Armin sat on Eren's Titan shoulder, holding a strand of his hair to hold him still.
"Although it was my idea for the plan, whether it will succeed or not basically depends on whether I can hold on."
"Armin, you won't..."
Allen seemed to have guessed what his childhood friend was thinking.
"Alan, I'm sorry, but I can't die before I see the ocean... so I can't help but give up... I'll leave the rest to you."
Armin looked at Allen with a smile and said.
His gaze involuntarily drifted to the lower right, as if he were nervous, or perhaps he was lying.
"You see, I'm not that brave..."
However, this pretense and lie were instantly exposed in front of Allen. No, it wasn't that he wasn't brave...
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Armin has made up his mind to go all in and keep it a secret from his companions.
"Allen, you know, didn't we promise to go see the ocean together? Did I ever lie to Allen?"
Armin's eyes sparkled with a brilliant light, as if they contained the entire universe's stars and seas.
Behind him was a gloomy sky, and the surrounding atmosphere was oppressive.
All of this made the boy radiate endless light.
Armin stood up and spoke.
"So no matter what... you must follow my battle plan."
But things didn't go smoothly; Allen suddenly fell heavily off the wall.
This made Bertholdt somewhat relieved, and he said it with a mix of helplessness and sarcasm.
"As expected, they are already doomed... There is no way they can defeat me... It seems that Allen has suffered a severe concussion and can't even stand up now."
"Let's finish it."
Bertholdt shouted loudly, waving his colossal giant arms at Armin, who was still standing on the city wall.
Such an attack is extremely devastating.
If an ordinary person were to suffer such a blow, they would surely suffer a ruptured intestine and die instantly.
Armin also felt Bertholdt's destructive power.
He screamed loudly and jumped off the city wall.
Then, using the momentum, he leaped up and landed above Bertholdt.
"Armin, until the very end..."
Bertholdt looked at his former comrade Armin, who was fighting desperately, and felt a mix of emotions. "You fought well, but..."
But they were still enemies that Bertholdt had to eliminate; this was what is meant by an inescapable fate.
Meanwhile, the battle on the other side was also raging.
Jean Kirschstein glanced anxiously at Allen in the distance.
"If there's a way to take down Reiner with three lightning spears, this is the only way..."
"Take him down while he's immobilized."
Connie, who had always been all smiles, now had a serious expression.
This was the decisive moment in the battle.
All those participating in the battle were solemnly prepared for the fight.
"Reiner!" Jean Kirschstein brandished his blade and charged desperately toward Reiner.
The shouts were filled with anger and murderous intent.
At the same time, everyone took action.
Jean Kirchstein was the first to make his move, using his right ear to attract Reiner's attention.
He was agile and considered one of the best recruits in the Survey Corps.
As expected, Rainer Brown's attention was drawn, and he swung his arm and smashed it towards the building.
While Jean Kirschstein distracted Reiner, Connie and Sasha aimed their grenade guns at Reiner's chin from the left and right.
Unfortunately, Sasha was too nervous and missed with her lightning spear, and was also injured by the recoil of the spear.
"Sasha."
Fortunately, Connie reacted quickly and caught Sasha.
Mikasa noticed this unfavorable situation immediately.
"One of the lightning spears missed its mark..."
“After his chin was injured, Reiner’s mouth should have opened. Mikasa used the last Thunder Spear to aim at the back of Reiner’s neck through his mouth… that was his only weak point…”
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This was their original plan, since the back of his neck was protected by hardened skin, and the only weakness was his mouth. If the mouth was not opened, then the weakness would not be exposed.
"Leiner's mouth didn't open..." The situation was very unfavorable for them at this point.
"Even so, we have no choice but to go!" Mikasa is definitely not the kind of person who would run away in the face of battle or be a coward. On the contrary, she has a courage and fearlessness that others do not possess.
The person who shares the same qualities as Mikasa is Armin, who appears cowardly and even somewhat weak.
While Mikasa was deciding to fight Reiner, the Armored Titan, in a final, all-or-nothing battle, Armin was also fighting the Colossal Titan.
Bertholdt Hoover's greatest weapon was the high-temperature steam emanating from his body.
The temperature of this steam is extremely high, capable of instantly burning a person's skin.
Ordinary people neither can nor are capable of getting close to it.
However, this steam comes at the cost of evaporating its own energy, so Armin's analysis makes sense; the Colossal Titan Bertholdt Hoover is not suited for a prolonged war of attrition.
As time goes by, its energy is constantly being consumed, and therefore the time it takes to emit steam is constantly decreasing.
What surprised Berthold Hoover the most was that, under normal circumstances, its steam could not only burn people's bodies, but also render the 3D Maneuver Gear unusable.
but--
"Why can't Armin be blown away..." Berthold Hoover's eyes were filled with astonishment, unable to comprehend the situation before him.
