A Space Marine Got a Status Window

After the appearance of Psykers, many people began taking an interest in them, and naturally, the question that attracted the most interest was one.

— What do I have to do to become a Psyker?

A definitive answer had never appeared.

To be precise, there were many different cases.

— They say that if you cry black tears, you’re a Psyker?

The most representative case was black tears.

However, not all Psykers had shed black tears, and some had gone through different processes.

In Lee Hyena’s case, it wasn’t tears.

She had vomited.

Black vomit.

Nonstop.

Of course, vomiting something black could also mean that she was vomiting blood, but as soon as Lee Hyena saw Park Boseop’s condition, she had a feeling.

“What Private First Class Park Boseop vomited doesn’t look like blood. We need to examine it.”

For some reason, she felt that this wasn’t an infection.

“Check the vomit.”

“Yes!”

Immediately, a member of the Polish headquarters staff began examining it.

He entered Park Boseop’s room, which had been placed under emergency isolation, examined the vomit, and contacted them.

— It’s completely black!

Shortly afterward, they also received a photograph.

As soon as he saw it, even Kim Seojun understood that this wasn’t ordinary vomit.

Rather than a blood clot, it looked like an extremely viscous substance similar to tar.

“Major Lee Hyena.”

“It’s similar to what happened to me.”

As soon as he heard that answer, Kim Seojun also got an idea of what was happening.

What had happened to Park Boseop wasn’t an illness.

It was an opportunity.

And an extraordinary opportunity.

“What happened afterward?”

“I lost consciousness and slept for sixteen hours. When I woke up, I was in a hospital and was immediately tested for Psyker abilities.”

It was then.

Thud!

As soon as she finished speaking, Park Boseop collapsed like a puppet whose strings had just been cut.

The doctor who had been waiting immediately went inside, checked his condition, and spoke.

“He’s fallen asleep! His heart rate and brain waves are normal!”

Seeing that, Kim Seojun said.

“Private First Class Park Boseop got lucky.”

Park Boseop woke up after sleeping for twenty-two hours.

“You’re telling me I’m a Psyker?”

After waking up and receiving an explanation of the situation, Park Boseop slapped himself.

Slap!

“Ugh!”

He hit himself so hard that his cheek turned completely red.

However, after confirming that the world was still the same, Park Boseop blinked dozens of times before managing to speak.

“I’m a Psyker? No, what the hell does this mean? I……”

His reaction looked like that of someone who had lost his mind, but Kim Seojun found nothing strange about it.

Rather, Park Boseop’s reaction was completely normal.

What would have been strange was if he had been able to accept the situation immediately.

“Private First Class Park Boseop.”

“Yes?”

“Yes? That’s pretty informal. Are you already expecting to be treated like a Major?”

“N-No, sir.”

Kim Seojun spoke to Park Boseop.

“First of all, congratulations. You’ll probably have to overcome many difficulties in the future, but at least you’ll never have to enlist in the military for money again.”

“Ah.”

Park Boseop wore a stunned expression for a few moments.

It was natural.

After all, the reason he had become a Space Marine was none other than money.

Now that he had become a Psyker, he would never have to suffer from financial problems again.

Kim Seojun understood better than anyone how Park Boseop felt.

That was why he told him precisely what he most wanted to hear at that moment.

“Of course, it won’t be easy. And above all, first we have to return to Earth. That’s why you’ll have to remain under my command until a rescue ship arrives.”

He also reminded him of reality.

As soon as he heard those words, Park Boseop nodded without hesitation.

“Yes, sir!”

Naturally, Park Boseop knew perfectly well that if he wanted to survive there, he had to follow Kim Seojun more than anyone else.

“I’ll say it again. Congratulations.”

Then Kim Seojun handed him something he had prepared.

“It’s a gift.”

“What is it?”

Park Boseop opened the box he had received.

Inside were three gems the size of a fingernail.

As Park Boseop looked at them curiously, Kim Seojun explained.

“They’re Prophet’s artifacts extracted from the Chinese Psyker. For the time being, you’ll use them.”

As soon as he heard that, Park Boseop’s eyes widened.

Was he really going to give him something so valuable just like that?

Of course, from Kim Seojun’s perspective, it wasn’t even something that required much thought.

To an ordinary person, they were nothing more than useless gems, and furthermore, it was difficult to sell something like that.

Even if he wanted to get rid of them, he could only do so after returning to Earth.

“According to what Major Lee Hyena checked, the red one enhances physical strength, and the yellow one enhances recovery ability.”

Furthermore, two of those three gems provided enhancements to strength and recovery, abilities that practically all Psykers used as necessities.

“We couldn’t figure out what the black one does because Major Lee Hyena’s compatibility with it wasn’t suitable. It’s very likely that it possesses some special ability.”

“I-Is that so? But how am I supposed to use it?”

“It only has to be in contact with your skin. Normally, it’s implanted beneath the skin or inside the body to avoid the risk of losing it, but simply touching it is enough for it to work.”

