A dire crisis

Seeing the man struggling on the ground, Yago pulled Annie behind him and cautiously stepped forward himself.

As Yago approached the man, he noticed the extreme fear in the man's eyes. The man's face was bruised and swollen, and his bound hands were covered in wounds.

With a ripping sound, the duct tape sealing the man's mouth was ripped off. Before Yago could even ask a question, the man opened his half-toothed mouth in terror and screamed, "Innocence! I'm not a member of the Eldia Restorationists! I was just misled by Jack and Selina! I didn't participate in the assassination of Commander Landon! I'm loyal to Marley! Please, I don't want to become Titan!! Waaaaah!"

"Please, I have a child, he's only two years old! I don't want to become Titan..." the man cried and pleaded.

But upon hearing the man's words, Yago froze in shock. "Eldia Restorationists? Marley? You, you're from Marley?!"

Realizing what was happening, Yago abruptly pulled the man up. Sure enough, on the man's left arm was a bloodstained brown Armband with a glaring white multi-pointed star emblem.

Yago's eyes widened, and he turned his head in astonishment, exchanging a glance with Annie, who was equally shocked. The two of them looked in the same direction, towards the main force of the Survey Corps, which was also the location of the Command Headquarters and where Zeke and the others were being held.

Meanwhile, Survey Corps Soldiers scattered throughout the Shiganshina district discovered that many people, both men and women, were bound in the dilapidated houses. The Survey Corps Soldiers were astonished to see the terrified people muttering strange things about Eldia Restorationists and Marley.

"Captain? What do we do? How come there are humans here? And what is Marley?" Petra asked, looking at the woman kneeling and crying in front of her, a woman she had just found in an abandoned house.

Even with his extensive battle experience, Levi was momentarily at a loss for what to do. "Well, take her with you and report to Erwin," Levi decided for the time being, unable to make up his mind.

Suddenly, Levi heard the woman's soft murmur, "No, I don't want to become Titan..."

Levi's pupils constricted sharply. Clang! He drew his Blades and shouted at Petra, who was about to approach the woman, "Petra! Back off!"

On the other side.

"What? We found a lot of humans? In the houses?" Erwin frowned as he listened to his subordinates' reports, feeling incredulous.

"Commander, Baker has brought back the humans they discovered."

Erwin looked up and saw more than a dozen weeping men and women being brought before Erwin under the guard of Soldiers. Looking at the identical Armband on their arms, Erwin suddenly felt a strange sense of familiarity.

Inside the iron cage, Zeke kept his head down and remained silent, his wounds still emitting faint steam.

Outside the cage

"Scott Squad Leader, thank you so much, otherwise I would definitely have died in the Titan's mouth," Floch said with some relief.

Scott waved his hand and said, "As your Squad Leader, this is what I should do. Floch, you've just come from the Garrison Regiment to the Survey Corps. All you have to do now is adapt slowly. Good luck!"

Floch was very grateful to Scott, his Squad Leader, who had taken good care of him. His comrade-in-arms, who had come to the Survey Corps with him from the Garrison Regiment, had just been making fun of him.

Scott chuckled and patted Floch on the shoulder. "By the way, I heard that the other classes ahead apparently found humans in the ruins."

Floch looked up in surprise and asked, "What? Really? Is that true?"

Suddenly, Zeke raised his head from inside the cage and whispered, "Did you find it?"

"Hurry! We have to be fast!" Yago frantically accelerated towards the Command Headquarters. If Yago's guess was correct, what was about to happen would plunge the Soldiers of the Shiganshina District into hell.

Erwin looked at the familiar Armband and suddenly remembered where he had seen it before. Yago had drawn this symbol when he was introducing the situation outside the island to the high-ranking officials of Paradis Island in a secret meeting. It was Armband that the Eldians living in Marley had to wear.

"Attention everyone! Spread out! Don't approach these humans!" Erwin roared at the Soldiers.

Yago and Annie rushed to the vicinity of the Command Headquarters.

However, a terrifying roar that shook the very soul emanated from the Command Headquarters and spread throughout the entire Shiganshina District.

"Oh no!!" Yago's eyes widened in horror, but it was too late.

Suddenly, countless golden pillars of light shone brightly in the once peaceful Trost District.

The Beast Titan's roar can control Eldians injected with Special Spinal Fluid, transforming them into Pure Titan that can be manipulated by the Beast Titan.

Instantly, countless terrifying roars echoed from every corner of the Shiganshina District.

"Zeke! You deserve to die!" Yago's Black Eyes were filled with murderous intent.

Shiganshina descended into chaos. Many Survey Corps Soldiers, before they could even react, were turned into Titan and swallowed whole by the humans they had just rescued from the rubble.

Levi's hair was blown about by the powerful energy emanating from his Titan transformation.

Levi Squad's squad and the New Recruits stared in disbelief as the rescued woman let out a painful scream and transformed into a ten-meter-tall Titan.

Levi was the first to react, and within three seconds, a chunk of flesh from the back of his neck was severed. But Levi did not relax at all, because, looking around, there were nearly a hundred golden beams of light throughout the entire Shiganshina District.

The instant Erwin gave the order, dozens of Titan charged towards the Scout with terrifying roars.

At that moment, Hange, who was counting the Thunder Spear on the city wall, was also startled by the sudden commotion. She quickly crawled to the edge of the wall, adjusted her glasses, and asked Moblit beside her, "Moblit, what's going on?"

Moblit looked equally bewildered. "I don't know, Section Commander."

But Aiya, who had sharp eyes, was the first to notice something was wrong, pointing down from the city wall and shouting, "Titan! Titan!"

Survey Corps, in danger!