The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 79

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 079

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“Attorney Shin, it’s been a while!”
Shin Du-yeong’s brow furrowed as he watched Choi Woo-jin greet him with a radiant smile.
Rian Kim.
As a partner attorney at one of South Korea’s most prestigious law firms and the dedicated legal counsel for the massive Daeyang Guild, Shin Du-yeong despised cases like this.
So-called “cleaning up after the chairman” cases.
In other words, tedious damage control for the chairman’s family.
But this case couldn’t be delegated to the junior attorneys for a specific reason.
The chairman had issued special instructions.
“Did you give your statement properly?”
In a single second, Shin Du-yeong erased the irritation from his face and sat beside Choi Woo-jin with a gentle smile.
“What’s there I can’t do? I just talked about the things I bought. They asked if I knew anything else. But I can only talk about what I know.”
“…That’s fortunate.”
He meant it sincerely.
It would have been truly problematic if Choi Woo-jin had ended up in prison.
“Since the items you purchased aren’t narcotics but rather a type of treatment agent, it will likely end with just a fine. You did say you didn’t know it was an illegal transaction, correct?”
“I just said I bought something interesting, didn’t I?”
Choi Woo-jin tilted his head and rolled his eyes dismissively.
His expression suggested he couldn’t care less.
It was the typical demeanor of an arrogant chaebol heir.
The kind of casual confidence possessed by those who cause problems without consequence and have never cleaned up their own messes.
Of course, Choi Woo-jin was particularly egregious among them.
Because he’d lost his parents early, Choi Jun-gu had covered up all of Choi Woo-jin’s wayward behavior with money and influence.
Exploiting this, Choi Woo-jin had been acquiring foreign luxury cars since childhood and getting entangled in various misdemeanors.
Once, he’d smashed the heads of racist students at an American high school, resulting in a settlement worth hundreds of millions of won.
Then he’d transferred to a French high school.
Well, in any case.
The one commendable thing was that he hadn’t committed crimes that couldn’t be settled with money.
“But why did Attorney Shin come personally? Last time, junior attorneys came.”
By “last time,” he meant when Choi Woo-jin had been caught conducting another illegal transaction in the Subspace sorghum field.
He was bragging. Quite openly.
Shin Du-yeong felt his head throbbing as he gritted his teeth and spoke.
“That was your first offense, but this is your second. If multiple criminal charges stack up, even suspended sentences can result in actual imprisonment. Be careful.”
At Shin Du-yeong’s words, Choi Woo-jin’s carefree expression shifted subtly.
He hardened his expression and fixed his gaze on Shin Du-yeong.
“Are you… advising me right now? Attorney Shin Du-yeong?”
“I beg your pardon?”
That was the moment Shin Du-yeong’s expression froze.
“I thought you came here to make money, Attorney Shin Du-yeong? You didn’t come to give me advice, did you?”
The moment Choi Woo-jin’s expression shifted, Shin Du-yeong realized he’d made a mistake.
No matter how much of a reckless fool Choi Woo-jin was, he was still family of the Daeyang Guild—no, the Daeyang Group.
Which meant he was a relative of Choi Jun-gu.
The sheer power that fact carried worked everywhere in South Korea.
“Ah, that’s not what I meant—”
“Then just do the work and leave.”
Choi Woo-jin’s hand landed on Shin Du-yeong’s shoulder.
Like a superior consoling a subordinate.
Like a lance corporal massaging a private’s shoulder.
Ten years to become a partner attorney at Rian Kim law firm.
Shin Du-yeong’s shoulders shrank at this abuse of power, something he’d grown accustomed to.
His true nature emerged—weak before the strong, strong before the weak.
Watching this, Choi Woo-jin felt revulsion inside.
He was exactly the type who handled his grandfather’s dirty work.
His grandfather was always surrounded by men like this.
Men easily crushed and manipulated by his grandfather’s power and money.
And Choi Woo-jin could roughly guess why his grandfather had sent one of the easiest ones today.
Choi Woo-jin easily put on a smile again and lightened the mood.
“So shall we get to work? What does our guild master want?”
“Yes? Ah… yes.”
Only then did Shin Du-yeong exhale deeply and pull out the documents he’d brought.
The documents bore this title:
Petition to the Hunter Management Office
“He wants you to file a petition with the Hunter Management Office. To formally protest the illegal assault and abuse of power.”
“Oh…”
Though hardly surprised, Choi Woo-jin feigned shock.
So this was why the guild master’s dedicated attorney Shin Du-yeong had come in person.
Because the nosebleed Choi Woo-jin had suffered gave Choi Jun-gu grounds to attack the Hunter Investigation Unit.
Especially since the one who’d hit him was Kwon Ik-seong, whom Choi Jun-gu so despised.
‘Well…’
But the investigator Lee Yu-ji would side with Kwon Ik-seong when it came to detailed testimony, and the black boxes in the Hunter Investigation Unit vehicles had all been replaced recently for security reasons, so there was no footage to show.
A situation where it was impossible to tell what happened from audio alone.
In short, it was a situation where Choi Woo-jin’s testimony would inevitably be decisive.
‘So what my grandfather wants is what I have.’
This mouth of mine.
Choi Woo-jin thought this and grinned wickedly, rustling the documents.
“But here’s the thing.”
“Yes?”
“If I write this for you, what do I get out of it?”
“…!”
Choi Woo-jin reverted to his usual reckless posture and chuckled with amusement.
Then Shin Du-yeong swallowed hard and spoke.
“Well, you should probably discuss that with the Guild Master….”
“Ah, I’m bored with cars now. I’ve already got all the limited editions.”
At those words, Shin Du-yeong thought to himself.
This bourgeois bastard.
Shin Du-yeong felt a sense of class consciousness while completely forgetting that he himself was also bourgeois.
Watching him, Choi Woo-jin grinned wickedly.
“This time, instead of a car, could you call and tell him I want something else?”
At Choi Woo-jin’s words, Shin Du-yeong’s expression hardened.

