A real negotiation

At nine o'clock in the morning, Takashi's team successfully blended into Stohess, on his side Eren and Jean completed the exchange without any problems. 

Due to Erwin's situation, Gendarmerie division chief Nile Dok personally escorted the Survey Corps soldiers. 

They were all in position and slowly began to move like ants in a Colony.

Takashi, Armin, Eren and Mikasa finally decided that Armin was the one to make Annie fall into the trap.

Armin is the best candidate, Mikasa is ruled out until the last, she has no friendship with Annie, Takashi on his side could not convince Annie and his performances are not good after all.

Takashi could try to do it, maybe even better than Armin, but he didn't want to participate now, it wasn't the time yet.　　 

Armin's palms were sweating, hesitating, "I.... I'm not sure..." 

Patting your shoulder, Takashi was gentle and said, "Just relax, you can definitely convince her, remember she didn't attack you when you looked at her in her titan form, she might have feelings for you..." 

Stunned, Armin opened his mouth, not knowing how to respond to Takashi's words for a while, Miaksa looked at Takashi, Eren forced a smile and supported, "Armin, you've always been very eloquent with your words, be confident in yourself." 

Feeling the support of his friends, the Survey's best actor Armin, calmed down and trotted into an alley.

Armin was very intelligent and his words instilled a feeling full of spirit and empathy. Everyone could feel his words and empathize with him. 

Not long after, the Gendarmerie recruits drew up on both sides of the street and Nile Dok drove the carriage to escort Eren and Erwin through the streets of the city.

The gendarmerie recruits saluted at the sight of Commander Nile, as they saw the carriage pass down the street, the recruits ran one after the other and followed the carriage to escort them. 

Annie also ran after the carriage, and then she heard Armin's voice calling her, "Annie..." 

Annie paused, ran into the alley beside her and saw Armin hiding in a raincoat. 

As planned, Armin persuaded Annie to help him and Eren escape, saying that until they find enough evidence to get out of that trouble they would have to hide and ask Annie for her help. 

After Armin issued another nice guy card, Annie seemed to have been tricked by a desperate young man. 

Annie lowered the gun, turned her back to Armin and put a steel ring that she wears for transformation on her finger. The moment she saw Armin, she realized that she might have been discovered. 

Not killing him last time was a real problem. 

Annie didn't say much, this disaster couldn't be avoided, she walked with Armin and then met Takashi, Eren and Mikasa who were wearing raincoats

She led Takashi and the others through various checkpoints. Takashi had to say that the military police were so strict that no one came to ask what was going on.　 

A group of people exchanged a few words during the walk and gradually walked towards a corner of the city, for some reason, there were less and less people around. 

Takashi looked carefully at Annie, whom he hadn't seen in over a month, and found that she was actually very alert, intentionally or not, keeping a considerable distance. 

When he noticed the ring on her right index finger, he realized that it would be impossible to lead her to the ruins of the abandoned dungeon. 

He recalled that time he was busy in the kitchen and found a steel ring on a table. 

He examined it and discovered that it had some kind of thorn, which at the time he had used to remove dirt from his nails, Takashi was now very curious.

At that moment, Takashi moved back and with slow movements took Annie's hand and pulled out her ring. 

"You got married, why do girls wear rings like this, which bastard gave it to you?" 

Annie looked at the ring being snatched from her hand without her being able to react and replied, "My father gave it to me to defend myself." 

After checking the ring, Takashi found the thorn and accidentally stuck it in his finger. A little embarrassed, he handed it to Annie and said, "Even though it's sharp, you can't use this thing to defend yourself, you have to use something like this." 

A little surprised, Annie looked at the dagger that came out of Takashi's butt and asked, "Do you always carry this with you?" 

"Well, I'm armed to the teeth, you don't know when you might run into a stupid thief." Takashi pointed to the sword on his back. 

Annie smiled softly, "Sorry, but I don't see who could steal anything from you." 

"Yeah, I don't see anyone seeing you as a weak chicha either." 　　 

Annie stopped talking and Takashi instead conversed about any nonsense to exhaustion. He didn't think much at this point, everyone will someday die after all. 

"Stop it, Annie, you haven't seen a handsome man for a while." Takashi stopped suddenly and looked at Annie, who was still walking at the front of the group. 　　 

Armin, Eren and Miaksa were surprised, what was Takashi doing? They hadn't reached the right place yet. 

Annie turned around and looked at Takashi with a rare kind expression, "It's been over a month, why do you think I have a boyfriend now?" 

Shaking his head slightly, Takashi said, "I'm sorry, but I don't think anyone can hold your hand like I did, right?" 

"Do you think I might have a girlfriend someday?" 

Eren looked at Takashi with a little anxiety, he wanted to tell him himself that he shouldn't say anything else that wasn't out of the plan. Armin didn't know how to stop it.

Raising his hand to signal them to be quiet, Takashi said lightly, "Annie, can we talk? A rich feast, you and me alone, we can talk right?" 

Annie held back her smile and returned to her face full of coldness, "I'm afraid I can't, I have no way out." 

Marley had no intention of negotiating, she was just a person considered a tool, she couldn't make decisions about this kind of thing and she couldn't even say much, because she would leak information. 

