A confession before the operation

"Yago! Left! Take care of those two!" Upon hearing Nile's command, Yago immediately focused his attention, pulled the trigger, and the Omni-Directional Mobility Gear was instantly activated, allowing Yago to quickly dismount his horse.

With the hilt of his sword fastened to the Blades at his waist, Yago drew Dual Blades, their cold light flashing. He accelerated through the air with a few jet thrusts, rapidly closing in on his target.

With two swift cuts, two large pieces of rubber padding fell off the Titan model.

When Yago returned to his horse, Nile gave him a thumbs-up and exclaimed, "Good lad, you're really skilled! No wonder everyone calls you Little Levi!"

Yago's lips twitched. Stop comparing him to that shorty, will you? And what's with this "Little Levi" thing? It sounds like he'll never grow tall.

This is the fifth and final Long-Distance Scouting Formation exercise held by the New Recruits platoon this month. Tomorrow, the Survey Corps will conduct its 57th Expedition Beyond the Walls, in which all New Recruits will participate.

Yago's skills earned him the recognition of the Scout, including Nile. They were the ones who spread the nickname "Little Levi." Many Soldiers even believed that Yago was already the third strongest human Soldiers, only too young.

Therefore, Yago was exceptionally assigned to the Elite Combat Squad commanded by Nile.

Nile rode his Charlotte, Challet, slowly to Yago's side. Seeing Yago's somewhat absent-minded look, he teased, "What's wrong? Missing your little girlfriend again?"

Yago rolled his eyes at this. "What little girlfriend? Captain Nile, you can't just say things like that."

"Come on, I've heard from the other New Recruits that you've been clinging to her for three years. By the way, what's going on with you guys lately? Your little girlfriend seems to be avoiding you." Captain Nile asked with a wink.

Yago naturally knew he was referring to Annie. To be honest, Yago himself didn't know what was wrong. For the past month, Annie had been avoiding him in various ways, and because of this, Yago's spirits had become somewhat low.

Seeing that Yago didn't answer him, Captain Nile pretended to know a lot and said, "Hey, you haven't confessed your feelings before, have you?"

Yago looked at him with suspicion, "What? A confession?"

Nile, with an air of absolute certainty, said, "No wonder! Yago, that's not right of you. You've been with this girl for three years, and you still haven't confessed. Tomorrow is the expedition outside the walls, which will be extremely dangerous. If you don't express your feelings now, aren't you making her feel bad? No wonder she's avoiding you."

Yago was stunned. It made perfect sense. Then he remembered that although he and Annie had been very close over the past three years, he had never really expressed his feelings.

Yago asked himself, did he like Annie? Yes! The answer was yes. From the day he joined the Training Corps and saw Annie's cool blue eyes, Yago had fallen for Annie. Perhaps it was time to confess his feelings.

Yago made up his mind.

That night, in the Survey Corps' mess hall, Yago looked around in disappointment, not seeing Annie, Yago just randomly picked a place to eat.

Since tomorrow marks the 57th Expedition Beyond the Walls, tonight's dinner can be described as sumptuous.

The Survey Corps' goal for the 57th Expedition Beyond the Walls is to reclaim Wall Maria and uncover the secrets of Eren's Family Basement. It can be said that a victory in this battle would be a great encouragement to humanity.

It's said that the Logistics Squad received an advance payment for a month's worth of food, so there was meat in the dinner, though not much, but it was very tempting.

But for Yago now, even dinners with meat taste bland and tasteless.

On the other side, Annie sat alone on the rooftop of the Survey Corps base, silently stroking the two Rings on her hand.

Take off a seemingly plain Ring, gently activate a small mechanism on Ring, and a tiny spike emerges from the Ring.

Annie put the other Ring back on and took it off. This Ring looked much more exquisite, sparkling in the moonlight, and the small letters engraved on Ring could be faintly seen.

But this time, Annie didn't put the Ring back on; instead, she held Ring in her hand.

"Eren, not everyone is willing to sacrifice for you like Mikasa, but you are humanity's hope! So Eren! This time, we really can only rely on you!" Rin, unusually, pressed her hand on Eren's shoulder, looking helpless.

"Let..." Eren was completely taken aback. Just now, Rang Huan accusing Eren of attacking Mikasa after transforming into a Titan. Eren originally thought Rang Huan to argue with him, but now he seemed to be pinning all his hopes on him.

"Don't worry, everyone! I will do my best!" Eren said firmly.

He sighed, "I hope so."

Yago watched everyone silently from the side, his heart filled with complex emotions. It seemed that Eren was carrying too much on his shoulders.

On the morning of the second day, atop the walls of Trost District, the Garrison Regiment's Fixed Cannon roared incessantly, relentlessly crushing the Titan gathered below.

At the city gate, more than 300 Survey Corps Scout, fully equipped and ready for the 57th Expedition Beyond the Walls, quietly waited for the Garrison Regiment to clear the Titan outside the city gate.

Yago tugged at his cloak and looked in one direction. Annie, also wearing Survey Corps cloak, sat quietly on her horse.

Yago spurred his horse closer to Annie. Annie noticed Yago and tried to leave, but the Scout surrounded her without prior arrangement.

This was, of course, arranged by Yago. Annie could only watch Yago approach. Finally, Yago came to Annie's side and just looked at Annie. The Scout around them also politely dispersed.

Seeing that everyone had dispersed, Annie tried to urge his horse away, but Yago grabbed the reins.

"Annie, I... I don't know what's wrong with you lately, why you've been avoiding me, but I have to tell you something," Yago said earnestly.

Annie also raised her head, her blue eyes fixed on Yago, her heart suddenly pounding. She seemed to sense what Yago wanted to say.

"Annie, I like you, I've always liked you! Will you go out with me?" Yago finally mustered up the Courage to say the words that had been hidden in his heart.

The surrounding Scout naturally heard it too, and looked over with mocking eyes. Annie's face suddenly turned red, but she didn't say anything. Yago couldn't stand the surrounding gazes either, and hurriedly left with a "Be careful, and, can you think about it carefully?" before running away.

Annie was left bewildered, while the other New Recruits watched the scene unfold. Mikasa's eyes held a hint of envy, Reiner glanced subtly at Christa beside him, and Bertholdt sighed, his eyes slightly disappointed.

The others were just watching the spectacle. They were well aware of what had happened between Yago and Annie, and were quite excited to finally witness it.

Yago blushed and approached Nile gave him a thumbs-up.

Soon, the cannon fire from the city walls gradually subsided until it finally fell completely silent.

"The Titan outside the wall have all been cleared! Open the city gates in 30 seconds!" shouted the Garrison Soldiers on the city wall.

Commander Erwin, standing at the forefront of the formation, suddenly became serious. He abruptly drew a Blades, pointed it at the sky, and shouted, "All personnel, prepare!"