Chapter 48: Talking Command
In the middle of the city of Trost, dozens of people were standing or sitting on the roofs, all together giving a total of 39 soldiers who were trapped in this place.
Some of these soldiers were assigned to defend the central area, and the others ran here out of panic when they were chased by the titans. When the first wave of titans attacked, the previously graduated soldiers had already consumed a large amount of compressed gas by fighting or fleeing.
This is the central area of the Trost district, without much compressed gas to get to the other side of the city or climb the wall to meet the rear.
There was no longer anyone to support the supply groups and the compressed gas of the soldiers still fighting could not be replenished.
It could be seen that the second floor of the supply station had been overrun by the Titans, so the fighting supply group was devoured. The rest of the supply group who hid on the second floor were so scared that they lay down to wait for their death in silence.
Jean Kirstein who was sitting on the roof of a house kept a sullen expression, looking at the ground indisposed. Obviously he had decided to think nothing of it and enter the military police corps tomorrow, but on this last day, he was really surrounded by titans.
Connie Springer looked at Jean and said, "We have no choice but to go all out against those titans, standing here waiting to get killed won't change things. The titans will eventually come to surround us, if we keep running from them all we'll do is use up what little fuel we have left and if we lose mobility we'll be dead."
Patting the gas tube of the three dimensional maneuvering equipment, Connie was really ready to give it his all.
"I never thought I'd hear you say such clever words Connie, but what do you propose we do with the few forces we have left? The vanguard has been practically wiped out and what's worse, which of the cadets can take command of such an operation? And even if someone did, we couldn't do anything against the titans..."
"The fuel depot will be crawling with class 3/4 titans by now and we can't deal with them inside the depot."
After hearing that, Connie looked at Jean and asked, "Is there nothing to be done?"
"I didn't expect to die this way, I wish I had known sooner." Jean said as he held his forehead in dismay.
Sasha shouted to them all hoping to lift her spirits, "Let's try guys, get up now, we have to gather our strength, we can make it. I'll go to the front and we'll make it."
This time no one paid any attention to Sasha's words, everyone was stunned and depressed. After seeing the titans, many of the cadets had no thoughts other than absolute fear and the need to escape.
Annie looked at Reiner and asked, "Reiner, what do we do?"
They were the only ones who knew that the wall was destroyed by Bertholdt's transformation into a titan, but now they were also trapped in this place, unless they reveal their identities and become titans, it will be difficult even for them to escape.
Reiner was relatively calm, "It is too early to act, we must first regroup."
Marco Bott was stunned and mentioned, "It's impossible, it doesn't matter anymore.... We will be dead before we can leave. I have been prepared to die for a long time, but what would be the point of my death now?
"Look, Takashi is here." Reiner said as he saw Takashi stop on a nearby rooftop. His clothes were bathed in titan blood that was slowly evaporating.
Takashi had already arrived at that moment. As soon as he arrived along with two more cadets, Armin sat on the roof in a daze.
Hannah's expression was numb, and she was obviously not mentally prepared for all the events that had happened so far.
Connie, who looked at Takashi coming, approached and asked, "Takashi, you're here too, what should we do now?"
"The first thing is not to panic, but looking at their fucking faces that's already impossible. We have to move towards the supply station after we get organized." Takashi, who was calm, walked towards Jean and kicked his foot, "Hey, who are you showing that pitiful appearance to? Get that ass up, your mother is waiting for you on the other side of the wall. Everyone here needs your help, you take care of giving orders."
Jean didn't respond this time aggressively when he was kicked, he looked at Takashi and pointed to himself, "Are you letting me command?"
"Don't be an idiot, you'll lead a small squad and see to it that everyone survives. Sure, if you still want to go alive to the gendarmerie regiment and see your mother again." Takashi said with a smirk.
Jean's face contracted and he smiled a little more calmly, when he looked at Takashi he felt a sense of calm. "But, I can't, I don't think I can do it right."
"You know you can't say no to a man when he asks for your help, do you even have a choice?" Takashi held Jean's clothes and asked sharply.
