In the anime, Ai Li's father really doesn't want to be a yellow-haired man

During the fighting lessons, Annie's eyes always locked onto Takashi San first, and she would choose Takashi San as her opponent without hesitation.

Ani was agile and nimble, and with a clever shoulder throw, she threw Xiao San to the ground and snatched the wooden dagger from Xiao San's hand. Then, she gently lifted her hair, and the gesture was extremely beautiful and elegant, which made people fall in love with her.

Kozo said with a warm smile on his face, "You're amazing, Annie."

"I don't need you to let me, it makes me look weak." Ani reached out and gently helped Xiao San up. It can be seen that although she said this, she really enjoyed being pampered by Xiao San in her heart.

At this moment, Mikasa was sparring with Eren. Eren was dashing around, trying his best, but Mikasa was always able to handle it with ease.

Although Mikasa always gave in to Eren, Eren was still unable to do anything to Mikasa and could not take the dagger from her hand.

"Hey, Mikasa, be serious!" Eren shouted loudly with his face flushed.

"No, Eren, you are already very strong." Mikasa said expressionlessly.

Suddenly, Mikasa's eyes accidentally caught sight of Takashi San being thrown to the ground by Annie. At that moment, Eren rushed over fiercely.

Mikasa was distracted and accidentally lost control of the strength in her hands, causing Eren to fall heavily to the ground.

Allen rubbed his butt, his face full of dissatisfaction, "Damn it, come again."

However, at this moment, Mikasa's eyes were all on Takashige, and she turned a deaf ear to Eren's shouting.

Allen just stood up and took a fighting stance, ready to fight Mikasa again. But at this moment, Mikasa threw the wooden dagger to Allen without hesitation.

"Eren, wait a moment, I have something to take care of." Mikasa said, her tone was calm but with unquestionable determination.

After catching the dagger, Alan stood there in a daze, his face full of confusion, staring blankly at Mikasa who walked towards Takashi and Annie without hesitation.

Ani was chatting with Takashi San while playing, when she suddenly noticed someone coming and took a quick glance to see Mikasa.

Mikasa's expression was gloomy and her eyes were dull.

"Ani, you look very strong. I want to spar with you." Mikasa said coldly, without a trace of warmth in her voice.

Although Mikasa couldn't confirm whether Kozo was her brother, she couldn't tolerate this man doing something shameful in front of her brother. With her brother's skills, there was no way he would be knocked down by this guy.

Upon hearing this, the gentleness on Annie's face when facing Xiao San just now disappeared instantly, her eyes became focused and sharp, and she took a fighting stance.

She also had her own reasons for fighting. From the moment she decided to date Xiao San, she was ready to accept the challenge.

Annie is an Eldian born in Marley. Her special experiences since childhood and the education she received in Marley have made her very mature, especially when it comes to matters between men and women.

This guy was simply too good. His looks, abilities, personality... there was practically no flaw. Annie could often hear the other girls in the dorm discussing him. Christa, Mina, Hannah, Ymir... and now, Mikasa—they were all her enemies.

Takashi San gently patted Ani's shoulder and said gently, "Forget it, Ani, it's almost over. We have other training sessions coming up, so let's save some energy."

Ani looked up at Kozo and nodded slightly.

Although Takashi didn't know what the conflict between the two was, he had a feeling that a fight between them would be very dangerous... When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. Mikasa was the target of the mission, and she must not be harmed. Of course, Takashi didn't want to see Annie get hurt either.

"I'm really sorry. Let's forget it this time. Next time if there's a chance, I'll fight you." Takashi said to Mikasa apologetically.

With that, Takashi San took Annie's hand, and the two walked away side by side. Annie followed closely in Takashi San's footsteps, very docile. In front of others, she was a fierce tiger, but with Takashi San, she was a kitten. Although she would scratch, the threat level was completely different... and she would occasionally act coquettishly.

Mikasa stared blankly at Annie's back as she walked away, hands held by Kozo's shoulders. A mixture of emotions filled her heart... envy, jealousy, loss, and a hint of indescribable bitterness. "If it was my brother, I would be the one standing next to him..."

At the same time, Allen was also looking at Mikasa. He frowned and muttered in confusion: "What the hell is Mikasa doing?"

Jean, who had already walked over to Allen, reached out and patted his shoulder. "Tsk, tsk, I thought you were special, but it seems you're just like me?" Jean said with a teasing smile on his face.

"Huh?" Alan glared at Rang unhappily.

"You're really good at pretending. Do you really want me to say it out loud?" Jean spread his hands helplessly and said indifferently, "We are all losers." There was self-mockery in his tone, and at the same time he glanced at Bertolt who was with Reiner.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Alan widened his eyes, and the veins on his forehead throbbed slightly.

