Reboot: Mechanic

Shi Tian glanced at Theobold, carefully deciphering his words while maintaining a calm facade. 

"An exciting adventure indeed, Commander Theobold. Unfortunately, our 'adventure' was just as thrilling as yours." His voice was serene, masking the gravity behind his words.

Theobold's expression shifted, though he tried to maintain his affable smile. "Ah, I see. Battle is thrilling in its own way, isn't it?" 

Shi Tian nodded his head, agreeing with Theobold. "A battle always makes a person energized, filled with emotion. Sometimes, they could even unleash powers that they never thought they were able to conjure." 

On the surface, it seemed as if the two were having a casual conversation, but those with a keen perspective would be able to discern that it was anything but casual.

Each one of them was like a venomous viper, with each word they spoke aloud being a toxin. 

Vanessa's eyes seemed to be going around in a circle, seemingly filled with a headache. She was too fatigued and lazy to hear these two men playing word games against each other.

Why are they treating this as if they are in a political debate? 

Once or twice was adequate already, but if they kept going on, then it was just boring and annoying. 

"Ugh, I'm exhausted, so can we stop the conversation for now?" Vanessa feigned to be overly fatigued and interrupted their conversation.

"Hmm, Vanessa is right. We haven't gotten ample rest yet, so we shouldn't idle here longer." Mary chimed in, agreeing with Vanessa. 

Already understanding that they didn't wish to converse with them further, Theobold nodded his head and smiled amicably. 

"You're right, after an exciting adventure, one would feel overly fatigued. You should get some rest to recover from your fatigue since the monster wave is starting to become agitated again." He advised. 

"Well, the women are the boss." Shi Tian chuckled softly and said. "Vanessa also wished to discuss something with us as well, so she would return with us. I'm sure you wouldn't mind that, right Commander Theobold?"

"Of course not, Vanessa is perfectly safe here. And I'll ensure that she won't be disturbed." 

"That's very reassuring to hear, Commander Theobold." Shi Tian gave a slight nod. 

And with that said, the trio turned around and returned to their original position. The Iron Sentinel was also parked there long ago from the auto-function of it. 

Maybe because the Iron Sentinel was a moving protected vehicle, but Vanessa was more comfortable residing in the Iron Sentinel than the tent.

Who knows how "safe" the tent truly was? 

The tents were all surrounded by strangers and shrewd military commanders. Each of them was up to no good, given how easily one had fallen without being able to muster up much of a fight. 

That alone was enough for Vanessa to not wish to interact with them any further. 

In her mind, she was better off staying with Shi Tian and Mary. At the very least, these two aren't as scary and threatening as the rest. 

Sometime later, once they had returned to their Iron Sentinel, Theobold's amicable expression vanished upon entering his tent, followed by Phoebe. 

"Are you sure they really wanted to continue to ally with us?" Theobold then questioned Phoebe, seemingly finding the whole ordeal to be confusing. 

Phoebe shrugged her shoulders in response.

Truth be told, it was hard to read Shi Tian's motive and mind, considering he was clever in his speeches. 

However, because of that, she was positive that Shi Tian wouldn't do something stupid like what Damon had tried to do.

"I've chatted with Nathan before, and from his speech. He's not the type to act irrationally." Phoebe said, giving her input on the matter. "Also, he was giving me quite a leeway to dissolve the grudge that Benedict would have on me, so I owe for that." 

"Oh? He managed to help you resolve the conflict with Benedict?" Theobold was suddenly intrigued. 

And needless to say, Theobold's response meant that he had long known about the "civil war" between Benedict and Phoebe, prompting her to remember that Theobold was not an easy individual to deal with.

Sure, they might have worked together right now, but that was only for a temporary moment, and because of an order from the higher-ups.

"Yeah, and his intention was clear that he wanted to steer away from the mess," Phoebe said and shrugged, unwilling to divulge further.

Theobold nodded his head, having understood Phoebe was holding back some information. But no matter, those weren't important to him.

And just when Phoebe was about to announce her leave, Theobold suddenly revealed something.

"Oh right, I've found a few terrible soldiers in my platoon, so I have them killed already. As for their families in Gearits City, you wouldn't mind assisting me in ending their lives as well, right?" He said in an extremely casual tone, almost as if it wasn't anything serious. 

"A few terrible soldiers?" Phoebe narrowed her eyes and asked calmly. 

"Yeah, they were terrible and seemed to be doing something behind my back." Theobold chuckled softly. "Luckily, Mary was there to bring light to me regarding the matter, so I managed to salvage it in time. Otherwise, I would have lost big time." 

He then snapped his fingers, and a soldier from behind stepped forward and handed Phoebe the list of names. 

"My hands are tied with the current monster wave becoming agitated and might go on a rampage at any moment. Plus, I don't have enough soldiers to do the task in Gearits City, but you can, right?" 

Meanwhile, Phoebe kept quiet as her eyes scanned around the list of names, having found them quite familiar.

Though she made sure to keep a deadpan expression on her face, revealing zero emotion. 

A few seconds later, Phoebe threw the list of names back on the floor and advised, "Murdering people in Gearits City wouldn't be good, Theobold." 

"I'm not telling you to murder them publicly, Phoebe." Theobold curled his lip upward and grinned wickedly.

"You can just have them arrested with a false accusation and an accident suddenly occurred while they're in prison."