[Deal with the group of gangsters and establish your authority. Reward, intermediate level combat skills.]
Jaden had not expected that he was going to get another mission just like that. But looking at the contents of the mission, his heart could not help but skip a beat as he looked at Scarlet who was looking at him.
Could there be a relationship between Scarlet and the gangsters? After all, Scarlet had asked him to get out of the car so that they could meet with a person. But looking at the time, it was still five in the morning, though it was about to reach six.
Additionally, it was still dark outside. According to normal situations, as a lady, Scarlet was definitely not supposed to be moving around and meeting with strange people at such a time. But nevertheless, since he was her bodyguard, there was nothing that he could do other than to follow the instruction that she had given.
Additionally, looking forward to the reward that was being offered by the system, Jaden could not help but anticipate the attack.
Scarlet on the other hand did not know that Jaden already knew about the plan that she was having. She had already communicated with Lucas. According to the plan, Lucas had already made all the arrangements, and all that was required was for Scarlet to take Jaden to the location.
Scarlet was not that afraid of gangsters as long as they did not attack her, many of them at the same time. With the combat skills that she possessed, she believed that she could deal with them.
But it was going to be completely different for Jaden. They had already known about the skills that he possessed considering that she had already informed Lucas about the skills that he possessed. And for that reason, they were already preparing for it. Additionally, it was going to be a sneak attack from the start, instead of a direct confrontation.
Just thinking of the fate that Jaden was going to encounter, Scarlet could not help but get excited. After all, she was embarrassed by Jaden the previous day when he never retaliated against her own attacks, and more than that, she was not capable of hitting him, and it seemed that the single punch that she had managed to land on him was only due to luck.
Jaden followed behind Scarlet. They headed towards an alley. Despite the fact that a prestigious university was located in this area, alleys could always be found in this area. After all, not far away from the location of the university, several buildings were built in this area.
The hostels that the university students used as their place of residence if they did not want to use the once inside the campus filled the area, and this was the main source of business in this part of the city.
The two of them walked for more than 30 minutes before they finally stopped in an alley. They had taken several times that were capable of confusing a person, but looking at Scarlet who was walking confidently, it was clear that she knew this area quite well.
The moment that they stopped, Jaden looked around and wondered, where the heck was the person that Scarlet had said that she was here to meet with.
Holding his own suspicions, he did not ask, but instead, he prepared himself for battle. It was very clear that this was the area that he was going to encounter gangsters. Otherwise, he would have definitely not received a mission from the system asking him to defeat them at this moment.
Just as Jaden was looking around, he suddenly heard the whistling sound in the air. And without hesitation, he immediately dodged to the left.
Bang!
A big brick suddenly landed on the ground behind him, shattering into pieces. From this, it could be seen that the strength that was utilized in throwing that brick was definitely not something that a normal person could possess.
Jaden furrowed his brows as he looked towards the direction of the source of the brick. At the same time, he approached Scarlet, just in case these people that were going to attack were not arranged by her.
Just then, another whistling sound reached his ears. Without hesitation, Jaden shifted his body to the right while pulling scarlet with him. The moment that they moved, another brick went past them.
At that moment, Jaden suddenly realized that they had actually been surrounded. And it seemed that the ones that were currently attacking did not have the intention of revealing themselves for the time being.
Scarlet on the other hand was completely dumbfounded. This was definitely against the plan that they were having previously. Initially, she was supposed to meet with Lucas here, before they made another arrangement on where to take Jaden so that he could be dealt with.
But now, they were actually being attacked. Additionally, from the trajectory of the brick that had been thrown over not long ago, had it not been for the fact that Jaden moved her, she would have definitely been hit by the brick.
Not knowing what was going on, she became extremely cautious. At the same time, she remembered what her parents had informed her before. Could it be that the Williams were taking action, or the group of gangsters that had been hired by Lucas was not given proper instructions?
Just as Scarlet was still thinking about what was going on, Jaden possessed a solemn expression on his face. At this moment, three people appeared on each side of the alley. They were actually carrying a box that possessed several bricks that could be seen even from a distance, indicating that the boxes were filled to the brim.
The six looked like gangsters from the tattoos that they were having. They possessed crazy smiles on their faces as they looked at Jaden and Scarlet.
"It is going to be a pity that we are going to disfigure that beautiful face. But there's nothing that we can do, considering that this is the job that we were given." One of the gangsters stated.
"What do you care? It is not as if she is your wife or daughter. In any case, after we deal with these two, we are going to be paid well." Another one with a crooked nose snorted as he said those words. But even then, there was a smile in the corner of his lips.
