Chen Si's speech while floating in the air like a thunder god quickly caused another huge sensation inside the Walls.
Many soldiers became fanatical followers of Chen Si, and some even established a group called the Church of Thunder.
Church of the Walls – Chapel
Father Nick listened to the report from a church servant, his face pale.
"This is blasphemy against God! Instead of believing in the divine, they believe in monsters and demons. God will surely punish us!" Father Nick cried out sorrowfully, his body trembling.
Terrified, Father Nick rushed out of the church and hurried toward the front lines of Wall Rose, hoping to spread the church's doctrine and regain followers.
Meanwhile, the military was immediately reorganized into wartime status.
Units were dismissed and redeployed, each heading toward their assigned positions at the front line.
"How on earth did you manage to float in the air like that?" Jean asked in shock while running alongside Chen Si.
"Mortals should not question the acts of a god," Chen Si said with a serious expression, raising a finger.
"Hmph. Even gods still have to take a dump," Jean muttered dismissively.
Chen Si's face instantly darkened, unable to come up with a reply.
"Can you eat a god's poop?" Sasha suddenly asked thoughtfully, tilting her chin upward.
"Hey! Sasha! What are you doing?! Why are you staring at my butt?!" Chen Si shouted in horror.
"Just kidding!" Sasha laughed, scratching her head.
"You guys are doing this on purpose, aren't you?" Chen Si said.
Seeing that everyone was still joking with him and hadn't distanced themselves because of his extraordinary display, Chen Si felt relieved.
"Hahahahaha!"
Everyone burst out laughing, and the oppressive tension before battle was swept away.
The operation plan was soon finalized.
The main force would stay on top of the wall, using artillery fire to attract Titans.
Eren would carry out the mission of sealing the breach in the gate.
An elite task force would protect Eren at all costs while he transported the boulder.
Because of his overwhelming combat strength, Chen Si applied to Pixis for independent action. He would not belong to any squad.
No one objected.
Mikasa joined the protection task force.
Historia joined the main force responsible for drawing the Titans' attention.
Since the main force's task was relatively safe and didn't involve direct combat, Chen Si felt much more reassured about Historia's safety.
The reason Chen Si chose to operate alone was simple:
He wanted to find an opportunity to kill Sawano Kawa.
But before that, in order to prevent heavy casualties among the troops, Chen Si decided to thin out the Titans outside the wall first.
"Mikasa, protect yourself. If anything dangerous happens, retreat immediately and wait for me to get there. Understood?" Chen Si said seriously.
At first, Mikasa had been slightly unhappy seeing Chen Si pay attention to Historia's assignment. But hearing his concern for her made her mood improve.
"Big brother, you be careful too," Mikasa said, nodding.
Chen Si nodded back.
Then the two of them flew off in different directions using their ODM gear.
Chen Si landed on top of a tower and looked into the distance.
Artillery fire thundered constantly, drawing large groups of Titans toward the wall.
Chen Si activated his ODM gear and sped toward another dense cluster of Titans.
He didn't use any electrical power.
Pressing the gas trigger and gripping his blades in reverse, he spun at high speed through the air, slicing through Titan after Titan.
Their napes were chopped into pieces of flesh as he passed.
After killing six Titans, Chen Si plunged directly into the center of a Titan group.
There were twelve Titans there.
Chen Si sensed Titans lunging at him from every direction.
Above him, three abnormal Titans suddenly leapt down from rooftops.
"Danger! Damn it!" Mitabi shouted.
Seeing Chen Si surrounded by twelve Titans, he gritted his teeth and increased the gas output of his ODM gear, rushing forward to help.
"He's too arrogant… damn it!" Rico, watching from a distance, was equally anxious.
Humanity's strongest combatant might fall right at the start of the battle.
But several Titans were currently approaching Eren's location, and she couldn't leave her post.
Meanwhile, Eren was flying through the air with his ODM gear.
From above, he saw Chen Si's dangerous situation and became extremely anxious. He landed on a rooftop.
Eren bit fiercely into the base of his thumb, nearly tearing his hand apart—but he still couldn't transform into a Titan.
So unreliable…
Is this really humanity's fate?
Watching Eren fail to transform, Rico felt overwhelming despair.
A trace of disappointment flashed in her eyes.
Since Chen Si had stopped Kitz from firing the cannon earlier, Eren had never transformed into a Titan on his own before. Now he lacked experience.
"Eren! You can do it!" Armin shouted desperately from the wall.
"AAAAAHHH!"
Eren's eyes turned bloodshot.
Half of his palm had already been bitten apart.
He looked down from the rooftop…
And jumped.
Rico had just killed two Titans easily.
When she saw Eren jump, rage surged through her.
"How can humanity's fate be entrusted to people like you?!"
"BOOM!"
"Twelvefold Strike!"
Two voices rang out at the exact same moment.
Two bolts of lightning shot toward the sky simultaneously—
One blue.
One gold.