Chapter 61

It's said that today I made it to the homepage click chart. This is the first time in my life that I've made it to the homepage click chart. Although my position is quite low, and I might drop off soon, I'm still very excited. Thank you so much!

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The next morning, a group of ten people rode fast horses on a mountain path. Leading the group was a man wearing a uniform with the emblem of the Wings of Freedom on the back. The nine people following him were five men and four women, all dressed in the uniforms of trainees, and they were from the same batch as Tang Cheng, with six of them ranking in the top ten among the trainees.

Soon, the leading horse stopped in a spacious forest clearing. The man on the horse turned back and said to the group, "This is the place. Everyone, tie your horses nearby and wait here."

"Senior." After securing their horses, a young man, his eyes shining with curiosity, couldn't help but ask, "The new recruits joining the Survey Corps are all at headquarters for live combat training and preparing for the expedition in a month. Why were we sent here? Is there a mission?"

As he spoke, the other eight young men and women looked at the Survey Corps member with puzzled eyes.

The Survey Corps member replied calmly, "I don't know the specifics, but this is a direct order from the captain. My job is to bring you to the designated location. As for the rest... I think someone will come to tell you soon. Take care, I'm leaving."

"Eh?"

The group instinctively froze, and before they could react, the man had already ridden away, leaving only his back in view.

On the spot, the nine people looked at each other, completely unable to understand what was happening.

"Damn it, what does this mean... Ah!" A hot-tempered person immediately kicked a nearby tree, but ended up holding his foot and whimpering in pain.

"It seems you're not in a good mood." At that moment, a voice came from nearby.

Reacting instinctively, they looked in the direction of the voice and saw a familiar figure walking slowly from about ten meters away. The person was wearing a Survey Corps uniform, casually biting into half an apple with his left hand, and holding a chicken leg in his right hand... a chicken leg?!

"Ah! Meat!" Most people looked at the chicken leg with hungry eyes, and one of the girls even drooled. After shouting "meat," she pounced like a cheetah towards the chicken leg in the man's hand.

The man just smiled lightly and didn't even move his hand. As the girl pounced, he kicked her knee, causing her to fall to the ground. Then he stepped on her back to prevent her from continuing to pounce, and commented, "Your speed and reaction are sharp, and your explosive power is decent, but you lack adaptability and can easily lose control. I'll give you a勉强 six... one eliminated."

After saying that, he threw the chicken leg to the girl on the ground and quickly charged forward.

"Scatter!" The new recruits' faces changed, and they immediately scattered. However, without their立体机动装置 (3D maneuver gear), their reaction speed was much slower than usual.

The man moved like a tiger among sheep, instantly knocking down a bald boy and a blonde boy.

"Six points."

"Three points."

No one knew what he was calculating, but when he said "three points," he grabbed a boy's arm with his right hand and threw him to the ground.

"Seven points."

Next, he took a step and quickly approached two girls who hadn't run away. The closer one, a girl with freckles, tried to resist but was flipped to the ground. The blonde girl behind her was terrified, but before she could react, he lightly pushed her chest, causing her to fall backward.

"Seven points."

"Five points."

Finally, he charged towards two boys on the left. One was stocky, and the other was tall. Seeing him charge, they instinctively tried to fight back, but their attacks were quickly countered, and they were thrown to the ground.

"Eight points."

"Although your actions were overly defensive, I'll give you a勉强 eight."

The man smiled and, sensing a gust of wind from behind, saw a black-haired girl with a knife charging at him. He sidestepped, and his right hand, like a hook, grabbed for her throat.

The girl's body suddenly shrank, and her internal strength burst forth, causing the soft ground to sink. She shot back several meters, her forehead breaking out in a cold sweat.

"Nine points."

The man smiled, stepped back a few steps, and faced the group, clapping his hands. "In ten seconds, if this were a life-or-death battle, only Mikasa would be left alive... While most people consider six points out of ten to be passing, I'm stricter, and nine points is the passing mark. So, except for Mikasa, none of you passed."

"Of course, Armin and Jean are more intellectual, so their lack of physical prowess isn't a big issue."

"What do you mean... Tang Cheng!" The freckled girl, Ymir, rubbed her waist and glared at him. She didn't know about the others, but she had fallen quite hard, almost straining her back, which made her very angry... This guy must be resentful because she ruined his chance to get close to Historia, so he's retaliating today, definitely!

Such a scumbag can't be allowed near Historia, and he even touched her chest while she was on the ground, how despicable!

The others didn't have such intense emotions, but they also grumbled, as anyone would be upset after being beaten for no reason.

The only one without any resentment was Sasha, who was holding the chicken leg, gnawing on it and crying, mumbling, "Chicken leg, I haven't had a chicken leg in years, this taste is... sniff... so moving, even if I die today, my life would be worth it."

It's just a chicken leg, why are you so emotional?

The new recruits secretly mocked her, but their eyes also showed a desire for the chicken leg.

However, it's not surprising that they had such conflicting feelings. After all, resources within the walls were scarce, and after the fall of Maria's Wall five years ago, human territory had decreased by a third. In the limited land, just providing housing was already tight, and then there were necessary crops, leaving very little land and resources for raising livestock, most of which were controlled by nobles, high officials, and merchants. For ordinary people, eating meat was as difficult as finding a beautiful virgin in college.

Some families might never have had a proper meat meal in their entire lives.

As trainees, they had only had a few meat meals in the past three years. So, seeing Sasha enjoy the chicken leg, their feelings were understandable.

Because the chicken leg was so prominent, Tang Cheng was almost ignored.

Seeing his great presence being overshadowed by a chicken leg, Tang Cheng found it intolerable. He quickly rushed forward, pulled the chicken leg from Sasha's mouth, and, under her tragic gaze, stomped it into the mud.

"Ah! My chicken leg..." Sasha cried, hugging Tang Cheng's shoe.

"Hmph! Want to eat chicken legs? Fine, but first, you need to understand your position..." Tang Cheng looked at the group with a cold smile. "First, let me introduce myself. From today until the wall survey in a month, I will be your squad leader and instructor. Got it?"

"What?"

"Instructor? Squad leader?"

The group was shocked, even the usually calm Mikasa showed confusion, and Ymir, who already saw Tang Cheng as a rival, loudly questioned, "Why? You joined the Survey Corps just a few days before us, and you're just a trainee like us. Why should you be our squad leader, let alone our instructor?"

No, he can't be our squad leader or instructor. Otherwise, this guy who has designs on Historia will definitely take advantage of her. I have to stop him!

Ymir silently vowed.

Tang Cheng looked at her with disdain. Originally, he wouldn't have bothered with such a stupid question, but as their instructor, he felt it was his duty to educate these idiots.

"Since you asked sincerely, I'll be merciful and tell you. First, with my ability to take on nine of you in ten seconds, second, with the squad leader and instructor certificate given to me by Captain Erwin, and finally..." Tang Cheng smiled coldly, with a look of supreme confidence, "with the many chicken legs I have. If you don't listen to me, today's meal will be bread without chicken legs. If you listen to me, you get bread and chicken legs, plus an extra tea egg. Any objections?"

After he spoke, the scene became quiet. Those who had doubts quickly covered their mouths and shook their heads.

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