01. Reborn

"It must be...a joke, right?" I said in disbelief seeing where I had woken up.

It was a military type room with several double bunk beds, the only thing out of place in a military environment, were the children sleeping in the bunks.

Sitting up, Reinhard sat on his bed analyzing his current situation, touching every part of his body just to make sure he wasn't in some kind of sleep.

Unfortunately for Reinhard this was not a dream, the vivid sensation of touching his body and the musty smell told him that it was all real.

Covering his mouth with his hands he repressed the urge to scream and laugh, he never expected that after facing death and embracing it he would end up reincarnating in another world.

Reincarnated as a 7-year-old boy with the same name as his past life, other than that, he had no further information about his new identity and his current world.

*blow*

Startled by the loud clang of the doors, Reinhard saw a group of five men dressed in what appeared to be military uniforms enter.

'Hell'

He mockingly thought of his current situation, it only took a fraction of a second for him to understand where he was as he saw the group of men enter.

"GET FIT!"

Shouted the man who sported a much older appearance within the group of five, Reinhard got out of his bed, to walk in front of him and stand straight as a spear.

The man did not even have a change in his face before his action, his gaze reflected coldness while he looked at the dozens of children who barely got up without understanding where they were.

Many of them cried and others began to shout asking for their parents, only a few lined up naturally and without surprise, as if they knew in advance where they were.

The man who had yelled had a mean and fierce look, his left cheek had a large 'X' shaped scar, he had a trimmed mustache and was bald, and his eyes were dark brown with a set of eyebrows leafy.

"I SAID IN FORM, YOU VALUELESS PIECES OF SHIT!" The man yelled furiously as he began to pace the room.

The children stopped crying and quickly lined up knowing that their fate would be bitter. The fear could not be hidden, due to their trembling bodies. All many children as form possible lined up in front of the bunks.

*Steps*

The steps of the man with the fierce look were the only thing that could be heard in the entire room, the sobs of the children barely audible because of how repressed they were.

As for the other four soldiers, two stayed on the sides of the door and the other two led the two rows of children.

"MANY OF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AND I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU, YOUR LIVES BEFORE YOU CAME HERE HAD NO VALUE TO OUR EMPIRE!"

"I WILL MAKE YOU SOMEONE USEFUL TO OUR EMPEROR, SOMEONE POWERFUL TO DEFEND OUR LANDS!"

"¡YOUR WORDS HERE HAVE NO VALUE, YOUR STATE PUSHES IT IN YOUR ASS, EVERYONE IS THE SAME GARBAGE TO ME!"

"STARTING TODAY I WILL BE HIS GOD AND EMPEROR, YOUR LIVES ARE IN MY HANDS, THAT'S WHY YOU WILL HAVE TO PLEASE ME IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE LIVING!"

Walking twice down the path formed by the two rows of children, the man finished his speech to walk away with his hands behind his back in silence, followed by the rest of the soldiers.

All the children were pale and scared, Reinhard didn't even pity them, like a statue he decided to stay in his place.

Something inside him told him that it was for the best, otherwise, he did not want to end badly.

As the doors closed, the children let out their tears and emotions, only a small handful remained at their posts like Reinhard.

After about five minutes of tears and tantrums, the children talked to each other and got to know each other.

Reinhard paid attention to this since he could get information about the new world he was in, he also paid attention to the children who were at their statue-like posts.

The minutes passed quickly and without knowing it an hour had already passed, as if it were the invocation of the devil, the closed doors were reopened with force when the same man with a fierce look entered and followed by the four soldiers who accompanied him.

'Shit'

Reinhard looked at the clear difference, this time each of them carried a strange rifle in their hands, his heart began to beat wildly as adrenaline surged throughout his body.

He couldn't help but think that he was going to witness a big scene.

The children who were talking were surprised to see the soldiers enter with weapons, scared, each one took their position in front of their beds.

The room seemed to turn into a frozen land with the drop in temperature, the faces of each of the military filled with dementia and madness.

All the children flinched, the sight was too terrifying for them.

"At no time did I give them the order to chat and have fun, even so, I recognize my indulgence... therefore their punishment will be less this time!"

When the elder's words fell, it was like a sentence from the devil that forced the soldiers to walk and remove several children from the ranks who came to cry and protest.

We all watches the scene without speaking or trying to help, soon there were 15 children standing in front of us.

Reinhard witnessed each child being thrown to the ground and beaten by the soldiers with their weapons, some having a harder time having one or more fingers torn off their hands.

***

Reinhard's first night after reincarnation was not pleasant at all, his body was abused by three strong lashes.

All the other children, as well as him, suffered three lashes at the hands of Director Gwan.

Lying on his literature, Reinhard closed his eyes and fell into a dreamland as he recorded his past life.

His life was normal until he was 15 years old when an old man appeared at his house just the same day his mother died, the old man said that it was his maternal grandfather who wanted to welcome him and recognize him as his grandson.

Reinhard only limited himself to following and fulfilling the old man's demands to the letter for a long 8 years, the old man who finished raising and educating him had an angry face when he died.

Reinhard had built a mini-empire under the old man's nose without him knowing it, he planned for years his death for all the suffering he made his mother go through.

A night that should have been ordinary turned into a bloodbath and chaos in the underworld.

Erick Heyndrich, one of the most feared bosses of the mafia, had died at the hands of his only heir.

Reinhard is like a snake who will wait for the best moment to kill his prey, he is someone who plans meticulously and will never unleash his enemies.

However, there was one more reason why he killed his grandfather beside his mother's suffering and that was because he found it funny and interesting.

He was a person who had some flaws in his common sense and the death of his only 'light' pushed him one step further into the abyss.

***

The next morning an alarm broke the children's 'sweet' sleep, Reinhard woke up suddenly and immediately got out of bed.

The whiplash wounds on his back still burned like hell, but he gritted his teeth and endured the pain of standing in front of his bed.

All the children began to get up immediately, taking their places in front of their beds. Some of them did not wake up or had trouble moving their bodies. When the soldiers arrived, they were punished with another three lashes in front of everyone.

After a 'glorious' awakening, all were guided by soldiers who left the building where they were. The first thing Reinhard saw were some buildings and a large training ground.

Without having breakfast they were all forced to run around the training ground until further notice, Reinhard had to use all his willpower not to fall unconscious in the middle of the 'punishment' disguised as training.

Only a small handful of children can stay awake, after running for an hour under the scorching sun, Reinhard's new life began from now on.