Chapter 155 Desperate Measure
After driving through a military person, Shi Tian calmly parked the Iron Sentinel near the reserved area for Optic Mech.
Even though his action could be considered vile, Shi Tian felt nothing. Guilt, sorrow, regret, none of that had come to his thought.
In fact, he was quite satisfied with what he did, and it wasn't because he was a sadistic person. It was because he had long wanted to punch or beat up a military person.
'These military people that are always working for those who believe they are influential or wealthy, should just die.' Shi Tian sneered inwardly.
For some reason, he couldn't help but compare these military people to the ones in the past. The ones that had forcefully confined him and other normal citizens in the shelter center.
"Nathan, hello?" While Shi Tian was deep in thought, Mary waved her hand around him.
"Huh? What is it?" Shi Tian snapped out of his thoughts and asked.
"Were you imitating me?" Mary asked, glaring at him in the process.
"What?" Shi Tian quickly shook his head and denied that claim.
"There's no way I'm initiating your behavior to mock you." He added, defending himself.
She was clearly thinking that he was pretending like her earlier when she was lost in thoughts and needed to be called multiple times to get her attention.
Still holding a suspicious look, Mary asked, "Then what were you thinking about? Why do you look so serious, almost as if someone had killed your close ones?"
Shi Tian faked a cough, wanting to avoid discussing the topic.
Realizing that it might have to do with something that he didn't wish to divulge, Mary also didn't plan on pressuring him either.
"You were worried about the soldier that you drove over, right?" She then asked, giving him an excuse.
And Shi Tian gladly accepted her excuse, nodding his head. "Yeah, I'm afraid that there might be repercussions for the action."
"Oh? So you're afraid of repercussions huh. Then why did you do it in the first place?"
"Well, I guessed you could call it a moment of heat or a dumb decision?"
"Haha, a moment of heat, right?" Mary chuckled softly, shaking her head in the process.
A few moments later, Mary's expression turned solemn as she patted his shoulder.
"Rest assured, Nathan. Even if that commander is displeased and frustrated at your action, there is nothing he could do except swallow this humiliation." She said sinisterly.
And she continued, "The Harrett Family had gone overboard this time with their deployment. Did you think the other four families would let this matter slip past them?"
"Your meaning is-"
Before Shi Tian could continue his words, Mary interrupted him and confirmed his mindset.
"That's right, the other four families would soon learn of this matter, and by then, the Harrett Family and this military reserve would be in quite a lot of headache. After all, their action today was no different than them attempting to take control of the neutral zone for their own gain." She explained, smiling wickedly in the process.
Had she known their trap would have such a devastating effect, then she would have done this a long time ago.
How could she not love this kind of development?
"But why would the Harrett Family do such a thing? This is almost like a desperate measure for them?" Shi Tian asked, still somewhat confused and doubtful of their action.
"Right… you didn't have this information because it's subtly covered." Mary clasped her hands as she remembered this part.
She walked closer to Shi Tian and whispered, "The Young Miss of the Harrett Family coincidentally decided to come here to retrieve some supplies. Thus, the Harrett Family could mistakenly believe someone was after her life and resorted to such drastic measures to protect her."
After giving him this information, Mary stepped back and smiled innocently. "Don't you think heaven is blessing us?"
"Indeed… such a coincidence actually happened." Shi Tian twitched his mouth and acknowledged that luck was truly by their side this time.
If the Young Miss of the Harrett Family didn't come here at the time of the explosions, then this matter wouldn't have had much of an impact besides Heaven's Mecha taking a few losses.
In fact, the incident might have been brushed aside by others as an accident of a product that their mechanic was crafting had gone wrong, hence a chain of explosions.
However, once the factor of an important person had come into play, then everything would be drastically different, including their deduction and mindset of the incident.
Their mindset would be thinking about whether someone was after their heir. And because they aren't in the scene to witness such a process, only being informed by a third party.
How could they be reassured without doing such a thing to guarantee their Young Miss's safety?
"Anyway, here's another intel that we just learned of. The Young Miss of the Harrett Family didn't come alone and was with the Young Master of the Carlson Family." Mary suddenly revealed.
And with Shi Tian's somewhat understanding of Mary, she wasn't the type to simply reveal information because she wanted to. There must have been a reason why she decided to reveal it at this time.
"What are you plotting this time?" Shi Tian asked outright.
"What kind of plotting can a timid woman like me do?" Mary feigned innocence and shrugged her shoulders.
"Oh please, you are timid? Then everyone might as well be called a coward and hide in a shell forever."
"Heh, it's just a joke. Why so serious?"
"Are you trying to make the situation more messier?" Shi Tian ignored her behavior and went straight to the point.
"Now why would I want to make the situation messier?" Mary returned his question with a question., seemingly wanting him to think about it.
Sure enough, after some thinking, Shi Tian came to realize Mary's foresight and schemes were beyond his limit.
The New Region would open up soon, which also had military personnel guarding around constantly. Therefore, if the situation here turned even messier, then the defense and security in the New Region would start to crack.
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