Early the day.

  After finishing breakfast and pleting the m weight training, the new recruits assembled on the square ily dressed uniforms.

  However, the training officer was not the usual ander Brandt but aurdy and tall middle-aged military officer. His Caucasian skin was tanned, and he exuded a strong and imposing aura with his muscur build.

  "ander Brandt is taking a rest today, so I am taking over today and leading you in bat training. My name is Joseph Kingsley, you call me Instructor Joseph," The substitute officer said loudly.

  "Uood!" The new recruits responded in unison.

  "By the way, the outstanding newer soldier from yesterday is among yht?" Instructor Joseph asked with some curiosity, and all the new recruits turheir gaze toward Kyle from the sed row. Steve looked slightly nervous as he kept an eye on his buddy.

  "Soldier Kyle, step forward!" Instructor Joseph ordered, and Kyle marched out of the formation.

  "You're quite amazing. Your marksmanship with the pistol yesterday was indeed remarkable," Instructor Joseph praised halfway before ging his tone. "But being a sharpshooter alone falls far short of being an excellent Ameri soldier! If an enemy gets close to you, they bring you down ihan a round!"

  Seems like he's here to suppress my arrogance.

  Kyle silently mocked himself, but his expression remained humble as he asked, "May Instructor Joseph allow me to personally experie?"

  A btant provocation!

  The new recruits behind Kyle felt a chill down their spines when they heard Kyle's words.

  Instructor Joseph's verbal education paused for a moment, and he felt a hidden anger in his heart. No wonder ander Brandt was so frustrated that he needed a break. This new recruit is quite audacious!

  Instructor Joseph smiled instead of getting angry and said cheerfully, "Very well, I will let you witness what close-quarters bat is all about."

  "What if I actally injure you, Instructor? What should I do then?" Kyle asked with a ed expression on his face.

  "I authorize you to fight back freely. That's an order!" Instructor Joseph waved his hand, signaling Kyle to make the first move.

  "In that case, I won't hold back, Sir."

  As soon as the words fell, Kyle moved. Within a few steps, he closed the distaween them aered the range for close-quarters bat. He ched his fists and took a with precise and effit military boxing fighting skills!

  [Boxing bat]: Master practical military boxing teiques, fog on close-quarters bat. Green Ability Card.

  A oisseur tell whether it's real or not with a siion. Instructor Joseph didn't expect that Kyle had perfectly mastered military boxing bat. He could only defend hastily, but he ended up at a disadvantage, being suppressed and struck.

  Kyle didn't care about the officer's rank or any fshy moves. He smoothly executed the military boxing bat teiques, fwlessly attag Instructor Joseph as if he were a pung bag during training.

  "This is embarrassing!" The expression on Instructor Joseph's face slightly ged as he sehat the looks of the new recruits had shifted.

  Sihey both possessed the Military Boxing bat Mastery, Kyle's punches were mostly parried, but on the surface, it appeared as if Kyle were overp him.

  "Are you done? Merely mastering military boxing bat won't be enough to fight against me!" Instructor Joseph ged his tactics, using a bination of strikes and kicks, as he started to overpower Kyle.

  "So this guy got some skills." Kyle panted heavily as he silently thought in his heart, he resisted the oppo's attacks while also diverting his attention to Instructor Joseph's Ability Card.

  [Military Boxing bat Mastery], [Enduranbat Mastery], [ter-Attabat Mastery], [True Physical Fitness]—

  There were freen Cards solely dedicated to physical training and among them, one was a Green Rare Card!

  "No wonder you were able to ter my attacks so quickly eve a disadvantage." Kyle's eyes brightened as he thought of this after seeing the cards, and he focused orag the cards from the instructor's body.

  Extrag a Green Ability Card required him to be withier of the proximity of the target and tinuously be there for three minutes.

  This was Kyle's true purpose in challenging the instructor. There was er reason for close-quarter proximity than sparring.

