In the more than 100 years since humans hid within the walls, the Survey Corps has gone on 57 expeditions, expending countless financial, human and material resources...... Yes, with great sacrifices, all their actions ended almost dismally.

As a result, the Survey Corps are unwelcome within the walls, at least most of the population sees them as idiots who are in a hurry to get out of the country and die, although there are people like Allen who take the Survey Corps as a hero worship, but that is in the minority...... From the royal family to the common people, many more regarded them as fools and fed them on their expeditions.

Feed the giants.

Before the expedition, in addition to the cheers of a few people, more people looked at them with the eyes of the dead, and when they returned, in addition to a few relatives and friends of the Survey Corps who wept bitterly about the death of their loved ones, more people questioned them and condemned their expedition.

And this time it was the same, when the group of wounded soldiers and remnants of the Survey Corps returned to the wall with the bodies of their companions, Tang Cheng finally experienced this kind of questioning and denunciation in person, and everyone in the Survey Corps was silent. Tang Cheng believes that he is different from ordinary people, maverick and independent, never cares about what others think of him, let alone whether he can be understood, but after listening to such a voice too much, he is still a little irritable after all, as if there are countless flies flying in front of him.

In normal times, he would swatt the flies away or swatt them to death, but this time he did nothing, because he knew very well that when a creature got used to being kept in captivity like pigs, they would no longer care about what they could not see, and they would look at their companions who wanted to run out of the pigsty. These people who have lost their dignity and freedom do not want to see the freedom and dignity of those who are on the same level as themselves until they can pick it up without paying any price.

In a word, the lowly person wants everyone to be as lowly as he is, so that he can stay away from himself and proudly say to everyone: Look, we are all the same.

This is how Tang Cheng thinks about most people inside the walls.

Because there are too many people who have this kind of thought, so in Tang Cheng's eyes, this world is deformed, he doesn't like this kind of world world, too dull, conformist, to put it bluntly, the pattern of this world is too small. But at the same time, he also likes this kind of world world very much, because he can lead a very small number of people to break this kind of convention and let this world world develop in a broader direction, which must be a very interesting thing.

However, when the group returned to the headquarters of the Survey Corps, something uninteresting happened.

Since the end of the recapture of the Tros District, Ian and Rico, who had performed well in this battle, were promoted to captain by Pixis, serving as the second and third in command of the southern defense line respectively, and after learning that the Survey Corps had returned, the two hurried over with a shocking news: Pixis, the commander of the garrison corps, and Daris, the supreme commander of mankind, were killed at noon and afternoon today.

Hearing this news, the faces of everyone present except Tang Cheng changed greatly.

The reason why the Survey Corps has been able to stand in the face of so many doubts is mainly due to the support of Pixis and Daris, and now with the fall of these two men, it means that they have lost their most reliable backer.

"It was an accident." When Elwin asked how the two died, Ian said sadly, "The commander was drunk this morning, fell off the wall, and unfortunately died. The president heard the news of the death of the commander, and on the way to hurry, the carriage unfortunately fell, causing him to die due to a head impact...... According to the medical officer's examination, the two men were not subjected to human assault and both died in accidents. ”

"Haha After hearing what he said, Tang Cheng suddenly laughed and said disdainfully, "Hmph, accident? Daris's old, he's going to die because of the carriage overturning, I believe it, but that guy from Pixis is getting old and strong, if he falls to his death because of drinking, I'll eat Xiang live! What's more, the two died on the same day, this trick to deceive a three-year-old child is said to be an accident, do you believe it? ”

"I don't believe it." Ian shook his head first, then took out two letters from his bosom and handed them to Elwin, "A few days ago, the Commander came to me with some very strange things and gave me a key, which I didn't understand at the time, so I didn't pay much attention. But when the Commander died, I suddenly remembered the incident and rushed to the Commander's quarters, and found the two letters in his safe. ”

"Have you seen it?" Erwin took the envelope and asked.

