The military camp.
"Armin! Hurry and talk some sense into Historia! How could Eren do something like this?" Connie said anxiously.
"Armin!" Mikasa called his name too, her expression deadly serious.
"Armin, I don't believe Eren would do something like this either," Jean added.
"That dictator Historia-I'll never forgive her!" Floch, who had been removed from his post, seethed with resentment.
"I don't want to believe it either. Until the evidence comes out, I..." Armin chose to believe in Eren too.
Bang! The door suddenly flew open, and Hange walked in with a grave expression.
"The investigation into Eren's case is over. Her Majesty has already arranged a public trial in Marley," Hange said.
"How could that be? This has only just started! Hange, that's impossible, this..." Sasha was so agitated that she struggled to speak.
"Minister Hange, what exactly is going on?" Mikasa's brows knitted tightly. Her breathing was ragged, and she was clearly struggling to suppress her emotions.
Jean and Connie also looked at Hange nervously.
"Sakurai Rina, the wife of Claude, commander of Eldia's First Corps who once defected to the Military Corps, accused Eren of raping her. With help from specialists sent by Drus, we found Eren's bodily fluids and tissue fragments on Sakurai Rina..."
Everyone's expression changed the moment Hange spoke.
Almost everyone from the 104th Cadet Corps found it inconceivable.
Thud! Overwhelmed by the shock, Armin dropped straight to his knees.
"Hey, Armin, you don't actually believe it, do you? Drus is our enemy! They must have tampered with the evidence! Even someone as stupid as me knows they'd love to see us turn on each other..." Connie said hurriedly. Sweat covered his forehead, but he still couldn't accept it.
"No..."
"Huh?" Everyone froze.
"Before all this, which of you would have believed Chen