Protective Shield

As Vanessa expected some praise or applause for her action, she was disappointed to see little to no reaction from them.

"Oh come on, aren't you going to say something about me planning ahead?" Vanessa crossed her arms and asked in disbelief. 

"Um, not sure how to word it, but we know about it, Vanessa." Shi Tian informed her, as well as the reason for their lack of reaction.

They had long known about Vanessa calling for her backup and had them on standby. Therefore, they weren't surprised by the announcement that didn't seem like one since it wasn't much of a secret.

"B-But how did you know?" Vanessa was stunned. 

She had purposely concealed the matter and chose to reveal it now because she didn't want to feel left out or look useless when the two of them had something cooked up for this situation. 

Shi Tian had his new traps modified and crafted, and Mary got some reinforcement, so she decided to reveal that she got reinforcement too.