"Damn it! Get your hands off me first, I will and I'm going to make sure everyone survives." Jean was instantly motivated.
Nodding, Takashi approached Reiner, Annie, Bertholdt and Marco, "Help me round everyone up."
Reiner's eyes stared at Takashi, "What are you guys planning to do?"
"I'm going to clear the supply station, there is no second safest way out of this place, help me round up all those scared soldiers and drag them out if necessary if they don't listen to you."
Bertholdt looked at Takashi with a fixed gaze on his body, his expression showed no emotion, only the attention he showed on Takashi's movements.
"Is something wrong?" Takashi looked at Bertholdt with a confused expression.
"Huh?" Bertholdt looked surprised that Takashi was asking him something directly.
"You haven't taken your eyes off me since I came to this place, will it be....?" Takahsi looked at Bertholdt and his expression turned serious.
It was then that Marco and Reiner turned to look at Takashi, Reiner in specific had a frown on his face.
"I... I don't know..." Bertholdt came back to himself and looked at Takashi with a nervous look.
"Are you in love with me?" After saying that, Takashi let out a friendly smile and patted Bertholdt's shoulder. "Let's get going, we'll get out of this place as soon as possible."
"Yes, I understand..." Bertholdt didn't know how to respond before Takashi turned around to gather everyone.
"Bertholdt, focused." Reiner said with an intimidating look.
Takashi walked towards the others and started to gather the people, then everyone looked at Takashi and realized that this exceptional cadet was very calm.
At that very moment, after the evacuation mission was completed, Mikasa arrived where Eren's class was supposed to be from the rear to the center of the city, then she heard from Armin that Eren had died in battle. After hearing that news, everyone had mixed emotions, Takashi was the first to react, even knowing that Eren was not dead.
He walked in front of Mikasa and stood not far from her. Mikasa looked abnormally calm, but that was only her surface expression. If she really wanted to make a change and save more lives than in the original story, she needed to act immediately and without hesitation.
Mikasa Ackerman, an extremely powerful and protective female soldier with Eren. She is an exceptional girl, but has many flaws that would endanger many people.
"My condolences for your loss, there is nothing more to say." After saying that, Takashi said directly, "But now is not the time to think about that, I need your help to get everyone else safely out of this city."
Mikasa's eyes were dull, losing all emotion and he replied, "No problem..."
Hearing this, Takashi's expression turned cold and he said, "No, there's a little problem! Your mentality right now is unbalanced and your compressed gas should be below half. If you're in that state when we move from this place, you will endanger not only your life, but also the lives of others."
With an emotional jolt, Mikasa came to herself and said, "I'm sorry, just trying..."
"I don't need to know, what I need now is for you to calm down and stay in the heart of the group formation as a soldier. I don't know if Eren is alive or dead, but if you die, you won't even be able to remember him or search for his body."
Ignoring Mikasa who seemed to be in a trance, he looked at Armin and said, "You will help me and be in charge of leading the overall formation."
Armin didn't know how to react or feel, he looked at Takashi and stammered, "Ah, I... no."
"This is no time for hesitation, fight for those who can't do it anymore, at least Eren would do it without hesitation."
"I see" Thinking of Eren being swallowed by a titan, Armin gradually calmed down.
Seeing that everyone had gathered, Takashi walked in front of everyone and looked at them silently before shouting, "You all should know me, I trained together with you as well as taught you many things, you are all graduated soldiers and don't need to be persuaded by the general situation, you damn bastards."
"We are now on the battlefield, with that cowardly expression, do you think feeling fear is wrong? Fear will get us out of this place alive, many have died without even killing a titan, but if you follow me now you will find that you are not invincible."
"I am Takashi Ackerman, I will be the arrow of our raid towards survival! I will kill all the titans, I will fight for the weak and the strongest, those titans have tormented us for so long, the fucking time has come for the counterattack."
