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CHAPTER 60

REMAINS OF THE FIRE

{PAGE 1}

[Levi and his squad successfully infiltrated the Central MP’s base…]

{PAGE 2}

Levi: Everyone is fine…but those two really aren’t here.

We must leave immediately.

{PAGE 3}

Levi: Your mustache seems quite well-kept.

Where are Eren and Christa?

MP Leader: Hu…have you killed all my subordinates? Hu…

{PAGE 4}

Levi: …It’s a shame. Your underlings won’t be rescuing you.

But killing too many people would be a nuisance for us, too. So we just made sure that they wouldn’t be able to move around for now.

{PAGE 5}

N/A

{PAGE 6}

Levi: This way, the Central MP will be useless for now.

MP Leader: Haha…you really are clever and brave.

But you only defeated the shittiest soldiers…and you already consider yourselves heroes.

Let me enlighten you, in that mansion over there…are many servants who had no idea what was going on. You all must have killed them without prejudice.

{PAGE 7}

Levi: Oh? Is that so…? I guess we should feel disturbed, then.

MP Leader: Mmph!

Levi: Even I pity them. In fact, the part I feel the guiltiest about…is your mouth.

I suggest that you tell us a bit more while you can still speak.

MP Leader: Mm—-Mm—-

Levi: Where are Eren and Christa?

{PAGE 8}

MP Leader: Gah—ahh—cough cough—cough cough—cough cough—

It’s useless.

There’s no point in torturing me…no matter how much…you struggle…cough cough…what you Survey Corps…can still accomplish now…

IS ONLY STAYING WITHIN THESE WALLS LIKE FECES-INFESTED, HEADLESS FLIES FLYING ABOUT IN HIDING, TRYING TO SURVIVE ONE MORE DAY!

{PAGE 9}

MP Leader: And you will watch your comrades go to hell! As long as you don’t turn yourselves in, the Survey Corps members currently jailed will be executed one-by-one—!

But as long as you repent for your foul deeds, perhaps the civilians will actually think that your lot died honorably!!

I’m guessing that when we carry out your sentences, we will start with the highest-ranked officer, Erwin Smith.

{PAGE 10}

MP Leader: However…if you’re willing to confess to all your crimes. And do it out of your own volition…

Then perhaps the lives of your comrades can be spared.

{PAGE 11}

MP Leader: Do you understand me, Levi…

The only thing left for you to do now…is surrender.

Right now, you can exchange your own life…to save the others.

{PAGE 12}

MP Leader:I can put in a good word or two for you. Then you can save everyone successfully.

Levi: I appreciate the offer. As long as you tell me where Eren and Historia are…

MP Leader: ……

…is that so…

You would selfishly stand there and watch your fellow men die? What …trivial camaradrie you have.

Levi: Perhaps.

In the Survey Corps, we rank the value of each soldier’s life.

{PAGE 13}

Levi: Those who are fully aware of this fact yet still band together…that’s us, the Survey Corps.

MP Leader: Mmph!!

Levi: Plus, for the monarchy this is the perfect opportunity to eliminate us in one swoop. So I imagine they wouldn’t spare anybody just because some of us confessed…

MP Leader: Mmph—

Levi: This arm will serve as punishment for your shittalk just now and your refusal to answer my questions.

MP Leader: AHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Levi: So damn loud. Now tell me where Eren and Historia are.

{PAGE 14}

MP Leader: I—-I DON’T KNOW!!

THEY REALLY DIDN’T TELL ME ANYTHING!!

THAT KENNY ACKERMAN KEPT EVERYTHING SO DISCREET!

Levi: Ackerman…?

Mikasa: !

Levi: Is that…Kenny’s surname?

MP Leader: I…I guess so…?

Mikasa: ……

Levi: But I guess…he wouldn’t tell you something like that. Especially something this important…

(T/N: In the Japanese-to-English done on 4chan, this part was translated to “Indeed. He always leave out the important stuff.” In context, this “important stuff” is referring to Eren and Historia’s location, not the Ackerman name.)

Levi: But you should have a vague idea at least, right? Do you need me to help loosen your mind a bit?

MP Leader: Mmph…stop…!!

