Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System

Chapter 16: Getting Answers

Despite being caught off guard, Billy calmly asked, "Why do you want to know?"

"If I were also an awakened, I could help you out more," Jacqueline said.

That was a reasonable conclusion to make. If she became an awakened, she would gain a power like he had. However, there was no guarantee that the power would be useful. The system had said it was random, so there was a chance that the power she would get would be useless to her. Besides, he didn't even know how he became an awakened.

[The system can answer that. Of those that are fortunate enough to survive the initial wave, a few would spontaneously obtain a power and system.]

There were a few things about what the system said that made Billy narrow his eyes. "If that's the case, explain why I got a power and you when I died right at the beginning."

[Unfortunately, the system has no answer to that.]

"Then can you explain in detail more about who got a power and system?" Billy asked, seeing that there was no point in pressing for answ