What would be your CT super power?

I'd choose invisibility or to be able to see the essence of someone's soul immediately upon looking at them and be able to let them see mine if I choose.

What's the use of getting paid anything if you're living in an underground sanctuary?

If you're capable of holding essentially the whole world ransom, one would think you should take more advantage of that leverage. Skip the money, just take whatever you want whenever you want.

"Hey, can I have your car? No? Well if you don't give it to me I'll destroy literally everything you've ever known or loved."

"Do my laundry, or else your very existence goes up in flames."

Etc.

Literally everyone in society would bend over backwards to accommodate your every whim, lest you decide that the world should get blown up, and I feel like you're wasting it by sitting in a bunker with a load of cash.

"What's the use of getting paid anything if you're living in an underground sanctuary?"

pizza deliveries to underground sanctuaries cost the big bucks.