By the time Douglas had realized his heavy blunder, Mary wasn’t so kind as to let him go easily.
“I recall the Claymore Mines we sold had a note that specifically mentioned not to disassemble them. Otherwise, the consequences are for you to bear.” Mary rubbed her chin and said innocently.
She also made sure to sneak a glance at the bystanders, confirming that they are paying close attention to her.
Meanwhile, Douglas was frightened by her next words and wanted to stop her from talking.
However, Douglas knew he also didn’t have an opportunity to stop Mary from talking, given that Gerald was closely behind her alongside his subordinates.
It was clear that if he attempted to make any funny movement, Gerald and his subordinates would be ready to detain him.
‘Oh, Phil, it seems like I’m going to be joining you soon.’ Douglas lamented inwardly. He was now quite jealous that Phil could just leave this world without worries, and would still receive merits for his duty.
After all, Phil died on behalf of Heaven’s Mecha, but he was different from Phil. What he did could have possibly caused a big mess for Heaven’s Mecha, with their reputation at risk because of his blunder.
And sure enough, once Mary continued her next sentence, all hell went loose.
“I have heard rumors of Heaven’s Mecha being unscrupulous people that love to disassemble other people’s products so they could replicate and pose as their own product. But I didn’t expect Heaven’s Mecha would actually do such a thing, especially when we have given clear instruction that one should not disassemble our Claymore Mines due to its special modification.”
Once this revelation was told on the spot, the bystanders that heard Mary were in disbelief.
Their confusion was soon filled with rage as they glared at Douglas with a predator’s gaze, almost as if they wanted to devour Douglas whole.
“So this explosion and disaster was because of Heaven’s Mecha’s greed?”
“And despite the warning, this Douglas still decided to disassemble their competitor Claymore Mines and are now trying to shift the blame to Optic Mech!
“Just how shameless could Heaven’s Mecha be? I always thought they were righteous and honorable company!”
“W-Wait, this is all a misunderstanding.” Douglas quickly tried to defend himself and Heaven’s Mecha.
Alas, the damages have been done already, and these bystanders weren’t that foolish either.
Once they managed to connect the dots that Mary subtly dropped, they could now understand how the explosion came to be and why they were in such a situation.
Meanwhile, Shi Tian casually walked toward the bystanders and asked for their Cellos Devices.
“Here, let me send you this recording so you can tell other people about this. This is our safe hold, but because of someone’s greed, our lives might be in danger.” Shi Tian said, sending the recording of Douglas’s accusation and practically self-confession of their crime.
The bystanders had already held some respect and fear for Shi Tian, so they naturally comply with his command. Especially when they knew who was in the wrong and who was in the right.
“Rest assured, Sir Gavin, I’ll make sure to spread the news and tell everyone why we are facing such a crisis.” One of the bystanders that received the recording said solemnly.
“I’m sure you will know what’s the right thing to do,” Shi Tian smiled briefly, nodding his head. He then proceeded to go through each of the bystanders here and send them the recording, allowing it to spread far and wide.
As for Douglas, he could only watch in place. With his current pathetic state and his employees being minimal due to the rest trying to clear the fire, there was nothing else he could do. ｏｖ𝚕．ｃｏ𝚖
He can’t even attempt to silence the bystanders, since they aren’t some nobodies either without power.
Every person that could make it this far here are people that have been through life and death situations. Threats or whatnot are the least of their worries, especially when they heard of such wicked acts that affected a ton of people here.
So what if you are backed by some powerful influence?
So what if you own a reserved area in the safe hold?
Could you just outright commit all kinds of shit without any consequences?
Even if you wanted to kill others, there must at least be some reasons, or that the others aren’t worth saving, but this was talking about the hundreds of lives that risked themselves in the wilderness.
Not to mention, it was clear as day to everyone that Optic Mech is essentially at war with Heaven’s Mecha. And with Optic Mech’s current rise in reputation, the people that are still somewhat afraid of the retaliation of Heaven’s Mecha had no worries.
After all, Optic Mech was clearly the vanguard, so what do they have to fear?
As the bystanders left the scene, not even bothering to assist Heaven’s Mecha anymore, Mary shook her head and clicked her tongue.
“What a shame, Douglas. Your brain is usually quite fast, but to think that you could make such a blunder.” Mary taunted. She even wanted to thank him for being so cooperative in pushing himself toward doom.
“You aren’t just a mere receptionist, right?” Douglas clenched his fist and asked.
Mary nodded her head.
“Of course, I’m not just a mere receptionist, Douglas. I’m the assistant of Sir Gavin,” She then said, bowing her head slightly when Shi Tian came back after sharing the recording.
“Nice to meet you, Douglas. My name’s Gavin, and this is just a small greeting. I hope you enjoy this small greeting of mine.” Shi Tian made sure to keep his act as the decoy and smiled deviously.
“Gavin, right… I’ll make sure to engrave this name deeply into my heart.” Douglas took a deep breath and nodded.
Without bothering to say anything else, he turned around and left.
He was at a disadvantage here, and staying any longer would just inflate Optic Mech’s ego. His other employees also quickly followed Douglas, afraid of being implicated.