The Bodyguard System

Chapter 280: System Update

The moment that Jaden got back to his room, he immediately looked at the prompt that had appeared in front of him.

[After the lesson, the host should have gotten an understanding of his responsibility as a bodyguard. And for that reason, the system hopes that the host will learn more about the duties of a bodyguard, and try as much as possible to become a professional bodyguard.]

[The system's aim is to help the host in his professional path. And since the host's professional path is being a bodyguard, the system will do all that is possible in order to help the host become the best bodyguard in the world.]

[Being a bodyguard does not simply depend on the host's capability when it comes to fighting, but it also depends on the brains. Other than that, there are other factors that are to be considered, such as the influence that the host possess, and much more.]

[In a situation that the host is facing a person that they cannot beat, not because they are not strong enough, but because of the power that the other party holds, the host will be required to use other means in order to protect the client.]

[It is the responsibility of the host to ensure the safety of the client. For that reason, the host might be required to use other methods than simply using brute strength in order to solve different situations.]

[The system has already given such an example to the host by providing several missions that do not require the client to be in danger to be saved, or does not even require the host to use his strength in order to combat the enemy.]

[All the same, the host has to ensure that the client is not harmed physically or mentally while under his protection.]

[After this, the system is going to undergo an update. With that, several changes will happen, including the possibility of the host changing clients. Of course, several conditions must be fulfilled if the host wills to change the client that he is currently protecting.]

[The system will be offline for the next 3 months. Within those 3 months, the host is expected to use the abilities that he currently possesses, in order to be able to learn more knowledge, gain more skills, and increase his influence, before the next time that the system comes online.]

[But before the system goes offline, the host is going to be given an AI that is quite advanced. As for how the host is going to use the AI, it is all up to him.]

[Nonetheless, the host is advised to focus on the security company that he owns, considering that the next feature that comes after the update of the system is related to that.]

[The countdown begins now. Updating time remaining: 91 days: 23 hours: 59 minutes: 46 seconds.]

Jaden was stunned upon hearing that. A system update? That was something that he had not known about before. Maybe he forgot?

Nonetheless, the news coming from the system were all good, but at the same time, they presented a challenge to Jaden. Without the system for 3 months, that implied that he would have to depend on himself, and would not receive any mission during those days.

Jaden felt that his growth was going to be stunted, but there was nothing that he could do about it anyway. After all, the system had already began the update, making it impossible for him to be able to change it.

'System, may I know where the AI is?' Jaden asked, while looking around. The system had told him that he was going to receive an AI, but he had not received anything. And, after thinking about receiving the AI, nothing like a flash of light had occurred at all.

But Jaden's question was met with silence. Other than the screen that was continuously blinking in front of him, while the countdown of 92 days continued, there was no response from the system.

Jaden could not help but frown. What the heck was this? How was he supposed to get the AI now with the system going offline like that? It was clear that if he was not going to receive the AI at this moment, that implied that he would have to wait until the system completed its update.

Nonetheless, Jaden had no choice. He could only shake his head at that. In any case, in the current position that he was in, it was not impossible for him to be able to gain more knowledge and skills.

After all, with the mastery ability that he had received during the previous mission, he would be able to learn more things. Additionally, he was obviously going to focus on trying to get more knowledge about being a professional bodyguard.

Of course, the thing that he was happy about from all of this was the fact that he was going to be able to change the client. At least, it seemed that the system might have expected that he might end up losing his job as a bodyguard at this moment, so, it provided another option for him.

Even though he did not know the conditions of changing clients in the future, but at least, there was a possibility of him doing that. In any case, as long as he had a huge quarrel with his client, of course, with his client being unreasonable, Jaden would simply look for another client instead.

In any case, where would one be able to find a bodyguard that had a net worth of over $1 billion? In any case, most of the people that possessed such wealth would definitely not work as bodyguards.

Leaving all that aside, Jaden focused on yet another thing that the system had mentioned. That was the fact that he had to focus on the security company that he had gotten, after using the chance of possessing 51% shares of the company, before purchasing the remainder 49% by himself.

It seemed that there was something that the system was planning after the update was completed. So, despite having so many questions about what it was, Jaden decided that he would invest in this company, making it formidable power within this city, and if possible, it might end up spreading in the entire province in the near future.

The only problem here was the fact that Jaden did not possess much knowledge about managing a company. So, he would have to gain more knowledge using the mastery ability.

But as of now, the only thing that he could do was to provide financial support to the company. Previously, he had already invested over 400 million dollars, something that had already began showing results.

Matthew had somehow managed to secure several security companies within the city, making them join the main company. With that, the company was already on the way to monopolizing the security market in the city.

But of course, it was not going to be that easy for them to be able to monopolize the market. Even though the other companies that they were competing against were not as big as themselves, nonetheless, they possessed quite some power, especially considering that they had somehow decided to collaborate with each other in order to resist Nightstar Security company.

'I will think of that after I gain more knowledge about management and so on. But for now, I will focus on other things.' Jaden thought of he looked at the door.

At this point, someone suddenly knocked on the door. Jaden had already expected that, considering that he had heard the food steps while they were quite a distance away.

Immediately after the knock, Scarlet came in. She looked at Jaden, and said, "My mother wants to talk to you. My father has yet to come back, but it seems that it is something serious, considering how serious my mother was when she asked me to call you."

Jaden was not surprised at all. He had already anticipated something like this. So, he simply nodded, and followed Scarlet out of the room.

"Anyway, do you perhaps know what my mother is calling you for? This is the first time that I have ever seen that expression on her face, especially when it is a matter concerning you." Scarlet voiced out her confusion.

"I might be getting sacked here." Jaden responded jokingly.

"Ah? You're joking, right?" Scarlet was surprised, and she looked at Jaden, with widened eyes.

"I'm not kidding. There is a great possibility that I will be losing my job this time. In any case, I made a mistake during work, and I must pay for that." Jaden responded, this time, with a serious expression on his face.

"What mistake are you talking about? It doesn't matter, I'm not going to allow this. I'm going to talk to my mother about it. If you lose the job, then who is going to take it? I don't believe that there is anybody that can be as good as you at your job. At least, there is nobody that can do this job better than you do." Scarlet shook her head in denial as she said those words.

"You are wrong. Actually, I'm not that professional when it comes to being a bodyguard. I really need to learn more." Jaden said honestly.

Scarlet was obviously left even more confused. For her, she did not understand that much about being a bodyguard. To her, a bodyguard was just a person that was capable of maintaining the security of the person that they were supposed to protect.

To her, Jaden was definitely suitable for that role. She had already been saved by Jaden multiple times, and a good example of that was today after she had been kidnapped. Of course, she forgot about the fact that she was under Jaden's protection when she was kidnapped, which was a blunder from his side.

The two of them remained silent for the remainder of the trip, before Jaden and Scarlet entered into the living room of the mansion, where Lynette was waiting.

"Scarlet, you can go and do your thing. I need to talk with Jaden privately." Lynette said as she looked at Scarlet, leaving her even more confused.