BXBX NOVEL Chapter 73: Change of Plans
"Ruben, why don't you tell me what is going on? I gave you an opportunity to handle the matter, but it seems that you are not doing quite well at all. Instead, you are just causing trouble for me." Philip asked indifferently.
Ruben remained silent. At this moment, he understood that he had caused some kind of trouble for Philip. This was completely out of his expectation. The group that he had sent was the one that was recruited by the Williams, and it could be considered as a private army of their own.
It was this group that was supposed to be in charge of dealing with matters such as dealing with a small group of gangsters, and other shady businesses. Still, they were not that much frequently used, and this was the first time that they were being used to pursue somebody in matters related to business.
Ruben had never expected that this group that was well trained was going to fail in a simple mission of kidnapping a little girl. What was so hard about that? Additionally, that bodyguard was just a young man that they could deal with. read-only-on-MvLeMpYr
How many of them were there at that time? Over 10 of them went to deal with this issue. But still, they did not manage to come back with the girl that they were supposed to kidnap.
Instead, they had ended up attracting the attention of the police. With the Johnsons getting involved with the police, the advantage that the Williams possessed immediately disappeared the moment that the police decided to not get involved in the matter.
The police had previously agreed to support him, and they were going to cause trouble for Scarlet in case they had managed to get away in the car. But in the end, with Clifford making calls, it was going to be impossible for that to happen.
Still, he had believed that it was going to be quite easy for the group that was trained to be able to take care of the issue later on even without the assistance of the police. In the end, they had failed to do that.
He had already asked them to come back, so that he could assign them another mission. But before he could assign the mission to them, Philip requested for his presence.
Philip came to know about what was happening the moment that the Johnsons contacted the police. So, it was inevitable that Philip would try to use this chance to suppress him.
"Brother, you have to understand that we cannot underestimate a bodyguard that has been hired by the Johnsons. It might be true that we have managed to cover the other bodyguard associations, preventing the Johnsons from getting a bodyguard from any of them, but we cannot be completely fail proof." Ruben responded nonchalantly.
Of course, the nonchalance was just an act. He could not show in front of Philip that he was currently panicking. Otherwise, if he should any form of weakness, Philip would definitely take advantage of it.
Before Philip could say anything, Ruben continued, "That bodyguard, I had previously underestimated him too. But his capabilities seem to be way above the estimation that I had been having previously. Still, it is not beyond what I can deal with. Just give me 3 days. Within 3 days, I will have already dealt with him."
Philip wanted to retort to what Ruben had said. But when he thought much about it, what Ruben had said actually made sense. Even he himself had never expected that the Johnsons were going to be able to get such a bodyguard.
It would have been understandable if they had managed to get a bodyguard from outside Faru city. But surprisingly, they had managed to get a bodyguard from within Faru city. Additionally, the bodyguard himself was somebody that could be easily ignored. Who knew that he possessed such incredible abilities despite his young age?
Of course, they had already investigated about Jaden's background. Still, they did not understand how it was possible that Jaden possessed those capabilities.
"So, why don't you tell me what you are going to do next? Tell me if there is anything that I will need to assist you with." Phillip stated. At this point, he decided to put aside the matter related to the feud between the two of them.
Currently, they would have to deal with the Johnsons first. And after they received support, recovered from the losses but they would have suffered from the battle with the Johnsons, it would be then that he would be dealing with Ruben.
After hearing those words, Ruben could not help but be slightly surprised. He looked at Philip, wanting to see if there was anything that he was hiding. But when he looked at Philip's eyes, he could tell that Philip was sincere in what he had said.
Still, this was not enough to be able to make Ruben to lower his guard in Philip's presence. It might be true that Philip had the intention of helping him right now, but it could not be so in the future.
"I just want to look for a method that we can utilize in order to take advantage of Jaden. It seems that we will have to eliminate him first, before dealing with Scarlet. Previously, I had planned to take care of him, but I changed my mind midway." Ruben stated out the current problem that he was experiencing.
Philip thought about it for a while, before he suggested, "Why don't we look for his relatives? I'm pretty sure that there is some kind of connection between him and his relatives. If he really cares about his relatives, we might be able to even convince him to join our side instead."
When he heard those words, Ruben thought that it was actually feasible. But when he remembered the information that he had received about Jaden, he shook his head.
"That is an impossibility. The relationship between Jaden and his relatives is extremely bad. During the time that Jaden's parents passed away, the relatives took the chance to take everything from him." Ruben stated.
When he saw Philip's raised brows, he continued, "It is definitely impossible for us to be able to make Jaden to do anything for his relatives. After all, there is hatred between them. Jaden does not have any brother, and there is no record of there being any good relationship between him and his relatives.
If I may add, I can say that the relationship between the two of them is like that of enemies. So, why would Jaden care about the enemies being taken care of? Instead, he would be happy if we will deal with his family instead."
Philip thought about it, and realized that it actually made sense. And after a moment of contemplation, he could not come up with any solution. In the end, he simply waved his hand and said, "You can just progress with another plan for now. Just focus on dealing with the others within the Johnsons family. As for Scarlet and Jaden, leave them aside for now."
Even though Ruben was reluctant to do that, as this was related to his own dignity, he decided to follow what Philip had suggested. After all, without having a good plan, it was going to be a problem for him to be able to deal with Jaden and Scarlet.
The two of them went ahead and discussed a few more things, before Ruben left. Philip remained behind, sitting in the same position, while contemplating something.
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For the rest of the day, Jaden did not meet with Scarlet. He was not sure where she had gone, still, he did not care. After taking supper, he went back to his residence.
Immediately after that, he contacted the doctor in charge of taking care of the old man in The Restoration hospital. Even though the surgery had not yet taken place, he had to make sure that the old man was okay.
After confirming that everything about the old man was going well, Jaden was relieved. So, he decided to relax. For some reason, he felt like the following day was going to be quite a headache.
And more than that, he could not help but look forward to another system mission. If he could actually say out loud what he was thinking at the moment, that was to have Scarlet go out again. That way, she would be chased after by the Williams, and he would get another mission from the system.
That way, after completing the mission, he would get better rewards. Still, there was nothing that he could do, considering that it seemed impossible for Scarlet to go out for the time being.
So, after going through the internet, while trying to look for information about the company that he could take 51% shares of, Jaden finally decided to sleep. Even though he was not physically tired, still, he was mentally tired after everything that happened during the day.
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While Jaden was asleep, the night was not calm for the Johnsons and the Williams. The battle between them was still going on no matter the time.
The moment that the Williams realized that the Johnsons had already began counter attacking, they immediately called for a meeting. The meeting was going to be between the young generation of the two families.