"Pieck, how did you manage to sneak into the Survey Corps? That's completely impossible!" Reiner stared at Pieck in front of him, his tone full of suspicion.
Pieck, unhurried, gathered her black hair together, simply tying it into a low ponytail. She flicked her hair, nodded in satisfaction, then glanced at Reiner and Bertholdt, who was undoing the ropes.
"Explaining it is pretty troublesome, Reiner. If you think you have enough time to ignore the dozens of soldiers outside the tent, I don't mind explaining it to you properly."
Reiner's expression darkened. He clenched his fist. Bertholdt, standing to the side, didn't really know how to butt in at this moment.
In the end, Reiner made his decision and said through gritted teeth, "I'm taking Eren with me!"
Bertholdt was startled. They were inside the Survey Corps right now. With some concern, he asked,
"Reiner, isn't this too risky?"
Pieck, on the other hand, casually twirled a strand of her hair around her finger.
Lifting the tent flap, Reiner and Bertholdt both sucked in a sharp breath. Outside the tent, more than a dozen Survey Corps soldiers lay sprawled on the ground in all directions, and the patrol soldiers were nowhere to be seen.
Reiner hesitated and asked, "Pieck, did you kill all these soldiers?"
Pieck: "What? You can't bear it?"
Reiner: "No! I—"
Seeing Reiner's awkward expression, Pieck smiled, took out a small bottle from her waist, and shook it.
"A bit of special domestic anesthetic. How could a girl like me deal with more than a dozen soldiers?"
In the distance, the Survey Corps soldiers were also busy putting out a fire that had suddenly broken out among the logistical supplies.
...
Inside the tent, Eren sat alone by the bed, holding the basement key in his hand.
"Father, just what kind of secret did you bury?"
"Eren, eat something. You haven't eaten all day." Armin entered the tent carrying a few pieces of bread and a pot of tea.
Eren quietly thanked him, grabbed the bread, and slowly gnawed on it. Armin stood to the side.
Suddenly, there seemed to be noise nearby, vaguely mixed with shouts of
"Fire!"
"Bring water, quick!"
"Stay away from the gunpowder!"
"What's going on?" Neither Eren nor Armin knew what was happening. Armin, being closer to the tent flap, stepped out before Eren to check the situation.
Just as he exited the tent, Armin accidentally collided with a tall figure.
"Ow! Sorry, I didn't mean to—" Armin hurriedly apologized and looked up at the person's face.
Inside the tent, Eren grabbed his uniform and was just about to head out.
"Eren! Run!" Armin's heart-rending shout came from outside the tent.
"Armin!" Eren's expression changed. What happened?
At this moment, Armin was lying on the ground, his face twisted in pain, his body curled into a ball. Enduring the pain, Armin issued a warning to Eren.
Reiner didn't look at the fallen Armin. Silently apologizing in his heart, he barged straight into the tent.
Thud! The wooden bucket full of water in Mikasa's hands fell to the ground, water splashing everywhere, but Mikasa didn't care at all. Armin's voice reached her from not far away.
The explosive power of the Ackermans was astonishing. Mikasa moved so fast that everyone only saw an afterimage. Like a lioness protecting her cub, she charged toward the tent where Eren was.
"Eren, I said it before—come with us, and the humans inside the walls won't be threatened anymore!" Reiner stared straight at Eren.
Eren stared back just as fiercely. The thought that the Reiner before him was the culprit who destroyed the walls, that countless comrades had died because of Reiner and the others, caused rage to surge up inside Eren.
Eren raised his right hand and shouted angrily,
"Traitors! Thomas, Ilse, Mady, and countless humans died because of you! I'll kill you!!" Eren opened his mouth wide and bit down hard on his thumb.
Hearing Eren's words, Reiner's mind wavered for a moment. Memories he didn't want to recall flooded in, but he quickly shook them off. He was the shield of Marley—the Armored Titan!
At some point, a small knife appeared in Reiner's hand. The sharp blade cut open his palm. Yellow arcs of electricity flickered.
"I am a warrior. A warrior shouldn't waver! This is all because of you people! Idiots!"
Both Eren and Reiner were enveloped in yellow electric arcs. The fragile tent had long since been blown away.
"Eren!!" Mikasa, who had rushed over, only saw Eren and Reiner wrapped in yellow lightning. Titan flesh, bones, and sinews began to appear out of thin air around them, accompanied by massive amounts of steam that engulfed the two.
Mikasa's eyes were filled with worry—worry for Eren. But she also noticed the pitifully thin figure beside them. Armin's small frame looked extremely fragile at the center of the storm around the two.
Mikasa raised her head once more to glance at Eren. Eren was already completely wrapped in muscle, the Titan body beginning to take shape.
With the gas jets of the Vertical Maneuvering Equipment firing, Mikasa swiftly pulled Armin to a safe distance. Meanwhile, Eren's Attack Titan and Reiner's Armored Titan clashed. The two colossal beings smashed their fists into each other, flesh meeting flesh, and scalding Titan blood splashed onto Wall Rose.
"How could this happen?! How did they escape?!" Hange collapsed to her knees in despair, many unconscious Survey Corps soldiers lying before her.
Moblit looked at the two Titans exchanging blows on the wall, anxious beyond measure.
"Squad Leader! This place is too dangerous! Please be careful!"
"Roar!" The sharp-eared Attack Titan slammed a fist into the Armored Titan's face. Bang! Flesh and blood flew. The Attack Titan's fist was shattered, while the Armored Titan was completely fine, only the mask-like skin on its face cracking open a small gap.
Wisps of steam seeped out from the gap in the Armored Titan's face. The Armored Titan lowered its body, wrapped its arms around the Attack Titan's waist, and shoved forward viciously. The width of the wall might have been sufficient for humans, but for two Titans, it was far too narrow.
The Attack Titan and the Armored Titan fell off the wall together.
"All units, immediately reinforce Eren! First squad and second squad, block the Armored Titan's retreat! Third squad, prepare the fixed cannons! We absolutely cannot let them take Eren away!"
Erwin drew his blades and issued orders swiftly. Upon receiving the commands, the Survey Corps immediately acted in accordance with their commander's will.
"Captain! Shall we go?" Jurgen shouted loudly. Petra also turned her gaze toward Levi, who was observing coldly.
Levi didn't hesitate at all and immediately led the charge downward.
"Petra, Jurgen, find an opening to rescue Eren. This dumb bastard is mine!" Levi said coldly. It was precisely this cold figure that gave the Survey Corps soldiers immense reassurance.
"Yes, Captain!"
Yago watched as the Armored Titan knocked the Attack Titan off the wall and immediately decided he could hesitate no longer. The Beast Titan, the Cart Titan, and even the Colossal Titan—no one knew where they were. Eren's situation was extremely dire!
Yago locked his gaze onto a Survey Corps soldier to the left.
"Squad Leader Nanaba, forgive me!" Yago shouted sharply, stomping his right foot hard on the ground. Using the momentum, he slammed violently into the short-haired female soldier on the left—the very Nanaba who had led the new recruits here.
The other Survey Corps soldiers surrounding Yago clearly hadn't reacted yet. By the time they did, Nanaba had already been knocked to the ground by Yago, seeing stars, while Yago had already activated his Vertical Maneuvering Equipment and flown away.
"So hard… Squad Leader Nanaba really is a woman?" Yago thought bizarrely.
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