Ian shook his head, "I haven't had time to see it yet." ”

"Then let's watch together, the commander must know something." As he spoke, Erwin had already opened the envelope and spread the two pieces of paper on the table, and everyone looked at it, and the first letter read as follows:

"Bald, maybe you don't believe it, but what I want to tell you is that the enemies we really have to deal with are not only the royal family and the gendarmes, there must be a mastermind behind these two, who will most likely be able to guess what we are going to do, and will definitely kill you when I am not looking. I don't have time to deal with him for the time being, after all, no matter how omnipotent I am, I can't split in two, so if you have a premonition that something is wrong, run away, at least on the day I act with the Survey Corps, pay as much attention to the situation around me as possible, and if you accidentally die, you can blame me for not warning you. ”

After reading this first letter, everyone subconsciously looked towards it...... They could not think of a second person besides the man in front of them, who called Pixis bald and spoke in such a flippant tone.

Tang Cheng shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "That's right, I wrote this letter, a bald one, an old man, but obviously, they didn't take my words to heart." ”

The crowd was full of doubts, but they did not ask, but continued to read the second letter.

"For what Tang Cheng Xiaoyou said in the letter, the old man does have some doubts, maybe it is more fear, if there is really a mastermind behind what he said among human beings. But as the commander of the garrison corps, the old man guards the most important line of defense of mankind, even if there is a real life-threatening matter, the old man will not take a step back...... Recently, I don't know if it's a delusion, the old man did feel some unusual breath, in a trance, remembering what Tang Cheng Xiaoyou said, maybe there is something secretly about to move, but Tang Cheng Xiaoyou's letter did not say it, think about it, he has no solid evidence......"

"The old man is old, he is not long, there are so many talents among the younger generations, the old man is also very pleased, human beings have your existence, presumably will not go to a desperate situation, therefore, the old man decided to risk his life. If the old man really died because of this, I hope that the old man's death can pull out some of the fog in Tang Cheng's little friend's heart, and if he can get rid of the black hand lurking in the human race, then the old man's death will have great significance, and he can laugh and drink in the ground, please Tang Cheng Xiaoyou must do his part for mankind. ”

"In addition, Ian is decisive, discerning, courageous and resourceful, and he can take my place after my death."

"Ahhh~~" Listening to Rico read the letter in a low voice, Tang Cheng stroked his forehead with his hand and sighed helplessly, "This dead bald head is dead, and he even made me owe him a big favor, and he really schemed, but ...... Doesn't he know that I'm not the kind of person who will repay his kindness? ”

"Did you read the letter?" Rico asked suddenly, and the others also looked at Tang Cheng with puzzled expressions, after reading the letter, they didn't understand what it was talking about...... Except for the last sentence that let Ian take charge of the garrison corps.

Tang Cheng shrugged his shoulders, "Needless to say, of course it's the murderer's ability." ”

"Murderer?"

Tang Cheng didn't answer, but asked Ian, "Was there anyone with Pixis when he fell off the city wall?" ”

"Yes, Rico was discussing with the Commander about the garrison of the city walls." Ian replied.

Tang Cheng turned to Rico, "So, did Pixis behave abnormally at that time?" For example, if you are restless, or you are controlled by someone or something? ”

"How can you be controlled?" Rico was puzzled, and then said, "The commander's performance is no different from usual, although he looks drunk, but he has always been like this, and he has not seen anything wrong, but just halfway through talking to me, he suddenly tilted his body, stepped on the air, and fell directly...... If there is anything strange about it, he didn't use a three-dimensional maneuver when he fell, and by the time I reacted, he had already crashed into the guardrail of the city wall, is there anything wrong with that? ”

Erwin also asked strangely, "Can you deduce who killed the commander based on these alone?" ”

"I don't know who killed Pixis, but I probably have some eyebrows about what abilities the murderer used, but it won't help to tell you, anyway, I'll write this matter down for the time being, and now let's talk about our next actions......" Tang Cheng shook his head, with a faint hint of playfulness and disdain in his smile, "The other party obviously already knew that we had plans for a coup d'état, so he got rid of Daris and Pixis in advance, so as to completely turn us into a lone army, but he couldn't help but think a little simply, Even without the assistance of the military department, I can still take the entire royal city. ”

"Of course, since the other party has already made a move, it will definitely not stop there, according to my estimate, someone will soon summon us to enter the royal capital......"

"Captain!" Before Tang Cheng's words were finished, an investigator had already rushed in and said, "The First Military Police Corps has come to pass the word, so that you and Tang Cheng's squad leader will take Ani Leonlid and enter the royal capital for investigation and questioning." ”

Tang Cheng immediately smiled and spread his hands, "Look, the wisdom of the ape." ”