Reboot: Mechanic

A few minutes had passed, and Vanessa subsequently exited the Iron Sentinel, seemingly in panic.

Luckily, her panic seemed to have vanished once she noticed Shi Tian and Mary were standing in the distance.

"Phew, I thought you two were really that heartless in dumping me." Vanessa caught up to them and said with a sigh of relief.

"But I bet it's probably because you needed my presence to ensure your safety." She then questioned, seemingly suspicious that the two truly waited for her.

Based on her understanding and interaction with these two in the past weeks, Vanessa was positive that they would definitely leave her if it weren't for her special identity.

And to her astonishment, both Shi Tian and Mary nodded their heads simultaneously.

It was clear that the two had no intention of bothering to hide their action.

"Shameless!" Vanessa hissed coldly.

"You're free to return if you don't want to be our protective shield." Shi Tian shrugged and turned around.

Mary also turned around and began walking toward Theobold's location where he was busy confronting the monster wave.

Seeing how nonchalant their behavior was, Vanessa simply sighed and was too exhausted to even complain. She had seen shameless people before, but it was the first time she had to deal with people like them.

Not only did they not care about being exposed, but they even admitted to using her to their advantage.

Just what was she supposed to counter when they didn't even bother defending or hiding it?

Shaking her head, Vanessa rushed ahead and chased after them.

This kind of fighting was exciting for her after all.

Being cooped up in the safe haven of Chronosworth City for a long time, a fight on this kind of scale had never been seen by her. At least, not with her very own two eyes personally in the scene.

Sometime later, the trio arrived near the battlefield and heard numerous loud explosions and bullets firing from afar.

"It seems like Theobold is still in a fierce fight with the monster wave here," Mary mumbled.

"The other sides seemed to be done with the first wave already, but Theobold was struggling for a while now." Shi Tian narrowed his eyes and said suspiciously.

Since they had the camouflage tool, they naturally spied on the results of the other commanders in their battle against the Gilaso variants.

They saw how the commanders had easily quenched the first wave with ease, but Theobold was still fighting despite his soldiers being the most experienced out of the rest.

Not to mention, Theobold was even forced to send a soldier to them and request their assistance, which was a clear definition that Theobold was indeed struggling.

However, that was what made the situation fishy.

Wasn't Theobold the one who orchestrated the evolved Gilaso variant monster?

So how could he be struggling with the normal variants?

"I guess someone doesn't want to see Theobold have an easy life either." Mary snickered coldly.

"Do you have any clue who that someone is?" Vanessa asked. It was clear that she expected that one of them had an answer in their mind.

"You answer her." Mary looked at Shi Tian and commanded.

"Theobold's soldier is here to receive us, so I'll chat with him first." She then said, clearly letting Shi Tian choose whether to deal with the soldier or answer Vanessa's doubt.

And naturally, Shi Tian chose to answer Vanessa. As if he would want to interact with the soldiers, given his history with them.

Who knows if one of the soldiers was someone under Felix?

It was better to be safe than sorry.

As Mary began conversing with the soldier who had arrived for the situation, Vanessa started nudging Shi Tian's arm.

"Come on, I'm sure you have some ideas. Tell me," Vanessa asked eagerly.

"I only have an idea, but I'm not positive about it." Shi Tian replied. He didn't wish to go into a conclusion again without concrete evidence. The last time he did that, things didn't go too well.

"Then just tell me your educated guess." Vanessa pouted. "It doesn't have to be right."

Glancing back and forth, Shi Tian wanted to make sure no one was eavesdropping them.

A few seconds later, Shi Tian moved close to her and whispered in her ear, "The most likely suspect should be Phoebe. She's the one that's closest here, so Theobold may be struggling hard because she has done something."

Feeling his breathing in her ear, Vanessa's face gradually turned red, probably from embarrassment.

After he finished whispering, Shi Tian moved away from Vanessa, his expression remained unchanged.

He was more concerned with the turbulence they might face.

With Theobold being so different from what they had initially met, Shi Tian was unable to think of his next action. For someone to change so drastically, meant that they are never the type to be comprehended from the start.

Whatever Theobold had shown to the public, all of it could be a fake and was never his true self.

Another possibility was that some of them were true, but had now been mixed with lies.

Theobold could be the honorable man that the citizens of Gearits City know about, but because of a certain event, he is now a changed man.

As for that reason, Shi Tian believed it was because of his impotence, but was that the true reason, Shi Tian could not confirm it.

'Theobold concealed himself too much,' Shi Tian thought to himself.

Unable to read a person was challenging, but that wouldn't stop him from advancing forward.

"Let's go, Vanessa." Shi Tian calmly said when he noticed Mary signal to follow ahead.

Catching up to Mary, Shi Tian enquired what the soldier had informed her.

"Theobold is struggling because the number of Gilaso variants exceeded his estimations. So now he's asking us to assist him by using our traps and…" Mary paused her words as she turned her attention to Vanessa.

Shi Tian instantly understood the gist of that small action.

"What an insidious commander. He wants Vanessa to use her Ancient Technology already." He sneered coldly.