The Bodyguard System

"I have my own suggestion. Would you mind giving me a moment to explain?" Ruben, who had been silent all this while finally spoke up.

Philip looked at him silently without any change in expression on his face. It could be said that the two of them were from different camps within the family. But, they were currently on the same boat.

If the Williams family was destroyed, that implied that they would all end up suffering. After all, both of them depended on the influence and power that the family granted them.

Not to mention friends, in case the family showed any signs of declining, the other powers would immediately seize the chance to deal with them. At that point, they would be in great trouble.

It might be true that they possessed influence even out of Faru city, but still, it was not enough to help them for the time being considering that even the Johnsons possessed influence of their own out of the city.

When Ruben looked at Philip who was looking at him, he could not help but smile. "Brother, we are currently on the same boat. Even if the two of us usually compete against each other, we both don't want anything to happen to the family."

Philip did not say anything in response. Nonetheless, Ruben continued, "My suggestion is that we simply go all out on the Johnsons for one of their company, before allowing them to win. That way, we would suffer some losses, but so would the Johnsons.

After we do that, we can pretend to be dealing with one company next, but we can instead deal with another while they are least expecting it."

Ruben possessed confidence in his voice as he said those words. The expression on his face was full of arrogance as if he had just made the killer shot.

"You are an idiot. It is no wonder you are not the leader of the family but I am." Philip responded with a disappointed expression on his face. He could not help but wonder if there was something wrong with this brother of his.

Other than that, he could not help but begin to doubt if there really was any blood relationship between the two of them. At the end of the day, everyone in the family was quite reasonable, unlike Ruben.

"Who are you calling an idiot? Just because you are the family head, you think that you can just go ahead and start abusing me?" Ruben, fuming, immediately began approaching Philip with his fists clenched.

Philip did not back down. Instead, without an ounce of fear on his face, he looked at Ruben and said, "You are an idiot. Because if you are not one, then that implies that you are a traitor of the family. After all, the plan that you have suggested is something that can lead to the destruction of the entire family."

Ruben was left speechless upon hearing that. Which one was he? An idiot or a traitor? Of course he was not a traitor. Why would he want to destroy the family that he wanted to have his son take over? That would be the greatest joke, handing a broken family to his son.

Then, if he was not a traitor, he was an idiot? Of course he did not believe that he was an idiot.

Ruben thought about it for a while before he came to a realization. Why would he have to select any of the choices that were given to him? After all, all of them came from Philip, who did not like him.

"Are you kidding me? If you want a fight, then I'll accompany you right now!" Ruben was fuming. The expression on his face indicated that he was ready to go on a rampage.

Philip looked at him as if he was looking at an idiot. But still, there was a nonchalant expression on his face. It was clear that he did not care if Ruben wanted to fight or not.

Just as Ruben was approaching Philip, intending to initiate a fight between the two of them, Ezekiel spoke up once again.

"This is the reason why you had never been given the chance of being the leader of the family. After all, with such a temper, it is obvious that you will be making some rash decisions at some point in time.

Additionally, you like handling matters brutely. Not everything is handled using force. Sometime, we have to apply our mind in order to be able to solve those issues. A good example would be the one that we are currently experiencing."

The moment that Ezekiel spoke up, Ruben immediately stopped his aggressive movements. Nevertheless, they anger on his face did not disappear.

The only reason why he retreated was simply because after Ezekiel spoke up, he was immediately reminded about his plan. He was planning to have his son take over the position of the head of the family.

If he did anything impulsively, he would end up affecting the chances that his son would have when it came to the position of the head of the family. So, it was better for him to back down for now. By the time that his son would take over the position, that would be the time that he would exhibit his dominance.

After Ruben retreated, Philip looked at him and began explaining, "Currently, if we provoke the Johnsons any further, they are definitely not going to let us go easily. So, I'm going to stick to the same plan that I had suggested before. We decided to give up on one industry, allowing them to take over, as a form of apology.

Even if our strength is going to reduce, at least, it is not going to reduce by a big margin, in such a way that the other families will take advantage of."

"That's good. We can go with that. So, have the plan initiated. This way, we should be able to survive, while trying to look for the whereabouts of that young master.

After all, we have already suffered a few losses. It will be good if he can compensate the losses that we have suffered, even if he doesn't want to support us anymore." Ezekiel nodded his head as he responded.

At the mention of the young master, Philip could not help but be furious. If he had known that he would turn against them, he would have definitely not have agreed to that plan.

After all, they had decided to submit to the young master, by simply hoping that he would help them achieve the dominant position within the city. But now, it seemed that the other party was just looking for something to toy with, and unlucky for them, they had ended up as the toy.

….

Scarlet and Jaden arrived closer to the heart of the city. In this area, even though it was not as bustling as the center of the city, still, it was better than the street that Jaden lived in before.

Several high-rise buildings could be seen, and business was currently ongoing. People could be seen moving around, with others simply walking around, others live streaming, while others were busy heading to their workplaces, or to have breakfast.

The two of them went to an area that was not as active as the others. In this area, there was a building that possessed six floors.

Outside the building, there was a name written in big letters, Alara Cosmetics. And the moment that they got to this building, Scarlet immediately parked the car.

Then, with a frown on her face, she got out of the car as she looked at a group of people that was loitering outside this building. It could be seen that there were no customers around, even though some of them were looking from a distance.

It could be said that this building was completely deserted. Nobody dared to approach this place, other than the two of them, who had ignored somebody that had been trying to stop them from coming over.

Just after the two of them had got out of the car, a group of three people came over. Just by looking at them, Jaden could immediately tell that they were a group of crooks.

"Hey you two, this place is out of limit. So, it is better for you to get out of here." One of them who was having a tattoo on his neck, currently wearing a dirty brown vest spoke with an arrogant tone.

"Of limit your head. This is a business place, it is not as if this is a crime scene. It's better if you get the hell out of here instead." Scarlet responded with a frown on her face.

From the looks of it, things had gotten a little difficult. After all, previously, she had been informed that there was just a small group of gangsters. But just by looking, she could tell that there were at least 20 of them.

Additionally, previously, there was supposed to be a group of people coming over. But now, there was nobody at all. It was clear that the strategy that was being used against one of her friends was completely different from what had been described at that time.

Upon hearing Scarlet's rude response, the gangster wearing a vest could not help but get angry.

He looked at Scarlet and pointed her finger at her, "Little girl, you better know your place. You might think that the police will come over to save you. But do you have the confidence that you will be able to hold on until they come over? By the time that they get here, we will have already dealt with you, and we would have left this place."

"I would like to see how you deal with me." Scarlet responded. Then in the next moment, she took a step forward, and immediately approached the group of three in front of her.