Reboot: Mechanic

Chapter 44: Natural Affinity

At first, Shi Tian was truly uninterested in being under the tutelage of Isaac Aaronax because he still had many things to do. He could not allow himself to be shackled or restrained in one area for too long.

However, the temptation of being able to use such an amazing facility to train, and the promise of learning mechanical skills were too much to resist.

He had personally witnessed the power of mechanics, with his mechanical right arm serving as concrete proof of its sheer astounding ability.

Thus, Shi Tian ultimately chose to be under the tutelage of Isaac Aaronax since he couldn’t feel any insidious thoughts coming from him. Not to mention, having a backer isn’t that bad in a place he was unfamiliar with.

“Alright, let’s begin with getting you familiarized with the new mechanical right arm first before we get into combat.” Isaac Aaronax said and proceeded to walk toward the control room.

Within the control room, Isaac Aaronax pressed multiple buttons and the structure of the interior began to change. Air pressure began to bump inside the center, creating a somewhat projection force field.

“The mechanical right arm that I’ve amplified should allow you to nullify the air pressure within that center mass. Though it would still take you time to get used to the feelings.” He then explained.

Shi Tian nodded his head, clenching his right hand, forming a fist with those metallic materials colliding with each other.

“Link your mind with the monster core. To do so, simply close your eyes and imagine those sharp needles that pierce your flesh earlier to send the signal down.” Isaac Aaronax instructed, giving complete step-by-step guidance for Shi Tian to learn how to incorporate with the mechanical right arm.

Following the instructions, Shi Tian closed his eyes and attempted to sense the signal that Isaac Aaronax mentioned.

With his vision darkened completely, Shi Tian was hoping to search for the supposed signal that was connected to his mind but was starting to struggle. He furrowed his brows and tried to clench his mechanical fist harder but to no avail.

“Sorry, Master Isaac, but I didn’t feel the signal at all.” Shi Tian opened his eyes and said in a dispirited tone.

Meanwhile, Isaac Aaronax had an aghast look on his face, almost as if he had just witnessed a ghost.

“Master Isaac?” Shi Tian’s brows were raised, seemingly in a confusion of his expression. 𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗹．𝐨𝗿𝗴

Was he that terrible- to the point that Isaac Aaronax had gone into shock?

“Um, Master Isaac?” Shi Tian asked once again when he saw zero response from him.

“Cough, what an unbelievable thing.” Isaac Aaronax snapped out of his daze and said, seemingly giving Shi Tian a curious look.

Just when Shi Tian thought Isaac Aaronax was amazed by his ridiculous failure, his next words completely astonished him.

“You were able to synergize with the mechanical right arm without actually doing any mental senses.”

“Huh? What do you mean by that?” Shi Tian was thoroughly confused, clearly unable to comprehend the meaning of Isaac Aaronax.

Isaac Aaronax sighed softly when his words couldn’t get through to him.

Instead, he decided to open another large monitor screen and replayed the exact scene of what Shi Tian had done.

“Watch carefully and you’ll understand,” Isaac Aaronax instructed.

Dumbfounded, Shi Tian lifted his head up a little to watch the large monitor displaying the previous moment. And sure enough, the scene captured the exact moment when he had just closed his eyes to ready up the mental senses, the mechanical right arm’s power had already booted up.

The faint blue light glowing of his mechanical right arm was concrete proof that it was already booted up without needing to be signaled for.

“H-How did this happen?” Shi Tian murmured in shock. In fact, he was even more astonished than Isaac Aaronax despite having done this himself.

Meanwhile, Isaac Aaronax carefully inspected his reaction and realized Shi Tian truly had no idea of what he had achieved.

‘Is he a natural talent that has a close affinity with mechanics?’ Isaac Aaronax wondered silently.

Even he couldn’t put head or tail at this phenomenon since people who could achieve such a feat had to be in contact with mechanical parts for a long time. Not to mention, they have to be specifically trained in a unique method to utilize any of the gear parts to achieve great synergization.

“I’ll be damned if this guy is a crook.” Isaac Aaronax muttered softly, feeling that Shi Tian was definitely not someone that had been trained previously. Otherwise, his acting skills are simply through the roof to be able to deceive him and his keen eyesight.

“This is a good thing, right Master Isaac?” Shi Tian subsequently asked, seemingly uncertain of the expression he was making.

This was technically his first contact with advanced mechanical gear since the Great Disaster 1.0, so it wouldn’t be wrong to say he was absolutely ignorant of everything. Yolanda wasn’t a mechanic herself either, so the Cellos device on her didn’t contain much information regarding this aspect. Her Cellos contained more of the gun aspect part and bullet types.

“Of course, this is a good thing. Having a natural affinity with it is even more ideal in this upcoming training.” Isaac Aaronax excitedly said and proceeded to explain some of the benefits that come along with such talent.

“Having a natural affinity means you have great potential in becoming a mechanic yourself without needing to exert much effort to be precise. It’s almost as if you have become the cheat itself compared to other struggling people.”

“I see… then this is indeed a blessing.” Shi Tian clasped his hand and smiled briefly. Although still confused as to the actual reason, does it really matter to him?

The only thing he needed to know right now was that he is going to have an easy path or life toward the mechanic route.

“Nathan, go to the B-3 room first and have a gallery walk first. I’m going to have to modify the training that I have originally prepared now that I have discovered your talent.” Isaac Aaronax instructed, storming out of the control room.