Annie detached herself from Bai Yu's body and slashed her finger with the ring on her hand while still in midair. Blood seeped out, golden light shot skyward, and a Titan's skin and bones rapidly expanded from her body.
A Titan appeared in midair and reached for Bai Yu.
Bai Yu merely watched Annie with a calm look in his eyes. Now transformed into the Female Titan, Annie met his gaze.
Boom!
A violent gust swept past, and the enormous body crashed into the ground, making the earth tremble. Dust billowed everywhere.
Only after a long while did the Female Titan cautiously open the hands she had cupped against her chest.
"Cough, cough... Come on, have a little faith in me. I might have misjudged the power a bit, but controlling my body wasn't a problem."
Bai Yu crawled out of Annie's hands, fanning away the dust in front of him. He could barely keep his eyes open.
He climbed back up to the Titan's nape, where Annie was crawling out. He helped peel away the strands of Titan flesh attached to her hands, supported her as she leaned against the side, and tossed her his canteen.
"Thank you."
Annie murmured her thanks, then lifted the canteen and began to drink.
After quite a while, she wiped the water from the corner of her mouth and recovered. Bai Yu brushed the dust off himself and held out a hand to her.
"Recovered yet? Let's go."
"Yes."
Just as she reached out to take Bai Yu's hand...
Seeing that she seemed to have misunderstood, Bai Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, then flipped his hand over and slapped hers away. He sounded somewhat amused as he spoke.
"Give me back my canteen. Otherwise, if you turn into a Titan again in a