"Why isn't the anchor hook dropping? He shouldn't be able to get close to me..."
The gusts of steam lashed at Armin like a whirlwind, and he had to resist the scorching heat of the steam as well as the force of the sudden gusts.
Armin could barely open his eyes, yet he was still thinking.
"The bones won't be consumed! Just as I guessed... If it's stuck in the bone, then the anchor hook won't fall off..." The reason the anchor hook couldn't be secured before was because the Colossal Titan's muscles were constantly being consumed and destroyed while the steam was being released, which is why it couldn't be secured.
"Most importantly, his muscles cannot move when he is firing the hot air."
Armin was able to think calmly even in such a life-or-death situation.
Moreover, such problems can only be discovered under such close observation, which is why Armin took such extreme actions that disregarded his own safety.
What Berthold Hoover couldn't understand the most was—"Armin, are you really willing to die like this?"
Why would Armin charge forward so recklessly when the enemy and himself were so outnumbered? It was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, or an egg striking a rock; in the end, he would only meet his death.
Why bother?
"Armin, is this the only way you can come up with to fight back after racking your brains? Is this all you're capable of? Armin, you've been enduring the scorching heat like this all this time..."
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"Would you be so foolish, Armin?"
Berthold Hoover was well aware of the temperature of the hot air from his steam, a temperature that the human body could never withstand.
The same is true.
Armin gradually felt that he could not breathe.
The oxygen in his vicinity had been completely depleted. Without oxygen, humans cannot survive, and he faced the prospect of dying from lack of oxygen and the inability to breathe.
"It's not enough, it's not enough." Armin's body was suffering tremendous damage, but he kept reminding himself to persevere.
"I need to buy myself more time."
Armin's brain had almost lost the ability to think, but his strong willpower exceeded everyone's imagination, including Berthold Hoover's.
The energy emanating from this tiny body is astonishing.
Shock was evident in Berthold Hoover's eyes.
"What exactly are you trying to do? Armin, are you trying to use this as a diversionary tactic at all costs? But Eren is still lying on the ground. Mikasa and the others can only deal with Reiner from a distance and can't provide any support... Is there really some kind of conspiracy? Can this really end this? Fine, then so be it, then die."
Berthold Hoover was ready to kill his former comrade-in-arms; the scorching air offered no respite whatsoever.
In his final, hazy moments, Armin's only belief was to persevere and never give up.
Even if it takes the last bit of strength in your life, you should try to gain even just one more second.
"My dream... my life... everything... these are all I can give up... If it's Eren, you'll definitely reach the sea! Go see the sea, Eren!"
As Armin made this choice by burning his own life, Mikasa was also ready for a final, desperate fight.
"My dear, Mikasa."
Squad Leader Hange arrived just in time and plunged a lightning spear into Reiner's mouth.
Reiner's chin drooped uncontrollably.
Mikasa's body transformed into a bolt of lightning, swiftly inserting the Thunder Spear into Reiner's mouth.
"No way!" Rainer Brown's eyes were filled with terror, a fear of death.
With all her might, Mikasa thrust her spear, Jiang Lei, into Reiner Brown's mouth, followed by an explosion.
Reiner Brown's body fell to the ground. Berthold Hoover seemed to only then realize that it was a conspiracy.
He thought Allen was lying on the ground and hadn't been able to stand up, but in reality, it was a stiffened body.
Alan Yeager had already broken free and was wielding a sharp blade, aiming a vicious stab at the back of his neck.
The sharp blade sliced across the back of the colossal giant's neck.
Berthold Hoover's limbs were severed and pulled out from the back of his neck.
Without the protection of the Colossus's body, Bertholdt Hoover was like a fish on a chopping board, completely at the mercy of others.
It was only then that Berthold Hoover realized that the previous attacks were merely a cover-up, a way to buy time.
The real main attacker is still Alan Yeager; everything is just a smokescreen to cover his actions.
Episode 0758: The Colossal Titan Bertholdt is Captured [Please Subscribe]
Boom——
The colossal giant's body crashed to the ground, instantly crushing all the surrounding buildings into fragments and ruins.
The billowing smoke and dust were astonishing, seemingly obscuring the sky and the sun.
Eren Yeager dragged Bertholdt Hoover, the man who had been hiding inside the Colossal Titan, and carried him like a little chick.
His limbs were all broken.
Alan Yeager's face was grim, his mind replaying Armin's last words to him with a smile.
"Have I ever lied to Allen?"
That bright yet resolute smile made her feel a stabbing pain, as if she were being cut by a knife.
"Damn it, I should have known... You're braver than anyone else..."
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