The Bodyguard System

June 20 2026…

As expected, the temperatures had already began rising. Summer was already setting in, and the schools were preparing for holidays.

Bodvill university was already finalizing the semester. Starting from the next week, the students would be going for summer holidays.

Of course, that did not matter that much to Jaden. To him, he was only attending campus simply because he had to accompany Scarlet. Unless he got something from the system that could help him to learn, and catch up with the others, it could be said that he was just wasting time in campus.

Despite all that, today, it was a special occasion within the Johnson residence. Just looking at the decorations all over the residence, added with several luxurious vehicles that were already parked within the compound, one could easily tell that this was not an ordinary event.

That's right. Today was the day. It was on Saturday, Lynette's birthday. Due to the influence that the Johnson family possessed, many people had already known about it, and had been invited.

Of course, the event was not going to take place here, but still, the residence was decorated nonetheless. The vehicles that were here belonged to friends and relatives of the Johnsons.

They were here, discussing a few things, before finally going to the venue of the celebration. The joyful atmosphere affected even Jaden, even though this was not that much related to him.

Jaden was waiting in the area where the cars were. He was waiting for Scarlet to come over, so that he could accompany her to the venue. He was still working as a bodyguard, and even during this event, he had to ensure Scarlet's safety.

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This time, he was not going to use his car. Instead, he was going to go together with Scarlet inside her own Ferrari f8. This was just a measure that had been taken, to ensure that Scarlet's safety was guaranteed.

Even though today was a joyous day, nobody could guarantee that somebody would not be having some shady plans. And even though the entire family might be experiencing dangers in case there was somebody that was targeting them at this moment, still, Jaden's responsibility only lay on Scarlet.

A few minutes later, people finally walked out of the Johnsons mansion. It included Clifford, Lynette, Anthony, Steven, Sylvia, Scarlet, together with Wilson. There were other nine people, but Jaden did not know who they were.

Wilson was of course the manager of Blue Seal hotel, the one that Jaden had saved when he was targeted back in the hotel. As for how the matter was handled later on, Jaden did not know.

Clifford and the others both entered into their own cars, with Clifford and Lynette using the same car driven by Steven. Scarlet and Sylvia approached Jaden. This made Jaden wonder what the plan was.

Scarlet's Ferrari f8 could only carry two people, the driver and one passenger. Now, with the two ladies coming over, who was going to be left behind?

"Jaden, let's use your car." Sylvia stated the moment that the two of them arrived. She understood that it was impossible for them to be able to use the same car, Scarlet's Ferrari. Still, they could use Jaden's car.

Of course, it was not impossible for them to use the other vehicles that the Johnsons possessed. Still, Sylvia thought that perhaps Jaden might want to drive his own car.

Jaden nodded. His BMW could carry five people. So, he did not say anything else, and immediately headed towards the car. After that, he waited for the two ladies to get inside the car, before he opened the driver's door and entered.

With that, Jaden followed behind the other cars, as they left the Johnson residence. At that moment, the people that were observing on the road were surprised when they saw a convoy of luxury vehicles coming over.

Most of them could not help but begin guessing the event that was going to happen. Of course, they were just making random guesses, but nobody cared about their ideas.

The group of people headed towards Blue Seal hotel without any glitches. When they got there, the entire hotel had been taken over for the celebration. This was Clifford's decision.

Of course, he understood that by doing this, he was going to disrupt the business. Despite that, he did not care. Though, he did not prevent people from coming in. Instead, those that came to the hotel were allowed, but their meals were covered by Clifford.

That way, it could be said that they were indirectly participating in the birthday celebration. Of course, the celebration itself was happening in another venue within the hotel.

The birthday celebration progressed well, and Jaden did not participate that much. After all, he had to make sure that nothing went wrong, and he was very close to where Scarlet was.

Of course, Vincent and the other young masters were all invited. The only one that was not present was none other than Lucas. After all, they had already fallen out with Scarlet, making it impossible for him to be invited.

Still, Jaden thought that he had to finish off that guy. After all, that guy had planned to kill him at some point in time. And the longer that guy lived, the longer the idea of him taking revenge on himself and Scarlet was fermenting.

It was just that he had not gotten an opportunity of doing that. Of course, he could simply use the appearance shifting watch, turn into another person, before going ahead to kill that guy.

But it was just that he did not have the chance of going out alone. For the past few days, he had always been within the Johnson residence, and he had not been given the permission of going out.

Thinking about the appearance shifting watch, Jaden suddenly excused himself and headed towards the washroom. After getting inside the washroom, he pressed the button on the appearance shifting watch, and transformed his appearance.

This time, he did not take on any other person's appearance, instead, he went ahead and customized an appearance of his own. He made sure that the appearance that he was taking was not of somebody that he had ever seen before.

Additionally, just to make sure that nothing would go wrong, he customized the person who he had taken the appearance of to be wearing gloves. That way, no fingerprints would be left behind.

Jaden was not sure if the DNA in his body had been changed. And even after he had asked the system about it, the system did not reply at all. So, it seemed that he would have to investigate about this appearance shifting ability when he got a chance.

With his appearance transformed into a middle-aged man, possessing long black hair, black eyes, a long nose, thin lips, a square face, a muscular build, wearing a black suit and a white shirt accompanied by a brown tie with matching black shoes, Jaden finally walked out of the washroom.

The moment that he got back to the venue of the birthday event, Jaden began loitering around. He made sure that the distance between him and Scarlet was close.

The reason why he had decided to change his appearance was simply because within this circle of people, including Vincent and the others, they knew that he was Scarlet's bodyguard. So of course, if they possess a plan of doing anything to Scarlet, they would try to see where he was.

But now, no matter how much they looked for him, they would not find him. After all, they could not identify Jaden with his changed appearance.

Jaden began scrutinizing the people around. He was trying to see if he could find anybody that seemed to be suspicious. That way, he could pay much attention to them, and take action in case they did anything suspicious.

In this event, Jaden was not the only bodyguard present. There were several bodyguards within the event venue, outside, and even outside the hotel. It could be said that Clifford was making sure that nothing would go wrong.

When the time to give presents came, Jaden did not transform back. Instead, he remained within the crowd, and watched as Scarlet and the others went ahead and presented the presents to Lynette.

As for his own present to Lynette, he had already handed it over to Scarlet. He had used $15,000 to purchase a diamond necklace. It was expensive to say the least. But of course, to somebody like Lynette, it was definitely not that expensive.

Still, it was sincerity that mattered. So, Lynette appreciated the gift that she had been given. As for the reason why Jaden did not present the gift himself, she understood that he was on duty. So of course, it was impossible for him to be coming over so freely.

The birthday celebration began in the afternoon, and it ended at 7:00 in the evening. At that moment, it was finally time for everybody to go back.

Jaden looked around, making sure that there was nothing suspicious. Immediately, he headed to the washroom once again. There, he transformed back to his own appearance, and went back to Scarlet.

After that, they returned to the Johnson residence. It could be said that to Jaden, this birthday celebration was quite ordinary, apart from the fact that he had been able to see many influential people within the city.

It was as expected with the reputation of the Johnson family. Many people within the city with high reputations were invited, and they came over. So, this was the first time that Jaden had seen a few people that he had only seen on television.