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"Dong dong dong..." The soldier in the carriage responsible for transporting the corpse at the back of the team looked back, his eyes widened in surprise.

"Giant...giant!" The shout attracted everyone's attention, and everyone looked back at the horse while urging the horse to hurry up.

"That's...Egger!" Finally, someone found two running figures in front of the giant's feet.

Egger was riding on a horse with Ivan's body on his back, and his partner was protecting him. However, the horse's footsteps were slightly slower than the giant's pace. Ivan's body fell accidentally, and Egger Grid's companion was also captured by the giant.

"..." Levi looked at his knee and tapped it hard, "Damn it!"

Just as everyone watched the man being sent to the final stage by the giants, "Shua—" the two giants fell down one after another, and "Boom—" dust and steam rose together.

In the dusk, the figure of a short-haired girl appeared from high above, and slowly fell under the surprised eyes of everyone.

"Vilgard!" With a clear voice calling out to the horses, a white horse appeared from behind and galloped in the direction of the crowd.

"Let's go!" The girl picked up Ivan's body with only his upper body left, and patted Wilgard's butt.

Everyone's eyes almost widened, watching the three galloping horses under the setting sun, and the facial features of the short-haired girl on the white horse gradually became clear.

"Nion!" Allen, Mikasa and Ermin couldn't help but shout out.

There was an uproar in the ranks:

"Did you hear that, they said it was Nion!"

"Didn't it say that it disappeared? Why did it appear again now?"

"She was so handsome when she killed the giant just now!"

"I heard that Nion has long hair, isn't this short hair?"

"Is it Xiao Nion, that's great," Han Ji looked back happily.

"..." Erwin looked forward and continued to move forward. He knew that with Nyon's special ability, it would not be a problem to come back alone. That's why he rejected Mikasa and others' request to find Nyon.

"It's a good thing that Nion is fine...we were saved thanks to her," Erudo said. The special combat squad already knew Nion's prophecy ability because of Levi's relationship, and Mikasa's previous explanation also let them I understand that if Mikasa hadn't arrived in time because of the prophecy, the consequences would be self-evident.

"...Hmph, so slow," Levi's mouth curled into a small arc, although the tone was still disgusted.

Nyon handed Ivan's body to Egger, "Hey, take him back and bury him properly, a warrior deserves to return to his hometown."

"Thank you... Nion..." Ivan couldn't help but burst into tears after taking the corpse.

Nyon rode Wilgard to Alan and the others, seeing everyone's surprised and happy expressions, Nyon smiled gently, "Everyone, I'm back, I'm sorry to make you worry."

"It's good that you're fine, Nion." Ermin couldn't hold back the big smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Really, we made us worry for nothing." Allen complained.

"Nion, why is your long hair short?" Mikasa couldn't help asking.

For a moment, only the sound of horseshoes hitting the ground could be heard.

"...It's nothing." Nion touched her short hair, "I just want to change my hairstyle." After speaking, before anyone else could respond, Nion rushed to Levi's side with her head down.

"Captain Levi."

"..." Levi heard the conversation just now, and turned his head to look at Nion's face carefully.

A white handkerchief was thrown on Nyon's face, Nyon grabbed the handkerchief and looked up at Levi.

"Wipe your face," Levi looked forward, "you're crying, it's so dirty."

"...Yes" Nion wiped her face vigorously, wiping away the tears completely.

The two ran side by side to the front of the team.

Petra, who was behind Levi, looked at the two with some disappointment, then looked sideways at Oluo, who was recuperating in the carriage, thoughtfully, and finally Petra clenched his fist secretly, and made a decision .

The Wall of Rose rose slowly, and people from the two streets watched the return of the survey corps.

Nion got off the horse and took the rein and walked side by side with Levi, looking at Levi's knee from time to time thinking about something.

Levi walked forward with a blank expression on his face.

"Isn't this the Survey Corps?"

"Hey... the number of people who came back has decreased by at least half..."

"What's the point..."

Listening to the whispers of the crowd, Nyon's face turned cold for a moment, but she still walked forward with no expression on her face.It was Allen who wanted to rush up excitedly to reason with them, but was held back by Mikasa.

