The gathering storm

The Wall Sina, Stohess District

"Commander Erwin, you need to give us a perfect explanation: why didn't you bring back Eren Jaeger, whom the King ordered to be received?"

Faced with the questioning from Stohess District, Erwin, sitting opposite him, remained remarkably calm.

Levi stood beside Erwin in an exquisitely decorated conference room. All the power in the Stohess District was concentrated here, including Erwin's former Comrade, the Commander of the Military Police Brigade, Nile Deckard, as well as several minor Nobility and priests of the Wallist Church, surrounded by a circle of Military Police armed with Flintlock.

"Your Excellency District Chief, please allow me to explain this matter slowly. Also, I believe everyone here should take a look at this report." Erwin stood up, bowed, and addressed the crowd.

As Erwin's longtime friend, out of concern for Erwin and his experience as the Commander of the Military Police Brigade over the years, Nile knew that these important figures weren't particularly interested in the Survey Corps' objectives; at the very least, they needed to know Eren's current situation.

So Nile spoke up, "Erwin, putting that aside, where is Eren Jaeger right now?" If he didn't remind Erwin, who knows what some important figures the Walls might think.

Erwin glanced at Nile and said, "Eren Jaeger is currently at one of the Survey Corps' outposts Wall Rose, and other New Recruits have been assigned to another outpost. As for why, that's what I'll report."

"Wait a minute? You mean none of the New Recruits have returned to Stohess District?" a priest from the Wallist Church suddenly interjected.

Erwin glanced at the priest who had asked the question. The Wallist Church was usually quiet and didn't meddle in other people's business, so why would they ask such a question? But Erwin answered anyway, "Yes, none of the New Recruits have returned to the main force."

A strange light flashed in the priest's eyes, and he fell silent.

With a hiss, the sound of steam evaporating filled the air. Two Titan leaning against the giant tree had their necks split open, and two figures emerged. Yago tore off the muscles stuck to his face and looked at the wooden house in front of him.

This is a supply depot of the Survey Corps. Behind Yago, Annie, with her Blonde flowing down her back, is by his side.

After eliminating more than a dozen Titan, the Fate Titan and the Female Titan, relying on their incredible stamina, made their way here.

Yago and Annie came here to resupply, since they couldn't appear in their Titan form, and Annie's Female Titan had caused some casualties to the Survey Corps.

Having seen Annie's memories, Yago knows that Annie has done her best to avoid harming the Survey Corps Soldiers. However, no matter what happens next, Yago will choose to stand with Annie, even if Annie is guilty, Yago is willing to share the blame with Annie.

The cabin door wasn't locked, and the Titan couldn't climb trees to pick it. After opening the door, Yago and Annie split up to search for supplies.

Yago pried open a wooden crate and breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the relatively new Omni-Directional Mobility Gear inside; transforming into Titan was quite taxing.

On Annie's side, they found some Signal Flare and Gas canisters.

"Strange, why is there no food here?" Yago rubbed his stomach, which was starting to feel hungry.

Annie was refilling the Gas Omni-Directional Mobility Gear. Perhaps because she wasn't used to having her hair down, Annie would occasionally reach out and brush the hair that slipped in front of her eyes.

Yago thought for a moment, then walked to a box containing several brand-new cloaks. Yago opened one of them and pulled out a few threads that he had tied together.

While refilling the Omni-Directional Mobility Gear Gas Gear Annie suddenly felt someone grab her hair. Startled, Annie turned around and saw Yago carefully smoothing Annie's hair and tying it up with a rather ugly rope.

"Don't move! We're almost there!" Noticing that Annie was turning his head, Yago panicked and immediately pressed Annie's head down.

I managed to tie a bun before Annie got angry. Annie touched her hair and was somewhat surprised; it actually turned out pretty well.

"Done! Annie looks better with a bun!" Yago was very satisfied with Annie's hair.

"Huh? You mean you can't look good without a bun?" Annie, who knew how to get to the point, asked back.

"How could that be? Annie looks good no matter what! I'll fight anyone who says Annie isn't good-looking!" Yago's survival instinct was on full display.

Annie rolled her eyes at him and continued to refill the Gas supply to the Omni-Directional Mobility Gear.

Yago walked outside the wooden house and stared at the grass under the tree, seemingly lost in thought.

"What? Yago is Titan too? How could that be?" Eren, who had just woken up in bed, was shocked and looked incredulous.

Armin and Mikasa stayed by his side. At this moment, Armin told Eren another even more shocking piece of news, "Eren, we can almost confirm the identity of the Female Titan."

Eren, thinking of the Female Titan who bit off his legs, pressed, "Who was it?"

"It's very likely, Annie."

Eren's eyes widened. What was going on? How come all his comrades had turned into Titan?

"This... Annie is also Titan? Yago, is he with Annie?"

Armin shook his head and said, "No, according to Mikasa, it seems that Yago's Titan form fought the Female Titan, which gave Captain and Mikasa the opportunity to save you, Eren. Also, during the Trost District recapture operation, Yago also transformed into Titan to help."

Eren was stunned when his Comrade of three years turned into Titan and attacked him. He fell silent for a moment. "What's going on? Where are we?"

Seeing Eren's dejected expression, Armin swallowed back the words he was about to say; he decided it was best not to tell Eren his guess for the time being.

"You've confirmed the identity of the Wall Titan? Erwin, are you sure you're not joking?" Nile asked, looking incredulous.

Erwin calmly replied, "It's not 100% certain, but I'm over 90% sure that the enemies who can transform into Titan are hiding among the Survey Corps New Recruits."

The district chief of Stohess District looked at him strangely, half in disbelief and half with great concern. He asked Erwin, "So, that's why you didn't bring back those New Recruits?"

Erwin nodded. "Yes, Your Excellency, bringing them back rashly could very well cause casualties in the Stohess District. Therefore, I took the liberty of assigning the New Recruits to various outposts and dispatching elite Soldiers to guard them."

Hearing Erwin's words, the Stohess District breathed a sigh of relief. If there really were Titan hidden among the Soldiers, Stohess District would probably be in real trouble.

"So, does the Survey Corps need the Military Police Brigade's help? I will report the situation in the Capital to the government truthfully; they should understand."

Erwin stood up and said solemnly, "Thank you for your trust. As for the Military Police Brigade, their assistance would be greatly appreciated. What does Commander Nile think?"

Nile: "Tsk, the Military Police Brigade can go!" Erwin is smarter now, knowing that he needs the Military Police Brigade to get involved, otherwise the people in the Capital won't trust the Survey Corps to act alone.

"Alright, everyone, we've been on the defensive all this time, but now it's time for humanity to fight back!" Erwin said firmly.

(Because I need to study for exams Muzi, today's update is earlier than usual (/ω). By the Muzi recommend a few novels by my friends who are also writing Titan on Titan on Tomato. If you're interested, you can check them out: Attack Titan: Underground City, Attack Titan: Rebirth Journey, Infinite War Starting from Titan, and Attack on Attack Titan: Roar of Fury.)