At the same moment, Kanzaki suddenly kicked off and lunged at the sitting fat man, and the wooden floorboards shattered again with a crash.
He swung the side of his hand like a blade, striking hard at the man's neck. This most fragile part of the body was severed instantly by Kanzaki's full-force blow, chunks of flesh mixed with blood flying out and landing on the floor.
The fat man clutched his bleeding neck, his eyes wide, his face twisted in pain and ferocity. He had no idea what had happened. He gibbered incoherently, and soon fell to the ground, twisting his body in agony, suffocating to death.
Seeing this, Eren quickly took the dagger and stabbed the dying fat man twice more.
"You damn scumbag, you beast, die! Die!" Eren kept swinging the dagger in his hand, his expression ferocious and savage, striking with powerful blows again and again, blood constantly splattering onto him.
At this point, the corpse beneath Eren had already been hacked into a bloody mess by Eren.
Was this Eren's first time killing someone?
Kanzaki frowned, watching Eren's frenzied desecration of the corpse, feeling a strong physical discomfort.
Kanzaki looked at the blood on his hands, feeling immense disgust and revulsion. He violently rubbed his hands against the wall and wooden boards, leaving a long bloodstain on the wall. Afterward, Kanzaki quickly ran to untie Mikasa and Mrs. Ackerman.
"It's alright now," Kanzaki hugged Mikasa tightly, cradling her head, and gently stroking and comforting her.
Mikasa's eyes gradually regained their light, but upon seeing the blood splattered by Eren's violent mutilation of the corpse with the dagger, her pupils trembled slightly.
Kanzaki saw it and immediately looked at Eren.
Due to the sudden attack and the inexplicable massacre by the traffickers, he felt an innate anger and resistance towards such killing and bloodshed. "Please stop, you're scaring my sister," Kanzaki shouted at Eren, displeased.
Eren heard this and stood up blankly, looking somewhat dazed at the gruesome corpse beneath him. He threw the blood-stained dagger onto the ground, took a deep breath, and walked towards Kanzaki and Mikasa, saying, "I'm Dr. Yeager's son. You must be Mikasa, you should have met my dad."
"Your skills just now were amazing! Did you teach yourself?!" Eren looked at Kanzaki, now somewhat excited.
Is his mind only filled with fighting and killing?
"Um… Let's not talk about that right now…" Kanzaki frowned, a little speechless, and subtly gestured towards Mikasa on the side.
"Oh, oh! By the way, who are you?" Eren looked at Kanzaki, a bit confused. He didn't seem to remember his dad mentioning such a person.
Kanzaki thought for a moment about Mikasa's current situation and decided to stay with Mikasa as a family member, "I am Mikasa's brother."
Eren nodded upon hearing this and said, "Eren Yeager."
"Kanzaki… uh, Kanzaki Ackerman," Kanzaki extended a hand.
Eren also reached out to shake, but noticed Kanzaki's outstretched hand was hesitant. He then realized his right hand was covered in blood, so he quickly switched to his left, only to find that hand was also covered in blood. Eren quickly tried to wipe his hands on his clothes, but his clothes were also covered in blood.
Seeing this, Kanzaki patted Eren on the shoulder, considering it an introduction.
Soon, Kanzaki fell into thought: should he activate Mikasa Ackerman's bloodline? This world was too dangerous. Mikasa would be safer after activation no matter what, but now that the traffickers were gone, how could he activate it?
Mikasa slowly came back to her senses, glancing at Mrs. Ackerman, who was still unconscious.
"Brother, there's still one more person!" Mikasa's eyes suddenly widened as she quickly called out a warning.
Just then, a burly man suddenly walked out of the next room and grabbed Eren.
"You brat! Was this all your doing?!" He fiercely squeezed Eren's neck.
"Mikasa, this is a cruel world. Faced with evil, we have no retreat; we can only choose to fight, because fighting is our only way to survive in this world." Kanzaki, with his back to Mikasa, tried to awaken Ackerman's fighting instinct through words.
Eren, at this moment, was being choked, but hearing Kanzaki's words, he still felt a huge shock. Then, he mustered all his strength and shouted:
"Fight!!"
Mikasa was deeply moved by these words. They were the murderers of her father. I want to live with my brother, I want to protect my brother, I want to protect my mother... But... Mikasa's eyes glistened with tears. She picked up the dagger, her arm trembling. Killing was still too difficult for her.
"I'm sorry… I don't think I can do it…"
Kanzaki placed his hand on Mikasa's, slowly lowering her hand that was gripping the dagger. Killing was not necessarily the path Mikasa had to choose. Let him bear this thorny and bloody path alone.