The Bodyguard System

Chapter 142: Victory, Schemes

Bang!

An attack suddenly landed, making the crowd that was watching suddenly fall into silence. Then in the next moment, they erupted with cheers and exclamations.

Inside the ring, Alfie suddenly collapsed onto the ground. He could no longer hold on, after the attack on his chest. He had been holding on using his sheer willpower, but he could not do it anymore.

His willpower was strong without a doubt. But his body could not handle the pressure anymore, and collapsed. So, the moment that the attack landed on him, he collapsed onto the ground, passing out.

Alfie's defeat immediately sent a wave of different emotions to the observing crowd. While the majority were excited, considering that they mostly supported Scarlet, a few of them were disappointed, when even fewer of them did not have much a reaction about the result of the fight.

The ones that were most affected were non other than the groups that belonged to scarlet and Alfie. While Lucas and his group celebrated Scarlet's victory, Harry and his group were completely ashen.

That was especially for Harry, whose eyes had already become bloodshot. He could not believe that the chance for him to become the president of the fighting club had gone just like that.

Of course, it was not impossible for him to be able to become the president in the coming years, especially if Scarlet left the school. But the problem here was that, they were in the same year. So, if Scarlet graduated, then he would have to graduate at the same time, and they would leave together.

During the previous year, none of the two of them got a chance of being the president of the fighting club, considering that there was somebody that was stronger than them.

It was just that they were quite lucky that the current fourth and third years were not that good when it came to fighting as compared to the two of them. So, there was a chance for the two of them to become the president of the fighting club.

Currently, Harry was the vice president of the fighting club, while Scarlet was the president. She had gotten this position using her own strength, as she had defeated him in the competition.

Of course, it was impossible for Harry to guarantee that during the next academic year, a first year that was stronger than him would not come to the school. Additionally, he could not rule out the possibility of a person stronger than him and Scarlet transferring into the school from another campus.

All in all, it implied that the chances of him being the president of the fighting club were nearly zero.

Harry was not competing for the position for nothing. It was not just about the reputation, but instead, it also revolved around his future dream.

With the support of the position of being the president of the fighting club while in campus, he believed that he would be able to easily pursue his dream after graduating. He was dreaming of becoming the best fighter, and joining the best fighting club with the best fighters in the world.

But of course, other than strength, which he obviously did not possess enough, he would have to require something to support him, like in his resume, being recorded that he was the president of the fighting club.

Thinking about the chance that he had lost, he looked at Scarlet with killing intent in his eyes. But when he thought about the background that she possessed, he decided against doing anything against her.

Instead, he shifted his gaze and looked at Alfie. It was Alfie who had lost, leading to him losing the chance. They had already come to an agreement, that Alfie was supposed to win. But now, Alfie had lost. Since he had lost, he would definitely have to pay for the damage that he had caused by losing.

Without caring about Lucas who was looking at him with a provocative gaze, he turned around and decided to leave. His group immediately followed him, completely ignoring Alfie who was still lying unconscious inside the ring.

Seeing his actions, the crowd could not help but boo at him. But of course, they were doing it while hiding. None of them wanted to experience Harry's wrath. Even though he had lost, that did not imply that he did not possess the skills when it came to fighting. Additionally, his family background was quite good as well, so, they were afraid of being targeted.

Harry could of course easily hear the boos from the crowd. But he did not react at all. Instead, he was simply thinking about what he was going to do next, to deal with Alfie.

Inside the ring, Scarlet was obviously excited after winning. She had not expected that she was going to win just like that. Even though she had known that she had improved, the fight between her and Alfie was intense.

And if she did not know the weaknesses that this guy possessed, and had already been training on how to deal with them, she believed that she would have already been dealt with long ago.

With an excited expression, she could not help but look at Jaden. She could not help but pout her lips when she realized that Jaden did not seem to have any change of expression after she had won.

But when she thought much about it, with the skills that he possessed, it was definitely nothing much when it came to deal with somebody like Alfie. So, it was no wonder that he was not that impressed by the fight between them.

Despite convincing herself with the reason, she could not help but be disappointed that Jaden was not happy that she had won. It was just that she was not going to say that out loud. She was proud after all…

Scarlet pouting immediately made the hearts of many of the boys watching her beat rapidly. This was the first time that they were seeing her make a cute expression.

That was especially so for Lucas. At first, he was excited, thinking that perhaps it was going to be a little easier for him to be able to conquer Scarlet, as long as she showed her girl side. But his expression changed completely when he noticed the direction that Scarlet was pouting towards.

Killing intent filled his heart as he looked towards Jaden. At this moment, he decided that no matter what, he had to eliminate Jaden. He could not allow him to continue staying close to Scarlet.

He was not sure about the methods that this guy had used in order to be able to convince Scarlet, so that she was no longer actively looking for a way to chase him away.

Additionally, she was making such a cute expression towards him. Could it be that this guy had already began convincing her? If that was the case, he had to take action as soon as possible. He could not risk having Jaden winning Scarlet over.

Even though he was not that worried about Jaden winning over Scarlet, considering that he believed that the Johnsons would not agree to the relationship between the two of them due to the difference in social status, still, he was not going to be happy if the girl that he loved, loved another person.

So, he made a mental note that after he got out of school today, he would make sure that he found a way of dealing with Jaden. It was already in his mind, but the only part that was remaining was the implementation.

Scarlet on the other hand did not know about the scheme that was going on inside Lucas's mind. Instead, she looked at Alfie, before looking at Harry and his group who had already reached the exit of the gym.

She raised her brows a little, as she wondered what was going on. Wasn't Harry and his group supposed to take Alfie away? They had to attend to him, as he was fighting for them. But now, they had just ignored him like that.

She did not say anything, and instead, left the ring. She approached Jaden and asked, "What do you think about my improvement this time?"

"It is okay. But you can do better if you focus on what you are supposed to. You are not supposed to be carried away when you are fighting." Jaden responded simply.

Scarlet pursed her lips as she asked with sadness in her voice, "Don't you know how to compliment a person first? I have won, you are supposed to congratulate me first before lecturing me."

Jaden simply shrugged his shoulder at that. What was he supposed to say? It was good enough that he had told her that she had done okay. In any case, she still needed to practice more.

She had only been able to deal with Alfie because she understood a method of dealing with him. But if she faced another opponent, with the same combat strength as Alfie, she would definitely lose. So, it was better to make sure that her ego did not rise too much.

Looking at Jaden, Scarlet could not help but want to beat this guy up. But when she thought about not being able to land a punch on him, and what would happen if she attacked but not landing an attack, she immediately refrained.

"Let's get going then. I want to do something else." Scarlet stated, before she turned around and began leaving.

But she had just moved a few steps when she looked at one of the people in her group and said "Take that guy to the school infirmary. If he ends up dying here, I will be the one that will be blamed."

Then, she left with a few of the members of the group following, while others remaining behind to take Alfie to the infirmary. Scarlet and Jaden did not know that Lucas also remained behind, but he was looking at their departing backs with a venomous gaze.

'It has to be done today.' Lucas thought to himself, before he followed them. He had to keep an eye on Jaden!

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