

He pretended to be a Marleyan and infiltrated Public Security, passing the blood tests with help from a doctor. He introduces himself as Eren Kruger and explains that he possesses one of the Nine Titans. After they are all dead, he leaves his Titan and climbs back on the wall where he cuts Grisha free of his bonds. He then explains that the sea is a large body of saltwater that covers 70% of the world. As he squeezes the life out of one, he tosses his remains to the sea. The Owl's Titan kills off the remainder of the soldiers from Marley Public Security in front of a shocked Grisha Jaeger. Grisha sees the aftermath of Kruger's rampage He keeps this information to himself out of fear of what the military might do to Historia Reiss if they knew. When Hange discusses the fact that Eren was able to use the Founding Titan despite not being of royal blood, he realizes that he was only able to do so because he had touched the Titan form of Dina Fritz at that time.

They attend a military audience to go over the findings in the basement and Hange Zoë says they may have to consider the rest of the world as their enemies due to the fact the people outside the Walls fear the Subjects of Ymir. In present day, Eren Jaeger realizes that due to the "Curse of Ymir" he has less than eight years to live, and Armin Arlelt has thirteen, since he just recently inherited the Colossal Titan.

To do that, Kruger passes on his Titan to Grisha, calling it the Attack Titan. Grisha Jaeger is consumed by regret over the loss of his family and his cause, but Eren Kruger convinces him to take up his mission and retake the Founding Titan from the King who refuses to use it to save the Eldian people.
