Reboot: Mechanic

When Shi Tian thought about what type of scheme Mary was cooking, he was somewhat afraid yet amazed by her intelligence. 

With just a tiny bit of information given to her, she could easily capitalize on that to her advantage. 

She was just a receptionist? 

If people actually believed that, then they might even die without knowing how and why. 

Mary herself could be considered a strategist or chancellor given her superior adaptation of any situation.

"I should be worried about myself too, right?" Shi Tian asked, wondering if she was going to scheme against him as well. 

"Are you my enemy?"

"Um.. if I recall, no, we're not enemies." 

"Then why should you be worried?" Mary raised an eyebrow. 

"I might seem cruel, but at the very least, I'm decisive and clear with my motive. Toward allies, I wouldn't scheme or harm them, but toward enemies. Then that's a different story." She added, justifying her action. 

In this kind of lawless world now, right or wrong can no longer be judged with common sense. The only wrong here is for those who have lost a battle or could not support themselves. 

"Understandable. I would have done the same if I was in your position." Shi Tian calmly said. In a way, he was the same as Mary in terms of her conduct and action.

And maybe that was the reason why they were able to get along quite well. 

Compared to the disguised receptionist of hers, once Mary became serious and decisive, her actions were thorough without any hesitation. 

Innocent might have succumbed to their death because of her schemes, but as long as her allies are safe and sound, that was enough for her. 

As for Shi Tian, he doesn't even feel much empathy or sympathy for the deceased people. They weren't related to him whatsoever and to be fair, their death was actually caused by Heaven's Mecha greed in the first place.

Had Heaven's Mecha decided to not attempt any replication of their new product, then the explosion incident would have never happened.

"So anyway, what do you have planned?" Shi Tian subsequently asked, changing the topic. 

"Well, it's a dangerous plan." Mary smiled mysteriously, sending a chill down Shi Tian's spine. 

Mary didn't plan on discussing this sensitive topic outside, so she went inside the tent, and Shi Tian could only quietly follow inside. 

Once they were inside the tent, Shi Tian and Mary spent the next few hours discussing the plans, with some of the tactics giving Shi Tian quite the headache. What made it worse was that Mary doesn't seem to have any intention of stopping the discussion. 

She was on full throttle, and the more she talked, the more excited she became, fantasizing about the outcome and messy situation once the plan succeeded. 

It wasn't until Gerald had called for Mary outside the tent did she stop her discussion.

"Ah, I went off-track again." Mary laughed heartily once she realized how much time she had spent again. 

"Come on in, Gerald." She then called out, ignoring the exhausted look of Shi Tian.

Meanwhile, Gerald slowly entered the tent and was dumbfounded to see Shi Tian's expression. It was as if Shi Tian had gone through a long ordeal and was near death from exhaustion. 

"Did I interrupt at a bad time?" Gerald asked curiously. 

Before Mary could even reply, Shi Tian intervened as he shook his head, "Of course not, Gerald. You came at the right time." 

He even went as far as giving Gerald a thumbs up and an expression that only men could understand. 

With that expression of Shi Tian, Gerald immediately came to the conclusion that Mary had gone back to her old self, and understood what Shi Tian had to go through.

Showing him a pitiful look, Gerald then turned his attention to Mary, who was glaring at the two of them.

"Are you two in love or something? Why the hell are you two looking at each other as if it was a memorial?" She crossed her arms and asked, mostly confused by their actions. 

And for some reason, she felt extremely irritated by them despite not knowing what it was. 

"Nothing, Lady Mary. I was merely trying to praise Sir for his bold action earlier." Gerald quickly gave an excuse. 

Naturally, Mary wasn't a fool to believe it easily, but she couldn't be bothered with it anymore. 

"Did you come with the item?" 

"Yes, Lady Mary. The package is outside the tent since I'm not sure where you wanted to place it." 

Mary nodded her head. 

"Just bring it in here and make sure to start the next phase as early as possible. Although the military reserve coming here was a surprise, it shouldn't affect us." She then commanded.

Gerald heeded her advice, went back outside, and carried a somewhat large box. 

When he placed the large box down on the ground, it even made a loud "thump" sound, proving that whatever was contained in the box was extremely heavy. 

"Then I'll be heading out now to carry on the next phase," Gerald then respectfully said. 

Mary merely waved her hands, dismissing him while her attention was focused on the box.

Seeing her action, Gerald smiled briefly and shook his head. He gave one final glance at Shi Tian without saying anything, but his eyes seemed to be telling him to hang on.

Shi Tian noticed his gaze and had his hand over his chest, a sign of respect that he had received his concern. 

A few seconds later, Gerald swiftly exited the tent, whereas Mary started to unwrap the box. 

"Come here, Nathan. Help me out here as well." She urged excitedly. 

Confused, Shi Tian still walked over to assist her. To be honest, he was quite curious as to what kind of content was stored in this large box. 

Once the box was unwrapped, Shi Tian was stunned by the content. 

"How is it?" Mary smirked when she saw him being stunned. "These are the boosters that I have forced Mechanist Isaac to cough over."