"Armin."
In the northern district, the 104th Training Corps Cadets had already entered the battle. A bearded, bald Pure Titan had already swallowed Armin into its mouth.
At that critical moment, Eren appeared. With one hand propping up the Titan's upper jaw and the other grabbing Armin, he pulled him out forcefully before being swallowed by the bald Titan himself.
"Eren!"
Rolling across a rooftop, Armin looked on with a face of pure terror as Eren's arm was bitten off and swallowed by the Titan.
"Eren! Eren!"
Armin's mind went completely blank, his gaze utterly vacant.
"Armin, are you okay?"
At that moment, Connie and Jean appeared, grabbing Armin and flying away directly.
Arriving at a tall building, Mikasa, Sasha, and the others were already fighting. The entire district had fallen, and a steady stream of Titans continued to pour in through the outer wall gate.
"Connie, have you guys seen Eren?"
Mikasa was panting heavily, the Titan blood staining her body melting into rising steam.
"No."
Connie shook his head.
"Eren was eaten by a Titan to save me."
Sinking to the ground with all the strength drained from his body, Armin looked at his own hands, his eyes filled with terror and tears.
"What?"
Everyone around them froze, doubting their own ears.
Especially Mikasa.
"Armin, what's going on?"
Mikasa nearly lost control, grabbing Armin by the shoulders with a somewhat pale face.
"Eren... Eren..."
Unable to maintain her thoughts, Armin completely broke down.
"I don't believe it."
Mikasa's mind blanked for a moment before she vanished from the rooftop. She was going to see for herself.
"Mikasa!"
"How did it come to this?"
"Hurry, get out of here! Three Titans are coming!"
"Damn it!"
Connie and the others left with the dazed Armin, while Mikasa continuously dashed through the alleys, cutting down one Titan after another, until the gas in her Vertical Maneuvering Equipment was completely exhausted.
Collapsing heavily onto the ground, Mikasa couldn't get back up for a long time.
At the same time, a five-meter-tall obese Titan appeared right in front of her.
"Is it going to end like this?"
Lying on the ground and watching the steadily approaching Titan, Mikasa felt no fear in her eyes.
"Flying Dragon in the Sky!"
"Roar..."
With a deafening dragon's roar, a golden divine dragon descended from the sky. Amidst flying flesh and blood, a figure stood atop the Titan, looking down at Mikasa.
"I've finally found you, Mikasa."
With a handsome, suave smile, he was as refreshing as a spring breeze.
Mikasa stared in a daze, unable to think.
This person... this person had actually killed the Titan with a single palm strike! What was that golden creature? It had emerged right from this man's hands.
"Hello, Mikasa."
Zhou Wei leaped down from the Titan's body, walked up to Mikasa, and extended his hand with effortless elegance and courtesy!
Mikasa instinctively reached out and was pulled to her feet by Zhou Wei.
"Phew... Rescuing Mikasa right before Eren appears is just right."
Looking at the real-life Mikasa before him, Zhou Wei was filled with excitement and relief.
Saving someone's life should make for a pretty good opening move. He must have looked quite cool just now!
"Boom... boom..."
A twelve-meter-tall Titan was lumbering over from a distance, having clearly spotted Zhou Wei and Mikasa.
"A Titan!"
Mikasa's expression shifted drastically. Her gas was completely depleted, and she and this mysterious man who had suddenly appeared were likely to be eaten by the Titan.
Even though Mikasa had witnessed the mysterious man's incredible strength just moments ago, still...
"Don't worry! I've got you."
Zhou Wei wrapped one arm around Mikasa's waist, then deployed Lingbo Microsteps, moving as weightlessly as a phantom as he stepped up the wall and onto the rooftop.
"You..."
Standing on the rooftop, Mikasa looked from the ground to the handsome man beside her, feeling as though her understanding of the world had been completely upended.
How did they get up here?
She was certain the man hadn't used any Vertical Maneuvering Equipment.
"Here it comes."
Zhou Wei pointed to the right, where a 15-meter-tall Titan with black hair and green eyes, no lips, dual rows of teeth, and elf-like pointed ears appeared, directly throwing a punch at the twelve-meter-tall Titan.
"A Titan is attacking a Titan?"
