Chapter Summaries

Su Yang and Captain Levi discussed the possibility of a spy among their allies while the king and his advisers debated the army’s defeat. As Levi and his group traveled toward the king, Su Yang encountered Annie, who had returned to keep a low profile amid the tense situation.

• Su Yang and Captain Levi received new intelligence and considered how to identify a possible spy without turning their trusted comrades against them.
• Captain Levi urged Su Yang to wait until the next day before making a decision, while secretly watching him leave; Su Yang went to bed still troubled.
• The king and influential elders argued over how to respond to the army’s defeat, and the king left without giving them a clear answer.
• Captain Levi told his group he would take responsibility if the king blamed them, and they continued southeast toward him.
• Su Yang recognized Annie when he encountered her, and Annie asked why he had returned as they quietly discussed their circumstances.

Su Yang tried to keep Eren, Captain Levi, and Annie from escalating their hostility while discussing their return and the Female Titan. After Annie left, Su Yang and Captain Levi prepared to visit the king, but they encountered familiar faces on the way.

• Annie antagonized Eren and Captain Levi, and Su Yang repeatedly intervened to stop them from fighting.
• Su Yang realized the Female Titan seemed familiar and privately told Captain Levi he thought he knew who it was.
• Armin arrived, and Su Yang sent her away with Eren so he could speak with Annie and Captain Levi.
• Su Yang asked Annie why he had left the Corps, and Annie gave a brief account of the circumstances behind his departure.
• Annie left after the group exchanged questions, and Su Yang and Captain Levi set out to see the king.
• Su Yang and Captain Levi encountered several familiar faces on their way to the king.

Su Yang and Captain Levi faced the King and hostile nobles after the Investigation Corps was recalled over a mistake. Father Nick and the nobles demanded punishment, leaving the King pressured to decide how to handle Su Yang and the powerful corps.

• Captain Levi and Su Yang met the King, who shifted blame toward the elders and Father Nick while warning them not to repeat their mistake.
• Father Nick and the nobles criticized the Investigation Corps, and Su Yang calmly defended its actions while the King watched without exposing their schemes.
• Captain Levi nearly confronted the nobles, but Su Yang stopped him and mocked the nobles for hiding behind the King.
• Father Nick insisted that Su Yang should be punished, and several nobles knelt before the King to demand it.
• Captain Levi defended Su Yang by citing his service and the elders' improper conduct, but Father Nick rejected the claim that merits could offset Su Yang's fault.

Su Yang escaped punishment after Commander Erwin persuaded the king and Father Nick to let merits offset his offense. While Su Yang and Mikasa planned to deal with the nobles, Annie, Marlot, and Xiqi investigated a suspicious crowd and encountered an arrogant officer.

• Father Nick demanded severe punishment for Su Yang, but Captain Levi argued against it as the king tried to mediate.
• Commander Erwin urged the king to keep Su Yang available for the investigation, and Father Nick agreed to let merits and faults offset each other.
• Mikasa waited for Su Yang outside the hall, then led him away; Su Yang resolved to deal with the nobles, who angrily vowed not to show him mercy.
• Annie, Marlot, and Xiqi patrolled the streets, spotted a crowd, and Xiqi recognized a man associated with several others.
• Marlot approached an arrogant officer, who demanded to know who he was.

Marlot confronted an officer over smuggling, but the corrupt officer attacked him while Annie and the others watched. The group held back from intervening, suspecting the officer had powerful backing.

• Marlot accused the officer of smuggling and rejected his offer of hush money.
• The officer threatened Marlot and warned him not to interfere in his affairs.
• The officer charged at Marlot, slammed him into a wall, and kicked him as Marlot struggled back to his feet.
• Annie wanted to help Marlot, but her companion stopped her and warned that acting rashly could alert the officer's powerful allies.

Xiqi intervened when the officer was beating Marlot and used the threat of exposing his smuggling to stop the confrontation. After the officer intimidated the gathered onlookers and departed, Xiqi pulled Marlot away and urged him to plan carefully rather than challenge the officer impulsively.

• Marlot fought the officer but was pinned down and beaten until Xiqi stepped in to stop him.
• Xiqi warned the officer that beating Marlot and exposing his smuggling could damage his reputation, then tried to persuade him to forgive them.
• Annie helped defuse the confrontation by reminding the officer that the crowd regarded him as a good officer, while the gathered residents whispered about his corruption.
• The officer threatened the onlookers and demanded that Xiqi and Marlot keep quiet about what happened.
• Xiqi led Marlot away and told him to make a long-term plan instead of provoking the officer, while Marlot struggled to contain his anger.

Su Yang and Mikasa confronted Xiqi over her hostility toward the Investigation Corps, while Su Yang ordered an inquiry into an officer suspected of abusing his authority. Captain Levi later summoned the group and announced they were heading to the outskirts of the city, leaving Su Yang concerned that they might be going too soon.

