The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 80

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 080
Does this even make sense?!
I stood frozen like stone alongside the entire Special Request Police Unit, completely petrified.
Only one person moved in that rigid situation.
“That’s your proper seat.”
It was Ma Deok-ho, our pride and joy of an MZ generation employee.
He pointed at the desk where Choi Woo-jin sat with his legs stretched out across the surface, his expression clearly displeased.
Choi Woo-jin made a gesture as if saying “oops” in response, then spun his rotating chair around.
The moment Choi Woo-jin got up from his seat, Ma Deok-ho meticulously wiped down his desk with wet wipes and straightened the slightly askew photo of Blackie back into place.
“…What, what is this.”
Baek Sang-jin’s expression turned bewildered, and the explanation came not from Choi Woo-jin but from Ji Won-gil.
“Hello. I’m Ji Won-gil, an administrator dispatched here today from the Hunter Management Office.”
“So you’re the administrator Ji Won-gil who was dispatched here. I’m Byeon Gu-do. My grandfather always told me since I was young to construct Gu-do well….”
“Shut it.”
Pee So-won cut off Byeon Gu-do, who was trying to break the awkward atmosphere with some high-level humor, and alternated her gaze between Ji Won-gil and Choi Woo-jin standing in the Special Request Police Unit office.
“What’s going on with you two.”
“Didn’t the administrator just explain it well? We were dispatched here, after all?”
Choi Woo-jin smiled brightly.
With gauze bandages on the bridge of his nose and forehead respectively.
“That’s exactly what I’m asking—how are you the one being dispatched? What are you, some administrator from the Management Office?”
When Pee So-won asked with a murderous expression, Ji Won-gil answered calmly, as if trying to defuse the heated atmosphere.
“This person took the civil service exam a few months ago. When a vacancy opened in the new hire position a few days ago, he was specially hired on a short-term contract.”
Special short-term contract.
I barely suppressed a hollow laugh from escaping.
Taking the civil service exam a few months ago, a vacancy opening in the new hire position—it all sounded good, but ultimately it was nothing but a convenient excuse perfect for fabricating on paper.
As someone on my second round of civil service life, how could I not know that.
It was clearly a parachute placement orchestrated by Choi Jun-gu.
What puzzled me was why Choi Woo-jin allowed this to happen without resistance.
The original Choi Woo-jin wanted to maintain his reckless concept at the Daeyang Guild until the very end.
That original. The original.
Had I, too, contracted the original story disease as a possessed individual?
The more parts that diverged from the original, the more my head ached.
“Ah, it’s true that I experienced something unfortunate here a few days ago, but I’m the type without lingering resentment, so…. I volunteered to come here myself to see how the Special Request Police Unit team members work and to clear up any misunderstandings.”
Choi Woo-jin spoke toward the rigidly frozen investigators with his characteristic fox-like smile.
“Wow…. Damn handsome.”
Byeon Gu-do muttered from behind.
To be honest, his smile is handsome, but is now really the time to say that?
I clenched my teeth with that thought.
“As you know, I’m on somewhat personal terms with the Chief, and since he’s put a lot of thought into the petition I submitted…. He mentioned things like replacing the Special Request Police Unit leader, salary cuts for all Special Request Police Unit members, and such—”
Choi Woo-jin continued speaking with an air of confidence.
But behind that composed face lay a hidden blade.
When the mention of replacing the Special Team Leader came up, everyone’s eyes turned to Kwon Ik-seong, and when the word “salary reduction” appeared, Baek Sang-jin and Byeon Gu-do’s shoulders trembled.
‘Wow… look at him threatening people.’
He’s really toying with us.
I felt the urge surge up again to smash Choi Woo-jin’s nose.
Choi Woo-jin, who keeps insisting he’s an Unawakened, would have no choice but to accept it! This is the perfect opportunity!
As I clenched my fists with that thought, it happened.
Choi Woo-jin’s gaze landed on me.
He stared at me intently and smiled.
“Still, I wanted to give you all a chance. The Special Team members?”
His thin lips curled up softly and elegantly like a cat’s tail.
Yet his eyes gleamed with the brilliance of a predator’s gaze upon spotting prey.
The moment his pupils seemed to narrow like a fox discovering a mouse.
Kwon Ik-seong opened his mouth.
“So you’re saying you’ve joined the Special Team as a member?”
At those words, Choi Woo-jin’s head snapped around.
“Yes, well. Something like that?”
And the moment Choi Woo-jin answered, Kwon Ik-seong thrust a thick stack of documents into his arms.
“…?”
“Then please read through all of it by 4:30 PM for the meeting. These are the investigation materials from so far.”
“That….”
The moment Choi Woo-jin’s eyes narrowed and a look of bewilderment crossed his face.
Kwon Ik-seong delivered the finishing blow with an impassive expression.
“I’ll send the remaining materials by email.”
…!
Team Leader Kwon, nice shot!
I watched Choi Woo-jin with that thought running through my mind.
The distortion on Choi Woo-jin’s face was incredibly satisfying.
You dared to mock a civil servant?
Welcome to the paperwork hell.

