After taking off the backpack from Seong Tae-Ho, Kang Jin-Ho slung it over on top of his own. The other squad members helped him secure the two backpacks together.

Jo Won-Gu worriedly asked, “Can you really do it, Jin-Ho? If you can't manage it, it's fine to stop, you know.”

“I'll be fine, sir,” Kang Jin-Ho replied while getting back up without any trouble. Then, he even helped Seong Tae-Ho back to his feet. “Don't give up yet, senior.”

“I'm sorry about this, Jin-Ho…” Seong Tae-Ho sheepishly muttered.

“It's fine, sir. Besides, we'll be late at this rate. We need to get going now.”

“Alright, let's go!”

The squad members ambling about quickly got in formation and set off.

“That can't be a human being...” Jeon Hyeok-Su quietly muttered while staring in a daze at the massive backpack blocking his view. No, make that two backpacks, one piled on top of another.

One would sometimes hear discharged soldiers boasting about how they marched on while carrying an extra backpack for the sake of a faltering junior. The truth was, though, they had done that for only a very brief period.

Two backpacks would be fifty kilograms in total, as each one weighed around twenty-five kilograms. And now, Kang Jin-Ho was about to lug that much weight for 40KM after going through five days of grueling training exercises. Anyone could imagine how difficult that would be. However... he was walking without any problems as if this was a pleasant Sunday stroll! Moreover…

“Sir, how are you holding up?” Kang Jin-Ho asked Seong Tae-Ho.

“...I, uh, I'm okay. Sorry about this, Jin-Ho...” Seong Tae-Ho replied...