The Civil Servant Who Conceals Her Power Is Too Good at Possession Chapter 59

“…He speaks really well…”

 

A person muttered, as if chewing on his own soliloquy.

 

Choi Woojin.

 

As always, numerous monitors were placed in front of him, and several of them were displaying Kwon Ikseong, while the ones near the edges showed the Team 5 office of the HIB.

 

He soon pulled up the scene of Team 5 preparing for Kwon Ikseong’s ‘interrogation’ on the central monitor.

 

“I wonder if that will be enough to solve it.” 

 

He knew that Yeo Hyeongse had died leaving Kwon Ikseong’s name in his suicide note.

 

And of course, he guessed that Yeo Hyeongse’s death wouldn’t have been by Yeo Hyeongse’s own will.

 

However, he was curious about the method.

 

Just how…?

 

From what he had checked in the HIB’s internal data, there were no traces of anyone else breaking into the car.

 

Even the nearby CCTV showed the outside of Yeo Hyeongse’s car, and the black box inside Yeo Hyeongse’s car had recorded everything, but there were no sounds other than Yeo Hyeongse sobbing.

 

There was room to believe it was the work of a Hunter with a mental-type skill, like his grandfather.

 

However, as far as he knew, to use a mental-type skill, one had to approach within a 300-meter radius of the target.

 

Yet, at the time of Yeo Hyeongse’s death, there was absolutely no one within a 300-meter radius.

 

Yeo Hyeongse’s movements that day also showed him cooped up at home the entire time.

 

‘There’s no room for a skill to be applied.’

 

Then there are two remaining possibilities.

 

Either there was a method that pressured Yeo Hyeongse to the point where he had no choice but to die on his own, or an item was used.

 

But of course, that method would have been buried by the Daeyoung Guild, so it couldn’t be known, and there were absolutely no traces of an item either.

 

The path to uncovering the mystery of Yeo Hyeongse’s death was becoming increasingly remote.

 

If they couldn’t figure out the method of Yeo Hyeongse’s death, eventually Kwon Ikseong would inevitably be buried along with him.

 

Because it’s a fact that Kwon Ikseong’s name appeared in his suicide note.

 

‘Grandfather dug the trap well.’ 

 

It was when he was thinking that.

 

Lee Yuji’s voice flowed out from the Team 5 office.

 

[Among the items confiscated from the subspace, the Lamia leather bag.]

 

[What about it? I have to go into an interrogation now…….] 

 

Right when Pi Sowon answered absentmindedly with a distracted face, Lee Yuji spoke clearly.

 

[I asked Kang Ilyeon. What happens if a mental-type Hunter casts a skill on that leather bag.]

 

The moment he heard those words, Choi Woojin’s eyes widened.

 

Don’t tell me.

 

[He said that the moment a mental-type skill is added to even a tiny amount of Lamia leather, you can control the target for 24 hours. The mental-type item and the mental-type skill create a synergy.]

 

[I get that, but I told you the Lamia leather bag wasn’t found in there… there was nothing that could be called an item.]

 

The reason why it couldn’t be found.

 

Choi Woojin knew that.

 

More precisely, ‘only’ Choi Woojin knew.

 

And Lee Yuji, who knew that—

 

‘Please. Please…!’

 

Was sweating profusely on the inside right now.

 

You damn regressor b*stard, please save meeee!

 

* * * 

 

What I thought after watching Kwon Ikseong’s interview was this.

 

‘Ikseong was just being Ikseong.’

 

Kwon Ikseong didn’t avoid his responsibilities, nor did he try to hide anything, nor did he act overly humble.

 

Moreover, the words Kwon Ikseong said in the interview.

 

That is, the statement ‘every member of the organization will be a subject of investigation’ carried an underlying meaning.

 

It meant that he believed they would investigate without trusting anyone, not just Cha Jeonhyeok, but even the deceased Yeo Hyeongse.

 

And at the same time, the words emphasizing both ‘distrust’ and ‘trust’ to the citizens also had an underlying meaning.

 

Because it was a warning to the public opinion that swayed like reeds depending on the incidents that broke out.

 

Above all—

 

Comments

 

-Looking like that and speaking like that, if he’s guilty, doesn’t the HIB need to be investigated

 

His confident attitude and relaxed tone became a hot topic on the internet.

 

Of course, Ikseong was just being his usual self.

 

Because Ikseong was originally a person as calm as a lake.

 

He rarely showed his emotions, and his low, deep voice was attractive, and—

 

Comments

 

-Firstly, he’s innocent because he’s handsome.

 

…He’s too handsome.

 

Although public opinion was somewhat biased, it was also true that Ikseong’s appearance in the interview looked like a scene from a movie featuring a righteous investigator.

