"Ahem, hello everyone. My name is White Fish, and I come from the Shiganshina District. I am ten years old. I like sleeping, and I was forcibly abducted by a pervert to come here. Please take care of me."
The members of the Survey Corps gathered below couldn't help but be left speechless by his words. Looking at his appearance and the age he introduced himself as, many of them frowned, muttering to themselves in their hearts.
"A child this young has been sent to the Survey Corps..."
Standing next to Erwin was a man less than 1.65 meters tall with black hair and a pair of dead-fish eyes that emitted a slightly resentful pressure.
He looked up at White Fish and couldn't help but speak to Erwin beside him with some doubt.
"Hey, Erwin, what are you thinking? This brat is only ten years old, right?"
But Erwin remained unmoved, merely stating with certainty,
"In the future, he will also be a vital pillar of combat power for the Survey Corps."
Hearing him say this, the man with the dead-fish eyes said nothing more, only staring intently at White Fish as he introduced himself on the stage.
...
On the stage, White Fish looked down and saw many familiar faces. They were all characters he knew from his previous life, though their real-life appearances differed from the 2D versions he knew.
Most of the people here would die in the future. This world was just like that...
Once the self-introduction was over, Erwin spoke a few more words on stage before dismissing everyone to go about their respective duties.
White Fish let out a small yawn. The sunlight was nice right now, perfect for sleeping, but a figure suddenly blocked his path.
Looking at the person in front of him—who was taller than him, but only relatively so—the iconic height and dead-fish eyes immediately made White Fish realize the person's identity.
Humanity's peak combat power, Levi Ackerman.
Oh, that's right. He seemed to have joined the Survey Corps in 844, meaning he had been with them for about a year and a half.
Furthermore, he could take on an Intelligent Titan single-handedly, and in the later stages, he would completely overwhelm them like cutting through melons and vegetables. In short, he wasn't human.
What kind of 'Attack on Midget' is this...
White Fish complained slightly in his heart.
But right now, White Fish only wanted to go to sleep early. Rubbing his eyes, he tried to walk around him, but before he could take two steps, the other person couldn't help but speak.
"Hey, brat."
White Fish turned his head slightly. He hadn't slept much all day, and his routine was being disturbed.
His current body was gradually becoming accustomed to the habit of sleeping every day.
"Levi, do you want me to tell you a joke?"
"You know my name?"
But White Fish's response was somewhat evasive.
"If I tell this joke, you can't stop me from sleeping anymore, okay?"
The confrontation between the two attracted the nearby Survey Corps Soldiers who hadn't left yet. A short-haired woman watched from the front with some curiosity.
Levi was gradually becoming impatient with White Fish. Even though he was just a ten-year-old brat, he had a rather punchable attitude.
"What do you want to say?"
The corners of White Fish's mouth gradually curled into a smile of a successful trick.
"A long time ago, a group of titans lived in the world. They were originally very free, but one day, a person appeared and kept killing those titans. Later, to fend off that person, the titans built a 1.7-meter wall..."
As soon as he finished speaking, White Fish bolted. Taking advantage of his small size, he slipped through the surrounding crowd, grabbed Xiate, and sprinted away.
"Haha, funny, right!"
However, the people left behind didn't find it funny at all. The temperature of the surrounding air seemed to drop as a chill set in. Levi lowered his head, his eyes hidden from view.
A female soldier with shoulder-length brown hair stepped forward and cautiously reached out toward him.
"Sq-Squad Leader, are you... are you okay?"
At that moment, Levi slightly raised his head. In an instant, killing intent flooded out, his eyes filled with such sharp intensity that the female Survey Corps Soldier was startled into backing up several steps, nearly falling to the ground.
"I'm going to kill that brat!"
The terrifying words were squeezed out one by one through his gritted teeth. Everyone felt a chill down their spines and immediately fled, fearing they would be caught in the crossfire. The large field was suddenly left with only Levi alone.
...
Meanwhile, White Fish had led Xiate to a distant hillside, where he sat on the grass, leaning against a tree trunk.
He had teased Levi. In his previous life, White Fish had always wanted to know what would happen if he told that internet joke to the Squad Leader's face. He looked quite angry.
Well, he should cool off in a few days. He wouldn't actually attack a ten-year-old child... probably...
Thinking this, he finally couldn't hold back another yawn and lay down in Xiate's lap.
"Xiao Xi, I'm going to sleep for a bit. I haven't slept all day."
Well, for one whole morning.
White Fish slowly closed his eyes.
His consciousness sank into the System Training Ground.
The map had expanded recently, and the terrain data for this part of Wall Rose had been loaded into the training ground.
White Fish sat on the wall. The Omni-Directional Mobility Gear on his body was somewhat different from the standard gear in the corps; it not only had Exoskeleton assistance but also some fine-tuned control devices for support.
The Long Blades in his hands hadn't changed much; White Fish had only added some functions and optimizations to the basics.
The daily panel appeared before him.
"[Daily Tasks:
1. Please eat breakfast on time.
Reward: Four hours of training ground time.
Completed.
2. Eat lunch on time.
Reward: Four hours of training ground time.
Completed.
3. Sleep for a full hour during the lunch break.
Reward: One random book.
Completed.
4. Eat dinner on time.
Reward: Four hours of training ground time.
5. Go to sleep on time.
Reward: One random book.
6. Sleep for 15 hours in a day.
Reward: Random.
Long-term Tasks:
1. Kill Titans. (5/99999)
Reward: One hour of training time]"
The 'Kill Titans' here referred to tasks in reality, a long-term task that appeared when Wall Maria was destroyed by titans earlier.
He casually closed the system panel.
He hung the Long Blades back in their scabbards, put on his earphones, and listened to soft music. He leaped down from the wall, the whistling wind accompanying the music in his ears.
With a seemingly casual look in his eyes, he watched the titans and slashed down with his blades in a reverse grip...