The Bodyguard System

Jaden, Scarlet and Sylvia were out moving around inside a mall. It was the People's Choice Mall. This was the most popular mall present in the entire city.

So, even though the three of them did not have anything in particular that they wanted to purchase inside the mall, they just came over to pass time. Of course, this was not Jaden's idea.

He simply came because Scarlet did. Otherwise, he would have not wasted his time coming here, and would have decided to use that time in order to learn more skills using the mastery ability.

Nonetheless, there was another thing that he was concerned about. That was the fact that it had been quite a while since he received a mission last. So, Jaden hoped that he was going to receive another mission from the system, so that he could receive a reward.

Of course, the thing that he was looking forward to the most was receiving another ability from the system. If something like that happened, and it turned out that the ability that he received was way overpowered, even more than the one that he currently had, he would definitely be more than happy about it.

It was just that the distribution of the rewards from the system mainly depended on the dangers that were involved in the mission, and the completion of the mission.

Additionally, even though the reward might be better considering how well he had completed the mission, or how dangerous the mission was, nonetheless, it was random generation from the system when it came to the reward distribution.

So, it was impossible for Jaden to be able to determine what kind of missions would enable him to get what kind of rewards. Still, he hoped for the best.

As bad as it was for a bodyguard to hope that their client would be in trouble, Jaden still hoped for that to happen. After all, if that did not happen, and Scarlet did not make any request that was going to be converted into an optional mission, then Jaden would feel that the system that he was having was completely useless.

In such a situation, it would be better if he could be able to change a client, finding a client that was more prone to dangers. But, it was impossible considering that this feature was not activated as of yet.

As for when it was going to be activated, Jaden could not tell. Still, he hoped that it was going to be soon. After all, he felt that he was wasting more time by staying with the Johnson family.

The biggest enemy that they were facing was the Williams family. Even though they fight between the two families had not ended completely, it was definitely not to the extent that they would take action against Scarlet at this moment.

In any case, even if they attack any other member of the Johnson family, Jaden would not care that much. After all, they were not what he was concerned with, as they were not linked to the system.

Nonetheless, there was one thing that Jaden found a little suspicious about the Johnson family. The head of the Johnson family was Clifford. There was nobody else that held a higher position other than him in the family.

Completely different from the Williams family, where the previous head of the family was known, for the Johnson family, the only head of the family that was known to the public was none other than Clifford.

In simple terms, this was just a single family, without the extended family members. The only member of the family, from the extended branch that Jaden knew, was none other than Sylvia. She was Scarlet's cousin.

As for her parents and the others, although he had seen them before during Lynette's birthday, he had not interacted with them. Additionally, after the birthday celebration, they disappeared, and Jaden had never heard of them before.

So, Jaden was always curious about the origin of the Johnson family. After all, it was not possible for Clifford to be able to build the Johnson family from scratch, to the level that it currently was in, with the Williams family being present in the city.

All that aside, in the mall, Jaden accompanied Scarlet and Sylvia. They moved from floor to floor, not even bothering to use the elevator.

Jaden was getting a little frustrated, considering that the two ladies were buying nothing at all. They just kept on asking for the prices of items, claiming that they were good, before going to the next one.

On a single floor, they would visit almost all the stores that were present, yet they were buying nothing! Even Jaden felt some second hand embarrassment from the window shopping, just from the gaze that they were receiving from the salespersons of those stores.

"Hey Jaden, can you consider it again? I want to know how to play a piano. I know you were pretending that you did not know how to play, but you are definitely an expert in playing a piano." Scarlet suddenly stopped as she turned around to face Jaden, while asking.

Jaden felt a headache upon hearing the question from Scarlet. Scarlet had previously told him that he was interested in learning how to play a piano.

Jaden as usual did not have much of a problem teaching her. So, he accepted, and tried to teach her the basics of playing a piano. But in the end, she was a terrible learner when it came to learning how to play a piano.

She might be a genius when it came to learning the fighting moves, but something like playing a piano, that was definitely not meant for her.

Jaden would literally correct her, showing her how to play the piano the right way. But, about 5 seconds later, she would just go back to the same old way that she had been using at the very start, randomly pressing keys on the piano.

One could say that it was extremely chaotic whenever Scarlet tried to play a piano. She randomly pressed the keys, and she was quite happy as long as she heard the musical sound coming from the piano whenever she pressed a key.

It was just that the music that she was playing was unknown. Jaden even doubted that there would be anyone in the world that could understand what kind of music she was playing, or try to categorize it.

"You are not suited for playing a piano. You should try another hobby, maybe you can find something that suits you the best." Jaden responded.

"But I'm really interested in playing a piano. I see that it is fun to play a piano. I want to play the piano in my free time, after I'm tired from the gym." Scarlet asked. She was not willing to give up.

Jaden could only shake his head. What could he do? He had already tried to convince her that she was not suited for that, but she was not listening. And, it was impossible for him to teach her.

So, he decided to let her continue talking, but he was definitely not going to agree to doing that. It was hell to teach her.

Scarlet could not help but feel disgruntled the moment that she realized that Jaden was not paying attention to what she was saying at all. She wanted to complain, but there was nothing that she could do. After all, it was Jaden's decision not to teach her.

It was just that she could not understand the reason why he did not want to teach her. She could not see anything that she had done wrong. She was simply doing the same thing as others did, pressing the keys on the piano.

But every time that she felt that she had improved, Jaden would always tell her that she was terrible. And, it was not just Jaden, but even Sylvia kept on laughing at her, claiming that she was definitely the worst pianist that she had ever listen to.

To respond to Sylvia, the only thing that Scarlet could do was glare. She could not beat Sylvia as of yet. So, she could only feel frustrated in her heart, but have nowhere to vent.

"Alright Scarlet. Let's get going already. We have already been here for more than 4 hours. Let's go and get something to eat." Sylvia spoke up.

"It is only now that I realize that I'm actually hungry. Let's go to Blue Seal hotel. I will go and see uncle Wilson while eating." Scarlet suggested.

"Okay then. It is decided. We are going to eat there. And you are going to pay the bills, considering that you are the one that made the suggestions." Sylvia responded.

"Hey, that's not fair!" Scarlet retorted.

"How is that not fair? You are the one that suggested that we go there. And, considering that it is a business, we have to pay, unless there is a special occasion. You are not allowed to take free food from the hotel. You will make the hotel collapse." Sylvia stated with a small laugh, at the same time, she looked at Jaden from the corner of her eyes.

"How am I going to make the hotel collapse? It's not as if I have that big of an appetite!" Scarlet exclaimed as she glared at Sylvia.

Sylvia on the other hand simply laughed without responding.

The moment that Jaden realized that Sylvia was looking at him, he immediately realized what she was implying.

Ever since the last time that he had taken the physique enhancing pill, his appetite had improved. Due to that, the amount of food that he ate was more than three times that a normal person could.

The body functioning had to be maintained after all, and the amount of energy that was required to maintain Jaden's body that was improved by the physique enhancing pill was quite high.

Previously, Jaden did not dare to ask for more food, but instead, simply ate what he was given, before going out to eat more. But, it was only recently that Sylvia realized that Jaden had cleared out the food that he had been given, and was looking around, as if he was not yet satisfied.

While the two ladies were chattering, the group left the mall through the elevator. Then, they went to the parking lot, before Scarlet entered into her Ferrari.

Sylvia was just about to follow in, as she was the one that was going to drive, but suddenly, the car began moving. Scarlet shouted, but it was too late for anyone to react, considering that in just a few seconds, the car had already reached the highway.