Chapter Summaries

Chen Si used a show of affection to make Reiner lower his guard, then led the Survey Corps in an ambush when Reiner realized Chen Si knew Zeke's name. They captured Reiner after a fierce fight, leaving Eren to beat him in rage.

• Chen Si stopped Mikasa from attacking Reiner and embraced him, convincing him to help evacuate civilians from Zeke's pursuit.
• Zeke watched the group retreat and decided the time was not right to attack again.
• After the group surrounded Reiner, Chen Si revealed that he knew everything and attacked alongside Mikasa, Hange, and Jean.
• Reiner transformed into the Armored Titan, but Chen Si and Mikasa damaged him while Eren transformed and pinned him down.
• Chen Si shredded the Armored Titan's lower body, exposed Reiner, and pinned him to its nape after his equipment ran out of gas.
• Eren punched the helpless Reiner repeatedly, demanding to know why he had betrayed them.

The Cart Titan rescued Reiner from the Survey Corps, while the soldiers treated the wounded Mike and Zhang Surou. The chapter ended with Hange removing a strange pointed bullet from Mike and beginning to treat Zhang Surou.

• Mike regained consciousness long enough to warn that a Titan was approaching, and the Cart Titan grabbed Reiner and fled after Mikasa wounded it.
• Chen Si let the Cart Titan escape and the Survey Corps gathered supplies to treat Mike's severe wound.
• Kasha offered to remove Mike's shrapnel, but Hange chose to extract it quickly herself while Zhang Surou watched.
• Chen Si teased Zhang Surou about her feelings for Mike and flirted with her, prompting Mikasa and Historia to confront him.
• Hange removed a pointed bullet from Mike, and Zhang Surou exposed her wound as the others reacted to her figure.
• Hange began examining Zhang Surou's skin and touched her until Zhang Surou called her a pervert.

Moblit reported that Erwin had been arrested and the Survey Corps had been targeted, so Hange’s group prepared to support Levi and Erwin’s planned coup while hunting Rod Reiss. In Trost, Zhang Surou disguised Armin and Jean as part of their plan to lure the government’s forces, while Erwin remained in custody and refused to betray Bertolt and Annie.

• Moblit told Hange that Erwin had been arrested for treason, the Survey Corps’ headquarters had been sealed, and Levi and Lifa had escaped toward Trost to contact Pixis.
• Hange explained that Erwin’s arrest was part of a planned bloodless coup, and Chen Si proposed killing Rod Reiss and using a disguise as bait instead of risking Eren or Historia.
• Erwin thanked Nile for helping Survey Corps soldiers escape and refused to reveal where Bertolt Hoover and Annie Leonard were being held.
• Chen Si’s group entered Trost in civilian clothes, where Zhang Surou used makeup to disguise Armin as Historia and Jean as Eren.

Chen Si and the Survey Corps were ambushed by Kenny Ackerman and the Central Military Police Brigade while trying to draw out their hidden enemies. Chen Si learned he had only a 22% chance of defeating Kenny without his abilities, and the battle continued.

• Levi's group reunited with Chen Si and the others while they watched the Military Police use a royal food giveaway to win over Trost's residents.
• A carriage snatched Armin and Jean, and Chen Si explained that they had to endure the capture to lure out the enemy forces.
• Levi warned the group about Kenny Ackerman, while Chen Si and Zhang Surou admitted they could not use their abilities and Eren was forbidden from transforming.
• Kenny and more than a dozen Central Military Police soldiers attacked, and Kenny wounded Lifa before fighting Levi and knocking Chen Si through a rooftop.
• Chen Si checked the system and learned his chance of beating Kenny was 100% with his abilities but 22% without them, then launched himself back into the fight.

The Survey Corps fought desperately against the Central Military Police Brigade as Chen Si, Levi, Mikasa, and their allies were scattered and forced to kill. Chairman Reeves freed Armin and Jean to gain the Survey Corps’ protection, and Jean’s first shot at a hesitant female soldier left him shaken.

• Jean lamented that he and Armin could only sit helplessly, while Chairman Reeves realized the Central Military Police Brigade planned to eliminate the Reiss Merchants' Guild.
• Chen Si and Levi fought Kenny and the Central Military Police; Chen Si was wounded, and Levi sent him to support the others while confronting Kenny himself.
• Chen Si killed two of the policemen pursuing him as Mikasa broke away from Traute and raced to help him.
• Chairman Reeves freed Armin and Jean and gave them Vertical Maneuvering Equipment, hoping to ally with the Survey Corps.
• Jean, Sasha, and Connie faced three military policemen in a carriage, and Jean shot a hesitant female soldier when reinforcements approached.
• Jean stared at the dead soldier and realized what they had to give up to win.

