The Fearsome Dragon Warrior

Jacob crouched and slowly placed Heidi down before he looked at the little boy in the eye. Then, he passed the monkey plushie
to him. "This is for you."
Heidi also slightly lifted her head as she said in a child-like manner, "I have big Dixy with me now, so you can just take this
monkey plushie."
The little boy looked at the furry monkey with longing in his eyes, but he turned around to look at his father after a moment of
hesitation.
"Why are you looking at me?" He glared at his son.
His wife, however, placed her hand on the boy's head and said softly, "How could we take it, sir?"
"It's just a plushie." Jacob smiled and shoved the monkey into the boy's hand. "Remember – you have to fight for what you
want."
"What should you say to this kind sir?" The boy's mother prompted.
Hugging the monkey plushie close to him, the little boy smiled innocently as he said, "Thank you very much!"
"You're welcome." Jacob nodded and stood up.
Then, his attention closed in on the father before walking over to the latter, sending shivers down his spine as he gulped
involuntarily.
"You should treat your wife and children more gently," he advised solemnly with a wistful expression on his face before he
walked past the father. "They are a part of your life, you know."
The father's strongly built figure gave a jolt. After he thought of something to retort, he realized that Jacob was already
surrounded by the bustling crowd.

"What are you waiting for? Let's go."
"What are you waiting for? Let's go."
Upon hearing his wife's hasty remarks, his immediate reaction was to turn around and yell at her. However, Jacob's callous yet
meaningful gaze suddenly appeared in his mind.
"Coming." He grunted and walked over to keep up with them, hugging his wife's shoulders with his left arm while holding his
son's hand with his right.
The family walked together and quickly disappeared from the crowd.
A few minutes later, under the unwilling gaze of the store owner, Jacob held the Dixy plushie that was as tall as him, followed by
Heidi trailing behind him excitedly.
Meanwhile, on the twenty-seven floor of the Paramount Police Bureau, there was complete silence in the Ministry of Defense
director's office.
Knock, knock, knock!
A series of periodical knocks rang from the outside.
"You may enter." The director of the Ministry of Defense, Lawrence Yates, said as he was poring through a document at his
table.
In no time, the door was opened by a rather powerful supervisor in his department, Phillip Houles.
"You're looking for me, sir?"
"Take a seat first." Lawrence gestured at the couch in his office.
After sitting down, his eyes flickered as he said. "Pause all investigation related to the Scarlet Dragons for the time being."

Pause the investigations?
With confusion in his tone, Phillip asked, "Why? Mr. Yates, we have the responsibility to prevent all threats to Avalon, don't we?
Aren't we supposed to protect our citizens?" As he got more agitated, the pitch of his voice rose. "According to my findings, the
Scarlet Dragons are clearly formed by a group of terrorists and violent people! Putting aside what happened in foreign countries,
when the leader of their group reached Paramount, hundreds of people already lost their lives, be it directly or indirectly!"
Lawrence gave a wave of his hands. "Phil, don't be too agitated. To be frank, the Scarlet Dragons are indeed a bunch of outlaws.
But from another perspective, they are actually law-abiding citizens."
"What do you mean, Mr. Yates?" Phillip frowned upon hearing that.