The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 91

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 091
In the video, I appeared as a tiny dot on the news screen, but even in that low resolution, my bewilderment was unmistakable.
I was caught finishing an iced vanilla latte in one go and tossing the empty cup into my bag.
‘What was I supposed to do? Throw it on the street? Some investigator I am.’
Flustered as I was, I started running, and as I did, a short-form background track that had been trending for quite some time began playing.
RUN! RUN! RUN!
When enlarged, my running speed looked incredibly fast, and the gasping breaths of the reporters somehow blended perfectly with the music.
Comments
-Look at that running speed lolololol
-Looks clumsy but runs crazy fast lololol
Taekwondo doggy ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ It looks like you can see its tail when it runs, which is oddly cheerful.
It wasn’t cheerful at all!
I ran with genuine desperation, didn’t I?
If they caught me, I’d be dragged down and torn apart. Why would I want to get caught?
If the Chief leaked the source, he’d dump all responsibility on me, and any ambiguous answer or expression I gave to the reporters’ difficult questions would spawn countless speculative articles.
Unaware of my circumstances, my video was re-edited into a generic short-form format—Taekwondo puppy, Olympic-level running speed—and spread everywhere, with most views hitting tens of thousands.
‘Could this be considered going exactly as the Chief intended?’
Seeing how the perception that Taekwondo Girl had accomplished something this time had taken root, it seemed I’d fallen right into the Chief’s trap.
But it was fortunate that the Chief hadn’t exerted internal pressure.
Like, for instance, rushing me to wrap up the Go Cheol-won investigation quickly?
It was possible that Captain Hong was blocking such external pressure from above, but the atmosphere of the call didn’t seem to suggest that.
‘Whose side is the Chief really on?’
Maybe he’s just a pragmatist.
The type who carefully manages Choi Jun-gu’s mood while also keeping an eye on public opinion?
If that’s the case, there shouldn’t be any troublesome matters for a while.
Even if we thoroughly investigate Mayor Go Cheol-won like poking a hornet’s nest and it ends without reaching his removal from office—
‘First, I will definitely catch Go Cheol-won.’
That’s part of my plan.
With that thought, I walked down the hallway with Kwon Ik-seong and Ham I-na.
“Then, if you go this way, that should work.”
Ham I-na, her face covered with a hat and mask, pointed to the side exit.
And Kwon Ik-seong handed me his car keys.
“The parking location is as I mentioned.”
“Ah, yes.”
With that answer, I split off from Ham I-na and Kwon Ik-seong, heading toward the side exit.
The two of them went out the back entrance.
Soon, commotion erupted from the back entrance.
Glancing over, I saw the reporters rushing toward Ham I-na and Kwon Ik-seong, who were boarding the official vehicle, mistaking the smaller-framed Ham I-na for me.
The reporters weren’t exactly stopped—or rather, couldn’t be stopped because there were no orders from above.
‘That Chief… As expected, high-ranking civil servants can’t be trusted.’
Thanks to that, leaving on time had always been difficult, but today it was absolutely necessary.
Not because of the death-in-service certificate—
‘I already got that.’
You could even get it issued online.
‘I just need to keep the death-in-service certificate at home.’
So my reason for leaving on time was something else entirely.
I seized the moment when the reporters’ attention was drawn to the back exit and smoothly slipped out of the Hunter Investigation Unit in Kwon Ik-seong’s car.
The newly assigned Security Guard seemed to recognize Kwon Ik-seong’s vehicle and let me through without even bothering to lower the gate.

