Chapter 13

Jigsaw

In this past 5 days of this expedition, Erwin was sure his lifespan had been reduced by 20 years.

Erwin had never felt this tired during expeditions. He can also see that Keith is more weary than normal.

But it was not because of the lost of their men or the failure of the mission. On the other hand, the mission was successful as they had found another place for their checkpoint the day before. No, it was because of the problem he brought from inside the walls.

On the second day of the expedition, Keith asked him why he seems very tired, so he explained his problems and circumstances to him. Keith nodded in understanding, saying that he will be handling the problem for him. But it turns out, after only one day; the Commander was even wearier than he was, so both of them tried to dump said problem to Mike Zacharius, who was currently their best fighter and Titan detector.

And even Mike Zacharius refused to handle the problem after only one night on guard duty with her.

They thought about leaving said problem to take care herself, but with all those crazy, suicidal stunts she did, one can't help but watch in horror and worry.

They thought about tying her up with vines since there are no ropes, and just leave her in the carts, but then again, she is a good fighter worth many soldiers. It was such a waste to tie her up.

So they have no choice but to just let her do what she wants for the last 2 days.

"Commander Sadist!" the voice of said problem was heard in a distant.

Keith Shadis sighed wearily, wondering just what she wants from him.

The 'problem' had taken upon herself to butcher Keith's name in the span of the one day, but Keith can't get angry on her, since, while she purposely butchered his name, she still showed her respect by adding 'Commander' before his butchered name.

Hange Zoe came running towards them, her short ponytail swinging behind her.

"Is it true that we are returning today?"

"Yes, we've lost almost 70% of the man. We have no choice but to return."

Hange than nodded in understanding, and solemnly said, "Yeah, if only we can somehow detect the Titans from afar despite the trees, maybe we will not lose as much man…"

"True," Keith agreed.

But Erwin did not listen, his mind was still pondering on what Hange said. Is it possible to make a formation to detect Titans from afar? His mind whirls.

Unknown to anyone, Hange smirks in victory as she whispered a small, "Mission Accomplished."

[ o . o ]

After a few weeks of going out and going in to the Walls, a rumor started to spread.

A rumor specifically saying that there's a child who killed hundreds of Titans because she was playing with them and that the very same child stopped the hearts of many of the Survey Corps members. Said same child also has the habit of dissecting humans because she was curious, and lastly, said child is said to have the ability of exploding something.

The child was called by two names. One is the 'Heart Stopper', the other one is, 'Death Scientist'.

I cackled madly.

The original rumor only consist on me being a Titan lover and kills 10 Titans in different ways, one of which is by the use of explosions, and that my actions that was aroused from my love and curiosity towards the Titans (I refuse to call it quirks!) shocked most of the Survey Corps.

But because of a certain incidents, the rumors escalated to that level, like that one incident with one of the Garrisons…

"Titan's are monsters! But don't worry, I can easily kill it!" a Garrison boasted.

"Is that so?" I drawled, "I don't believe you. You haven't even seen the Titans."

"And what does a brat like you know about Titans?"

"Probably more than you."

"Why you!" and he tried to attack me. But I easily kicked him and pinned him to the floor. He tried to struggle, but when I pull out my sword, he froze in fright.

"I'll tell you, I am a brave member of the Survey Corps. I've played and killed Titans, unlike you cowards. I'm curious, really, what is the difference between the brave Survey Corps with a coward." And the distance between my sword and his face was slowly closed. "Can I dissect you?'

"No, no, no, no, no!" He shouted as he trembled in fright.

"Hey! You! Rookie!" a member of the Survey Corps shouted, "Second Commander Erwin doesn't need you to stop the hearts of any non-Survey Corps members, so stop it!"

"Aw, man…" I whined, "Fine! You party pooper."

"Oh! If you are going to make that weapon of yours, make it outside! We don't need any explosions in our HQ now do we?"

"Yeah, yeah," I lazily waved off.

Erwin sighed. "You really need to stop encouraging the rumors, Hange."

"But it's fun."

"It's destroying the Survey Corps's image."

I handed him the 3DMG that I finally managed to modify to him as I said, "So be it."

He carefully examined one of the pair weapon connected to it. It was the smaller version of an electric saw. Instead of the huge handle of a normal electric saw, I used the handle of the gun, so that when the trigger was pressed, the blades will run.

"If the first trigger here is for the weapon to activate, then what is the other trigger under it?"

"Grapplers," I answered, "I actually made the handle as similar as I could to the one we are used to."

"Good thinking," he said as he returned the weapon back to its sheath which is one of the modifications I made to the 3DMG to accommodate the new addition.

Then he put on the 3DMG, adjusting it to his body. Then he pulled the pair of weapon out again from the sheath and pressed the lower trigger of one of the weapons as it aimed to the trees. The grappler shot out. He nodded in approval as he pulls the grappler back.

Then he pressed the upper trigger of both weapon. The weapons started to buzz as the blades run. Then he faced one of the poor trees near the Survey Corps's training ground. Then he slashed the two swords at the same time, the way he cut the back of Titan's neck. The weapons went through, and the upper part of the tree fall back with a loud thump, a small log lay nearby.

"What's the name of this weapon?"

"Huh?"

"You're the creator, name it."

So I thought of a name. I smirked mischievously when I remembered the name of a game in my previous life which sounded a lot like saw.

"Jigsaw."

"Jigsaw, huh," Erwin trailed, "It's strong. This will surely increase humanity's chance of winning."

"U-huh," I nodded, "now all I need to know is whether it can fulfill my initial objective."

"Your initial objective?"

"Whether it can cut through a Titan's stomach from inside."