“You’re telling me we’re supposed to connect these two irregular parts together?” Shi Tian was dumbfounded.
His eyes locked on the remnant pieces of the Claymore mine, seemingly in disbelief that this was how the trap was constructed.
“Did you think I’ll be here trolling you when I’m next to the trap as well?” Mary questioned him back with a sarcastic tone.
Essentially, she was saying that she was also here with him.
Therefore, if she was attempting to prank him to cause an explosion, then she would have received the blast impact as well.
However, it was precisely because of this that Shi Tian was somewhat suspicious of her.
After all, her movement speed was out of the ordinary, and she could definitely escape faster than him.
“Stop looking at me like that. Did you think I would want to harm you?” Mary glared angrily at him.
“Maybe not harming, but who knows if you are trolling me for some giggles?” Shi Tian muttered softly but quickly returned his focus to the Claymore mine once he sensed her intimidating gaze locking onto him.
‘Whatever, I doubt she would truly leave me for dead if any mishaps were to go wrong.’ He exclaimed inwardly, forcefully connecting the two different parts.
Once the parts were connected, Shi Tian was ready to retreat as soon as he sensed something was amiss.
However, even after a few minutes, nothing seemed to have happened aside from the fact that Mary was eager to smack his head again for not trusting her judgment.
“Kaboom!” Mary suddenly shouted in his ear, prompting Shi Tian to get up from his seat.
“What the hell was that for, Mary?” Shi Tian covered his ear with his hand, seemingly trying to dispel the soundwave. Of course, the sound had already been made and it was a futile action.
“Weren’t you expecting the sound of an explosion? Hence, I decided to shout Kaboom for you. Or did you want me to shout Boom or Boom Shaka Laka or Boom Bam Pow?” Mary rubbed her chin, acting as if she was in serious thought about what to shout instead.
“…” 𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝘭.𝘦𝑡
Shi Tian smiled bitterly, clearly utterly speechless at her.
Clapping his hands, Shi Tian had to praise her sense of humor and demeanor.
“I was wrong, Mary. Please forgive me, and give me a warning next time.” He then pleaded, admitting his mistake.
“No no no, how could the almighty Nathan be wrong? You are the apprentice of Mechanist Isaac whereas I’m just a lowly receptionist lady. How dare I interfere with your work.” Mary gasped and placed her hand by her chest.
“What do you want me to do to drop this topic?” Shi Tian sighed and resigned to his fate.
If Mary truly continued with her act further, then he would definitely be blamed for the consequences later on.
From Gerald’s previous attitude, it was clear that Mary’s influence and authority were high.
Which meant that most of the decision-making from here on out should be decided by her. So if she continued to act childish and push the blame on him, then even if he had multiple lives, it wouldn’t be enough to survive.
Mary grinned wickedly once she heard Shi Tian resigning to his fate.
“Hehe, it’s actually quite simple, Nathan. In fact, this was something you promised to do from the start anyway.” She then said somewhat sinisterly.
“And what is that?”
“Becoming a decoy duh. What else is there that you could offer to us? You and your pathetic tofu strength?” Mary scoffed.
“Hey, I’m just getting started, so it’s a given that my strength isn’t on par with you.” Shi Tian defended.
“That’s the kind of excuse a loser would say.” She rolled her eyes.
“Anyway, what I want you to do is start going outside the tent and promote our new product. Be as shameless and audacious as possible. I want you to garner all the attention that a decoy should have.”
“So you want me to raise death flags everywhere?” Shi Tian flashed an unamused expression.
“What? Are you scared?” Mary snickered. She was clearly attempting to provoke him to take on this kind of task.
However, Shi Tian wasn’t such a fool to not know her intention.
“Save the provocation for someone else.” Shi Tian waved his hand.
The next few seconds though, he asked, “What’s the new product and its unique features?”
“You’re looking right at it already.”
“Huh?”
“Don’t huh me! Those Claymore mines are precisely the new product that we plan on selling and advertising. Why else did you think there were so many of them for you to waste and why would I tell you to repair them?”
Shi Tian was thoroughly speechless this time.
Never did he expect that these Claymore mines and the traps that were used on the obstacle course are meant for this.
“Is this what Master Isaac means by training?” Shi Tian twitched his brows and asked.
Mary nodded her head.
“Obviously, how can training always be about some boring fighting or practicing all the time. We need to change the bland and old school method in teaching and training others nowadays for a more effective progress.” She explained, justifying their plan.
‘Indeed, what an innovation.’ Shi Tian thought to himself.
“Wait a minute, does that mean by ordering me to repair these Claymore mines, we’re also going to set up a repair shop for the customers that bought these mines?” He held an aghast expression and asked.
“Wow, it’s truly amazing to work with clever people. Save me so much saliva in explanation.” Mary clapped her hands and smiled.
“This was all planned from the start?”
“Of course, otherwise, did you really think we wanted to train you with all these resources for no reason? We have to improvise in this time and age to survive the competitive market.” Mary shrugged her shoulders.
“Wait, where are you going now, Nathan?”
“Where else? I’m going to set up the stall and be as shameless and audacious as possible.” Shi Tian pursed his lips and said.