In the final stages of the raid, Kyle had already pushed his body beyond its limits. Excessive blood loss from being shot, coupled with prolonged high-iy bat, had taken its toll on him As soon as he allowed himself to rex, he swiftly fell into a unscious state.

  Fury anded several soldiers to transport Kyle and the rescued girl back to the temporary camp fent medical attention, while he tihe assault with the remaining y soldiers.

  Thanks to Kyle's massive explosion, the onidable base now stood defenseless, its anizational systems riddled with vulnerabilities.

  The hundreds of surviving German soldiers found themselves without anding officers to lead them into battle. Their initial pn had been to rescue their injured rades from the explosion area, but now they were faced with a fully armed and well-prepared Ameri force joining the assault, resulting in their swift colpse.

  The battle raged on from te into the night until five o'clo the m. As the sky brightened, resembling daylight, Fury and his troops finally pleted their "clearing" of the rge base. Despite their overwhelming force, they had still lost twenty-seven soldiers.

  However, the oute was extraordinary. Alongside Kyle's remarkable aplishments, their unit had successfully annihited approximately 1,200 German soldiers statio the base, effectively seizing trol of the enemy's major military stronghold.

  This marked the first time the Ameri military had achieved such a stunning victory in battle!

  Of course, Kyle remained oblivious to these developments. He slumbered soundly for aire week while in his atose state.

  When he finally regained sciousness, it was the m of the eighth day.

  Kyle opened his eyes and found himself lying on a spacious white hospital bed. His left shoulder was bandaged from his waist down, and an IV tube was ected to his wrist. Various medical instruments and probes adorned his bare upper body.

  Was it really necessary for such extensive measures due to a gunshot wound?

  Kyle couldn't help but smile wryly, realizing that he had been unscious for quite some time. After all, during his period of unsciousness, his mind had been trapped within the fines of the Card Space.

  But now, he felt mentally and physically revitalized. His body must have undergone signifit recovery.

  With his hand, Kyle disected the IV and probes, gently pressing against the wound on his left shoulder. He could still dis a faint ache, but he fortably reed against the headboard.

  The tables oher side of the bed were adorned with flowers and fruits. A gentle breeze stirred the gauze curtains, glimpses of the serene blue sky, forest, and grassnd beyond. The atmosphere exuded tranquility.

  "Where have I been transported to?" Kyle pondered. Clearly, this was her the frontline bat zone nor a training base.

  But ultimately, it didn't matter where he was. As long as he was alive and in good health, that was all that truly mattered.

  Kyle, ever adaptable, felt a pang of hunger in his stomach. Without dey, he reached for an apple oable, biting into it and relishing the satisfying ch as it quelled the surge of hunger.

  As he reached for a third apple, the door to the ward suddenly swung open, and instinctively, Kyle looked up while still mung on his apple.

  The sight that greeted him left him astounded.

  Before his eyes stood a face as exquisite as an angel's, with rge, clear, aquamarine eyes and soft, pink lips. Golden curls cascaded down her shoulders.

  The young girl donned a sky-blue knee-length dress that atuated her graceful curves, her youthful body exuding a lovable and enting charm. Her exposed arms were slender and fair.

  This was the sed top-tier European and Ameri beauty that Kyle had id eyes on since his rebirth. The first had bee Carter from the training base, although Carter exuded a more mature and gmorous beauty, while the girl before him radiated a captivating and endearing appeal.

  Kyle biting into the apple, the girl blinked in surprise before excitedly calling out from the doorway, resembling a lively rabbit, "Doctor, doctor! Kyle has awakened!"

  "So, it's her," Kyle murmured in astonishment. Hearing that familiar voice, he reized her as the girl he had rescued from the German base.

  At that time, the darkness had shrouded their surroundings, and the girl's face had been pale and bloodless, her body tied up in a pitiful state. She had appeared entirely different from her present appearance.

  "Hey, hey, you shouldhe apple like that. You have to peel it," The girl informed the doctor before swiftly returning to the ward and snatg half of the apple from Kyle's hand.

  "Why are you here…" Kyle began to speak but quickly realized his mistake, correg himself, "Um, where am I?"

  The girl replied, "We are at the First Military Hospital in New York. After your rescue at the frontliemporary base and stabilization of your dition, you were transported here via a military transport aircraft for further recovery."

  "Ah, so that's how it is," Kyle houghtfully, taking in the gravity of the situation.

  "You have no idea. That bullet didn't just hit your left shoulder; it was only a few timeters away from your heart. It really scared me during the rescue, but luckily your physique is incredibly robust and superior," The young girl said as she approached Kyle, reag out to adjust his white bandage.

  "What are you doing?" Kyle looked at her in surprise, notig the faint fragrance of her golden hair as she drew near.

  "I'm helping you ge the bandage. My parents were doctors and nurses, so I'm quite adept at these things," The girl expined with a touch of sadness flickering across her pretty face.

  Kyle uood that as a captive, her family and friends in the area must have fallen victim to the invading German forces.

  Sensing the temosphere, Kyle pelled himself to find a topic of versation. "By the way, I never expected… that you would also take care of people."

  "Of course. You have to uand that when you desperately rescue yourself from an enemy base, it's not just a matter of salvaging a bunch of supplies," the girl replied, stig out her pink tongue, a faint blush spreading across her face as she reminisced about the night she had beeo Kyle's back. "And, I do have a name—Lucy Jane. Just call me Lucy."

  "Got it," Kyle smiled, allowing Lucy to skillfully ge his bandages.

  Before long, the doctor, who also held the position of deputy dean, hurriedly arrived at the ward to examine Kyle's injuries.

  "Doctor, how is he?" Lucy asked anxiously.

  "He's fihe doiled, adjusting his gsses as he addressed Kyle. "I never expected that an ordinary person would take about a month to recover from sujuries, but you have already made signifit progress in just a week. In about three more days, you officially be discharged."

  "Three more days?" Kyle shrugged helplessly. While others might sider his physique to be at the top level, he still felt siderably weak.

  With the assurahat his injuries were not a cause for , the doctor left the ward, leaving behind a remark, "By the way, there's an officer who asked me to inform him once you woke up. I just called him, so he'll probably e here to visit soon."

  An officer ing to visit him?

  Kyle scratched his head, his mind rag. It wasn't difficult to guess who the ing officer would be as he was acquainted with fewer than ten officers, and only one or two of them shared a close retionship with him.

  After some time…

  When the officer knocked on the door aered the ward, Kyle wore a pletely predictable expression, but he still feigned surprise and asked, "Major Joseph, why are you here?"

  Ihe officer who had e to visit was her than Major Joseph, the bat instructor from the training base who had given Kyle several physical Green Cards.

  "You bastard, why wouldn't I e!" Officer Joseph, without a hint of pretense, ughed and scolded Kyle at the same time. However, wheiced Lu the ward, he cleared his throat and straightened up, assuming a more serious demeanor. "Oh, so there's family here?"

  Lucy, peeling an apple, shyly lowered her head, refraining from ret.

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