Seeing the armored titan disappear over the horizon, everyone on the wall fell into an indescribable silence.
Hange Zoe was the first to react and said, "The wall should not have been destroyed. If the villagers were transformed into titans, we should clean up the rest of the titans now..."
According to the numbers, the cleanup is almost finished, but there may still be titans that escaped like the one Sasha encountered.
However, considering Connie's feelings, she went no further, but the meaning was clear in everyone's mind.
Hange Zoe then asked them all to go along the city wall to the Trost area to meet Erwin and the others. The matter was not completely over.
Titans appeared in the Rose wall, so now most of the people in the territory are taking refuge in the Sina wall, many people in the streets, others went to the subway city.
The civilians on the wall are very obedient and don't ask for much, but if they can survive, God only knows if they will. The Gendarmerie is now maintaining law and order but everyone was restless.
Everyone can only go back to what happened five years ago. Because food reserves are also limited, if supplies run out, the most likely thing would be to let the people inside the Sina wall cause a riot and as Commander Pixis put it, the titans will not wipe out the humans, the humans will kill each other over resources.
Therefore, the main task of the Survey Corps and Garrison Troops is to inspect the Rose wall in depth as soon as possible, so that if there are no openings in the wall, people will not suffer from a surprise titan attack when returning to their homes.
A group of people were marching on the wall, with the wind blowing, Hange Zoe tentatively asked, "Takashi, it seems that the power of your body goes beyond that of a simple titan."
"Not only can it allow you to damage the tough skin of a titan with the same weaponry that any other soldier has, the only difference is that your blades don't break, also you don't die burned by the hot steam emitted from the titan's skin."
"You are wrong, although my power is a hundred times stronger, the sacrifice is three times harder on my body. I don't have healing like Eren's, my body now screams at me from the pain and if I'm conscious now it's a miracle." Takashi did not hide the information from Hange Zoe, she was one of the only ones who knew about his power in depth.
Eren was very puzzled, he was curious about Takashi's mysterious power and why his eyes were glowing that scary color, Mikasa was just pensive, but Armin had already noticed it in more depth so he simply didn't ask.
"I can't hide the fact that I'm very curious. By the way, Erwin plans to talk to you later." Hange Zoe pointed out with a certain interest.
"That's good news, I have something to tell the commander too." Takashi's expression was very calm, now he tried to keep a reserved attitude.
Hange Zoe and Armin had already noticed it, it's not that he doesn't want to share everything he knows, what he fears is that many don't want to go ahead with what it takes to win the eternal war with the titans.
"Squad Leader!" Moblit Berner seemed to have something to say and called out to Hange Zoe, she approached and after a while, Ymir and Christa approached Takashi.
"Takashi, I am impressed that you are so calm with the wounds on your body." Christa approached Takashi with a somewhat calm look.
Ymir stood beside her and said nothing, she was now determined to use her power as much as possible to support Takashi. She had learned that Takashi was different from any other man.
In fact, Christa had already noticed that everyone was looking at her from time to time and she felt more protected. "I'm really like that, you should know that, right? I'm not gentle or strong at all. I'm just a problem to others."
Christa's face was calm, "If I were a bad girl, would you feel disappointed?"
"In this shitty world, it would be very tiring to live with other people's evaluation all the time. You can't satisfy everyone and we also shouldn't care about the bad that comes towards us so seriously." Takashi showed a complicated smile, "After wanting to be a hero who saves everyone, I found out that I can barely save myself, now I can only do my best to improve the future with whatever I can do."
"Now that I remember, I just want to rest in a silent forest and live the rest of my life in that place."
Some pains and worries are so deep that they are impossible to bear, and instead of curing them, it would be better to walk away from them if at all possible. Takashi could not walk away from his worries until they were completely resolved.
"Christa, it doesn't matter what the outcome is, but the time has come to face your identity and this one will be very important for the future of these walls."
"I'm not so sure about that, but I'm ready to face my identity." Christa knew she couldn't always run away from her past.
She was not surprised and said, "Takashi, remember my real name, I am Historia Reiss, and I can be very bad at accomplishing my goals."
