pee So-won showed him the pistol she always carried in her pocket, which she had a direct possession permit for from Captain Hong, Investigator Baek Sang-jin fell silent.
But I had called him out separately to directly refute Team Leader Pee’s words, and he had noticed that.
“Were you watching?”
“I thought you might need help, so I didn’t step in.”
“….”
So he had figured that much out.
Team Leader Kwon was truly the person who, despite appearing the most expressionless in this world, grasped the most.
“You don’t need to worry about it. I’m trying to adapt slowly anyway. It’s not just me—the others will need time to adapt too…. Right now, I was just looking at lunch menu information. Team Leader, what would you like to eat?”
Ham I-na spoke with forced brightness.
However, Kwon Ik-seong’s expression had actually grown somewhat darker.
Or rather than darker, his face seemed oddly contemplative about something.
As Ham I-na tilted her head while watching his brow furrow,
words that truly didn’t suit him flowed from his lips.
“I apologize. I have a date during lunch.”
…?
“Ah. By the way, what do you usually eat on dates? I understand that generally one eats what the woman wants to eat… but the situation is unclear regarding what she prefers.”
…???
Even as Ham I-na’s face crumpled, Kwon Ik-seong’s expression didn’t change in the slightest.
“For reference, we ate sundae soup and rice on the first date, and she seemed to enjoy it very much, but I’ve come to the conclusion that repeating the same menu isn’t ideal.”
Ham I-na first doubted her own ears, then later suspected that the person before her wasn’t Kwon Ik-seong but rather a villain imitating him, and finally received the finishing blow.
“For reference, I need to have the most positive date possible to guide the discussion with the other party in a good direction.”
The fact that the legendary Kwon Ik-seong was ‘courting’ someone!

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