Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 130

When they returned to the association, the entire Gate division was quiet.

It was past working hours.

‘Since there are a lot of field dispatches here, it’s rare for people to stay late.’

It was actually a good thing.

If no one was around, he could get his work done quietly.

Just as he was about to head to his desk, a problem arose.

‘...But where’s my desk?’

He realized that he hadn’t even been told where his desk was yet.

Damn.

He didn’t want to call Cheol-min to ask where his desk was.

Just then, as he was trying to figure out what to do, the conference room door opened and a familiar face appeared.

It was Jeong Cheol-min.

“Team Leader?”

“Hey, you’re back?”

“You haven’t gone home yet?”

“Nope, not yet. So, you finished the Gate clear and came here directly?”

“Yeah, sort of... But, did you wait for me?”

“Well, kind of?”

Surprisingly, Jeong Cheol-min really had been waiting for Su-ho.

Since he thought Su-ho would probably clear the Gate today and come back to this place.

Checking the time, Cheol-min said, “You’re not too late. I guess it’s because the Gate was in Seoul.”

“Still, didn’t you just wait for me without knowing when my clearance would finish?”

“Come on, it’s you. I thought you’d finish quickly.”

“Even so...”

“Still, I wasn’t just waiting for you. I’ve been writing your report and catching up on some of the backlog paperwork. I’ve been fairly busy.”

Jeong Cheol-min smiled his usual warm, friendly smile.

Though he said that, Su-ho knew the real reason was because of him.

Because Cheol-min was that kind of person.

So, Su-ho smiled back.

“Thank you. I was actually struggling to figure out where my desk is.”

“Oh, right. I sent you straight to work without telling you where your desk was because of Team Leader Im. In that sense, your desk is over there.”

It was by the window.

One of Su-ho’s favorite spots.

“Nice.”

“I wasn’t sure, so I even set up your desk while you were gone. You can set your computer password, and... as for the handover of tasks...”

Cheol-min, who had been continuing his sentence, awkwardly smiled and said,

“If you have any questions, just ask me. It’ll be easier that way.”

Su-ho understood why Cheol-min was acting so awkward.

The problem of task handovers was one of the biggest issues in government institutions.

‘People just delete the work they’ve done or leave files all over the place... So when you’re handed over the job, you end up starting from scratch.’

Why did this happen?

It was simple.

They just didn’t want to take responsibility.

If any problem occurred with the assigned tasks, the previous person would just blame it on the way they had done it, saying something like, “Well, that’s how the previous person did it...” and the place would end up even more chaotic, especially when it came to task handovers.

In his previous life, Su-ho had struggled a lot with paperwork.

Though he had joined as a 9th-grade field employee, he couldn’t avoid handling paperwork entirely.

Still, he eventually mastered it.

He was a public servant after all.

Su-ho smiled and said, “I’ll try going through the manual first and if I can’t figure something out, I’ll ask you.”

“Good. Do that. But why are you here? There’s nothing for you to do here.”

“Obviously, I came to write the Gate clearance report, right?”

“Eh? What do you mean? I said I’d write that.”

“Eh? You weren’t joking?”

“Am I the kind of person who jokes around with you? I wasn’t kidding. While I was waiting for you, I got bored, so I actually wrote it. Want to see?”

Jeong Cheol-min brought over the report he had written and showed it to Su-ho.

Oh, man.

He really wrote it.

And not just that, he even marked parts where Su-ho could fill in the details.

As expected from Cheol-min.

His work was really efficient.

However, despite how well Cheol-min worked, Su-ho couldn’t help but feel guilty.

He awkwardly laughed and said, “Sorry. Even though I’m your junior...”

“Here you go again. You’re the one who went into a restricted area and worked hard. This is the least I can do to help you save face as your superior. Don’t say that again.”

“Thank you, I’ll work harder on clearing Gates.”

“Hmph, well, that wasn’t what I meant... By the way, are you hurt anywhere?”

Now that he mentioned it, Su-ho’s appearance was clean and neat.

Since he was such a tough guy, Cheol-min had overlooked it at first, but now that he thought about it, the Gate Su-ho had just cleared was the Mountain Swamp.

Su-ho’s Blood Weapon was made of materials that didn’t corrode in the mountains, but his clothes or skin were a different story.

To this, Su-ho wrapped his body with his Blood Weapon and said,

“I covered myself like this.”

“Isn’t that only something you can use as a weapon?”

“I used it widely when I fought the monster lion. Didn’t you see?”

“Ah, that’s right. By the way, the more I see that Blood Weapon, the more amazing it is. So, can you really make anything with it?”

“Yeah?”

“Then could it make a back scratcher or a cross screwdriver?”

“...What?”

A back scratcher and a cross screwdriver?

He hadn’t even thought about that...

So, since the topic was brought up, Su-ho decided to give it a try.