The Civil Servant Who Conceals Her Power Is Too Good at Possession Chapter 76

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This apprehension operation actually belonged to the very simple category for Kwon Ikseong. 

 

The Cheongdam-dong Joker, who had come up in the slime’s testimony. 

 

He was a hunter criminal who already had a prior record, so tracking his location was simple. 

 

Because of minor petty crimes that hadn’t been transferred to the HIB, it was also possible to track things like his license plate number or his use of burner phones.

 

He was a user of a C-rank ‘Face Change’ skill.

 

But the problem was that this ‘Face Change’ skill wasn’t particularly useful for hunting monsters, so he had started using it for crimes.

 

The ‘Face Change’, also known as the ‘Joker’ skill, didn’t simply change the caster’s face to ‘any desired face’.

 

If there was physical contact for a certain amount of time, it scanned the target and changed his own face and body to match the target’s—a skill that, just hearing about it, was perfectly suited for crime.

 

And naturally, the Joker used his skill to routinely engage in all kinds of fraud and illegal acts, and among them, this was the foulest deed. 

 

Scanning the faces of the ‘customers’ he connected with sellers as a broker, and blackmailing them.

 

The primary targets were women. 

 

It went without saying that it was the filthiest, most disgusting crime, and Kwon Ikseong also viewed such criminals as vicious.

 

However, personal feelings were personal feelings, and work was work.

 

Kwon Ikseong was someone who drew a clear line between public and private matters. It was also a conviction he had built up while working as an investigator for a long time.

 

Surprisingly, the boundaries in catching criminals are often ambiguous.

 

Is this a crime? Or not?

 

Is this person a victim? Or a perpetrator?

 

When personal feelings get mixed into those moments, judgment quickly flows in an arbitrary direction.

 

It’s not that he believes there is a perfectly fair and just standard in this world.

 

It’s that he believes it’s better to at least pretend to follow such a standard, believing it exists.

 

However—

 

‘These fucking b*stards.’

 

Seeing the Hongdae Station Loach subtly touching the bodies of women in the club using his ‘Slip’ skill, Lee Yuji’s eyes began to blaze.

 

His intuition told him something was going wrong, but for some reason, he wanted to just let her be.

 

It was a problem. 

 

Whenever Lee Yuji was involved, arbitrary interpretation crept into all his judgments.

 

And today was the same.

 

“If he comes in this way, can I hit him just once?” 

 

Lee Yuji, wearing a guard uniform obtained by threatening the club owner, looked up at Kwon Ikseong earnestly in front of the VIP room. 

 

“Intentionally hitting a suspect during the apprehension process is a crime.”

 

“Usually! That! When you’re apprehending someone! You get into a physical scuffle with each other! And as that happens, some handprints get left behind! Right……?” 

 

Lee Yuji’s excited voice gradually quieted down.

 

Seeing that, Kwon Ikseong shifted his gaze very slightly to look at Lee Yuji.

 

Then he spoke in a low voice.

 

“In the event that a physical clash is unavoidable, an investigator may use their right of defense to protect their own body.” 

 

“…!”

 

Kwon Ikseong saw the corners of Lee Yuji’s mouth curl up slightly at those words, and her fists clench tightly.

 

And he pretended not to notice.

 

Even when Lee Yuji slammed her fist straight into the Loach’s face the moment he brought a potential victim into the VIP room.

 

“Aaargh! Who are you! What are you doing!” 

 

“Aaaah, why is this guy so slippery! I can’t catch him! Arrest impossible!” 

 

Even though the Loach didn’t seem to be using his skill, Lee Yuji complained about the difficulty of apprehension while endlessly kicking him and mercilessly striking his face.

 

And Ham Ina, watching that Lee Yuji, asked Kwon Ikseong in a low voice. 

 

“Will this be okay?”

 

“…Because the Loach is known to be difficult to apprehend when he uses his skill.”

 

“…!”

 

Ham Ina looked at Kwon Ikseong with quite surprised eyes, but Kwon Ikseong didn’t add any further words.

 

Instead, he simply handcuffed the Loach after the Loach had been soundly beaten by Lee Yuji to some extent.

 

Ham Ina stepped closer to help Kwon Ikseong.

 

Looking at the messed-up faces of the Loach and the Joker, Ham Ina frowned for a moment and thought.

 

That somehow, Investigator Lee Yuji seemed to be growing to resemble ‘someone.’ 

 

And that ‘someone’ referred to Pi Sowon, who had subdued Baek Sangjin with a single word when he acted up on the first day the Special Task Force was established.

 

Team Leader Pi Sowon.

 

Ham Ina had also heard a few strange rumors about her. 

