Four long months have passed in the blink of an eye, everyone had bled, suffered and trained hard to fulfill their goals in the army corps.
"Shhh!"
"Whoosh!"
In the large trees, one by one, completely ignoring gravity, they soared into the sky, sped past and quickly crossed the forest path along with the wind.
"Wow cool!"
"Haha, if they are that slow they will never be able to catch up to my speed. "
"Can anyone go any higher?"
A group of young men chased Takashi as the first target in this training, using the three-dimensional maneuvering equipment quite skillfully. They traveled long distances, as light as a swallow, running towards the end point in front of the forest like an arrow.
Ahead, a young man with short black hair can be seen taking the lead, his vigorous figure is amazing, like a dragon running through the forest, dodging the branches and obstacles placed one by one like an eagle returning to its nest.
As fast as a sharp arrow, one could move at inhuman speeds.
"Damn it, it's too fast, I can't catch up at all!" Jean could only let his eyes glance at Takashi's disappearing figure with some indisposition.
"Come on, now is not the time to be worried!" Eren recalled with a serious expression.
"Don't think you're a genius, of course I know." Jean's hostility towards Eren was very obvious in the sense of rivalry.
"Haha, you two are always fighting when you meet." Connie smiled.
"Stop joking around, it would be a shame if you were all left too far behind in this test." Reiner urged like a big brother.
"Don't worry Reiner, Mikasa, Annie, Marco and Bertholdt are in the other group."
"First place in this group is always won by Takashi anyway, we rarely beat him, but we're still firmly in the top 10 of everyone." Connie said with a determined look.
Eren gritted his teeth and said while avoiding the branches, "Don't be careless, Ymir and Christa are already catching up to us. It would be a shame for two girls to beat us."
"Eren, we're going to catch up with them this time." Christa's sweet female voice came from behind.
Then came a slightly wicked voice, "Eren, do you despise women? You have to be thankful Mikasa isn't in this group. Arrogant men, I want to see what you're made of!"
"Ah, just wait and see." Sasha caught up too and eventually overtook him.
Eren showed a complicated look, it was only a matter of opening his mouth for them to overtake him several times without being able to do anything.
"That's right, that's right, we'll overtake them today!" a little later, said energetically Mina who passed at high speed.
Reiner walked up to Eren and pointed, "Eren, you stabbed the wrong wasp nest this time!"
Eren didn't know what to say, where did they all come from?
"Hurry up, get rid of them and don't just think about catching up to Takashi!" Eren grew impatient.
"Hurry!"
"Don't delay!"
This group of more than 100 people was very lively, and competition was also fierce on another parallel forest road less than 40 meters away.
With shoulder-length black hair and a beautiful, delicate face, Mikasa dominates the scene. Her smooth, dove-like figure leaps over obstacles and gallops forward with great speed.
Followed by Annie with an indifferent face, the wind blew and shook her golden hair. Annie's movements were neat and tidy, manipulating the three-dimensional maneuvering equipment to efficiently avoid all kinds of obstacles, and the speed was only a few meters behind Mikasa.
She was followed closely by three guys at high speed.
Thomas said, "I was overtaken by two girls, I have to find a way to catch up with them or Takashi will tease me to death!"
With a smile on his face, Marco Bott didn't look too anxious, "Don't worry, most of the great soldiers in today's training corps are in the other group, we're in the top five of this group so it's okay."
"Let's just focus on following Annie and not get sidetracked" Bertholdt Hoover looked at Annie's figure with a slightly haunted look in his eyes.
It was known that he, Annie and Reiner came from the same place, participating together in the training corps just like Mikasa, Eren and Armin.
He has always liked Annie, but he is more introverted and doesn't have the courage to confess his feelings, not daring to show it at all. In fact, the more observant boys know that he likes Annie, after all, Bertholdt always sneaks glances at Annie.
Of course Annie knew, but she didn't have much of a relationship with Bertholdt Hoover. If you insist on mentioning relationships, Annie thinks Takashi is more interesting.
However, those small observations aside, the competence in this group is also quite interesting.
Back to Takashi's group, he is flexibly operating the three-dimensional maneuvering equipment to move through the forest nimbly and at high speed. The scenery on both sides recedes rapidly, the whistling of the wind echoes in his ears and with a watchful gaze he scans the trees carefully.
At this moment, the feeling of freedom has never been so clear since he came to this world, and with an inexplicable heartbeat that arises spontaneously in his soul he moves forward without worries. At this moment, Takashi suddenly understands Eren's longing for freedom, not just the same goal of killing all the titans.
The world is so vast, how can we hide behind walls? We should go out and see this cruel and beautiful world, all it has to offer!
Takashi with a sharp look, he had opened his Mangekyo Sharingan and the vision was much better. He discovered this a few months ago but only thought it was his perspective, then he discovered that yes there was an improvement in vision at high speeds.
In order to have his Mangekyo active, Takashi always made sure that there was no one around him, after all it would be unfortunate if someone asked him about the drastic change in the appearance of his eyes.
Traveling at a speed that very few could reach, Takashi muttered a motto under his breath, "If you expose yourself to the greatest of your fears and manage not to let it control you, then you can tell the heavens that you have attained your freedom."