"You will have my help in everything, me and Ymir will know the time to be by your side." Takashi said with a smile. He had known since his talk with Kenny, she was from the Royal family.
Ymir was the most surprised, but this was not the time to express her doubts, when she looked for Christa she knew something about it.
Seeing this, Takashi said seriously, "History, remember, I hope you can use that name to live the life you want."
"Hey, put those words away, she already knows!" Ymir impatiently handed a water bag to Takashi."
"What's this? Wait, are you worried about my well-being?" Takashi was slightly at a loss.
Ymir said casually, "Well, I hope you don't die so soon, humanity wouldn't survive without its hero."
With a steady gaze, Takashi looked at the water bag and said, "Well, I hope I'm not that important, but thank you."
"You're a nuisance, don't give Christa any more worries." Ymir said lightly.
"Big challenges await us Ymir, we have to be prepared." Takashi said with a smile that wasn't a smile.
Annie was now sleeping in the crystallization, the identities of Reiner and Bertholdt have been discovered, the enemies have left the walls for the moment, apparently for now the enemies are gone. Therefore, it was time to eliminate the internal enemies.
When the sun set, the glow of the sunset dyed half the sky red, the sunset was reflected in the river and smoke rose from the kitchens of the different homes. The townspeople did not evacuate and arrived in the Trost district.
Hange Zoe's group took the elevator down the city wall. The city streets were very deserted. There were only a few other hurried passersby, and their faces could not hide the panic and confusion.
Eren, who had witnessed all this, felt very uncomfortable. He remembered the scene when he was fleeing from his hometown on the boat and the people displaced to other cities.
Everything seemed to be better, but they lost again. He was very disappointed and clenched his fists, "I thought I could change everything, but the result is still the same!"
"The road to freedom is tortuous, we still have hope as long as we keep fighting. Just remember, you need to work harder." Takashi said lightly.
Eren pulled his hair with his hands, "I'm not discouraged, I just feel incompetent! This time, I almost got caught again!"
He stared at Takashi's bandaged arm, "To save me, you got hurt. The same happened to many others, I've always failed everyone's expectations!"
"Don't push yourself too hard, you did very well." Takashi encouraged him and said, "Do you really think you are a savior? I thought so too, but who stipulated that we can win every time? No need to think too much, just to keep fighting and hope one day to win."
"You're just Eren Jaeger, a 15-year-old boy. It's wrong and unfair for a person to put all that burden on you."
"You're not the only one fighting this war, remember that."
Eren flashed a slightly bitter smile, "Yeah, I'm just special but I can't make a big change in achievements. I thought with my titan's power I could make a difference, but we keep losing."
"It's good that you know that, only then can we win." Takashi smiled lightly. He used to have similar thoughts to Eren, he believed he could make a difference by knowing the future, but he didn't do anything significant until now.
The news of the appearance of the titans reached everywhere and the civilians naturally panicked. You should know that to reclaim the Trost district and restore it to its original state took more than two months.
No matter where or in what era, the people who suffer in the war are the common people. After the war, the whole economy of the Trost district declined a lot and unemployment increased.
Many people with some chance moved elsewhere, thinking it was no longer safe to live in Trost.
"Everyone, don't worry, the Survey Corps has successfully driven off the enemy, we're safe!" shouted a soldier from the Garrison troops.
"Thank you all..."
"That's good news, I don't have to worry about that anymore..." A vegetable farmer cried with joy.
The days are really too hard recently, and he is worried about raising his family, and he really has no time to pay attention to the titans.
"No, finally there is good news, business is tough lately." A middle-aged man at the fruit stall next to him felt relieved and really couldn't bear the trouble once again.
People applauded and the news spread quickly. Many people rushed out of their homes to hear the news.
The atmosphere became noisy and full of celebrations.
Yesterday afternoon, after the news came that the titans had appeared inside the Rose Wall, the Trost district almost became an isolated city.
When they arrived at the Survey Corps temporary station, everyone rested and, as it was getting late, Hange Zoe took Takashi to see Erwin.