• Su Yang ordered an investigation into the officer's background after noticing Marlot's disappointment and the officer's suspicious conduct.
• Mikasa and Su Yang approached Xiqi, who mocked the Investigation Corps and threatened them, before Mikasa led Su Yang away.
• Su Yang and his companions learned the officer was well known and decided to investigate whether he had used his authority for personal gain.
• Xiqi grew furious that the Investigation Corps had become involved, while Captain Levi reassured the worried Su Yang.
• Captain Levi summoned everyone and announced they were heading to the outskirts of the city, prompting Su Yang to question whether it was too early to leave.

Su Yang questioned Captain Levi’s decision to leave the city, but Captain Levi insisted and later offered him command of a new elite squad. The teams prepared to depart the next morning, and Su Yang grew suspicious when food was handed out before the departure.

• Su Yang objected to leaving the city so soon, but Captain Levi ordered everyone to prepare to depart the next day.
• A teammate tried to reassure Su Yang, who remained uneasy about Captain Levi’s decision and the danger ahead.
• On the eve of departure, Captain Levi visited Su Yang and proposed forming an elite squad for him to lead.
• Su Yang asked why Captain Levi had chosen him, but Captain Levi refused to reconsider his plans and left.
• The next morning, Su Yang watched teammates eat food handed out before departure and felt reassured when they showed no ill effects.

Su Yang learned that someone had poisoned the food to keep him in the city while Captain Levi led the Investigation Corps outside. As the king ordered Levi brought back and punished under pressure from the nobles, Su Yang sought help from Annie and Armin, but the chapter ended with him still searching for a way to save Levi.

• Su Yang and the others collapsed after eating food laced with a substance that caused diarrhea, leaving them trapped inside the city.
• After waking, Su Yang learned that Captain Levi had taken his corps outside the city and that someone had likely poisoned the food to prevent him from leaving.
• The nobles pressured the king to punish the Investigation Corps, and the king ordered a special team to bring Captain Levi back while keeping him there.
• Su Yang went to Annie for help, but she said she would not plead with the king, who had already made his decision.
• Su Yang turned to seek help from Armin as the king's order to punish Captain Levi spread through the city.

Su Yang and his group enlisted Annie’s help to enter the inner city and rescue Captain Levi, while the king weighed pressure from the nobles. At the prison basement, Annie grew suspicious and refused to go farther, leaving the rescue plan in jeopardy.

• Annie agreed to help Su Yang plead with the king in exchange for settling their past grievances, and they made a new contract.
• Su Yang, Annie, and Amir planned a covert rescue of Captain Levi, using Annie’s Military Police Brigade identity to pass the checkpoints.
• Annie got Su Yang’s disguised squad through the inner-city checkpoint and prison entrance by claiming they were following orders to guard Captain Levi.
• As they reached the basement passage, Annie stopped and told the group to go on without her, suspecting that the narrow passage had been prepared to trap her as a Titan.

Annie realized the supposed rescue mission was a trap to capture her, while Eren remained unaware of the real plan. After Amir asked whether she was the Female Titan, Annie admitted it, leaving Eren stunned and unwilling to believe her.

• Annie sensed something was wrong and confronted Su Yang and Amir, realizing the mission was meant to capture her rather than rescue Captain Levi.
• Mikasa told Eren that Captain Levi had never been captured, and Su Yang admitted he had suspected Annie was the enemy.
• Annie asked Su Yang when he had discovered her secret, and he said he had guessed.
• Amir asked Annie whether she had been the Female Titan during the expedition beyond the walls, and she confirmed it.
• Eren denied that Annie could be the Female Titan and pleaded for her to say she was lying.

Annie admitted she was the Female Titan after Su Yang and the others revealed how they had identified her and lured her into the basement. She remained silent about her motives as Mikasa tried to seize her, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Annie confessed that she was the Female Titan, and Su Yang explained that the group had recognized her from their familiarity with her.
• Annie challenged Armin’s claim that she had betrayed them, arguing that she had been a Titan from the start.
• Eren recalled the Female Titan sparing Armin and questioned Annie about repeatedly targeting Su Yang.
• Su Yang revealed that the group had staged Captain Levi’s capture and lured Annie into the basement to confirm her identity.
• Annie admitted her identity but refused to explain further, and Mikasa lunged at her but failed to grab her.

Su Yang and the Survey Corps fought Annie, whom they had uncovered as the spy and Female Titan, while Eren learned the truth about the secret mission. Annie transformed when the soldiers began to overwhelm her and targeted Mikasa, prompting Su Yang to rush to her aid.

• Mikasa attacked Annie, and Su Yang joined the fight after realizing Annie had hidden her strength.
• Annie gained the advantage over Su Yang and Mikasa while Eren questioned Amir about the mission and learned Annie was the suspected spy.
• The Survey Corps elites joined the fight, and Annie challenged Su Yang over his refusal to let her go.
• As the soldiers pressed her, Annie bit herself and transformed into the Female Titan, shocking Eren and the others.
• Annie stomped toward Mikasa, and Su Yang shouted a warning as he lunged to protect her.

