Seeing Bai Yu standing dazed atop the wall, Levi frowned slightly, unsure what he was doing. He used his Omni-Directional Mobility Gear to climb up, only to freeze a moment later himself.
The land before them lay in ruins. The wall that should have stood in Shiganshina District had vanished without a trace. Fragments of it littered the ground, and enormous footprints stretched away into the distance.
"What... happened here?"
Coming to his senses, Levi instinctively turned to Bai Yu beside him and asked.
But Bai Yu's mind was racing.
"So the Titans inside the wall all came out?"
Erwin, who had just climbed onto the wall beside them, spoke calmly. His usual unruffled expression made Bai Yu marvel.
This guy really could stay calm through anything.
"More or less. But the problem isn't that the Titans left. It's why they left."
Bai Yu couldn't understand what had happened. Eren was still right beside them. Could the Founding Titan's Power not be inside Eren? Or had some future Eren done something?
In any case, all those possibilities existed.
"Could the Titans in the other districts have been released too?"
"I'm not sure, but it's possible. And they must have been released deliberately. Otherwise, the first thing they'd do after being freed would be to move into our territory inside the walls, not head outside. If that's the case, then maybe... maybe..."
Before Bai Yu could finish, Erwin spoke first.
"Perhaps they're being used against Marley?"
"Not necessarily. That's just one possibility. There's another one I'd rather not see: someone outside can control these Colossal Titans. Though that's unlikely."
Bai Yu sank into thought.
Levi, meanwhile, looked concerned.
"Then what do we do now?"
Erwin merely glanced toward the distant trail of Titan footprints, then turned around and spoke.
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