The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 74

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 074

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“Bringing a monster into the facility itself is problematic.”
“Yes… Yes, I understand.”
I gauged Kang Il-yeon’s reaction as she glared at Kwon Ik-seong with disheveled hair and displeasure in her eyes.
I promptly retrieved the Slime from the temporary cage.
For reference, Kwon Ik-seong suggested this Slime would need another investigation, so the Hunter Investigation Unit agreed to provide temporary protection for a day.
And the moment the Slime touched my hand, its gelatinous texture made my entire body feel squishy, causing my posture to falter without my realizing it… or rather, it didn’t!
“This one isn’t really that dangerous, you see.”
I held up the Slime as cutely as possible.
Kwon Ik-seong gazed at the Slime, then spoke to me as if he’d realized something.
“So that’s… that Slime.”
That Slime.
In other words, the Slime I possessed.
…That’s right.
“Yes. And Il-yeon just wanted to show off her new invention. Since she’s still young, it seems she made a mistake….”
“An invention?”
Kwon Ik-seong examined the bean-sprout-looking wireless earbuds I’d left out.
I looked at him with eyes appealing that it was harmless.
Then Kwon Ik-seong promptly inserted the bean-sprout-looking thing into his ear.
Meanwhile, the Slime wriggled out of my hand and approached Kwon Ik-seong.
Kwon Ik-seong gazed at the Slime approaching him and made a subtle expression.
“…What did it say?”
This guy. He didn’t say anything weird, right?
“It said ‘a handsome man like a sculpture.'”
At least he has good taste.
I brought the Slime back into my arms before it could reveal the process of money laundering the illegally obtained funds in Kang Il-yeon’s workshop.
Kwon Ik-seong removed the earbuds and looked at me. “You clearly said you don’t frequently interact with any men.”
“…What?”
Ah. Right, he asked about that. Saying the Gamer might be someone in my circle.
“We don’t interact that frequently. I just helped him with his school transfer and listen to his concerns sometimes…?”
Even asking whether we could dissect the Slime counts as counseling if we’re being generous.
“Oh. And he goes to the same school as my younger brother now. These days the three of us….”
“We’re the closest.”
That’s when it happened.
Someone suddenly appeared from behind me.
It was Lee Yu-gyeom…?
“How did you get in here?”
“How did you get in here?”
As always, no matter where he went, he wore a neatly pressed school uniform shirt with a tie, jacket, and even rigid-looking glasses.
In an outfit that made his already sharp impression even sharper—completely different from mine—the boy appeared in my workplace lobby.
“I said I was here to see our sister, so they let me in.”
‘Our…?’
At those words, I casually glanced behind Lee Yu-gyeom.
There stood someone who was the complete opposite of Lee Yu-gyeom—his school uniform shirt completely unbuttoned, wearing only a short-sleeved shirt underneath with his school tie casually draped over it.
Kang Won-yeon.
‘Why did you come here with him too?’
So the three of them were really going around together…
In any case, the school uniforms had served as a cheat code to get them into the lobby somehow.
Moreover, seeing the security guard nod toward me from a distance suggested he knew my name and had let them through because of it.
Lee Yu-gyeom. Lee Yu-ji. Their names clearly marked them as siblings, and—
‘It’s gotten harder to find anyone in this organization who doesn’t know my name.’
This was all thanks to that damned YouTube, that damned promotional video, and the establishment of the Special Team.
‘So these kids all came here together?’
Looking at Kang Won-yeon in his school uniform, my feelings became complicated.
A villain who had been somewhat of a named character in the story, standing there in a school uniform…
Last time he wasn’t wearing one, so I didn’t notice, but it really does feel out of place.
‘I just want to tell him to wear his uniform properly and smack the back of his head.’
…Was I really allowed to be this naive?
That’s when it happened.
“But why are you asking whether our sister frequently interacts with any men?”
Suddenly, Lee Yu-gyeom pushed his glasses up and glared at Kwon Ik-seong.