The next second, Takashi shook his head immediately. He was just being a bit impulsive at the moment. Otherwise, why is he thought of as a stereotypical protagonist? He can't expose all his desires, he must keep a firm profile on leadership.
"Leadership!
"Whoosh!"
Takashi, traveling with speed, flew out of the forest using the three-dimensional maneuvering equipment, and the telescopic rope in the air quickly retracted into the ejector. Takashi, who was low in the air, connected the Chakra on the soles of his feet, and landed softly on the ground from a height of 4 meters with ease.
Ordinary people don't dare to play like that. It's not just jumping. There is also a big impact. If you don't know how to land, the impact would break anyone's feet.
Takashi, who possessed Chakra and who now manipulated it more easily, could do this without any problems.
What about a "broken bone"? This is a fear that Takashi overcame long ago.
Instructor Keith, who was standing at the end, looked at the pocket watch in his hand and nodded to Takashi.
Instructor Keith was very impressed by the way Takashi landed a moment ago, for an instant he thought he had broken a bone due to his recklessness.
From all these months of training, he knew that Takashi's physical quality was very different from ordinary people, he could be sure that even if Takashi had no titan fighting skills, he could become a good enough soldier in his role of strength, agility and speed.
After a while, Mikasa flew out of the other forest path.
After Mikasa stopped, she looked a little surprised at Takashi, "You're much faster than usual today, Takashi!"
Takashi rolled his eyes, beauty, don't you know it's impolite to praise a man, watch out I might fall in love!
Takashi spread his hands and said, "Nothing special, I'm just in good shape today!"
Mikasa and Takashi haven't had many clashes in the last four months. It is good that they are in different groups. Once both of them are in the same group, they must have a powerful competition to determine who is better. Don't underestimate Mikasa and Takashi's competitive spirit.
In actuality, the two sides had defeats and victories in their competition, leaving the strengths and weaknesses indistinguishable between the two.
Of course, Takashi always used his Chakra at all times, yet it was useless to make a significant breakthrough against Mikasa Ackerman.
Mastery over Chakra cannot make him an invincible demon. These kinds of tests after all are mainly based on the mobility of the three-dimensional maneuvering equipment. Other than being able to eliminate the impact force when touching the ground, there were no other noticeable effects at the moment.
If the test is about cutting power, the Chakra is still somewhat useful. It should be easier to cut the back of the Titan's neck and be able to protect the blade from wear to some extent.
Takashi can feel that Mikasa is similar in physical quality to him, and is now almost twice as much as ordinary people in general.
Perhaps with continued use of Chakra, also considering Captain Levi, he could be stronger in the future.
Mikasa's hidden power was awakened at approximately nine years of age, the Takashi of the past had that boost of strength at the age of twelve, years of noticeable difference. At first Takashi thought that some of his strength had somehow been erased from his body, but then by using Chakra everything was greatly improved and now he surpassed Mikasa, making use of his great abilities.
Therefore, he has to intensify his training and strive to continue to surpass those two people in the future. Chakra's training method keeps improving him and he is sure that at some point he will be able to make use of it in the three-dimensional maneuvering equipment.
Not long after Takashi and Mikasa reached the finish line, Annie, Reiner, Eren, Jean, Connie, Sasha, Ymir and Christa arrived one after another.
Another group also arrived following close behind Annie, Bertholdt, Marco and Thomas.
"Okay, everyone performed well today!" Instructor Keith was a little relieved. Four months later, these little brats are finally somewhat decent under his expectations.
After everyone else arrived, Instructor Keith announced loudly, "Today's test results are as follows, the top five in Group A are Takashi Ackerman, Rainer Braun, Eren Yeager, Jean Kirstein, and Connie Springer."
The top five in Group B are Mikasa Ackerman, Annie Leohard, Bertold Hoover, Marco Bott, Thomas Wagner. "
The grouping is random every day. Sasha, Ymir and the others are in Takashi's group today, and just because there are too many strong people they didn't make it into the top ten this time.
However, this usual lineup does not count for the overall score.
As usual, there was a burst of applause, and after the applause stopped, Instructor Keith said with a serious face, "Okay, there is something I want to tell you, the next course changes, the three-dimensional maneuver team training will be held in the afternoon and the daily test will start directly after the training."
In the morning the physical training will be reinforced. It is no longer an ordinary lap race, but a long-distance race in the forest. No matter what the weather is like, you have to run, even if it rains, you have to run alone with a raincoat.
This is in preparation for the year-end trial that will take place in two months.
"Everyone must take it seriously. Now there are only 267 corporals of the 104th generation. I will not be pleased if they graduate if they are not at least 200 soldiers!"
"Ah! Excuse me?"
"Does it mean that after physical training in the morning, I have to practice with the three-dimensional maneuver team in the afternoon?"
"I have to run when it's raining, my God, it's so cruel!"
"I'm going to catch a cold."
The crowd shouted for a while, some people were getting more and more eager to train like Eren, some were pale like Armin, some were indifferent like Annie, some were full of energy like Takashi, some were bitter and hated themselves for being weak.... And so on and so forth.
Youth is like that, youth is full of enthusiasm and at the same time it is easy to get confused and depressed.
Especially for this group of young soldiers in training, they have to suffer more, and only they know the various tastes of doing that.
Time passes slowly in a restless state, the future comes faster and faster, and Takashi still thinks that he is not strong enough....