"All of you, why are you wasting so much time? We should deal with them as soon as possible and get out of here. Otherwise, if we delay, we don't know if somebody else is going to come over and disrupt the plan." Another one intervened.
"That's right. But you have to make sure that she doesn't die. As for that other guy, it doesn't really matter, we can just kill him anyway." Another one conveyed.
Then without hesitation, each of the three picked up a brick from the box that they had already placed onto the ground, while looking at Jaden and Scarlet.
At this moment, Scarlet also suddenly realized that there was something wrong with this group of gangsters. After all, from the looks of it, they were targeting her. Since that was the case, it implied that they were definitely not arranged by Lucas.
She understood that if the two of them continued staying in the same position, they would definitely be a living target for these six gangsters. But the distance between them and the gangsters was quite huge, almost 20 m. Before she arrived in front of them, she was definitely going to be stoned to death.
It might be true that they did not seem to be having the intention of killing her, but nevertheless, being beaten so badly by the stones that they were intending to throw over was definitely not something that she wanted to experience.
She might not be caring much about her appearance by applying makeup and so on, but nevertheless, she really cared about her natural appearance. She was a lady at the end of the day, so how could she not care about looking good?
Jaden on the other hand did not say anything, but immediately understood that this group of goons was definitely arranged by the Williams. There was no evidence that proved that to be the case, but even then, they were definitely the first suspect.
To say the truth, Jaden had never expected that he was going to encounter something like this on the first day of the job. Just like how Alex and Clifford had said it before, this job was extremely dangerous.
Had it been that Jaden did not receive the beginner level combat skills, and his body had not been strengthened after he was healed, he would have definitely been waiting for a beating right now.
But it was completely different at this point. Although it was going to be a little difficult for him to be able to handle these six at the same time while protecting Scarlet, but even then, he believed that it was possible for him to be able to deal with them.
Just as Jaden was contemplating on the method that he was going to utilize in order to deal with them, the six gangsters did not give them any more time and immediately decided to attack.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
In just a moment, several rocks were thrown towards them at an incredible speed. The sound of the rocks cutting through the air as they approached them could be heard even before the rocks arrived.
Jaden did not make a move in a hurry, but instead, he observed the trajectory of the rocks. All of this happened in just a second. Then without giving Scarlet a chance of doing anything, he pushed her to the ground.
Then without giving Scarlet a chance of doing anything, he pushed her to the ground.
Scarlet was not expecting that Jaden was going to push her down. But since he had done so, he had managed to enable her to evade some of the stones that had come her way.
It was a good thing that the alley that they were currently in was kind of big. Otherwise, had it been any smaller, it would have definitely been quite a trouble for Jaden to be able to dodge the stones that were being thrown their way.
The moment that he pushed Scarlet onto the ground, he managed to pick one of the stones that had rolled not far away from where he was. Then as he got back to his feet, he used his full strength to throw the stone towards one of the gangsters.
Swoosh!
The stone cut through the air as it approached the gangster. The gangster had just stood up from picking another rock from the box on the ground when he suddenly realized that there was a rock heading his way. He wanted to dodge it, but although the mind was fast, the body could not respond at all.
Bang!
The stone landed on his shoulder. Immediately, the gangster cried out in pain as he fell onto the ground, grabbing onto the area that had been hit by the stone.
The other gangsters were immediately dumbfounded after realizing that their partner was wailing on the ground. For a moment, they stopped what they were doing, and observed the guy on the ground. Of course, that only applied to the two gangsters on the same side as the one that had been hit.
As for the other three, although they were also surprised by what had happened, they did not stop at all, and immediately continued attacking. To them, they had to make sure that they dealt with Scarlet as soon as possible before other people arrived in this area. Otherwise, it was definitely going to be a little troublesome for them to be able to deal with Scarlet.
The moment that Jaden managed to hit one of the gangsters, he immediately prepared himself to attack once again. It was then that he was surprised that Scarlet who had been pushed to the ground before had already managed to get back on her feet.
At the same time, she was already holding a rock in her hand. Then without hesitation, she threw it towards one of the gangsters.
Bang!
"Aaargh!"
The gangster was hit directly on the head, and just like the previous gangster, he fell onto the ground wailing in pain. It could be said that Scarlet's marksmanship wasn't that bad.
But nevertheless, Jaden could not help but worry a little. After all, hitting a person on the head with a stone using incredible force was definitely quite dangerous. If it actually managed to hit the wrong place, it was definitely going to lead to the death of the person that would have been hit.
If this situation was taken to court, the one that had killed would definitely be punished, even if it was just a matter of self-defense. That was the reason why he had targeted the shoulder of one of the gangsters that he had attacked.