Jean, Eren, and their friends escaped the Central Military Police with help from Blake and the Church of Thunder, then set out to aid Chen Si and Mikasa. Meanwhile, Zofi and Father Nick died under Sannes’s torture without revealing what they knew.

• After Jean killed a hesitant opponent, the Central Military Police pursued him, Eren, Armin, Historia, and the others, and Eren was shot during their escape.
• Blake and the Church of Thunder sheltered the group and killed the Military Police who entered the church.
• Floch reunited with the group, and they thanked him for risking himself to bring them information.
• Blake ordered the Church of Thunder to rescue Chen Si and Mikasa, while Eren and the others also rushed to help.
• In the Military Police dungeon, Zofi and Father Nick died under Sannes’s torture without divulging the Church of Thunder’s secrets or the truth about the walls.

Chen Si and Mikasa regrouped with the Church of Thunder after the Central Military Police Brigade retreated, but Lifa’s wounds proved beyond Chen Si’s power to heal. When he learned that Survey Corps members at the branch headquarters were in danger, his restored electrical energy let him fly to their rescue, while Blake revealed his connection to Mikasa’s mother and asked her forgiveness.

• Traute fled after seeing armed Church of Thunder worshippers, while Chen Si and Mikasa reunited on a rooftop and learned the worshippers had come to help defeat the Central Military Police Brigade.
• Chen Si learned that faith power could not heal Lifa, and Blake warned that the retreating military police might execute Survey Corps comrades held at their branch headquarters.
• After Chen Si’s electrical energy returned, he flew toward the headquarters, and Blake explained to Mikasa that he had founded the church and taken the Ackerman name to repay her mother for saving him.
• Mikasa forgave Blake, while he vowed to protect her bond with Chen Si; Jean objected to his interference, and Sasha weighed her affection for Historia and Mikasa in pieces of bread.

Chen Si rescued the Survey Corps prisoners and used a lightning-powered proclamation to make most of Kenny’s forces surrender. As Erwin was sentenced to death in the royal palace, Chen Si’s warning reached the court.

• Marlowe tried to stop the Interior Military Police from executing the prisoners, but Dissi ordered his soldiers to fire after Hitch slapped him.
• Chen Si arrived, killed Dissi and the soldiers, and freed the Survey Corps prisoners, while Hitch and Marlowe thanked him.
• Chen Si proclaimed that those who opposed the Survey Corps would be killed and those who surrendered would live, causing most of the Interior Military Police in Wall Rose to lay down their weapons.
• Kenny shot three wavering soldiers as his group retreated toward Wall Sina, while Levi heard Chen Si’s proclamation and returned toward the Survey Corps.
• Erwin argued before King Fritz’s court that humanity needed the Survey Corps, but Daclais sentenced him to death; Chen Si’s proclamation then reached the palace.

Pixis and Zackly launched a coup against the Royal Government after its officials tried to bar Wall Rose refugees from entering Wall Sina. At Wall Rose, Chen Si and Levi learned the coup had succeeded, while Levi wrestled with his feelings about Kenny.

• Anka reported that Wall Rose had fallen and that Chen Si was fighting the Armored Titan and four unidentified Titans, prompting Pixis to order a refugee evacuation.
• Delano ordered Wall Sina’s gates closed, but Nile refused to abandon Wall Rose’s residents, and Erwin supported his decision.
• Zackly entered with armed Military Police and revealed that the report of a Titan attack was false, while Pixis declared a coup and Anka reported that most of the Central Military Police had surrendered.
• Erwin cited the nobles’ crimes, and Zackly ordered the officials arrested as Delano attacked the sleeping Fake King.
• At Wall Rose, Chen Si and Levi saw signal flares confirming the coup’s success, and Levi admitted he might try to recruit Kenny to the New Government.
• Levi turned invisible and playfully kicked Chen Si before leaving, and a blade suddenly shattered against Chen Si’s electrified body as Hitch watched him.

Chen Si established a New Government and sent Marlowe and the Military Police to work for it. After Hitch tried to seduce him, he put her to sleep and left her with a bouquet, while she woke believing the encounter was a lovely dream.

• Chen Si announced a New Government under his supervision and told Marlowe and the Military Police to join it.
• Marlowe thanked Chen Si and led the Military Police away, while Hitch stayed behind.
• Hitch embraced Chen Si and tried to seduce him, then recoiled when she realized he was Annie's boyfriend.
• Chen Si carried Hitch to a dormitory, used electricity to make her lose consciousness, and left her on the bed with a bouquet of wildflowers.
• Hitch woke with no marks on her body, found the bouquet and lingering electricity at the window, and decided to pretend it had been a lovely dream.

