Emergency

"Maybe... joining the Survey Corps might be a good choice." Annie's familiar voice and appearance reappeared in Yago's mind.

A wave of intense shame washed over Yago. He shouldn't have asked Annie back then; there was definitely a large part of the reason Annie chose to join the Survey Corps.

Gripping the reins tightly, Yago's eyes were resolute. Although he was extremely angry inside, he had not completely lost his mind.

Following the route he had taken, Yago returned to the place where he had met the Female Titan. Looking at the empty plain, Yago squinted his eyes.

The Female Titan's behavior was bizarre, and Yago guessed that it was very likely that the Female Titan was also a human in disguise. Thinking of this, Yago's cold killing intent intensified. Annie and his mother were almost Yago's last line of defense.

Yago looked up and saw black Signal Flare rising in the distance. Judging from the sight, an Abnormal Titan was approaching the center of the Survey Corps' Long-Distance Scouting Formation. This clearly purposeful action made Yago almost certain that it was the Female Titan, who appeared to be a human.

"Why would she go to the center? Does that Female Titan want to destroy the Command Headquarters?" Yago wondered, speculating about the Female Titan's purpose.

Without much hesitation, Yago immediately charged towards the center of the formation.

"Armin!" With a full-force sprint and a powerful slash, he sliced open the Titan's nape, saving the terrified and stunned Armin from the jaws of a 10-Meter-Class Titan.

Armin fell from the Titan's grasp, and Bertholdt caught him quickly. "Are you alright, Armin?"

Armin, recovering from the fear of being captured by the Titan, looked with lingering fear at the departing Female Titan's figure. "That Titan... it was a human in disguise!"

Bertholdt looked puzzled. "Armin, what are you talking about?"

Armin, however, remained certain, "That strange Female Titan must be a human in disguise! Its movements were so purposeful; it went straight for the center of the group!"

Let him ask, "So, why is this Titan charging towards the center?"

Armin said with a serious expression, "Its target might be Eren! Remember when it stopped coming over? It seemed to be observing our appearances. This proves that it's looking for a Scout, and the only Scout with a special identity is Eren, who can transform into Titan!"

Reiner, sweat beading on his forehead, approached them, brandishing his Dual Blades. "Armin, excellent analysis, but our situation is dire. That curvy Female Titan is followed by more than ten Titan."

The four men stared at the dozen or so Titan rushing towards them, their expressions quite varied.

"We can't deploy the Omni-Directional Mobility Gear here, and we're not far from the Giant Tree Forest. Let's lure the Titan over there first!" Armin suggested.

The group nodded in agreement; they had always placed great trust in Armin's suggestions.

They mounted their horses and lured more than a dozen Titan toward the Giant Tree Forest, firing red Signal Flare as a warning.

"Captain Levi! Emergency! A Blonde Female Titan is rapidly approaching the center of the formation, and many Titan are gathering behind it. Commander, you have ordered the Special Operations Squad to enter the Giant Tree Forest first!"

A Scout hurriedly relayed Commander Erwin's orders to Levi Squad.

Upon hearing this, Eren looked at Levi, who was in the lead, in shock, but Levi remained expressionless and cold. "Captain, what should we do?" Petra, the only woman in Levi Squad, asked with some concern.

Levi glanced at Eren and ordered, "Full speed ahead into the Giant Tree Forest."

"Yes!"

At the same time, the Female Titan strode rapidly toward the Giant Tree Forest.

"Squad Leader! This Titan is too fast! We can't catch up at all!" a Scout shouted to their Squad Leader.

"Damn it! We have to take care of this strange Titan here! Aito and Zoe are already lying in ambush ahead, let's draw its attention!" The Squad Leader laid out the battle plan.

The Female Titan, pursued by the Scout, entered an abandoned village.

On an abandoned windmill, two Scout, already hidden, quietly peeked out and observed that the Female Titan was approaching.

The instant the Female Titan swept past the windmill, a Scout roared, "Aito! Charge!" Bang! The Omni-Directional Mobility Gear activated, unleashing a full-force Gas. The grappling hook plunged deep into the Female Titan's nape, and the soldier pulled out his Blades and charged forward with a furious roar.

Another Scout also went into action, targeting the Female Titan's heel.

The Scout Squad Leader smiled victoriously upon seeing this. These two Soldiers were his Soldiers, with outstanding combat abilities. If either of them succeeded, they could immediately take down the Female Titan.

Cutting off the back of the neck would destroy the Titan, or severing its heels to render Titan immobile would also solve the Titan.

The two Scout approached the Female Titan in the blink of an eye, and just when everyone thought the outcome was inevitable.

The Female Titan suddenly leaped, delivering a high kick in mid-air that knocked the grappling hook pinned to her heel away, causing the Scout to lose his balance and fall to his feet.

"Damn it! Let me send you to hell!" The Scout, aiming at the back of the Female Titan's neck, raised his Dual Blades and slashed down hard at the back of the Female Titan's neck.

Snap! To the incredulous eyes of the Scout, a layer of Crystal suddenly formed on the back of the Female Titan's neck, and the Blades sliced through it instantly.

Just as the Scout was stunned, the Female Titan suddenly grabbed his Rope and lifted him up.

The Scout, hanging upside down and trembling, cried out, "Ah! No! Let me go!" The Scout, being lifted up like a child's yo-yo, was held up in front of the Female Titan, and he could almost clearly see the Female Titan's wide-open mouth and the hot breath she was exhaling.

The Scout felt his blood almost freeze. Just when he thought the Female Titan was about to eat him, he felt a lightness in his body and fell from mid-air.

Crack! The Survey Corps's face turned pale. He could feel that both of his legs were broken. His comrade was lying next to him, and seeing his equally pale-faced Comrade, the Scout knew that he had also lost his fighting ability.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The Female Titan ignored the two tiny ants at her feet and continued her thunderous march toward the Giant Tree Forest.

"Aito! Zoe!" Their Squad Leader caught up, his face grim as he looked at his two seriously injured subordinates. "This Female Titan is no ordinary creature. We must inform the Commander! You take the two of them and retreat. I'll go report to the Commander!" After giving the order, the Squad Leader cracked his whip and chased after the Female Titan.

Meanwhile, after a full-fledged pursuit, Yago finally approached the Giant Tree Forest.

He heard about the strange Female Titan from the Scout he met on the road. "She hasn't attacked the Survey Corps on her own initiative? What's going on?" Yago frowned, very puzzled. Why hadn't this Female Titan attacked the Scout? Along the way, it was almost only the Titan behind them who attacked the Survey Corps.

"Those Titan were used to lure the Survey Corps away? But it doesn't seem weak itself, could it be..." Yago seemed to have guessed something.