* * *
Despite what I said, being in a meeting with Choi Woo-jin was absolute hell.
The reason was—
“We found approximately 300 contacts on Slime and Joker’s phones. Most were individual consumers, and we plan to call each one in for questioning. The numbers we believe belong to intermediaries, transporters, and the Craftsman have been highlighted.”
“So you’re saying the Gamer is among these contacts?”
Pee So-won spoke after hearing Kwon Ik-seong’s report.
At the mention of ‘Gamer,’ my shoulders flinched involuntarily.
The one who should actually be panicking looked completely unbothered, yet here I was, my nerves shot for no reason.
That’s right.
Choi Woo-jin sat in the ‘Capture the Gamer Project’ meeting with an indifferent expression—or rather, one that screamed he was dying of boredom, bouncing his leg restlessly.
“We may not know for certain, but at minimum we should be able to narrow down clues to identify those producing items similar to the Gamer’s creations.”
Ham I-na added as Kwon Ik-seong finished speaking.
“However, there are significant concerns with the individual consumer numbers. Several are well-known Hunters, some are CEOs of small to mid-sized companies, and there’s even a local government official.”
“….”
Tension instantly filled the air at Ham I-na’s words.
A local government official meant—
Incheon Mayor Go Cheol-won.
I stared quietly at the list, my brow furrowing.
This man was the original work’s massive shadow mastermind and power-hungry villain.
Incheon, where a major naval base is stationed, borders China and North Korea across the sea.
Unlike the real Incheon, this Hunter world’s Incheon was actively utilized as a military base.
Exploiting that geographic advantage, Go Cheol-won had been smuggling through illegal underwater dungeons.
And naturally, that was only possible because he had the solid backing of the Daeyang Guild and the Hunter Association.
Therefore, this man’s corruption was inevitably connected to the original work’s most dangerous villain, Choi Jun-gu.
‘Ugh… touching this feels like it’ll go south.’
I thought while glancing at Choi Woo-jin.
If I got involved in this case without knowing Choi Woo-jin’s true intentions for being here, there would be far too many variables.
However—
“We’ll summon them all.”
We had Kwon Ik-seong.
My absolute favorite—Ik-seong—who knows nothing but principles and rules!
…It’s good, but I hate it, really.
I looked at Kwon Ik-seong with a sorrowful expression.
“Please inform them that failure to comply with the summons will result in a shift to compulsory investigation.”
And so the meeting concluded.
And then came the welcome overtime hours.
I found myself face-to-face with Ik-seong in the Interrogation Room once again.
“…This time it’s homemade hamburgers…?”
I stared with a puzzled expression at the homemade hamburgers, french fries, and milkshake laid out in the Interrogation Room.
They looked absolutely delicious.
So is this the plan—fatten them up and then eat them?
“Yes. It was a menu item that ranked high among women’s preferences.”
“…Wow….”
I answered in a listless voice while looking at Kwon Ik-seong.
Then Kwon Ik-seong looked up at me as if asking why I was acting that way.
He had already cut my burger into convenient pieces.
That thick handmade burger, sliced cleanly all the way through.
“Why did you do that?”
“What do you mean?”
“You covered for me. You took the fall alone for no reason. Is that part of the fake relationship too? Building me up?”
When I asked, Kwon Ik-seong seemed to think about something for a moment, then set down the plastic knife he was holding.
“No.”
“Then….”
“Wasn’t it obvious that I was going to be the one getting hit? So you struck first.”
Kwon Ik-seong looked directly at me.
“It seemed like you were preempting me, so I preempted you as well.”
It was a simple answer, but it was hard to understand.
It seemed that way because it was Ik-seong who said it.

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