The Island of Devils

Chapter 5

Eren, who had the full power of the Founding Titan, summoned Mikasa, Armin, Sasha, Connie, and Jean to the paths since they were all in different places.

"What happened to you, Eren?" Armin asked with horror after seeing Eren in this state.

"Don't worry, I was shot by the Mid-East forces." Eren said with a stoic tone.

"Can't you just heal yourself with your Titan power?" Sasha asked. "I mean, you could do that, right?"

"As much as I wanted to, I can't. Or else my cover would be blown." Eren said. "Mikasa and I were doing this undercover and if they found out I'm a Tian shifter, then we're doomed. So what did you find?"

Armin said, "It turned out that the Tyburs were actually the ones providing the Titan serum that turned Eldians into Titans and sent them to our island. They would not use their War Hammer Titan in conflicts with enemy nations and kept their high status in society. But it was also because of them that Eldians in Marley were treated less horribly compared to the other nations."

Jean said, "What about you guys?"

Eren frowned, "Not good. The other nations had been preparing weapons to counter the Titans. In this state, the Titans and the full Rumbling wouldn't be a problem to them. Now that the war was over, the officials in Marley were going to continue their operation of retaking the Founding Titan. The same thing that caused Commander Erwin, Marco, and the other's lives would happen again."

"Not to mention if that happened, the Tybur Family would also send out their War Hammer Titan, along with the other 4 Titans. Everything was the same as Eren's memories... Marley was going to gather all the nations in the world and declare war on us." Mikasa said.

"Damn it... was there no other way to prevent this?" Armin muttered with slight anger. Doing this meant that they were going to kill innocent people and children even though they were their enemies.

"We've been negotiating with almost every nation in the world." Jean muttered. "The only one who would cooperate was Hizuru, others refused to negotiate with us and wanted us dead."

"If we lose, we die. If we win, we live. The only way to move forward is to fight." Eren said. "We still needed to do the Liberio battle. If we wanted to win this, we would need to evacuate the innocents and target the army instead of the crowd."

"As much as I hated doing it, but this seemed to be the only way..." Sasha said with a frown.

"Good, we'll send you guys back to where you were." Eren said as they were all out of the paths. Eren was sitting at the bench of the hospital, and he was surprised to find Falco there. He waved his hand toward Falco.

"Um, it looks like you're recovering pretty well. Mr. Kruger." Falco said.

"I guess." Eren answered. "People come here to get treated for PTSD, but I'm faking it."

"Huh?" Falco was confused, and Eren said, "I've been acting like the wound was serious but really...I just don't want to go home. I don't think I can face my family anymore. You gonna tell the doctors?"

Falco looked down. "No, I wouldn't do that."

The man looked at him. "You're hurt. Did that happen in warrior training?"

"Yes. But I don't think I'll make the cut." Falco muttered. "I mean... Gabi was good at everything."

"That's a good thing." The man looked away from him.

"Huh?" Falco looked at him.

"You're a good person. I'm glad you'll be able to live a full life."

Falco looked down again. "But I don't want Gabi to become a warrior."