The difficulty with the Great Imperial Son's Deputy not being dead lay in the fact that if he died, it would only be a hypothesis.
After the Great Imperial Son returned home, he could use this to show the people the Federation's attitude toward the war and the Peng Joe Empire, thereby stirring up an even more frenzied desire for revenge! The most direct benefit of mobilizing those emotions was that the soldiers would perform more ferociously on the battlefield!
They would fight with a sense of humiliation, tearing apart every enemy who stood in their way!
But if he had not died, the Great Imperial Son would return with a cripple, and that would defeat the purpose of turning "grief and indignation" into strength.
Some might even begin to question the Great Imperial Son's ability because of it! The Federation had fucking slapped you across the face, and you had done nothing... then just come back? Wasn't that tantamount to yielding to the Federation? To the Peng Joe People, they could face death head-on, just like those fearless warriors on the battlefield.
No matter how many bullets flew toward them, or whether the planes in the sky were already preparing to drop bombs on their heads, as long as the charge sounded, they would crawl out from the trenches and behind the bunkers, firing at the enemy as they charged! The Great Imperial Son returning with a cripple would clearly hurt some people's feelings, and they would consequently resent him!
As for the fact that this Deputy had worked for him for many years and had indeed rendered meritorious service, he was no longer suitable for him.
The Great Imperial Son thought that perhaps he could grant some preferential treatment to the Deputy's family and children.
As for the