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Chapter 40 - CHAPTER 40

"Kill, I am going to finish every titan from this world."

With a sudden jolt, Eren wakes up.

His eyes are still red with fury.

Every breath he takes carries the rage.

Disoriented from just waking up, Eren looks in the direction of the soldiers, the haze before his eyes clouding him so he is not able to recognize the soldiers.

Instead, thinking of them as the titans, he tries to stand up and lunge at them, "Damn you titans, I will wipe out every one of you."

Looking at his ferocious expression, the soldiers step back in fear.

The possibility of him turning into a titan flashes in their mind.

Sweat started to gather on their forehead.

But the next second—thud.

Eren falls down, his figure sprawled on the ground, still mumbling about killing the titans, wiping them from the Earth.

"Eren!!" Armin cries out in worry, quickly approaching Eren to check up on him.

"Eren, get a hold on yourself; there are no titans." Armin pins Eren down, who struggles to stand up.

"H-huh?" Hearing Armin's voice, Eren becomes confused, and as he gains clarity, he looks at Armin and the other soldiers present there, and a confused expression appears on his face.

"Where are the Titans?" Eren wonders aloud in puzzlement; he feels like just moments ago he was fighting against the titans, but suddenly, finding himself here at a completely different place, a headache hits him.

"Wake up, Eren." Seeing the confused expression of Eren, Armin consoles him, telling him about how the Armored and Female Titans had attacked.

"Eren, where were you at that time?" Armin carefully asks Eren, looking at his face, which has now gained clarity.

"Where was I?" Eren looks somewhat puzzled, recalling the details. Eren said, "I remember that I was going after the titans.

Since the Colossal Titan appeared and breached the wall, I continued to go after the titans that entered inside the wall, killing one titan after another, and then I suddenly saw the Armored Titan." Saying that a hateful expression appeared on his face.

"I remember that titan; it was the same one who had appeared in Shiganshina and destroyed the gate of Wall Maria."

Everyone there feels the rage inside his voice.

"Seeing him, I really want to chop that titan into pieces and finish him, so I immediately advance towards him."

Saying that Eren becomes silent, he tries to recall what happens after that.

"What happens after that?" Ian Dietrich, who has been focused on Eren this whole time, asks him.

Eren stood puzzled; he didn't remember anything, as it seemed he didn't have the memories of what happened after that.

"Don't worry, try to recall what happens." Noticing the puzzled expression of Eren, Ian understood him.

Eren tries harder to recall, "I-I was moving very fast towards the Armored Titan, then I landed on a roof and took a run, and just as I jumped from the roof t-then..." Fragmented scenes enter his mind. An abnormal titan eating him, his body getting torn in pieces, and then suddenly the flash of lightning, after which the scene shifted, and he appeared to become a titan, fighting the Armored Titan and a female titan.

Suddenly an intense headache hits him, causing him to pause to recall his memories.

A painful groan escapes his mouth.

"Eren!!" Armin quickly walks by his side to support him; looking at the blood coming out of his nose, Armin becomes worried. "Eren, stop; don't force yourself."

While Armin helps Eren to have him take a seat.

No one asks anything or disturbs them, as they just look at them.

After a moment, as Eren seems to have recovered, Ian Dietrich says to Eren. "Eren Yeager, the current situation is very grim, and you are in a very peculiar condition."

Taking a pause, Ian lets his words sink into everyone's mind, then continues, "If what everyone believes here is true, then the whole world is going to change, so I want to confirm it with you, Eren Yeager...can you transform into a titan?"

Silence spread throughout the house, with the only sound of titans clashing from outside.

Hearing that, Eren thought about the fragment memories he had seen; he tried to deny them, but an unknown feeling tells him that they are very real. Unable to dismiss the feeling, Eren feels the absurdity and decides to tell the inevitable truth.

"Yes."

A short reply from him, but to others it seems to be never-ending; the heaviness further settles inside their hearts.

"I can transform into a titan."

Eren said firmly, no fear appearing in his eyes.

"Good, then, can you control your transformation?"

Ian's question surprised everyone; hearing the calmness in his voice, they wondered if their captain didn't understand the significance of the matter.

Eren thought for a moment, recalling the feeling when he transformed into the titan. "Yes, I can control my transformation." He replied confidently.

"Very good, then get ready; if you want to prove yourself, whether you are with humanity or against it, then transform into a titan, and take down those titans." The powerful voice of Ian surprised everyone; Eren, Armin, and other soldiers all looked in astonishment at him.

"The fight isn't over; no one is allowed to take a rest. Gather up; we are going to finish those titans."

.....

The whole of Trost district became the battlefield for Kevin, Reiner, and Annie.

Reiner, standing in the ruins of buildings, pants heavily. His Titan form, the Armored Titan, has its armor cracked from multiple sides. The Titan, known for its defense, now stands riddled with injuries and broken armor.

Boom

Another building got crushed as Annie, the female titan, stood up from the ground. The right hand of her titan form was missing, and even the fast regenerative ability of her titan form slowed down; repeatedly using the regeneration to mend up her injuries took a heavy toll on her body.

Both of them grimly looked at the titan, who slowly advanced towards them.

Kevin, in his titan form, walks completely unscathed; no kind of injury is present on his body, and it seems like even if one more pair of armored and female titans appeared, even then they would not give him any trouble.

In the distance from them, in a safe place, Bertoldt looks at the scene; he had been waiting for long, trying to find the best opportunity to strike.

After getting defeated by Armin and the soldiers, he had become very cautious; that's why even when Eren arrived first, he didn't take any action and continued to spectate, waiting for the perfect chance to take the action.

And now, after waiting for so long, it seems like the opportunity has finally arrived.

Bertoldt looks in another direction; the figures of Eren, Armin, and other soldiers become visible to him.

Looking at their action, it appears that they are preparing to face the titans.

Instantly an idea appears in his mind, and Bertoldt moves toward them.

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