With his current combat capabilities, it was kind of easy for him to be able to know the trajectory of the movement of the gangsters after observing them for a while.
Of course, he could not be so sure about it, and that was the reason why he had been making sure that he did not target the head. Otherwise, he might end up killing somebody, and completely different from Scarlet, he definitely did not possess enough influence to be able to evade killing a person.
Although he was surprised, Jaden continued moving. It was not as if the gangsters had stopped attacking even after their comrades were taken down.
It was a good thing that he did not have to care that much about Scarlet. With her combat ability, it was quite easy for her to be able to evade the stones that were being thrown from a distance away.
But nevertheless, he made sure that he maintained a close distance from her, to make sure that he would be able to react in case Scarlet was in trouble.
At the same time, he managed to pick another rock from the ground, before throwing it towards the gangster in the opposite direction that he was facing. He had thrown that rock by simply shifting the direction that he was facing abruptly, catching the gangster off-guard.
Another gangster was taken down just like that. Scarlet also managed to get another rock and threw it towards the gangsters, but the gangsters managed to evade it. Nevertheless, the two of them continued using the rocks that were being used to attack them to attack back.
Finally, after about an entire minute, Jaden managed to take down all the remaining gangsters. Currently, all of them were already lying on to the ground, crying in pain.
At the same time that Jaden managed to take down the last gangster, a prompt appeared in front of him.
[Congratulations on completing the mission. You have been rewarded with intermediate level combat skills.]
Jaden did not pay much attention to the prompt for now. Right now, they had to take care of this group of gangsters first. He would look at the prompt later on. It was good that the system did not inject the information about intermediate level combat skills directly to him, and it seemed that he would be able to claim them later on.
Of course, none of the attacks that Jaden had launched was something that they could handle. In fact, wherever it was that they were hit by the rocks, the bones in that area would have definitely received several fractures.
But even then, Jaden had managed to regulate his strength, making sure that none of them was fatally injured. After taking the six down, Jaden approached one of them and pulled him from the ground by the collar of his shirt.
"Who was it that sent you guys here?" Jaden asked coldly. Although he was kind of sure that this was the work of the Williams, at least he had to know what was going on and be sure that it was actually the Williams that had sent these goons.
The gangster on the other hand was completely frightened. They had been previously given the job, and were told that no matter what, they would be protected. Initially, they had never thought that they would actually end up being beaten up.
According to them, the only thing that they could suffer from was definitely being arrested. And even if they were arrested, the one who had given them the job had already promised that he would be able to take them out. They did not doubt that at all, considering that the other party definitely possessed enough wealth to be able to pay them so luxuriously.
And now, facing Jaden's question, he really did not know what to say. In the end, afraid that Jaden would hit him, he responded, "We don't know who it was that gave us the job. This was the first time that we ever met him, as we have never seen him before. He came and told us to do this job, and we would be paid after we complete the task."
At this moment, the gangster was enduring the pain that he was facing after having a stone smashing directly on his right chest. It was good that Jaden managed to control the strength of his attacks. Otherwise, had the bones managed to break and damage the lungs, it would have definitely been the end of this guy if he was not taken to hospital on time.
Jaden frowned, before looking at the others on the ground. Those guys were currently crying out, as if they had actually gotten several of their limbs cut off.
Of course, Jaden understood that this was just a tactic that they were using in order to make sure that Jaden did not question them about the issue. But nevertheless, Jaden went ahead and questioned each and every one of them, but the response was still the same.
Jaden then looked at Scarlet who was standing behind him. At this moment, Scarlet's expression was completely cold. She really did not expect to encounter a situation like this. But nevertheless, since she had already encountered it, she had to take care of it.
"Do you perhaps have any clue on who it is that might have sent these guys to you?" Jaden asked as he dropped the gangster that he was holding onto the ground, while approaching Scarlet.
Scarlet remained silent for a moment before she suddenly snorted. "Who else can it be other than the Williams? They are definitely the ones that possess the arrogance of attacking me in this city. Other than them, I definitely don't think that there's anybody else that possesses the guts to attack me, a member of the Johnsons."
Jaden had already anticipated that. But even then, it might be true that they thought that it was the Williams that had sent this group here, but nevertheless, it was not as if they could do anything to the Williams. At the end of the day, there was no evidence about it.
Had it been that this group of people had actually confessed that it was the Williams that had sent them, then it would have definitely not been trouble for them to be able to deal with the Williams, at least give them a little blow.
But from the looks of it, that was definitely impossible. After all, this group said that it was a person that they did not know that gave them the mission, and not the Williams.
Jaden did not say anything and remained silent. Finally, after a moment of hesitation, he asked, "Where's the person that you were talking about meeting with?"
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