‘This bastard…!’
Hey! This is our sister’s workplace! This person is our sister’s superior!
And above all, don’t you have eyes for my favorite person?!
While I was thinking such things.
Kwon Ik-seong answered calmly without a hint of displeasure on his face.
“I would prefer it if Investigator Lee Yu-ji didn’t frequently interact with other men.”
“…!”
Both I and Lee Yu-gyeom were momentarily at a loss for words.
Kang Won-yeon tapped Lee Yu-gyeom’s shoulder from behind and spoke.
“Hey. Isn’t that guy into your sister?”
Lee Yu-gyeom’s expression darkened.
He stiffened his expression as he looked at Kwon Ik-seong.
“‘That guy’? Listen, kids, this person is the team leader of my newly assigned department. Everyone, say hello.”
I tried to act like an adult to steer this abnormally unfolding situation back to normal, attempting to calm the boys down.
And naturally, my words didn’t work…
“Hello.”
“Hello.”
“Hello.”
…shouldn’t have said that?
For some reason, all three of them greeted me simultaneously.
Lee Yu-gyeom bowed first in greeting, then poked Kang Won-yeon, who belatedly returned the greeting, and when Kang Won-yeon greeted me, Kang Il-yeon followed suit.
…how should I put it. I could vaguely sense a power structure at play.
‘Could it be that…. Yu-gyeom is extorting money from Won-yeon, or being blackmailed?’
The words of Lee Yu-gyeom’s homeroom teacher from our recent call came to mind.
I’d told her that if something like that were happening, Yu-gyeom would report it to the school violence committee immediately, so there was no need to worry—but wasn’t this the opposite?
Won-yeon extorting money from him or something….
“I see. So this is Investigator Lee Yu-ji’s younger brother, and the others are the suspects we saw back then and Investigator Lee Yu-ji’s brother’s friends. It’s nice to meet you all.”
Even as those guys who had been rudely interjecting until moments ago gave their greetings without a shred of shame, Kwon Ik-seong accepted their salutations without batting an eye.
“I didn’t say it was nice to meet you….”
Just as Kang Won-yeon tried to say something, Lee Yu-gyeom’s punch drove straight into his abdomen.
Though it didn’t seem to hurt him at all, Kang Won-yeon closed his mouth.
And the situation that followed became quite awkward.
“Well, since you’ve come all the way to your sister’s workplace, let’s have a drink. We won’t have time to buy a meal, so let’s at least have some beverages.”
Kwon Ik-seong, as if it were the most natural thing, handed each of them a drink from the vending machine.
…?
What kind of situation is this?
In the original story, the three of them—the unnamed extra’s younger brother, the named villain, and the Gamer’s accomplice—were standing in front of the vending machine, each accepting a refreshing beverage from Kwon Ik-seong.
My head was spinning at this heartwarming and perfectly normal scene.
Lee Yu-gyeom took the drink Kwon Ik-seong offered and asked him a question.
“Why are you so interested in our sister’s personal life?”
At those words, Kwon Ik-seong paused to think, then looked at me.
Then he asked.
“How much detail would you like me to explain?”
“Eh…?”
At that question, Lee Yu-gyeom’s expression went rigid.
This was a very…strange question!
I looked back and forth between Lee Yu-gyeom and Kwon Ik-seong with an awkward expression, stammering without managing an answer.
Then Lee Yu-gyeom let out a deep sigh and pressed his forehead.
“You really…. Be careful about workplace romance. Unless you want to be unemployed again.”
…?
No.
That’s not it!
I watched the backs of those three as they left, each holding a drink, unable to finish my explanation.
And when I turned around to glare at Kwon Ik-seong, he had already put his earbuds back in.
While watching the Slime that had gone back into the cage.
“Um, um, Team Leader….”
It was the moment I was about to say that adjustments were needed to the rules of our fake relationship.
“I see.”
Kwon Ik-seong said something while looking at the Slime.
“Then, have you ever seen a face like this?”
Kwon Ik-seong promptly pulled out his phone and brought a photograph toward the Slime.
The Slime’s eyes, floating within the green liquid, widened considerably, and it nodded.
That’s when I realized.
Ah, that’s right.
This Slime was a witness!

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