Traveling is to conquer the world

Because of Alan's sudden accident, Antinomie had to put down the investigation he was conducting and rushed to the territory of Rosa where the special military meeting was held.And now that Alan has safely passed this difficulty, he will naturally return to the capital to continue the previous investigation.

Just when he was already packing up his things and preparing to leave, an unexpected visitor forced him to stop temporarily.

"...If you want me to take you to see Alan, I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with the boss of the Survey Corps." Before the calm black-haired girl could speak, Antinomie refused.

But what he didn't expect was that Mikasa, who had basically nothing to do with him except Alan, didn't come today because he wanted him to help set up a line to meet Alan.

...Well, although in the final analysis, it still has something to do with Ellen.

"What, you said someone wanted to kill Alan? And made many attempts to do so? Wait, Mikasa, I know what happened to Alan has worried you a lot lately, but you shouldn't be overly sensitive. You know , it was just an accident that Allen would become a giant, it was neither expected nor caused by manpower, it was just an accident."

Antinomie looked at Mikasa, as if looking at a horrible mother who spoiled her child too much, clearly expressing her disapproval, "Mikasa, you have to know, Alan is also an independent boy, isn't he? A toddler who needs your careful care. Human growth is bound to be accompanied by hardships and hardships, and experiencing ups and downs and facing difficulties is also a part of growth..."

In the middle of speaking, Antinomie suddenly stopped himself—how did the words get more and more wrong, what kind of trouble is this group of strict fathers and loving mothers arguing about children's education?

"No, you are the one who doesn't understand, Antinomy." The girl who had matured in advance shook her head and said, "Please stop Alan from participating in this investigation outside the wall, otherwise he will suffer another Danger to life!"

"Alan's life is being threatened. It must be like this. Otherwise, how could he fall into fatal threats again and again? It's too far-fetched to explain it with hard work or luck. There must be someone... No, Maybe it wasn't human at all, some inclination, some will tried to take Alan's life."

Mikasa's unclear words made Antinomie frowned, and when Mikasa tried his best to describe the vague concept, a flash of light flashed through his mind.In order to capture the momentary inspiration, he tentatively asked: "You mean... the danger to Allen is not actual people or giants, but something more vague and ethereal?"

"I know that it's easy to be regarded as a fool's dream, but I really can't find anyone else to turn to for help now, Antinomie." Mikasa pursed her lower lip, and anxious colors danced in her black pupils "I said similar things to Ermin, but he still refused to believe it. He thought it was an illusion that I cared too much about Alan... No, that's not the case! I can feel that none of this is accidental! "

"Calm down for a moment, the surge of enthusiasm is harmful to clear thinking. You can think carefully about what you think and then say it. I will listen carefully and then make a judgment whether to believe it or not, so there is no need to have any thoughts about it. Worry, if you can't describe the anxiety in your heart clearly, I can't help you."

Under Antinomie's reassurance, the sparkle in Mikasa's eyes gradually extinguished, and she returned to her usual calm look, "You are right, let me calm down and organize my words, and then I will tell you everything."

After a period of silence, Mikasa seemed to have cleared her mind, and said from when they were still trainees: "The first danger Alan encountered was when he was suddenly attacked by Leon. Although after the incident You rushed over soon, but you probably couldn't imagine it if you weren't there? At that time, I saw the knife stuck in Alan's chest and blood flowed out, dyeing all his clothes bright red, the kind of cold fear..."

Obviously, Alan's situation must have been extremely critical at that time, otherwise Mikasa would not have turned pale just thinking about it now.Antinomie was worried that she would be affected by too much emotion, but Mikasa stopped talking about memories, "Thank you, don't worry about me, the past won't scare me."

After a pause, she continued: "This is the end of the matter? No, far from it. After Allen recovered from his injury, the graduation assessment for our 104th trainees also began. On the day of the assessment, Allen used three-dimensional mobility to When the device shuttled between the buildings and chopped off the nape of the giant model... the three-dimensional mobile device failed."

