Chapter 2514: Brother’s Trick
Familiar high walls, familiar buildings, familiar numb expressions.
When Duran returned home, he heard Denise say that Mikasa had found a world similar to her hometown and went back to visit her relatives. Duran returned to this world of giants again to care for his daughter.
The world is still the same, but the last time he came to this country protected by high walls, Duran set off a frenzy in the tavern, set off a storm, created news and tanks, and made them accept the free thoughts that broke through the walls.
However, the world in front of him is still the same, with high walls and numb people. People living in the high walls have long forgotten the fear of being dominated by giants.
"Now I should find where my daughter is." Duran thought that his daughter would not turn into light again. It was Ultraman who saved mankind in the last world, but I am afraid that Ultraman will not appear this time.
This is the Eldia Empire, a country inside the wall. They live under the protection of three walls. The giants outside the wall want to come in, and the residents inside the wall do not want to go out.
All citizens believe that the world outside the wall has been occupied by giants, and only the world inside the wall is safe. They know little about the world and history. Because the Eldian Empire does not teach people to know the world and history at all, every citizen lives numbly, like a walking corpse.
"This is wrong." Duran said, because it is impossible for a full person not to commit suicide and have wild thoughts. But there is no spark of thought in the wall, and only the Survey Corps has a little spirit of committing suicide and will sacrifice their lives for an unattainable goal.
But apart from that, the country seems to have fallen into stagnation, but the whole society is indescribably stable, not normal at all.
There are rules for national development, but it is inevitable that there are one or two maverick countries. Eldia is a special existence. They are closed in the wall and enjoy a thousand years of peace without any waves. The citizens in the wall are not like living humans, but more like puppets.
Stable and repressed, this is also the two sides of the thousand years of peace.
Coming to this country again, Duran had a new understanding: "Mikasa, you are here." Duran easily found his daughter, who was hiding in the corner and peeking at another self.
When Mikasa was still a child, she was abducted by human traffickers. It was the protagonist Allen who assassinated the traffickers and rescued Mikasa. After that, Mikasa was adopted by a kind couple. That is Allen's parents, one is a famous barefoot doctor, and the other is a delicious housewife.
"Are you missing the taste of your mother?" Only the giants know the taste of mother.
Mikasa shook her head: "I just think this world is very kind, and I think I should help them." Mikasa just came to nostalgia and help by the way. Since she has experienced the same world, she knows that the giants will break through the wall soon, so she wants to do something instead of standing by and watching.
"There are countless parallel worlds in the multiverse, and you can't manage them one by one." The world is so big that it is beyond imagination. Duran doesn't think their family can manage it.
"Since I have found it, I can't just ignore it." Mikasa said, "Let's not talk about the worlds I haven't found, but I have to take care of the worlds I have found. This is the same as what the ancients said about a gentleman staying away from the kitchen. I can't have a heart as hard as steel unless I stay away from time travel."
"Mencius·King Hui of Liang" has an article about King Hui of Liang seeing that the sacrificial cow was pitiful, so he changed it for a sheep, and then was ridiculed by the people of China for being stingy, so he complained to Mencius and said that he was not stingy. Mencius comforted him that this was a manifestation of kindness, because he saw the cow but not the sheep, so he exchanged the sheep for the cow, not because of stinginess but because of compassion. A gentleman can't bear to kill and eat animals when he sees them miserable, so a gentleman stays away from the kitchen, and King Hui of Liang is very kind.
Mikasa's meaning is similar. Since she saw people in the world suffering, she must travel through time and can't sit back and do nothing.
Duran was a little proud. It seemed that his and Denise's education was very successful, and they taught a daughter who was responsible and responsible.
"It seems that it's time to teach you some time travel tips." Duran thought that he hadn't opened a small class for a long time, and he should teach his time travel skills to his daughter.
Mikasa quickly refused. She knew very well that although Duran also offered help in time travel, he always made everyone uncomfortable and never let everyone get things done comfortably.
"Let me do it myself."
"No, you are new to the industry and need to learn more." Duran resolutely took the responsibility of teaching his daughter time travel skills: "First of all, the first rule is that the three giants must have a fourth, the four kings must have five, the five strong must have a sixth, the six gods must have a seventh, the seven stars must have an eighth, the eight Vajra must have a ninth, the nine tails must have a tenth... and so on, do you understand?"
"..." Sure enough, these are all the father's funny tricks, not time travel tricks at all. Mikasa knew that Duran would apply that set of subjective experience to objective time travel. This is Duran's skill, not the skill of time travel.
But Duran is the elder, so Mikasa can only lower her head obediently to prevent Duran from noticing her twisted expression. She is afraid that she will lose control of her expression.
"It seems that you have learned it. Let's start practicing. Let's go find the Homecoming Trio and become their fifth member."
Tips to apply: A trio must have four members. This is also true in reality. Hoover, Ani, Reiner, and Marseille originally formed a four-person combat team, but the unlucky guy Marseille died before he even got close to the outer wall.
So Duran counted them as four people, and he was the fifth one.
Duran happily decided to start with the Homecoming Trio, and through practice, teach Mikasa how to get happiness from traveling.
Mikasa nodded, Duran performed in front, and she hid in the dark to observe and learn.
This world is not just the Eldian Empire. Although the people inside the wall don’t know that they are just living on an isolated island, they don’t know that the world is very vast, and they don’t know that there are more countries outside the giants, and they don’t know that these countries are very unfriendly to Eldia.
The Homecoming Trio sneaked into Eldia from the outside world, waiting for an opportunity to destroy it to achieve their goals. Obviously, the outside world has been eyeing Eldia and is ready to start.
"Hello." The trio was discussing how to get into the wall. They planned to transform into giants and break through the wall, and then restore their human form to sneak into the wall and hide.
The three of them were just children, and it was good that they could think of this plan.
The trio all had the ability to transform into giants, but the transformation meant that they could only live for thirteen years, which meant that these teenagers would only live to thirty years old at most.
Their average age was seventeen years old, and they were high school students, although they were high school students who did not go to high school.
"Hello, I am your direct superior and the fifth member of the seizure operation. From today on, you must obey my orders." Duran suddenly appeared in front of the three people who were preparing to carry out the mission and announced that he was the highest leader of the operation: "Where is Marseille?"
The trio was stunned. They had never heard that there was a fifth member in this mission, but they still replied: "Marseille was attacked by a giant and has died."
Although they were only high school students, the three faces were full of hatred and hatred, and it was obvious that they were very sad. Not only because of the sacrifice of teammates, but also because the transformation into a giant must have Eldian blood, and Eldian blood is called devil blood outside the island, which is discriminated against. Children who grow up in discrimination will naturally be bitter and hateful, and will not be happy.
"What's that expression on your face? Why are you so unhappy? We face difficulties with a smile, and we'll be done with Marseille's life on our shoulders. Cheer up and smile." Duran wanted to make the bitter face smile.