"Why? Why were they still arguing over such pointless things at the end? Father was already gone. He no longer existed in this world. Why?"
Eren recalled what Hannes had once said. Why had they ended up in such a predicament? Because he lacked strength.
And most ordinary people lacked that strength as well.
The ones who had destroyed his family were those Titans. Because they had no strength, those Titans could easily trample their homes, murder their neighbors, and slaughter humans on a massive scale.
"It's all because of me, because humanity is too weak. Do the weak only get to cry in silence?"
Eren clenched his fists and walked to the edge of the ship, muttering softly to himself. "I'll drive those bastards out of this world—"
Armin worriedly placed a hand on his shoulder. "What's wrong, Eren?"
Eren shoved Armin's arm away. "Move!"
He placed both hands on the ship's railing. Tears streamed from his eyes, down his cheeks, and onto the deck. "I'll drive them out. I'll wipe them all out of this world!"
"Eren."
Su Yang did not rashly challenge the Armored Titan near the inner gate. With his current combat strength, defeating it would still be far too difficult.
He then went up onto the wall and saw Mikasa, who had hidden herself well. "Have you been waiting long?"
"Brother Su Yang!"
Mikasa was thrilled to see Su Yang arrive on the wall. She carefully kept her voice down, then tightly hugged him around the waist.
"Let's go. Once we grow stronger, it'll be time to kill those Titans!"
"Can we really defeat something like that?"
Su Yang nodded seriously. "Yeah. Look how old I am now. At my age, I can already take on a fifteen-meter Titan alone. This power has enormous potential."