Su Yang, Mikasa, and Amir fought Annie after she transformed into a Titan inside the city, while her appearance sent the citizens and Military Police into panic. Captain Levi arrived with Survey Corps forces and ordered them to protect civilians as the battle continued.

• Su Yang rescued Mikasa from Annie’s stomp, and the two recovered before attacking Annie again.
• Annie overpowered Su Yang and Mikasa, so Amir joined them and Survey Corps elites arrived to reinforce the fight.
• Annie’s Titan transformation sparked panic across the city, and debris from the battle injured citizens as they fled.
• Xiqi, Marlot, and Nile reacted to the Titan’s appearance, while the Military Police struggled to respond.
• Captain Levi arrived with Survey Corps members and ordered them to help endangered citizens and minimize casualties.

Captain Levi and Nile tried to organize the evacuation while Su Yang, Mikasa, and the soldiers fought Annie as the Female Titan. Annie escaped the inner city’s streets but was stopped at the gate, where Amir was badly injured saving Su Yang and the exhausted fighters continued battling her.

• Captain Levi confronted Nile and urged him to evacuate the civilians as Annie rampaged through the city.
• Annie seized a young girl as a hostage, but Amir distracted her while Su Yang rescued the girl; Annie then fled toward the city gate.
• The Military Police Brigade attacked Annie at the gate, and Su Yang, Mikasa, and Amir joined the fight as the soldiers suffered heavy losses.
• Annie knocked Amir unconscious by kicking a signboard at Su Yang, and Su Yang attacked her while Mikasa tried to strike her nape.
• Annie evaded Mikasa’s fatal blow and overwhelmed her until Su Yang intervened; afterward, Su Yang told Mikasa that soldiers had taken Amir to the hospital.

Su Yang and Mikasa pursued Annie to the crowded central plaza, where Eren used his Titan Power to find her hiding among civilians. Annie transformed and revealed her Hardening ability, leaving Su Yang to devise a way to break through it as the plaza descended into chaos.

• Annie broke past Su Yang and Mikasa and fled to the central plaza, where she hoped to hide among civilians or take hostages.
• Su Yang, Mikasa, and the Survey Corps followed Annie, and Eren arrived and offered to locate her using his Titan Power.
• Eren sensed the Female Titan's aura in the crowd, and Su Yang and Mikasa caught Annie as she bandaged her wounds.
• Annie transformed into the Female Titan and used Hardening to repel Su Yang and Mikasa while the civilians fled in panic.
• Su Yang stopped the Survey Corps' ineffective attacks and began preparing his laser gun, planning to use his Psychic Power to restrain Annie.

Su Yang used Psychic Power to strengthen his laser and wounded Annie, then taught the others to enhance their weapons as they fought her. Just as Mikasa and Amir sensed something was wrong, Mikasa pointed Su Yang toward what lay ahead.

• Su Yang doubled the laser's power and fired at Annie, blasting a huge hole in her body.
• Su Yang explained that infusing weapons with Psychic Power could increase their strength, and Mikasa and Amir urged everyone to learn the technique.
• Su Yang and the others attacked Annie with enhanced weapons, while unenhanced Survey Corps weapons failed to cause obvious damage.
• Mikasa and Amir noticed something was wrong, and Mikasa told Su Yang to look ahead.

Su Yang, Mikasa, and Amir were stunned when Annie recovered from her severe injuries. As they struggled to understand what had happened, Su Yang urged the bystanders to leave, but he had no explanation for the others’ questions.

• Su Yang, Mikasa, and Amir saw that Annie had recovered despite being badly injured.
• Su Yang asked Mikasa and Amir what was happening, but neither of them knew.
• Su Yang told the bystanders to hurry up and leave.
• Amir and Mikasa pressed Su Yang for an explanation, but he could only stare at Annie and remain silent.
• Amir asked Su Yang whether he truly had no ideas at all.

Su Yang realized Annie had regained and surpassed her former power, leaving him unable to defeat her alone. After the others refused to flee, Amir stopped Su Yang from rushing in, and Su Yang ordered everyone to make weapons so they could unite against Annie.

• Su Yang noticed Annie's power had grown stronger and urged the others to run before it was too late.
• The others refused to abandon Su Yang and the rest, despite his warning.
• Su Yang prepared to charge at Annie, but Amir blocked him and warned that he could not defeat her alone.
• Amir urged everyone to unite against Annie, and Su Yang agreed and told them to make weapons.

Su Yang and the others captured Annie by breaking her Protective Shield and tying her up. Hange injected Annie with a serum to restore her original form, and the Survey Corps arrived to take over.

• Su Yang had the others make simple weapons, then watched as they broke Annie's Protective Shield.
• Su Yang ordered the cheering crowd to tie Annie up, and they bound her with ropes.
• Su Yang found Hange and told her that they had captured Annie.
• Hange injected Annie with a serum, and Annie returned to her original form.
• The Survey Corps arrived, Hange told Su Yang to leave things to them, and Su Yang explained that Annie had been restored.