A flock of geese flew over the fifty-meter-high city wall and headed into the distance, while Armin seemed to have emerged from his confusion.
"It's not something you can do easily."
Simultaneously.
Commander Erwin also said with a serious expression, "However, I believe that humanity has grasped a huge possibility of survival. Compared to the time when we never thought that humans could grow to gigantic size, being able to capture an enemy is already a great improvement. That's right, those guys must be lurking. Let's force them to reveal their true forms without leaving a single one alive."
"Bring out all the giants inside the walls. Now it's our turn to attack."
The capital city has temporarily suspended its recall orders for Eren Yeager, Lin Yan, and Erwin Smith. Annie Reinhardt has been sealed deep underground, to be managed by the Survey Corps. However, humanity will need more time and sacrifices to understand what has imprisoned it.
On the distant city wall.
Almost no one noticed a figure squinting as he faced the oncoming wind and watched the wild geese fly away.
"We'll meet again sooner or later, Ape."
Just as Irwin Smith had guessed.
Other giants are hidden inside the city walls.
For example, Reiner Brown and Berthold Hoover.
His true identity is that of an Eldian Titan warrior dispatched by Marley, a key member of the Paradis Island operation. He infiltrated the walls for five years as an undercover agent to carry out the "Founding Titan Retrieval Plan" in order to bring Eren back to Marley.
Reiner is from the same hometown as Annie, Bertholdt, Ymir, Marseille, Pick, Zeke, and Galliad. He accepts even dangerous missions or requests without hesitation. He possesses courage and leadership skills beyond his years. He graduated second in his class from the Training Corps and later joined the Survey Corps.
In the known storyline, the identities of Reiner Brown, the Armored Titan, Bertholdt Hoover, the Colossal Titan, and Annie Reinhardt, the Female Titan, have been revealed.
In addition, there is Ymir.
Besides.
Marseille, Pique, Giquel, and Gallard are still unknown.
Eren Yeager still needs to rest, and the moment Mikasa stepped out of the room and looked into the distance, tears almost streamed down her face.
A figure transformed into a gust of wind and rushed over.
His tall, straight figure, his short black hair blowing in the wind, and his sharply defined face. Especially his deep eyes, as deep as the vast night sky, or like a deep, dark pool, unfathomable.
It's him.
It's really him.
Mikasa Ackerman had many questions in her mind, but she didn't know where to begin. She could only watch him approach step by step.
Lin Yan's lips curled into a wicked smile.
He approached step by step, step by step...
0527 Lin Yan - Not of This World [Please Subscribe]
Is she asleep?
Lin Yan's smile was like bright sunshine; though not scorching, it seemed to surround her, constantly influencing her.
"she?"
“Annie”.
"you……"
Mikasa Ackerman's words seemed to catch in her throat, unable to be uttered smoothly, while Lin Yan slowly walked away into the distance. Mikasa Ackerman followed behind him, and the atmosphere became somewhat somber.
After walking for a while, Lin Yan slowly turned around and said.
"Do you have a lot of questions for me? Why did I suddenly disappear before the operation? Where did I go? What did I do? How do I know about Annie? How much do I really know about Annie? And so on."
Will you give me an answer?
Mikasa asked.
Lin Yan nodded silently.
"It's a long story, but after I finish, you must keep it a secret. I can only guarantee one thing: you, Allen, and Armin will be fine. I can't guarantee anything else, since I don't belong to this world."
"Not of this world?"
Mikasa Ackerman was somewhat surprised, but not overly shocked. She could have guessed something from past clues, but it was simply too unbelievable. All Mikasa Ackerman could guess was that Lin Yan didn't belong to the world within the walls; as for which world he came from, that was something she could never have imagined.
She didn't spend too much time thinking about the problem.
At that moment, all she could do was listen.
“Well, I don’t belong to the world within the walls, nor to the world of your enemies. But it’s hard to explain which world I come from. Before I talk about Annie, I have something to say.”
Lin Yan looked at Mikasa very seriously.
Mikasa swallowed nervously.
nodded.
"What?"
"There's a saying in my world: 'Heavenly secrets must not be revealed.' Everything in the world is arranged by Heaven, and it cannot be disclosed beforehand, otherwise, endless troubles may follow. It also refers to matters involving confidentiality, which cannot be revealed in advance until the time is right. So, are you ready to hear what I have to say?"
Mikasa did not hesitate at all.
She is a brave girl at heart.
"Hmm, will we be punished by heaven?"
"As long as you follow what I say, it won't happen."
"Then tell me, I'm ready."
“Annie”.
Lin Yan smiled slightly and said.
"She was born in Marley, is an Eldian warrior, and the wielder of the Female Titan's power." Lin Yan glanced at Mikasa, who showed a slight hint of doubt but didn't ask immediately, or perhaps waited for Lin Yan to explain slowly.