  Kyle was at a disadva tio fiercely resist. Instructor Joseph couldn't knock him down, aeo stop, but as soon as his body rexed, Kyle immediately engaged him again, utilizing military boxing bat.

  "Soldier, do you really want to force me to injure you?"

  Instructor Joseph gritted his teeth, but Kyle seemed to gain more strength with each passing moment. He tio engage relentlessly. After three mihe extra of [ter-Attabat Mastery] succeeded.

  Kyle felt a ower cirg throughout his body, enhang his physical abilities. At the same time, he seemed to have mastered the teiques of ter-attag bat as if he had been practig them for over a decade.

  "Fall the fuck down!" Instructor Joseph intensified his punches as he silently cursed in his heart. He inteo knock Kyle down, but Kyle suddenly looped his hands and locked his arms, starting to ter-attack!

  ter-Attabat! Military Boxing!

  Kyle, who obtaihe amplified card abilities, was closing the gap between their strength, allowing the inally near-ending battle to tinue aend further.

  Joseph, the instructor, and Kyle engaged in a fierce battle, her of them able to defeat the other amidst the flying dust.

  They both looked like Master Fighters at this moment!

  The new recruits on the sidelines watched in astonishment as the intense close-quarters bat attracted more troops from the training grounds. Soon, a circle within a circle formed around the two batants.

  "What's happening over there?" Agent Carter who assing by saw the se and curiously asked a nearby officer who rushed over. The officer shrugged helplessly and replied, "A new recruit is sparring in close-quarters bat with Joseph."

  "Joseph?" Carter excimed, slightly parting her sensuous lips in surprise.

  "Yes, Joseph, the specialized training instructor for close-quarters bat," The officer sighed, "I don't know how that new recruit ma, but he held his ground against Joseph for almost ten minutes."

  "What's the name of that new recruit?" Carter opehe dot in her hand as she spoke.

  "Kyle. Soldier Kyle."

  ...

  Card Extra Succeeded.

  [True Physical Fitness]: Maintains a robust physique, making the individual healthier than an average person, enhang endurand physical strength. Rare Green Ability Card.

  "It worked."

  Kyle gasped for breath as his sweat soaked through his uniform. He had obtaihe final physical Ability Card. Although the power that clearly enhanced his physical strength surged through his body, the soreness and fatigue were deeply ingrained.

  With a push of his legs, Kyle leaped backward like a retreating soldier, while Joseph, the instructor, tio pursue with a low growl. Kyle suddenly raised his hands and said, "Alright, I surrender. I'm out of juice. I 't tinue"

  "Hmm?" Joseph, also panting heavily but he stopped his fist just in front of Kyle's the st moment. With his bristling beard, he said, "What's wrong? 't go on?"

  "I must admit, Sir, you're stronger in terms of power, speed, and fighting skills. I cede. If it weren't for you holding back, I would have lost my arms and legs long ago," Kyle sat down on the ground and began to ftter Joseph without hesitation.

  "You brat," Joseph cursed in his mind before he also tiredly sat down on the ground without g hoeople were watg. "At the beginning, I did go easy on you, but ter, I fought you seriously. I have to say, soldier, your talent for bat is the best I've seen in my twenty years of military service. You're an absolute monster."

  During the dozen minutes of their battle, Joseph, the instructor, felt like Kyle was studying him, rapidly improving his close-quarters skills. It was truly astonishing.

  "It was a great fight. Let's spar again when we have the ce," Joseph, the instructor, said with a smile on his face. He genuinely liked a soldier who could quickly grasp fighting skills.

  "No problem," Kyle nodded fidently. Besides the three physical cards he had extracted earlier, Joseph, the instructor, still had several reen Ability Cards.

  "You soldiers—" Joseph raised an eyebrow, sing the surroundings, and shouted, "What are you all looking at? Don't you have training to do? Do you also want to spar with me one-on-one?"

  'We're definitely not on Kyle's level, much less yours.' The recruits didn't dare to respond and quickly scattered like a disturbed beehive while cursing this demon-like duo in their heart.

  (End of this chapter)