Watching the twelve-meter-tall Titan get sent flying by the black-haired Titan, Mikasa grew even more bewildered.
"He will be your comrade."
The Lord God Space had strict regulations prohibiting the disclosure of its existence to indigenous worlds, as well as the native world's plot events.
Therefore, Zhou Wei couldn't explain and could only drop subtle hints.
"Roar..."
The black-haired, green-eyed Titan roared, raising a massive foot to viciously trample the twelve-meter-tall Titan. After thoroughly killing it, it headed toward Titans in other directions, radiating intense hostility.
In the distance, Tang An and Anka were alarmed.
"Has he awakened?"
Watching the black-haired, green-eyed Titan, Tang An knew this was the Attack Titan transformed by the Child of Destiny, Eren.
Operating his Vertical Maneuvering Equipment, Tang An flew toward the direction of the Attack Titan.
Anka hesitated for a moment before following behind.
The appearance of the Attack Titan instantly captured everyone's attention. Connie, Sasha, and other members of the Garrison Regiment were scattered across the surrounding rooftops, watching the black-haired, green-eyed Titan attack the other Titans.
"A Titan is attacking a Titan."
Connie's mouth hung slightly open, a bead of cold sweat clinging to his forehead.
"What's going on? It's completely ignoring us."
Jean tensed up. Just moments ago, the black-haired, green-eyed Titan had passed right beside them, completely ignoring them to march toward a nearby Titan instead.
"Tang An!"
At that moment, Tang An and Anka landed on the rooftop, and Connie and the others called out a greeting.
"Is everyone alright?"
Tang An looked over at the group.
"We're fine. Look at that Titan over there--it's attacking the other Titans."
Sasha found it utterly incredible.
"How could this be?"
Anka looked on in utter shock as the black-haired, green-eyed Titan took on three opponents at once and wiped them all out.
"Roar..."
Titan combat was brutally bloody. A severed head flew through the air past everyone's heads, finally crashing into the bell tower and teetering precariously.
A chill ran down everyone's spines.
Armin had regained his composure by now, staring fixedly at the black-haired, green-eyed Titan, which had actually assumed a martial arts fighting stance.
"Armin, Connie, Jean..."
In the distance, Zhou Wei was carrying Mikasa across the dilapidated rooftops, leaping as if on flat ground and landing right in front of the group, sparking a flurry of shock.
What had they just seen? Mikasa and this strange man had effortlessly run and jumped across a gap of seven or eight meters between rooftops?
And they hadn't even used Vertical Maneuvering Equipment!
"Mikasa... you..."
"Who is he?"
Connie felt like his brain couldn't keep up. First, a Titan killed other Titans and struck a combat pose, and now Mikasa was being carried around running and jumping freely on rooftops by a strange man, leaping seven or eight meters between houses--was that something a human being could possibly do?
"Hello everyone, I'm Zhou Wei."
Zhou Wei was completely shameless and introduced himself with a smile.
"Oh! Connie."
"Jean."
"Sasha."
Connie and the others instinctively blurted out their names.
Tang An narrowed his eyes from the side. So this guy had disappeared earlier just to save Mikasa.
"Tang An."
Tang An stated his name as well. Anyone who didn't know better would think Tang An was a native of this world.
Because his act was seamless--his face wasn't flushed, his heart rate wasn't accelerated, and there were zero flaws.
What if the other person didn't know the plot?
Yet, seeing him rush off to save Mikasa clearly indicated that he did know the plot.
Should he make a move right now?
Tang An shifted his gaze to watch the battle between the Attack Titan and the remaining Pure Titans.
No, now wasn't the right time.
To ensure absolute success, it was better to wait until after the Intelligent Titan was consumed. Even if unexpected variables arose then, the power of a Titan combined with that monstrous regenerative healing ability would greatly increase his chances of winning.
Right now, Tang An didn't have absolute certainty.
Most importantly, after he stated his name, the other person didn't react at all.
Perhaps the other guy just regarded him as an unimportant extra.
And just as Tang An guessed, Zhou Wei currently viewed Tang An as a complete nobody.
After all, he didn't memorize every single minor detail.
People died by the dozens every time the Attack Titan appeared; who knew which random alley Tang An came from? He'd probably kick the bucket before long anyway.