Reboot: Mechanic

Mary spent the next few minutes pondering over Shi Tian's deduction. 

What he said was completely logical and made sense, but there was just one doubt that Mary had in her mind. 

Unlike Shi Tian who didn't have much of an understanding of the Five Families, she was different. Investigating them and predicting the Five Families' actions had always been her job.

So she was confident to say that not one of them could pull off such a feat without alerting the other families.

"Nathan, do you think this matter could be concealed by the Harrett Family alone?" Mary questioned him.

"That- I'm actually not sure. If the Harrett Family really wanted to conceal such a matter, then it should be possible." Shi Tian responded.

However, Mary shook her head and refused to believe the Harrett Family could conceal this type of thing.

"The Warner Family is adept in Clairvoyant, so they would definitely have noticed something was amiss," Mary revealed why she was so doubtful of the matter.

After all, no matter how much she despised the Five Families, she also understood that most of them aren't stupid enough to pull such a scheme that could threaten them as well. 

Purposely creating a monster wave such as the Gilaso variants were not only dangerous but also extremely risky. If they failed to suppress it, then Gearits City would fall to ruin, and by that time, they are ruined as well. 

In addition to that, the Warner Family was somewhat decent enough that they would never attempt to do something that goes against humanity as a whole.

"Would the Harrett Family really do something stupid like this without knowing the cons clearly far outweighed the pros?" Mary mumbled, walking back and forth. She refused to believe the profit-seeking Harrett Family would fail to make such a simple calculation that this was unprofitable. 

And of course, while Mary was pondering over it, Shi Tian also wasn't idling and attempted to think why the Harrett Family would risk such a thing. 

'If the Warner Family had Clairvoyants that could predict the Harrett Family's actions, then what if the Harrett Family had a supporter? And that supporter was someone that could conceal the matter on their behalf?' Shi Tian thought to himself. 

Time slowly passed by, and Shi Tian suddenly recalled Vanessa. Although not Vanessa exactly, it was the enemies that she had encountered.

"The White Syndicate…" Shi Tian muttered in shock, feeling as if lightning had struck him. 

"The White Syndicate?" Mary exclaimed loudly when she heard what Shi Tian had said despite him saying it in a low tone. 

"Where did you learn that name?" She then asked in agitation. 

Seeing how agitated she was, Shi Tian decided to explain his encounter with Vanessa and the enemies that had attacked her. 

A few minutes later, Mary was astounded to learn of this incident.

"The Vanessa you're talking about, is she from Chronoworth City?" She then enquired. 

Shi Tian nodded his head. "I think so. She had mentioned the Chronoworth City to me before." 

"No wonder why the Harrett Family was willing to do this action. They aren't even the main instigator, but a colluder." Mary exclaimed, her doubts being cleared rapidly. 

"What a treacherous plot by the White Syndicate, and this damn Harrett Family is merely agreeing to this because the action would benefit them dearly." She added, clenching her fist tightly. 

As much as she despised the Five Families, the Harrett Family was definitely at the top of the list for being the most shameless and vile people.

With her mind now all cleared up, Mary was able to calm down. Previously she was in the dark and didn't understand what was going on. But now that she had gotten a gist of it, she was able to relax her nerves. 

Patting on Shi Tian's shoulder, Mary complimented him. "It's a good thing that you have encountered Vanessa and revealed the White Syndicate appearing in Gearits City."

"Umm, but how are you so sure about it now? What I said is still based on inferences without evidence?" This time, it was Shi Tian that didn't understand. 

"Heh, the White Syndicate is a mysterious organization proclaiming that the current world situation is salvation. And their motives are usually cooking up monster waves to destroy humanity as sacrifices." She explained. 

"Unbelievable…" Shi Tian was dumbfounded to see there actually exist such heretic peoples that sought to destroy their own kind. 

Although he doesn't feel anything about killing people, even he wouldn't go as far as to kill mindlessly for some superficial beliefs. 

"Let's go, Nathan. We have something important to do." Mary stopped idling around here and rushed back to the Iron Sentinel. 

Shi Tian quickly followed behind while asking where they were going. 

"We're going back to your house," Mary flatly said.

"My house?" 

"Yes, more precisely, we're going back to meet up with Vanessa. Only she can salvage this crisis and thwart the treacherous plot of the White Syndicate and the Harrett Family for trying to take advantage of this situation."

"Vanessa has such power?" Shi Tian raised an eyebrow, clearly confused about how Vanessa would be able to defend against thousands of Gilaso variants. 

As the two of them got inside the Iron Sentinel, Mary turned on autopilot mode and had the direction back to Gearits City.

Once that was done, Mary asked, "Have you heard of the term, Ancient Technology?" 

Shi Tian nodded his head.

"Since you have heard of it, then you should know just how enticing Ancient Technology is, right?" 

Shi Tian nodded his head again. "Although I don't know why Ancient Technology is so enticing to people, I'm sure it must be something powerful that could make everyone excited and get their hands on it." 

"Long story short, Ancient Technology doesn't originate from Earth. They are remnant pieces from above. More precisely, it's from the sky fissure that appeared 132 years ago. Each of these remnant pieces contained power beyond the means of our scope of understanding, and Vanessa possessed an Ancient Technology that could alter the situation."