The Bodyguard System

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

Jaden looked at the series of prompts describing the function of the appearance shifting watch. He could not help but be excited. To be able to change his appearance, it implied that he could get out of a situation that was quite difficult for him to handle by himself, or escape from the person that he could not handle.

The only downside was that the appearance shifting watch could only be used for 24 hours, before it disappeared. In short, it was a consumable item.

From this, Jaden could immediately infer that he was required to only use the watch when necessary. Otherwise, it would be a waste for him to test out the abilities of the appearance shifting watch.

Jaden had just thought about that when suddenly, he remembered something. Not long ago, he had received a technology upgrade card from the system. According to the system, it could be utilized on any item to improve the level of the technology of the item by at least 50 years and the maximum of 100 years.

Thinking about that, Jaden immediately took out the card from the pocket of his trouser that he had been wearing when he came in. He looked at it, before deciding that he would use it on the watch.

He could tell that the appearance shifting what would undergo a lot of transformation, implying that its ability would be terrifying later on. Even if it did not change the fact that it was a consumable, still, it was going to be something that was going to enable him to do something big, or even save his life.

With a thought, he immediately decided to retrieve the appearance shifting watch. Then in the next moment, in front of him, a light appeared, and the moment that it disappeared, a watch was lying on the bedside cabinet.

Jaden was no longer surprised by how the watch appeared. After all, the card that he possessed also appeared the same way.

Jaden picked up the watch and scrutinized it. The watch was made without any kind of elegance. It was pure black, and to say the least, it was not attractive at all.

Jaden looked at it, and realized that there was only a single button on the watch. Of course, since it was a watch, it was functional. It worked just like a normal mechanical watch.

Without hesitation, Jaden immediately placed the card on the watch. He waited for a few seconds before a prompt suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

[Do you want to use the technology upgrade card on the appearance shifting watch?]

'Yes.' Jaden immediately responded.

In the next moment, the two items that he was holding were enveloped by a bright golden light. Then before he could be surprised, they vanished from his hands.

Just after a few seconds, another prompt appeared.

[Congratulations. The appearance shifting watch has been upgraded. The technology upgrade card has been consumed.]

Jaden waited for a few more seconds, but even after waiting for about 5 seconds, the watch did not appear anymore. And even before he could ask the system about the watch, another prompt appeared.

[All items that will be upgraded by the technology upgrade card can be claimed by the host the same way that the host claims the items that are rewarded to him.]

With a simple shrug, mixed with anticipation, Jaden immediately thought about the watch. Then in the next moment, it appeared on the bedside cabinet with a flash of light.

Jaden looked at the watch, and realized that it had transformed. This time, the watch was still black in color, but still, it had golden patterns on its strap. Additionally, where the time was displayed had also changed slightly with a silver circle forming a line around it.

The aura of the watch had completely transformed. This time, it no longer looked blunt, but instead, it possessed a regal disposition. Just by looking at it, one could not help but be awed by its magnificence.

The moment that Jaden picked up the watch, another prompt appeared in front of him with the description of the watch that had been upgraded.

[Appearance shifting watch: an item with the ability to change the appearance of the user. The procedure of the usage of the appearance shifting watch is still the same.]

[The number of times that the appearance shifting watch can be utilized to change the appearance of the user is limited to five times a month. Each transformation can be permanent, unless the user decides to revert to their original appearance.]

Jaden was immediately thrilled after receiving the information about the transformed watch. He had never expected that he was going to be allowed to use the watch five times. Even though it was limited to only five times a month, still, it was not as if he was planning to change his appearance several times in the same month.

Additionally, if he changed his appearance, he would not have to change again, considering that the transformation will last as long as he wanted. Additionally, the five times were enough, considering that each usage would last a long time.

Jaden looked at the watch for quite a while, before he put it on. Then, he relaxed on the bed, as he waited for the information to be sent to him by Steven.

About 1 hour later, an email came from Steven. The email contained information about the $500 million companies. So, Jaden immediately decided to go through the information.

It took him almost 3 hours for him to be able to completely go through the information. It seemed that Steven had done a lot of investigation, and the information that Jaden received was well detailed.

Additionally, other than the basic information that was available, there was even a report concerning the current performance of the companies, and the future trajectory that they might take. This way, Jaden was able to tell if there was going to be a possibility of the company encountering a loss, or not.

After going through all the details, Jaden finally came to a decision on which company he was going to invest in. Then without hesitation, he immediately decided on it. The next moment, a prompt appeared in front of his vision.

[Congratulations to the host. The 51% shares have been acquired. All the procedures will be completed within the next 3 hours. The host's presence is not required in order for the transfer of shares to be completed.]

Jaden immediately loved that last part. After all, he did not want to go to the company in order to complete the share transfer. Of course, if he had to go, he would have no choice but to do so. But now, it seemed that the system had already seen through his thoughts, and had enabled him to remain here, but the transfer of shares will be completed.

In normal occasions, he was supposed to doubt if the shares could be transferred without his presence. But since the shares came from the system, it was clear that the system definitely possessed the ability to do the transfer without Jaden's presence.

But even then, Jaden could not help but be worried about one thing. If somebody actually investigated about him, they would immediately find out that he was a poor young man for several years.

But all of a sudden, he possessed 51% shares of a company whose net worth was $500 million. That was definitely questionable, and Jaden was afraid that the officials might come over for questioning.

Of course, he did not have any way of responding. After all, it was not as if he could simply say that he got the shares out of nowhere. For the transfer to be completed, it was either for the other party to simply decide to transfer the shares to him, or he purchased the shares.

But it was impossible for any of them to be true. So, Jaden was in a dilemma on what he was going to do in case they wanted to ask. So, he immediately asked the system.

[The host doesn't have to worry much about the validity of the shares. According to the history during the purchase of the shares, the money that was used to purchase the shares did not come from the host, but instead, they came from a different institution.]

[The institution was already established by the system, and its background cannot be investigated, and is viewed as confidential to the international level.]

Jaden blinked his eyes. He could not believe what he had heard. It seemed that the system was quite reliable. It had already established an institution of its own, within just a week?

Additionally, it was good that the money did not come from him. Otherwise, how was he supposed to explain the origin of the money, when he himself did not have enough money to be able to purchase 51% shares of any company?

Finally, Jaden relaxed. He could only wait for a little while longer, before looking for a chance to go and see the old man. Although they had talked over the phone, he needed to find another place where the old man could go to.

He was not sure if Lucas would come looking for trouble again. The old man might get implicated in this again, and he might even end up dead. Of course, Jaden would feel extremely guilty if something like that happened.