 

Rumors that the renowned sharpshooter had pretended it was an accident and accurately blown off a suspect’s crotch, or that she had thrown an abusive audit team employee from the Hunter Administration Bureau out a window—

 

These bizarre rumors, which would make Lee Yuji pass out in shock if she knew, were famous among their peers, but unfortunately, Lee Yuji wasn’t very close to her peers, so she didn’t know.

 

The only person who could tell her was Ham Ina, but Ham Ina kept her mouth shut.

 

Whatever the case.

 

‘Does it mean partners end up resembling each other….’

 

Thinking that, Ham Ina suddenly asked Lee Yuji.

 

“But seriously, even though you say you’re F-rank, how do you manage to physically overpower D-rank and C-rank Hunters every time……?”

 

Lee Yuji, whose eyes had been rolling back a moment ago, returned to her usual dopey state and tilted her head.

 

“I know, right…? It wasn’t like this during the physical fitness test?”

 

“….”

 

She spoke as if she didn’t know either, but Kwon Ikseong seemed to roughly know the reason.

 

Because the moment Lee Yuji’s eyes rolled back, he had witnessed her body moving beyond its limits.

 

That is different from physical enhancement.

 

A person who has trained their body for a very long time. 

 

Consequently, a person who minutely controls each and every muscle, and furthermore reads the breathing of the opponent and themselves. 

 

Such people sometimes draw out their muscles beyond their original utility, just like when he uses his ‘Concentrate’ skill.

 

Lee Yuji was exactly one of those people.

 

And whenever that happened, Lee Yuji looked as if— 

 

‘She seems like she’s in an arena.’

 

Kwon Ikseong had seen one of Lee Yuji’s match videos before.

 

In that video, Lee Yuji truly looked like she was flying.

 

It seemed to be a video from high school, where she freely used footwork and easily overpowered her opponent, who was still inexperienced.

 

According to her own words, her skills weren’t that great, but no matter how you looked at it, it gave the impression that she had been a promising athlete.

 

However—

 

Comments

 

– It’s disgusting to see a bitch who hit rock bottom after assaulting a fellow athlete try to sell a Taekwondo girl image just because she barely survived through her coach’s connections lol

 

Looking at the comments, one could surmise that there must have been a story. 

 

What that story was was none of his business. 

 

Because Lee Yuji didn’t seem to want to talk about it either.

 

Right now, there was only one thing he needed to know.

 

“Have you seen this face?”

 

Finding out the seller’s face from the crouching Loach and Joker.

 

And when he showed the two men the picture of the illegal arms dealer suspect they had deduced through the slime’s testimony for that purpose.

 

A loud noise was heard from outside.

 

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! 

 

The DJ sound that had been pounding the heart earlier was now blaring with an intensity that threatened to tear the eardrums apart instead of the heart. 

 

The moment Kwon Ikseong furrowed his brow, Lee Yuji opened the door to check the situation outside.

 

And as soon as the door opened, a man breathing heavily peeked his face through the crack Lee Yuji had opened.

 

The two people’s faces were close. 

 

At the same time, the man grinned and tilted his head.

 

“Oh? It’s Lee Yuji. Investigator Lee Yuji.”

 

A black piercing gleamed in the ear of the man reeking of alcohol.

 

“Wow…. Those guys are here too. I came to buy some fun stuff. Hehe…….”

 

Choi Woojin.

 

The moment Kwon Ikseong recalled that name, Choi Woojin’s body, beyond just staggering, fell toward Lee Yuji.

 

His breath touched Lee Yuji’s left cheek.

 

The fine hairs on Lee Yuji’s cheek wavered from the man’s breath mixed with the smell of alcohol.

 

It was the moment Kwon Ikseong was about to grab Choi Woojin’s shoulder.

 

Choi Woojin whispered into Lee Yuji’s ear.

 

“The truly fun thing was right here.” 

 

Hearing those words, Lee Yuji’s eyes widened.

 

A thought flashed through Lee Yuji’s mind momentarily.

 

‘Can you save me?’

 

Special Side Story 2.

 

The very thing she had read just yesterday. 

 

It was a description of the young Choi Woojin’s appearance she had seen in it.

 

The boy neither shed tears nor had frightened eyes. As if he had known this moment would come, the boy spoke with a face that looked completely aged.

 

It feels unpleasant.

 

Unpleasantly—

 

‘It reminded me of myself from a certain day.’

 

It was the moment Lee Yuji thought that.

 

“Investigator Lee Yuji….”

 

Kwon Ikseong’s voice was heard.

 

And right then, something cold touched Choi Woojin’s wrist.

 

“…?”

 

When a flustered Choi Woojin looked down, handcuffs were clasped around it.

 

Choi Woojin looked down at Lee Yuji, the investigator who always wore a blank expression. 

 

With a face that seemed to have a screw loose, as usual, she said.

 

“This is your second arrest. Choi Woojin-ssi.”