Levi: You still have plenty of bones intact.

MP Leader: You are…a madman.

Levi: …perhaps I am.

{PAGE 15}

Sasha: Someone is coming from that direction!!

MP Leader: Mmph…!!

Sasha: And they are not alone!

MP Leader: Didn’t I tell you, Captain…?

Whatever you try to do…will be meaningless.

{PAGE 16}

MP Leader: You should tally up all your deeds.

Today’s the end of the Survey Corps.

{PAGE 17}

[One Day Ago; Stohess Belk News Agency]

Beaure: Chief…the Central MP have become the main characters in this novel, no?

Roy: Indeed…they made up some pretty spectacular stories.

From their side, all the Central MP who perished sacrificed themselves to protect the citizens from being attacked by the wanted Survey Corps members.

Beaure: …when did our agency start spreading propaganda for the monarchy?

Roy: We always have…ever since I started here, the monarchy have planted their spies at every single press outlet.

…don’t ever be silly enough to think that the papers are always reporting the truth.

{PAGE 18}

Beaure: This won’t do…

Even before I started this line of work, I was a reader who trusted the news…

Roy: Then you’ll have to make an effort to get used to it.

Beaure: Chief, why did you become a journalist?

You must’ve had your own fervent days of wanting to unveil all the mysteries of this world.

Roy: Beaure. We cannot survive on our own terms here.

I also had hopes of changing society. Yet…after I made friends…gained a wife and a daughter…I felt that my dreams became worthless.

After I put on this mask, many important parts within me died…

But…I gained the ability to protect what I cherished.

How about it…I’m useless, right?

But this is the reality I chose…

Hey, Beaure.

{PAGE 19}

Hanji: Sorry to bother. I’m Squad Leader Hanji Zoe of the Survey Corps. I’m one of the members wanted by the law.

Looks like my subordinates were killed by the mighty Central MP when they attempted to attack civilians…

So these were all made-up stories, after all.

My men not only perished, but also had their names shamed.

{PAGE 20}

Hanji: I’m really tempted to squeeze your hands to the point where they cannot even hold a pen anymore.

But it looks like you also have your own unspeakable troubles to deal with. So I’ll let you go today.

Roy: Regarding your men’s deaths…I express regret.

I know that the Survey Corps has been wrongfully accused of many crimes…

{PAGE 21}

Roy: …but…

Hanji: You obeyed the monarchy so you could protect your friends and family. It is difficult to refuse any orders from them…

If I were in your shoes, I would also follow their every single command. So I don’t think your actions were wrong…

…however.

Beaure: Mmph!?

Moblit: Excuse us.

Roy: Hold on! Please don’t use force!

Beaure: It hurts…

Hanji: Moblit…you overreacted a bit, no?

He was only taking some notes.

Isn’t this perfect?

{PAGE 22}

Hanji: Chief Roy. Even if you continue to follow the monarchy, you won’t be able to…protect your loved ones.

Roy: What do you…mean?

Hanji: Follow us for an investigative report. Just for a day.

{PAGE 23}

[Trost]

Flegel: Huu…huu…Huu…

MP Soldier: What an idiot…

You’re actually stupid enough to run into this dump.

{PAGE 24}

MP Soldier: Thanks a lot, Flegel Reeves. Where were you hiding before?

Flegel: Huu…damn…huu…

MP Soldier: But…how do I put this…I’m still very thankful to you…

When we saw that you had escaped…

I thought I was dead meat.

Wahhhhhh—-ahhhh—–

{PAGE 25}

MP Soldier: Woo…I thought I was gonna get killed…

Hehe…so…Flegel…

Thanks a lot.

Flegel: !! Ah…!?

……?

……Ah!?

I….I HAVE A QUESTION!!

WHY WAS MY FATHER KILLED!?

DID THE CENTRAL MILITARY POLICE DO IT?

{PAGE 26}

MP Soldier: Huh?

What’s the point of asking now? We just need to borrow your corpse…

Flegel: I…I just want to understand before I die! What did my father do to deserve such an unsettling death?

PLEASE! TELL ME!!

MP Soldier: Hm? You don’t know?

