Reboot: Mechanic

As Shi Tian was soundly asleep, he felt a slight pain on the right cheek of his face, causing him to wake up.

His eyes slowly opened up and in a dazed tone, he asked, "What's going on, Mary?"

"Wake up, sleepy head. It's now your turn to be the night guard." Mary smiled gently. Though to Shi Tian, it was a devil's smile and she was definitely enjoying this moment. 

She really woke him up the moment the four-hour timer was gone. 

"You are indeed a very punctual person," Shi Tian got up and gave her a thumbs up, flashing a somewhat forceful smile.

"Thank you, now shoo over so I can use the space to sleep." 

"You have space on your side…"

"I prefer it here because you have warmed the spot already." 

Shi Tian chuckled and had to hand it to her. Her humor and mannerism had truly widened his eyes. 

"Alrighty then, have it your way." He said, moving aside and letting her take over the spot.

"Good, if you had refused me then I would have made sure you will suffer a bit more in tomorrow's training." Mary giggled and crawled to his spot. 

She then pointed at the watch by the side and said, "By the way, I have recorded the fight from before, so you may have my permission to watch it. And maybe, just maybe you might be able to comprehend my movement technique somehow." 

Hearing that, any sort of drowsiness disappeared on Shi Tian's face. In fact, his face practically lit up as he clasped his hands in joy. 

"Here, let me get this blanket for you, Mary." Shi Tian said, covering her body with the blanket.

"Good, now guard for the entire night until morning for me. I'm tired of dealing with those idiots and training a fool." She casually said, yawning in the process.

And naturally, Shi Tian decided to activate his selective hearing ability, completely ignoring her last remark about training a fool.

Turning on the watch, Shi Tian glanced at the numerous recording list and played the recording listed for today as he began watching it. 

It was an amazing function conducted by the Iron Sentinel function, given that there are sounds to listen to as well. 

"Um, Nathan, you can turn on the feature of virtual connection on the watch. It will stimulate your brain and the watch connection, allowing you to hear the sound without disturbing anyone." Mary suddenly turned her body around and said. 

"So it's similar to Bluetooth, but even superior at that." Shi Tian raised an eyebrow and asked confusingly.

"No duh, did you think the current technology is still the old-school kind that needed physical equipment to plug in the ear? How troublesome would it be if you forgot to grab it every time you needed to head out and do something?" She rolled her eyes and twitched her mouth in disbelief. 

She didn't expect Shi Tian to be such a country bumpkin to not know what a virtual connection was in this day and age.

Realizing his blunder, Shi Tian was quick on his reflex to avoid suspicions. 

"Heh, of course, I knew about such obvious technology, but it was fun trolling you a bit. And now you have lost about 10 minutes of your precious sleeping time." Shi Tian teased.

"Ugh, you're so annoying!" 

"Hehe, have fun trying to fall back asleep." 

Mary was tired of his prank and didn't think much about it. 

Instead, she turned her back toward him and closed her eyes. It wasn't that she truly needed to sleep because she could remain awake if she wanted to.

However, for health and improvement of the body, sleep was the most effective way. Hence, she would never neglect her sleep unless the situation disallowed it.

Meanwhile, Shi Tian inwardly breathed a sigh of relief, escaping the suspicion this time. 

'Sigh, technologies have truly been improved at an unimaginable rate, and even now, it's difficult to grasp the type of technology we are on. To think that such a function was even capable now.' He shook his head and turned on the virtual connection on the watch. 

Once the feature was turned on, Shi Tian felt as if there was a physical pair of headsets plugged into his ear, allowing him to hear the sound of the recording. What astonished him even more, was that he felt as if he was physically on the scene when it occurred. 

'What an immersive feeling!' Shi Tian thought to himself. The virtual connection lived up to its name, allowing him to experience an out-of-bound feeling. 

Given that his brainwave was now stimulated by the virtual connection feature, Shi Tian didn't even need to open his eyes and still get an imaginary scenery in his mind alone.

As the imaginary scenery was set up in his mind, Shi Tian felt himself floating around the sky, rewatching the moment of Mary facing off these four people alone.

The scene began with the leader Layn talking about sparing Mary if she gave up her belonging, which even a fool knew was faux. 

Mary had already explained Night Intruders' conduct, and sparing enemies was never their intention. They only talked about sparing as a way to create a delusion and convince the opposing party to lower their guard. 

Just when Shi Tian was laughing in amusement at how pathetic Layn would soon become, Mary had taken out a dagger and disappeared from her position.

"Huh? Where did she-" Shi Tian suddenly paused his sentence midway and had his mouth wide open. 

He realized she had already appeared on the two unknown enemies, with their necks sliced and blood gushing out from there. 

"I was distracted for a split moment, and Mary had already killed those two enemies. No wonder why these Night Intruders were so helpless against her. Even I would have lost my neck if I lost a momentary focus." Shi Tian's forehead started to sweat a bit, realizing how truly terrifying Mary was.