Finale: I'm back (the end)

"Yago! Yago!"

Aili and Ivanor desperately held back Annie, who was still rushing into the Scarlet Base. Annie's eyes were completely red from crying, her voice was hoarse, and she seemed to have lost her soul. She was just desperately trying to return to the Scarlet Base to find Yago.

Everyone present fell silent, even Eren. No one could accept this outcome, but it seemed that they had no choice but to accept the failure of the rescue.

"Annie..." Seeing that everyone was silent, Mikasa couldn't bear to see Annie so sad. She was about to say a few words of comfort when suddenly a piercing howl came from within the Scarlet Base.

The sudden howl immediately drew everyone's attention, except for Annie, who was still crying her heart out.

"There seems to be something there?" Pieck frowned as he looked towards the Scarlet Base.

Eren seemed to sense something, straightened up, broke free from Mikasa's support, and staggered forward.

Suddenly! Inside the broken gate of the Scarlet Base, a pair of crimson eyes suddenly lit up from the pitch-black interior!

"Roar!!" With a sharp, piercing cry, a massive figure roared out. Everyone stared wide-eyed at the enormous body that suddenly shot into the sky. It was a slender body fourteen meters tall, with sharp, reflective claws on its hands and feet, crimson eyes, and ferocious fangs. Two huge, bat-like wings on its back were covered with short, black down.

"Winged Titan!" Bazel exclaimed, his eyes sharp.

"It still has Titan in its hands!"

The Winged Titan flapped its wings, circled twice in the air, and then landed with a thud. Clinging to its claws was another slender silver Titan with a smooth and robust body— the Silver-Split Titan!

But what shocked everyone the most was not the Winged Titan or the Silver-Split Titan, but the figure standing in the Silver-Split Titan's hand.

The Silver-Split Titan slowly lowered the person in his arms. Yago looked up at the Silver-Split Titan and the Winged Titan, "Thank you, Uncle, and Litt."

As soon as the words were spoken, the Winged Titan and the Silver-Split Titan nodded slightly. Then, a gentle breeze blew by, and the two enormous Titan turned to ashes in the wind.

Yago seemed to be lost in thought. After a moment of silence, he turned around, about to greet everyone with a smile, when a fist that kept growing larger appeared in his face.

Bang!!" Ah!!" The intense pain caused Yago to scream involuntarily, and blood, tears, and snot streamed down his face uncontrollably.

Before Yago could even process what had happened, he was nearly tackled when a small, golden head had somehow ended up in his arms, clinging tightly to his waist—so tightly it could strangle someone.

"No, don't leave me! Yago! Forever and ever!" Feeling the girl trembling in his arms, Yago felt that the punch to his nose wasn't entirely undeserved. Ignoring the blood and tears still streaming down his face, Yago reached out and hugged Annie tightly as well, whispering to comfort her, "No, Annie, I will never leave you again, never and ever."

Soon, the Rescue Squad members gathered around. Despite his weakened state, Eren walked to Yago's side, first giving Yago a complicated look from head to toe, then asking in a slightly reproachful tone, "You're not dead? I thought you were a goner."

Yago laughed as he released Annie, then stepped forward and put his arm around Eren's shoulder. "He was about to die, but an Eren saved him." He was referring to Ebson, but these words instantly ignited Eren's anger.

"You arrogant, impulsive idiot! I've put up with you for too long! Everyone! Let's beat him up!!" Eren suddenly sprang to his feet and punched Yago in the face. Although Eren was still very weak, Yago never expected Eren to make a move. Caught off guard, Yago was knocked to the ground by Eren's punch. Then Eren started punching Yago repeatedly, cursing as he did so.

The remaining people looked at each other, but no one stopped them, not even Annie, whose eyes were red.

Finally, even the good-natured Aili couldn't hold back any longer and cautiously kicked him. Once there was a first kick, there would be a second and a third.

For a moment, Yago's screams and pleas for mercy echoed outside the Scarlet Base.

After a long while, Yago, with a bruised and swollen face and a missing tooth, still smiled and said to everyone, "I'm back."

"Where is the Titan Power? Are the Founding Titan and the Hallucigenia still around?" Eren reached out and pulled Yago up from the ground.

"I don't know, it's probably gone." Yago said nonchalantly, but as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt his gums itch, and then it felt like steam was coming out of his mouth. A new tooth grew out in the blink of an eye. Yago blinked, and uh, it didn't seem to have completely disappeared.

Under the azure starry sky, the vast, boundless sea of sand vanished without a trace. In the black void, only a small wooden house remained. Inside the tiny room, Great-Grandmother sat on the floor, fiddling with small sand sculptures. However, this time, she wasn't building Titan, but rather a series of strange and unusual things. Perhaps the strangest of all was a sand sculpture next to her that resembled a row of teeth. (P. S. The Hallucigenia is dead; the thirteen-year curse has vanished.)

Paradis, the Supreme Command Headquarters of the Restoration Army in Hope City.

Selina walked wearily into the office, took off her military uniform, and was just about to relax with a cup of hot tea when a brand-new intelligence report on the table caught her attention. She put down her teacup, opened the report, and quickly, Selina's tightly furrowed brows relaxed, revealing a relieved smile. "It's good you're back, you heartless boss."

At the same time, Selina picked up another report, looking at the top-secret list of two hundred names. A tear welled up in her eyes. She stood up and gave a solemn salute to the west. "You are the bravest and greatest Soldiers of the Restoration Army. The Eldians will forever remember you!"

Selina immediately ordered that the names of these two hundred people be engraved on a monument. Although the Restoration Army did not know exactly what these comrades had done, Selina herself said that their deeds were enough to be passed down through the ages.

Paradis, the Capital Paradis Island.

Inside the Royal Palace, Ymir excitedly found Historia, "Historia! Yago is back! I knew that guy wouldn't die so easily." Compared to Ymir's boisterous manner, the little Queen was much calmer, though the joy in her eyes was quite evident.

Parliament Building.

Erwin looked at the report in his hand and smiled knowingly. Levi, leaning against the door with his arms crossed, gave a light compliment, "Not bad."

Hange had just arrived, expressed some regret. "Has the Titan Power disappeared? What a pity."

On the azure sea, the New Future cut through the waves. Unlike before when it left Paradis and was surrounded and intercepted by dozens of Warships, this time, the Paradis Restoration Army Fleet and the Paradis Defense Force, two powerful Fleet, were dispatched simultaneously. Even the Hizuru sent a sizable Fleet of nearly a hundred steel Warship to escort the New Future in a spectacular fashion.

"Yago! Yago! Lazybones! We're almost at Paradis Island!" Annie rudely dragged Yago, who was still drooling, out of bed. After having breakfast with everyone and saying hello to Brother Coris on the ship's side, Annie led Yago to the bow of the New Future.

As the outline of Paradis Island became clearer and clearer before him, and then he looked at Annie beside him, Yago couldn't help but smile.

"I'm back!"

(End of text!)