The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 75

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 075

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“So what you’re saying is… this is a witness.”
Pee So-won’s reaction to the Slime contained in the Cage was exactly as I’d anticipated.
Utterly bewildered.
But since it was the truth, there was nothing to be done about it.
Through the earphone I was wearing, the Slime heard Pee So-won’s voice and muttered.
[That person looks really scary.]
…So you can actually judge people after all.
As I was thinking that, Baek Sang-jin pulled one of the earphones from my ear and spoke.
“Can we trust this item? Huh? Turns out Kang Il-yeon is a Gamer, isn’t he? Making suspicious things like this….”
“If the Gamer first appeared two years ago, that would mean he committed crimes since middle school? That doesn’t match his history….”
At Ham I-na’s words, Baek Sang-jin scoffed at her.
“Who knows? Kids these days are scarier anyway. And what’s that—Sun and Moon Workshop? They say he’s making serious money with that these days.”
[Ugh. This guy’s really loud.]
The Slime, who was receiving automatic translation of our conversation, stiffened its expression.
By the way, the name this Slime was given by Kang Il-yeon was Si-bang.
With a surname, Kang Si-bang.
The reason was—
‘The first word it said was a curse, so I thought it fit perfectly.’
…Surprisingly, it was a foul-mouthed Slime.
When it stuck to me, it acted so cute.
“Hey, move over. Let me….”
Baek Sang-jin arbitrarily snatched the other earphone as well and plugged it into his own ear.
Then Baek Sang-jin’s face immediately contorted.
As if he’d heard something he shouldn’t have, Baek Sang-jin pulled the earphone from his ear.
“Uh… Ow… Uh….”
His face looked like he’d heard every curse in existence.
I quickly snatched the earphone from Baek Sang-jin’s hand.
Then I spoke toward Pee So-won.
“In any case, based on the testimony the Slime has provided so far, I’ve narrowed down several brokers who are presumed to have facilitated buyers from the Black Market Sorghum Field.”
I handed over the prepared documents. Each page of the documents had personal information attached, or photographs of faces.
It’s awkward to say, but they all looked like the kind of people you’d want to avoid meeting on a dark street….
“What about the credibility of the Slime’s testimony?”
Baek Sang-jin, who had been sulking after being cursed at earlier, raised a counterargument with a face still bearing the lingering effects of the curses he’d heard.
“If we’re treating the Slime as a kind of witness, shouldn’t we also question the witness’s credibility?”
I wanted to dismiss what Baek Sang-jin was saying, but his point had merit.
So when I was about to say that I would conduct cross-verification on that matter.
Kwon Ik-seong interjected.
“I’ve confirmed that a strong rapport has formed between the Slime and Inspector Lee Yu-ji. During the testimony, the Slime referred to Inspector Lee Yu-ji as his ‘lifesaver’ multiple times.”
“His lifesaver?”
When Ham I-na asked, Kwon Ik-seong looked at me.
I felt all eyes on me and laughed awkwardly.
“Ah. When we entered that Sorghum Field, she prevented this creature from becoming Slime juice. Of course, it was quite a coincidental opportunity, but….”
As I hesitated and spoke, Kang Si-bang rattled the Cage and moved it toward me.
When I quietly opened the Cage door, Kang Si-bang slid over to me and pressed his body against my arm with a soft thud.
I smiled at Kang Si-bang like we were close siblings.
‘Haha. This creature sure knows how to navigate situations.’
You know it too!
The fact that my precious illegal funds are being drained to feed you!
Kang Il-yeon was determined to provide only premium feed for this creature despite using him as an experimental subject.
Things like dungeon-affiliated spinach, for instance.
Just the monthly feed costs were astronomical.
Click.
Then I heard a camera shutter sound from somewhere.
It was Ma Deok-ho.
“Ah. I thought it might be useful as evidence material.”
Though he said that, I clearly read the text floating above Ma Deok-ho’s head.
Ma Deok-ho’s favorability has increased by 10.
What else could it be.
He recognized the Slime as an animal.
My favorability goes up because I saved an animal.
I’d bet my pinky finger that this photo goes into one of Ma Deok-ho’s many animal albums on his phone.
Regardless.
Thus, a few brokers likely connected to the ‘Big Hand’ were caught in the investigation net.
Among them, an arrest operation was established for criminals known as ‘Gangnam Station Mudfish’ and ‘Cheongdam-dong Joker’—names that sounded terrifyingly difficult to apprehend just hearing them.
Of course, I wasn’t without experience apprehending criminals up until now, but most of that was simply me getting caught up in situations rather than actual operations.
In other words, this was my first time being deployed in an arrest operation prepared so systematically.
Given the circumstances, I listened to my role in the operation quite nervously.
And then I returned home.
After that—
Would you like to view Special Epilogue 2?
This one.
I decided to open this first.