"At that time, Allen was in a state of moving in mid-air, and the three-dimensional maneuvering device on the left was disabled, which meant that he was hanging on the rope and crashed straight towards the clock tower! A sharp-edged collider must lead to a dead end."

"Fortunately, Alan was not intimidated when we were all blank. He used the three-dimensional mobile device that can still be used on the right to shoot a barb and shrink at the giant model placed next to the clock tower, and even if the knife cuts The rope connected to the left device avoided the fate of being torn in half by two gravitational forces going in different directions."

"Even then, Allen didn't make it back in one piece. With half of the solid three-dimensional maneuver, he couldn't keep his balance. He avoided hitting the clock tower, but hit the giant model. A contusion fracture in the lower leg, we all thought he would miss it The next assessment is over, but what is surprising is that most of his injuries have recovered on the second day, and other than some redness and swelling, his actions have not been affected at all."

Mikasa recalled what happened during the assessment, and sighed: "At that time, I still thought it was a quack doctor who misdiagnosed and misjudged the injury. Now that I think about it, there was something wrong with Alan's body at that time-even if it was just a bruise for a normal person, it would be too late. It is impossible to recover more than half of it overnight."

"Then... as you know, the Wall of Rosa was breached by a super-large giant, and a large number of giants flooded into the Trost area. Our trainees also fought against the giants along with the garrison regiment. Alan, he... he was in front of me, Eaten by giants."

"Of course, Alan didn't die. He miraculously turned into another giant and escaped from the stomach of the giant that ate him. But can you imagine what happened next? The giant Alan turned into , but like the most tempting delicacy, it has attracted the giants in the entire Trost region!"

"Yes, all the giants! Those mindless guys don't even know how to grab the humans who are close at hand. They kept running towards Alan, and seized every opportunity to bite Alan's head with their mouths frantically. Body……"

"After annihilating more than 20 giants, he tried his best to return to his original form. Is that what the report said? But in fact, these [-] or so giants were killed by Allen before they were eaten! But he didn't resist at all. Without the giants rushing towards me in a steady stream, in the end they were cut up and eaten without even bones left..."

"Fortunately, Alan fell out of the giant's body after being exhausted, and the giants who were all focused on the delicious wreck ignored him, so I had a chance to rescue Alan from the pile of giants .”

"After that, Alan's transformation into a giant played a huge role in the recapture of Trost. As before, all the giants rushed over like crazy after the transformed Alan appeared. It took a heavy price to successfully defend him, allowing Allen to have the opportunity to block the gap in the wall of Rosa."

"I don't need to say more about the later things, right? Alan is a hero who saved mankind, but he was treated in the harshest and cruelest way. Almost, just a little bit, Alan would be arrested by the military police People look at him as if they were looking at a giant—but ironically, the giant regards Alan as a more alluring delicacy than humans."

"Humans treat him as a different kind, and giants treat him as a delicacy. He neither belongs to humans nor giants. He is rejected by humans and coveted by giants. It's like, like..." Mikasa clenched her teeth, "It's like being hated and rejected by this world!! It's not a specific person who threatens Allen, but the entire environment!"

"..."

Although Mikasa had said that he would calm down and speak slowly, it was clear that his emotions became agitated again in the end.Antinomie didn't interject when the other party had just finished the topic and was panting heavily and obviously not in the mood, but waited until Mikasa calmed down before saying, "Is this why you came to me?"

"Yes, I feel very helpless now, Alan is in danger, but there is nothing I can do about it." Mikasa hesitated, "Maybe my metaphor is inappropriate, but please don't be angry after listening ——If God really exists in this world, then He must be full of malice towards Allen, ready to take his life at any time."

Antinomie frowned, "...Mikasa, if someone or a certain organization tries to murder Alan, then I will do my best to stop it. But if your so-called threat is piled up by chance" Death', then there's nothing I can do about it—no one can prevent accidents from happening."

"Until now, you still think that the dangers Alan encountered were just accidental accidents? How could there be so many accidents in such a short period of time!" Mikasa's face was full of disappointment, "Why don't you believe it? What? A certain god-like will is full of malice towards Allen, and the world has become unfriendly under its influence, there is no other explanation at all!!"

