Chapter 30: Invincible Armored Titan, Reiner Pursues Annie
Annie ran towards the Wall without looking back.
"Damn Reiner…"
The more she thought, the angrier she got.
Annie gritted her teeth as she ran.
Ever since she and Reiner formed a four-person squad and came to Paradis Island, they had never encountered a single lucky incident.
When the four of them first landed on Paradis Island, due to Reiner's carelessness, their captain was devoured by a Filthy Titan that suddenly burst out from underground.
Annie could never forget that scene.
Even though she was the Female Titan, that was the first time Annie had consciously faced a Titan eating a human.
She almost peed herself from fright.
In her terror, Annie wanted to abandon the mission and go home.
Reiner, fearing military reprisal, and for his own self-preservation, strongly opposed Annie abandoning the mission and returning to Marley.
He demanded that the three of them continue the mission and warned Annie that only by completing the mission could they return to their homeland.
The three of them eventually infiltrated inside the Wall, and years of living within the Wall made Annie increasingly collapse.
Due to her being female, Annie was more advantageous for gathering intelligence.
After all, no one would pay attention to a little girl.
While Reiner and Bertolt were sound asleep, Annie had to sneak into Wall Sina through underground pipes like a rat.
One time, she was almost caught by Kenny of the Military Police.
After this unexpected incident, Annie once again had the thought of abandoning the mission.
So, Reiner stepped forward and made what he considered a very correct decision.
To breach the second Wall, Wall Rose.
Although they still had no intelligence on the Founding Titan, during the battle in the Trost District, they witnessed Eren transform into a Titan.
And then…
The arrival of the envoy from Celestia showed them the future of this world.
A future that had no future at all.
Eren activated the Rumbling, killing eighty percent of humanity across the sea. After Eren's death, the relationship between Marley and Eldia remained fraught with conflict.
There was no such thing as peaceful coexistence between those across the sea and Paradis Island.
"If Wall Rose is breached, many of our fellow cadets from the training corps will die."
Reiner, however, said: "How many times have I told you? Those aren't friends, they're devils…"
"You cannot develop feelings for them."
Why, why…
"Why is it always me who has to do these things?"
Marco's dying plea for help couldn't help but surface in Annie's mind.
He tearfully begged Annie not to remove his ODM gear.
But the voice behind Marco was like a devil's whisper, controlling Annie's actions.
"I saw you save Connie just now; you haven't developed feelings for this sinful race, have you?"
"If you want to go home and see your father sooner, then hurry up and do it."
"…"
"Ah, ah, ah, stop it, Annie…"
"Stop it quickly, stop it quickly…"
"Why, why, Annie…"
Marco's crying face was so close.
It was as if it was pressed right in front of Annie's face.
"Ugh!"
"Damn Reiner."
"You were behind Marco, so of course you couldn't see him pleading."
"You only say pretty words, but why…",
"Why are you the one who ends up with a split personality?"
Annie could never forget what Reiner said in extreme terror while Marco was being devoured by a Titan.
"Why was Marco eaten by a Titan…?"
Sangonomiya Kokomi: "What's wrong with Annie? She hasn't developed a split personality too, has she?"
Yae Miko: "No, I guess she's probably envious of Reiner's split personality, because a split personality can help one forget many things."
Lisa: "Is Annie realizing that she might never see her adoptive father again, so she wants to choose to forget?"
Kamisato Ayaka: "Yes, her adoptive father is in Marley, and she was deemed a traitor by Zeke. She probably thinks she can never go back."
Boom, boom, boom…
The continuous loud noises from behind interrupted Annie's thoughts.
She looked back.
Three Abnormal Titans were rapidly rushing towards her.
"How could this be…"
Annie froze.
She hadn't considered that there would be Abnormal Titans among the Filthy Titans Zeke had this time.
As one of the Nine Titans possessing wisdom.
Annie's combat power was naturally far superior to that of the Filthy Titans, but in this situation, what she needed most was to buy time to escape and enter the Wall as soon as possible, and transmit all the intelligence to Su Bai.
Stopping to fight was the most irrational behavior.
Boom, boom, boom…
The Abnormal Titans' running speed was faster than Annie's.
What made Annie feel most desperate was that the Abnormal Titans were tireless and also had an advantage in stamina over her, who possessed wisdom.
However, fortunately, Annie's martial arts were top-notch no matter where they were applied.
Seeing an Abnormal Titan leap towards her back.
Annie didn't hesitate at all; using the rotation of her body, a spinning kick sent the pouncing Abnormal Titan flying tens of meters.
Facing the Abnormal Titans attacking from left and right, trying to bite off her arms, Annie struck with both hands, grabbing their heads and smashing them violently together.
Everything happened in a flash.
Seeing that she had dealt with the three pursuing Abnormal Titans, Annie made a quick decision and lifted her foot to continue on her way.
However, an unusual sensation in her ankle made her stumble, and her massive body almost fell to the ground.
She lowered her gaze and discovered that one of the Abnormal Titans she had smashed had actually grabbed her ankle.
It was opening its bloody maw, trying to bite off her leg.
"Damn it!"
"You damned guys!"
Because Reiner's episode caused the mission to fail, Annie's mood at this moment was no less intense than Zeke's when he was deceived by her.
Seeing the Abnormal Titan's wide-open mouth approaching her calf.
Annie vigorously lifted her other leg.
The anger, helplessness, sadness, fear, and other negative emotions suppressed for years erupted at this moment.
Bang!
She kicked the Abnormal Titan's head.
Instantly, the Abnormal Titan's head exploded like a watermelon, spraying in all directions.
"Hoo…"
"Hoo…"
"Hoo…"
Annie stood in place, panting heavily.