[Attack on Titan] Amnesia Syndrome

Chapter 9 The Betrayal

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pat, pat.

The crisp sound of heels hitting the ground came from far away, and Armin, who was curled up on the bed, moved and slowly opened his eyes.

The candlestick on the wall gave off a dim light, Levi stepped out of the darkness, his light brown uniform was slightly opened, revealing the snow-white shirt and the same color scarf.

He walked to the cell, took out the key to unlock it, and closed the cell door behind his back.

After this series of movements, the whole process was done in a calm and unhurried manner, but the slight deterrence revealed in the gestures made people feel flustered.

As if shocked by the momentum, Armin couldn't help straightening his back, "Soldier, soldier..."

"..." Levi didn't speak, just stopped from the bed and watched him quietly.

There was no emotion in those indifferent eyes, as calm as a deep pool.

Stared at by that gaze for a long time, Armin couldn't help but feel a little restless, and wanted to speak to break the strange silence, but he didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, Levi doesn't intend to stay silent for a long time.

"Almin Arnold." He said, his voice was as low and hoarse as ever, and his tone was light, "Why are you locked up here."

"Huh? This, this..."

"Erwin said you have something to do with Hanji's disappearance?" Levi didn't like to beat around the bush, but this straight-forward question surprised Almin who had been at a loss all night, "...Han, Hanji's squad leader, she ……disappeared?!"

"You do not know?"

"..." Well, this, this is what I said.

——Why does he have to know? !

Armin clutched the quilt, weakly defended, "I, I don't know what happened to the squad leader."

He is actually very innocent.

Inexplicably, when he woke up, he was locked in a dungeon, his limbs were bound, and he was constantly interrogated by this or that.

Obviously he...doesn't know anything...

"..." I don't know what happened?

Levi frowned bit by bit, obviously, Armin's answer didn't satisfy him.

Seeing his expression at the moment, Armin swallowed, and somehow remembered the kick he got on the training ground last time.

——Captain Levi's combat power is not covered!

Last time, he just walked away and was kicked away, and now the captain's expression is so ugly, if he really wants to be ruthless...

——He really couldn't guarantee that he would be as alive and kicking as Allen after being beaten.

"I really don't know, or I don't want to say." He snorted coldly.

Armin opened his mouth, but Levi didn't want to get his answer at all, he just said to himself: "Forget it, just do it until you say it."

"Ah, ah—?"

He, he, what did he just hear? !

Without giving Armin time to react, Levi bent one knee and knelt beside him. The sudden approach of his body made the latter shrink back subconsciously, but within a few strokes, he was blocked by the hard and cold wall , Levi tore off the scarf, and leaned forward.

"Bing, Bingbing, Bingchang?!"

The clear and clear blue pupils were full of panic, but mixed with the soft halo of candlelight, Levi leaned over and could already smell the faint smell of cleaning agent from the opponent's body in his breath, Immediately after the warm breath brushed against his face, he subconsciously closed his eyes, but he could feel something warm and soft covering his eyelids.

"Little devil, I still say the same thing," Levi's tone was light, but vaguely meaningful, "Begging for mercy is useless to me."

"Ugh?"

Before he could react, slender and strong fingers grabbed his collar.

Armin was startled, "Wait, Captain... Wow!"

Before he could finish his words, the clothes were already killed, and the buttons happily broke free from the shackles of the thread, scattered on the bed, or bounced and fell to the ground.

"Don't..." He stretched out his hands to push back, but the heavy iron chains tightly cuffed his wrists, and the crisp clanging sound could not be heard, "Soldier, soldier... please, please don't do this!"

"Hanji's matter is related to you?" Unlike Armin's panic, Levi still looked calm and indifferent, with his eyes slightly lowered, focusing on how to tear the clothes with less effort.

The white body tied to the bed still had traces of yesterday's joy, the trousers were roughly torn off, and the hard and cold buckle scraped across the front to be soft and soft, and the piercing pain brought out made him flinch.