"Shortly after Annie's birth, a blood test revealed that her mother's affair was with an Eldian, leading to her abandonment by her biological parents. An Eldian man in the Reberio Containment Quarantine adopted her, becoming her foster father. Hoping Annie would become a Marleyan warrior and improve his own life, her father had her learn his martial arts from a young age. At that time, to her father, Annie's value lay solely in becoming a warrior. Later, Annie progressed very smoothly..."
0528 Annie, Warrior Candidate [Please Subscribe]
"I've become a soldier candidate..."
"Soon after, Annie undoubtedly became a Marleyan warrior, inheriting the Female Titan and landing on Paradis Island to complete the [Founding Titan Retrieval Plan]."
"Annie can only return to her homeland by reclaiming the Founding Titan."
"The plan proceeded as scheduled. Annie attracted too many Titans and collapsed from exhaustion after reaching the wall. Later, the Colossal Titan and the Armored Titan destroyed the wall. When Annie woke up, she was already in the refugee camp at Wall Rose. At that time, she was very close to you, very close... after all, you had also arrived at the refugee camp by then..."
That concludes the story.
Lin Yan looked at Mikasa with tender eyes. Actually, he had been somewhat conflicted beforehand about whether or not to participate in this operation. If he had simply pulled Annie out of the Titan's body, then none of the subsequent events would have occurred.
"So it turns out that Annie was... she wasn't a traitor, but a spy from the beginning."
Mikasa's expression remained unchanged.
In truth, a hint of disappointment flickered in her eyes. No matter how perfect she was, she was still, after all, a young woman in the prime of her life. It was understandable that she would experience emotional setbacks, especially since Annie was her companion.
It's impossible to be betrayed by a companion without any lingering trauma or psychological distress.
"She had such a life before."
"Yani really wants to go back to her hometown, doesn't she?"
It seems there's a deeper affection between Annie and Mikasa.
This emotion is very complex.
"Do you also want to know why I left before the operation? Actually, I left to investigate Annie. As for how I obtained Annie's information, I can't reveal that yet... I just didn't expect Annie to actually go that far."
"That step? A period of slumber?"
"Ah."
Lin Yan nodded.
Their conversation lasted a long time, mostly addressing questions that had lingered in Mikasa's mind, though she asked them cautiously. Ultimately, the key issue lay in the respondent's skill.
Lin Yan seemed to have answered everything.
In reality, Mikasa received very little information.
After that, Lin Yan went to the basement to see Yani. Yani's sleeping posture made it seem as if she would never wake up.
I looked at Annie again.
Mikasa's emotions became complicated once again. After all, Annie's identity was truly special. Had she been playing the role of a spy for the past five years without ever wavering, not even in the slightest?
Although Mikasa is aloof, you can still see Annie's gentleness.
She is a gentle person.
However, her birth status determined her fate, and Annie may have had no choice.
But what kind of obsession and fate led her to kill so many people so easily? Did she truly abandon her humanity?
"When do you think Annie will finally wake up?"
"do not know."
Lin Yan said.
In fact, Lin Yan knew that Yani would make this choice in the original story, but he thought that his intervention had changed the original plot and would cause some deviations.
0529 Father Nick Hange, Squad Leader [Please Subscribe]
What would you do if Annie never woke up?
Lin Yan said.
In fact, in 854, on the day Marley attacked Paradis Island, Eren overcame numerous obstacles and obtained the power of the Founding Titan through contact with Zeke. He then activated the Rumbling, releasing all the hardened elements from the island and freeing the Titans from within the walls.
The crystal encasing Ani also dissolved at the same moment, and the girl who had decided to return to her father's side finally awoke in the basement after four years of "sleep".
"..."
Mikasa remained silent for a while without answering the question.
The Walls of Mary, Rose, and Sina granted humanity a hundred years of peace, allowing people to forget the memories of being dominated by fear and the humiliation of imprisonment. However, the moment the walls were breached, everything was awakened.
Most importantly, while Lin Yan was talking to Mikasa, something incredible happened in the town: someone was watching the city walls.
The city wall, with a section broken, stared in disbelief.
"Hey, look, what's that?"
"giant?"
"How could it be inside the city walls?"
"How can it be."
The soldiers, those who were clearing corpses and rebuilding the city, stared in disbelief at the city walls. In one section of the crumbling wall, they saw the face of a giant emerging from within, the giant even turning its eyes to look outwards.
giant?
That was indeed the face of a giant.
Why would there be giants inside the city walls? It's unbelievable. No one would believe it unless they saw it with their own eyes; it's terrifying.
At this moment, Squad Leader Hanji noticed the abnormality and ran over from a distance.
"Squad Leader Hanji, please give your instructions."
This happened suddenly, but the Survey Corps soldiers were all cowards; even seeing Titans wouldn't make them turn pale and lose their ability to think. They were all people who had experienced battle, and brutal battle at that.
Squad Leader Hange looked at the giant's face that had been revealed.
I was quite surprised.
"What...wait...did the giant just happen to be there? Or...if it's not a coincidence...if it's not a coincidence..."
Snapped!
A hand patted Squad Leader Hanji on the shoulder.
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