The Bodyguard System

Chapter 122: Giving Up

Jaden was just about to go ahead and beat up the guy, so that he could get the information that he wanted, when he suddenly heard the sound of a police siren. Additionally, the siren came from not far away. So, he immediately looked towards the direction of the sound.

It was only at this moment that Jaden realized that perhaps this car had been here for quite a while. From the looks of it, even the crowd had already noticed it. It seemed that when the car came over, the siren was off. And so, Jaden did not even notice the car approaching.

Nobody could blame him considering that he could not pay attention to every vehicle that passed by. They were close to the road, and so, many vehicles would always get past this place.

And during the time that he was dealing with the gangsters, he made sure to pay full attention to them, not focusing on any other thing. And so, he had failed to notice when the police car came over.

At this moment, two familiar police officers stepped out of the car. Then, they began walking towards Jaden's direction, while looking at him as if they were looking at an alien.

They had arrived here about 5 minutes ago. Initially, they had not been called by anybody to come over because of a fight that was happening here. Instead, they had just been passing by, when suddenly, they realized that this area was once again crowded.

When they approached, they realized the reason why. It seemed that there was a fight that was going on here. Initially, they had intended to take action and prevent the fight from going on. But the moment that they saw what was happening at the fighting scene, they could not help but pause their movements.

A crowd of over 40 people was fighting against two people. And those two people were currently dominating the others, considering that many had already fallen onto the ground, and were screaming in pain, while others had already passed out.

So, the two of them did not even manage to react, to be able to take action, due to the shock that they experienced when they saw how Jaden and Scarlet dealt with the group of gangsters.

They had already met with Jaden and Scarlet before, and according to them, they were the ones that had been provoked first. And now, looking at this large number of gangsters, holding different types of weapons, it was clear that they were here, perhaps to take revenge for the other group that had been taken care of.

Of course, they now believe that Jaden had actually managed to take care of the 20 people or so from before. Otherwise, it was impossible to explain his capability right now, while dealing with this large group of people.

By the time that the two of them reacted, Jaden had already taken action, inquiring for information from the other party. And just as he was about to start beating up this guy, the two finally reacted, and the driver, who was none other than Christopher, momentarily switched on the siren.

The two looked at Jaden for a moment, not knowing what to say. Then finally, Christopher spoke up.

"You don't have to explain anything. We already know which gang this group of people belongs to. So, we are not going to make things difficult for you, other than having you record a statement of what happened here." Christopher stated.

Even though he was trying to act as composed as possible, it was impossible to hide how surprised he was. Additionally, currently, his hand was closer to his waist, indicating that in case Jaden did anything suspicious, Christopher would definitely pull out his gun.

Jaden did not respond, but instead, he looked at Scarlet. As for Scarlet, she had not intended to take action at all, waiting for Jaden to interrogate the other party.

But now that the police had come over, it seemed that this matter was going to escalate. She hoped that these officers would handle things the way that they did last time, but it seemed impossible.

She could not help but get a little anxious. After all, if the two of them went to the police station, it was not impossible for Clifford to receive information about her being at the police station. After all, the connection that the Johnsons possessed within the police station was not to be underestimated.

When she saw Jaden looking at her, she had no choice but to approach the two police officers. Then, she immediately tried to explain what had happened, but Christopher and Angela did not need her to explain anything.

Since they already knew that this group of people was from the tiger gang, there was no need for them to doubt that they were here to cause trouble. So, they asked Scarlet to cooperate with them.

Scarlet tried to persuade them several times, but no matter how much she tried, the two of them did not change their minds at all. So, she had no choice but to accompany the two police officers to the police station together with Jaden.

Of course, Christine also followed them. She was the owner of the company, and the fight had happened just outside her company. Additionally, this group of gangsters had come over to cause trouble for her company, and so, she had to go.

When they got to the police station after about 40 minutes drive, Jaden, Scarlet, and Christine recorded statements of what had happened. Since they were not lying, they did not need to rehearse for them to give the same piece of information. It took them about an hour, before they finally left the police station.

Christine could not help but look at Jaden with shining eyes. Even though she understood that it was going to be near impossible for her to be able to convince Jaden to be her bodyguard, she was not willing to give up just like that.

"Hey Jaden, have you considered working for me, instead of Scarlet? I do promise that the payment will be the same as the one that you receive from her right now." Christine asked as she looked at Jaden, with a hint of hope in her eyes.

Of course, Jaden would have wanted to accept, and he could even ask for an increase in his salary when working for Christine. But the conditions that he was working in within the Johnsons, although dangerous, it was the most suitable for him.

It was not only due to the fact that Scarlet would always get into trouble from time to time, but it was also due to the fact that the system would not allow him to change his client. As for how he knew, it was due to the prompt that appeared immediately after he thought about changing sides.

[The host is not allowed to change the client that he is working for. Nevertheless, there will be opportunities in the future where the host might be allowed to change clients, or might even decide not to work as a bodyguard anymore.]

Well, it seemed that there were a lot of things that he needed to understand about the system. It was just that the system did not seem to be willing to tell him anything about this matter, no matter how much he asked in his mind.

"Do you know how much Jaden receives per month?" Before Jaden could respond, Scarlet asked.

Christine could not help but be curious. "How much is it?" Christine asked as she looked at Scarlet.

"$10,000 a month. And I'm pretty sure that his salary will be increased during next month. Do you think that you can afford that?" Scarlet asked with a cocky expression.

Christine's mouth widened in disbelief upon hearing the figures. $10,000 a month? Wasn't that too much exaggeration for a bodyguard?

Of course, it did not imply that she could not afford $10,000 a month. It was just that it was going to strain her capital a little, considering that her company was currently in the growing phase. So, the capital injection that it required was immense.

But the thing here was, this salary of $10,000 was going to be increased again. She was not sure by how much it was going to be increased, but she believed that it was going to be at least $2,000, right?

Even though Christine was shocked, she was able to think logically. According to the skills that Jaden possessed, it was not impossible for him to be paid such a large amount of money as salary.

Additionally, he was working for the Johnsons. And for that reason, he would definitely collide with the Williams, something that would put his life in danger. She had already got an information about several attempts that had been made on Scarlet, only to end up failing.

Of course, that piece of information was circulating within a very small circle, only to those that knew that Scarlet was a member of the Johnsons family.

At this moment, Christine had no choice but to admit that it was going to be impossible for her to be able to afford the services that Jaden would be able to offer. Not only due to the competition from the Johnsons, but even the price was too high.

In the end, she could only shake her head. There was nothing that she could do about it. Still, she hoped that there would come a time that there would be a chance where she would be able to be able to acquire Jaden's services as a bodyguard.

Scarlet did not need Christine to say anything, as just from the expression, she could see that she had already given up on the idea. So, she immediately turned around, intending to go into the Ferrari f8 spider.

But just after she had taken a few steps, her phone rang. She took it out, and when she saw who the caller was, she could not help but curse in her heart.

"Hello mom?"