Suspicions

Then without giving Scarlet a chance of doing anything, he pushed her to the ground.

Scarlet was not expecting that Jaden was going to push her down. But since he had done so, he had managed to enable her to evade some of the storms that had come her way.

It was a good thing that the alley But they were currently in was kind of big. Otherwise, had it been any smaller, it would have definitely been quite a trouble for Jaden to be able to dodge the stones that were being thrown their way.

The moment that he pushed Scarlet onto the ground, he managed to pick one of the stones that had rolled not far away from where he was. Then as he got back to his feet, he used his full strength to throw the stone towards one of the gangsters.

Swoosh!

The stone cut through the air as it approached the gangster. The gangster had just stood up from picking another rock from the box on the ground when he suddenly realized that there was a rock heading his way. He wanted to dodge it, but although the mind was fast, the body could not respond at all.

Bang!

The stone landed on his shoulder. Immediately, the gangster cried out in pain as he fell onto the ground, grabbing onto the area that had been hit by the stone.

The other gangsters were immediately dumbfounded after realizing that their partner was wailing on the ground. For a moment, they stopped what they were doing, and observed the guy on the ground. Of course, that only applied to the two gangsters on the same side as the one that had been hit.

As for the other three, although they were also surprised by what had happened, they did not stop at all, and immediately continued attacking. To them, they had to make sure that they dealt with Scarlet as soon as possible before other people arrived in this area. Otherwise, it was definitely going to be a little troublesome for them to be able to deal with Scarlet.

The moment that Jaden managed to hit one of the gangsters, he immediately prepared himself to attack once again. It was then that he was surprised that Scarlet who had been pushed to the ground before had already managed to get back on her feet.

At the same time, she was already holding a rock in her hand. Then without hesitation, she threw it towards one of the gangsters.

Bang!

"Aaargh!"

The gangster was hit directly on the head, and just like the previous gangster, he fell onto the ground wailing in pain. It could be said that Scarlet's marksmanship wasn't that bad.

But nevertheless, Jaden could not help but worry a little. After all, hitting a person on the head with a stone using incredible force was definitely quite dangerous. If it actually managed to hit the wrong place, it was definitely going to lead to the death of the person that would have been hit.

If this situation was taken to court, the one that had killed would definitely be punished, even if it was just a matter of self-defense. That was the reason why he had targeted the shoulder of one of the gangsters that he had attacked.

With his current combat capabilities, it was kind of easy for him to be able to know the trajectory of the movement of the gangsters after observing them for a while.

Of course, he could not be so sure about it, and that was the reason why he had been making sure that he did not target the head. Otherwise, he might end up killing somebody, and completely different from Scarlet, he definitely did not possess enough influence to be able to evade killing a person.

Although he was surprised, Jaden continued moving. It was not as if the gangsters had stopped attacking even after their comrades were taken down.

It was a good thing that he did not have to care that much about Scarlet. With her combat ability, it was quite easy for her to be able to evade the stones that were being thrown from a distance away.

But nevertheless, he made sure that he maintained a close distance from her, to make sure that he would be able to react in case Scarlet was in trouble.

At the same time, he managed to pick another rock from the ground, before throwing it towards the gangster in the opposite direction that he was facing. He had thrown that rock by simply shifting the direction that he was facing abruptly, catching the gangster off-guard.

Another gangster was taken down just like that. Scarlet also managed to get another rock and threw it towards the gangsters, but the gangsters managed to evade it. Nevertheless, the two of them continued using the rocks that were being used to attack them to attack back.

Finally, after about an entire minute, Jaden managed to take down all the remaining gangsters. Currently, all of them were already lying on to the ground, crying in pain.

At the same time that Jaden managed to take down the last gangster, a prompt appeared in front of him.

[Congratulations on completing the mission. You have been rewarded with intermediate level combat skills.]

Jaden did not pay much attention to the prompt for now. Right now, they had to take care of this group of gangsters first. He would look at the prompt later on. It was good that the system did not inject the information about intermediate level combat skills directly to him, and it seemed that he would be able to claim them later on.

Of course, none of the attacks that Jaden had launched was something that they could handle. In fact, wherever it was that they were hit by the rocks, the bones in that area would have definitely received several fractures.

But even then, Jaden had managed to regulate his strength, making sure that none of them was fatally injured. After taking the six down, Jaden approached one of them and pulled him from the ground by the collar of his shirt.

"Who was it that sent you guys here?" Jaden asked coldly. Although he was kind of sure that this was the work of the Williams, at least he had to know what was going on and be sure that it was actually the Williams that had sent these goons.

The gangster on the other hand was completely frightened. They had been previously given the job, and were told that no matter what, they would be protected. Initially, they had never thought that they would actually end up being beaten up.

According to them, the only thing that they could suffer from was definitely being arrested. And even if they were arrested, the one who had given them the job had already promised that he would be able to take them out. They did not doubt that at all, considering that the other party definitely possessed enough wealth to be able to pay them so luxuriously.

And now, facing Jaden's question, he really did not know what to say. In the end, afraid that Jaden would hit him, he responded, "We don't know who it was that gave us the job. This was the first time that we ever met him, as we have never seen him before. He came and told us to do this job, and we would be paid after we complete the task."

At this moment, the gangster was enduring the pain that he was facing after having a stone smashing directly on his right chest. It was good that Jaden managed to control the strength of his attacks. Otherwise, had the bones managed to break and damage the lungs, it would have definitely been the end of this guy if he was not taken to hospital on time.

Jaden frowned, before looking at the others on the ground. Those guys were currently crying out, as if they had actually gotten several of their limbs cut off.

Of course, Jaden understood that this was just a tactic that they were using in order to make sure that Jaden did not question them about the issue. But nevertheless, Jaden went ahead and questioned it and every one of them, but the response was still the same.

Jaden then looked at Scarlet who was standing behind him. At this moment, Scarlet's expression was completely cold. She really did not expect to encounter a situation like this. But nevertheless, since she had already encountered it, she had to take care of it.

"Do you perhaps have any clue on who it is that might have sent these guys to you?" Jaden asked as he dropped the gangster that he was holding onto the ground, while approaching Scarlet.

Scarlet remained silent for a moment before she suddenly snorted. "Who else can it be other than the Williams? They are definitely the ones that possess the arrogance of attacking me in this city. Other than them, I definitely don't think that there's anybody else that possesses the guts to attack me, a member of the Johnsons."

Jaden had already anticipated that. But even then, it might be true that they thought that it was the Williams that had sent this group here, but nevertheless, it was not as if they could do anything to the Williams. At the end of the day, there was no evidence about it.

Had it been that this group of people had actually confessed that it was the Williams that had sent them, then it would have definitely not been trouble for them to be able to deal with the Williams, at least build them a little blow.

But from the looks of it, that was definitely impossible. After all, this group said that it was a person that they did not know that gave them the mission, and not the Williams.

Jaden did not say anything and remained silent. Finally, after a moment of hesitation, he asked, "Where's the person that you were talking about meeting with?"