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055 The Titan of Fate

"Squad Leader Rico! Save me!" A Garrison soldier was clutched in a Titan's hand, shouting desperately at Rico.

Cold sweat dripped from Rico's forehead as she tightened her grip on the blades in her hands. She forced herself to turn around—right now, the most critical thing was to ensure Eren reached the breach safely.

"Ah!" Ignoring the screams behind her, Rico continued directing the remaining soldiers to protect Eren.

Mikasa's gaze was sharp. In an instant, she sliced th...

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054 The Titan of Fate

"Damn it, why are there still so many Titans here?" Yago narrowly dodged a Titan's hand, the Vertical Maneuvering Equipment rapidly venting gas and carrying Yago flying to another cluster of houses.

On the ground lay the corpses of five Titans, already evaporating.

Yago frowned as he looked in Eren's direction. The signal to begin the operation had been sent a long time ago—what was going on over there with Eren?

And at this moment, after Eren transformed into the pointed-...

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053 The Titan of Fate

Although it sounds very fantastical, the world is just that strange. Under Armin's painstaking explanations, by making use of Eren's Titan power, there was hope of retaking the Trost District—and even of reclaiming Wall Maria in the future.

Armin's explanation was well-reasoned and convincing; even Squad Leader Rico was somewhat persuaded. And so, in the end, Captain Kitz chose to… fire!

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Commander Pixis arrived and stopped Kitz, who was abo...

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052 The Titan of Fate

Swish! Swish! Yago felt an inexplicable sense of irony. The garrison soldiers in front of him were holding blades meant to be aimed at Titans, dozens of muskets, even a heavy grenade cannon—everything was aimed at just one person, a powerless, unconscious Eren.

Eren seemed to be having a very long dream. In the dream, he was eaten by a Titan, enduring pain and despair inside the Titan's stomach.

"Eren, do you crave power?" A faint voice sounded beside his ear.

"Are you in ...

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051 The Titan of Fate

The pointy-eared Titan seemed to have exhausted all its strength. It collapsed onto the ground, allowing four or five Titans to gnaw at its body.

Armin looked toward the pointy-eared Titan with reluctance. After all, it had been his suggestion to lure this Titan over, and now, seeing its miserable state, Armin felt deeply uncomfortable.

Reiner, Bertholdt, and Annie also arrived behind Yago. Aside from Annie, who seemed somewhat distracted, Reiner and Bertholdt both wore extremely ...

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050 The Titan of Fate

"That is?" Yago looked at the figure before him, uncertain—a towering Titan, black-haired, teeth bared to the ears, pointed ears, and solid muscles.

Most importantly, this Titan was slaughtering other Titans, roaring as it smashed the heads of each one. Fifteen-meter Titans were like weaklings before it, and those under ten meters were dispatched with a single kick.

"This Titan? No, this is... a human like me?" Yago murmured with certainty. This Titan gave him an indescribably f...

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049 The Titan of Fate

Climbing over the tall tower ahead, Yago finally saw living people. The two trainee soldiers in front of him also stared at Yago in shock.

"Nac, Milieus? Why are you still here? Why didn't you retreat?" Yago asked.

The trainee named Nac stood up, looking at Yago with shock and helplessness.

"Yago? You're… you're okay? I thought Squad 34 was already—"

Yago frowned. "What? What happened to Squad 34? I went to carry out a special mission. How are Thomas and the others...

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048 The Titan of Fate

The dark, heavy sky and the drifting drizzle added a few more notes of despair to Trost District, this city that had been breached by Titans.

Crack! Yago crushed a roof tile underfoot and landed on the rooftop. The retreat bell rang in his ears, its dull toll seeming to represent humanity once again yielding to the Titans, humanity once again losing to the Titans.

Yago sighed helplessly, sheathed his blades, and turned to look toward Wall Rose. Was humanity really destined to cowe...

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047 The Titan of Fate

The closer he got to the front line, the more shaken Yago became. The smell of blood was everywhere. Everywhere his eyes fell, it was as if he could see the corpses of uniformed soldiers—most of them mangled beyond recognition.

Judging by the insignia on their uniforms, there were trainees bearing the crossed swords, and garrison soldiers stationed to defend Wall Rose. The sight weighed heavily on Yago's heart, and he grew even more worried about the safety of Eren, Annie, and the oth...

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046 The Titan of Fate

Yago stared fixedly at the abnormal Titan in front of him, both hands gripping the hilts with force.

Finally, the abnormal Titan moved first. With a sudden leap, it jumped more than ten meters high and pounced toward Yago.

Whoosh! Yago swiftly activated his Vertical Maneuvering Equipment. The steel cables pulled his body away in an instant, narrowly dodging the abnormal Titan's attack.