It’s because he betrayed us to help the Survey Corps.

Flegel: Father betrayed you!? Did the Central MP ask my father to arrest the Survey Corps members?

MP Soldier: Yah…

Looks like your old man really didn’t tell his useless son anything…

{PAGE 27}

Flegel: ……!!

And…if my father had refused your request in the first place…?

MP Soldier: In that case…since he already knew things he shouldn’t have known…if he dared to refuse, he would’ve been killed. If he screwed up along the way, same deal.

So this is where we’re at now…seriously, hiring someone seemed easier on us, but you were so incompetent, and we ended up wasting even more time.

Looks like stupidity can be passed down, too.

If Reeves had taken his family up north, he would’ve never ended up this way. Who knew him and his men wanted to die alongside all the people in this town.

{PAGE 28}

Flegel: You bastard…

How would you understand…

MP Soldier: What’d you say?

Flegel: You speak like you know everything…my father taught me a lont time ago: for businessmen, we must be able to read someone. So I made my own choice - I chose to have faith in the people my father believed in.

{PAGE 29}

MP Soldier: WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH YOU, FLEGEL!?

YOU’RE AT DEATH’S DOOR. YOU SHOULD TRY SQUEALING LIKE A PIG THAT’S ABOUT TO BE SLAUGHTERED!

Flegel: I’M FINISHED WITH YOU! LOOK UP, IDIOTS!

{PAGE 30}

N/A

{PAGE 31}

MP Soldier: !?

{PAGE 32}

MP Soldier: Wuuahhh—

{PAGE 33}

N/A

{PAGE 34}

Hanji: It–IT HUUUUUUURTS!

Moblit: Squad leader! Your two swings were too wild!

Hanji: We did it!

Did everyone hear that?

MP Soldier: What…!?

Survey…Corps…

Wh…why?

{PAGE 35}

Citizen: You think this place is a dump?

We’re so sorry that those of us here in Trost district are living in such desolate places.

{PAGE 36}

Citizen: We heard it all.

The Central MP murdered the CEO.

The Survey Corps has been protecting the Reeves Company.

And…

CEO Reeves sacrificed himself for the sake of this city…and our livelihoods.

Everyone present…will bear witness to that.

{PAGE 37}

MP Soldier: ……

So….SO WHAT?

Even if you weaklings gather here and gossip away, the news will only spread around town for three days at most!! Only the official statements from the monarchy are accepted as truth! Do you all think that you’ll still live on peacefully after what you did to us?

No matter how many of you live in these run-down places, no one would even care if you died!! The game is over!

MMPH!!

{PAGE 38}

Flegel: Everyone…don’t worry.

The Reeves Company will protect this place. Starting today, I, Flegel Reeves, is now the CEO!

So…everyone…please take care of me.

{PAGE 39}

Citizens: We’ll take care of you!

Just speak up a little bit!

{PAGE 40}

Hanji: Congratulations to the newly-appointed CEO.

I’ll leave the MP side to you.

Flegel: Alright.

Hanji: How about that?

Just like those guys said…the news won’t spread far this way.

{PAGE 41}

Hanji: Only you can inform everyone of the truth.

Beaure: Let’s report this, Chief Roy!

Use our own two hands to expose the crimes of the Central MP to all!

And clear the Survey Corps’ name!



{PAGE 42}

Roy: We cannot…

Beaure: Chief!! Are you really going to let them twist the truth like this??

Roy: Of course not!!

But even if you have the guts to try…everyone at the agency will be killed!

Our families won’t stand a chance, either!

This is the truth!

There were miners who dug tunnels underneath the walls who disappeared without a trace!

Even all my colleagues who attempted to report on it vanished!

THIS IS THE TRUTH WITHIN THE WALLS!

{PAGE 43}

Roy: The King permits us to live on here…do you understand? Hanji…

Are you threatening me to report a story that betrays my own agency?

Do you really have the right to sentence my family to death?

{PAGE 44}

King: Erwin.

{PAGE 45}

King: Before you die.

Any last words?

[Is the struggle of Levi and Hanji truly futile against the “King??”]

[Find out in the October issue of Bessatsu Shonen to be released in September]

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