"That Captain Levi..." Petra's father rushed to Levi, "That... how should I put it, I am..."

Seeing that Levi slowed down, showing the intention of listening, Nion walked forward without being a light bulb.We can tentatively call Nyon’s state [trance].That's right, the previous blow made many of Nyon's movements subconscious. Now, Nyon is still walking forward step by step mechanically. She just wants to be alone.

"Pa-ta-pa-ta..." The sound of the horseshoe hitting the ground was buried in the noise of the crowd, but Nyon could only hear this sound now.

No one notices this situation in Nyon, except Levi.After absently listening to what Petra's father had to say, Levi noticed that something was wrong with Nion.He frowned, ignoring the arguing voices of Petra and her father who caught up later, and took the horse's rein to follow.

"Petra, why are you blocking me, don't you like Captain Levi, just make it clear to him this time!" Petra's father yelled.

"..." Petra looked at Levi's figure leaving without nostalgia in the setting sun, and lowered her head sadly, "Stop talking... Dad, I... lied to you before," Petra said. Tera pretended to be relaxed and said, "Who made you and mother keep nagging me that I should get married? I have no choice but to say that!"

"..." Petra's father looked at Petra quietly for a while, and said meaningfully, "Really, Dad is old, you young people should have your own ideas."

Petra looked back at Ouluo on the carriage with his eyes closed, bit his lips and said, "Father, I..."

Nyon took Wilgard to the stable and tied him up, and then he climbed up the city wall with a three-dimensional maneuver.Nyon dismantled the three-dimensional motor, sat down cross-legged, and watched the sunset in silence.

It turned out that Ken was not lying when he told her that his wife was swallowed by a giant at the beginning. Who knew that giant was Ken. Since then, have he been alone again?No matter how close they are, it is undeniable that there is always a film between Nyon and Allen. Sometimes watching the three of them talking, I always feel that I am excluded from the three and cannot squeeze in.In order to maintain her innocence and honor, she killed her adopted self, the first person in the world to reach out to her. This kind of pain made Nion feel like she was about to collapse.

"Tsk, do you only cry alone in this kind of place?" A deep voice came from behind.

"!" Nyon turned her head and saw Levi taking off the three-dimensional maneuver on his body while walking to sit next to her, and then touching his face, it turned out that tears were still streaming down his face unknowingly.

"Here," Levi took out a white handkerchief and handed it to Nyon, "wipe it off quickly, it's dirty."

"Pfft..." Nyonne felt like laughing at this time, "Captain Levi is still so clean," Wiping his face vigorously, Nyonne stuffed the handkerchief into his pocket, suddenly thinking that this has already happened It's the second handkerchief Captain Levi gave her. Can Levi be summoned by collecting all seven handkerchiefs?Laughing at his divergent thinking, Nion couldn't help asking: "How did Captain Levi come here?"

"Seeing that you are not acting right, just come and take a look." Levi crossed his arms and glanced at Nion, "Tell me."

"??" Nion looked at Captain Levi, "What did you say?"

"Tell me why you started crying like a child after hours of disappearance."

"..." Nion thought for a while, and decided to treat Levi as an emotional trash can, "Before the fall of Sigansina District, there was a man named Ken Abbot who adopted me. He was very gentle and would help me. I combed my hair, taught me the characters of the world, and taught me how to cook...but when Sigansina fell, I thought he died at the feet of giants along with the house."

Niwon paused, glanced at Levi secretly, seeing that he didn't show any impatient expression, and then continued, "During this investigation outside the wall, I found the giantess on the way, and I was about to stop her. But I was entangled by the giant behind me, after I got rid of the giant, I heard someone calling me, and when I turned around, I found that the person was...Ken."

Levi's eyes changed, his hands tightened and he said, "Go on."

"During my conversation with him, I discovered that he was a semi-finished product of the giant experiment, that is to say, he was either a giant or a human, and his former human wife was swallowed by him because he did not agree with his existence. He let me and him Go, after finding out that I disagreed, he said he would devour me together and let our family be together forever."

