He had always thought his dad was off somewhere busy doing who knew what. Only now did he realize how much the man had done. Living an ordinary life in the city, people would never know how much the soldiers out there had given.
Just taking the battle in the Arctic Ocean alone, he had no idea why Sandru had not come, or why more powerful opponents had not intervened. The soldiers had already held them back somewhere he could not see.
"Do you have any idea how many battles we've fought against the enemy where you couldn't see us, how many people we've killed, how much blood we've shed? Never mind anything else. Just look at the Azure Dragon's shattered skeleton. How much time do you think we spent wresting those pieces from all sorts of people to patch it back together..." Chu Jiangliu sighed. "Our enemies all know about SSS. Surely you don't think we earned that reputation by boasting?"
"Uh..."
Chu Jiangliu sneered. "People like you... soldiers hold the enemy back beyond the borders while you sit in Lin’an enjoying song, dance, and peace. You know nothing, think everyone else has done nothing, and practically itch to send out a few gold plaques ordering them home..."
"Stop, stop, stop..." Chu Ge laughed. "That sounds pointed. It doesn't sound like you're talking about me."
Chu Jiangliu lowered his head and drank his tea.
Finding his dad rather adorable now, Chu Ge smiled. "Fought a lot of battles, have you? Want me to help you from now on?"
He paused, then took out the suits of Nanotech Armor. "Confiscated these from the enemy. I'm handing them over to the country."
Chu Jiangliu saw straight through his little scheme.
There was no way he would hand over the "two-way portal,"