"He is really too strong. In front of that man, we are just like dust on the street." Jean said meaningfully, with a hint of loneliness in his eyes, "Anyway, you just have to accept the fact that Mikasa was taken away." After that, he left without looking back.

Allen looked at Jean's departing figure with dissatisfaction, muttering, "What a weird guy."

'Loser...' Eren looked towards Mikasa again and found that she was still looking in the direction of Kouzo.

Alan was originally a person who was very slow in expressing his feelings, but...Jean said it too bluntly, and his words eventually planted a seed in Alan's heart.

Beside Ymir, Christa stood there quietly, also looking in the direction where Kozo and Ani left. Her eyes were dim, having lost their former brilliance, and the breeze gently blew through her hair.

Christa's yandere transformation progress: 73%...

Chapter 26: 026 The Shura Field of the Training Corps (Part ): Kozo wants to ride Umamu to fight the Titans

At dinner time, the cafeteria was filled with the aroma of food.

Ymir looked content, enjoying the warm moment of dining with Christa. Her gaze casually swept over, and upon seeing Takashi and Ani sitting together, her smile widened. She thought to herself, "Now no one's competing with me for Christa." As she thought about it, the corners of her mouth curled up into a smug smile.

Ymir gently tore off half of the bread from the plate and handed it to Christa. "Here, Christa, eat it."

Christa nodded, "Thank you."

However, immediately afterwards, under Ymir's surprised and puzzled gaze, Christa walked towards Takashi San with a tray of food and firm steps.

On Xiao San's side, he was chatting happily with Annie. The "ice beauty" on weekdays was like a little wife to Xiao San...

The spoon in Annie's hand slowly swirled in the soup. Her eyes were fixed on the soup, her cheeks slightly red, and she said a little embarrassedly: "We will have a chance to go to the Trost District in three days. Come with me then." Her voice was soft, with a hint of anticipation, and she occasionally glanced at the expression of Xiaosan who was sitting next to her.

"Yeah, no problem." Takashi San responded without hesitation.

When Ani heard Xiaosan's answer, the corners of her mouth curled up.

At this moment, the girl's voice, as soft as the breeze, came, "Can I come over here?" There was a hint of caution in her voice (tea flavor max).

Ani looked up when he heard the voice, and looked in the direction of the figure, and saw Christa, who was as cute as a little angel.

Xiao San said gently: "Of course. Christa, please sit here, there is an empty seat here." His voice was still full of affinity.

Just like that, Christa sat down next to Takashi San with a little shyness.

"I know my brother works very hard every day, and I just happened to have an extra piece of bread here, so I'll give it to him." Christa's voice was soft, his eyes full of concern. (Ymir: So love doesn't disappear, it just shifts?)

At first, Xiaosan was still humble and kept waving his hands and said, "No, no, keep it for yourself." But under Christa's repeated insistence, Xiaosan finally accepted it.

Christa became more and more demanding, gently broke off a piece of bread and fed it to Xiaosan with his own hands.

"Christa, um... I can do it myself. You don't have to do this. It's not nice." Takashi San looked a little embarrassed. Especially when being stared at by the jealous and murderous eyes of the boys of the same age... anyone with a slightly thin skin would be unable to bear it.

Christa seemed not to have heard, and continued with a smile on her face. Her eyes were focused and determined, as if this was the most important thing for her at the moment... something that had to be accomplished.

Ani suddenly pinched Xiaosan's arm hard with her hand.

Xiao San felt pain and looked at Ani with a puzzled look, asking, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Ani said in a muffled voice. Feeling a little jealous, she scooped a spoonful of soup and stuffed it into Xiaosan's mouth without saying anything, with a hint of anger in her movements.

In this way, Xiaosan was fed mouthful by mouthful by Christa and Ani.

Double-teamed on both sides, on one side was Christa who was as warm as the spring breeze, and on the other side was Ani who was as cold as the cold wind...Takashi San looked helpless, but it was difficult to refuse, so he could only passively accept the feeding from the two.

Seeing Xiao San enjoying his good luck in love, Connie's eyes were filled with jealousy and resentment. He said, "Damn, that guy is so enviable. Why is he so lucky?"

Jean had accepted the reality by now and sighed helplessly, "Forget it, forget it. After all, he and I are not the same kind of people. There are always those guys in the world who are blessed by God and can get everything easily without having to worry about anything... Mortals like us! Only by working hard to become the Central Military Police can we get the favor of women and live a comfortable life! Work hard." After that, Jean patted Connie on the shoulder, took the empty plate, and left without looking back.

When Jean passed by Allen, Allen's mocking voice came, "I think even if you don't join the Military Police, your brain is comfortable enough."

In the past, upon hearing this, Jean would have stopped immediately and argued fiercely with Allen.

However, at this time...

"Ah, that might be the case." Jean replied calmly. He glanced at Mikasa, who was staring at Kouzo, and a meaningful smile appeared on his face. "Alan, you will understand soon..."