"...No, you got it wrong. I believe it. I believe in the existence of God, and it is precisely because of this that I cannot agree with your idea. There will be no unreasonable love and inexplicable hatred, even if there is something beyond the rules Above the will that can influence the world, and will not suddenly hate Allen to put him to death. Mikasa, this is not Allen's fate, he is not a tragic carrier born to bear malice and hatred."

Mikasa was silent for a while, and then said: "Antinomi, I don't know what you can see in your eyes that ordinary people can't see, sometimes I always feel that you are so far away in front of me like now... But, I believe you don't want to see Alan die, so I ask for your help. Think about it, so many accidents can happen one after another inside the wall, if Alan participates in the investigation outside the wall, outside the wall full of giants In the world, how many 'accidents' will happen that we are unable to prevent?"

Antinomie also fell silent. The one after another accidents in Mikasa's description are indeed very strange. Collecting so many accidental incidents that may lead to Alan's death in a short period of time can already be called "in terms of probability." Because it is a miracle born with a small probability... But, is this really a deliberate thing?

Those who can play with chance and probability to this point must be extremely powerful gods.But the paradox is that there is no god in this world—maybe there is a guy with great power and immortal life who can do it, but Antinomie doesn't think that the guy who has been watching the development of species and witnessing the birth of human beings has a great impact on human beings. The guy who doesn't do anything when he's on the verge of death spends his time accidentally killing someone.

This is just like the manager who is waiting for the entire large library, suddenly finds a certain book aimlessly, and then specially erases a certain word on a certain page. It is Antinomie standing in the library. It is completely unimaginable from the manager's point of view.

"You... let me think about it again."

After seeing off Mikasa, Antinomie also fell into hesitation.Indeed, he also has a premonition similar to Mikasa's, always feeling uneasy that Allen is being targeted by something.His premonition came even earlier than Mikasa, and it had taken root in his heart as early as when Leon shouted "Alan is a giant" like a schizophrenic.

Moreover, regarding the threat Allen suffered, Antinomie also grasped something that even Mikasa didn't know-the sacred object enshrined by the Wall Sect for a hundred years, and spontaneously developed a strong attack on Allen.

Others might not be able to tell the difference, but Antinomy knew that this matter was abnormal.Only giants with muddled consciousness should be able to arouse the holy object's desire to attack, and the sacred object should not be interested in a human-conscious transfiguration like Allen.

What's more, when the sacred object almost came out and attacked Allen, he still maintained a completely human body, not much different from other humans... A weapon that only produces killing desires against giants will suddenly Isn't it suspicious to want to kill Allen?

Even though the same uneasiness arose, Antinomie handled it differently from Mikasa.He didn't let the suspicion continue to grow and spread, but chose to keep denying this premonition.Because he knows very well that there is no god in this world, and theoretically no one can create these 'accidents'...

On the one hand, it is questioning from emotion, and on the other hand, it is vetoing from reason. The conclusions drawn from the standpoint of human beings run counter to the conclusions drawn from the standpoint of gods, just like the name 'Antinomi' he chose for himself Similarly, the two laws of contradictory and contradictory are mixed in the special individual that is both man and god.

When no one can convince anyone with contradictory claims, the only solution is to make a compromise.Although Antinomie also vaguely felt that allowing Alan to participate in this investigation outside the wall might encounter unexpected dangers, he couldn't stop Alan from participating just because of an unproven premonition that Mikasa had hoped for. Investigation, taking away his only chance to prove that he is recognized by humans.

After thinking quietly for a while, Antinomie put on his cloak and went to visit Darius Thackeray who had not yet returned to the capital in the cool night.

Darius was very surprised by his arrival, and quickly asked his doubts after welcoming him into the house.Of course, Antinomie would not say that he came here because he was worried about Alan's safety, but only said: "Because of some accidents, I decided to advance the time to take back the Wall of Maria."