"Keng~"
Takashi drew his swords and shouted loudly, "Now you have three choices. First, you can wait and die in this place. Second, I die and wait in this place. Third, die in a battle against the titans together with your comrades, do not fear and embrace death with love."
"Only in this way, there will be a way out of this place."
Many people looked at each other in dismay, where did the three options come from?
"If you can still swing your swords and avenge the death of our fallen comrades, follow me to the supply station, I will run to the front and if I die, do not worry about me, keep running and do not stop! Let the person in the front lead our raid."
"Armin to the center, Jean to the right side, Reiner and Annie will lead the left side, Marco and Bertholdt will point both francs of the raid, Mikasa will be in charge of stabilizing the center of our group."
"Finally, I just want to tell you one thing, I'm proud of how far you've come! Raise that ass to the sky and fight like true soldiers, death will come to us all, what better way to die being a soldier."
As soon as the voice fell, Takashi ran towards the supply station.
Everyone felt a fire run through their body, a little overwhelmed yet shocked, the leaders of each Franco shouted, "What the hell are they doing, quick, let's follow Takashi!"
"Quickly."
"Grrrrrrrr!"
"We are warriors,"
The whole crowd roared and quickly followed Takashi.
Takashi was the first to run forward, his Mangekyo Sharingan activated and Chakra ran through every part of his body. Him sprinting across the rows of rooftops like a leopard. Only when the next building was taller or wider than forty feet, he used his three-dimensional maneuvering gear.
The soldiers' uniform was a bit tight and many parts were strapped with belts. Otherwise, he could jump a much farther distance. Now he could jump more than six meters minimum and twelve meters maximum with the help of his Chakra. The amount of Chakra in his body is quite considerable.
Jean and Reiner, who were trailing behind, saw Takashi, who was ahead of them, jump more than ten meters high, leaping from rooftop to rooftop, with steady steps and balance, without taking even a breath.
Takashi is now in full swing, making no secret of his physical condition far superior to the rest of the cadets.
In the past, he didn't like to make use of his Chakra to outdo others, not even proud to stand out with tricks that others don't have. But now, he was proud that he could be the fire in the darkness of many people.
"Swosh!"
His right anchor of his three-dimensional maneuvering equipment locked onto the side of a titan's face and gas was frantically expelled from the fans, in an instant his body was next to the back of the titan's neck.
The titan didn't even have time to react.
"An abnormal titan!"
Takashi, who was very focused, immediately retracted the retractable rope and moved at an incredibly high speed to cut off the sight of the abnormal titan that had suddenly appeared.
"Burst!"
Blood flew and the abnormal titan crashed into a building.
Takashi rushed forward without looking back and was always on the lookout for an abnormal titan that might be hiding in the space between the houses.
"Jasss!"
"Burst!"
The titans fell to the ground and became a mass of corpses, emitting steam and slowly dissipating.
Takashi tilted his head forward and easily took out the titans blocking the route.
Jean took a deep breath, "That's amazing, this is already the fifth titan Takashi has eliminated, isn't it?"
Marco was also surprised, "It was too fast. The titans were killed as soon as they reacted. Besides, he's always been saving gas and running forward without stopping. Just use compressed gas to cross tall buildings and open spaces."
Annie, who looked at Takashi said in a passive voice, "Even so, his stamina is depleting fast and his gas is also consumed very fast when he eliminates titans. I hope he can hold out until he reaches the target."
With a surprised expression, Reiner shook his head, "Hey, this is too exaggerated, is he running all the time? Even if it's a race, normal people can't jump more than ten meters high, right? It's not just running on the roof of buildings, strength and balance are potential problems, someone normal can fall or get hurt if they're not very careful."
"The amazing thing was how he got rid of that abnormal titan a moment ago, no one could react as fast as Takashi did a moment ago." Armin said with a worried expression.
Everyone was speechless, Takashi's performance wasn't that exaggerated during the tests inside the training corps.
It was true that Takashi didn't make much use of his Chakra inside the training corps, but that was because he didn't have a great amount of control inside his body.
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