The Civil Servant Who Conceals Her Power Is Too Good at Possession Chapter 16

 

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In the original story, Kang Ilyeon was used by Choi Woojin the entire time, manufacturing and selling only the items Woojin required.

 

He had little complaint about it—not only because he was under mild mental control due to his addiction to dungeon byproducts provided by Woojin—

 

‘I’ll let you make whatever you want. Oh, you need a Fire Dragon’s eyeball? Was that in the Ural Mountains dungeon……?’

 

—but also because the supply of materials was nothing short of insane.

 

At his core, Kang Ilyeon shared a similar psychopathic streak with Kang Wolyeon—a mad engineer who had to create whatever he desired in order to feel fulfilled.

 

However—

 

“I want you to make things that more hunters actually need. Not expensive, dangerous items sold to a select few like now. Ordinary weapons—just durable, high-quality ones.”

 

That was the ‘original story.’

 

I looked at Kang Ilyeon before me.

 

With hollowed eyes, hoses were attached to his nose, hands, and stomach.

 

In the rush to detox him, he had naturally lost a significant amount of weight.

 

Since investigators had taken photos of the abuse scars on his body, they would all be used against the Chairman in court.

 

For the time being, Kang Ilyeon would likely be placed under management at a state-run protective facility.

 

‘Will he be specially detained since he’s a hunter?’

 

The vividness that hadn’t been felt through text now pierced straight into my skin.

 

He’s nineteen.

 

‘…Mom… Dad….’

 

The age at which I lost my parents.

 

The age at which I had to quit the sport I thought was my entire life.

 

Back then, I believed my life had ended.

 

Since I’ve awakened, I can no longer be a national representative. 

 

Not good enough among awakened ones, unable to fit among ordinary people—my worth—

 

‘Has vanished.’

 

That’s what I believed.

 

“I’m a genius. And you’re telling someone like me to make boring items for ordinary hunters? Then I… become useless.”

 

Fear flickered in Kang Ilyeon’s eyes.

 

I gave him a faint smile.

 

He frowned when I smiled.

 

“Do you realize you keep falling onto my bed?”

 

“Oh. Right. Sorry.”

 

Only then did I realize I was still squishy and stood upright.

 

Even though I immediately wanted to stick to the floor again……!

 

I had to endure.

 

‘Lee Yuji, you are not a slime…! You’re a human!’

 

“But does someone… absolutely have to be useful?”

 

I scratched my chin as I asked.

 

“What?”

 

“I mean, does a person really have to… be useful? . A person isn’t an item, right? I know saying this won’t make the anxiety go away……. But it’s not like there’s any other way right now, anyway?” 

 

“…!”

 

Did I hit a nerve?

 

Kang Ilyeon’s expression hardened.

 

“The Chairman will probably be arrested. Illegal item trafficking and child abuse—enough said. Then you’ll have nowhere to go. So instead—”

 

I pointed at myself.

 

“Work with me. Don’t you want to wear the same school uniform as Wolyeon? I’ll transfer both of you to the same school.”

 

School.

 

At that word, Kang Ilyeon’s eyes widened.

 

“Y-you’ll send… me to school too?”

 

Send him to school?

 

It did feel a little strange, as if I were exploiting a child abuse victim—

 

Still, I nodded.

 

It was because I had a specific school in mind. 

 

‘That guy is going to throw a fit, but….’

 

Well. Can’t be helped.

 

“I-if that’s true… if I can really attend school with Wolyeon….”

 

For a moment, Kang Ilyeon smiled like a flower in full bloom.

 

The first nineteen-year-old’s smile I’d seen.

 

Watching that, I reached out. It was meant as a gesture to hold hands, but Kang Il-yeon’s eyes sparkled as he looked at my squishy hand.

 

“But this… is it a skill? Can I cut off a bit and research it?”

 

…As if.

 

For a brief moment, I wondered if it would’ve been better to just send him to a correctional facility after all, but I calmed myself and pulled out a document.

 

“Then I’ll provide the initial investment, and we’ll go into business together. Until I recover the investment, profit distribution will be fifty-fifty.”

 

It was a contract.

 

“And there’s one special clause.”

 

“…?”

 

“You remember that strange guy we saw? The one with the earring and sunglasses….”

 

That lunatic.

 

Choi Woojin.

 

“Whatever he orders, you’ll custom-make it. No questions asked. No exceptions.”

 

Even if he looks like that, he’s technically the hero of this world.

 

There will come a time when Choi Woojin absolutely needs Kang Ilyeon’s items.

 

I assumed that if I presented the contract like this, Kang Ilyeon would question me or grow suspicious—

 

But surprisingly, his answer came quickly.

 

“Okay.”

 

…?

 

That was simpler than expected.

 

“Ugh… don’t come near my bed!”

 

So much for stability.