Chen Si returned to Trost District after proclaiming the Thunder God's protection, where he promised to protect the people and help a hungry child. Guildmaster Reeves then pledged support for the Survey Corps and promised to feed Trost's residents for a week before the New Government took over.

• Chen Si flew back to Trost District and learned he needed to kill 792 more Titans to upgrade his ability.
• Yasuo asked Chen Si for food, and Chen Si gave him his Wings of Freedom cloak to take to the Survey Corps' mess hall.
• Chen Si promised the crowd that the New Government would protect them and keep them from going hungry.
• Hange told Chen Si that Guildmaster Reeves would support the Survey Corps and donate to the Church of Thunder.
• Reeves apologized for his past actions and pledged to pay for every Trost resident's meals for the coming week, drawing applause from the crowd.

Chen Si reunited with his friends and set out for the Royal Capital, where he planned to confront the old government and help the new Military Government. On the way, the group headed to the Military Police Brigade’s branch headquarters to investigate the arrests of Zofi and Father Nick, while Levi questioned Blake about the Church of Thunder’s guns.

• Yasuo declared that he wanted to join the Survey Corps, and Chen Si healed Yasuo’s grandmother and gave the boy a sword to use when he became a soldier.
• Hange thanked Chen Si for inspiring hope in the Survey Corps, and Levi arrived with the 104th Cadet Corps and the Church of Thunder’s senior members.
• Chen Si reunited with Mikasa and Historia, then led his group toward the Royal Capital for a final fight against the old government and a purge of its noble remnants.
• Blake said that Bishop Zofi had been arrested, and Hange reported that Father Nick was also missing from the base; Chen Si urged Blake to expand the Church of Thunder.
• The group boarded a Reiss Merchants’ Guild carriage to visit the Military Police Brigade’s branch headquarters, and Levi and Zhang Surou joined them with grim expressions.
• Levi asked Blake where the Church of Thunder had obtained twenty guns, and Armin noted that such weapons were difficult to acquire without noble or Military Police connections.

Chen Si and the others learned that Patrick had used Chen Si’s public execution of Zeyechuan to gain respect among the nobles, then traveled to a Military Police Brigade office to investigate the surrendered soldiers. There, they found Zofi and Nick dead from torture, still loyal to their beliefs, and Hange ran from the cell in anger and grief.

• Blake explained that Patrick had supplied weapons and inherited his father’s earldom, while Zhang Surou connected his influence to Chen Si’s execution of Zeyechuan.
• The group remembered their fallen comrades and talked about the lives they hoped to lead after defeating humanity’s enemies.
• Floch urged everyone to keep fighting for humanity’s future, and Eren and the others voiced their hopes for freedom.
• Levi brought the group to a Military Police Brigade branch office, where they found Zofi and Nick’s mutilated bodies in an underground cell.
• Hange examined the bodies, and Chen Si cleansed them with blue light before Hange rushed out of the cell in anger and grief.

Hange interrogated Sannes and learned where the Reiss Family was hiding, while the group uncovered how Eren, Historia, and the Founding Titan were connected. The chapter ended with Historia’s memories still suppressed and Chen Si learning he could restore them with an electric current.

• Hange dragged Sannes in for questioning, and Zhang Surou hypnotized him after Levi forced him to look at her.
• Sannes revealed that the Reiss Family was hiding in the countryside inside Wall Sina, and the group traveled to the Royal Capital.
• Hange told the group that the story of Rod Reiss’s family being killed by bandits was false and that a Titan had likely attacked them five years earlier.
• Chen Si and Hange explained that Grisha Yeager had likely passed his Titan Power to Eren, who realized he may have eaten his father.
• Hange revealed that Historia was Rod Reiss’s daughter and Frieda’s younger sister, and that the Founding Titan’s power may have erased her memories.
• Chen Si learned from the system that an electric current could activate Historia’s suppressed memories.

Chen Si restored Historia’s sealed memories, revealing her bond with her sister Frieda and the truth behind Eren inheriting the Founding Titan. Historia confronted Eren over his despair, and the group continued on with Eren beginning to accept the past.

• Chen Si restored Historia’s memories after she insisted on learning the truth, while Mikasa grew jealous and briefly felt hostility toward her.
• Historia remembered her sister Frieda, who had taught and cared for her before erasing her memories to protect her.
• Chen Si explained that Frieda had been the Founding Titan, and Hange revealed that Grisha had taken her Titan power and passed it to Eren.
• Eren broke down after realizing Grisha had killed Historia’s family, but Historia slapped him and rebuked him until he stopped crying.
• Chen Si comforted Historia and told Eren not to lose himself in the past, and Eren thanked Historia as he began to accept what had happened.