Bang! The abnormal Titan smashed heavily onto the rooftop where Yago had just been standin...

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045 The Titan of Fate

Appearing before everyone was a young girl wearing a long dress, looking about the same age as Yago. She had long dark-blond hair tied behind her head and a pretty face. Seeing everyone, the girl politely performed a bow, a perfectly standard noble's etiquette.

"Miss Lisa, it's a relief that you're safe. Since that's the case, we'll depart immediately!" Yomen let out a sigh of relief when he saw their objective for this mission. The longer they delayed, the more dangerous it would becom...

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044 The Titan of Fate

"Annie! You must protect yourself! You absolutely must protect yourself!" Yago ignored everyone else's stares, grabbed Annie's hand, and said with extreme seriousness.

But Annie's gaze was a little unnatural, evasive, as if she didn't dare meet Yago's eyes. Reiner and Bertholdt beside her were the same—especially Bertholdt; if you looked closely, you'd notice his shoulders trembling slightly.

"I know. You also have to protect yourself. Don't die at the hands of those Titans." An...

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043 The Titan of Fate

Yago and Ilse were walking across the plaza when Yago said,

"Time really flies. They're about to start recruiting the next batch of trainees already. Oh right, Ilse, did you remember that Titan model just now? The support rods underneath are about to break—remember to report it for repairs."

Ilse nodded. "Don't worry, I remember—"

Before he could finish, the two of them simultaneously felt a violent tremor. Yago seemed to sense something, steadied himself, and turned his...

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042 The Titan of Fate

Night fell. This night was destined to be a sleepless one for the 104th Training Corps recruits. Tomorrow night, the three major military branches would come here to recruit new soldiers, and former companions would go their separate ways.

...

At dawn the next day, Yago went to receive his assignment as usual. It wasn't as if graduating tonight meant there would be no more tasks—there was still work to do on the final day.

Yago's assignment was to go to the Garrison Regime...

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041 The Titan of Fate

Atop the tower of the Training Corps camp, Annie, Reiner, and Bertholdt gathered together. None of the three spoke first.

In the end, Reiner couldn't hold back and said,

"It's already been five years. Our gains are limited. Our homeland won't be satisfied with what we've achieved."

Annie leaned against the wall and said coldly,

"So? What plan do you have now? Don't count on me anymore. Last time we infiltrated Wall Sheena, I nearly lost my life."

Bertholdt lowere...

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222 Getting Killed Makes Me Stronger

Miroku had reached this point in her explanation, and Kairen was thinking to himself.

Are the three great sages monsters? They're that huge and can talk—if that's not a monster, what is? 

And are they really that kind-hearted? With power enough to overturn the world, they still obediently let their own descendants be used by humans.

So it turns out that in ancient times, the very first priestess signed a contract with their elders.

The high priestess continued r...

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221 Getting Killed Makes Me Stronger

Miroku held a little orange cat in her arms as they admired the moon together.

Tonight's moon was exceptionally large; even the spots on its surface could be seen clearly, like a flatbread with several scorched patches in the middle.

At first, Kairen was only licking Miroku's wrist, but before she realized it, he had started licking her chest.

Miroku felt a bit itchy, so she lifted Kairen up by the scruff of his neck and scolded him, "Don't get out of line!"

Kairen nod...

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416 Roger Pirates Apprentice

"Orin..."

Feeling that suffocatingly powerful Conqueror's Haki, Roger froze for a moment, even forgetting to worry about Shanks, who had been kicked away with a single blow.

Not just Roger—

Almost all the powerful figures who were still conscious were now staring at that figure with shocked expressions.

They remembered the evaluation the World Economy News Paper had given Orin during his youth.

A despair-inducing genius, a monster-like physique, an absolute pos...

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415 Roger Pirates Apprentice

Yonko!!!

Red-Haired Shanks!!

Seeing this figure, Teach didn't know why, but he suddenly let out a breath of relief, yet his face was still covered in cold sweat, and he forced a smile as he said,

"Zehahahaha... you're here?"

"This is really interesting. Former comrades from Roger's ship, and now you've reached the point of drawing weapons against each other. So who will come out on top in the end?"

"Will it be the one known as the strongest Conqueror's Haki user ...

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446 Adopted by the Second Hokage!

"Renya, where have you been these past two days?"

In the Hokage's office, Shimura Danzō frowned as he asked.

Why hadn't this guy returned with the main force?

He had been skeptical of Orochimaru's earlier explanation and now wanted to hear the explanation directly from someone's own mouth.

Renya felt a bit helpless. The moment he returned to the village, he had come straight to the office to report in.

