Reboot: Mechanic

Chapter 321 How Adults Act

As the two women attempted to flee, there was barely enough space left in the Iron Sentinel for them to run away.

It didn't even take a few minutes until the two of them were cornered by Shi Tian.

"Nathan, are you trying to assault us?" Vanessa, having realized that running was futile, decided to play rogue and pretend to be a victim. 

Both Mary and Shi Tian were stunned by her acting so docile and pitiful in an instant.

And just when Shi Tian thought Mary would scold her like previous times, Mary did the opposite.

"Yeah, Nathan, you can't be trying to assault your mentor, right?" Mary also acted along with Mary, accusing Shi Tian of trying to assault them.

"..."

Never once did Shi Tian expect the two of them to be so shameless as to play rogue in an attempt to nullify the bet that he had made.

"You two are going to play this kind of game huh?" Shi Tian twitched his brows and asked in disbelief. 

"What game? You think assaulting us is a game?" Vanessa cried in panic and covered her chest with both her arms. 

"This is why you can never trust men. The moment they gained some power, they believed themselves as god and wished to do all sorts of their impulses desire." Mary cowered in fear and exclaimed, acting like a real victim. 

Utterly speechless and astonished that Mary would be so unreasonable as to play along with Vanessa, there was only one thing he could do.

"Fine, the two of you want to play rogue, right?" Nodding his head repeatedly and pointing his fingers at the two of them, Shi Tian retreated his steps a little bit. 

The two thought Shi Tian had given up, but to their surprise, Shi Tian took out his Cellos device and began playing a recording.

It was the very recording that had the two of them agreeing to the bet.

"You scoundrel! You actually recorded us secretly?" Vanessa dropped her "victim" acting immediately and cursed at Shi Tian for playing rogue.

How could he secretly record them?

That was a foul play and really not cool of him. They trusted him and he repaid them with a secret recording of them. 

Where was the trust and honor? 

"Don't blame me when the two of you started playing rogue first." Shi Tian snorted coldly. Luckily he was clever enough to record the conversation back then, otherwise, he would truly have no place for regret. 

Vanessa rolled her eyes at the despicable actions of Shi Tian. 

"Hmph, I'm done talking with a perverted man." She scoffed and grabbed Mary's hand. "Let's go, Mary. Who knows what other kinks this perverted man might do to us?" 

Mary, riding with the wind, simply nodded her head and proceeded to walk around Shi Tian. 

The outcome of this scenario was completely out of his expectations, and Shi Tian knew that these two women were more shameless than anyone alive in this world. 

'Tsk, I'm still going to remember this.' Shi Tian vowed to himself. 

Those were free resources he was talking about, and he needed them to begin his crafting invention. 

Alas, none of them cared about his motive and intention as Mary began driving the Iron Sentinel back to the camp.

Who would have thought that in the end, they would be going around in a circle. That was just a clear demonstration of how sometimes in life, just because you wished to do something, you might not achieve it. 

It was a shame that they couldn't achieve much despite working so hard for it, but it was a fact that they must now accept it.

A few seconds later, he started heading back into the control room of the Iron Sentinel and met up with the two women who had escaped earlier. 

"No worries, I already remember what you lost to me, so there's no point in fleeing." Shi Tian quickly said when he noticed Vanessa was about to run away again.

"You're annoying." Vanessa clicked her tongue in annoyance but didn't bother to run away anymore. That was just a small little time of fun to stop brooding over the serious matter only. Now they are switching gear back to your usual composure. 

"But are we going to be irreconcilable with Theobold?" Vanessa subsequently asked.

"Yes and no," Shi Tian responded. "Yes, we are irreconcilable with Theobold, but that's only between us. On the surface, we are still allies, and unless we did something in public like Damon, there was nothing Theobold could do to us." 

Mary nodded her head in agreement, her eyes focused on the road. "Indeed, adults like us are truly hilarious. We hate each other, but in public, we treat others like we're besties." 

"That sounds exhausting…" Vanessa murmured, feeling fatigued just from thinking of how one could act so friendly toward an enemy. 

"Exhausting as it may be, that's just how life is." Shi Tian shrugged his shoulders. "If you are just ordinary folk like me, then you will know just how far you can go by suppressing your emotions and not acting impulsive." 

As he said that, there was a slight sorrow hanging on his face. 

It reminded his past when he gritted his teeth and smiled brightly at people whom he found disgusting. 

If it wasn't that he needed the salary and money to treat Sheng Lan, then he would have long given those people a sky-uppercut punch in their chin. 

Shattering their jaws would have satisfied him tremendously, but his impulsive behavior was suppressed by the responsibility on his shoulders. 

Nowadays, Shi Tian no longer had such responsibility, but the suppression came from his lack of strength. As long as he got enough strength to nullify the consequences and aftermath, that would be the time when he would unleash his fury. 

"Is it just me, Mary, or is it that Nathan always seems so scary when he's thinking about doing something evil?" Vanessa whispered to Mary, sensing an unsettling aura around Shi Tian, describing him as 'scary' when contemplating nefarious deeds.