When Eren trained during the day, he tried to avoid using his Nen ability. It was also a form of training—training without being noticed by anyone.
"Reiner, aren't you being a little too harsh?"
Annie's expression turned particularly cold, filled with the wildness and ferocity of a leopard about to pounce.
Eren also sensed Annie's mood. Something seemed off, so he didn't know what to say.
She's angry. She always looks so intimidating. When she's truly mad, it's on a whole different level.
Reiner came up behind Eren, placed both hands on his shoulders, and flashed a confident smile. "Then spar with her, Eren."
"Why me?" Eren looked at Reiner in confusion, panic rising in his heart.
Annie placed her left foot in front and her right foot behind, slightly raised on its toes. She stood sideways toward Eren, both arms raised with her fists guarding her front—her left fist forward, her right fist positioned near her right temple.
The knuckles of both fists were one or two centimeters above her eyebrows. She stared at Eren seriously and silently.
Eren swallowed, then raised his wooden dagger and called out to Annie, "Annie, you know the rules, right? I'm coming!"
Eren charged straight at Annie, thrusting the dagger in his hand toward her abdomen.
Annie made a feint with her arm, then stepped forward with her right foot and kicked Eren's right foot just as it landed on the ground.
Eren's right foot, which had only just stabilized, was swept from the inside. He immediately lost his balance and fell to the ground.
"What happened? Did she kick my foot?"
Eren had barely gotten back up when the pain made him squat down again.
"Can I leave now?" Annie turned to look at Reiner in the distance.
Reiner hurriedly waved