Getting A System In A Modern World

Inside one of Venezuela's military bases, in an office, a groups of men and women in varying military uniforms were gathered around a table.

From the decorations and stars on their uniforms, one could be see that the group of people gathered in the room are of high ranks in the military. Also, from the frightening aura they exuded and the solemn expression on their faces, one would know that they are having a serious conversation.

Also, in the room is a young man and a elderly-looking-man seated at the head of the table.

"Mr President, you said that this is a very important meeting but if you don't mind, may I ask who the young man seated beside you is?" One of the men in military uniform asked.

With just a look at the man's uniform, it could be seen that the man is of his highest rank in the military, the army to be precise.

President Yusmaorobis looked at everyone in the room and coughed to clear his throat before he started saying what he wanted to say.

"Everyone, I called you here because there's something important that I want to tell everyone. To those of you who are curious, the name of the young man seated beside me is Silas. He's the one that initiated the clean up activity in the country." President Yusmaorobis paused and looked at everyone's face, wanting to see their reactions.

He smiled when he got the reactions he was expecting. Some of them had a frown on their faces, some had a surprised expression but only a very few of them had a shocked expression on their faces.

The common expression they all shared was confusion. They couldn't understand what President Yusmaorobis was saying.

Did he mean that the kid seated beside him that doesn't looks like he's still wet behind the ears is the one that initiated the large scale cleaning exercises that happened in the country more than half a year ago?

They felt that it was very unlikely but when they looked at President Yusmaorobis' face and saw the smile on his face, they knew that they have to believe it.

The first thing they did was to look at the young man, studying him carefully. The first thing they noticed is that Silas doesn't look Venezuelan and this got them curious. What is his nationality? Was the question on their minds.

Another thing they noticed is that the boy was giving off a very dangerous aura. It's an aura that's very hard to miss but for people like them that has been in the military for years and has been through a lot on the field before they got to where they are, they noticed the aura.

They all had a lot of questions on their minds as they looked at the young man in front of him.

"Mr President, is the reason why you called for this meeting related to the young man beside you?" A middle-aged woman was the one that asked the question this time.

"Yes." President Yusmaorobis nodded his head.

It was then that Silas felt it was time for him to come into the conversation. He looked at the group of high ranking military personnels in the room with a stern expression on his face.

"I will go straight to the point. I want to make a reform in the military. A lot of things are going to change and the changes will be massive," Silas paused for a few seconds, allowing what he said to sink in.

"The first thing to change will be the quality of military personnels in the military. To achieve that, we will have to retrain every single one of the military personnels, those that can no longer serve and perform their service obligations will be discharged. There will also be a new military division that will be created in the future."

After he was done talking, he looked at the faces of the military personnels gathered, waiting to see their reactions. Just as he had expected, he saw the shock and disbelief on their faces.

"Mr President, is what he said true?" Another man asked in confirmation.

"Yes. Not only the military but there will be significant changes in every sectors of the country's government. Heavy budgets will be made available to every sectors to facilitate these changes. The equipments and technology used by the military will be replaced, and improved. I know that all of you are shocked by this announcement and it's very understandable."

President Yusmaorobis smiled as he enjoyed the varying expressions that everyone in the room was making.

The truth was that he was feeling very happy at the moment. He made a deal with Silas that he would give him the country in exchange to have his daughter rescued.

At first he was expecting that Silas would start doing crazy things in the country but even after more than half a year, nothing of such has happened. Instead Silas has been undertaking projects that indirectly benefits the country.

Take the two massive construction works that he undertook: the already finished bank building and the currently, ongoing, massive construction work at another site. These two construction works created a lot of jobs for the people of the country, directly and indirectly.

Also, now that the bank building had been completed and had employed a lot of staffs, a lot of people who passed the interview held by Luna got jobs.

President Yusmaorobis was happy because he knew that those who got employed at the bank would have an easy life ahead of them. And that is if they don't mess things up from themselves.

President Yusmaorobis line of thoughts were broken when he heard someone asking a question.

"Mr President, forgive me for asking this but is the.... kid seated here the one that's expected to bring about those changes? If he is, then I want to ask why? From what I can see he's not a Venezuelan and he looks American. Also, how does he intend to bring about those changes?

How do we know we can trust him and what is his real identity?" The man shot a barrages of questions at President Yusmaorobis.

President Yusmaorobis smiled at the questions and looked at Silas. The meeting has gotten to the point when Silas has to prove himself to the people in the room and he was curious as to how he plans to do that.

Silas also smiled when he heard the man's questions. He knew that the man's questions were all out of curiosity and cautious. Something that he found nothing wrong with.

"You all want me to prove myself to you? How do you intend for me to do that?" Silas asked with a sly smile.

He looked at the faces of the men and women in the room, before turning to look at the door.

"Luna, come inside please."