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After leaving on time and arriving home, Lee Yu-gyeom was waiting for me.
“…?”
What about the dormitory?
“The death-in-service certificate.”
“But tomorrow’s the weekend, so couldn’t you just pick it up tomorrow?”
“I got an overnight pass approved.”
At my question, Lee Yu-gyeom just shrugged and accepted the death-in-service certificate file I’d placed on the dining table.
What is this.
I awkwardly set down the bag I’d brought on a chair.
Inside it was also Kwon Ik-seong’s spare car key.
‘You can drive it and bring it back tomorrow.’
‘Then how will Team Leader get to work tomorrow?’
‘I can take the bus.’
‘Oh, no. I’ll just park it at Team Leader Kwon’s place.’
Kwon Ik-seong, who had hesitated briefly at my words, agreed readily.
‘You can park it at the Riposo Officetel. It’s near the Hunter Investigation Unit, so it shouldn’t be hard to find.’
When I actually went to Kwon Ik-seong’s place, it wasn’t just “not hard to find”—it was a rather luxurious officetel located in the most expensive area of this district.
An officetel…? Was this even called an officetel in the first place? It said “Residence” on it.
Kwon Ik-seong even handed me a card key, but after seeing the residence’s lavish interior design, I found myself walking back up from the underground parking lot without realizing it.
Come to think of it, Kwon Ik-seong started his career as an administrator at the Hunter Management Office.
Even after transferring to the Hunter Investigation Unit, he’d accumulated tremendous achievements since then, so living in a place like this wasn’t particularly strange.
However—
‘Don’t you find it inconvenient living so close to work?’
What had Kwon Ik-seong answered to my question?
‘I’m hardly ever there anyway, so it’s not inconvenient.’
…To have such a place and not even use it! I’d rather have it!
Thinking that, I left the complex, and now I found myself in an odd standoff with Lee Yu-gyeom, who was studying at the kitchen dining table instead of in his own room.
“I… I’ll go grab dinner.”
At my awkward words, Lee Yu-gyeom lifted his head from the problem set he’d been working on.
“Want to eat together?”
“Ah, I have a prior engagement.”
A lie.
And as always—
“You’re lying.”
…Lee Yu-gyeom caught me in the lie.
Always.
“Are you really dating that Team Leader?”
“No?”
“Is he a decent person?”
Lee Yu-gyeom asked.
I furrowed my brow.
“I said no.”
“No about what. You….”
Lee Yu-gyeom looked up at me quietly.
Every time Lee Yu-gyeom looked up at me like this, strange thoughts kept crossing my mind.
The thought that long ago, he’d looked up at me like this before.
“…You’re not someone who gives your affection easily.”
A hint of hurt seeped through that expression.
Watching him, I felt something like a debt of guilt I’d buried for so long rising from deep within my chest.
Lee Yu-gyeom had phrased it indirectly, but I understood the meaning behind his words.
You were going to abandon me too, he was saying.
I should have denied it, but the words wouldn’t come out.
Perhaps because today I would abandon Lee Yu-gyeom again.
I sat in silence for a moment, then took a seat right in front of him.
And looking at him quietly, I spoke.
When he wore that hurt expression, Lee Yu-gyeom just looked like a boy his age.
“Team Leader Kwon is a good person. He trusts others well. I trust not just him but also our partner Team Leader, and we work together.”
Byeon Gu-do and Ma Deok-ho flashed through my mind for a moment, but honestly, calling those guys ‘trustworthy’ felt awkward.
Thinking that way, I hesitated before adding more.
“The work… is more fun than I expected.”
The moment he heard those words, Lee Yu-gyeom’s expression became subtle.
“Enough that I don’t want to give up.”
This work and my life.
I was speaking of both, but Lee Yu-gyeom would have understood both meanings.
Lee Yu-gyeom relaxed his somewhat tense expression and spoke.
“Then go ahead and come back. I’ll order chicken on your card?”
“Ah, yeah. And use this card from now on.”
I handed Lee Yu-gyeom the black card.
A premium card I’d received from the bank not long ago.
‘Ahahaha.’
All of this was thanks to the Sunlight and Moonlight Workshop and the Quest.
“Sister, you’re doing pretty well these days.”
“….”
Lee Yu-gyeom’s expression twisted, but he still accepted the card.

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And shortly after.
I stood on a hillside located in Incheon City.
This abandoned land—marked in official documents as having been hastily designated as a green belt after plans to build a golf course fell through—was the reason I’d come here.
[Damn! Coming back to this place! How nostalgic!]
Because this was where Kang Si-bang’s hometown dungeon was located.
And that meant—
I crouched behind a large boulder, concealed in a black raincoat.
Soon, brilliant white headlights pierced through the trees of the hillside, pouring down like a blade.
I hunched lower to avoid being caught in that beam.
The headlights went out, and five men with menacing appearances descended from a large cargo truck.
“Let’s finish this quickly today. We’ve got to hit another location tomorrow.”
“Roger that~”
This was the passage where Go Cheol-won smuggled weapons—in other words, the entrance to an unregistered dungeon.

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