"You brat..."
After hearing Xia Xu out, Luo Hongyun merely thought he was joking and scolded him, unsure whether to laugh or cry.
Still, Xia Xu's support and persuasion did ease many of his concerns, and he began seriously considering the invitation from above.
Without any crises weighing on him, he would actually have preferred an ordinary city life. A wife, a child, a warm home-spending his retirement like that sounded pretty good.
But reality clearly would not allow that. Xia Xu's words just now made a lot of sense. The world was changing rapidly with each passing day, and the last time he had faced Kirkclough, he had already felt unable to keep up.
Besides, the organization that had kidnapped Louise had always been a major concern of his. Although he had previously eliminated a group of mercenaries, everyone among them except Kirkclough had actually been international mercenaries working for money. To put it bluntly, they were just hired cannon fodder. Far from suffering any serious damage, the true masterminds behind them had not lost so much as a hair.
Since their target was Louise, they would certainly return sooner or later. Moreover, these people possessed specialized equipment like the Mechanical Centipede. If another two Kirkcloughs showed up, he really could not be confident of keeping his daughter safe.
If he joined this newly established government special department and gained a certain say in matters and the ability to deploy armed forces, dealing with various crises would be a little easier. He would also gain access to some powerful firearms...
"Uncle Luo, let's call it a day."
Seeing Luo Hongyun sink into thought, Xia Xu did not ask to continue their combat training. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, he went straight home and took a shower.
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