In the office where Erwin of the Survey Corps was, sunlight filtered through the gaps in the window, casting patches of light on the ground.

Alvin sat at a desk piled with documents, intently reading the letter from Keith. His chin rested on his hand, his brow furrowed slightly, a thoughtful glint in his deep eyes. "...He has talent, but is he too obsessed with women? That's not a flaw, though; it's actually proof of his talent," he murmured softly.

Kozo is not the type to be emotionless. The sentimental Kozo always sympathizes with the suffering people in this world. When he first joined the training corps, he integrated the existing intelligence and thought about the strategy to deal with the Titans.

1. The basic principle of action for the Pure Titans (including both normal and abnormal Titans) is to prey on humans, and they have no interest in non-human life. Titans lack sufficient intelligence, wear no clothes, and cannot use any tools. Although their primary activity is to prey on humans, they have been able to survive for over a hundred years without sufficient human prey. It is speculated that Titans do not need to eat to survive, and their predation of humans is simply killing.

If this information is entirely correct, then the Titans are not difficult to defeat. Humanity's greatest weapon isn't its brain or hands, but its nimble fingers that devise wicked strategies and craft tools... They use a variety of brutal methods to hunt down animals far stronger than themselves.

2.调查兵团的良马时速70到80公里，巨人的身高在3~15米之间，这也是课堂上的知识。

In the world Takashi San knew, the average speed of Thoroughbreds, commonly used for racing, was only 36-40 km/h, while American Quarter Horses could reach speeds of up to 55 km/h. However, in reality, it was difficult for horses to maintain their top speed for extended periods.

As Kozo pondered his strategy, he also considered the random horse-racing girl lottery ticket the system had awarded him. He thought, "...riding a horse-racing girl to fight a giant? Hmm, maybe... I could give it a try. It stands to reason that the creatures in virtual works are much stronger than those in real life." (East Sea Emperor:??? / Silent Suzuka:??? / Poetic Drama: Mambo)

Horses were the ultimate means of mobility for pre-industrial humanity, equivalent to armored mobile forces. Humans were unable to defeat giants in mobile warfare, so luring giants or maneuvering them on the plains was extremely dangerous.

3. Titans lack reproductive organs, digestive organs, and even many other organs. Dissections conducted by the Survey Corps reveal that the density of the material making up a Titan's flesh is quite low, and their weight is much lighter than it appears. Depending on the individual, lack of sunlight can reduce the mobility of some Titans.

This is completely unscientific. 'Unless there is magic in this world,' this was Xiao San's thought at the time, but the system's answer to Xiao San was 'There is no magic in this world.'

"Although fictional worlds don't need to be grounded in reality, there should always be a cause and effect established by the author. According to common tropes, dangerous creatures like these are either divine punishment, a disaster brought on by demons, or... the power of science?" Takashi San concluded.

4. Can humans use other methods to fight against the Pure Titans?

According to Xiaosan's trivia, the walls of a county city unearthed in China during the Han Dynasty ranged from 8 to 13 meters wide, with 3 to 6 meters remaining in height. Made of rammed earth, the city was square, with each side measuring 800 meters. That was during the Han Dynasty, 10 years ago. Nanjing's Ming Dynasty city walls were also over 20 meters high, reaching over meters at their highest points. And that was only at the level of human fortification capabilities during the agricultural era.

Many technologies in this world (inside the wall) have reached the level of the industrial age, and the three-dimensional maneuverable device is even more incomprehensible. As for the level of construction... that 50-meter-high city wall is outrageous, okay?

During his internship maintaining the walls of the Trost District, Takashi San also witnessed giants, most of which were between 3 and 15 meters tall.

The appearance of a 60-meter giant suggests that previous intelligence gathered by humanity may have been inaccurate. There are likely more types of giants than the "pure giants" described in previous intelligence reports. This is understandable; such a creature would never, in any sense, force humanity into a desperate situation.

Takashi San didn't turn a blind eye to these situations. Ever since childhood, he'd been fascinated by the heroic characters in films, television, and literature, all based on canonical plots. "We need a hero... Heroes are necessary, heroes~," he said, "With great power comes great responsibility," and "After the Seven Swords combine, they'll kill Ma Sanniang" (something seems to have broken in). "I'm just doing what I can as a human being."

Although Takashi San didn't believe he could change anything, he was willing to contribute, even in a small way. Even if his ideas and intentions were a bit naive and made some jokes, he felt it was meaningful. So, he wrote a multi-thousand-word paper, summarizing his analysis, his proposals, his imagined possibilities, his tactics for dealing with the Titans, and humanity's future strategy, and submitted it.

