"It's over. Su Yang must have realized that the Female Titan knew he was deceiving her."
"No wonder she hesitated before agreeing to his request."
"She must already know all the reasons. She definitely won't go in, and things will only get worse from here."
At that moment, Armin truly felt defeated, because he had thought they were about to succeed.
So he had secretly started smiling to himself, but only today did he realize—
Everything he had done before had merely wasted his efforts.
Su Yang and the others were utterly stunned as well.
They had never expected their carefully arranged plan to change so suddenly.
Nor had anyone expected such an outcome.
"It seems we all underestimated her strength."
"If we'd known this earlier, we should have captured her from the start."
"We wouldn't have wasted so much time. But no matter what—"
"Everyone did their best, especially you, Armin. You put a great deal of thought into this."
Su Yang and the others all knew that Armin had truly worked very hard this time.
If Annie had discovered it, then it could only be because that woman—
Was simply far too cunning. Besides, she had weathered countless storms.
She would certainly have noticed something as minor as this, but no one had expected her to notice so quickly.
That was why it had exceeded everyone's expectations.
Everything that had happened felt like a dream.
"I never thought I'd lose so completely. Who could have imagined that Annie—"
"Would discover my scheme? Just what exactly happened?"
"I was clearly so calm the entire time, and I never intended to let her find out."
At that moment, everyone was shocked beyond words.
Only Armin kept muttering to himself.
It was because his sense of defeat was so overwhelming