 

Thanks to that, the public opinion that had almost collapsed completely due to the sudden death of the Team 1 investigator died down a bit.

 

‘That’s a relief, but…’

 

The problem was that all that burden came to Team 5.

 

‘From now on, all the data held by Team 1 will be transferred to Team 5. You won’t be able to go home for a while, so pack underwear and daily necessities. Secure a good spot in the night duty room.’

 

Team 5 hadn’t been able to leave work for a single day since the dawn that Yeo Hyeongse’s corpse was discovered.

 

Pi Sowon went to a team leader-level meeting held an hour after that, and upon returning, she declared that all of Team 1’s data would be handed over to us.

 

In a word—

 

‘We’re going to investigate all of Team 1, including Kwon Ikseong.’

 

“How did it happen~ that Team 5 became the center of the HIB~”

 

Byeon Gudo subtly changed the lyrics of a Melodians song and muttered it while handing me yet another new set of data.

 

“I think I’m going to throw up.”

 

There’s too much data.

 

Since Kwon Ikseong’s name slipped out from Yeo Hyeongse, three years’ worth of incident data and meeting records since Yeo Hyeongse joined the company were all handed over to us.

 

Just trying to review it once means going through over ten thousand pages…

 

Just how was Team 1 working?

 

I thought they were discriminating against Team 5 in terms of office size and number of team members, but looking at it now, the sheer volume of work they did is too different!

 

Compared to Team 5, which usually worked half-heartedly, it seemed they were working 10 times… no, 20 times more per person.

 

The number of cases they handled itself is different, but the scale of the incidents they handled is also massive.

 

I stopped brushing my teeth and looked down with a sullen face at the data Byeon Gudo had set down.

 

To think there’s more data on top of the already piled-up data.

 

‘I haven’t slept for days, I feel like I’m going to pass out.’

 

In the midst of this, it pisses me off that those humans with higher ranks than me are full of energy.

 

Especially Pi Sowon.

 

The human who always looked annoyed and could never be found in the office.

 

After the Yeo Hyeongse incident broke out, she returned from interrogating Kwon Ikseong and since then, she’s been staring at documents in a fixed posture as if nailed to her chair.

 

It feels like she’s been sitting like that for over 20 hours.

 

‘Did she even go to the bathroom?’

 

She’s like a psychopath in many ways.

 

I looked at Pi Sowon with an uncomfortable face.

 

I threw the hint ‘Lamia leather’ to Pi Sowon, but in reality, that hint wasn’t meant for Pi Sowon.

 

‘It’s bait thrown at Choi Woojin.’

 

I thought that if Choi Woojin took that bait, he would approach Pi Sowon instead of me—

 

‘Well, there’s absolutely no reaction.’

 

…Please just do it properly.

 

In an hour, Cha Jeonhyeok will be taken out of the detention center and moved to the interrogation room.

 

And then, as if following a well-written script, Cha Jeonhyeok will make statements disadvantageous to Kwon Ikseong.

 

‘They’ve coordinated their stories.’

 

If it goes like this, clearing Kwon Ikseong’s false charge will become a distant dream.

 

Then I’ll drown, and if I possess Cha Jeonhyeok to clear Kwon Ikseong’s false charge—

 

‘I will die by falling.’

 

Crazy choices.

 

Drowning or falling to death.

 

‘Still, wouldn’t falling to death be a bit better? If I just study falling techniques in reverse so my head breaks nicely…’

 

It was when I was pondering such nonsense in my hazy mind.

 

Pi Sowon’s face hardened in an instant.

 

‘What. What. Did I get caught slacking off?’

 

I glanced at Pi Sowon and was about to turn my head back to the data when I suddenly saw the character that popped up on the monitor screen.

 

A fox wearing sunglasses.

 

…It was Choi Woojin.

 

Long time no see, dear investigators.

 

A package will arrive at your office in a little bit, and I hope you’ll accept it without being too surprised.

 

Shall we call it a gift from my heart?😘 

 

Don’t reject my heart~ I’ll get hurt~

 

Along with the nauseating message, surprisingly—

 

“Uh, that’s…”

 

Ma Deokho pointed to a square box placed on top of the cabinet near the entrance.

 

A well-wrapped gift box with a ribbon placed there at some point.

 

‘That lunatic….’

 

When did he put that there!

 

And it was that moment.

 

“Everyone, get down.”

 

Pi Sowon suddenly stood up from her seat and unloaded her revolver into that gift box.

 

Bang bang bang bang bang! 

 

Watching the gift box burst into shreds, I thought.

 

‘Ah… I want to sleep…’

 

Damn it.