Lin Yi glanced at the Titan's wound. Besides the neat and smooth incision, there was also a charred and bloody injury. Even with the Titan's terrifying regenerative ability, it was evident that he wouldn't recover from it anytime soon.
The Titan couldn't understand Lin Yi's intentions. All he knew was that 'food' was right in front of him. Apart from continuously roaring, snarling, and swinging his arms, he didn't do anything else.
Meanwhile, Lin Yi wielded his Jörmungandr blade, instantly severing a few obstructing beams in his path. Clearing the obstacles, he quickly found the basement of Eren's house.
Inside the basement, there were the diaries left behind by Eren's father, Grisha Yeager.
Grisha had a unique identity; he wasn't originally from within the walls but hailed from Marley, outside the walls. When he was young, he joined the Eldian Restorationists, opposing the Marleyan government. However, he was betrayed by his own biological son, Zeke Yeager, and was saved by the Attack Titan of that time, inheriting its power.
Following Zeke's wishes, Grisha came to Paradis Island, which was inside the walls. There, he remarried and had a child, settling in the Shiganshina District, planning to obtain the power of the Founding Titan.
In this basement, there were Grisha's research on the power of the Titans, various pieces of information, and intelligence from both inside and outside the walls. Many details were not mentioned in the original work and were unknown to Lin Yi.
With a gentle wave of his long knife, Lin Yi directly broke open the door to the basement and stepped inside. The furnishings inside were simple: a desk, a chair, and several books on the table. However, at the moment he entered, Lin Yi's attention was solely focused on the diary placed in the center of the table.
Lin Yi picked up the diary and started reading it directly. He possessed an astonishing memory and could basically memorize everything at a glance.
The contents of the diary were indeed valuable, especially the parts concerning Marley. In the original work, only a few details about Marley were mentioned later on, and the intelligence was scarce. If he wanted to rule the world of the Titans, information about Marley was indispensable.
"Quite interesting. This guy seemed gentle and refined when we first met, but I didn't expect him to be so ruthless," Lin Yi reminisced about their encounter during the heavy rain.
Grisha portrayed himself as just and resolute, abhorring evil. It contrasted greatly with the image of a scheming and unscrupulous person he wrote about in the diary.
"So, that's what he was busy with," Lin Yi realized as he read further. In the original work, Grisha also suddenly went on a business trip around this time, conveniently avoiding the fall of the Shiganshina District. In reality, he was planning to obtain the power of the Founding Titan.
The three walls around here were built by the 145th King of Eldia, who relied on the power of the Founding Titan. He was tired of wars and wanted to create an isolated paradise. After the walls were constructed, the king used the Founding Titan's power to alter the memories of the people within the walls, and they changed their surname to Reiss.
The power of the Founding Titan was passed down through generations.
Grisha lived incognito within the walls to investigate all of this. In the original work, during this time, he ate Frieda Reiss, the eldest daughter of the Reiss family, and obtained the power of the Founding Titan.
"What a pity. If I had known this information earlier, maybe I could have gotten hold of the power of the Founding Titan before him," Lin Yi sighed.
Among the Nine Titans, the Founding Titan was undoubtedly the strongest as it could control all Pure Titans, effectively possessing an infinite army of Titans.
However, before this, he didn't know who had the power of the Founding Titan.
If he had rushed into the basement before the wall was breached, he might have alerted Grisha and disrupted his plans.
"Nevermind, what's done is done."
Lin Yi smiled slightly, thinking about Eren and Carla, whom he had just saved. They probably felt quite grateful to him at the moment.
He casually put down the diary after finishing it.
When Lin Yi walked out of the basement, he saw the Titan that he had left to guard had managed to struggle to his feet, albeit limping. The Titan let out a furious roar, whether out of anger or unwillingness, no one could tell.
The moment he stood up, he lunged at Lin Yi.
"Then let's start with you," Lin Yi said to himself, as he dodged the attack with a tip of his foot, and his Jörmungandr blade inserted into the wall, propelling him up again. In the blink of an eye, he was standing on the roof of a nearby house, allowing him to gaze at the Titan eye-to-eye.
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