Reboot: Mechanic

Being pinched heavily in the arm, one might feel pain or even start shrieking aloud. 

Vanessa's strength was by no means weaker than any man, and it could be said the pinch was quite deadly.

However, Shi Tian had long endured pain worse than pinching, so he had no reaction whatsoever. It was because of having no reaction that had prompted Vanessa to become even more agitated.

She wanted him to feel a bit of pain to understand the emotion she had to go through from Mary's harsh criticism. Yet Shi Tian not only prevented her from getting a tiny revenge but also nearly suffocated her to defend Mary. 

Shouldn't he at least pretend to feel hurt to ease her emotions? 

"Just die bastard!" Knowing that pinching wouldn't work, Vanessa outright punched his arm and proceeded to angrily sit down. 

Meanwhile, Shi Tian kept a stone-faced expression, treating her ranting and hitting as empty air. 

His attention remained focused on the screen, seemingly trying to complete this simple transaction to finally end the leaking process. 

Realizing that all her pinching and punching had zero effect on him, Vanessa wanted to scream in anger. She was beyond frustrated at this point and could only sulk silently. 

"Mary, I've sent them a response and the information that we wished to have on display." Shi Tian informed Mary, completing the first transaction. 

Since the currency was digitally transferred, it meant that the money couldn't be traced. Not to mention, for additional security, Mary had already prepared a dummy account to store the money in, just in case there was something fishy.

Of course, Shi Tian was surprised that Mary had such dummy accounts prepared. It was almost as if Mary had done such a ransom type of stuff before, given it would explain why she would have dummy accounts. 

"Did you receive the money?" Shi Tian then asked for confirmation. 

Mary nodded her head, her face filled with a bright smile. 

"Yeah, I've received it and made a check. Nothing is fishy, so it's clear that Manager Brad is truly desperate." She responded joyfully. 

"That's great then. Manager Brad also said the information wasn't something against their policy and agreed to have it on display for 3 days maximum. I've also researched their channel and 3 days is their maximum limit to have any information remain on the front page." 

"Alright, reply to Manager Brad that 3 days later, if all is well. There will not be any damage to his channel or his career. Also, tell him to leave his number down so that we can contact him if there is a cooperation opportunity. I promise it'll be a win-win situation." 

Shi Tian expected Mary would be asking for Brad's contact details, most likely to retain it as bait for further uses in the future. Though at that time, he would probably not be involved in that kind of muddy water.

Hence, he nodded his head and did as told. 

Another few minutes later, the hacking scheme was officially over. All was well for both parties, albeit Brad received the most loss in this incident.

However, Brad should have been satisfied with this result alone, given that if it was a Black Hat Hacker, then his entire career would have crumbled in an instant. 

"So we're done here, right?" Vanessa, who had been sulking previously, finally recomposed her emotions and asked softly.

Both Mary and Shi Tian nodded their heads simultaneously. 

"Now all we have to do is wait for the information to fester and spread all across the frontline." Shi Tian said calmly. He was sure that in a few days, the carefree attitude of the frontline would soon turn into another intense battlefield.

Except this time, their goal was different. 

The information they revealed was a discovery of a dense area with strange energy that could allow their power to enhance tremendously, with the evolved Gilaso variant as evidence.

Although a bit far-fetched in the explosive news, with such hardcore evidence in place, people are naturally going to rush there to verify the information. 

Not to mention, it was posted on the channel's front page, meaning the credibility was already there since the channel was established to be a reliable source. 

"Yep, all we have to do is wait, and for one person to get the hell out of my vehicle already," Mary exclaimed, her eyes gradually focusing on Vanessa. 

Vanessa didn't respond and merely turned her attention to Shi Tian, seemingly looking at him to defend her. Since he had defended Mary from her, then it was only right that he should do the same for her.

Meanwhile, Shi Tian twitched his brows, clearly exhausted from being dragged into their fight again. 

The Iron Sentinel was Mary's property, so she naturally had the right to kill anyone out of her vehicle. 

What was he supposed to do to defend her? 

Not to mention, she was longer in use here aside from being a flower vase. 

"I think Commander Theobold might be worried sick now if you are gone for too long. He might even start to believe it was the other five military commanders that had captured you." Shi Tian faked a cough and said, throwing Theobold's name out as an excuse.

"You!" Vanessa pointed her finger at Shi Tian, shaking tremblingly. 

"I'll remember this, Nathan." She added, giving him another smack on the shoulder as she grudgingly left the vehicle after putting on the mask. 

Once Vanessa was gone, Shi Tian turned to Mary with a confused expression. 

"Just why do you hate her that much?" He asked, clearly unable to fathom their hateful relationship. 

"Don't worry about it," Mary flatly replied, not giving him any more details as she returned to her seat, blissfully counting the easy money she had just gained. 

'There must have been a history between the two, or at least some history that only Mary knows. Otherwise, with Vanessa's behavior, if there was truly bad blood between them, it wouldn't have ended so simply.' Shi Tian thought to himself, realizing that there were more hidden and unknown factors.