The Bodyguard System

'Yes.' Jaden confirmed in his mind.

Immediately after the confirmation, with the two cards in each hand, the upgraded technology upgrade card immediately lit up with a golden light.

Then, it disintegrated into pieces, which merged with the light, and then, it went ahead and enveloped the other card. Just like before, the card in his hand was immediately lifted into the air.

Jaden observed as the card was enveloped by light, and even though he could not see what was going on inside that light, he was simply imagining it.

A little while later, the upgrade was completed, and a blue card fell from the air. Jaden picked it up, only to realize that there was not that much difference between this card, and the card before.

Just like the 100 times rebate card, this card was also blue, and was completely plain. There was not even a single letter or symbol on it.

After scrutinizing it, Jaden finally paid attention to the prompt that had appeared in front of his vision, the moment that he grabbed this card.

[The upgrade is successful, and after the upgrade, you have received a 1,000 times rebate card.]

[1,000 times rebate card: This card can be used on any form of income or investment, and the return will be a thousand times the income or the investment.]

[The card can be used to increase something in terms of quality or quantity. The decision will be left to the user of the card.]

Jaden was completely shocked upon going through the prompt that he had received. 1,000 times multiplication factor? That was just unexpected.

Yes, he had used a technology upgrade card that could improve the technology of an item that it was used on, by 500 to 1,000 years. But still, that was just the technology that was used in the construction of the item.

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From this, it implied that even if he got the 1,000 years of improvement, there was no guarantee that it was going to be multiplied by 10 times. There was a possibility that even after over 500 years of advancing the technology that was used in making this card, the multiplication effect might only increase by a small margin.

If it doubled, or tripled, that was already considered good, and that was what Jaden had been expecting. But it was completely out of his expectations that it was going to have a 10 times multiplication effect after the upgrade of the technology that was used.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Additionally, that was not the only effect that was gotten. After all, now, the card could not only be used on money, but instead, it could even be used on other items. Anyway, it was as long as they were a form of investment, or income that he had earned.

In any case, it was not as if income had to be in form of money. So, if he went ahead and invested a car into a company of his own, that would imply that he could use the card, which would have the multiplication effect on the car.

As he thought of what he had earned, Jaden finally began thinking of something that he could use. Currently, he did not have any source of income, which implied that he would have to invest.

But what was he supposed to invest? And, he was always not going to invest money, considering that with the AI, he did not lack money. The AI was capable of trading, which led to Jaden being a billionaire, and had he not stopped the AI, he would have already been a trillionaire now.

As he fell into a moment of contemplation, he finally came to a realization. He decided that first of all, he would have to prevent John from undergoing the procedure of the mutation.

He could not allow something like that, considering that if it happened, and John ended up dying, there was a great risk of him losing the system. And, Jaden did not know what would happen if he did not get a client within the one week period that he was given.

In any case, Jaden was not willing to risk anything, and losing the system at this point of time would be detrimental. After all, he had only realized now that he was dealing with more powerful enemies, and he would need to get stronger than he currently was.

And just as Jaden was thinking, the AI suddenly spoke up.

{You have a guest who is approaching the door.}

Jaden could not help but raise his brows slightly. Why was it that the AI was informing him that he was having a guest? If it was John, that was definitely not a guest at all.

"Do you have any information of the person that is coming?" Jaden immediately asked, as he decided to set aside the matters concerning the card. At the same time, he put away the card in his pocket.

{I have tried going through all the systems possible, looking for the information about this person, but I realized that I cannot find anything about him. It is as if he does not exist at all.}

The AI's response surprised Jaden. There was someone that even the AI could not access the information about? Now that was something new.

This was going to be the first time that he was going to encounter a person that he did not get any information on. Well, the Smith and the Raven mercenary group had a method that prevented the AI from getting the information about them.

Was it possible that this person was from those two forces? That was a possibility, which was something that made Jaden to become extremely serious at this point.

At the same time, he was prepared to act. If it turned out that this was a person that he could take care of, then he would deal with them immediately. But if it was a person that he could not deal with, he would have to find a way of getting away.

In any case, nobody other than John knew that he was extremely serious about being a bodyguard. That implied that even if these people wanted to get him, they would obviously not use anyone, as Jaden had not been that close to anyone, other than the Johnson family.

But as of now, to many people, the relationship between Jaden and the Johnson family was kind of strained. After all, according to the information that had spread, it was said that Jaden had been fired from his post as a bodyguard.

That was the information that Jaden wanted to spread, and he had made sure of that by the use of the AI.

He got out of the bedroom, went through the living room, and finally, arrived at the door. The image of the person had already been displayed to him by the AI through the device that it was currently installed in.

Jaden did not hesitate, and immediately opened the door. Even though he seemed to be casual, he was ready to strike at any moment, just in case the person on the other side of the door attacked.

The moment that the door was opened, it revealed a middle-aged man with messy hair. But still, he was dressed decently, currently wearing a pair of black jeans, and a white T-shirt.

Jaden did not speak, but instead, looked at the person that was waiting there. As for this middle aged man, he was completely surprised when he saw that Jaden had opened the door.

After all, after he arrived, he had not yet pressed the bell, to inform the person inside the suite that he was here. But somehow, considering the way that Jaden was looking at him, it was clear that he had already anticipated that there was someone at the door.

"It seems that they expected something like this was going to happen. It is just as they predicted. Though, I never thought that it was going to take such a short time for you to get here." The middle-aged man said as he looked at Jaden.

Jaden's face was pasted with confusion, as he looked at the man that was speaking as if he knew him. Jaden could swear that this was the first time that they had met, but this guy was acting so familiar with him. Could it be that this guy had gotten the wrong person?

And, from the way that he was speaking, it was as if he was expecting Jaden to come over. And, from his words, it was clear that he had been told to wait for him by someone else. And just who was he talking about?

With all those questions in his mind, Jaden could only look at the man in front of him with confusion. And, the guy seemed to have noticed it, as he released a sigh.

"Can I come in?" The man asked as he looked around. It seemed that he was quite cautious, as if he was afraid of being caught.

Jaden hesitated for a moment, before moving to the side, allowing the guy to enter into the suite. He then closed the door, while keeping close watch on this guy. Jaden was obviously not going to lower his guard at this point, as this might be an enemy.

The man made himself comfortable by sitting on the couch in the living room of the suite. He then looked at Jaden, and said, "I'm pretty sure that you are confused about who I am, Jaden. But you don't need to, considering that you won't know who I am, because I am known as nameless."