The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 84

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 084
This gelatinous form kept sticking to surfaces everywhere I went….
I could probably dissolve endlessly like this and flow down a drain without any issues….
No, wait!
I snapped back to focus and crawled (?) along the hallway ceiling, carefully observing the names on each room.
By the way, the reason I could become a slime in the first place was because I’d brought Kang Si-bang with me.
‘The slime’s adhesive seems a bit weaker lately, so I thought I’d get it checked out at the Hunter Management Office.’
It was a convenient excuse.
Of course, Kang Si-bang seemed to have seen through my scheming.
[I’m fine though?]
‘I’ll give you something delicious next time. Just go along with this once.’
[Really? Really?! If you’re lying, I’ll XX, XXXX!]
…My ears are going to rot, seriously.
In any case, Kang Si-bang, whom I’d put in the trunk, was now hidden in my form, allowing me to penetrate deep into the Hunter Management Office.
‘An 18-year-old document wouldn’t likely be accessible to a rookie civil servant like Ji Won-gil anyway.’
That accident where Choi Woo-jin’s parents died.
It was Choi Jun-gu’s doing.
The exact method he used isn’t detailed in the original work.
Perhaps because Choi Jun-gu had committed so many misdeeds that there was no need to specify each one, or maybe it was a plot hole—I couldn’t say.
‘Perhaps the author just threw it out there and didn’t care about the details.’
Regardless, using some method not explained in the original work, Choi Jun-gu was able to make the car carrying Choi Woo-jin’s parents get caught in a Dungeon Break at precisely the right moment, and he buried it all using his power and money.
The Hunter Management Bureau Chief at the time likely bore some responsibility for the incident as well, but that 18-year-old case record had been processed as a ‘predecessor’s mistake’ and buried in the classified document storage.
‘From the current Chief’s perspective, there’s no reason to antagonize the Hunter Association by poking around, and if his civil servant instincts kicked in, he’d think it wise to simply leave the predecessor’s incident files untouched.’
For that reason, when I first entered the Government Office, I’d already planned how to access the classified document storage, and Kang Si-bang was the method I’d chosen.
[Squeak squeak!]
As I was reading the room names upside down, I suddenly spotted it.
Classified Document Storage
There it was. In this room.
In the original work, Choi Woo-jin had infiltrated this room once before.
It wasn’t for this reason—he’d done it to access Go Cheol-won’s case file.
Back then, Choi Woo-jin had simply blown through the door with a skill.
[Squuuuuu…uuuuu….(Damn…. Aaah….)]
Here I was, oozing pathetically, having to squeeze through the doorway gap.
I wanted to curse.
The fact that there was even a microscopic gap in the document storage door was a stroke of luck.
Though it might just mean this damn building’s maintenance was terrible.
Either way.
I sluggishly made my way into the classified document storage and headed toward the location mentioned in the original work.
That document was located in the 【Incheon City】 section next to the 【Capital Region】 section.
The place where documents related to Go Cheol-won were stored, as it had been written.
There’s a high probability that documents from the incident eighteen years ago are also here.
[Is it because of Go Cheol-won? He was the Dungeon Management Department Chief of Incheon City back then.]
I recalled Ji Won-gil’s words and pressed my hand—or whatever I could call it now—against the file cabinet handle.
As I pulled, the cabinet slid open with a soft whoosh, revealing several document folders.
Year-marked tabs caught my eye immediately.
[20XX~20XX]
I hurled myself toward the section containing the year I needed.
Splat—I attached myself to every document in that section, and then—
[Munch munch munch…]
I consumed all of the documents.
Ugh.
The taste was off.
[Bleeegh!]
I cursed internally while regurgitating the documents.
The papers spilled onto the floor in a tangled mess along with green slime.
Among them was the file I was looking for.
20XX Incheon Gyeongin Expressway Accident
This was it.
The location where the Dungeon Break occurred before entering the Incheon Bridge.
The Gyeongin Expressway.
I recalled searching for newspaper articles from back then that had only brief mentions, and I tried to turn the page.
So I was trying… to turn it.
[Ptui!]
I extended something like a tongue in a spitting motion to flip the page, but it wasn’t enough.
This… this isn’t working, is it?
