A Hidden Secret Exposed

"Someone's there?!" Yago's sharp shout startled Selina drew her pistol from her waist with lightning speed the moment she heard someone's voice.

Yago, however, kept his eyes fixed on the dark corner not far away.

"No need to hide anymore. Since you've been exposed, come out and show yourself." Yago said as he slowly approached, his muscles gradually tensing, and his sharp nails slowly digging into his palm as he clenched his fist.

Selina cautiously raised her pistol and followed Yago as they approached.

As the two grew closer

A figure emerged from the shadows with its hands raised.

Upon seeing that face, both Yago and Selina were stunned. "It's you?"

With her gray hair disheveled, the Sea-Swimming Titan Aili looked at the two people in front of her and forced a stiff smile. "Uh, Captain Loa, Captain Selina, hello."

Her response was the sound of Selina cocking a gun and Yago's wary gaze. "Why are you following us? Were you sent by Marley to spy on us? Or did you already know who we are?!" Selina demanded loudly.

Aili couldn't hold back any longer. The stiff smile on her face vanished, replaced by an extremely aggrieved expression. She weakly said, "I... I can say I don't know anything, and that I just happened to be here, would you believe me?"

Selina: "Do you think we're children?! This place is several kilometers from the Military Camp. Who would come here for no reason? Even we came in military vehicles, and it just so happens that we happened to be here. What, are you here to sleep?!"

Aili bit her lip. "Tell me, is it possible that there's someone else lying in your military vehicle, but you just didn't check it properly?"

Selina retorted without hesitation, "What a joke, you think we..."

Selina was interrupted by Yago nudging her arm before she could finish speaking. She turned around and saw Yago looking somewhat embarrassed. She whispered, "Well, it seems we probably, maybe, really didn't check the carriages."

On the other side, Aili felt incredibly unlucky. She had only found a covered military vehicle to take a nap, and in her dream, she felt the vehicle bouncing around, which felt strangely like she was being massaged. When she woke up, she was also hungry.

When Aili lifted the carriage curtain to enjoy a delicious dinner, she suddenly discovered that her surroundings had changed. The once orderly Military Camp had become a desolate grassland, and the flat battlefield had turned into a deep valley.

Aili almost thought she had been abandoned and wandered around the valley for most of the day. Then, she unfortunately stumbled upon the "conspiracy" of Yago and Selina. Upon hearing their plot, Aili turned pale with fright and her body trembled uncontrollably.

If God gave her another chance, she would definitely not slack off. Although she tried hard to control herself, Yago and Selina's entire plan had reached her ears without missing a single word.

Eldia Revival Army, rebellion, Paradis Island, Eldians, Marley Volunteer Army —every single word sent a shiver down Aili's spine. If she could, she really didn't want to hear about these things by chance. Marley Warriors and all that—it was exhausting.

But there's no way around it; some things, once heard, are heard; some things, once they happen, are happened. Whether you like it or not, you have to face them.

This was clearly a principle that Aili, Yago, and Selina all understood, which is why Selina kept the pistol pointed at Aili's forehead high, and the wound on Yago's palm was still steaming and had not healed.

Yago smiled and said, "Aili, don't play dumb, you heard everything, didn't you?"

Aili helplessly raised her head, her light brown eyes meeting Yago's Black Eyes. She sighed softly and nodded.

Selina's face darkened, and she tightened her grip on the trigger slightly, but then Aili spoke up, her voice gentle, "Captain Selina, there's no need to be so tense. Besides, you should know that bullets can't kill Marley Warriors."

After speaking, Aili looked earnestly at Yago, "Captain Loa, although I really don't want to hear this, I hope you understand my identity. For the sake of my family, I can't ignore this."

Yago calmly replied, "What do you mean? Aili, you're also Eldians. Since you know about our Eldia Revival Army's plans, why not join us in resisting the Marleyan oppression and fighting for the Eldians revival?"

Aili closed her eyes, her pretty face contorted slightly. She reached out and scratched her long gray hair vigorously, making a mess of it, then yelled as if in frustration, "Ugh! So annoying!"

Aili suddenly seemed to break down, "I just wanted my family to have a better life. I never wanted to be a Marley Warriors, and I don't know anything about the Eldia Revival Army. Why is all this being blamed on me? It's so annoying!"

After a while, Aili calmed down, sighed, and said apologetically to Yago and Selina, "I'm so sorry, I'm not that noble, and my family is in the Liberio Internment Zone. I had no choice. I'm really sorry."

Yago understood the meaning behind Aili's words, and Selina clearly understood as well.

Without hesitation, Selina was about to pull the trigger, but Yago stopped her. "Selina, step back. Aili was right; bullets can't kill a prepared Titan Warriors. Let me do it."

Selina glanced at the two of them with concern, but in the end, she obeyed and stepped back.

Aili watched as Yago calmly took off his coat, then stylishly tossed it behind him. Selina, who was behind him, very cooperatively... missed catching it, but Selina remained unfazed, quickly bent down to pick it up, brushed the dust off the coat, and acted as if nothing had happened.

Aili's face twitched slightly. "Captain Loa, I don't understand. Aren't you Marleyan? Why are you helping the Eldians?"

Yago tilted his head, then suddenly lunged at Aili, "Why do you care so much? Did I ever say I was Marleyan? Let me see what Marley Warriors are really made of."

Faced with the menacing Yago, Aili immediately panicked. Although she had received some combat training as Marley Warriors, she had never actually fought in a real battle, and her Sea-Swimming Titan didn't require much combat skill.

So when Aili raised her fist to counterattack, in Yago's eyes, Aili's entire body was full of flaws. In fact, because there were so many flaws, Yago didn't know how to attack for a while.

So Yago simply lifted his foot lightly, and Aili's expression changed. She immediately lost her balance and fell hard, a situation commonly known as "dog face down." Yago didn't lift his foot; he just gently stretched out his leg and tripped Aili.

"Ptooey!" Spitting out the ash in her mouth, Aili was a little angry. She clenched her fists and charged forward again.

Then, plop! plop! plop!...

Selina frowned as she watched Yago toy with Ellie, throwing Aili around more than a dozen times in a row. Even she felt that Yago was using his superior fighting skills to bully a weakling.

Thump! Aili fell down again, her eyes bloodshot. "Is this any good? Is this Marley Warriors are capable of? They're so weak!" The mocking voices behind her only fueled her rage.

Aili slammed her fist into the ground and roared, "You forced me to do this!" Her voice even sounded like she was about to cry.

Golden Thunder suddenly erupted from Aili's body.

(Hey! Today's chapter on Fate Titan should have surpassed 500,000 words! Thank you all for your continued support! ^O^/)