Discovered

The Cart Titan opened its enormous mouth, and Reiner, whose body was covered in Titan saliva, was spat out by the Cart Titan. The flesh and blood that had originally enveloped Reiner had long since evaporated in the Cart Titan's mouth.

"Cough cough cough," Reiner collapsed to the ground, coughing uncontrollably, occasionally spitting out a strange liquid.

"Reiner!" Little Beck, being kind-hearted, quickly slid off the Cart Titan's neck and helped Reiner by patting his back and checking him over.

After a long pause, Reiner finally managed to lift his head. "Pieck, you definitely didn't brush your teeth properly."

"Reiner, has no one told you that it's incredibly rude of you to talk to a girl like that?" The Cart Titan spoke in a human voice, but it felt extremely strange coming from the mouth of this deformed and ugly Cart Titan that he was a girl.

"I'm sorry." Reiner apologized tactfully, and the Cart Titan clearly didn't mind, instead bowing and saying, "Let's go, the War Chief is waiting."

Bertholdt helped Reiner to the neck of the Cart Titan.

The Cart Titan then continued its mad dash.

In a tree not far away, two figures watched the departing Cart Titan.

"Are you really going? It's dangerous. I'll go with you." Annie grabbed Yago's arm, her voice filled with worry.

Yago smiled and reached out to shake Annie's hand, saying, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. Even if you can't beat me, you can run away. Trust me, Annie, for Mr. Leonhardt's sake, you absolutely mustn't show yourself."

Yago and Annie followed the Cart Titan all the way, watching helplessly as Pieck transformed in front of them. If Yago had been ruthless and decisive and cut off Pieck's head to stop Pieck from transforming into Titan, they might not have been able to escape.

But Yago has to admit that at that moment, Yago felt a pang of sympathy, for some reason, even though it was the first time he had ever met Pieck.

"I must not be soft-hearted next time!" Yago gripped the hilt of his knife, silently making up his mind.

As night fell, the Cart Titan finally stopped. Reiner and Bertholdt lit a fire and rested, while the Cart Titan remained in its Titan form, lying on the ground.

Yago observed from a short distance. Although he already knew that the Cart Titan had great stamina, he was still very surprised to actually witness the Cart Titan running at full speed for an entire afternoon.

It is said that the Cart Titan can maintain its Titan form for up to several months, which is truly terrifying.

With a hiss, a tiny spray sound, Annie landed lightly next to Yago, carrying a bunch of Gas canisters in her hands.

Annie: "We've located the former Survey Corps outpost Wall Maria. The Gas is plentiful, but we're out of food."

Yago rubbed his stomach. "By the way, Annie, are you hungry? If Annie is hungry, I'll feel sorry for you."

Annie punched Yago, who was joking, in an annoyed tone.

Yago smiled and dodged away. Life shouldn't always be weighed down, but some things you just have to face. Yago just wanted to shoulder more of the burden for the girl in front of him.

The night passed quickly, and the Cart Titan continued its journey carrying Reiner and Bertholdt, with Yago and Annie following closely behind.

Wall Maria lies an inconspicuous little village, long abandoned after Wall Maria was breached. Logically, this place should have become a place ravaged by Titan, but strangely, there is no sign of Titan activity here.

The village was in ruins, with broken stones and bricks everywhere, and the houses were riddled with holes.

Actually, if you had come to the village a few days ago, you could have seen quite a few wandering Titan, but a few days ago, all the wandering Titan had fallen onto the rubble and evaporated.

On a fairly tidy open space, a shirtless figure was posing with his hands gripping a wooden stick.

His defined abs and strong muscles gave him a powerful look. His blond hair, round-framed glasses, and beard all identified him as Zeke Jaeger, the Marley Warriors Captain, the Spear of Marley.

With a rumble, the Cart Titan stomped on the earth, causing many of the rubble to tremble. Zeke frowned slightly, looking somewhat displeased.

"War Chief..."

"Oh, Reiner, and Bertholdt, you're back? You look a bit disheveled." Zeke continued swinging his bat, assuming a standard baseball tackle stance.

Reiner lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, War Chief, we failed. We didn't get any news of the Founding Titan, we failed to seize the power of the Attack Titan, and we also lost..."

"And you've also lost the Jaw and the Female Titan's power, eh, Reiner," Zeke continued, picking up where Reiner left off.

Zeke tossed aside the stick and continued, "What will Porco think when we get back? The military won't be satisfied with this outcome either. Reiner, do you think we should go back to Marley now?"

Reiner clenched his fists, his eyes filled with struggle, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "War Chief! I think we still have a chance! The Survey Corps will still launch the Maria Recapture Operation. They will definitely go for the secret of Eren's Family Basement, and Eren will definitely go too!"

"Eren? Is this the Eren Jaeger you mentioned in your report?" Zeke picked up a stone from the ground and asked, somewhat dazed.

"Yes, Eren Jaeger is the owner of the Attack Titan. In fact, I suspect that the power of the Founding Titan might be within Eren." Reiner hesitated for a moment before finally voicing his suspicion.

"The Founding Titan? Eren Jaeger?" Zeke frowned, seemingly lost in thought.

"Because I..." Reiner was about to explain, but Zeke suddenly struck a standard baseball pitching motion, raising the stone high in his hand and then throwing it hard.

The force was so great that the stone even made a sound as it was being torn apart.

Reiner and his friends were startled by this sudden turn of events.

"Eavesdropping is bad behavior, are you little mice?" Zeke said mockingly, looking at a dilapidated house not far away.

A stone fell at his feet, creating a small crater in the ground. Yago shrugged helplessly; he'd been discovered.

Under Reiner's and the others' watchful eyes, Yago emerged from the dilapidated hut. "War Chief Zeke has really good eyesight; you should be a baseball star, shouldn't you?"

"Yago? What happened to you?" Reiner and Bertholdt looked surprised.

"Long time no see, Reiner, Bertholdt, oh, and Miss Pieck. Hmm, I must say, Miss Pieck's Titan form isn't as cute as she is in real life," Yago teased.