The Bodyguard System

"Just find a way of getting at least $500,000. There is no way that Jaden is going to accept to help for such a small amount especially when his life might end when he goes there." Scarlet stated with a resolute expression on her face.

"That much?" Angela asked with a surprised gaze. She had never expected that it was going to be costing so much in order to be able to get Jaden to help her.

Even though Clifford had not said anything until now, he was not having a good expression on his face. He was not impressed by the fact that Jaden was actually attracted by money.

Of course, he was worried about Scarlet's safety. Until today, there was nothing that Jaden had done that had gone against the Johnson family. That was a relief. But still, nobody could predict the future.

If Jaden was really attracted by money, and the Williams family managed to get him, then, things would get difficult for the Johnson family. Clifford currently understood that Jaden possessed incredible skills, and he was not willing to have Jaden as his enemy.

'I guess I will just have to increase his salary once again. $100,000 per month is not that much anyway, as long as he doesn't betray us.' Clifford thought to himself.

According to his observation of Jaden, he was quite loyal. He had already heard of the interactions between Jaden and Kevin, and so, he understood that Jaden had no intention of going to a first tier city.

Even though he did not know the reason why Jaden did not want to go there, he did not care. But at least, since Jaden was still here, it implied that he could be used well. It was a pity that he was not willing to take another task, considering that currently, the battle between the two families had subsided a little.

In short, Scarlet was no longer in much danger as she was at the start when Jaden took over the role of the bodyguard. But still, it was better to keep Jaden around Scarlet, as nobody could predict the future.

"What do you expect? This is someone putting their life in the line. So, you have to pay more in order to convince them to do that. It is not as if that is his role, right?" Scarlet replied as she folded her arms in front of her chest.

'Well, I don't really receive that much in the job that I'm doing, and we have been fighting against the gangsters for quite a while now, and each and every time it is dangerous.' Angela sarcastically thought to herself.

"Okay. I will try as much as possible to gather that amount. But you have to promise me that you will convince him." Angela responded after a while of thought.

"Sure. No problem at all. I will go and talk to him right now. But if it fails, I will definitely inform you, though I doubt it will." Scarlet responded.

Then, she turned around and left. The only people that were remaining within the study were Angela and Clifford. There was a moment of silence, as the two of them fell into a deep thought.

Clifford was thinking of another strategy that he was going to use in order to make sure that Jaden was not poached by the Williams, while Angela was thinking of a way that she was going to be able to get that money.

After she thought for quite a long while, she realized that it was impossible for her to be able to get that money on her own. That implied that there was no other choice than to go back to her family and ask for that money.

….

Jaden was still training with Sylvia, when Scarlet had left. Even though he was curious about why she was called, he was not that much curious to ask.

Sylvia and Scarlet had been improving for quite a while now, and the two of them were at a completely different level as compared to the time that Jaden had first started training them.

It was a pity that they could not continue improving, and learn the intermediate level combat skills. This was due to the limitation of their physical capabilities.

Nonetheless, Jaden was impressed by how the two ladies were quite hard-working. They had some talent in terms of combat, and more than that, the hard work and determination that they put in in order to be able to improve was something to be commended for.

Just as Jaden was instructing Sylvia on where to improve, Scarlet suddenly came in. Instead of going back to training, she instead asked Jaden to come to the side as she wanted to talk to him privately.

Curious, Jaden went over, and the two of them were at a distance away from Sylvia, before Scarlet spoke up.

"Have you met with Angela today?" Scarlet asked.

"Who is Angela?" Jaden asked with a confused expression on his face. He did not remember any person that was called Angela, and both the two of them knew her.

Scarlet slapped her forehead as she said, "It is that police lady that was there during the time that you broke Lucas's leg."

It was only after Scarlet had said that that Jaden finally knew who they were talking about. All this while, he did not really know the name of that female police officer.

"If that is her, then I met her when I was coming back. Is there anything wrong?" Jaden asked. From the fact that Scarlet came to ask him about it, it was clear that she had definitely met with Angela, or perhaps she was being called by Clifford for this issue.

"Well, she came over as she wanted your help." Scarlet stated.

"I do believe that she already told you that I refused, right?" Jaden asked with a raised brow.

"Yeah, she did. Previously, she did not know that you needed compensation. So what about this? She is offering $300,000 for you to take on this task. What do you think?" Scarlet asked.

Jaden looked at Scarlet, a little surprised. But at the same time, he could not help but feel that there was something suspicious about the way that Scarlet was looking at him.

Nonetheless, he thought about it for a while, and shook his head. Even though $300,000 was quite a huge amount of money, to the current Jaden, it was not that much.

"I'm not that interested in the mission. Even $300,000 is not that much for the risk that is involved." Jaden replied.

Scarlet was not expecting that Jaden was going to refuse. For a moment, she did not know what to say. Finally, a few seconds later, she opened her mouth and said, "I will try to convince her so that she can raise the price to $350,000."

Jaden still shook his head. At this point, Scarlet could not help but start panicking a little. Of course, she was planning to get something out of this deal. That was the reason why she started by offering $300,000, instead of the $500,000 that she had asked Angela to bring over.

The plan that she was having in her mind was to simply recover the money that she had lost to Jaden, and earn something on top of that. Simply put, she wanted to get the money without doing anything.

"Can you… Can you do this for me then? I know that I'm asking you to put your life in danger, but please, this is a favor that I am asking from you." Scarlet asked with a pleading gaze.

Jaden was surprised by the fact that Scarlet was willing to go through this extent in order to be able to convince him to take the mission. He could not help but wonder what kind of relationship existed between Scarlet and Angela.

Or could it be that Scarlet was being offered a benefit in order to convince him to take the mission? There was a possibility for that, considering that Jaden had felt that there was something off with Scarlet convincing him to take the mission.

Jaden was obviously not convinced. He was not willing to take the mission, even though the amount of money was quite good. But just as he was about to refuse, a prompt suddenly appeared.

[Optional mission generated: Complete the client's request. The reward will be calculated according to the completion of the mission.]

It had been quite a long time ever since Jaden had received a prompt from the system regarding a mission. And now, he was obviously excited to receive a mission.

Receiving a mission implied that there was going to be a reward after the mission was completed. And to the current Jaden, he did not think that the mission that was being given to him at this moment was that difficult.

Of course, not being difficult did not imply that it did not have any risk. There was a great risk in this mission, considering that there would be the usage of guns.

Nonetheless, Jaden believed that with his current ability after taking the physique enhancing pill, it should not be impossible for him to be able to take care of that group of gangsters, as long as he got enough information about them.

But of course, it was going to be risky, and he would have to be careful when handling that group of gangsters. But, ever since he took the job as a bodyguard, he was bound to face several dangers, in order to be able to complete the missions that were being given to him by the system.

"Okay. But you will have to increase the money again. $400,000, nothing less than that." Jaden responded, while suppressing the excitement that he was feeling in his heart.