I managed to flip the folder cover somehow, but after that, every single page started sticking to my body.
Kang Si-bang could roll around on any surface just fine.
It was right then, as I recalled how Kang Si-bang used his slime to manipulate things and tried my best to turn the pages.
“…Inspector Lee Yu-ji?”
I heard a strange voice from outside.
The way the sound expanded felt odd.
I’d been noticing it since earlier—when you become a slime, sound doesn’t come as sound but as some kind of wave that touches you.
My entire body becomes a medium transmitting frequency, and sound resonates throughout.
That’s why even quieter sounds come across as louder and slightly muffled.
“She hasn’t come out of the bathroom. Could she have passed out?”
“Huh? Ah… well, I’m not sure.”
…?
It seemed a janitor had coincidentally discovered me, who had been inside a bathroom stall for ten minutes now.
“Maybe she’s just taking her time…”
“But then she should answer. Why isn’t she answering?”
“Huh?”
No, this won’t do.
Time remaining: 02:45
I’d planned to drop the documents near the restroom before the possession ended so Lee Yu-ji’s body could pick them up, but—
I can’t have people crowding around my cubicle!
I began swallowing every document inside the file folder.
Gulp, gulp.
My stomach churned as the papers crinkled and slid down into my body.
The taste of ink mixed with the stale smell of old paper made me want to retch, but I held it down and hastily shoved the remaining folders back into the filing cabinet.
Then I closed the drawer and began crawling back up toward the ceiling.
Time remaining: 01:54
The time—!
I navigated through the gaps of the classified document storage as quickly as possible.
That’s when the real problem started!
‘…My body’s gotten thicker and won’t fit through…!’
I felt something like green sweat dripping from my body and cursed internally.
‘Damn it. Damn it. Damn it. Damn it…!’
Ugh. I’ve been cursing more since becoming Kang Si-bang.
What, are you some kind of Great King Slime? Then couldn’t you digest things with neurotoxin somehow?
Or wait—if I did that, I wouldn’t be able to see the documents, which would be an even bigger problem!
As I was thinking that, I managed to poke just my eyes out through the doorway.
“Is something the matter?”
There was someone in the hallway who shouldn’t have been there.
“Team Leader Kwon.”
Ji Won-gil looked at Kwon Ik-seong with a bewildered expression.
“What brings you here—”
“Ah. Investigator Lee Yu-ji left behind some documents.”
He said that while glancing subtly in my direction.
‘…?’
He glanced?
At me?
That must be a misunderstanding.
I grunted, struggling to pull my body back further, and looked toward Kwon Ik-seong again.
This time, Kwon Ik-seong wasn’t looking at me.
Instead—
‘He was extending his hand toward me with his hands clasped behind his back.’
Was he telling me to drop down there?
Could it be… he knows who I am right now?
‘His excuse about delivering my documents must be just that—an excuse.’
That’s when it happened.
“Where is Inspector Lee Yu-ji?”
“Ah, well… she hasn’t come out of the restroom, so…”
It was the moment Ji Won-gil, looking flustered, and the janitor pointed toward the restroom in the back.
My body slipped cleanly out through the gap.
‘Perfect!’
I fell freely and flowed into Ik-seong’s palm.
Splat!
My body, more liquid than solid, dripped down and settled snugly into Ik-seong’s hand—
‘…It’s warm.’
It felt wonderful.
Strangely so.
Possession has ended.
But that was short-lived.
When I opened my eyes, I was back in the restroom.
I stared at the mirror in front of me with my solid body restored.
Your intimacy with the Great King Slime has increased, granting you one additional special skill!
…?
A special skill?
I don’t know what it is, but let me get out of here first.
After assessing the situation, I kicked open the stall and rushed out.
“I-I’m so sorry! I have constipation issues!”
When I burst out, Ji Won-gil, the janitor, and Kwon Ik-seong standing down the hallway stared at me with dumbfounded expressions.
“I was so focused… I couldn’t respond…?”
So I ended up adding unnecessary words on top of that.
“Ah… I see.”
“I understand.”
I watched as Ji Won-gil and the janitor averted their gazes.
Damn it.
I kept my secret as a possession user, but I lost my dignity.

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