A terrified gaze

The Marley Officer around him were applauding enthusiastically, as if victory had truly been theirs. Yago clapped his hands dryly, his apprehension towards these newly appeared Titan growing stronger. He needed to inform Paradis Island of this news as soon as possible.

As Yago clapped, he suddenly felt like he was being watched. Yago looked around and his gaze finally met a pair of eyes filled with fear.

Pieck gripped the wooden railing tightly in front of her, the veins on the back of her fair hands bulging from the force. The reason Pieck was so nervous was that she saw someone here who shouldn't be here.

The man sat upright in the Marley Officer's seat, lazily clapping along with the crowd. That familiar face— Pieck had no doubt about it. They'd met more than once on Paradis Island; their first meeting, with the words, "Miss Pieck, raise your hands," had felt like a cold blade was pressed against his own neck.

"Yago Norman? How could he be here? How is that possible?" Pieck couldn't believe it, but could his eyes deceive him?

As Pieck looked on in surprise, Yago seemed to notice her gaze, turned his head and met her eyes. Pieck was immediately startled and turned her head away in fright.

Yago noticed that Pieck had spotted him and was a little surprised. "Pieck's observation skills are pretty good. I wonder how she feels about running into an old acquaintance." As he muttered to himself, Yago looked at Reiner next to Pieck. Reiner's unshaven appearance made Yago particularly want to sit down and have a talk with him.

After taking a few deep breaths, Pieck still couldn't quite believe what she had just seen. She patted Reiner next to her, "Reiner, I think I saw Yago Norman."

Reiner, who had been staring blankly at the hill destroyed by the Fortress Titan and the Paladin Titan, was startled by Pieck's shout. Pieck's words shocked Reiner even more. "What? Yago! How could he be in Marley? Pieck, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Pieck pointed to the platform and said, "It's right there, you see."

Reiner looked in the direction Pieck was pointing, but after looking carefully for a long time, he couldn't see anything. There was no sign of Yago. "Pieck, what's wrong with you? Are you seeing things?"

Pieck stared wide-eyed at Yago's seat, which was now empty; Yago had vanished without a trace.

"Pieck? Pieck? What's wrong with you?" Reiner waved his hand in front of the dazed Pieck, who then snapped out of his daze, leaving behind a "Maybe I really saw it wrong" before hurriedly leaving, leaving Pieck Reiner bewildered.

Yago walked slowly down the road with his hands behind his back, occasionally glancing behind him. Sure enough, he soon noticed Pieck sneaking up behind him. It seemed he was being watched.

Pieck quietly followed behind Yago, finally managing to pinpoint Yago location again from the crowd. She couldn't let him escape so easily; after all, Yago was from Paradis Island. How did he infiltrate Marley? And he was even wearing the uniform of an Officer Marley officer.

Pieck had a feeling there was a huge secret hidden here. Perhaps with anyone else Pieck wouldn't care about such trivial matters at all, since it had nothing to do with her. But Yago was, after all, Eldians from Paradis Island. Pieck absolutely didn't believe they didn't hate Marley. Who knew if they had some kind of revenge plan against Marley? If that happened, would the warriors who fought for Marley be spared?

Pieck doesn't care about Marley, but she cares deeply about her family and Comrade and doesn't want them to be harmed. Therefore, for the sake of her family Comrade, she must prevent any possible disaster.

In fact, Pieck had two options in mind. The first, of course, was to report Yago and nip the threat in the bud. The other option, if there was no time or no other choice, was to surrender. There was no shame in that; it was just surrendering, as long as it protected her family and friends.

Just as Pieck, Yago suddenly slipped away and disappeared into a group of Marley Officer nearby. When Pieck noticed that Yago had vanished from sight, he panicked and quickly gave chase, trying to find Yago again in the crowd.

However, as the Warrior Unit finished their ceremony, the Officer present went home one by one, and a large group of Officer left the venue in a chaotic manner. If the Middle Easterners found out about this, they would probably go crazy with excitement.

Fire a few shots here, not many, just seven or eight, and we'll wipe out almost all the Officer of the Marleyan frontline troops. What's the point of fighting then? Unfortunately, there aren't so many "what ifs" in war.

As Pieck weaved through the crowd of Officer, he inevitably bumped into some of them. It should be noted that many of these Officer were pure young radical Marleyan, and their attitude towards Eldians was not much better. Upon seeing the conspicuous Eldia armband on Pieck's arm that bumped into them, some of them immediately became angry.

The enraged Marley Officer didn't care what kind of Marley Warriors you were. In their eyes, what were Marley Warriors? Eldians were Eldians, with demon blood flowing in their veins.

"Damn it! You bastard, how dare you bump into me? Don't you want to live?" A burly Marley Officer grabbed Pieck's arm angrily; his face full of fat clearly indicated he was not a good-tempered man.

Pieck's actions were unintentional, and it was just a light bump. Given the difference in their physiques, Pieck probably felt the impact would hurt more.

But there was nothing he could do; Pieck didn't want to get entangled with these Marleyan, so he apologized quietly and hoped they would let him go.

At this point, one of the overbearing Officer's Comrade came to persuade him that it was enough, "Let go, Hauge, she is Marley Warriors after all, she has won many wars for us, let's go."

His Comrade's words only fueled Hauge's anger. "Are you trying to teach me how to do things?!" He had always been unable to understand the Eldians, so he couldn't stand such talk and was about to explode.

Putting aside the conflict that occurred here, the disbanded Warrior Unit were about to return to their Warrior Unit, but Aili and Newt were stopped by someone as they were leaving.

"Hey, who was that again? And the adorable Younger Sister Aili! Wait, we have something to say to you." Ivanor ran enthusiastically toward Aili pretty face paled, and she immediately hid behind Newt in fright.

What do they want to talk about?