"Mr. Oruo, can my fellow cadets defeat the Titans?" Eren asked from his position in the formation, hundreds of meters away from Chen Si and the others.
"Huh? What the hell have you been doing this past month?"
"Listen up, brat. Expeditions outside the walls are about avoiding battles with Titans, not... gah!"
Drops of blood splattered onto Eren's face...
The sun began to sink, bathing the sky in sunset colors.
The Survey Corps had left the abandoned streets and reached open terrain ill-suited for combat.
Chen Si surveyed the empty grassland. There was nowhere for the hooks of his Vertical Maneuvering Equipment to catch, and he finally experienced firsthand the true purpose of the formation Erwin had developed.
"Deploy the Long-Distance Enemy-Scouting Formation!" Erwin shouted from the front.
"See you later, Armin," Reiner called to Armin.
Armin stared intently at Reiner as he rode away, saying nothing. Could Reiner be one of them...?
A flicker of concern crossed Reiner's eyes as he left. He sensed that Armin had grown more wary of him. They could not delay this operation any longer. There was no time left to determine Eren's position...
Once the Long-Distance Enemy-Scouting Formation spread out, Chen Si could no longer cover such a vast area, and casualties among the Survey Corps began to mount. His position was near Armin and Historia, but even they were already a considerable distance away.
Chen Si watched the red smoke signals rise, then looked toward the distant green smoke and began changing course.
The green smoke was fired on Erwin's personal orders to indicate the Corps' direction of advance. Red smoke was fired by soldiers on the formation's perimeter when they spotted Titans, warning the others to change course. Black smoke meant an Abnormal Titan with unpredictable movements had appeared.
Suddenly,