Reboot: Mechanic

Shi Tian was astounded by such a harsh punishment if he were to make a single mistake. 

She was basically indirectly telling him he was unqualified to do such an action if he can't even avoid not making a mistake. 

Though, he also understood her standpoint. 

If he truly didn't have the necessary skills, then she didn't want him to gamble his life away. At least, not on this trap that they had meticulously set for the enemies and not him.

"What? You're scared of the challenge?" Mary snickered and said once she saw Shi Tian remaining silent. 

Shi Tian smiled briefly and shook his head. 

"I'm not scared of the challenge, given that I was originally intending to disassemble the Claymore Mine with or without you." He replied calmly.

"Then why are you hesitating?" 

"Because I respect you and your concerns. Hence, I shall refrain from doing such an action." 

Mary was dumbfounded. 

'He actually will listen to me?' She questioned inwardly, seemingly doubtful of his claim. Despite her doubtfulness, she still nodded her head.

"If you knew it, then you should have said it earlier. Why make me waste the effort in disassembling an example for you?" She crossed her arms and said. 

Shi Tian shrugged his shoulders. "I wanted to see the interior and its content. But now that you showed it to me already, there's no point in me disassembling it again." 

"You could have just asked me then. I know the content inside." 

"Then it seems like a misunderstanding again."

Mary facepalmed and was too exhausted to even say anything else. "Anyway, there's a bed in this tent, so you can sleep in it. I'm going to go back to my Iron Sentinel to rest." 

Without even waiting for his response, Mary swiftly left the tent, prompting Shi Tian to smile bitterly. 

'It seems like I have overestimated myself this time.' He thought to himself. 

At first, he believed he could have handled the procedure himself, but seeing Mary's meticulous skills, he knew how far behind he was from being called an actual mechanic.

Without much to do, Shi Tian decided to heed Mary's advice and walked toward the bed, taking some ample rest as well. 

As Shi Tian closed his eyes for some valuable sleep, others in the reserved area were just getting started.

In a basement at the reserved area for Heaven's Mecha, a group of people were facing intense pressure and intimidation from Phil. 

"Listen up, we have been told by Leader Hank that we must figure out what this new product of Optic Mech is." Phil stood at the center and announced. 

"Although what you see in front of you might just be a regular Claymore Mine, sources said it's a completely different Claymore Mine. Not only is it extremely stealthy, but its explosive power is many times the Claymore Mines that we sell." 

Afterward, Phil continued to speak up about the information they had gathered, but everyone in the basement knew what their duty was. It wasn't something they weren't familiar with and that was to disassemble the product and replicate it. 

It was the usual practice in which they replicate their competitors' product and then pass it on as their newest product in marketing. And with their high reputation, no one ever suspected a thing, and even if some did, they could only keep their mouth shut. 

"Okay, Leader Hank is very serious about this, so anyone that can successfully replicate it will earn a very high reward and a promotion." Phil then said, motivating the mechanics to do their best. 

And of course, it wasn't empty words, given that these mechanics soon flared up. 

Their hands were fidgeting around, almost as if they couldn't wait to begin to start deconstructing the Claymore Mine and figure out what the modification was. 

Phil smirked coldly when he saw how excited their mechanics were. 'Heh, with these mechanics, I want to see how much longer you can be arrogant, Optic Mech!' 

"You may all begin!" Phil announced excitedly. After all, everyone here might have the same goal, but it was also a competition among them. 

Whoever was the better mechanic and could replicate better would enjoy a lot of privileges and benefits? 

As Phil watched excitedly at these frantic mechanics taking their screwdrivers to start, outside the reserved area, Hank was flashing a smile that was rarely seen.

In fact, the other Heaven's Mecha employees were astounded to see the usually cold and composed Hank smiling at someone.

"Just who is Leader Hank smiling at?" One of the employees mumbled curiously.

However, he couldn't even continue his wording anymore when his fellow coworker kicked him in the leg.

"Shut up. If you want to die, then die alone. Don't you dare drag me down with you?" His fellow coworker hissed coldly. "That's the Young Miss of the Harrett Family, so keep your head down and remain respectful." 

Instantly, the employee's face turned ashen white, completely petrified by the revelation. 

Heeding his fellow coworker's advice, he quickly lowered his head, unwilling to utter any sound.

Meanwhile, Hank pretended to not have listened to their conversation, paying close attention to the person next to him.

"Young Miss, as you can see the facilities of the Heaven's Mecha in the wilderness. Our profits have been steadily increasing in the past years, and our reputation here is the best." Hank gracefully informed and reported their statistics.

Olivia Harrett casually nodded her head, clearly uninterested in the business here. "I came here with Darren to hunt monsters, and we ran out of some traps. So I'm just here to restock them." 

"I see, then what about Butler Wade? How come I didn't see him accompany you?" Hank kept his smile and enquired. 

"I told Butler Wade to wait outside because I wanted to take a breather from his constant nagging." She shrugged her shoulders but glared at him. "You're not going to nag me too, right?" 

"Of course not, Young Miss." Hank laughed softly. 

"Allow me to guide you to our main workshop-"

Right when Hank was about to introduce their workshop built in the wilderness, a deafening and blasting explosion occurred.