The Civil Servant Who Conceals Her Power Is Too Good at Possession Chapter 13

My body feels loose, like it’s slowly melting downward.

 

I keep wanting to lean against something, to just lie down… I feel a bit drowsy, too.

 

‘N-no!’

 

Pull yourself together.

 

I’m being affected by the consciousness of the body I’ve possessed again.

 

I reached out with what I’d call a hand among my physical organs—wait, I don’t have any?

 

I panicked for a moment, but thankfully the end of my body stretched out and moved according to my thoughts.

 

The advantage of becoming a King Slime is that my body is made of gel, so I can reassemble it into whatever shape I want!

 

With the hand I had just formed, the first thing I did was embrace the vacant, stunned body of “Lee Yuji.”

 

More precisely, I pulled it into my transparent belly.

 

As long as I’m controlling my own body, the slime juice touching it won’t cause pain or anything like that.

 

‘She just won’t be able to move.’

 

After all, slime juice is a powerful neurotoxin.

 

Next, I urgently swallowed Choi Woojin into my mouth as he tried to draw a weapon.

 

He disappeared into my belly without even managing a groan.

 

‘I just… ate the protagonist.’

 

What a very strange feeling. 

 

I could feel Choi Woo-jin’s final struggle inside my belly.

 

The poking and prodding made my stomach churn as if I’d eaten spoiled food, but—

 

Glub, glub…

 

After I rolled my body a few times, it went quiet.

 

‘Oh. I think I just controlled a slime body properly.’

 

Between Lulu and now this, I’m getting a bit too used to navigating non-human bodies… it’s not exactly a great feeling.

 

Still, since Choi Woojin is the strongest in this world, I won’t be able to paralyze him for long.

 

Now then, last one—

 

“Aaaah! Don’t come any closer…!”

 

Kang Ilyeon blew his whistle and moved the golem.

 

The golem thrust its fist into my gelatinous belly—

 

‘I’m an A-rank monster right now.’

 

I easily bounced them away and extended a hand toward Kang Ilyeon.

 

“Kyuuuuuung…?”

 

I wanted to tell him not to be scared, but those were the only sounds that came out of my mouth.

 

I lifted Kang Ilyeon effortlessly and popped him into my mouth—

 

Gulp.

 

Having successfully swallowed the three of them, I plucked the keychain dangling from the waist of the collapsed Alex. 

 

It was a cat-shaped keyring, the same model as Kang Wolyeon’s but in a different color.

 

A staff keyring, one that connects to a warehouse belonging to the Sorghum Field somewhere in Seoul.

 

Unless it’s a place with a particularly strong barrier, I can escape quickly with this gelatinous body.

 

Even a gatekeeper could be subdued with my neurotoxin.

 

That said, I can’t use the cat keyring I brought in.

 

‘If I head to the Hunter Investigation Bureau as a slime, my identity will be exposed in an instant.’

 

Thinking that, I activated the keyring.

 

To exit a subspace and return to the original location, you do this.

 

◐◑

 

Take these eye-shaped symbols—

 

◑◐

 

—and flip them back.

 

Ugh… it’s not easy with sticky hands, but I somehow managed it.

 

I closed my eyes as I felt nearby debris sticking to me, my body seemingly growing larger by the second.

 

Because exiting a subspace can make you dizzy.

 

And when I opened them—

 

“…?”

 

“Kyuuuuuu…?”

 

What I saw was a wide space that looked like an abandoned factory, with oil drums scattered here and there.

 

And standing in that space was someone I had never imagined would be there.

 

A calm face that rarely showed surprise.

 

Within it, the neatly arranged, harmonious features I love so much.

 

“…What….”

 

…twists.

 

His startled eyes wavered.

 

At the same time, the nameplate attached to his broad chest shifted.

 

Hunter Investigation Unit, Team 1

Team Leader Kwon Ikseong

 

…It was Ikseong!

 

And the very moment I recognized him—

 

My stomach twisted violently.

 

It felt like someone was punching my insides.

 

“Kuuuu!”

 

I tried to hold it in, but I couldn’t.

 

An organ that could be called a mouth opened wide, and the three humans tangled in slime juice burst out.

