The Bodyguard System

John could not help but raise his brows slightly when he saw the lady stepping into the ring. Despite his surprise, he still looked at her, wondering what she was planning to do.

The moment that the lady got into the ring, she looked at John and said, "I understand that I'm not as good as you when it comes to fighting. But I do believe that it is better for me to try. I'm not willing to give up without giving it a try."

After she said that, she immediately attacked. John was caught a little off-guard, not expecting the lady to be this decisive. Nevertheless, he managed to react fast enough to be able to block the attack that was heading towards his face.

The lady did not stop at one attack, but instead, she rained punches towards John. Even though John was able to deal with each and every one of them, he was nonetheless impressed.

The lady that was attacking at this moment was extremely young. But despite that, she possessed some incredible skills and strength. After all, in each and every punch that John managed to block, he found that the strength behind them was incredible.

The myriad punches that the lady was throwing at John kept on increasing in speed. The frequency at which each punch approached John increased as time went on, surprising John even more.

Finally, having already tested out the skills that the lady possessed, John finally grasped one of her hand that had just thrown a punch.

The lady was not willing to give up, and immediately through a bunch using her other hand, only for it to be grasped as well.

John looked at the lady who was struggling to release her hands from his futilely and said, "I am impressed by the skills that you possess. You are quite young, and it is incredible that you possess such skills. It is true that you possess quite some potential.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The only problem here is that I'm not looking for a person with potential, but I'm looking for a person who already possesses strength and skills. Maybe you will be able to reach the level of the person that I'm wanting after a few years, but that is not now.

It is too bad that you do not qualify for the person I'm looking for. But even if you cannot be my bodyguard, you can still get another opportunity within the family. After all, my family is always on the lookout for talents."

After saying those words, John immediately released the hands of the lady. The lady on the other hand seemed a little frustrated for not succeeding. But despite that, she did not attack again.

"This is the only opportunity that I wanted. I wanted to become your bodyguard, because I wanted to face those mercenaries. But since I cannot do that, I will just have to look for another way." The lady said.

Immediately after saying those words, she turned around and left the gymnasium. This left behind Jaden together with John and the other two that had accompanied him.

Even though John felt that it was a pity to lose such a talent, it seemed that she had a goal in mind. As for the reason why she was looking for the mercenaries, he could already guess. But there was nothing that he could do.

At the end of it all, it was not as if he was going to help everybody. And, he himself was already supposed to deal with this group of mercenaries, and they were not the only ones, considering that the number of mercenaries in the world was quite shocking.

As for the matter of looking for talent for the family, it was not his duty. There was another person that was supposed to be in charge of looking for talents for the family. All that he would have to do was to tell that person in charge to go and try to recruit this young lady.

As for how they were going to recruit her when she was having something that she wanted to do, he did not care. In any case, it was not as if it concerned him.

After the lady had left, John finally looked at Jaden. Jaden was the only one remaining out of the candidates that had appeared today. John was wondering if Jaden was here as well because he wanted to try his luck just like the lady.

Could it be that he was also affected by the mercenaries? That was a possibility, but maybe there was another reason behind why Jaden was here.

"Do you want to retreat, or do you want to try your luck?" John asked as he looked at Jaden.

"I guess I will try my luck." Jaden responded, finally bringing his thoughts back from the lady.

Immediately after giving a response, Jaden stepped into the ring. He stood opposite from John, with a casual stance. Since he already understood John's strength, he understood that it was impossible for John to be able to beat him.

And since Jaden had already decided that he was going to work for the Roberts, then he would have to defeat John. But despite that, it was not as if Jaden was willing to reveal his full strength.

Ever since he had taken the last physique enhancing pill that he had remained with, his strength had increased by a tremendous margin. And at the same time, his control over his strength had also increased.

So, when it came to dealing with John, it was not going to be a big issue for him. So, he kept on standing in front of John, waiting for him to strike first.

John on the other hand had thought that Jaden was going to be just like the lady before. He thought that he was going to attack first, but was surprised when he saw that Jaden kept on standing in front of him, in a stance that did not indicate that he was prepared to fight.

"Are you not going to attack?" John suddenly asked.

And since John had asked, Jaden immediately launched an attack. Even though he was not using his full strength, he was using the intermediate level combat skills.

Swish!

John suddenly felt that he could hear the sound of the air being torn apart as Jaden attacked. The speed at which the punch was approaching him was incredible that John nearly failed to react.

He barely managed to dodge by twisting his body to the side, managing to evade the punch by just a small margin.

But he had just managed to dodge the punch when suddenly, an elbow headed towards his chest. The hand which had thrown a punch suddenly curved, and the elbow of the hand twisted as it headed towards his chest.

John was so shocked. He was not expecting such a rapid shift in attack. From throwing a punch, to suddenly attacking using an elbow.

And considering that he had just managed to dodge an attack, it was impossible for him to be able to shift his body again. Left with no choice, he lifted his hands to block the elbow.

And for the first time, John was forced to stumble backwards. Even though he stumbled backwards only by three steps, it was enough to demonstrate that Jaden's attack possessed strength that John could not ignore.

But even before he could react, a knee was suddenly heading towards his guts. John managed to react, but he was not fast enough. The angle at which he had raised his leg to block the knee was slightly off, and so, he had no other choice but to deflect the knee to the side while slightly twisting his body as well, enabling him to dodge the attack.

But that was not the end of it all. Considering that just after the leg that had been used by Jaden to attack touched the ground, he threw a punch towards John.

John was overwhelmed by the series of attacks that headed towards him. Each and every one of them was extremely fast, and he was barely able to dodge them. And for those that he blocked, he found that they were extremely strong, to the extent that he was pushed backwards continuously.

The other two that were watching the fight between John and Jaden could not help but be completely surprised. This was the first time that they had ever seen someone being able to push John backwards, other than the captain of their own team.

Just who was this young man? And how was it possible that he possessed such incredible strength? He was actually capable of dominating John despite his young age.

Ask the fight between Jaden and John progressed, John did not find even a single chance of counter attacking. He was on the receiving end of the attacks all the time, and by the time that he managed to dodge or block an attack, another one would already be heading his way.

It was impossible for him to be able to find a chance of attacking Jaden, and so, he just had to continue dodging and blocking. He had no other choice but to hope that Jaden would get tired, and finally give him a chance of attacking.

But surprisingly, Jaden continued attacking with the same frequency for more than a minute. And, there was not even sweat or any indication that he was struggling. From the looks of it, it seemed that he could still keep on going for the next few minutes.

Just as John was wondering how he was supposed to deal with Jaden, he suddenly felt that his leg that had just been trying to find balance by stepping backwards, stepping into a thin air.

And before he could react, he suddenly felt his entire body tilting backwards. It was then that he realized that without noticing it, he had already reached the edge of the ring, and now, he was actually falling out of the ring!