This document quickly circulated among the higher-ups. It wasn't because of the ideology... anyone who proposed fighting the Titans was considered just as crazy as the Survey Corps. However, ever since the breach of Wall Maria that year, the nobles within Wall Sina felt threatened, and a consensus emerged: "More funding should be allocated to support the Survey Corps, allowing them to defend Wall Rose with their lives. This would prevent Wall Sina from becoming a frontier, and allow them to continue their comfortable lives."

But in short, the nobles had no hope for the Survey Corps, which had been established for decades but had achieved nothing but wasted lives. New military tactics... without actual victories, even the common people scoffed at them, dismissing them as mere "wins in the newspapers."

According to Xiao San, who could well understand this, "Every day the headquarters' war reports were broadcasting great victories on the front lines, but then we saw the US military gaining ground, with two suns rising over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What was going on?"

In any case, the occurrence of such a catastrophe as "humanity lost two-thirds of its land" and "hundreds of thousands of people died" has brought people's pessimism to the extreme.

This was indeed the case. Since its founding, the Survey Corps had suffered an extremely high mortality rate, and the intelligence gathered was extremely limited. Before the breach of Wall Maria, the final expedition beyond the Wall, led by the 12th Captain, Keith Shadis, was intended to establish a base beyond the Wall and conduct an expedition.

But the actual result, as Eren witnessed at the time, was devastating, with a death rate of 80% and a casualty rate of 90%. From Takashi's perspective, being able to withstand such a high casualty rate was already terrifying. Of course, if you think about it calmly, there must also be a factor that "the Titans will not accept surrender, and the only way to face the Titans is to fight to survive or die."

The central nobles could not understand Takashi San's ideas, nor did they care about them, but... everyone felt that Takashi San's writing was very good, well-reasoned, and extremely persuasive and inspiring. Even if one disagreed with him, one could still feel comfortable reading it.

These papers were widely circulated among senior management and eventually fell into Alvin's hands.

The Military Police's internal evaluation of the Survey Corps' new captain, Erwin, is that he is "a man with both ambition and talent, and we should be more cautious." In fact, Captain Erwin's talents are very outstanding, and he can be said to be the first person in human history who can change the status quo of the Survey Corps.

During his tenure as commander, he began promoting numerous talented individuals. Erwin had a keen eye for talent, and elites like Levi, Hanji, and Sanmao became the backbone of the Survey Corps. The advent of the reconnaissance formation significantly reduced the Survey Corps' casualty rate, and the disparity in casualties between enemy and friendly forces during each Outer Wall investigation was no longer as pronounced as before.

Who connects the past and the future?

Who turned the tide?

It is not an exaggeration to describe Ervin Smith as "He Changed the Survey Corps."

Just like how he took a fancy to Levi, who came from the underground street, Captain Erwin took a fancy to Kozo Lance after reading this paper, believing that he had the talent to further improve the combat effectiveness of the Survey Corps, and his independent combat capabilities... Erwin was not sure if it was as exaggerated as Keith said, but judging from his performance alone, he should have the potential to become an elite of the Survey Corps in terms of martial arts. It can be said that he is both civil and military.

Just at this moment, there was a crisp knock on the door.

"Come in." Alvin said calmly, with unquestionable majesty in his voice.

The door was slowly pushed open, and a girl with light brown hair walked in. She seemed a little nervous and saluted with a stiff movement.

"Petra, I have an important task for you." Alvin crossed his hands on the table and said slowly.

"Yes, Captain." Petra straightened her body and answered, looking at Alvin with a firm gaze.

But as Alvin continued, Petra's face grew redder and redder, like a ripe apple. She stammered, "Let me...let me do this." Her eyes were filled with surprise and shyness, and her hands twisted unconsciously together.

Chapter 27: 027 Training Corps Shura Field (Part ): Checking into a room with Ani, and being awarded Military Logistics

"Don't worry, I won't let you do anything out of line. You just need to find a way to make him want to join the Survey Corps and sign this application form." Erwin said with a smile, gently pushing the paper on the table over.

Petra was still hesitating, frowning, "But..." She bit her lip, her eyes full of confusion.

"If you complete this mission, I will transfer you to the Levi Special Operations Team. I won't force you. If you don't want to go, I will look for other suitable candidates." Alvin spoke in a slow tone, his eyes fixed on Petra.

Petra swallowed hard, "Other suitable candidates..." A hint of determination flashed in her eyes, and she said with determination: "Understood, Captain, I will complete the mission."

However, it wasn't just Erwin who had his eye on Takashi. Neldek, the head of the Military Police, and Pixis, the commander of the Southern Division and the chief of the Garrison Corps, were all targeting him.

The 104th class of trainees were once again brought to this familiar place in the Troost District. The soldiers of the garrisoned regiment, with serious expressions, systematically assigned them various tasks.

Reiner and Bertolt were in the same squad as usual, walking side by side as they went about their patrol duties.