A/N: Hello, readers! Welcome to another chapter! Enjoy!

edited on may 5th, 2022 @ 11:14pm

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𝓒𝙷𝙰𝙿𝚃𝙴𝚁 𝚃𝙷𝙸𝚁𝚃𝚈-𝙽𝙸𝙽𝙴,
𝓗𝙴𝚁𝙾.

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THE ARMORED TITAN WAS NOW following the Colossal Titan towards Eren's Titan. "That bastard... To think he's seriously alive... Why won't he just stay dead?" Jean asked himself. "What the hell do we do... against something like that?!"

Jean then turned towards Armin's direction. "Hey, Armin... I think having Eren escape is the best we can do." He informed.

"He's thinner..." Armin mumbled.

"What do you mean, Armin?" Josiah questioned.

"The Colossal Titan has gotten a little skinner. It's just like Hange-san said! The Colossal Titan is weak in a battle of attrition!" Armin informed as Jean, Josiah, and Mikasa just gaped at him. "Remember Eren's experiments! He could only transform up to three times. If that's the case for a 15-meter Titan, a 60-meter one might be less efficient! And there's his steam attack, too! I bet it's consuming everything except his skeleton to produce that steam!"

Jean stood up. "So what are you saying?" He questioned.

"Armin..." Mikasa muttered.

"I have a plan. You all need to draw Reiner away. Eren and I will defeat Bertholdt ourselves. The two of us can win and I'm going to prove it." Armin claimed.

"All right. Leave Reiner to the rest of us." Josiah said.

"Took you long enough, dummy. I really thought we were goners." Jean stated.

With that being said, the four Scouts headed off towards in different directions.

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The five Scouts had used their ODM gear to follow after Reiner. "Got it?! We've gotta trust that Eren and Armin can handle Bertholdt! We just need to keep Reiner away from them if we can! Let's keep him occupied from a safe distance!" Jean explained.

"Roger!"

The Armored Titan was now dashing towards them. He ignored the Scouts and immediately ran towards Bertholdt.

"He ignored us?!" Connie exclaimed.

"That jerk! He's changing his focus to Eren?" Jean questioned.

Josiah narrowed his eyes as he just used his gear to move forward. "We'll just have to kill him!" He announced.

"Josiah!" Jean shouted out after him.

Josiah shot a thunder spear towards Reiner's leg, making him trip.

"Hey!" Jean said.

"If we can't get Reiner's attention, we'll just have to finish him off right here!" Josiah claimed, looking back to glance at Jean.

"Josiah's right! It's on us to protect Eren and Armin!" Mikasa agreed.

"Yeah, I know..." Jean stated.

"We've only got three Thunder Spears left!" Connie informed. "Shit! But..."

"We've gotta try anyways! 'Cuz unless we fight, we can't win!" Sasha claimed.

Eren and Armin were about to launch their attack when suddenly, Eren slipped and fell down the wall, making him unable to stand up. The Colossal Titan lifted his hand up and he dragged it along the top of Wall Maria.

Thankfully, Armin jumped down the wall and used his ODM gear to hang onto Bertholdt. He was now in front of Bertholdt's face. His anchors were hanging from his teeth making him unable to fly away from the gust of heart the Colossal Titan released.

Jean was the first to move as he connected his gear to the back of Reiner's nape. "Reiner!" He shouted out.

Connie and Sasha soon followed with their thunder spears. They were so close to activating their thunder spears but Reiner broke some of the houses with both of his hands. The debris hit Sasha, making her unable to fire her thunder spear.

Connie fired his thunder spears before finally saving Sasha.

"Sasha!" Connie shouted out in worry. "Jean!"

"One of them missed..." Josiah mumbled to himself.

"If we blow off his jaw, Reiner's mouth should open up! Josiah can use the last Thunder Spear to hit his nape through the mouth!"

"His mouth isn't open... Even so, I have to do it!" Josiah noted.

Armin was still hanging on from the anchor despite the amount of heat Bertholdt was releasing. Bertholdt was questioning himself if it was a diversion. But when he saw Eren, he believed that Armin was doing a suicide mission.

The heat Bertholdt was releasing got stronger as Armin began burning to a crisp. He was still alive as he was holding on. He entrusted his dream to Eren before finally letting go.

"Josiah! It's too risky!" Connie called out to the brunette.

"No, it's perfect!"

Out of nowhere, Hange had appeared and aimed their last thunder spear to the spot where Sasha had missed.

"Hange-san!" Josiah shouted, surprised to see them.

"Now's your chance, Josiah!" Hange exclaimed.

Reiner's jaw became loose as Josiah headed towards Reiner's mouth as he landed on his tongue.

"Reiner! It's over! You lost! Come out, you damn piece of shit!" Josiah ordered before activating his thunder spear inside Reiner's throat.

The explosion caused Reiner to get out of his Titan.

Meanwhile, Bertholdt found out that Eren made a replica of his Titan out of his hardening, placing Bertholdt right where they wanted him.

Eren hovered over Bertholdt's nape with his blades in hand.

"Gotcha!"

He slashed Bertholdt's nape, taking him out in the process as Bertholdt could only look in shock.

There was sudden rumble, getting everyone's attention as the Colossal Titan's body was collapsing to the ground.

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A/N: Sorry that the chapter was so short! Thanks for reading!

Word Count: 898 words.