The Civil Servant Who Conceals Her Power Is Too Good at Possession Chapter 61

“You son of a b*tch. I’ll buy the trash bag to put your corpse in myself. Is a thousand won enough? Huh?”

 

I hurried to stop Pi Sowon as fast as I could… or rather, I hurried to cover the cameras and CCTV capturing the scene inside the interrogation room.

 

‘As if I could stop her with my strength!’ 

 

Pi Sowon is an A-rank. This was a situation where even four or five B-rank hunters would struggle to hold her back.

 

And soon, Ma Deokho and Byeon Gudo ran inside to hold Pi Sowon back. 

 

To be precise, Byeon Gudo took on the role of prying Cha Jeonhyeok—who was pinned against the desk with his collar gripped tight—away from her, while Ma Deokho took on the role of showing Pi Sowon a cat keychain and telling her to calm down.

 

…As if that would work.

 

“….”

 

But Pi Sowon calmed down immediately.

 

?

 

How?

 

I was bewildered, but regardless, I first checked on Cha Jeonhyeok, whose collar had been practically ripped off.

 

“Argh! Pi Sowon, you crazy b*stard! Is this how you conduct a suspect interrogation? I’m going to report you!”

 

Cha Jeonhyeok groaned in pain, but there were no visible external injuries.

 

I made eye contact with Byeon Gudo and nodded.

 

The slippery Byeon Gudo immediately put on a beaming smile, straightened Cha Jeonhyeok’s clothes, and spoke.

 

“Oh boy~ Unit Chief. Why are you acting like this? The desk was just a bit flimsy and collapsed. Our apologies! We’ll make sure to manage the equipment properly.”

 

“Equipment management? Hey! Didn’t you see that b*stard point a revolver at me?”

 

“A revolver? Oh, this?”

 

I quickly snatched the revolver from Pi Sowon’s hand, held it to my temple, and pulled the trigger.

 

Click. Click.

 

Cha Jeonhyeok’s expression distorted.

 

“All the magic bullets are removed from this, though? The equipment team didn’t supply live ammunition, so I guess you didn’t know! Ah! That’s right! Our Unit Leader resides in the detention center now!” 

 

At my bumbling yet irritating voice, Cha Jeonhyeok’s gaze grew fierce.

 

But at the same time—

 

Crunch.

 

Pi Sowon, who had completely crushed the already broken desk with her foot, pulled over a chair, sat down, and looked down at Cha Jeonhyeok.

 

Under that terrifying gaze, Cha Jeonhyeok’s expression turned docile.

 

“Ah, yes. Mr. Suspect. My apologies. The desk was so flimsy I accidentally pulled out my revolver. But well, you aren’t hurt anywhere, and—”

 

Pi Sowon reached out and offered a hand to Cha Jeonhyeok.

 

Still collapsed on the floor, Cha Jeonhyeok took her hand with an anxious face.

 

Pi Sowon pulled him up and pointed to a chair that had been pushed aside.

 

“…Since it seems your most important asset, your big mouth, is also fine, shall we continue the interrogation?”

 

“If you’re going to be like this, I’m refusing to testify! I’m invoking my right to remain silent!”

 

Pi Sowon let out a smirk at those words.

 

“Suit yourself. Whatever the case—”

 

Pi Sowon thrust a document she had received from the higher-ups in front of Cha Jeonhyeok.

 

That document was a suspect interrogation warrant exclusive to the HIB.

 

“You aren’t leaving this room for the next twenty-four hours.”

 

For the record, an HIB interrogation warrant cannot be refused, and it allows for questioning for up to twenty-four hours.

 

It was a law that threw human rights to the dogs, but well…

 

Since HIB suspects were hunters, staying awake and without food for twenty-four hours wouldn’t cause any significant physical harm to their bodies.

 

Of course, they weren’t usually issued for the full twenty-four hours due to the stamina of the investigators—

 

‘There’s a possibility Cha Jeonhyeok took a drug that activates within twenty-four hours. He might take sudden action, so we must hold him for that duration. Didn’t you say you’d give Team 5 full investigative authority?’

 

Pi Sowon had personally reported to Unit Chief Hong Jaegyeol to obtain it.

 

And so, the overnight interrogation of Cha Jeonhyeok began.

 

Eight hours later.

 

“I don’t know anything.”

 

Cha Jeonhyeok had said he would exercise his right to remain silent, and he was truly enduring for eight hours straight in a complete ‘sue me’ state. 

 

Pi Sowon had been repeating the same questions for hours, yet she showed no signs of fatigue.

 

However—

 

‘I feel like I’m going to die.’

 

Was I the only one who felt like dying? 

 

Byeon Gudo and Ma Deokho were also in a situation where they felt the limits of their stamina. 

 

Having stayed up for several nights, no matter how much they were hunters, their stamina was bound to run out.

 

Both were either yawning or eventually nodding off.

 

And as for me—

 

‘I think I’ve half-lost my mind…’

 

If it weren’t for the crazy quest window with a death penalty hanging over it, I would have mentally logged out long ago.

 

But right now, I had to choose the perfect timing when Cha Jeonhyeok started talking nonsense to possess him.

 

‘It would be great if I had something like a ‘mushroom from funny powder spores’ to feed him, but I don’t have anything like that right now—’

 

If I got caught feeding him something suspicious, I wouldn’t be able to talk my way out of it this time.