"..." Levi looked at Nion complicatedly.

"Then...then...I..." Nyon looked down at her hands, which were trembling uncontrollably, "then I used these hands to kill him with my own hands, with my own hands...to kill my only relative."

"..." Levi closed his eyes and put his hand on Nion's, "What's wrong with that? You just performed your duty as a soldier and killed a giant, but that giant was a bit special. .”

Feeling a pair of warm hands covering her own, Nyon's hands stopped shaking. Those hands were slightly calloused, but they felt very secure.

"Captain Levi," Nion paused, looked up at Levi and said, "You eat my tofu."

"..."

Levi quickly withdrew his hand, turned and walked towards the edge of the wall.

Just when Levi was equipped with three-dimensional maneuvers and ready to go down, "Captain Levi," Nion suddenly stopped Levi, "Thank you."

"Hmph," Levi snorted softly, "When you recover, roll over to my office and accompany me to report to the head of the team, and tell the head of your discovery by the way."

"Yes!"

After watching Levi go down, Nion looked down at his hands, which still had the residual warmth left by Levi.Nion looked up at the sky dyed red by the setting sun, got up, patted his pants, and walked towards Levi's office.

Levi arrives at Erwin's office with Nyon.Levi knocked on the door, pushed it open and walked in after getting permission.

"Regimental Commander." The two made a military salute.

"Levi, Nion, you are here, find a place to sit down." Erwin stood by the window and said, looking at the scenery below.

Levi walks to the door and stands leaning against it as usual.

"Little Nyon, sit here~" Han Ji patted the seat next to him on the sofa.

"Thank you, but I want to report something to the head."

Seeing Nyon's expression was unprecedentedly serious, Han Ji also put away his smile, and Erwin turned to look at Nyon, "Speak."

"Yes," Neon stood at the desk, thought for a while and said, "During the process of intercepting giants, I found that most of them were transformed from ordinary people. It seems that someone is conducting a giant experiment. We The beheaded ordinary giants were the failed products of the experiment. Most of them lost their original sanity, only the concept of killing remained, and there was also a semi-finished product, which either became a giant or a human being. Their human body, the remaining one," Nion paused, glanced at the reactions of Hanji and Irwin, and continued, "It is Ellen and the female giant encountered in this investigation outside the wall. One category. This last one should belong to the finished product of the experiment, they can turn into giants, and they can still come out from the back of the neck after the death of the giants."

"..." There was silence in the office for a moment.

"That is to say, we are killing humans?!" Han Ji exclaimed in surprise.

"It can be said that." Nion nodded, "But this is different. They have lost their emotions and reason as human beings, and they are no different from murder puppets."

"..." Erwin thought for a while, "This matter must be kept secret, Nion, can you guarantee that it is true?"

"Yes," Nyon smiled wryly. Her father was a half-finished product, so how could she tell Captain Erwin, "In addition, I suspect that there are giant spies in the Gendarmerie, even in the Survey Corps. investigation."

"I understand." Erwin turned and walked to the window, "I will think about this matter carefully and then discuss it. This time due to the huge loss, we have to escort Alan in a week and hand him over to In the hands of the Gendarmerie."

"Captain Erwin! Alan's giant identity is no longer a secret. If he is handed over to those gendarmerie members who are greedy for life and fear of death, he will definitely be dissected!" Nyon shouted.

"Nion, don't get excited," Han Ji walked up to Nion, and patted Nion on the shoulder. "This is just on the surface. We plan to find someone to pretend to be Allen, and we'll talk about it later."

"...Yes," Nion took a deep breath, "Then, I will take my leave first."

"En." Erwin waved his hand back, and Nyon gave a military salute to Erwin, then turned and walked towards the door.

"So, Erwin," Levi straightened up, "I'm leaving if there's nothing else to do."

"Go, Han Ji and you too, let me think about the next plan alone." After the three left, Erwin looked at the information on the desk and sighed slightly.

The paper was slightly blown by the wind, and it could be vaguely seen that it was written: Yani Leonard.