Chapter 383: Program (1/2)

Bang.

”This is ridiculous!” The sound of a guy slamming his hand to the wooden table echoed in a room. There were ten people inside the room, talking about an important thing.

”That's right. How can you let her do this, Mr. President?” An old man gritted his teeth and looked at President Brent.

The president himself remained calm as he understood their concern. He closed his eyes for two seconds before glancing at an old woman right beside him. ”You are our Minister of Defense. What do you think about it?”

”I actually agree to this. Although we need more manpower to deal with this situation, I believe this system will improve the situation of our military. At the same time, there will be more and more people coming in.” She nodded.

”You can't do this. Do you know how many people in the academy? We need at least one thousand personnel to handle the entire system.” The old man who slammed the table earlier was none other than the secretary of labor. ”We will need a huge amount of resources to do something like this.”

”Oh, you are talking about the money?” The guy who supported him earlier suddenly realized they didn't rebuke the president for the same reason, so he decided to remain silent.

”I know what you are thinking, but we will be able to raise more talented people in a short period.” She shook her head.

”Still, the budget is already too tight to handle. I can't really direct some money to this project.”

President Brent thought for a moment and asked, ”That money…How many schools did you put in your calculation?”

”We have four schools all over the base, two magic schools and two military schools. If this is implemented, we need to deal with all of them or there will be a huge protest from the masses.”

The president furrowed his eyebrows and seemed to know how to proceed. ”Focus on the Sacred Magic School.”

”But…”

”It's fine. I am going to use Ria Ross's statement for this.” He sighed. ”What do you mean, President? Do you happen to know more than us?”

”Yes. Ria Ross said there is a trial period of two years.”

”!!!” He widened his eyes before looking down with his hand on his chin.

”What do you think? Can you do it?” President Brent asked.

”I believe I can. As long as she announced it first, we will be able to calm the mass. Although there will be an influx of students for Sacred Magic Academy for the next two years, it means that the school can select students with higher quality.

”This way, the project will have a higher success rate. As long as the media keep covering the program, we will be able to make them a bit bored with this type of news or get used to it. After all, I am sure that when the system is implemented in all schools, it will lead to many deaths.

”We can simply fight it with the facts from the trial period. As for the budget, I should be able to spare some if it's only for one school. The problem will be personnel which should be recruited from the military.” He glanced back at the minister of defense.

However, she looked away, directing the problem to a middle-aged woman that sat not far from her.

”Hmm? You want the veteran to do it? Well, I can agree with this since there is a long history that veterans keep working as a bodyguard or something. I will try it. You should be able to get the answer in two…No, one week.”

”We have the deal then?” President Brent smiled. No one objected anymore after watching how it was settled.

”But President, are you sure we are doing this? There will be many who don't like this, especially wealthy families, because it means you are siding with Ria Ross?”

”They are benefitted from it as well. If they complain, I will deal with them personally. Besides, I agree with her condition because she presented me with information.”

They frowned.

”Yes, there is something dangerous inside the Amazon Forest, so we can't venture too deep into their area or we will be wiped out. From what I can understand, their danger level is higher than the protectors that keep harassing us.” President Brent sighed.

”What? There is something like that in the forest? How can we not know about this? No, this is not important. We need to investigate and deal with it immediately. Or our bases to the south will be in danger.”

”That's the problem. They are not aggressive. As long as we are not doing anything, they won't do it. She guarantees us that if something big happens, she will be the one leading the suppression army.”

”Since she is planning to go to that length, we will try to do it since our objective is South America as a whole, not the forest.”