His gaze sharpened slightly.
"What exactly happened?"
"I'm afraid it's nothing good. That bell usually has something to do with Titans. I'll go find out what's going on. You don't..."
"I'm going with you."
"Be good."
Lin Yan stroked Mikasa's soft hair. All along, Mikasa had been the one protecting Eren and Armin. She had been forced to become a strong girl, yet now she was being doted on and treated so gently that she was momentarily lost in a daze.
At that moment, Armin rushed over with a panicked expression.
"Lin Yan, Mikasa, the Titans have breached Wall Rose."
It was not just them. Erwin and Levi were also preparing to deal with this sudden situation, so they had no choice but to move out overnight.
Eren had received the notification as well.
Torches burned brightly.
Lin Yan was, after all, a member of the Survey Corps, so he joined their preparations.
Armin looked worried.
"But would Titans destroy walls made of Titans?"
"Didn't it happen before?" Eren's tone was still somewhat impatient. "Our town was destroyed by them..."
"Yes. If not for Lin Yan, I'm afraid we would all have been buried..."
Mikasa did not continue. Wang Xia was not a pleasant subject, especially since it was tied to Lin Yan's later disappearance.
If they were talking about suspicions, Lin Yan himself was quite suspicious as well. It was just that no one seemed to bring it up.
"That time, it was only the gate."
Armin said.
Lin Yan remained silent.
He rather admired Armin. Armin had hit the key point. The walls were made of Titans, so could Titans really destroy the walls? What they had always destroyed were merely the gates.
"Armin, what do you think?"
Lin Yan rarely spoke up to ask.
Armin was somewhat