Global Awakening: Only I Can Respawn

"Not all of us," Yeji immediately spoke up. "But we passed the tutorial thanks to my brother."

Yeji wanted to butter YuWon up and show his best side to everyone. But she didn't know that was the last thing he wanted.

He was planning to turn the military base into his base. But if Yeji kept talking about him and his strength, everyone would become conscious of him. And it was the last thing he wanted.

"Is that so? I'm glad you're here then," Yuna commented, smiling sweetly at YuWon. "The base would be a lot safer with you guys around, seeing as our bullets don't seem to do much harm to those monsters."

"What do you mean?" YuWon asked.

He thought their ammunition was why the military cleared the tutorial with the best scores, whatever it meant.

"Our weapons are less effective on those monsters. It almost took an entire handgun magazine to kill a goblin."

No matter how important the military was, having ammo and guns in their country was frowned upon. Because of that, YuWon didn't think the military would have much ammo to use.

But if they couldn't spare so many bullets, then how did they clear the tutorial?

YuWon wanted to ask Yuna about it when he noticed the look of everyone. As they walked around, the civilians kept shooting them dirty looks and it didn't take a genius to figure out why.

They are worried about sustenance.

Minho was right. The crowd was getting anxious about long-term solutions. Even though they didn't show it, with every new person added to the base, the others would suffer because there would be more mouths to feed.

While the logic in their head prevailed for now, soon the hunger would make them lose their minds. Once that happens, strict measures would need to be taken to ensure order.

That's why Minho wanted us here. To act as enforcers should the need arise.

Despite being a heartless bitch, YuWon didn't want to do it for two reasons. First, he wasn't someone who would kill others for pleasure. Second, why would he waste precious pawns and meat shields on trivial matters?

The people would only rebel if they had a leader. Even though he didn't want to implicate himself, guiding an angered crowd in the right direction was something he could do.

Their hunger and anger would pave the way for him to take over the base. But before that, he would need to make some preparations and weaken the military without putting the base's safety at risk.

That way, I can put the food I took from the supermarket to good use.

They continued their tour, but surprisingly, there wasn't much about the base. Most of the places were sealed or declined entry to civilians, with Yuna being the only exception.

And the rest of the place was a glorified refugee camp. The only thing YuWon and the others received was a room.

The room wasn't much, with a small table and a landline phone on the corner of the desk. But it had a single bunk bed, meaning YuWon would have to share a bed with either Gina or Yeji. Still, it was better than fighting over tents.

"That's pretty much it," Yuna said as the three checked the room. "If you want any help, you can use the landline there. It's the only thing that's working, unfortunately."

"It's better than nothing," YuWon replied with a smile. "Please convey my sincere thanks to your brother for helping us."

"Will do, Mr. YuWon."

"You can drop the formality. Things like that don't matter anymore."

"So... I'll call you Oppa—"

"No need. Just my name is enough." YuWon cut her off.

He knew exactly what the sly fox was thinking. Right now, she was mooching over her brother, but what if something happened to him? Yuna needed someone else to be her fallback guy, and she had selected him as a prime candidate.

Too bad I'm not interested. Having one slave is tiring enough.

"I... see," Yuna smiled, trying to mask her true emotions. "My sincere apologies for being rude."

"It's fine. You don't need to apologize. Now, if you don't mind, can we have some rest?"

Surprisingly, it was Yeji who spoke up. She had been quiet, but it seemed having Yuna call YuWon oppa triggered something in her.

For a second YuWon thought he saw a vein bulge on Yuna's forehead, but she quickly bit them farewell, not wanting to show them her ugly side. Yeji didn't waste any time in closing the door either.

"I hate her," she mumbled. "She has something—"

She stopped when YuWon motioned for her to be quiet. From what he had seen, he wouldn't put it past the siblings to have added recording devices to the room.

That was the first thing YuWon thought of when Yuna graciously offered them a room instead of a tent. While they could be genuinely grateful to have them, YuWon wasn't a fool to trust people at their face value.

He motioned for the girls to get behind him and raised his hand. A moment later, everything in the room but the walls got zapped into his inventory.

Surprise, surprise. Would you look at that?

There it was, a small voice recording device, hidden underneath the table the landline was on. How did he know what it was? Because the pendant showed him exactly that.

YuWon carefully disconnected it from the socket before turning towards the girls.

"Is that a recorder?" Yeji mumbled.

"Looks like it," YuWon replied. "I knew something felt off about this place."

"What do we do now?"

"Act like nothing happened," YuWon replied, before putting everything in place, including the recorder. "If they want to record us, then we'll give them a good show."

As soon as he said that, both Gina and Yeji blushed. While Gina's reaction was predictable, YuWon didn't know why the slave was acting like that.

"I mean... I won't mind--" Yeji mumbled, only to get shocked by the collar. "Ahn~"

"What the fuck!? Why the hell did you moan?" YuWon took a step back. "You know what? Don't answer. I'm out of here!"