The Bodyguard System

After Jaden got back to his residence, he immediately went and took a shower. After that, he waited for his evening meal, while thinking about what he could upgrade.

But it seemed that he could not get anything that he could upgrade, that would utilize the potential of the technology upgrade card to the maximum limit. So, in the end, Jaden could only keep the card with him, making sure that he moved around with it always.

He could not risk leaving it behind. After all, who could guarantee that a maid that would be cleaning his room would not end up mistaking that card as useless, and throwing it away? If it was actually thrown away just like that, Jaden would definitely cry tears of blood.

Additionally, by carrying it around, despite increasing the chances of it getting lost by accident, at least, in case of an emergency, he could use it.

….

Friday, one week ever since Jaden started his job as Scarlet's bodyguard…

Until today, none of the core members of the family had come back to the residence. Other than Scarlet who was no longer allowed to go out after that incidence, there was nobody else with the name Johnson remaining within the residence.

Sylvia had somehow disappeared as well, and it seemed that there was something that she was going to handle. It could be said that Scarlet was the most frustrated of all people.

Not to mention the promise that she had been given to be free for an entire week, she was not even allowed to go to school. Of course, the one behind this was none other than Steven.

It seemed that he had received orders from Clifford not to allow Scarlet to leave the residence. Despite throwing a tantrum, there was nothing that Scarlet could do at the end of it all.

She could only have Jaden train her during the time that he was free. Of course, Jaden was always free…

So, Jaden always trained Scarlet, until she was tired, before she decided to leave and take a rest. As for Jaden himself, he continued browsing through the internet, trying to look for more information about other companies.

Previously, Scarlet had already gone ahead and informed Steven to do some investigation about the company's processing net worth of at most $500 million. Jaden was supposed to receive the response on this specific day.

But even then, Jaden was not sure if he was going to be rewarded by the system with another chance of taking the shares of another company. So, instead of waiting all this long, it was better for him to do the research as early as possible.

That way, the moment that he received the chance, he would use it immediately. After all, there was always an advantage in taking over the shares earlier, even though waiting also had its own advantages.

It could be said that during the time that they had not been going out, that was the most peaceful time that Jaden had gotten, ever since he became Scarlet's bodyguard.

Even though Scarlet kept on causing trouble during training, still, she followed each and every instruction that Jaden gave her. It could be said that she was quite a good student.

But then again came another problem that was also disturbing Jaden. That was Scarlet's physical capabilities could not handle the full skills that Jaden possessed. But even then, it was still enough for Jaden to teach her the most basic combat skills that he had received from the system.

As for the intermediate level skills, that was something that Jaden did not even consider to teach Scarlet. After all, if he taught her, and at some point in time, she decided to beat him up, what would he do? Of course, it was impossible for her to be able to display those skills, but nevertheless, who could tell if in this world, there was a possibility of turning a person into a superhuman?

Not willing to risk anything, Jaden maintained teaching Scarlet the basic skills. Nonetheless, the skills that he told her were definitely way more advanced as compared to the ones that she possessed.

And so, Scarlet was improving at a tremendous speed, but still, it would require at least a month for her to be able to master the skills that she was being taught to an average level.

Jaden had also been thinking about something that he could use the card on, but until today, he had not gotten anything in mind. Everything that he thought about was going to be considered as wasting the potential of the card.

After all, the system had not given him any limitation on the level of the item that he could use the card on. That implied that he could use it on a simple stick, to even the most advanced technology in the world.

Jaden was helpless, but there was nothing that he could do about it. He could only wait, hoping that perhaps there was a chance that the system would give him an item that was of a high technological level. That way, he could use the card on it.

On the matter relating to Clifford and Lynette, nobody knew what was going on apart from Steven. It seemed that they were quite busy dealing with some matters related to the companies that they owned.

Considering that the battle between the two sides was still ongoing, it was normal for them to take the matter serious. That was especially so considering that they had reduced the battle from targeting all the companies, to only targeting a specific one at a time.

Jaden had already communicated with the old man who had woken up. It seemed that the surgery was successful. But even then, the old man would have to remain within the hospital for the next few weeks, for him to recover.

Thinking about that, Jaden decided that he would have to move the old man from that area. After all, the gangsters in that part of the city could somehow decide to target the old man for no reason. Not willing to risk the life of the old man who had helped him for several years now, Jaden decided that he would have to look for a better place for him to stay.

Jaden was currently within his residence. He had just finished a training session with Scarlet, and had just come back in order to freshen up.

The moment that he came out of the bathroom, he suddenly received a system prompt.

[Congratulations to the host for completing the mission of maintaining the job as a bodyguard for one week.]

[The host has been rewarded with the appearance shifting watch.]

Jaden had already gotten a little impatient waiting for this mission to be completed. But now, he could not help but be thrilled after receiving the confirmation from the system that the mission had actually been completed.

Looking at the reward that he was given, Jaden could not help but be dumbfounded once again. It was just for a moment, before in the next second, he was suddenly thrilled.

An appearance shifting watch. Did this watch that he had been rewarded by the system have the ability to change his appearance? Still, there was a possibility of the watch changing its appearance, which was definitely something that Jaden would blame the system if it actually possessed that ability alone.

After all, what would he do with the watch changing its appearance? It could be said that it was completely useless. Still, there was hope. If it possessed the ability to change the appearance of people and other items, then it would definitely be for the best.

Jaden could not help but sigh. The only problem with the system was the fact that despite giving him items, it did not give any explanation about them immediately. Why would he have to speculate many things about the reward that he had been given, if the system had actually gone ahead to give him the description?

An appearance shifting watch, and a technology upgrade card were definitely things that were not available in this world. So, it was impossible for him to be able to get information about them from the internet.

[It has been recognized that the host wheels for the system to be giving explanations and descriptions about an item. For that reason, for every item that the system will be granting to the host, the description about the specific item will be displayed.]

Jaden nodded his head. Now that was better. After all, he would not have waste his brain cells while thinking about something, even if he would not end up guessing the right answer.

[Appearance shifting watch: A one time usage item that enables the wearer to change his appearance. The duration that the wearer can maintain the changed appearance is 24 hours.]

[The watch was made by a craftsman known as Gurdinho from the world…]

'Okay that's enough. You don't have to give me that much detailed description about the item, other than the usage, and how to use it.' Jaden immediately cut off the system from continuing to give him the unnecessary information.

But even then, he had still gotten to know one thing. It seemed that there were other civilizations out there. It was just that it was far away from him at the moment, and it was going to be useless for him to know that information.

[To use the watch, one would have to wear it first. After that, the wearer will have to press the button on the side of the watch, before selecting the appearance that they would like. They appearance can be customized by the user of the watch.]

[The user of the appearance shifting watch will not be able to revert back to their original appearance for 24 hours, if they want to maintain the ability of the watch. In case the user reverts into their original appearance, the effect of the ability of the watch will disappear, and so will the watch.]

[After the 24 hours are over, the watch will disappear, and so will the appearance shifting ability disappear as well.]