Reboot: Mechanic

When Shi Tian joked about his brunch gaining the ability to talk, Mary, Vanessa, Theobold, and the rest were unable to contain their laughter.

They didn't expect Shi Tian to be cracking jokes at this moment. 

"Gavin, you can't just crack a joke without any warning." Mary laughed heartily and said, even going as far as using his Gavin alias and not Nathan. 

"That was quite unexpected." Theobold managed to compose himself rather quickly, faked a cough, and said. 

Vanessa, on the other hand, started to compose herself when she realized she was supposed to still be mad at him. Hence, she shouldn't have laughed at his joke. 

Meanwhile, Benedict's face had gone from red to purple. He was beyond furious at this point. If it was Theobold joking at his name, then he could still maintain composure.

After all, Theobold and he are technically on the same rank and level, so it was natural for him to be unable to do much. The same goes for Phoebe, but who was Shi Tian?

Both Shi Tian and Mary had simultaneously disrespected and smeared his pride. 

"You're dead!" Benedict reached for his belt that contained the gun and shouted.

Unfortunately, Shi Tian was faster in pulling out the laser gun. 

"Who's dead again?" Shi Tian asked, glancing at Benedict's hand that was about to reach for the gun in his belt. 

And despite being a clown so far, Benedict's keen eyes were able to detect that Shi Tian's gun was no ordinary one. 

In fact, it was a laser gun that should have been confidential in the military and was not meant to be sold to the public. 

"Did Theobold give you that laser gun?" With an easy process of elimination, Benedict came to an understanding that Theobold might have violated the military law. 

Of course, Shi Tian wasn't going to be a fool and answered him honestly.

"Hello, Egg Benedict… did you forget what you just called me earlier?" Shi Tian tilted his head and asked sarcastically. 

"You called me a mechanic, and do you think a mechanic that can garner quite the attention will be unable to replicate a laser gun?" He added, indirectly calling Benedict a retard. 

Stumped, Benedict was speechless as he couldn't find any loopholes to his claim. 

Indeed, a laser gun might be rare and for military uses, but that doesn't mean others are unable to replicate the same type of weaponry. 

Not to mention, other cities had laser guns as well. So it was truly impulsive of him to pinpoint that the laser gun in Shi Tian's hand was from their military. 

"Hmph, we'll forget about the laser gun, but what you are doing now is no different than challenging the military." Benedict snorted coldly. 

"Challenging? No, it's more like discipline. We had just dealt with a supposedly newly evolved Gilaso variant, yet instead of asking for the situation or attempting to assist, you came in here striding as if you were the king. If this news gets back to Gearits City, what do you think will happen?" Shi Tian rebuked calmly. 

"I-I…" 

Benedict was speechless, unable to fathom why there would be such people willing to challenge his authority. And it was true that if news of him acting like this got back to the Carlson Family, then his rank would truly be stripped off.

"Tsk, I was merely excited to meet with an old acquaintance." In the end, Benedict made an excuse of wanting to chat with Theobold before leaving the scene hastily.

He was at a clear disadvantage and realized what Phoebe's words meant before leaving. She was going to assist him to get out of this sticky situation, but his crude mouth could not shut itself up. 

Sometime later, Benedict left the scene, following the place where Phoebe was setting up a camp nearby, giving Shi Tian and Mary a breather. 

"Phew, I didn't expect the Carlson and Hill Family to send in their own military team to the frontline." Mary sighed softly. 

It was a rare occurrence to even see one of the military team commanders, much less two of them at the same time. 

Theobold was an exception given his principles and honor were to serve the citizens. 

"I'm afraid the other two military commanders would soon arrive as well," Theobold added, having an instinct that the situation had just gotten more drastic. 

Shi Tian remained silent at those remarks. So long as the other military commanders were not as reckless or impulsive as Benedict, then he wouldn't care much. 

If it weren't for Benedict to suddenly cause a scene and agitate the crowd, prompting a near confrontation to commence, then he wouldn't have to show up and put up a fake front again. 

"Anyway, Mary, didn't you have something to say to me?" Theobold suddenly asked a few seconds later.

Meanwhile, Shi Tian was dumbfounded by Theobold. 

Now why would you seek your own doom like Egg Benedict? 

He thought to himself, shaking his head and quickly retreating back to the Iron Sentinel.

"Right, you see Commander Theobold. We spent a lot of the processed Source Crystal for the mounted turret against that evolved Gilaso variant. And I also contributed quite a ton in the battle, so what would our rewards be?" Mary clasped her hands and smiled like a devil. 

"..." 

Theobold realized he had just made a similar mistake to Benedict and wished to curse that buffoon. 

The Egg Benedict must have infected his stupidity onto him!

It was a shame that there was no escape for Theobold, given that the hole was dug solely by him. 

The soldiers also gradually returned to their camp for recovery, not a single one of them was willing to assist their commander in dealing with Mary.

Heck! Even the Egg Benedict couldn't frighten Mary, so what could Theobold do? 

"Please give me some time to calculate the reward, Mary. Everyone is still recovering and has no time to calculate anything yet." Theobold smiled bitterly and explained.

"Hmm, you're right. We can't have you calculating wrong, right? It would be really bad if my reward is any less than my contribution." Mary laughed cheekily.