 

“Kyuuuuuuuuu!”

 

After I vomited everything up, my body felt as though all its moisture had been drained, and I slowly began to shrink.

 

Perhaps I had used the ‘neurotoxin’ slime fluid too vigorously.

 

I looked at the three humans who were now larger than me.

 

An unconscious Kang Ilyeon.

 

The similarly unconscious… seemingly… ‘Lee Yuji.’ 

 

And Choi Woojin, drenched in slime juice, looking up at Kwon Ikseong with a tired expression.

 

Choi Woojin raised his hand and waved at Kwon Ikseong.

 

“Hey there. Mr. Investigator.”

 

Like this is the time to say hey!

 

* * *

 

Ham Ina, a rookie investigator of Team 1.

 

Not even a month into the job, she arrived at the scene wearing a tense expression.

 

She had been assigned to the elite Team 1 thanks to graduating at the top of her class, but that was where the trouble began.

 

The skill level of the elite team was simply too high. 

 

Especially watching Kwon Ikseong during meetings—he would reconstruct a crime scene as if he had seen it firsthand, issuing instructions based on just a few clues. It was astonishing.

 

Still, she thought she was keeping up fairly well.

 

She’d even heard this from her direct senior—

 

‘You’re catching up pretty fast, rookie. You’re definitely living up to the expectations.’

 

At the word “expectations,” her motivation had only burned brighter.

 

She was someone who had joined the force with a strong sense of duty.

 

She had even turned down “love calls” from several guilds.

 

But—

 

‘Still, don’t overdo it. Especially today, the weapons smuggling site is packed with hardware, so it’s dangerous. You know the drill, right? One lapse in judgment and you’re done.’ 

 

The reminder that she could die stirred a primitive fear inside her.

 

‘Do they all carry this fear and continue working as investigators?’

 

Just as that thought crossed her mind—

 

HIB 57th Class Sync Chatroom

 

When she happened to glance at her phone while reviewing the case materials, the chat was exploding with messages.

 

‘…?’

 

Without meaning to, her finger tapped the chatroom.

 

Isn’t that video the Rookie from Team 5?

 

The one who came in last in the physical test?

 

Shouldn’t we watch what we say?

 

It’s fine. She’s not in this chat. She was admitted at the very last stage so we never got her number.

 

Still, let’s refrain from ranking people based on them being last or whatever.

 

Wow, she’s F-rank but she kicked a D-rank like that?

 

Does she have nine lives or something?

 

What video…?

 

She unconsciously scrolled upward to see the top when—

 

A voice from the driver’s seat addressed her in warning.

 

“Hey, Rookie. Didn’t I tell you today’s site is dangerous? We’re almost there.”

 

“Ah. Yes.”

 

Just as she hurried to put her phone away,

 

The phone of her direct senior, Yeo Hyeongse, who was driving, rang.

 

It was Team Leader Kwon Ikseong.

 

“Yes, Team Leader. We’re almost at the scene. As for dangerous conditions on-site—”

 

[Is there a healer available?]

 

At those words, Yeo Hyeongse’s expression hardened.

 

Ham Ina tensed as well.

 

“Has someone been inju—red?”

 

At Yeo Hyeongse’s trembling voice, Ham Ina gripped the revolver at her hip, her body rigid. 

 

Then she heard it.

 

Kwon Ikseong sighed.

 

The fact that Team Leader Kwon had sighed was shocking enough.

 

He was not someone who easily displayed emotion.

 

But what he said next was unexpected.

 

[The youngest investigator from Team 5 has collapsed.]

 

“What? Team 5’s rookie?”

 

Yeo Hyeongse’s voice rose.

 

Why would Team 5’s rookie collapse at a Team 1 operation?

 

[Yes. And it seems… we’ve discovered a new connected sub-dimension. You could say that… physical evidence is currently pouring out. I’ve called the forensics team, so tell the other investigators to standby at the Bureau.] 

 

And that statement was practically a declaration that the case was over before Team 1 had even properly arrived.

 

After hanging up, Yeo Hyeongse spoke in a dazed voice.

 

“Then… isn’t the case closed?”