Signs of Titans

"Report! Titan have been discovered in the Nanbu region of Wall Rose!"

A report from a Garrison Soldiers sent panic through the entire conference room.

"What? Has the Wall Rose been breached?" The Garrison Soldiers captain in charge of guarding the Stohess District questioned the Soldiers who reported the incident.

The Soldiers's face was also filled with bewilderment. "Reporting, Captain, I... I don't know. The battle report from the front only says that Titan has been spotted."

Everyone else present was also shocked. Only Erwin and Levi remained calm. Erwin calmly asked the Garrison Soldiers, "Is there any information about the exact location where the Titan appeared?"

"Uh, no, but the battle report says that the Survey Corps seems to have clashed with Titan, and one of their Survey Corps Section Commander was seriously injured."

Erwin's face darkened. He said, "My guess is probably right. The Titan lurking among humans can no longer hide. Nile, the Military Police Brigade need to act immediately in conjunction with the Survey Corps! If Wall Rose falls, the Survey Corps' forces will be completely insufficient. The Garrison Regiment also needs to be prepared for the fall of Wall Rose."

Nile nodded, stood up, and prepared to assemble the Military Police.

"Then I'll leave everything to the two Commander. I'll take care of explaining things to the Capital," Stohess District said solemnly.

"Yes, Dedicate Your Hearts!" Erwin saluted, his right fist clenched and placed on his left chest.

12 hours ago, in the Nanbu region of Wall Rose, at the Survey Corps' base.

Reiner and Bertholdt, dressed in civilian clothes, stood together at the window, watching the Scout coming and going outside.

"Reiner, did Annie fail? But why is Eren missing too?" Bertholdt asked worriedly.

Reiner stared at the Soldiers standing on the rooftops of the barracks outside. "Something's not right, Bertholdt. Be careful."

"This is so boring, why do we have to stay here?" someone complained.

Mina, with a comb in hand, combed Christa's hair amidst Ymir's envious gaze. Hearing Jean's words, Mina said, "Actually, this is quite nice. It allows us to relax, since we don't have to fight Titan."

"It's not that simple." Reiner and Bertholdt returned to their seats from the window, Reiner looking serious.

Sasha and Connie, one with their head to the left and the other to the right, chatted idly.

Connie: "It's not far from my home to the south from here."

Sasha: "What a coincidence, the north side isn't far from my home either."

Connie: "Back then, everyone in the village said that a short guy like me couldn't be Soldiers."

Sasha: "What a coincidence, the people in my village also said I couldn't be Soldiers."

Connie: "Too bad they misjudged me. I'm a genius, top ten in my cohort of Training Corps."

Sasha: "What a coincidence, I'm also in the top ten."

Connie: "How about we sneak home tonight?"

Sasha: "What a coincidence, me too... uh, no, that would get me locked up in solitary confinement, and I wouldn't get any food."

One of them couldn't help but say to the two clowns, "You two are such a coincidence, why don't you just become siblings?"

Unexpectedly, both of them objected.

"I don't want to be siblings with this glutton who only knows how to eat!"

"I don't want to be siblings with this bald guy!"

"Who are you calling a glutton (bald head)?!"

Seeing the two nearly come to blows, he covered his forehead, thinking, "What a terrible mistake! Why did I have to join the Survey Corps? Wouldn't the Military Police Brigade have been better?"

"Connie, if you really want to sneak away tonight, I can help you." Reiner sat down next to Connie.

Connie scratched his head, Reiner looked out the window.

"Don't you find it strange? Why are we New Recruits not allowed to wear uniforms and train, while the officers are fully armed, like we're being..." Reiner didn't finish his sentence.

Sasha and Connie remained silent. Connie lazily said, "Reiner, you're overthinking it. Maybe it's because there are wild boars or black bears around."

"Wild boar!!" Upon hearing "wild boar," Sasha's eyes lit up, and she immediately thought of the roasted meat she had made before. She leaned on the table, drooling.

Suddenly, Sasha jumped up as if she'd been electrocuted, shouting in terror, "Everyone! I... I just heard a really loud shaking of the ground, like a group of Titan!"

Bertholdt glanced at Reiner and said, "What? Sasha, are you kidding me? There's no way Titan could be Wall Rose unless Wall Rose is breached."

The other New Recruits also looked at Sasha suspiciously. Seeing that no one believed her, Sasha hurriedly explained to everyone that what she had just heard was true.

Outside, Mike, the second strongest human Soldiers and Section Commander of the Survey Corps, stood on the Watchtower with a furrowed brow, looking into the distance. A cloud of dust was approaching their base. Mike's nostrils twitched slightly, and then his expression changed.

"Nanaba! Quickly assemble the New Recruits! Gelgar, notify the rest of the Survey Corps: a large number of Titan Soldiers approaching five kilometers to the south! Wall Rose may have fallen! This signal must be sent to evacuate the civilians!" Mike suddenly ordered.

Nanaba, a short-haired, dashing female Scout, Gelgar, a male Scout with hair as thick as loaf bread, both readily accepted the order and immediately went down to deliver the message.

As the second strongest Soldiers in human history, with both the Commander and the Captain absent, Mike must stabilize the Survey Corps' deployment.

"All New Recruits! Prepare to leave immediately! A large number of Titan are approaching from the south. Wall Rose has fallen. There's no time to put on your gear. Mount up and leave immediately!" To the astonishment of the New Recruits, Nanaba, suspended from the window by his Omni-Directional Mobility Gear, urgently announced this order.

"What? Rosé has fallen?" The New Recruits panicked upon hearing the news. "Have the Colossal Titan and the Armored Titan appeared?"

Reiner and Bertholdt exchanged a glance. What's going on?

Connie froze upon hearing that the Titan had appeared from the Nanbu. "My home is in the south."

"The War Chief? He seems like a tough opponent. The Beast Titan, perhaps?"

Yago and Annie stood on a tree, their waists adorned with Gas- filled Omni-Directional Mobility Gear. A large cloak concealed Annie's face, and Yago instructed Annie to temporarily refrain from using the Female Titan Power.

Because there are still enemies lurking in the shadows, if Annie reveals her power, it will be very disadvantageous for Annie's father, who is still in Marley.

"Hey Annie, you can eat a little slower. The way you're doing this... well, it's a bit silly." Yago almost laughed as he watched Annie stuff a roasted rabbit leg into his mouth.

Annie's mouth was stuffed full like a hamster's, which was quite cute (refer to how Annie ate pie in season 4).

Annie paused for a moment, then suddenly found the roasted meat in her hand no longer appealing.

Then Yago experienced what the iron fist of love truly meant.

After joking around, Yago and Annie activated their Omni-Directional Mobility Gear; they had to find Eren before Reiner and Bertholdt.