Reboot: Mechanic

"I knew you were a stingy person, Nathan." Mary clicked her tongue and judged him. As if he was willing to use the Spymon had it not been Vanessa trying to take the initiative to dissolve the situation. 

Meanwhile, Shi Tian had no shame when being called a stingy person. He would rather be a stingy person than be a spendthrift. 

Money and resources are important for survival, and he could not afford to waste them all as if it was nothing. 

"I would say we're the same kind, Mary." Shi Tian lightly said, reminding her that she was greedy as well. 

However, Mary shook her head and disagreed with Shi Tian's claim.

"That's not true!" She denied it adamantly. "I don't ask people to reimburse me. Instead, they were the ones eagerly wanting to reimburse me for a chance to meet with me and have a conversation." 

"Tsk, just brag all you want." Shi Tian rolled his eyes. He was positive she was talking about her past, in which she goes in disguise and pretends to be someone else, similar to those espionage spy movies. 

Nevertheless, Shi Tian sneakily left the Iron Sentinel and angled the Spymon toward the designated area, namely Olivia Harrett's position. 

As Olivia Harrett was still speaking in such a fluent and decisive remark, Shi Tian hurled the Spymon near her location. Obviously, he can't just directly throw it next to her, given that it would be unnecessary and bring trouble for him as well. 

The Spymon radius was quite big, so he simply needed to ensure Olivia Harrett was within the proximity of the EMP field. 

Not to mention, Shi Tian can't afford to EMP the entire security they had on, lest it might cause chaos. 

The Spymon deployed the pulse, emanating a controlled field that targeted only Olivia Harrett's area. A barely perceptible disruption rippled through the air, affecting the devices in its radius without alerting the entire security system.

An almost imperceptible shimmer coursed through the area as devices near Olivia Harrett began to falter, causing a momentary interruption in her speech. 

She paused, glancing around, perplexed by the sudden glitch in the devices.

"Yes, dismissing Commander Damon might have hindered our strength slightly, but it was better than keeping him around that would affect our morale." Phoebe continued to defend their actions as to why they forcefully had Damon dismissed from the frontline.

Her explanation also made logical sense to the spectators as they agreed with her. 

Sure, losing Damon and his soldiers might be detrimental to their overall strength, but it was better to not have him than to keep him, given that it would only lower their morale. 

Damon was someone who attempted to accuse his fellow commander for the sake of pettiness, so why should they keep such an uncontrollable variable in their fight? 

Who knows if he might disrupt their formation with another false accusation? 

And as everyone calmly waited for Olivia Harrett to respond to Phoebe's statement, she was noticeably pale, almost as if she had lost all of her will to counter the argument.

She also had no choice but to take off the earpiece that she was wearing because it was buzzing in her ear. 

With the EMP activated, the earpiece was no longer working and was in fact hurting her ear. And without someone instructing her anymore, Olivia Harrett instantly reverted back to her original self. 

"Hmph, what a bunch of nonsense!" Olivia Harrett harrumphed and waved her hand. "Do you think our Harrett Family would be that dumb to assign someone with such an important post to accuse another commander?" 

'What a dummy.' Shi Tian laughed inwardly. Without any guidance, this spoiled young woman was indeed no different than a naive person. 

What kind of questioning was that? 

It had long been proven that Damon had falsely accused Theobold in public, given that he couldn't provide evidence to back up the claim. And sure, Shi Tian, Mary, and Vanessa might have known that Damon was correct, but the rest of the public didn't.

To them, the outcome was that Damon was jealous of Theobold's achievement, prompting him to try to smear his reputation, only to fail miserably. 

Yet here we are, with Olivia Harrett practically shooting herself in the foot with that question. 

While everyone was seemingly stunned by the sudden stupidity of Olivia Harrett, Shi Tian grabbed a small rock and threw it at Vanessa.

Vanessa, feeling a small rock hitting her thigh, turned around and noticed Shi Tian as the culprit.

He was giving her a hand signal that it was time for her to make an entrance.

It took a few seconds for Vanessa to realize that the current abnormality should have been done by Shi Tian. 

The timing was too flawless, to say the least, and with Olivia Harrett currently making a fool out of herself, it was time for her to act. 

She nodded her head, ready to make her grand entrance. 

Carrying an air of confidence, void of her previous naivety, Vanessa strode forward and clapped her hands.

"Wow, I thought Commander Damon himself was shameless enough to accuse his fellow commanders, but I didn't expect the person above him to be even more shameless. I suppose that's similar to the term like father like son, right?" Vanessa chuckled softly, publicly denouncing Olivia Harrett.

"You are the father!" Olivia Harrett swiftly rebuked Vanessa when she heard her insult.

However, little did she expect that Vanessa was more devious than anyone could believe. 

"Oh, I'm the father?" Vanessa placed her hand on her chest and looked visibly shocked. 

"If I'm the father, then why aren't you greeting me properly, you ungrateful brat?" She then scolded harshly, prompting the crowd to burst into laughter.

Not a single one of them expected a solemn and tense atmosphere to turn so comedic in an instant. 

As for Shi Tian, he was silently praising Vanessa to be even more outspoken, seemingly in awe and astonished. 

"She has been hiding such a personality from us all along." He mumbled, eagerly waiting for Vanessa to display her forte.