Authority - Come on up.

Everyone present choked and the president and I started on laughing maniacally.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA~!!! LOOK AT YOUR FACES! HAHAHAHA~!!!" the president is wheezing.

"Seriously though, you're willing to part with another one of your soldiers? A decent shooter to boot? I'm not saying that I won't accept him, it's just that you're giving away valuable soldiers easily." I tried to confirm.

"Hmm. Soldiers are something I have a lot of. I just want something from you that wouldn't be as much trouble. My city is holding up great but we could never be too sure eh?" he replied.

"So that's why." I thought to myself.

"You want this place to be your backup plan. Two of your pilots here would also ensure that in case of something goes wrong at your place, you could be easily picked up. That's the reason why you easily gave me those two helicopters, right? I know we'll be exchanging a few more but I thought it has gone too smoothly." I said and he had a faint smile.