Reboot: Mechanic

A few minutes had gone by since the beginning of the target practice, and Shi Tian must say one thing.

When it came to determining which part of the body posed the least risk to life, Mary was undoubtedly an expert. 

Aside from the manhood of Kyle, every other part that Mary instructed him to shoot at wouldn't have immediate danger to Kyle.

Of course, that doesn't nullify the fact that Kyle was barely recognizable as a human with all the blood and dust covered on him.

"Hmm, it seems like this is the limit," Mary pondered over as she glanced at the pathetic state of Kyle. 

With her expertise, she knew his life was just hanging by the thread. Not dead, but also not quite alive, and one more injury added on him would mean death. 

Shi Tian nodded his head and walked toward Mary. 

"The gun here only has 32 bullets loaded, and now it's empty." He then said, taking out the cartridge for her to see. The cartridge was completely empty, proving his claim that the bullets ran out. 

"Well then, I guessed it worked out for the best. Using the enemy bullet to finish the enemy off is a damn great feeling." Mary smirked coldly. 

And just when she was about to deal the final blow at Kyle, Shi Tian raised his hand to stop her.

"Wait a minute, Mary." He quickly said, afraid that she might be too fast to kill Kyle. 

"What is it?" Mary paused her action and turned to him, wondering why he wanted her to stop. She was confused because she knew he definitely wasn't asking to spare Kyle. 

Just the fact that Shi Tian was willing to shoot whichever area she pointed at without question was enough evidence. Evidence that he wasn't some kind-hearted fool that would spare his enemy. 

"Nothing, I just think it's best to let me finish him off instead." Shi Tian said, turning around and pulling up an empty glass bottle.

Confused, Mary tilted her head slightly to the right. 

"An empty glass bottle to kill?" She asked in a dumbfounded tone, clearly unable to comprehend his action.

"Heh, just watch, Mary. This bloody mess is bound to attract a lot of monsters or unwanted attention, so these little babies of mine could clean up the field as well." Shi Tian smiled and shook the glass bottle lightly.

It might have looked empty on the surface, but contained within it were the dust mites that Shi Tian had been nurturing. 

After feeding them with his dead skin cells, it could be said that these dust mites were slowly starting to gain some sort of intelligence and understand his orders. 

And under the confused expression of Mary, Shi Tian walked toward Kyle with a cold smirk. 

"Thank you very much, Kyle. You are the first person to get a taste of these little babies of mine." He then said, opening the empty glass bottle and pouring the microscopic dust mites on Kyle's face. 

Naturally, Kyle was thoroughly confused by such action given that he couldn't see anything aside from Shi Tian suddenly pouring an empty glass bottle on him.

It was the same for Mary, who was equally dumbfounded by the situation. 

'Is there something in the glass bottle?' She raised an eyebrow and wondered silently. 

"Just wait a while and you'll see the magic happen, Mary." Shi Tian chuckled softly, standing back up as he watched his dust mites begin to work.

And sure enough, Kyle, who remained dormant like a dead body, started wiggling once again upon feeling an irritated pain.

"Huh? Just what kind of sorcery is this?" Mary exclaimed in shock, witnessing a quite horrific moment of Kyle being eaten alive by nothing.

"This isn't sorcery, but something I would like to call Dustality." Shi Tian corrected, patiently watching Kyle being eaten alive by these microscopic dust mites.

When he first encountered them, they couldn't do much aside from causing a bit of discomfort and itch for Vanessa.

However, through his meticulous nurturing and feeding, these dust mites seemed to have evolved into another superior form, allowing them to deal damage rapidly. 

"Dustality?" Mary swallowed a mouthful of saliva. She thought she was savage enough already with her killing and torturing, but it seemed like Shi Tian had a greater edge regarding torture. 

What was scary about death isn't the fact that you know you're dying, but the fact that you don't even know what you're dying from. 

Mary's emotion remained composed though after a moment of disbelief and calmly asked Shi Tian, "What is killing Kyle right now?" 

"Do you really want me to answer that right now when he could still hear us?" Shi Tian questioned back, pointing at Kyle, who still had the energy to perk his ears up to eavesdrop despite being munched alive.

"Hmm, good point. I shall head back inside first then. Do remember to tell me when you're done here, okay?" 

"Of course, I wouldn't dare to hide something from you."

"Save that kind of words to some naive woman instead." Mary snickered and started leaving.

Meanwhile, Shi Tian swiftly kicked one of the dust mites that was trying to approach Mary, and with a stern look, he kicked the dust mite back onto Kyle.

"No, Mary is one of us, so you're not allowed to go after people that I deemed as allies, understood?" He commanded strictly. 

The dust mite that was kicked, shook its body slightly and nodded its head, an action that symbolized it adhering to Shi Tian's command.

And at this point, Kyle could no longer make any movement, as his body slowly started to dissolve. In fact, he didn't even bother to struggle anymore despite feeling his skin being munched by invisible beings.

To him, this was the karma of being a coward and ditching his comrades to save his life. In the end, all he received was a life worse than death. 

'I'm sorry Boss Layn. I've failed you…' Kyle's eyes gradually lost focus and succumbed to his death, being killed in a Dustality finisher manner.