Reboot: Mechanic

Having realized the achievement Felix had accomplished throughout his life, Shi Tian would be foolish to underestimate this foe.

Seeing how Shi Tian was staying silent, Vanessa chuckled softly and asked, "Are you scared now?"

As if that wasn't enough, she continued to taunt his plight. "Who told you to act so confidently and arrogantly? Didn't you want to win the bet, you did it now!"

The bet she referred to was naturally the one that Shi Tian asked to nullify the favor or debt he owed her, as well as gain some resources from Mary.

However, now that they were in this situation, it became evident that whatever Shi Tian gained was not worth it.

To earn a little bit of resources, he in exchange managed to gain such a vengeful enemy who was not only capable but could plan ahead on how to have him killed.

"There's no point in regretting my actions." Shi Tian took a deep breath and said calmly.

"Since it was because of my incapability that resulted in this, it served as a good reminder to me to always finish what I planned from the start. Otherwise, this is the kind of consequence I would face." He added, his expression extremely solemn.

"No need to act tough, Nathan." Vanessa grinned wickedly. "Just accept what I offered earlier, and I'll guarantee your protection."

"What offer are you talking about?" Mary suddenly interrupted and looked at the two confusingly.

"Nothing, it was just her nonsensical brain talking again." Shi Tian casually brushed off and returned to his desk.

"What do you mean by that?" Looking annoyed, Vanessa kicked his chair aside and glanced at Mary.

"I was thinking of poaching him from you, and that was the offer."

If others didn't know, then they might have thought Vanessa revealed that because of Shi Tian's insult.contemporary romance

However, Shi Tian knew she was merely acting and purposely revealed it to Mary in this manner to plant a seed of doubt in her mind.

Essentially, Vanessa was hoping to make Mary doubt him, forcing him to have no other choice left but to join Vanessa's side once Mary no longer trusted him.

It was quite the devious plan of her, except she failed to understand a simple concept.

"I'm glad that you're trying to poach him, but I doubt your situation satisfied him," Mary responded with an emotionless tone.

The response was a bit different from Vanessa's mind, and when she saw Shi Tian chuckling at her, she was displeased.

And before she could do anything about it, the Iron Sentinel itself started to tremble heavily. The trembling was worse than the time when an evolved Gilaso variant had suddenly ambushed them, prompting the trio to be alerted.

"The monster wave!" Vanessa called out but realized it was dumb of her to bother saying the obvious when she noticed Shi Tian and Mary were already checking on the surveillance.

"It seemed like their numbers had increased exponentially." Mary knitted her brows and said.

"No wonder the monster waves weren't attacking yet. They were actually waiting for their numbers this entire time." Shi Tian held a solemn expression.

He had seen the monster wave through the broadcast back when he was still in Gearits City, so he had a somewhat understanding of their numbers.

However, it was clear that the current number seemed to have been more than the initial monster wave attack.

"Can we even suppress them?" Vanessa was doubtful that their forces to be able to suppress that many monsters.

"Regardless if we can suppress them or not, we're merely a supporting character here." Shi Tian gently reminded her. "We are technically a supporter with our technologies, and as for the actual fighting, that's the job of those military commanders."

Mary nodded her head in agreement. "Mhmm, if the military commanders slack off, then it just means Gearits City is bound to fall, and I doubt none of them were willing to let that happen."

Despite each commander having their own agendas and schemes, they weren't stupid enough to let their city fall down.

After all, where could they go if their city were to fall into ruin?

Go to another city to live?

Sure, that might work, but all of their status and ranks they worked hard for would have been for naught.

Worse, they might even lose more than they gained because once they lose their power and authority over their soldiers, the grudges they have made in the past would come back to haunt them.

"So we're taking a backseat in this crisis?" Vanessa seemed to be in a daze when she asked such a question.

Though it didn't surprise Shi Tian and Mary much, considering the city she was in should have been more united and stronger than the forces in Gearits City.

"Not exactly a backseat. Optic Mech wishes to gain merits and increase their reputation, so Mary would want to gain fame from this monster wave." Shi Tian calmly said, his eyes staring at Mary, clearly waiting for her commands.

The long-awaited monster wave had finally ushered in its final phase, and it was time for Mary to make the decision.

Meanwhile, Mary looked suspiciously at Shi Tian.

"Why did it seem like you're not surprised at all?"

What she implied wasn't the monster wave, but implying how he seemed to know she had a plan all along.

"You've texted Gerald back when we asked you to figure out some information regarding Theobold. And on the surface, it looked like you were reluctant, but it was quite obvious that you had been ordering Gerald."

Mary curled her lips upward, making a grin as she was seemingly impressed by Shi Tian's perception skills.

"Indeed, I have been waiting for this madness to descend for a while now. I can finally put the plan into action." She admitted, sending a text message to Gerald.

As for Vanessa, she only had two words in her mind.

'Sly foxes.' She exclaimed inwardly, a terminology to describe these two clever but cunning people.

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