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Capítulo 23: Suspicions

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?"


Capítulo 24: Change of Plans

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?"

Scarlet simply frowned after hearing the question from Jaden. But she did not respond. She herself did not know what was going on, and why the heck Lucas was not here by now. But even then, he took out her phone, preparing to make a call.

But it was at this time that suddenly, she suddenly realized that there was a figure that was coming over. It was none other than Lucas. The guy was completely surprised when he realized that there was a group of people that was lying on the ground in the alleyway where they had agreed to meet previously.

He could see that each and every one of them had suffered an injury of a certain magnitude. Although the interest that they had suffered was nothing fatal, but even then, it was definitely not something that could be underestimated.

He looked further away from the three that were lying on the ground, and realized that Scarlet was looking towards him. And behind her, there was a young man who looked almost the same age as himself, whom he presumed to be the bodyguard.

He could not help but frown when he looked at Jaden. He did not like having another guy being beside Scarlet at all. And it seemed that this was the person that Scarlet's parents had arranged for him to be her bodyguard.

And by just looking at the area, she realized that somehow, Scarlet had been attacked. And those that had attacked was definitely this group that was on the ground.

Without hesitation, he immediately rushed forward and arrived where Scarlet was. He immediately looked at her, trying to see if there was any injury on her. He was immediately relieved when he realized that there was no injury that Scarlet had suffered.

Immediately after he was done scrutinizing Scarlet, he looked at her, anticipating the question that was to come. As for the matter of Jaden, he completely ignored the guy. It might be true that this guy was kind of capable, but he did not believe that he was the one that who had taken care of this group of gangsters.

Anyway, this was just an assumption that he had made due to the information that he had been given by Scarlet. Scarlet had previously informed him that Jaden was kind of capable, but she had definitely not informed him that he was strong enough to be able to deal with her. So, at this moment, Lucas believed that it was Scarlet who had dealt with this group of gangsters.

"Why are you so late?" Scarlet asked. Of course, she was completely irritated. Had it not been for the fact that Lucas was late, they would have definitely not encountered this situation.

If Lucas was here, that implied that he would have already noticed the presence of those gangsters. It would have not been impossible for him to be able to deal with them, though not personally.

By the time that she would have arrived here, there would definitely be no gangster that would have launched a sneak attack on her. And no matter how much she did not want to admit it, he understood that it was due to the presence of Jaden that she had managed to get out of this situation unscathed.

But of course, that did not imply that Jaden escaped the blame as well. After all, had it not been for the fact that Jaden was her bodyguard, she would have not been planning to come here all along in order to deal with him. Instead, she would have gone directly to the university, and nobody would have attacked her in this alleyway.

"I was kind of caught up with matters related to the family. For some reason, there was somebody that was trying to target my family. And for that reason, I had no choice but to deal with other matters before coming over. I'm sorry for the inconvenience that I caused." Lucas immediately explained with a forced smile on his face.

In any case, he really did not want to have Scarlet suffering anything like this at all. But the situation that he was encountering back at home was something that he could not simply ignore. In the end, he arrived late, and something like this happened.

Of course, although he did not say it loud, he was definitely going to make investigations of his own. The moment that he knew who it was that was behind this matter, he would immediately take care of them.

To a person like him, he really did not care if the person that had sent this group of gangsters to attack Scarlet was backed by the Williams or not. In any case, he would definitely deal with them when the time comes.

Scarlet did not say anything after hearing Lucas's explanation. In any case, it was not as if she did not understand the situation that Lucas was experiencing. In case his father actually asked this guy to remain at home, there was no way that this guy was going to resist at all.

In the end, since it had already come to this, Scarlet was no longer in the mood to deal with Jaden at the moment. Instead, she decided that it was better for her to go into campus first. After all, she could not tell if another group of gangsters would suddenly charge over to attack them again.

"Let's go. We will deal with the other matters later on. But for now, we have to focus on that group. We have to deal with them as soon as possible." Scarlet stated as she led the way out of the alley.

Lucas was a little surprised when he realized that Scarlet did not seem to have the intention of dealing with Jaden anymore. He looked at Jaden with a cold gaze, but the guy seemed to be ignoring him.

This was something that displeased him even more about this guy. But there was nothing that he could do for now. Of course, he understood the reason why Scarlet had decided not to deal with this guy for now. With her encountering this situation where she was attacked, it was definitely not the right opportunity for them to engage with another group of gangsters.

Even though Scarlet had decided that she was no longer going to deal with Jaden for now, that did not imply that Lucas was going to do the same. Instead, with a sinister smile on his face, he planned secretly in his mind, as he followed behind Scarlet.

Jaden had already detected that this new guy who had arrived here was definitely having some intentions towards him, and they were definitely not the best. But even then, there was nothing that he could do for now.

He had already anticipated that there might be something that Scarlet was planning before, but it seemed that the arrival of those gangsters that had been sent by the Williams had disrupted the plan that she was having before.

Nevertheless, he followed the two of them, while making sure that they would be no any other sneak attack on Scarlet. He was her bodyguard after all, and he had to ensure her security.

It did not take that long for them to be able to get back to the area where Scarlet had left the vehicle. Scarlet immediately got into the car, and Jaden did not waste time and immediately entered into the passenger seat of the Ferrari f8 spider.

This was something that completely irritated both Lucas and Scarlet. But even then, there was nothing that Scarlet could do for the time being. In any case, she was supposed to be together with Jaden, considering that he was kind of skilled, and he was her bodyguard. So, it was only right for him to go with her.

As for Lucas, he wanted to go ahead and pull Jaden out of the car, but when he looked at the eyes that Scarlet was looking at him, he understood her intention. It seemed that she had no choice but to have this guy accompany her.

As much as he was unwilling to have another man inside Scarlet's car, Lucas could only let it be. But of course, the rage within his heart had increased by a great margin. He himself had never entered into Scarlet's car, and he was thinking that perhaps this was a chance for him to be able to enter. But this guy just had to enter, destroying the opportunity that would definitely be difficult for him to be able to get again.

Through his gritted teeth, he could only subdue the anger that he was feeling at the moment, while watching the two of them entering into the campus.

Immediately after the two of them left, he took out his phone and made a call. A few moments later, somebody else received the call, and without waiting for the other party to say anything, Lucas immediately gave his instructions.

"We have changed the plans. The issue is not going to be taken care of right now. But within today, you have to find an opportunity in order to deal with that guy in the most cruel way possible. Make sure that he leaves after today, otherwise, you know what will happen." Lucas barked the orders with anger in his eyes, before ending the call and striding towards the entrance of the campus.


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