One can only say that Marley's top executives have a big heart as well, throwing four kids who know next to nothing about inside the wall onto the island and allowing them to complete a mission that shouldn't be done.

Originally it wasn't all going to go this way, things shouldn't have gotten out of control like this, but Reiner who took over had a series of bad ideas and all started with trying to kill Takashi. 

Armin's expression changed and his face turned pale. 

"Haha, Takashi, you can try to have a date later, I don't even think there's time to talk about it now." Eren interrupted the weird conversation of the two of them, he felt he could still act. 

Takashi looked at Eren, Armin and Mikasa, "I thought the idiot was Liam, can't you see we've already been spotted, didn't you look at his ring just now?" 　 

Before, he didn't quite understand why a girl wore a ring with iron hooks, and at that time he wasn't interested. but now Takashi knows that it was used for transformation. 

"She doesn't believe us at all and now she can transform with just a little touch, the mission has failed!" 

Eren, Armin and Mikasa rested their eyes on Annie's hand, looking at the ring. 

Takashi had no intention of carrying out this failed plan from the beginning, so he only wanted to check other things that he might not be able to later.

The atmosphere was oppressive and Annie, who was exposed, didn't panic, but she was a little surprised: "Takashi, I always thought you were a careless and reckless man, but I didn't expect you to have such a careful side. Do they know that you can also transform into a demon?" 

Takashi smiled and his eyes changed to a crimson color, "They don't know yet, I'm surprised that the information about my power was well covered. By the way, compared to other ugly and deformed titans, the female titan looks very sexy." 

"Annie, tell me it's not true!" Eren looked at Annie angrily. 

"When did you find out?" Armin was a bit puzzled, he realized that Annie had seen through his deception from the beginning. 

Takashi covered one ear as he heard Eren's scream in his hatred, this idiot screams even if he sleeps. 

Annie ignored the incompetent and angry Eren, she looked at Armin with weak eyes, "Armin, when have you ever looked at me like that? You are someone very foolish, isn't there anyone but us in this place?"

The streets are deserted, except for a light breeze blowing from time to time. 

Armin was surprised, lowered his head a little and said in a deep voice, "Annie, why did you do this? You're obviously not a cruel person, why can you kill so many people?" 

Eren was even more reluctant to believe this and roared, "Say it! Tell us you're not her!" 

At that instant, Takashi averted his gaze to Eren, his crimson eyes looking at the duo of idiots and said, "Hey, we're not here to play judge, assholes." 

"Your eyes..." Miaksa was surprised to see Takashi's eyes. 

Armin and Erne were also shocked, what kind of eyes are those? 

After being silent for a while, Annie suddenly burst out laughing, "Hahaha! I'm glad I'm a good person in your eyes, you won this game! I never thought I would be pushed to this point, how did you find me?" 

Now Eren was stunned and had to admit that Annie was an enemy. 

Takashi took off his raincoat and revealed all of his gear. He looked at Annie and asked, "I thought you'd be smarter, why let him live at that point? Still, can we negotiate?"

Hesitating a little, Annie said uncomprehendingly, "Sorry, I have a reason to!" 

Armin's expression froze, Eren was furious and Mikasa's eyes were cold. 

"Haha!" Takashi showed a nervous smile, his expression was very strange, "Shit, do you all remember when I told you if you could negotiate with the colossal, armored titan?"

"That's very strange, why could I blatantly say that at that time, is it because I'm too mature and rational, calm and objective, and take into consideration the situation we are in?" 

Takashi held back his smile and looked a little sick, "No, because I'm also a selfish bastard who just hopes to make something in this shitty world! I know what you all have suffered to get here, I led many of my friends to their deaths with the sole aim of making a change in this world." 

"Then why can I still talk about peace in such a high-flown way, because I still expect you to give me useful information to take revenge!" 

"Shit, where did you come from Annie? I heard that the sea is very big and people everywhere bleed, is your father a deformed titan too? Well, I'll be sure to cut him down along with all those crazy bastards." 

Armin, Eren and Miaksa were startled, they looked at Takashi with a fierce expression on their face, Annie on her side remained silent. 

"Now that I remember, Nelson, Mina, Marco and all those soldiers are dead because of you and your stupid people!" 

"Annie, don't tell me you don't know the colossal titan and armored titan, may I ask, what kind of feeling did you feel when you found Mina's body?" Takashi's voice was hoarse and his expression indifferent.  　　

With red eyes, Annie choked and said, "I'm sorry...I'm sorry." 

"I know where you're coming from, since life doesn't matter to them, I'll be sure to destroy their streets, kill their children and parents, burn your world just as you burned ours. But you can tell me, tell me a name." Takashi said coldly. 

Armin looked at Annie and said aloud, "Annie, let's talk. There must be a solution..." 

Annie broke down a little and cried, "How can I talk? even if I trust you, I can't trust others!" 

"Can you make the decisions now? At this point, if I am captured without a fight, I will lose the power to resist.Will you guarantee my safety?" 

"When I am tortured and dissected, will you come to save me?" 

Armin glared at the tearful Annie, the negotiation broke down, the two sides had no basis for trust, and there were some hateful remarks! 

"I swear to God, if you ever hint again about wanting to make peace with the enemy, I'll break your teeth myself." Takashi thought to himself.