 

“Noooo! Don’t come closer!”

 

Heh.

 

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Tonight’s dinner is samgyetang. Mmm~ sexy food~

 

I heard a transfer student is coming to our class. Anyone heard? Pres, you know anything?

 

Did you guys see this? That Jeongmun High Chairman was arrested. Didn’t that Chairman’s son have a reputation for school violence back in our middle school days? So satisfying ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

 

The group chat for high school students overflowed with pointless chatter as always.

 

Especially right before homeroom began, just before everyone powered off their phones—it was the most active time.

 

Among the messages, a link appeared.

 

A boy in a navy school uniform and tie paused while picking up his textbook and clicked it.

 

The boy’s name was Lee Yugyeom.

 

Wearing neat square glasses and having a somewhat thin frame. 

 

Young Lee Yugyeom was usually a boy with almost no expression.

 

However, when he saw the image of the Chairman’s son causing a scene while being arrested in the video, even the boy felt a bit of gratification.

 

After all, Jang Hojin from that video had been notorious for bullying students since middle school.

 

No—

 

He was a guy not even worth calling a human being.

 

That was Lee Yugyeom’s evaluation.

 

In Yugyeom’s case, he was the school’s top-ranked student under special supervision, so even Jang Hojin hadn’t dared harass him easily.

 

Even though there were several students who had to transfer because of Jang Hojin. 

 

So Lee Yugyeom, who was rarely active in the group chat, was about to write something when he suddenly stopped.

 

Because of the new messages appearing immediately below.

 

No, but there’s that female investigator who twisted Jang Hojin’s wrist when he was rampaging.

 

Female investigator…?

 

Was there someone like that?

 

The clip was so short, he didn’t remember.

 

Isn’t she that famous Taekwondo girl these days?

 

Looks like it ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ. But why “girl”? If she’s in the Hunter Investigation Unit, shouldn’t it be a Taekwondo woman?

 

She looked freaking young. Short too.

 

Taekwondo girl…?

 

What’s a Taekwondo girl? I’ve never heard of that.

 

As if answering the question, a video link was immediately posted.

 

Its title—

 

An Investigator Who Took Down a Terrorist with a Kick! HIB CCTV Leak!

 

HIB investigator, Taekwondo.

 

The moment those two words combined, Lee Yugyeom’s mind became complicated. Lee Yugyeom quickly clicked the video.

 

He quickly clicked the video.

 

CCTV footage appeared.

 

The back of a small woman.

 

A man in a helmet rushing toward her.

 

Subtitles appeared below.

 

The terrorist was D-rank. The woman was F-rank

 

Just as one assumes she’ll be overpowered—

 

Her foot strikes the helmeted man’s head directly.

 

The tip of her foot spinning a graceful 360 degrees midair, like a scene from a film.

 

Even without sound, it was obvious.

 

Unless it was a skill—

 

For reference, that female investigator is said to be an F-rank with no skill.

 

…it was beyond the realm of normal physical ability.

 

An F-rank caught a D-rank terrorist with her bare body, and they say all she got was a commendation ㅋㅋㅋㅋ As expected, HIB class ㅠ

 

The video’s views were approaching one million… no, 1.4 million.

 

Considering it had been uploaded just a week ago and wasn’t even the original source, that was astonishing.

 

Over ten thousand comments flooded beneath it.

 

Most of them read like this.

 

Comments

 

-Is the HIB crazy? Promote that investigator immediately.

 

-I heard that investigator used to be a Taekwondo national representative? An upperclassman I know who was an athlete in high school told me. She said her performance was good. Apparently, they said she was going to the Asian Games.

└Then why did she quit?

└ Why do you think she quit? Don’t you know you get cut from the national team the moment you awaken?

└Omg… what a wasteㅠㅠ

 

-Wow, even if she’s F-rank, is that the kind of performance you get if you were an athlete? They say this video itself is at 0.5x speed. F*ck, isn’t there a problem with the hunter rank evaluation criteria itself?

└Nope. She’s just an irregular.

 

-I honestly thought the HIB was incompetent and just ate up tax money, but people like her should be paid triple. Lunging at a D-rank with your bare body is f*cking brave. You can’t do that without a sense of duty.

 

The moment he read that, Lee Yugyeom shot to his feet.

 

“Huh? Class president, where are you going? Homeroom’s about to—”

 

Before the homeroom teacher, who had just entered through the front door, could finish speaking, Yugyeom replied,

 

“Sorry. I’m not feeling well…!”

 

He bit his lip and stepped into the hallway.

 

Ignoring the gaze of someone standing behind the teacher, watching him.

 

He had no choice.

 

Because the female investigator in that video—

 

‘Lee Yuji!’

 

Was his older sister, who had joined the Hunter Investigation Unit only a week ago.

 

And she’d caused another commotion there too!