Attack on Titan: A Blacksmith's Tale

Chapter 66: A Sharpened Tool

In roughly fifteen minutes, the Scouts had reclaimed their outpost. Any surviving MPs were bound and watched over by Hanji's squad, though the Interior Troops were separated for a private interrogation. The feat that was most impressive was the fact that the Scouts pulled this off without losing a single life. They even managed to capture the leader of these soldiers before he could kill himself. It was the best victory they ever had, and it brought a smile to Hanji's face.

As for Levi, he decided to have a chat with the only Interior MP that wasn't unconscious or dead. Mikasa was keeping watch in case backup was required, though it seemed like the captain had everything under control.

"Where are you keeping Eren and Historia?" Levi demanded.

The captured soldier glowered at him, saying, "Go fuck a Titan."

Levi responded by shoving his boot into the man's mouth. "Not my type." The MP gagged on his foot and the blood that was filling up, but Levi wouldn't budge. "You want to give out dating advice? Don't do it on my time." After a few seconds of watching him suffer, he finally yanked his foot out, allowing the MP to cough out blood and some of his teeth. "Let's try this again: where are Eren and Historia?"

Gasping for breath, the MP spoke in a hoarse tone. "It doesn't matter. You're all going to die, and your commander will hang for all the-"

Once again, Levi interrupted him, though he used a different tactic this time. He hoisted the soldier to his feet and slammed him against a tree, locking his arm behind his back. "Clearly, you're too much of an idiot to comprehend my question. Your squad kidnapped Eren Yeager and Historia Reiss. You're going to tell me where they are before I started breaking every bone in your body."

"I don't know!" The MP screamed as he felt his arm getting yanked in the wrong direction. "I swear to God, I don't know! Captain Ackerman doesn't tell us a damn thing! It's the only way to keep us from spilling our guts to assholes like you!"

Mikasa immediately stiffened upon hearing that name, her eyes widening in shock. "What did you say?" she asked.

Levi threw her a look of warning to silence her before returning to the interrogation. "Is that Kenny's last name? Ackerman?" When he didn't get an answer, he dislocated his thumb with a sharp tug. "Talk!"

"Yes! Yes!" the MP shouted as pained tears streamed down his face. "What does it matter to you bastards anyway!?"

"I'll let you wonder." Levi grabbed his head and bashed it hard against the tree, allowing him to slump to the ground. Whether he was unconscious or dead, he didn't care. At least he figured something he had been wondering for a long time.

The moment his eyes drifted to Mikasa, her eyes glistened with fear. Was she horrified at the thought of a psychopath sharing her last name, or that he would start questioning her the same way he did to the MP? "Captain, I swear I don't know anything about-!"

"Calm down, Mikasa," Levi interrupted simply, raising his hand. "I'm not going to start breaking your legs because we share the same last name as a psychopath."

Her face flushed with embarrassment... and then she realized what he just said. '"We!?"'

He nodded. "Kenny once told me that we were related somehow, but he didn't bother to tell what our last names were. In retrospect, I guess it was obvious you and I share that name."

Once Mikasa found her voice again, it came out in a stutter. "W-What?" If there were more life-altering revelations, her head would probably explode.

"Top of your class, mastered every subject perfectly, unnatural strength. You were an anomaly in the 104th just like I am an anomaly among the Scouts."