Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 186

“Haha...”

Kim Seung-hwan laughed.

As Su-ho had predicted, he had indeed been designated as a special prosecutor for the Special Prosecution Law.

But that wasn’t all.

Everything had unfolded just as Su-ho had anticipated.

The nation’s focus was entirely on the redevelopment gate, which was being called the largest gate ever, and almost daily, members of the redevelopment cartel were being arrested.

Although some might have thought, ‘Someone’s going to get killed at this rate,’ no one had stopped those accusations or mockery this time.

And it made sense.

The members of the redevelopment cartel were ‘mass murderers,’ pushing innocent people into death for the sake of their real estate profits.

The Special Prosecution Law was fast-tracked and quickly gained momentum. A special investigation team was organized, and investigations into the redevelopment gate were launched.

The investigations proceeded smoothly.

Since Su-ho had already provided all the materials through Kim Seung-hwan and Jo Jin-hwi, the investigation team only needed to arrest those involved.

And finally, the story of the Apgujeong Future Apartments emerged.

People’s anger was even more intense than before, and members of the association connected to Pi Seong-yeol, the project’s mastermind, including Go Seong-rok, the head of the Gate Department, and his subordinates, were all implicated.

But the most shocking thing amidst all of this was still Su-ho.

Kim Seung-hwan, scrolling through his news feed, thought to himself:

‘He really concealed himself thoroughly.’

Looking back, Su-ho never claimed he was going to step forward.

He simply provided the data, set the stage, and told people how things would unfold.

Of course, he also saved people from crises.

It was likely that Su-ho had cared for others in this way as well.

‘He and I live in completely different worlds.’

He had pretended to give Kim Seung-hwan a weakness, but in the end, those weaknesses weren’t weaknesses at all.

That’s why Kim Seung-hwan made a silent vow again.

He would focus only on what he wanted to do.

Just like in the past, he would ignore everything else and dedicate himself solely to his professional duties.

That was the only way to make himself truly equal to someone like Su-ho.

‘By the way, what is he doing now?’

Kim Seung-hwan looked at his phone.

It wasn’t that Su-ho hadn’t contacted him at all.

But the content of the communication was simple:

– I will contact you once everything is settled.

He was told to wait.

Kim Seung-hwan put down his phone and shook his head.

If he’s told to wait, then he’d wait.

While doing his own work.

He started gathering his documents.

***

Meanwhile, at that moment.

Thud!

A massive monster with a large body collapsed.

[You have defeated the One-Eyed Troll.]

[The gate has been cleared.]

[The MVP for the gate clearance is ‘An Su-ho.’]

[Additional experience is awarded for MVP selection.]

[1 bonus stat is awarded for MVP selection.]

[Your level has increased.]

[All stats have increased by 1.]

[You have gained 1 bonus stat.]

The flood of system notifications rang in his ears.

Su-ho opened his status window.

“Status window.”

[An Su-ho]

– Lv: 126

– Class: Crusader

– Traits: <New Blood> <Heracles Candidate>

– Strength (O): 74

– Mana (O): 37

– Sensory (O): 37

– Bonus Stats: 2

Su-ho invested the two bonus stats into Strength and closed the status window.

"Phew."

A few days had passed since he revealed everything to Jeong Cheol-min.

During that time, Su-ho had devoted himself solely to clearing Sealed Gates.

In those three days, he had cleared eight Sealed Gates.

For each gate, he gained a level, and just from the bonus stats, he had earned 16.

Why had Su-ho been so focused on clearing the Sealed Gates?

It was simple.

To ensure that Jeong Cheol-min would be firmly pushed forward in the upcoming personnel reforms.

‘At this rate, I think I’ve cleared most of the 1-star Sealed Gates...’

How many Sealed Gates had he cleared so far?

Especially the 1-star gates, which required a level of 100 or more to enter. He had cleared 11 of them.

Now, the number of remaining 1-star Sealed Gates in Korea was almost none.

Of course, the public didn’t know about it.

All of these events had certainly been big surprises for everyone.

But they had been overshadowed by the redevelopment gate.

Su-ho had intentionally controlled the information.

He didn’t want the public’s attention diverted to him because of these incidents.

Controlling information was easy.

Now that Su-ho had obtained authority, he could impose an embargo on the military, and if he kept quiet, that was the end of it.

As Su-ho walked toward the exit portal, he thought:

‘The Sealed Gate Project should be wrapping up soon, and it’s time to start on other tasks.’