The Bodyguard System

[Congratulations to the host for realizing the mistakes that he has been making all this while.]

Jaden: "...."

Jaden was of course left speechless by that prompt from the system. Nonetheless, that was not the end of it, considering that several more prompts appeared after this one.

[The host has to understand that as a bodyguard, the host has to be careful all the times, and be serious about the duties of being a bodyguard. The host should not depend on the system to give him an alert about the danger that the client might be facing.]

[The client might be in danger at any moment, and so, as the bodyguard, the host has to be cautious, expecting danger even in the situations that there is a high probability that there would be none.]

[The client was kidnapped, and nearly suffered because of the carelessness of the host, while being on duty as a bodyguard. The host is advised to do his duties as a bodyguard, and try gaining more knowledge about being a bodyguard.]

Jaden could not complain upon hearing the system chastising him. He had already understood that he had made a mistake, while being on duty as a bodyguard.

He had ignored that Scarlet might be in danger, which had led to her being kidnapped. He was quite lucky, that there was nothing that had really happened to Scarlet all this while, other than passing out.

But, if she had actually been kidnapped by killers, by the time that he caught up to the car that was having Scarlet and the perpetrator, she would have already been killed by then.

In that situation, he would have nowhere or no one to blame but himself. It was going to be his fault for Scarlet dying, considering that her safety was entrusted to him.

Additionally, he would have broken the promise that he had made to Anthony. And right now, Jaden believed that it was not impossible for him to lose the job as a bodyguard, due to this failure.

At the end of it all, why would Clifford continue allowing Jaden to become a bodyguard, if the person that he was supposed to protect was kidnapped under his watch?

Nonetheless, Jaden continued going through the prompt that appeared in front of him, together with the voice.

[Due to the host managing to get the client without her being killed, the system will be retained.]

[If the host had managed to prevent the client from being kidnapped, the host would have received a better reward. But nonetheless, considering that the host has managed to rescue the client all the same, the host will be given a smaller reward.]

[Congratulations to the host. You have received a technology upgrade card.]

With that, no more prompts appeared in front of Jaden anymore. But Jaden was still deep in thought, as he thought about what the system had said.

At this point, he was already reflecting on his actions. He felt that he should perform better as a bodyguard. After all, if the technology upgrade card was being preferred to as a small reward, then what would be a big reward?

It would definitely be something that would be mind-blowing, capable of changing his perspective of the world completely. Nonetheless, there was no medicine to regret, and he had already lost this chance.

But the good thing was the fact that the system was going to continue being there, indicating that there was a chance for him to be able to get another reward of the same level, or maybe even better.

When he thought of that, Jaden decided in his mind that no matter what, he would pay more attention to his duty as a bodyguard. But of course, that was on the condition that he was not fired by Clifford after this mishap.

Jaden understood that it was going to be difficult for him to be able to maintain the job as a bodyguard. Nonetheless, he just hoped that he would not lose the job. After all, losing the job indicated that he was going to lose the system as well.

But, Jaden thought that if he ended up losing the system, then, that was definitely a punishment for the mistake that he had made. After all, there was a possibility that Scarlet could have lost her life this time, something that was definitely not supposed to be allowed to happen again.

This time, even though Jaden was lost in his thoughts for quite a while, Scarlet did not disturb him at all. Instead, she herself was already submerged in her own thoughts.

As for what it was that she was thinking, Jaden could not tell. Nonetheless, after he regained his senses, he immediately sent the current location that they were in, to Clifford.

After that, he began driving, as they left the forest on the dusty path before getting back on the highway.

It was only after they had gotten out of the forest that Scarlet's face seemed to recover its color. For a moment there, Jaden felt that Scarlet was no longer dispirited as before.

Despite what he was thinking, Jaden continued driving, and along the way, they met with a large convoy of cars. It included police cars, together with several private cars.

Jaden had no choice but to stop, considering that the entire road was covered by the convoy of vehicles. The moment that he stopped, several police officers alighted from their cars, before heading towards his car.

Jaden already understood that they might have already seen the footage from the mall. The parking lot area had several cameras, so, it was not impossible for the police to be able to access the footages, considering that a kidnapping incident had happened there.

So, for the police to come to his vehicle, it was clear that they already knew that this was the car that was present during the incident, and it had rushed out to follow after the car that was carrying Scarlet.

"Please step out of the car!" One of the police officers shouted. At the same time, his hand was already on his gun in the holster around his waist. It was clear that he was ready to pull out the gun, in case there was any indication of danger.

Jaden and Scarlet both got out of the car, and the police were relieved after realizing that it was the two of them. That was especially so after they realized that Scarlet was here as well.

It was also at this moment that Clifford suddenly came over together with Lynette and Anthony. They wore a worried expression on Lynette's face as she walked over.

The moment that she saw Scarlet coming out of the car, she rushed towards her. At this point, she did not even consider her position as a member of a top family, and only cared about her daughter.

The mother and daughter duo embraced each other, while Jaden and Clifford faced each other. Jaden will see that there was relief on Clifford's face, even though he was currently acting calm.

"I'm sorry this happened. It is my fault." Jaden spoke first.

Clifford remained silent for a while, before speaking up, "Don't blame yourself too much for this slip-up. But this cannot happen again."

Jaden simply nodded his head upon hearing that. Then, Clifford continued speaking.

"The investigation about the reason why she was kidnapped, and who was involved is still going on. We will be going to the area where she was kidnapped and taken to. Have you already dealt with those that kidnapped her?" Clifford asked with killing intent in his eyes.

"I have already killed all of them. There was a total of five." Jaden responded. Of course, there was one thing that he did not say, that was the fact that those five people had come for him.

As for how Scarlet was involved in this, Jaden was not sure. There was a good possibility that he was used as a bait, in order to make sure that Jaden would come out of the city.

But that still did not make any sense to Jaden, considering that when he was following the Ferrari, it was as if the one who had kidnapped Scarlet was trying to shake him off. That was completely against this idea.

"That's good. I will use every power that I have in order to dig out who it was that was behind it. You can take Scarlet back, I will continue with the rest, so that we can see who it was that was behind this." Clifford stated as he nodded.

Jaden agreed. Then, after the mother and daughter had talked for a little while, they got inside the BMW, after Lynette had advised Clifford to be careful. Jaden also got in the driver's seat, before driving away, with two police cars following behind him.

It took quite some time for them to be able to get back to the city. Even though they had already moved quite a distance before meeting with Clifford and the others, still, they had already moved quite a distance away from the city.

Additionally, they had moved further towards the east. For that reason, it took them more than an hour to be able to get back to the Johnson residence.

The moment that they arrived, they found that Sylvia was anxiously waiting outside the gate. She was only relieved after seeing that both Scarlet and Lynette were coming out of the car together with Jaden.

The two cousins hugged each other, as they felt relieved. One was relieved that she was finally back home, while the other was relieved that the other one had come back safely.

After parking the car inside the compound, Jaden went back to his residence, as he left the three ladies who had gone to the mansion.

Jaden was intending on dealing with the prompt that had appeared during the time that he was still on the way back.