The Bodyguard System

Jaden moved steadily behind John. He was following John, ensuring that nothing would happen to him. He would have been in front, but considering the fact that John held the position of the vice captain of the team, it was impossible for Jaden to be in front of him.

Despite that, Jaden was ready to make a move at any moment. In case something happened, and John was put in danger, Jaden would be able to react. Additionally, due to the current strength that he possessed, it made it easy for him to be able to react to any situation, unless he was facing something like a mutant with super speed.

As they moved further into the forest, the entire forest seemed to fall into deep silence. Even the sound of birds in the air could no longer be heard.

The moment that the people around noticed this situation, they immediately tensed up. To them, they understood that this was a sign that there was a possibility of danger within this forest.

It was not even a possibility anymore. After all, according to the information that had been provided by the intelligence department of the special unit, this was where the group of mercenaries that they were supposed to deal with was located.

For that reason, it was clear that the mercenaries would not just stand idle, allowing them to shoot at them. Instead, they would obviously retaliate.

The only problem that they were currently experiencing was the fact that they did not possess much information about the mercenaries. Since they did not know the enemy, that implied that there was a great risk involved in this.

But they were not afraid at all. After all come this is what they did. It was impossible for them to be able to acquire the information about all the mercenaries in the world that would venture into this country occasionally.

If they had gotten all the information that was required about the mercenaries, they would have obviously eliminated them by now. But, the mercenaries did not stay in the same place, new mercenaries joined the mercenary groups, while others died occasionally.

Jaden continued holding the pistol that had been handed to him by John. The pistol was a Glock 17 pistol. It was quite ordinary, as compared to the other weapons that the people around him were having.

Well, John did not have the authority of granting Jaden any weapon that was related to the special unit. And for that reason, he had no other choice but to hand over to Jaden a normal pistol.

The Glock 17 pistol had an efficiency range of 40 to 50 m. But to Jaden, those things could not apply at all. After all, he was extremely steady, and his vision was precise. So, as long as the bullet could reach a distance, and could cause enough damage after traveling that distance, he would be able to shoot accurately, even if it was several hundred meters away.

"Halt!" Oliver, who was taking the lead suddenly raised his hand as he said those words. The group that was following behind him immediately stopped.

"As you can see around us, there is an indication that there was an activity that happened here not long ago. You can see that the leaves have only recently fallen, indicating that there was a person or a group of people that went past here before us." Oliver said as he pointed towards the surrounding area that they were currently at.

Jaden had already observed that. It was just that he did not have the authority of saying anything within this team. After all, at the end of it all, he was just John's bodyguard, and not a member of this special units team.

"You all should be prepared. We should be very close to the enemy. Remember, as long as the enemy appears, shoot to kill. We do not negotiate with mercenaries." Oliver commanded.

"Yes, captain!" The others responded simultaneously.

Oliver then made several signs, and immediately, the group immediately dispersed. They could not continue moving together, considering that that would easily give the enemy a big target.

If they launched a grenade or had set a bomb and they ended up exploding, the entire group would obviously suffer casualties. That was something that they were trying to avoid.

It was also true that by spreading, they could be targeted one by one, but it was not as if they could not communicate with each other. Additionally, they were not moving that far from each other, giving each other additions of about 10 to 20 meters.

Jaden obviously followed John. At the same time, John said, "Jaden, I don't know if you have ever killed someone before. But here, if you feel like you can kill someone, just go ahead and do that. You don't have to feel any form of guilt towards this group of mercenaries."

Before Jaden could respond, John continued, "They have already spilled so much blood. To them, it really doesn't matter if the person that they are targeting is innocent or not. As long as they are paid, they are willing to kill anybody. To them, money talks a lot."

Jaden of course understood this concept. It was not as if this was going to be the first time that he was going to experience a fight with mercenaries. Previously, he had almost been killed by Ben's brother, who was the sniper.

It was precisely due to his fast reflexes that he had been able to dodge the bullets. Otherwise, he would have been killed, and it was clear that after he had died, Scarlet would also be involved in that.

Jaden did not say anything, and continued following behind John. At the same time, he monitored the surroundings around them. Well, even though he was looking around, he could already hear the sound of footsteps quite a distance away from them.

The only reason why he was looking around was just in case there was a trap that had been laid down, waiting for them to fall into it. In case it was something like a bomb, no matter how strong Jaden was, it would be impossible for him to be able to save John, especially if the magnitude of the explosion would be quite high.

"There are three people that are approaching us from the right. They are coming over cautiously, and they should be able to spot us in just about 10 seconds." Suddenly, Jaden said something but surprised John.

John immediately looked around, trying to see if there was anyone around. But no matter how much he looked, he could not see anybody. At the same time, he tried listening, but he could not hear the sound of wood steps that Jaden was talking about.

Well, he could hear the sound of footsteps, but it was their own footsteps. The members of the special unit had all been trained in such a way that they were able to minimize the noise being made as they walked around.

So, after attentively listening, he could only hear the sound of footsteps coming from the two of them as they walked. It was faint, but it could be easily heard as long as a person was close by.

John did not understand where Jaden was getting the confidence that there were three people that were approaching them. In his mind, he could not help but think that perhaps Jaden had confused, thinking that people were approaching them, or maybe he was just overthinking things.

"You don't have to be that worried. Even if they come over, we will be able to take care of them quite easily. Just don't try fighting them head on. The mercenaries have guns and other weapons. Even if you are strong when it comes to unarmed combat, a fight with guns is completely different." John explained.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Jaden did not respond. Instead, holding the gun that he was having, having a suppressor, he looked towards the direction that he could hear the sound of footsteps coming.

From the sound of footsteps that he could hear, it was clear that they were trying as much as possible to suppress them. Of course, there was a possibility that the sound of footsteps was from the members of the Eagle team, but still, Jaden did not think so.

After all, all of them had spread in such a way that everyone was moving by themselves, except for John and Jaden. For that reason, for three people to be approaching together, it was clear that it was the enemy.

Just as John was about to make a move, continuing moving towards the deeper end of the forest, Jaden suddenly grabbed his shoulder, pulling him backward.

John was completely startled, not expecting something like this to happen. For that reason, he stumbled backwards, towards Jaden.

Bam!

But just a moment after he had stumbled backwards, the sound of something hitting the ground could be heard. And when John looked over, he was surprised, only to see that there was a big hole on the ground.

At this moment, the question that he wanted to ask Jaden immediately evaporated. At the same time, he became extremely cautious, understanding that they were spotted by the enemy.

He tried looking around, trying to see somewhere that he could take cover, but even before he could do that, Jaden suddenly took action.

Piu! Piu! Piu!

The sound of suppressed shooting could be heard three consecutive times. And after that, Jaden did not do anything else, and simply looked towards the direction that he had said before.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Just as John was wondering why Jaden had been shooting, the sound of heavy things falling on the ground was heard, accompanied by the sound of something rushing through the bushes.