"No, no..." Armin moved to the side with difficulty, and Armin tried hard to avoid Levi's hand, but he was forced to pull back just half an inch away, so his voice became louder in fright, " I, I don't know, I don't know what happened..."

"Then convince me."

what?

The movements of Levi's men stopped, maintaining the posture of pressing on Armin.

"Armin, haven't you always had a good brain?"

"..."

The indifferent eyes close at hand were still as calm as usual, he just stared straight at Armin, his voice didn't fluctuate at all, "If you were wronged, please show me evidence to convince me."

"Where did you go after you separated from Han Ji?"

"...a dormitory, a dormitory."

"Then?"

"Stay in the dormitory all the time."

……

The question-and-answer mode quickly put Almin into the mood, and his mind, which had been in a daze for most of the night, finally began to function normally. "Captain Han Ji once said that he would come to me the next day, but..."

"She didn't come."

"Yeah." Armin nodded her head, "I thought the team leader was busy, so I didn't bother her."

"..." That guy Han Ji will indeed be invisible for several days because of some inexplicable experiments.

The reason why Erwin and the others did not discover the seriousness of the matter in time was because the other party took advantage of this loophole.

but……

——There is no other possibility to get people away from within the Survey Corps, except for the inner ghosts.

"What have you been doing these days?"

"...Training, reading, resting."

"period."

"Well, train during the day, and read and rest in the dormitory at night."

"..." Sure enough, this brat was indeed avoiding him.

Levi narrowed his eyes.

His brows and eyes were already extremely sharp, but now that he slightly twisted them, the temperature around him immediately dropped countless.

——The schedule of work and rest is exactly the same as usual, but it makes him unable to find anyone every time.

——This brat...

"……Well."

Did he say something wrong...

With Levi's gaze that could almost freeze people to death, Armin was uneasy.

The captain's eyes are also too scary...

"..." If it's not the right time to delve into it, Levi really wants to 'teach' this damn brat a lesson!

"So, you insist that Han Ji's disappearance has nothing to do with you?"

"Hmm....Yes, yes."

"..." Levi got up and finally left his side.The feeling of suffocation that seemed to hold the heart tightly subsided, and Armin breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, Levi, who got a definite reply, didn't stop, and went to the head's office after leaving the dungeon.

Erwin was working at that time, and there were piles of documents on the desk, and it seemed that it was another sleepless night.Opposite him, a cup of black tea curled up with white mist, which was obviously prepared for Levi.

— as if he knew he would come over at this very moment.

Levi just pretended not to see it, and asked straightforwardly, "Armin is lying?"

What he said was nonsensical. If an ordinary person heard it, he would be confused, but how could Erwin be an ordinary person?

The tip of the pen paused slightly, and immediately signed his name very smoothly. Erwin looked up at him, smiled and shook his head, "No."

"But you still doubt him."

"Yes."

"..."

Levi was silent, his eyes fixed on him.

The latter looked back calmly.

For a moment, the surroundings were so quiet that it seemed that even time had stopped turning.

It took a long time before Levi spoke, his voice was slightly low and hoarse, "When did you become a person who only acts on intuition."

The irony of these words was extremely strong, and it was obvious that Erwin's decision to imprison Almin was taken too lightly, but the person concerned smiled indifferently, "I thought you would believe him."

"Erwin, the accuracy of your intuition is really unflattering." He said with a blank expression, "I'm curious how your self-confidence swelled up."

Erwin laughed.

"There must be other clues," Levi raised his legs and hooked the chair to him. Levi sat down with one hand on the back of the chair, raised the corners of his eyes slightly, and stared straight at the blond man behind the desk. "About the real reason for Hanji's disappearance." .”

Ah.

"Levi," Erwin crossed his hands, resting loosely on his chin, the corners of his lips slightly raised, "If, Arnold betrayed us..."

"I will kill him with my own hands."