“Ah, like this?”

As he spoke, Park Boseop touched the black gem.

It was then.

“Ugh!”

Suddenly, Park Boseop frowned and let out a groan.

Kim Seojun asked.

“What’s wrong?”

“Ah, it’s just…… it’s just……”

Park Boseop replied.

“S-Suddenly I can hear too well.”

As soon as he heard that answer, Kim Seojun understood.

“It’s Super Senses.”

The ability of that black gem was Super Senses.

And more specifically, it was related to hearing.

‘So that’s why he operated alone.’

Only then did he understand why the Chinese Psyker had traveled without companions.

Possessing hearing so developed that it allowed him to hear even sounds imperceptible to an ordinary human provided an extraordinary advantage.

Especially when it came to detecting danger, it was difficult to imagine a more useful ability.

Sight immediately lost much of its value when night fell.

Hearing, on the other hand, became even more valuable during the night.

Of course, at that moment, something else was more important.

‘This worked out well.’

Park Boseop could use that Prophet’s artifact.

“Then start getting ready.”

“Getting ready for what?”

“We’re going to pick up the gift.”

And from that moment onward, that ability would be an enormous help to Kim Seojun’s group.

Ten minutes later, Kim Seojun’s group set out.

As soon as Park Boseop regained consciousness, Kim Seojun’s group got moving again.

The coordinates provided by Hawk Eye were quite far from the Polish headquarters.

In a military truck, they would need around twenty-two hours of driving to get there.

Naturally, they could arrive much faster using the Wulong, but Kim Seojun explained.

“With three people on the Wulong, it’s too unstable.”

For starters, the Wulong was fundamentally designed for one person.

If necessary, two people could ride it, but that was practically the limit.

Once three people got on, using it lost almost all meaning.

“It’s also difficult to get replacement parts.”

There was another reason.

A state-of-the-art hover bike like the Wulong needed its components replaced fairly frequently, and certain parts could only be obtained through China.

It wouldn’t be smart to use a Wulong that could become a card up his sleeve at a decisive moment merely for transportation.

“Furthermore, fighting on the Wulong isn’t easy either.”

Furthermore, it had the disadvantage that if an emergency arose while they were traveling, they couldn’t immediately enter combat.

“So we’ll take it out when we need it.”

Of course, the main reason he had made that decision was that they could keep the Wulong as an available option.

From Kim Seojun’s perspective, since he could store the Wulong inside his Inventory and carry it with him, there was no reason to hesitate.

Neither Park Boseop nor Lee Hyena questioned that decision.

“Then we’re moving out.”

Vroooooom!

Kim Seojun gave the order, and Park Boseop immediately floored the military truck’s accelerator.

“Ah.”

As soon as they began moving at full speed, Park Boseop spoke.

“Uh, Sergeant Kim.”

“Speak.”

“I can hear everything.”

Park Boseop’s eyes were filled with amazement as he spoke.

Kim Seojun showed no surprise or doubt upon seeing him.

Because he knew.

The world perceived by Psykers was, literally, on a completely different level from the one experienced by ordinary Space Marines.

That was why there was only one thing he could say to him.

“I’m counting on you.”

“Leave it to me, sir!”

Park Boseop replied with more confidence than ever.

And he proved it with results as well.

Vroooooom!

Park Boseop drove more fearlessly than ever.

There was nothing to fear.

His ears could now hear more sounds than ever and from much greater distances, so naturally, he didn’t miss the sounds produced by Mogdogs or Thorn Snakes either.

And as soon as he detected one of those sounds, all he had to do was move the steering wheel slightly to avoid the danger in advance.

“I’m going to speed up a little more.”

Vroooooooooom!

As soon as he confirmed there was no danger, Park Boseop stopped merely driving at full speed and practically began flying across the terrain.

As a result, he managed to cover in barely sixteen hours a distance that would normally have required twenty-two.

“We’re here.”

Even Kim Seojun was impressed by that extraordinary result.

And at the same time, he saw it.

“There it is.”

In the middle of a wasteland stretching as far as the eye could see was an enormous crate.

Kim Seojun’s group immediately approached it, and Kim Seojun began by examining the locking mechanism.

‘It’s a combination lock.’

As soon as he saw it, he immediately began manipulating it to find the correct combination.

There was nothing difficult about it.

Click!

Kim Seojun opened the lock in less than a minute.

The first thing that appeared before his eyes was ammunition.

The inside of the supply crate was so packed with magazines full of ammunition that it was difficult to find even a single empty space.

“Looks like there’s only ammunition.”

Park Boseop’s gaze showed slight disappointment.

Since it was a gift from Hawk Eye, he had expected to find some extraordinary weapon.

Who would have imagined there would only be ammunition?

However, Kim Seojun thought differently.

“For a tip, this is too good.”

“What?”

“Unlike the previous supplies, this wasn’t bait. These are supplies Hawk Eye actually requested for her own use.”