Chen Si and Eren searched for the missing Sasha and Connie, but Chen Si was caught in an explosive trap set by Traute’s forces. The chapter ended with electricity crackling from the smoke after Traute assumed the blast had killed him.

• Chen Si and Eren talked while gathering firewood, and Eren vowed to secure freedom for Chen Si, Mikasa, and Armin.
• Jean and Floch returned to camp and reported that Sasha, Connie, and Mina were missing, prompting the group to search.
• Chen Si sensed Sasha and Connie nearby and stopped Floch from approaching the suspiciously placed captives.
• Chen Si flew toward Sasha and Connie, triggering a trap of gunfire and buried explosives.
• Traute believed the blast had killed Chen Si and left, but electrical arcs sounded from the smoke.

Chen Si defeated Traute and her squad, then pursued Kenny after learning that Mina had been captured. Kenny deduced the camp’s location and dropped Mina, but Eren transformed to fight him while Jean rescued her.

• Traute’s squad opened fire on Chen Si, but he killed all ten attackers and fatally injured Traute.
• Chen Si found Sasha and Connie safe, learned that Kenny had taken Mina, and flew off with Floch, Sasha, and Connie to search for her.
• Levi stopped Mikasa from leaving their hidden position, while Eren and Jean heard the explosion and headed toward Chen Si.
• Kenny shot Eren and forced Jean to dodge, then used the explosion and Eren’s appearance to deduce Levi’s camp location.
• Kenny dropped Mina after destroying her Vertical Maneuvering Equipment, but Eren transformed into the Attack Titan and charged at him.
• Jean caught Mina as she fell, then flew to help Eren fight Kenny.

Kenny fought Eren, Mikasa, and Levi before Chen Si overwhelmed him with lightning and demanded his surrender. Kenny rejected the Titan Transformation Serum, entrusted it to Chen Si, and prepared to kill himself rather than abandon his promise to protect Uri’s descendants.

• Kenny blinded Eren and attacked his nape, but Mikasa intervened and Eren shielded her from gunfire.
• Levi wounded Kenny, who fled until Chen Si struck him down with lightning and demanded that he submit or die.
• Levi revealed his inherited ability to become invisible and urged Kenny to surrender.
• Kenny explained that Uri’s mercy had shaped his life and gave Chen Si the unused Titan Transformation Serum.
• Kenny said he had promised Uri to protect his descendants, then raised his gun beneath his chin.

Kenny revealed why he had cared for Levi and tried to kill himself, but Chen Si stopped him and persuaded him to surrender. Back at Base Camp, Historia confronted Kenny over her mother’s death, and Chen Si rallied everyone after noticing Mikasa’s bloody wound.

• Kenny explained that he had cared for Levi because Levi was his younger sister’s son, then tried to shoot himself, but Chen Si secretly sabotaged the gun.
• Chen Si stopped Kenny from trying again and asked him to devote his next life to Chen Si; Kenny accepted him as his new master.
• Mikasa, Floch, Mina, Jean, Sasha, Connie, and Eren arrived, and Chen Si explained that Kenny had surrendered and would still face punishment.
• At Base Camp, Historia confronted Kenny for killing her mother, while the 104th Cadet Corps gathered around her in hostility.
• Chen Si noticed the bloody cut on Mikasa’s face, grew furious, and ordered everyone to beat Kenny.

Levi spared Kenny after beating him for killing his subordinates, and Erwin led the newly assembled Survey Corps out from Wall Sina. As the Corps camped, Kenny warned that Rod Reiss had several doses of Titan serum and would soon learn that his mission had failed.

• Eren, Connie, Floch, and the other cadets beat Kenny until Levi joined in and punched him repeatedly.
• Levi told Kenny he would serve humanity for the rest of his life, repaying both the kindness of being raised by him and the deaths of his subordinates.
• Erwin declined to join the provisional Military Government and returned to the Survey Corps, where he ordered the assembled troops to move out.
• Zhang Surou told Erwin that Mike and Oruo were recovering in the Central Military Hospital but could not fight for at least a month.
• At the Survey Corps camp, Kenny estimated that Rod had at least five doses of Titan serum and said he had warned Rod to expect failure if he did not return within ten hours.
• Chen Si realized Rod would soon learn Kenny had failed and feared what would happen if Rod injected himself with a full dose of serum.