Super Soldier ability

Kyle's arrival instantly became the focus of the Training Base.

The youngest Second Lieutenant officer, an American Hero—those titles were enough to make every recruit talk excitedly, turning him into the hottest topic of casual conversation.

And now, the man from the rumors had arrived in person, making him far more attractive than any idol dancer.

Steve took the opportunity to slip away backstage, where a group of dancers in short skirts went onstage to smooth things over.

Yet the soldiers in the square were still too fired up to calm down. They looked around, trying to find Kyle, who had already vanished from the stage.

At that moment, backstage behind the speaking platform.

"Steve."

"Kyle!"

The two handsome young men ignored the strange looks from the backstage staff and laughed as they embraced, a warm greeting unique to the two of them.

Kyle merely smiled, while Steve's face overflowed with excitement he could barely contain, happy as a child.

"Hey, don't squeeze so hard. The gunshot wound in my left shoulder hasn't fully healed yet."

Kyle laughed and scolded him, then looked at the tall, imposing Steve before lightly punching his solid chest. "I never imagined you'd grow so much bigger than before. You're even taller than I am now."

He was only 180 centimeters tall, while Steve had already reached 188, more than half a head taller than him.

"That's all thanks to the Super Soldier serum. I'm much stronger than I look." Steve did not hide it in the slightest. Sadness surfaced on his righteous face as he said regretfully, "Unfortunately, the professor was shot and killed by a Hydra spy. The only sample of the Super Soldier serum was stolen and destroyed as well. Otherwise..."

"It's fine." Kyle shrugged, unconcerned. "Even without the Super Soldier serum, it doesn't matter to me."

After all, I still have card drawing as my backup.

Kyle muttered to himself inwardly.

"By the way, Kyle, what happened to your right hand?" Steve's surprised gaze fell on Kyle's right hand. His officer's uniform had long sleeves, yet his entire right hand, including his palm, was tightly wrapped in white bandages.

Kyle raised the Vibranium Bracer wrapped tightly beneath the bandages and casually made up an excuse. "This? Just a few scrapes from the previous battle."

"The surprise counterattack!" Steve's eyes lit up as he said excitedly, "I've heard all about your achievements. You have to tell me all about what happened back then."

For Steve, a patriotic war fanatic filled with righteous conviction who had yet to set foot on a real battlefield, the wait had truly been unbearable.

That suited Kyle perfectly, so he readily agreed. "No problem. Let's find somewhere to have lunch."

As he spoke, Kyle shifted his gaze to Carter behind Steve.

As always, she was a mature woman with a cool, aloof demeanor, like a thorny rose surrounded by an aura that kept strangers away.

Kyle teased, "Agent Carter is here too. Perfect, come have lunch with us. I've been saying for a long time that I wanted to repay you."

Carter had intended to refuse coldly, but for some reason, she hesitated before finally saying, "Then... let's go."

Hm? She agreed? We're catching up as brothers, and she's really coming along?

Kyle was somewhat bewildered. He had thought someone as cold and aloof as Carter would definitely refuse.

But since things had come to this, he could only go with the flow.

Ten minutes later, in the Training Base cafeteria.

At a table in the center of the room, Kyle sat on one side, while Steve and Carter sat side by side across from him.

It was an oddly tense meal between three people.

"Um... Brother Kyle, we're eating here?" Steve looked hesitantly at the stew on his tray. It was not that he disliked it; he was simply thinking of the woman beside him.

Inviting Carter to lunch at a soldiers' cafeteria was probably something only Kyle would dare do.

"You know this Training Base is near the front lines in Italy. If you want to eat at a restaurant, even by plane, you would only make it there in time for dinner." Kyle smiled. "What, didn't we eat this all the time before?"

"I don't mind, but..." Steve subtly glanced toward the silent Carter beside him.

"Oh, right. Chef, add a big chicken leg for our beautiful Carter!" Kyle called directly to the cafeteria cook.

Steve: "..."

Carter remained silent for quite some time before finally using her spoon to eat the stew on her tray.

After only a few bites, Steve could not help saying, "Kyle, tell me properly about the counterattack. I heard that because the intelligence was wrong, your hundred-man unit had to face a large German base."

"That's right. At the time, as a newly promoted corporal, I led a hundred-man unit with another sergeant and accepted the surprise attack mission..." Kyle began recounting the battle aloud, while inwardly locking onto Steve directly in front of him.

In an instant, visible only to Kyle, more than a hundred cards of different colors emerged from the back of Steve's head, rapidly floating and spinning around him.

Automobile Driving Mastery, English Mastery, Military Boxing and Combat Mastery, Pistol Mastery, Sniper Rifle Mastery, True Shield Strike Mastery...

Dense clusters of white and green cards filled Kyle's vision.

Compared to two weeks ago, when Steve had possessed only four initial white Ability Cards, he had now undergone an equally drastic transformation!

Of course, the number of cards itself was not important. Kyle could obtain as many white and green Ability Cards as he wanted.

Kyle's gaze swiftly settled above Steve's head, where an incomparable deep-blue Ability Card floated. The light it emitted easily overshadowed the other hundred-plus Ability Cards.

Super Soldier:

Gain the Perfect Physique achievable by humanity. Blue rare Ability Card.

A qualitative transformation triggered at the level of human genes. Raises the physique to humanity's theoretical perfect threshold, greatly slows the body's aging process, and enhances the immune system, minor self-healing, and resistance to blows.

Possess a perfect physique based on the golden ratio, as well as exceptional physical strength, speed, reflexes, and intelligence unattainable by ordinary humans.

Current status: Can be drawn.

Draw this card?

"This is a blue rare physique-type Ability Card." An uncontrollable excitement surged through Kyle.

Compared with this kind of card, potential Ability Cards of the skill type were clearly inferior.

Without the slightest hesitation, Kyle directly chose to draw it. But in the next moment, unprecedented warning messages abruptly rang out in his mind.

'Warning! Drawing this card requires thirty minutes!'

'Warning! A blue rare Ability Card can only be drawn once!'

'Warning! Once drawn, it will permanently alter the card subject's physique and cannot be changed!'

Kyle's expression changed. The three warning messages about drawing cards etched themselves into his mind like blades.

"Kyle, what's wrong?" Steve asked worriedly when he saw Kyle suddenly stop.

Carter also stared at Kyle in surprise.

"Nothing. I just suddenly remembered the difficult situation during that battle." Kyle shook his head and verbally continued his unfinished account of the battle.

He did not deliberate for long. His mind quickly made its decision.

Continue drawing!