From Kim Seojun’s perspective, the Hawk Eye supplies they had recovered earlier had been more like bait intended to find out what China was doing.

This, on the other hand, was different.

All that ammunition was practically Hawk Eye’s lifeline.

No matter how powerful a weapon or Psyker ability was, without ammunition it was useless.

And the same applied to Kim Seojun.

“Furthermore, getting ammunition specifically for Gauss weapons in a place like this is even more difficult.”

“Ah!”

Gauss weapons were so difficult to obtain that they were only issued to Psykers, and their ammunition belonged to a completely different category from that used by conventional weapons.

The Polish headquarters didn’t have a single round of ammunition for Gauss weapons.

But now they had so much that they practically had more than they needed.

It was an enormous guarantee in many ways.

Of course, Kim Seojun also thought of something.

‘If Hawk Eye was planning to resupply here, it’s very likely that there’s something nearby she’s looking for.’

Naturally, that kind of ammunition resupply was carried out near the operational area.

And Kim Seojun knew something.

‘China or the Queen.’

Those were the targets Hawk Eye was currently pursuing.

That was why he spoke.

“We’ll search the surrounding area.”

“The surrounding area?”

Just as Park Boseop expressed his doubt.

“Huh?”

Suddenly, Park Boseop turned his head.

“I hear something.”

He closed his eyes and focused his hearing even more.

Shortly afterward, he spoke.

“Over there. I hear a mechanical sound over there. From what I can hear, it sounds like a military truck.”

As soon as they heard that, Kim Seojun’s group began carefully moving in the direction the sound was coming from.

Approximately one kilometer from the supply crate, they saw three military trucks entering what appeared to be an abandoned mine.

Kim Seojun raised his binoculars and observed the moving trucks.

Externally, he found no particular distinguishing features.

But it didn’t matter.

Because Kim Seojun now knew how to recognize it too.

“They’re Chinese.”

All he had to do was look at the marks left by the tires to know who those military trucks belonged to.

“It appears to be a secondary base of the Chinese headquarters.”

And he also understood what China was using that abandoned mine for after its resource extraction had ended.

“A secondary base? Like the one where they stored everything they stole last time?”

“No. This is completely different.”

Furthermore, Kim Seojun knew that the importance of that place was on a completely different level from the Hongyuan Mine.

The fact that Hawk Eye had planned to resupply ammunition in that area could only mean one thing.

“It’s one of Hawk Eye’s targets. There’s no way it’s simply a warehouse where they store stolen goods.”

At that explanation, both of their expressions hardened.

Put another way, didn’t that mean it was a place that required Hawk Eye’s intervention to eliminate?

That meant it was extremely dangerous.

“It’s dangerous.”

Kim Seojun knew that perfectly well too.

“That’s precisely why we should deal with it while we can.”

“What?”

Park Boseop and Lee Hyena were startled by that conclusion.

“Leaving it as it is won’t make them any weaker.”

That was why he had reached that conclusion.

“But I don’t intend to fight a frontal battle.”

Kim Seojun reassured both of them with a simple explanation.

“I’ll go in using Stealth and simply throw a few bombs at them.”

The two were immediately convinced.

If he limited himself to doing that, the risk certainly wouldn’t be too high.

But a risk was still a risk.

“Is there any reason to take it?”

Lee Hyena questioned what they could gain from it.

Kim Seojun replied.

“Whatever China is secretly doing right now, it can’t be anything good for us. If we have an opportunity to ruin it, we should. Besides, that place was originally one of Hawk Eye’s targets.”

“If we leave it alone, Hawk Eye will eventually intervene. What reason do we have to take the risk ourselves?”

“We can get another tip from Hawk Eye.”

Lee Hyena remained thoughtful for a few moments before nodding.

Earning Hawk Eye’s favor offered such an enormous benefit that it couldn’t even be bought with money.

It was then.

“Uh, wait a moment, Sergeant.”

Park Boseop closed his eyes as he spoke.

“Something’s coming. Something big.”

“Something big?”

“A heavy truck…… Maybe a trailer? Something pretty big is approaching. It doesn’t seem normal.”

Then he opened his eyes and turned his head.

Kim Seojun also looked in that direction.

Shortly afterward, he saw it.

“Is that a tank transporter?”

A gigantic transport vehicle for heavy machinery was heading toward the Chinese secondary base.

And on top of that vehicle was something covered by a tarp.

Anyone who saw it would understand that it was a battle tank.

Park Boseop observed it from afar and asked.

“It looks like a battle tank. Which one is it?”

Kim Seojun replied.

“Thunderclap.”

“What?”

“Thunderclap.”

Park Boseop flinched when he heard that name.

“You mean the Thunderclap battle tank, the one they call the greatest mistake China ever produced? The one that defeated the Jackson, America’s most powerful battle tank?”

Kim Seojun didn’t respond to that explanation.

It was no longer a situation that required an answer.

“The plan has changed.”

Because now there was only one thing they had to do.

“We’ll destroy the Thunderclap.”