Yet he was still being questioned by Danzō about his moveme...

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445 Adopted by the Second Hokage!

"Madara-sama, Renya-sama has invited the leader of the Rain Hidden Village, Salamander Hanzō..."

The White Zetsu responsible for monitoring Renya gave a detailed recounting of what had just happened.

Uchiha Madara's face wore its usual calm expression, giving no hint of joy or anger.

"What is that kid trying to do?"

He could not understand why Renya would have Salamander Hanzō capture the tailed beasts for him.

With Renya's strength, he had no need for anyone e...

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398 Learning Ninjutsu in a Glance

Shinju couldn't be bothered to waste words on a villain.

"Whoosh!"

In one swift motion, he slapped his palm straight onto Doto's forehead!

Very quickly, he obtained all of Doto's memories—and finally found the reason Doto had been able to successfully develop the chakra armor.

More than ten years ago, in order to give the frail Land of Snow the power to contend with the great nations, Doto began developing chakra armor. He failed countless times along the way, even h...

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397 Learning Ninjutsu in a Glance

After that, Shinju questioned Gekkō for information about the mysterious person.

As expected, the guy knew absolutely nothing.

Even the mysterious person in his memories was nothing more than a vague black silhouette.

"Strange… just who exactly is that person?"

Shinju sensed that the other party was a formidable enemy and muttered to himself.

...

Half a day later, the Byakuya Gang was escorted into the Konoha prison.

At the same time, the clone sta...

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496 Scourge of the Ninja World

If it were before, the Anbu might not have listened to Gekko Chizan.

But ever since he became the Anbu training officer, in the hearts of all Anbu, he was the most terrifying devil—after all, he would use One Thousand Years of Death at the drop of a hat. Way too terrifying.

Even Hatake Sakumo, the original inventor of One Thousand Years of Death back in the day, could never have imagined that the technique he created would actually become motivation for ninjas to improve themsel...

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495 Scourge of the Ninja World

Chōmei's firm voice answered Gekko Chizan's doubts.

"Not the Nine-Tails?"

"Right. The cave is filled with raging emotions right now. It looks like the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki, that little girl, has gone berserk."

Berserk???

To make Kushina lose control at this moment, there could only be one reason.

That is...

Her son was taken!

...

Inside the cave.

Uchiha Makito relied on the bizarre nature of his dōjutsu. Even when fac...

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118 Naruto Mobile Game

[A·Fourth Raikage] and [Killer Bee] had already gone live in the Ninja Mobile Game for several days.

Whether people wanted to or not, everyone had at least experienced them—either using them personally or watching opponents use them.

And as expected, these two ninja displayed terrifying dominance, instantly becoming absolute top-tier powerhouses of the current version.

People gave them a name—

The Super Armor Brothers!

So the one who got tortured wasn't just...

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117 Naruto Mobile Game

"Whew—thank goodness I managed to turn it around."

Ebisu watched as the duel arena countdown hit zero. Seeing that his HP bar was longer than his opponent's, he finally let out a breath of relief.

Just moments ago, at the very last second, he decisively unleashed his ultimate, forcing down his opponent's HP.

Even though he didn't manage to finish them off, at least he preserved this ninja. Sure, he was out of money now, but he could just get Chakra bars again next round. View Post

040 The Titan of Fate

Keith opened the roster of the 104th Training Corps. The detailed records of all 218 trainees were listed inside. On the first page of the roster were the top ten trainees of the 104th.

(A/N: The following character introductions—I thought about it for a bit and decided to write them anyway. Mainly to help everyone recall them again. It's absolutely not because I want to pad the word count! Definitely not! (?o?o?))

10th Place: Sasha Braus

A soldier born from a hunter's bac...

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039 The Titan of Fate

"Huh? That kind of thing really happens?" Yago and Thomas, along with Bertholdt, returned to the small alley where the trainee soldiers were resting and gathering. 

Reiner was off to the side trying to mediate. After asking around, Yago learned that Jean Kirstein was angry because his points for a Titan model had been snatched, but that area had originally been the responsibility of Sasha's squad anyway.

For a moment, Yago didn't know what to say. After a while, Jean Kirstein...

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038 The Titan of Fate

Early in the morning, the 218 graduating trainees of the 104th Training Corps stood neatly in formation, awaiting the instructor's orders. Instructor Keith's voice was as powerful and resounding as ever, even after three years of hearing it.

"Listen up, you stupid pigs! Today's Trost District simulated attack training is extremely important! Aren't some of you aiming to join the Military Police? Then show me everything you've got tomorrow! See the gap between you and real soldiers. Tomo...

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