"Yago, where is A-One?" A-Five ca to Yago with his brothers and asked.
Yago: "A-One? Don't worry, she's with Annie right now. They have a very important mission."
A-Five continued to press, "Will there be danger? Do you need our assistance?"
Yago broke into a sweat. Five Ackermans plus the Female Titan? That was way too exaggerated.
"No, no, no, don't worry. Annie and A-One's mission isn't difficult, and there are others assisting them. You don't need to worry. Uh, but actually, there is sothing I need your help with."
"What is it?"
Yago suddenly gave a mischievous grin, then beckoned a few Ackermans closer.
"Mikasa? Mikasa? What are you doing here?" Eren couldn't find Mikasa in the living room. After searching around, he finally found her in the kitchen, quietly standing together with Sasha.
The two of them were staring absentmindedly at the maid Daisy and her two companions cooking delicious food.
However, Sasha's eyes were filled with longing, while Mikasa's gaze held more curiosity and analysis.
Compared to before, Sasha seed to have grown up now. She had started paying attention to her image. Even when seeing delicious food, she wouldn't pounce on it like she did as a child. Now, Sasha could be considered graceful and well-ford, even becoming a famous beautiful sight within the Survey Corps.
As for Mikasa, she stared at Daisy and the others' cooking process, deep in thought. Back on Paradis Island, she had once accidentally heard from Hitch that if you wanted to win a man's heart, you first had to conquer his stomach.
Although Hitch herself couldn't even handle a dense, straight-laced guy like Marlo, that didn't stop her from speaking as if she knew everything. At least Mikasa truly believed it, and she even seriously went to learn cooking in private.
However, perhaps because the Ackermans possessed powerful combat talent—allowing them to freely wield sharp blades to cut down Titans and slash traitors—they simply couldn't handle a small kitchen knife.
After nearly burning down the kitchen multiple tis, Carla and Lucia both tactfully said that Mikasa was working very hard, but she didn't actually need to try that hard. Carla even said that in the future, she would have that brat Eren handle the cooking.
But the straightforward Mikasa wasn't shaken at all and still firmly chose to continue learning cooking.
"Eren?" Coming back to her senses, Mikasa finally noticed Eren had co looking for her. Seeing the puzzled expression on his face, Mikasa beca flustered.
"I—I—I'm here? I—oh! Sasha! I ca here with Sasha! Sasha asked to accompany her!" Mikasa, who hadn't yet mastered cooking, didn't want to expose herself in front of Eren, so the quick-witted Mikasa once again raised the "Sasha" shield.
"Nani??" Sasha widened her innocent eyes. Mikasa! Why are you doing this again?! Why am I always the one getting blad?! Clearly, you were the one who wanted to co to the kitchen—how can you do this?!
The aggrieved Sasha imdiately tried to refute,
"I didn't—mmph!" But as soon as she spoke, Mikasa quickly covered her mouth.
Although Eren felt sothing was off, when he thought about Sasha's foodie nature, he didn't think much of it.
A world where only Sasha gets hurt has appeared.
....
Ti passed quickly, and the date of Marley's World Assembly conference drew closer and closer. Marley's military port beca unusually bustling, with ships from all over the world coming and going. Representatives from various nations also arrived at Marley, the once "world's number one."
For a ti, the entire Marleyan capital was filled with exotic styles. On the streets, one could see all kinds of foreigners—bearded southerners with turbans, dark-skinned people from distant lands, unusually tall people from Europe-like regions, and even Easterners wearing long robes, beards, and tied hair buns.
In short, Marley had now beco the center of global attention. And beneath this seemingly calm surface, countless surging undercurrents were hidden.
Willy Tybur, the one truly in control behind Marley, sat facing Commander Magath. After a long silence, the struggle on Magath's face disappeared, replaced by determination.
"I agree. And from then on, Marley's glory will be forged by Marleyans themselves."
Willy nodded with a smile. "Of course. That's how it should be."
anwhile, inside Russell Manor, Yago was also making final arrangents at full speed. Every step of this operation was extrely important—there could be no mistakes.
"Squad Leader Hange and the others are inside the destroyer at the military port. Once they receive the signal, they will cooperate with Floch imdiately," Petra said while looking at the map on the table.
Yago nodded. "Good. Then everything is ready—only the east wind is missing. Everyone, we'll be counting on you then."
Historia clenched her fist, placing it over her left chest in a salute, speaking with excitent,
"Of course! For the Eldian people, for Paradis Island—offer up your hearts!"
At once, a unified chorus of "Offer up your hearts!" rang out. Yago also, after a long ti, placed his right fist over his left chest and shouted the sa slogan.
At this mont, as the chants echoed one after another, Bagge trembled in the corner. He curled himself up as much as possible while muttering nonstop,
"I can't hear it, I can't hear it… I didn't hear anything… what Eldia? Hallucination! It's all hallucination!"
At the sa ti, dozens of kiloters away, a man who had been away from ho for years returned to his doorstep.
Koris removed the mask covering his face.
Looking at the slightly rusted gate before him, Koris felt a surge of mixed emotions. With a nervous heart, he pushed the gate open.
....
On the other side, inside a clean and tidy laboratory, Airi, Newt, Litt, Bazel, and Ivanor—the five artificial Titans—sat together.
The entire laboratory was very quiet, with only the sound of Bill exhaling smoke as he leaned against the wall being particularly noticeable.
The atmosphere was oppressive.
"Good evening, children. How have you been lately?" Ebson walked into the lab with a smile covering his face.
"Today, I have so very bad news. You are all my proudest children. You possess powerful Titan abilities. I originally thought you would be angels who would create a new future for humanity together with . But unfortunately…"
Ebson suddenly leaned close to Airi.
Airi's body instantly tensed. She could feel a cold, sinister aura—filled with a terrifying presence.
"I've discovered that one of my children seems to have betrayed … and even sold out our great plan. Tell , what do you think I should do?"
There was not a trace of emotion in Ebson's dark eyes, and Airi's body had already begun trembling almost imperceptibly.
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