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The next day, at dawn.
Club Ellio in Hongdae was hosting its usual wild party.
And today’s party host was a DJ in a form-fitting tank top and short shorts.
She was a woman named Yoanna, quite famous throughout the Gangnam area.
Many had gathered to see Yoanna, and most of them had claimed tables and ordered expensive drinks.
Among them were both women and men.
Most wanted to mingle and indulge in this frenzied night in all its sticky glory.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
Watching everyone drink and dance joyfully without even a frown at the heart-pounding sound, a smile graced Yoanna’s face.
Yoanna grinned widely, put on a slower song for a brief respite, and descended from the DJ booth.
She made her rounds through the tables with a drink in hand, greeting everyone who welcomed her with bright smiles.
Some women spontaneously kissed her cheek, and Yoanna responded to their kisses without the slightest displeasure.
Then Yoanna sprayed expensive champagne like a shower, played for a while, and finally arrived at the last table.
Two women were sitting there.
Yoanna grinned at one of them and spoke.
“I’ve seen this one at the last party, but you’re a new face? How did you get in here?”
The unfamiliar woman responded by casually flashing a VIP card.
It was quite an arrogant gesture.
But Yoanna didn’t back down.
Rather, she found that arrogant attitude appealing—
“I heard there’s a more fun place than this one. Ellio isn’t all that special.”
The woman muttered.
The moment Yoanna heard those words, her expression became enigmatic.
“A more fun place?”
“Never mind….”
The woman, as if annoyed, traced her fingertip along the rim of a shot glass filled with the most expensive whiskey here.
Yoanna didn’t miss the slight tremor in that fingertip.
She knew exactly what that tremor meant.
Urgency. Impatience.
And what lay at the end of that craving.
Yoanna smiled subtly and picked up a bottle of whiskey worth over two hundred thousand won sitting beside the woman.
“Can I drink this? If you pour me a glass….”
Yoanna’s red lips drew close to the woman’s ear.
“…I’ll invite you to Happy World.”
Happy World.
At those words, the woman’s eyes widened.
Seeing anticipation frost over in those eyes, Yoanna was certain.
“Right this way.”
This one’s easy prey.
With that thought, Yoanna filled a shot glass with whiskey and downed it in one gulp.
The smoky aroma distinctive to expensive liquor brushed past her nose.
Feeling refreshed, Yoanna grasped the woman’s hand.
“Why don’t we head deeper inside?”
Yoanna giggled and led the woman by the hand toward the deepest part of the club.
Yoanna’s plan was this:
After conducting some “verification procedures” inside, she would decide whether to take this woman on as a customer.
And if she became a “customer,” Yoanna could sell her not only the “funny powder” she wanted but various other goods as well.
To do that, first—
She looked at a woman and a man standing guard in front of the thick door.
They were likely security guards.
They wore the formal attire typical of club guards.
Through Yoanna’s drunken eyes, the faces of the woman and man weren’t clearly visible.
“What’s this? Open the door. I need to have a chat with this cute little thing.”
This club’s management was a mess.
They wouldn’t even open the VIP Room door properly. Damn it.
It was just as Yoanna was internally fuming.
The female security guard obsequiously opened the door.
“Ah, yes. I’ll open it for you right away.”
As the door opened, Yoanna pulled the woman “customer” by the wrist and entered the room.
And in that moment—
Something blunt came crashing down on the back of Yoanna’s head.
“Ughhhh!”
Yoanna fell forward, her face slamming into the floor.
Simultaneously, Yoanna’s face changed.
Not a woman… but a man.
“…Cheongdam-dong Joker.”
Turning around, he saw the woman customer, the female security guard, and the male security guard blocking the doorway.
Particularly the female security guard, who had clearly struck down the one disguised as DJ Yoanna with some kind of powerful blunt weapon, gestured with her chin toward the back of Cheongdam-dong Joker.
“Go say hello to Mudfish or whatever. Hurry up.”
When Joker turned around at her words, Gangnam Station Mudfish was crouched on the marble floor with his face completely swollen.
Damn it all…
Only then did Joker realize he had fallen into a trap.
But there was one fact he didn’t know: what struck the back of his head wasn’t a blunt weapon, but a kick from Lee Yu-ji disguised as a security guard.

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