Reboot: Mechanic

Krissie was beyond stunned when she felt the cold blade close to her neck. 

If she had made any movement earlier, then the blade would have really slit her throat. 

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva nervously, Krissie remained perfectly still, clearly understanding that her life was at the hands of Mary.

"That's enough, Mary. She's not an enemy, so why are you scaring her?" Shi Tian intervened at this moment and told Mary to stop her action. 

Although he wasn't sure why Mary was acting like this, he wasn't going to sit back either. No matter what, Krissie had somewhat helped him in the past, so he wouldn't do something like harming her unless she had attempted to harm him.

Just because he had killed people, doesn't mean he was a cold-blooded emotionless killer that would kill whenever he wanted. 

"Tsk, and you're telling me she's just someone you have briefly interacted with?" Mary clicked her tongue and removed the dagger from Krissie's neck. 

She then used her movement and arrived back at her original position. 

As for Krissie, she collapsed on the ground, clearly shocked and frightened by Mary's action. No matter how tough she wanted to be, she was still just a woman that had not fought much or encountered such scenarios. 

Seeing the scene, Shi Tian facepalmed and wondered what Mary was planning to do. 

"Apologies Krissie, but Mary here meant no harm." Shi Tian said calmly. 

He wanted to walk over and extend his hand to give her a lift but stopped when he remembered that they weren't that close. Hence, it would have been too much, given that he doesn't want to get entangled with her any further. 

The current him was being targeted extensively thanks to the ploy he had done in the safehold, and he didn't wish to drag Krissie into danger. It was not his style to drag innocent people into his mess. 

A few seconds later, Krissie finally regained her composure and stood up from the ground. 

She then glanced at Mary somewhat anxiously. She was still afraid of Mary who could easily take her life without her even noticing what had happened.

Though the next moment, she clenched her fist and mustered up her courage.

Ignoring Mary's presence, Krissie turned to Shi Tian and asked softly. "Is there a reason why you came here?" 

"I'm sure you have mentioned multiple times that you don't want to have anything to do with me." She added. 

Shi Tian nodded his head, not denying that fact. Even now, he still stands on that statement.

Instead of replying to her, Shi Tian glanced at Mary, clearly passing the ball onto her. She was the one that caused this problem, so she should be the one to resolve it now. 

"Hehe, I simply wanted to introduce myself and wondered what kind of acquaintance Nathan here would make." Mary chuckled softly, patting Shi Tian's shoulder.

"Your means of introduction is to threaten people?" Krissie raised an eyebrow, clearly still suspicious of her. 

"Well, not exactly. I merely wanted to test your skills slightly." Mary shrugged her shoulders. 

Meanwhile, Shi Tian finally understood what Mary was hoping to achieve. She was trying to determine what type of people he interacted with in the past. 

'It seems like I have still underestimated Mary's shrewdness.' Shi Tian thought to himself. 

Sometime later, Mary clasped her hands and offered to assist the orphans that Krissie was helping out earlier. 

"How about this? I can treat these orphans with some proper food instead of those meats that you had fed them which clearly isn't enough." 

And although the orphans could barely understand Mary's words given their poor education, they could subtly comprehend that Mary was going to give them some food. 

Just the word food alone was enough to entice this group of poor orphans. 

Turning her attention to the drooling orphans, Krissie was silent for a few moments. It was clear that she was still confused by Mary, especially Shi Tian's sudden appearance when he hadn't even cared or bothered much about her. 

However, for the orphans, Krissie exhaled softly and nodded her head. 

"Fine, if you can feed these poor orphans some proper food, then I shall forget about the previous incident." She said calmly. 

As for Shi Tian, he was slightly dumbfounded to see that Krissie had this kind of gentle side of her. 

In this chaotic world where everyone only cared about themselves, it was hard to see people like Krissie that would still worry about these orphans. 

And that included him as well. Unless he found these orphans to be of use to him, then he wouldn't even bother to assist them. 

Why should he waste his precious resources on them if there is no benefit? 

"Well, Nathan, here's some money so take these orphans to get some good food. I still want to have a word with Krissie and deal with the other stuff." Mary retrieved a small pouch filled with some money and handed it to Shi Tian.

Of course, Shi Tian wanted to stop her but halted himself when he felt the intense glare from her. It was clear that Mary wanted to have some alone time with Krissie. 

And as for the other stuff that she mentioned, she was definitely going to make her way to Hush's Workshop. She was never the type to back away once she decided upon something. 

While Shi Tian was in a daze, Mary waved her hands and urged him to move already. 

"What are you still idling for? Are you trying to starve these orphans more?" She said hastily, almost as if she couldn't wait for Shi Tian to disappear. Twitching his mouth, Shi Tian could only guide the orphans to a somewhat decent food stall nearby to feed them. The money that Mary gave him was barely enough to cover it. 

'Hopefully, there won't be a mess when I come back.' Shi Tian could only pray that Mary would only fool around a bit.