Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人)

Armin, I'm glad I could be a good person for you.

You've won your bet.

But this is where my gamble begins!

We've identified the person likely to be the female-form Titan.

Her name is...

Annie!

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They're late.

Erwin and his damn folk are making me wait.

Our Military Police escorts are gonna arrive first.

Maybe he's constipated again.

You're quite talkative today, Captain.

Cut me some slack.

Talkativeness is in my personality.

I'm sorry.

It was all my fault. If only I'd made the right decision...

I told you. No one could have foreseen the outcome.

Sorry for being late.

Not at all.

You guys...

Excuse me...

We've identified the person likely to be the female-form Titan.

This time we will catch her.

The operation will begin the day after tomorrow.

The location is Stohess, where we'll be passing en route to the royal court.

This is our one and only chance.

If we can't escape there, you'll inevitably fall into the hands of the authorities.

Then it'll be even harder to pursue those who scheme to destroy the Walls.

Mankind's annihilation will become even more imminent.

We must bet everything we have on this operation.

The plan is at follows:

While we're passing through Stohess,

Eren, you'll act as bait to lure the target to this tunnel.

If you can bring her into its depths,

then even if she transforms, she won't have the space to utilize her power.

But if by any chance she transforms before then,

we'll have to rely on you, Eren.

Yes, sir. Are we certain our target is in Stohess?

Yes. She's in the Police.

The Police?

Armin figured it all out.

She's also suspected of killing those two captive Titans.

She might be your former fellow cadet from the 104th.

Hold on now! The 104th?!

The name of the woman suspected to be the female-form is...

Wait...

Annie Leonhardt.

Shit!

Damn! The way she was acting... She must've seen through me right away!

She knew we were gonna ambush her underground!

There must've been some other way!

You'll have time to think about that later.

What should we do now?

First of all, we need to rendezvous with Team 3 on the surface

then according to the backup plan, fight Annie... the female-form Titan.

Eren, you'll have to transform and assist with her capture.

That okay?

Yeah.

Hey!

It's Team 3!

Did your capture attempt fail?

It did!

Move on to the next sta—

She kicked it in?!

We have to help them!

Eren! Back!

Hey, Mikasa!

That bitch wouldn't mind killing Eren?

She risked it...

She smashed open the tunnel hoping she wouldn't kill you.

It's crazy, but that just makes her even scarier!

Annie will be trying as hard as she can to catch you!

What should we do? She cut off our escape.

Even if we jumped out using our gear,

she'd ambush us the instant we surfaced.

On the other hand,

if we stay here it's just a matter of time until we're crushed.

I'll handle this!

Like that time with the cannonball!

Come here!

Let's do this!

Stay close to me!

Not again! Why now?!

Why now?! It hurts!

So you can't transform unless it's for a specific, concrete reason?

Clear your mind! Focus on it again!

I'm trying!

Aren't you really

just hesitating to fight Annie?

Eren?

Don't tell me that you still

refuse to accept that she's the female-form?

What just happened right before your eyes?

That bitch killed your comrades! You still refuse to accept that?

Shut up! You're not helping!

Annie's the female-form Titan?

Why? Why would you say that, Armin?

She knew your face from the beginning.

Not to mention, she reacted when I referred to how you "sought to die so soon,"

which nobody outside the 104th would understand.

And mostly because I'm pretty sure she killed Sawney and Bean, the two experimental subjects.

But why?

One would need quite the skill to kill those two.

The culprit would've used their own 3D Maneuver Gear, since they'd be accustomed to it.

So that's why we had a gear check? But Annie wasn't caught.

Because she brought Marco's to the check.

That's how she passed.

What? What does Marco have to do with this?

I don't know.

Are you sure you're not mistaken?

No, I'm pretty certain.

I got that, kid. Do you have any other evidence?

I don't.

In my opinion, the female-form resembles Annie.

What? What are you even saying?!

Is that all you—

So we've got no proof, but we'll still do it.

No proof?

What? Then why?

What if it isn't Annie?

If it's not Annie, then she'll be cleared of suspicion.

True, we'll have put her through a terrible ordeal.

But if we do nothing, you'll be sacrificed to Central's whims.

It's just not right to doubt Annie..

Eren, after hearing that it might be Annie, has anything come to mind?

You fought the female-form in hand-to-hand combat.

Did she use any of Annie's typical moves?

You know it too. Annie is the female-form Titan.

So why aren't you fighting?

Are other feelings holding you back?

What?!

I've got a plan!

Mikasa and I will exit that hole and the entrance at the same time.

Annie will have to follow one of us.

That should buy you time to run the other way!

Wait!

That means one of you is going to die!

If we keep sitting here, it'll be all three of us!

Mikasa! On my mark!

Okay!

I'll go that way!

Mikasa!

Armin!

How?

How can you fight?!

How?!

We've got no choice.

It's a cruel world out there.

Eren!

Annie! I'm not letting you have Eren!

Eren!

Eren! I'm going for you!

Eren! Wake up!

Don't let the female-form get away!

We can't let her out of here!

What's going on?!

Backup team! Leave this to us! Go check it out!

Yes, sir!

This is weird.

That explosion and—

Nile!