The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 9

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 009
Congratulations! You have successfully completed a possession, and a special skill has arrived!
This ‘special skill’ the system mentioned was exactly this.
Dog’s Nose (A)
-You can smell the scent of magical power.
-However, be careful as your tongue may keep sticking out when using this skill!
I really struggled to keep my tongue in check.
Throughout my time observing this crime scene.
But there were results nonetheless.
I confirmed through ‘Dog’s Nose’ that there were two Awakened individuals inside the classroom.
‘Two distinctly different scents were coexisting.’
One was definitely Kang Won-yeon’s, but the other—
It must have been the suspect’s scent, who disappeared without catching the witnesses’ eyes.
And to pursue that scent, I brought Kang Won-yeon out and deliberately provoked him.
‘Kang Il-yeon.’
By uttering that name.
And quite naturally, I concealed Kang Won-yeon’s real identity, saved my own life, and found a lead all at once.
“Are you alright?”
Pee So-won asked, seeing me return after receiving treatment at the Internal Medical Office of the Heonsu Department.
“Are you asking about that, sir?”
“…Yes.”
“Haha, it does hurt a little. But they said there’s no major problem.”
I was somewhat surprised that an F-rank like me, whose medical unit healer, remained intact after getting punched in the nose by an A-rank hunter.
“A little?”
Pee So-won’s expression was one of disbelief, but there was only one thing I could say.
“I’ve always had good durability, sir.”
Even during my athlete days, I had relatively good durability.
That’s why I fearlessly entered other people’s territories during sparring matches.
Well. That was a long time ago.
Still, seeing that I have unusually good durability for an F-rank, some characteristics from my days as an ordinary person might have remained.
“Your reaction speed was always that fast… No. Never mind. What would I even ask you.”
Pee So-won looked me up and down, then, as if it didn’t matter, opened the door to the interrogation room for me.
More precisely, it was a door leading to a room where you could observe the situation inside the interrogation room.
And from this room, the interior of the interrogation room is visible, but from inside the interrogation room, this room appears like a mirror.
‘The kind of scene you often see in crime movies….’
My heart races a little again.
Is this a side effect of the ‘Dog’s Nose’ skill? My tongue keeps trying to come out, and I even feel like a non-existent tail is wagging!
“Are you excited.”
“No, sir!”
I managed my expression as much as possible next to my partner, who was about to turn into a psychopath again.
That was when it happened.
Bang!
“You’re really not going to say anything? Then you’re taking the fall for all of this, you bastard!”
Byeon Gu-do’s angry voice echoed from inside the interrogation room.
I caught sight of Kang Won-yeon’s face, grinning wickedly as he watched Byeon Gu-do.
“I’m telling you, I was alone in that classroom! I stabbed that bastard to death with that knife.”
The face of the guy in a school uniform stained with blood was unmistakably that of a murderer—
‘A lie.’
I already had evidence that someone else had been inside the classroom.
Footprints on the ceiling.
Someone who had escaped without drawing anyone’s attention using a mana item.
But the problem was that the only way to identify that someone was a single shoe size.
“There are 87 students in the entire school whose shoe size matches a 280mm footprint. If we factor in the possibility of staff and outside intruders, the number of suspects would be even higher.”
Pee So-won showed me a piece of paper tucked into a file folder.
On it was drawn a footprint measured at 280mm.
“It’s going to take a while to catch the suspect.”
Pee So-won sipped her dark coffee and gazed into the interrogation room with dark circles under her eyes.
Then she spoke.
“That’s not all. This is only evidence that they were together. Whether they conspired to commit murder together or if that bastard really killed him alone—we won’t know unless he talks.”
She was right.
Even if another Awakened had been present at the scene, that didn’t prove they were the ‘real culprit.’
“Besides, the only mana traces found on the weapon were his.”
If anything, the focus would shift more toward them being a ‘witness.’
‘This situation is disadvantageous for Kang Won-yeon.’
In a situation like this, I could force him to talk properly by using a mushroom, but that’s something neither Kang Won-yeon nor I want.
Kang Won-yeon has a ‘secret’ he needs to keep.
The fact that only I know about it might not be a bad situation for me?
With such thoughts running through my mind, I opened my mouth while looking at Kang Won-yeon sitting at an angle in the interrogation room.
“Um… Team Leader…”
“Don’t tell me you’re asking to conduct the interrogation too…”
“No, that’s not it. It’s 6:03 right now.”
“…?”
Pee So-won’s eyes narrowed.
“We’re three minutes past quitting time.”
Looking at Pee So-won’s bewildered face, I grinned widely.
“Work-life balance is important, after all.”
Did I say anything wrong?
I became a civil servant to maintain work-life balance, not for the money!
“Then I’ll be clocking out!”

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While everyone else in the office was clutching the back of their necks over the MZ newcomer, I leisurely returned to the office alone.
And as expected, Ma Deok-ho wasn’t there.
He must have left right at 6 PM sharp, like clockwork.
‘How frustrating. I’ve completely lost the MZ position.’
I clicked my tongue at his MZ prowess and pulled something from my pocket.
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A doll with oddly-shaped eyes.
While everything was chaotic earlier, I’d secretly snatched it from Kang Won-yeon’s belongings—it was hanging from his bag.
‘Huh… I was just wondering how I’d get my hands on this.’
It came to me this easily?
I marveled slightly and pressed firmly on the doll’s chest.
Then the doll ‘spoke’.
Please enter the access code.
This was—
“Sun and Moon.”
In that instant, my vision went dark.
Moments later, a man wearing a cat mask appeared before my eyes, which had been seeing nothing.
“Welcome to the ‘Sorghum Field.’ Would you prefer red sorghum or blue sorghum?”
The 5th Team Office had completely vanished.
That’s right.
This doll was an item connected to a subspace.
‘In the original story, Choi Woo-jin had stolen this from the villain Kang Won-yeon.’
Thinking about what Choi Woo-jin did to Kang Won-yeon back then…
‘Ugh. I can’t even tell who the real villain is.’
And if I found ‘red sorghum’ here—
“Red sorghum.”
“Right this way.”
The man snapped his fingers in the air, and a mask materialized over my face as well.
The reason for wearing masks was to guarantee anonymity.
And the reason anonymity was necessary was—
“Now, the next item starts at 300 gold. This item is a water gun filled with concentrated slime extract. This water gun is only effective against humans, and upon contact with human skin, it causes excruciating pain for 24 hours!”
Because in this subspace, weapons that the Hunter Administration Office absolutely, absolutely never permits were being traded!
“400 gold!”
“450 gold!”
“500!”
Masked figures crowded the venue.
They were holding up their paddles and shouting numbers.
Watching the tiger race forward with terrifying speed, I smiled contentedly.
Truly, criminals were swarming everywhere.
And moments later—
“1,000 Gold!”
I purchased an item there.
Spending a full 100 million won.
“…1,000 Gold! Does anyone bid higher?”
The Announcer on stage shouted excitedly.
As the Announcer called out 1,000 Gold three times, everyone’s eyes turned toward me.
“Who is that?”
“I’ve never seen them before…?”
“They must be incredibly wealthy!”
Ha. Do I really look like someone drowning in money and not knowing how to spend it?
That’s right.
I’m precisely the person with 500 million won who has no idea how to use it.

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