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After Rian Kim the lawyer left, the Hunter Investigation Unit erupted into chaos.
Naturally, Pee So-won, Kwon Ik-seong, Ham I-na, and I were summoned to Captain Hong first.
And there, Ham I-na spoke as if they’d coordinated beforehand, though they hadn’t.
“Choi Woo-jin displayed threatening behavior starting from the club. He groped Investigator Lee Yu-ji.”
“There was sexual harassment?”
Captain Hong said this while glancing at me.
Being poor at lying, I answered as quickly as possible.
“Yes.”
If I said more, I’d definitely get caught!
“…Uh…. And in the car?”
“I heard the dashcam audio, and it was definitely detected that Choi Woo-jin made movements.”
As expected, Pee So-won’s testimony followed as if perfectly coordinated.
“He tried to sexually harass again?”
At Captain Hong’s question, I answered quickly once more.
“Yes.”
Captain Hong, finding nothing inconsistent in the three testimonies, finally looked at Kwon Ik-seong.
“There was sexual harassment, right?”
At those words, Kwon Ik-seong opened his mouth.
“It’s ambiguous.”
“….”
“….”
“This bastard, seriously.”
Ham I-na and I, stunned.
And Pee So-won’s sigh.
“Can’t you keep the rhythm?”
Pee So-won glared at Kwon Ik-seong as if she could kill him, but Kwon Ik-seong’s face remained unfazed.
He was truly a man who would never tell a lie, even if it killed him.
But why did he lie and claim that he was the one who threw all those punches….
As I was thinking that, Captain Hong crumpled his face and spoke.
“Ah, forget it. Regardless, this isn’t something that can be settled as an internal investigation—Choi Woo-jin, this bastard even submitted a petition to the Hunter Management Office, so I’m in a difficult position too.”
Choi Woo-jin?
Why on earth?
He wouldn’t want the Hunter Investigation Unit to be dismantled.
The moment my thoughts reached this point, understanding struck me.
‘Ah.’
It wasn’t Choi Woo-jin—it was Choi Jun-gu’s doing.
“So a new person has been assigned to the Special Team.”
“A new person? The Special Team Leader and I didn’t recruit anyone, so what new person is coming in?”
As Pee So-won spoke with displeasure, Captain Hong gritted his teeth.
“If you didn’t want that, you shouldn’t have passed on the disease of beating kids’ faces to a pulp in the name of arrest to your team’s youngest member.”
…Oh.
He’s already figured out that I was the one who threw all those punches.
I felt chills run down my spine at Captain Hong’s words.
Regardless, the identity of the new person Captain Hong mentioned was soon revealed.
The moment we went down to the Special Team, two people were waiting there.
One was Ji Won-gil, and the other was—
“Hello, Inspector. You’re cute today too.”
…Choi Woo-jin.
He was even wearing a name tag identifying him as an administrative officer of the Hunter Management Office!

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