The Bodyguard System

At this point, Jaden was slightly curious. He was not really sure about the strength of this guy with a grade A ability. So, he simply decided to ask the system about his own current grade of ability, in order to be able to judge how strong this guy would be.

'System, how strong am I in terms of telekinesis ability? What grade is it?' Jaden asked in his mind.

[Currently, the host can be graded as a grade B ability holder.]

Jaden was completely surprised upon hearing that. Well, thinking much about it, it seemed that that was the case. But, even with a grade B ability, he was actually considered as weak?

If that was the case, then that implied that the person with the highest ability within the raven mercenary group at least had a grade A ability. Otherwise, it would not have been impossible for him to be in this situation, where he was extremely cautious of the other party.

But of course, Jaden did not believe that there was a possibility that there was someone within those two forces that had managed to reach a level where they possessed an ability that was grade S and above.

But at this point, Jaden finally understood the strength of the person that he could acquire from the store. And the good thing was the fact that it was not just a single person that possessed a grade A ability.

Instead, it was just that the highest grade of ability that a person that could be acquired from the store was only at grade A. Maybe the reason behind that was due to the fact that it was not going to be easy to be able to find someone stronger with a need that could be satisfied with just money.

Despite that, understanding his current strength, Jaden understood that if he acquired someone with a grade A ability, then that would be a huge boost. For the time being, he did not have the money to acquire the grade SSS ability.

And currently, Jaden believed that it was not going to be long before another group of mutants was sent over to deal with him. And it was obvious that this group was going to be stronger, and it would not be that easy for him to be able to take them out.

There was even a possibility that the higher ups of those two forces might take action personally, and would come for him. In that situation, he really would be helpless, and would have no choice but to try and get away.

From this, it was clear that he had to increase his strength, even if it implied indirectly. In that situation, having a subordinate that was strong, at least, they could protect him.

But that was not something that he was going to think of for the time being, as he still needed to explore the store, and see if there was something else that he could acquire.

Finally, Jaden decided to focus on the last category in the store, which was facilities. Jaden was not surprised when he saw what could be found within the facilities category.

As he was browsing through the facilities present, he could see some things like a laboratory, a bakery, and many other things. Basically, the facilities category provided him with a place where he could do something.

And currently, Jaden was focused on the laboratory category. He was not sure about what was contained within the laboratory category, and if it was going to be enough for him to be able to investigate about the stone.

In any case, Jaden believed that there was a possibility that he could acquire everything that he needed within the facilities category. And in that case, it would be worth it for him to get the geneticist skills.

But as he read the description about the laboratory, he was completely surprised. The reason behind that being the fact that although there was a laboratory as a facility within the store, it did not imply that he would be given the laboratory.

It was just that he was going to be allowed to access the laboratory services. From this, it implied that if he wanted to study something, he would just have to give the instructions, make the necessary payments, and the research would be carried out for him.

And the best thing about it was the fact that the research was only going to be carried out instantaneously. This was way better than him carrying out the research personally.

Even if he possessed the highest geneticist skills, he would still need time in order to experiment some things, before he could finally find out what was unique about the stone.

But with the laboratory facility from the store, that was something that could be done within seconds. So, he could save a lot of time. Additionally, he would not need to even bother purchasing those two skills.

That money could be used here instead. So, Jaden immediately checked the price, and realized that the price for each research differed from each other, depending on the difficulty of the research.

'System, how much is it going to cost in order for me to research about this stone?' Jaden suddenly asked. At the end of it all, it was simply because of this stone that he was even bothering much about the laboratory.

Well, it was basically about mutation, and the stone was the origin of the mutation that had occurred within this world.

[In order to research about the stone, the host is supposed to provide the research funds of $10 trillion.]

Jaden could not help but furiously blink his eyes upon hearing the price. It was actually 10 trillion dollars? That huge amount of money in order to research?

And thinking about it, even though he was going to pay that huge amount of money, it was not as if he was going to acquire the laboratory as well. Instead, the money was simply going to be used for the research, and the next time that he wanted to carry out any other research, he would have to do the payment again.

As if the system could detect the doubt that he was having, another prompt appeared.

[Note: The funds provided is full the consumables that are used during the research. Additionally, the manpower that is required to run the research, and for the equipment.]

[Currently, the price is low, considering that the host does not need to purchase the necessary equipment for the research. But even then, the host has to hire the equipment, which will be used during the research.]

[It is the hiring of the equipment that costs a lot of money as compared to the other required items.]

Jaden finally understood. But even then, he was amazed by the price of the equipment that was being used for the research. If he really wanted to establish a laboratory of his own, just how much was he supposed to spend?

If just hiring the equipment was that expensive, one could already imagine how expensive the equipment themselves were.

But at this point, Jaden decided that it was better to use the simplified version of the laboratory. Even if it was just hiring the services of the laboratory, it was better than having a laboratory of his own.

In any case, after the research about the stone, there was a high probability that he was not going to use the laboratory anymore. And, it would be a complete waste for him to use a huge amount of money to establish a laboratory that he was not going to use for a long time.

Currently, out of the slightly over $10 trillion that he had, he had already used $100 billion. That money had been used in order for him to acquire the physique enhancing pills.
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"How much money do I have currently?" Jaden finally asked out loud.

{Currently, the amount of money in your account has already reached over $30 trillion.}

Jaden was shocked upon hearing that amount of money. But when he thought about it, looking at the time on his phone, he realized that it had already been over 2 hours since he started going through the system store.

The number of items In each category was quite high, requiring a lot of time for him to be able to go through them all.

"Just what method have you used in order to acquire such a huge amount of money?" Jaden asked, not really sure about how the AI had managed to acquire such a huge amount of money in such a short time.

{I simply hacked into the accounts of several gangsters and mafia bosses, and transferred the money from their accounts into your account. According to your personality, I thought that stealing from those billionaires would be against your conscience.

It Is exactly due to that reason that I simply hacked into several accounts of those notorious gangsters within this country and a few neighboring countries to acquire the money.}

Jaden finally understood. At the same time, he could not help but feel a little excited. At the same time, he thought about the reaction of those bosses the moment that they realized that the money in their accounts had been taken away.

Would they be able to pay their underlings? Would the underlings revolt upon noticing that they could not be paid? Or was it possible that those bosses that were collaborating with each other would start fighting upon realizing that another person could not pay for the items?

"Let's continue with that trend. Just go ahead and do the necessary in order to acquire much more money. Hack into the accounts of all the gangsters all over the world, and get the money from them. The more the money, the better it is." Jaden then instructed.