The Bodyguard System

"Seriously? $2,000 interest?" Scarlet could not help but be dumbfounded when she heard that. She asked as she looked at Harry, wondering if she had heard clearly.

Harry simply smiled awkwardly as he put away the handkerchief, only to stop again, since he felt the pain from his broken nose. The handkerchief was already soaked in blood. So, one of his gangsters brought another one for him to use to wipe the blood away.

"It is just business. Additionally, we don't force anybody about taking the loan from us. After all, before they take the loan, we usually tell them the consequences of not paying the loan on time. The penalty fee is quite high." Harry explained as he continuously wiped the blood away from his nose.

"Tsk! That is too much. You are obviously exploiting the weak here. They are already struggling, finding it difficult to find $3,000 to repay the loan, and you are adding an extra $2,000 to the money that they are supposed to repay?" Scarlet felt incredulous.

Even though she had been hunting gangsters previously, she had never looked much into these matters. Most of the time, it was Vincent and the others who handled the other things. As for herself, she was just involved in fighting, and that was it.

So of course, coming from an influential background, she had never experienced anything like this. So, for the first time, realizing that people were facing something like this, she felt that this world was too much.

Somebody like Harry who was exploiting the poor here, was a rich guy. $5,000 was a small amount of money to himself and his family. Yet, here he was, forcing Alfie to do things for him, just for $5,000.

"I have decided. I'm only going to pay you the money that they borrowed from you. As for the rest, you can forget about it." Scarlet stated.

Then, she took out her phone, and asked Harry about where she was supposed to transfer the money to. After receiving the details, she transferred the money from her phone, directly into his.

Harry could only give a bitter smile. It seemed that the plan that he was having, involving Alfie in it was going to be impossible. So, he would have to find another person. Your next read awaits at m v|l-e'-NovelBin.net

Well, he could as well look for Alfie later on, after Scarlet had left. He did not believe that Scarlet would come looking for Alfie again.

But that thought was dispelled from his mind just a few seconds after it had appeared. He did not want to risk anything. For that reason, he decided that after today, he would not have any other involvements with Alfie. That way, he could avoid clashing with Scarlet, at least out of the school.

As for the position of the president of the fighting club, he had not yet given up. He would just look for another method in order to grab that position.

"Okay. It's done." Harry stated. Then, he gave one last glance at the door behind Scarlet, before turning around to leave.

"Guys, let's leave. Find somebody that can buy this bar. I'm no longer interested in it." Harry stated as he waved at his gangsters to follow him.

Scarlet silently watched as Harry and his gangsters left. The only ones that were left behind were the staff members of the bar, together with a few people that had not gone out, wanting to see the show from within.

Alfie finally took a deep breath, feeling relieved. With Scarlet repaying the debt that they were having, at least, Harry was not going to use that as a leverage to ask him to do things for him again.

But of course, Alfie did not rule out that Harry might just be shameless and come looking for him again. But despite that, at least for now, he could be free, and would not feel that much guilty if he refused working for Harry.

Now, the only problem that would be there was if Harry decided to target his family. It would have been better if he could have relocated to another place. But it was an impossibility for the time being, considering the financial constraints that his family was experiencing.

Scarlet did not know what Alfie was thinking at this moment. She just turned around, and looked back into the corridor that led to the basement. She wondered what Jaden was doing there. At the same time, she was quite curious about what he was planning to do to Lucas.

A few minutes later, Jaden came over. He looked no different from how she had left him. There was not even blood on him, indicating that he had not tortured Lucas.

She looked back inside, even after Jaden had come out, wondering if she was going to see Lucas crawling over. But even after a few seconds, she did not notice any movements from within.

"Is the matter already settled?" Jaden asked after he came out. He was worried that the mission might end up failing, because he realized that he could not see Alfie's family here. Even that guy Harry was not here.

"Yeah. We have already dealt with it." Scarlet responded.

Jaden nodded. It was good. Though, he was wondering why the system had not given him a prompt confirming the completion of the mission.

As he thought hard about it, he asked Alfie, "Do you think that guy is going to look for you again?"

Alfie was a little startled. He had not expected that even Jaden was going to care about him. He wondered, were the two of them this good? Maybe for this guy, it was true, but for Scarlet, the reputation about her was definitely not the best.

The only reason why he had approached her was simply because she was his only hope. And more than that, from her action of asking someone to take him to the infirmary after she had defeated him, it was clear that she was kind-hearted.

"I think it is possible for him to come looking for me. He was saying that there was something that he wanted me to do for him, though I'm not sure about it. And if it is that I am the only person that can do it, he will definitely come looking for me." Alfie explained.

Jaden pondered for a moment, wondering what method could be used in order to guarantee that Harry would not come back looking for Alfie. After a while, he finally came to a conclusion.

"Currently, you are experiencing financial constraints, and that was the reason why you could not pay back the debt, right?" Jaden asked.

"Yeah." Alfie responded as he nodded. He was not sure about what Jaden was trying to do.

"So, it implies that if we support you, it should not be that difficult for you to be able to get out of this area, and go to another place, right?" Jaden inquired further.

"Mhm." Alfie hummed in response.

Upon getting the response, Jaden turned and looked at Scarlet. Then he said, "Why don't you find a small business for him? Maybe a job that he can do? That way, you can easily complete helping him as you had planned before."

Scarlet was left speechless by Jaden's words. From the way that he was asking Alfie all those questions, it was as if he was the one that was going to help. But why was it that he was asking her to pay up again?

She had already spent $3,000. Of course, this was from her own pocket. She rarely depended on the money from her family, other than the allowance money that she was given. But of course, the majority of the money that she had came from the business circle that she had formed with Christine and the others.

Just like that, Scarlet went ahead and made a few calls. Finally, it was finalized. Alfie managed to get a job within Blue Seal hotel. Of course, he did not get that big job that required expertise, he was just a janitor.

Even though it was just a small position, since he was working in the Blue Seal hotel, his pay was quite good. He was being paid $3,000 per month. That was a large amount of money, something that Alfie had never dreamed of earning in just a single month.

Of course, that amount of money had been increased, simply because it was Scarlet who had asked for a position for Alfie. Otherwise, he would have been paid just like the others.

The moment that Alfie secured a job in Blue Seal hotel, Jaden finally received the prompt that he had been looking forward to.

[Congratulations to the host for completing the compulsory mission. The host has been rewarded with two physique enhancing pills. The pills are within the inventory.]

Jaden finally relaxed. At this point, with these two pills, it should not be that difficult for him to be able to get stronger. After knowing about Scott, and his abilities, his determination to get stronger had increased.

Right now, he could not wait to go back home, so that he could take the pills. He could have saved them, and waited until he was a little stronger, to have his strength tripled, but nonetheless, how was he supposed to get stronger, if he kept on saving what was supposed to make him stronger?

With everything finally out of the way, Alfie watched as Jaden and Scarlet took a taxi, going back to the campus. As for himself, after the two of them had left, he excitedly took another taxi, heading home, to give the good news to his family.