Reboot: Mechanic

346  Negative 98

Shi Tian might not understand the reputation list thoroughly, but he was quite positive that the highest number one could get was 100, meaning the lowest number should be negative 100.

Of course, all of those are just his conjectures and have not been proven, but it should be common sense that one would use such measurement. Nevertheless, even if that was not the case, it was evident that Felix was immensely hostile to him for having a value of negative 98.

And there was only one person that Shi Tian could think of to be the culprit– the leader of the elite soldiers that he had ambushed. "Mary, do you mind opening the recording number 3 and identifying the soldiers?" As he was focused on soldering some of the resistors into the electric circuit board, Shi Tian asked Mary to check something for him.

Since he had the recordings, then he might as well ask Mary to verify the information for him.

And if the result was null in the end, then he would still continue to finish up the crafting.

After all, it would not only increase the amount of tools he could use in battle but also increase his familiarity with crafting. It was two birds with one stone, and there was zero harm in doing it aside from sacrificing a little bit of rest.

There is always enough time to rest, but if the situation and circumstances don't allow it, then so be it. He could rest later on, given one careless mistake might make him rest eternally. Meanwhile, Mary could only sigh softly as she started checking up on the recording number. She felt as if she had suddenly become Shi Tian's subordinate when it should have been the other way around. 'I'm his mentor, but why did it feel like I'm the mentee now?' Mary pondered silently. She didn't know whether or not it was a blessing that she really didn't care much about who was in charge. Otherwise, she might truly throw a fit like the spoiled Vanessa here. "You mean this recording of you ambushing the soldiers with some smoke grenade and stun grenade?" Mary asked to confirm whether or not it was the correct recording.

"Yes, can you identify the leader specifically? He's the one hiding in the center like a coward." Shi Tian responded. After hearing that, Mary started to type numerous things on the keyboard as a bunch of coding appeared, pinpointing the leader's position specifically. Vanessa, who was watching Mary from the side, felt her head getting dizzy from the speed of her typing. "Ugh, this is why I hate technology." Vanessa had to close her eyes repeatedly from being dizzy. "No one told you to look." Mary rolled her eyes in response when Vanessa was back to her usual self. It was a stark contrast to her earlier imposing and domineering behavior when she confronted Olivia Harrett. Though, Mary was somewhat glad to see Vanessa revert back to someone casual and voice her honest opinion from time to time. If she were to act like the spoiled Olivia Harrett, then Mary was afraid that she would have killed Vanessa over and over again.

A spoiled brat like Olivia Harrett was not only likable, but they were extremely disgusting. They were even worse than the current air pollution. "Nathan, your recording sucks." Watching the recording and trying to alter the scene, Mary had no choice but to admit Shi Tian sucked at recording. "Everything's blurry and it's not even 1080p. No, the quality is even worse than a 144p video." Mary was utterly astonished by just how terribly the video Shi Tian had produced despite the advanced technology they have currently. "It's not my fault, okay." Shi Tian attempted to defend himself. "I only remembered to record the scene once I finished laying out all the traps to ambush them. Not to mention, I had to be discreet so I can't even split a second of my attention to ensure the quality is good." "Stop giving excuses when you suck at videography." Mary hissed coldly.

"Yeah, stop trying to give excuses." Vanessa quickly chimed in, not giving up an opportunity to shame Shi Tian.

Shi Tian merely kept quiet after seeing these two women enjoying themselves and complaining about his videography. As the saying goes, a good gentleman does not argue or fight with the ladies. Therefore, he shall just let them judge him all they want. So long as he knew it was unavoidable, that was enough. "The quality is too terrible." Mary shook her head and responded. "Then is it not possible to figure out the leader's identity?" Shi Tian asked, a tinge of disappointment could be heard in his tone.

"No, I'll just have to use digital image processing by taking a snippet of the paused video." Mary corrected and proceeded to explain the procedure. "The digital image processing can help me modify the terrible quality and give somewhat of a good image of the leader's face. Then I can use another software to do a compatibility check to see whose face matches it." As Mary finished her explanation, Vanessa looked at Mary with wariness. "You are quite the mysterious person, Mary," Vanessa said in a solemn tone, her expression being void of her playfulness. "Mysterious or not, it's still not on par with you, Vanessa." Mary shrugged and said. Only Vanessa understood the implication of her words and not Shi Tian, mainly because he wasn't that knowledgeable. However, Vanessa was someone with such a high status, so naturally, she understood the implication of Mary's method. Mary was essentially saying that she could access a database that recorded all of the citizens' facial recognition in Gearits City to find a match for the person. And naturally, such a database was considered highly confidential information, because it was a dangerous weapon when it got into the wrong hands.

Vanessa herself had such a database in their Chronosworth City as well, but only she and her father could access them. As for the rest that wished to access the database, they needed special permission from her father to do so.