"... As for your invitation, I'm sorry that it has to be delayed for a while." Antinomie looked out of the window, and his eyes passed the tall and majestic Wall of Rosa, as if he was watching thousands of miles away being surrounded by giants Like the wall of Maria, "When I return, maybe the small banquet will turn into a grand feast to celebrate Mary's new life."

Darius looked at him quietly, and after a long time, he took off his glasses and said with a smile: "It seems that you have made up your mind, so I don't need to say much, I just wish you all the best. I will file the formalities tomorrow." I will arrange it as soon as possible, let go and do what you want, I believe that the fate of the blessed human beings will not be cut off here, just like a hundred years ago, the dawn of victory will surely usher in."

Antinomie nodded, but was stopped by Darius when he was about to leave.He turned his head and saw the majestic old man standing at the top of the pyramid of rights in human society showing a childlike bewildered expression, and asked him almost asking for advice: "Why, do you also have such emotions as trouble and hesitation? "

Antinomie looked at the other party in surprise, not knowing how to answer for a while.During his silence, Darius then asked: "Your eyes can reflect everything in this world, and you can obviously get all the answers you want...Why, there are still worries and confusion?"

"...Being able to see and being willing to see are two completely different things. For human beings, the bond of emotion is often extremely fragile. Once some key points are touched, there is no way to be friends. "

Antinomie lowered his eyelids, and his slender eyelashes blocked the light in his eyes, "Thackeray, not everyone can distinguish between public and private like you. A calm and stubborn human boy can be friends, but not with an all-knowing and omnipotent god who can pry into all privacy and secrets—how many people can truly have a clear conscience. If everyone is so honest and upright, You, the president, will not work so hard."

"Thackeray, I know that in your eyes, I am just Odin most of the time. However, I am not a disguise or a mask. When I am a human being, I will inevitably be a little willful , I lost my friend once, and I don’t want to lose my friend again for the same reason in the same world, so human beings can’t explore the clear secrets, let it continue to be buried.”

When Antinomie turned to leave and was about to step out of the gate, Darius said behind him: "I still don't understand, since you don't want to lose your friendship because Odin's side is known, why did you decide to advance What about taking back the Wall of Maria? This will only bring the moment when the real impact on your friendship will come sooner."

"...Yes, maybe after taking back the Wall of Maria, the short-lived friendship will be broken again." Antinomie didn't look back, but turned his back to Darius and said to himself, "But what can I do? What? When Alan still regards me as a normal friend, this is the only thing I can help him as a friend."

"..."

Darius didn't speak any more, just watched the blue-haired boy put on a cloak and bathe in the cold moonlight and leave. After a long while, he sighed: "Actually, the first person who starts to feel estranged is not necessarily human beings, it may also be You, Odin, who don’t expect much from this.”

The start of the seven investigations outside the wall means that the survey corps, which has been silent inside the wall for several years, will finally fulfill its mission again, fulfilling the important mission that makes the survey corps bear shame and honor at the same time.

The previous 56 investigations outside the wall all ended in failure with nothing to gain. Under the pressure accumulated over the years, the investigation corps desperately needed a victory to prove its existence.Furthermore, this investigation outside the wall also involved Alan's future disposition and whereabouts. For the investigation corps, it was a backwater battle in which only victory was not allowed.

Just when the elites of the Survey Corps were all ready to go, and the recruits who had just joined the regiment were also learning the experience of investigating outside the wall under the guidance of veterans, an unexpected visitor attracted the attention of all the soldiers of the Survey Corps.

Allen, who was discussing something with the giant researcher Han Ji, saw the visitor, rubbed his eyes in disbelief and said in surprise, "Nomi, you...what are you doing here? And your outfit..."

"Attire? Is there any problem?" Antinomie inspected the military uniform on his body and the brown horse in his hand, and smiled, "I didn't find any problems."

When Allen was dumbfounded and didn't know what to say, he stepped forward and patted Allen on the shoulder, and said: "I won't explain the specific process. You all act together—”

Antinomie's eyes drifted to the blond captain who had been watching the movement not far away, and said with a slightly subtle expression: "The official document has been sent to Captain Smith a few days ago, no matter how you look It's like I don't know..."