During the Liberio incident, Zeke Yeager had feigned defeat, been captured by Captain Levi, and taken aboard an airship to evacuate because he had long since discussed betraying Marley and defecting to the Eldian Nation with the Eldian Nation government.
Due to the distrust of the island's higher-ups, Zeke Yeager was escorted by Captain Levi and his soldiers to the Forest of Giant Trees, where he was kept under guard for several days.
Zeke Yeager devised a plan to turn the soldiers guarding him in the Forest of Giant Trees into Pure Titans, delaying Captain Levi so he could escape. However, Captain Levi fought his way out, and Zeke Yeager transformed into the Beast Titan to face him. Captain Levi defeated him with Thunder Spears and dragged him out.
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Captain Levi captured him and tied him to a Thunder Spear. In his dazed state, Zeke Yeager recalled his past with the previous Beast Titan inheritor. In a desperate gamble, he snapped the Thunder Spear's fuse, causing it to explode and seemingly kill Zeke Yeager while severely injuring Captain Levi with the aftermath. Yet Zeke Yeager was revived by Founder Ymir in the "special space" and left with the Yeagerists who had come to receive him.
Zeke Yeager arrived in Shiganshina and joined the battle, relieving Eren's predicament. With his precise stone-throwing technique, he suppressed the Armored Titan and the Jaw Titan, but he was fooled by the Cart Titan's feigned death and knocked off the wall.
After Eren's head was shot off by Gabi Braun, Zeke Yeager, who emerged from the Beast Titan, caught Eren's head. At that instant, Eren and Zeke Yeager entered the "special space" together.
Within the "special space," Zeke Yeager tricked Eren into revealing his true intentions and seized the initiative to