“It’s taking them a lot longer than I thought.” Lee Ji-Hye pointed out.

“It’s because they don’t know how to rebel. Even though they’re scared and angry, they don’t know how to initiate it,” I replied.

“I understand that, but you must feel kind of disappointed,” she said.

“There’s nothing I can do about it, and I’m not that disappointed. I somewhat expected it and even if they joined a different force, do you really think these citizens who have been caged all this time will be able to jump out of their nests on their own? Once the signal is shot, they’ll probably start charging. Just look at their faces. I guarantee that saying, ‘Let’s fight together!’ would end everything,” I explained.

“The process of planting the idea in their heads was kind of hasty. Well, I already knew. I just said it out of disappointment. So, should we shoot it now?” she asked.

I had to think about it, and even though no one was saying it, the citizens were about to explode in fury. Charlia’s famous line was enough, but since this scene would go down in history, it had to look fancier. For example, the uprightness of a democratic fighter. It was a part of my plan,...