 

Amidst the already chilling internal atmosphere, I could end up becoming a suspect myself.

 

Therefore, to complete this quest of clearing Kwon Ikseong’s name, there was only one way.

 

‘I have to possess Cha Jeonhyeok.’

 

In any case, since there were no large windows like the ones described in the Special Side Story, the possibility of Cha Jeonhyeok throwing himself to his death had vanished.

 

Furthermore, with various restraints in place, we had blocked everything from the entrance to every single pen nib, so there was no chance of him committing suicide.

 

‘I just have to endure these twenty-four hours and possess him immediately after the Lamia powder activates.’

 

In the Special Side Story, Cha Jeonhyeok died from a fall after saying Kwon Ikseong’s name.

 

And I hadn’t been able to stop it.

 

The reason was simple.

 

‘This skill is affected by the body I possess.’

 

So this time, I would wait until he attempted the entire “specific action” dictated by the Lamia powder—that is, saying Kwon Ikseong’s name and attempting to fall to his death—before I possessed him.

 

[If you fail to perform the specific action, your mind will return to normal for a bit. But you’ll try to do it again after a short while. Probably ten minutes? The interval will be short.]

 

This was a tip Kang Ilyeon had given me.

 

As for how that kid knew this—

 

[Because I was like that too.]

 

Well, it was an obvious story.

 

That crazy b*stard of a Chairman.

 

Anyway. Once I possessed Cha Jeonhyeok’s body, retracted the statement, and revealed the existence of the pill, it would be perfect.

 

‘Alright…. The problem is that the Special Side Story didn’t mention exactly when that timing is….’

 

Well, I’d figure it out if I kept watching.

 

Thinking that, I suddenly looked back at the people watching the interior of the interrogation room from behind the glass.

 

Before I knew it, I saw Ma Deokho, who had died standing up, and Byeon Gudo, who had died sitting down.

 

Both were sleeping so motionlessly that I wondered if they actually were dead.

 

I grabbed Byeon Gudo’s arm and shook him.

 

“Ughhhhh! It’s not that I meant to do that!” 

 

What did you skim in your dream this time, you jerk?

 

I frowned at the thought.

 

“Wha-what is it?”

 

“Investigator, your phone is ringing….”

 

At my words, Byeon Gudo finally answered the call. Even through this, Ma Deokho was sleeping while leaning against the wall standing up.

 

‘The guy who loved leaving work on time so much….’

 

I felt a slight pang of pity.

 

And it was then.

 

“Hey. They said Team Leader Kwon’s witness interrogation time changed, so he’s on his way here. I guess there’s no choice because he has to go into the Hunter Administration Bureau with Section Chief Hong Jaegyeol tomorrow morning. He’s in the parking lot right now, so you go meet him.”

 

Me?

 

I shook my head.

 

“Why? You’re the most decent-looking one here. You got two hours of sleep.”

 

I was about to retort to Byeon Gudo’s grumbling with ‘Is letting me sleep for two hours something to brag about?’ when Ma Deokho subtly joined our conversation.

 

“I will go.”

 

When did he wake up? And why is he volunteering for work?

 

As I was thinking that, Ma Deokho spoke with eyes heavy with dark circles.

 

“It’s time to feed the cats.”

 

He just needed an excuse to leave this interrogation space.

 

I understood.

 

And it was the moment Ma Deokho opened the interrogation room door. A security guard passing by the door suddenly greeted him.

 

He was someone who mainly worked in the lobby, but given the hour, it seemed he was doing internal rounds.

 

For the record, the guards are hunters now too.

 

They were newly hired people since the HIB had suddenly come under public scrutiny.

 

In fact, it was more strange that a place like the HIB, which deals with dangerous suspects, had been employing civilian guards until now….

 

It was then.

 

“Oh, f*ck!” 

 

Pi Sowon’s cursing erupted from inside the interrogation room.

 

“Team Leader!”

 

Blood was flowing from Pi Sowon’s hand, which was gripping Cha Jeonhyeok’s jaw.

 

What’s the situation?

 

For a moment, my judgment clouded.

 

At the same time, Ma Deokho ran toward the gap in the open interrogation room door.

 

The guard ran in with him.

 

The moment the guard and Ma Deokho entered the interrogation room as the inner door opened.

 

I shouted into the earpiece connected to Pi Sowon inside the room.

 

“You have to take the guard’s weapon!”

 

Having heard my voice, Pi Sowon was one step faster.

 

With her bleeding hand, she pinned Cha Jeonhyeok’s neck and snatched the gun from the guard’s waist.

 

At the same time, Cha Jeonhyeok’s face distorted.

 

No, I thought it distorted, but for a split second, he turned his head to look at the glass—toward me.

 

Hollow eyes.

 

Eyes just like mine when my mind was hazy from Lamia’s mental attack.

 

‘Now.’

 

Right now, Cha Jeonhyeok’s mind was being controlled.

 

Soon, Cha Jeonhyeok’s face turned back. Instead of aiming for the gun at the guard’s waist as per the Special Side Story, he dashed toward the gap in the open door.

 

The ‘Specific Action’.

 

That ‘domination’ remains valid until he can carry it out with certainty.

 

Which means—

 

I said to Byeon Gudo.

 

“We have to follow that bastard!”

 

By the time I spoke and looked back, Byeon Gudo was already gone.