"For such a simple journey, don't think fools like you can easily complete this training! Big mistake. In extraordinary times, soldiers are soldiers. No matter what situation you encounter, do not lose your fighting spirit, do not be crushed by boredom, and do not be held back by peace! This march itself is a battle, do you understand?" Instructor Keith shouted loudly.
In front of him were the 104th Training Corps cadets who had been training for several months. Now, the cadets' faces wore expressions of determination. Ever since the Vertical Maneuvering Equipment training began, blood and death had truly appeared before the cadets' eyes.
In order to train the cadets' emergency reaction capabilities, while the cadets were using Vertical Maneuvering Equipment to climb cliffs, the instructor would randomly cut their ropes, and there were indeed cadets who fell and were seriously injured.
As for today's training, the Wasteland March Training, as the name implies, is marching in the wilderness. However, this time is not like the last time Marco and Jean got lost; this time the cadets are not only equipped with full Vertical Maneuvering Equipment, but every soldier also has a horse for transportation.
The training content is roughly that the cadets are divided into two squads, departing from different locations carrying different intelligence. After exchanging intelligence at an agreed-upon location, they return to the training base along the other's route. The distance is about forty-something kilometers.
And the purpose of this training is to cultivate the cadets' ability to maintain crisis awareness in situations lacking perceived danger.
Of course, it is impossible to divide more than two hundred cadets into merely two squads. Roughly, they are divided into ten squads, with one squad having ten to twenty-something people. Two squads form a group, with different routes and rendezvous points. Assigned randomly, it has nothing to do with their original squads.
For example, Yago, Thomas, and Ilse were assigned together, while Eren, Armin, Mina, and Mady were assigned to the squad corresponding with Yago's group.
Squad 2, the squad Yago is in; naturally Yago is the Squad Leader. Thomas is the situation recorder, responsible for recording every event during the training.
Yago took the lead, with the twenty-something people of Squad 2 following closely behind.
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The horses ran fast, and everyone soon arrived at a desert area. The sun was still very harsh. Yago's constitution was good so he was fine, but some girls in the team couldn't take it, of course excluding Mikasa and Annie. Mikasa was still wearing the red scarf Eren gave her, and Mikasa's expression was also a bit unnatural, obviously holding a grudge because she wasn't assigned to the same squad as Eren.
As for Annie, well, if you walk up to Annie, you can instantly feel the temperature drop by two degrees.
But watching the sun shine on Annie's fair skin, Yago couldn't bear it. So he took off his uniform jacket, drove his horse to Annie's side, and under her puzzled gaze, draped the jacket over Annie's head.
"With such a harsh sun, don't let that white face get tanned."
When the boys in the team saw this maneuver, they were astonished and followed suit one after another. In a moment, almost all the girls in the team had jackets draped over them.
Bertholdt looked at Annie, hesitating a bit. Just then, a girl with faint freckles on her face looked at Bertholdt hopefully. Bertholdt smiled and handed his jacket to that girl.
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Thomas looked at the map and was saying something to Reiner beside him,
"We are here now. In about five kilometers we will reach this forest. We should be able to meet Marco and the others tomorrow morning."
After confirming, Thomas found Yago and explained the situation, and Yago agreed.
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Arriving at the forest, Yago leaned over to Thomas to look at the map.
"Then let's rest here tonight." Yago said, pointing to a clearing.
Reiner: "Oh? Good place. This place is very suitable for keeping watch at night. As expected of the Squad Leader, you really considered everything!"
Yago: "....." Could he say that he just saw that the place was relatively flat and pointed randomly?
Arriving at the clearing, everyone started to prepare, laying out water bags, lighting bonfires, taking out dry rations, and preparing to eat dinner. Just then, Yago suddenly activated his Vertical Maneuvering Equipment. The sound of gas jets rang out, and Yago went up to the top of a large tree.
Everyone was a bit dumbfounded; what was he doing? But Yago didn't explain. His eyes carefully scanned the surroundings. Finally, appearing to see something, he pressed the handle and plugged it into the scabbards on both sides of his waist. Shua~ The sound of blades unsheathing brought a cold glint. Yago raised his dual blades.
He pulled the triggers, and the ropes shot out. Yago flew rapidly toward the ground. Yago's two blades flashed quickly, followed by the sound of two heavy objects hitting the ground.
Yago used the inertia to land on his feet. The soil was plowed into two deep trenches by Yago's boots, sliding forward for four or five meters before Yago stopped his body.
"Woah! Amazing, that's too powerful, as expected of Yago!" Ilse exclaimed, lifting two fat rabbits. At this moment, blood was oozing from the rabbits' necks, a single slash sealing their throats, their little short legs twitching occasionally.
This scene made a few girls feel a bit uncomfortable. One of the girls couldn't help but say:
"The rabbits are so cute..." Yago interrupted her directly and said: "Since bunnies are so cute, you must eat two extra pieces!"
Just now, Yago had relied on his excellent eyesight to spot these two rabbits nesting in the grass. Later, the commotion from the humans scared them away, and Yago used the Vertical Maneuvering Equipment to see if he could catch these two rabbits. Hey, didn't expect to actually catch them!
Yago expressed understanding regarding the girl's words. People subconsciously sympathize when seeing animals awaiting slaughter, but when it comes time to eat them themselves, they eat just as happily, perhaps even eating more than others.
Yago was very surprised that Ilse knew how to cook. In Ilse's hands, the two rabbits soon turned into pieces of rabbit meat in the pot. Soon the aroma spread. For the cadets who could only eat tasteless dry rations tomorrow, the scent was truly tempting!
The girl who had secretly decided not to eat the cute bunnies just now was soon won over. Who could refuse a bowl of delicious rabbit meat soup that was perfect in color, smell, and taste?
Mikasa's eyes looked a bit worried. Yago brought a bowl of soup to Mikasa,
"Mikasa, what's wrong? Missing Eren?" Mikasa took the soup, "No, I just have a bad feeling."
Yago: "Huh? You're worrying about Eren, right?" He thought Mikasa was thinking about Eren.
Mikasa: "...."
Although Mikasa indeed only had Eren in her eyes, it didn't mean Mikasa was thinking about Eren at all times and places. You have to know, Mikasa's performance was not much worse than Yago's. At least just now Mikasa did indeed feel something was wrong; this was the Ackerman natural intuition.
A large pot of delicious rabbit meat soup was finished off just like that. Even the girl who sympathized with the bunnies ate two bowls with tears in her eyes. Ilse had a smile on his face, seemingly very satisfied with everyone's reaction. Yago walked to his side,
"I didn't expect this, wow, Ilse. I feel like your skills are good enough to be a master chef." Yago praised.
Ilse's eyes looked a bit lost, "Yeah, my dream before was to be a master chef. It's a pity."
Yago: "Did something happen afterwards? How did you come to join the Training Corps?"
Ilse: "I, eh, actually... it's all in the past, it's nothing."
Seeing that Ilse didn't want to talk about it, Yago didn't pry. He patted him on the shoulder and left to rest.
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