Gunshots

Gunfire is the 58th chapter of Shingeki no Kyojin manga written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama.

Overview
After the brief confrontation with Kenny, Levi decides to escape, but is eventually ambushed by several soldiers. Fleeing into a bar, Levi makes his escape after the short discussion with Kenny by shooting him and fooling the soldiers with a decoy, as well as killing a few of them afterwards. Meanwhile, Levi's Squad hears the gunshots and eventually, Levi reaches them, abandoning the original plan and ordering them to kill the enemy. He and Mikasa then ready to fend off the arriving soldiers, however, one of them reaches Jean and, after he hesitates to kill, a splash of blood appears. At the same time, Eren and Historia stand before Lod Reiss. Knowing that he is their enemy, however, Eren is surprised to see Lod hugging Historia and apologizing to her.

Summary
Levi and Kenny clash, with them deflecting each other's attacks, but Kenny continues shooting and Levi, after witnessing the corpse of one of his soldiers one more time, decides to escape, according to Kenny's predictions. Levi is aware that Kenny can read every of his moves and is worried about losing his team, as well as Eren and Historia. Much to his surprise, Levi is then suddenly ambushed and, having injured his face while evading, flees into a nearby saloon. He is recognized by the people there, but before he can do anything, Kenny appears at the entrance, ready to "kill the bad guy".

Levi hides himself, making Kenny think he's not there, however, the two soon engage in a discussion. They tease each other, with Levi wondering how it is that he's in Military Police Brigade after killing so many of their soldiers. Kenny notes that hiding here was a bad choice as he's cornered now and, after throwing a chair Levi's way, he states that he knows why Levi joined Survey Corps. Kenny then states how both of them struggled to barely survive in the undercity before being overwhelmed when revealed the complexity of the world. He then stated that like Levi, he had found a cause that he would pursue to the very end. Eventually, using a reflection in the bottle of wine, Levi shoots Kenny with a shotgun "borrowed" from the saloon owner and, with the use of a chair to confuse the other soldiers, makes an escape. While Levi fights through the soldiers, killing several of them, Kenny gets up after his colleague teases him and praises Levi by noting how Levi was able to use that fact that sal0on owners were allowed to wield firearms for self defense in order to turn the tables against his pursuers. He also laments the fact that his achieving his dream just got harder.

Elsewhere, Sasha recognizes the sound of gunfire and the group decides to change the plan, according to Levi's orders. Not knowing how long they'll be able to follow Eren and Historia, Armin continues his way through the town until they happen upon the hearse where Eren and Historia are kept in. At the same moment, Levi appears, being chased by the soldiers and the group is surprised to see them using guns in the air. While evading, Levi kills several soldiers, much to his team's horror, and lands on his team's vehicle, revealing that their plan has been leaked and they cannot follow the hearse anymore. He gives orders to his team, telling them to kill any enemy while he and Mikasa are to use their gear to assist in the escape.

More soldiers soon appear and Jean is shocked to see more people dying. One of them manages to approach Armin, however, Mikasa takes them down with a kick and Jean, still uneasy at killing other people, points a gun at them while ordering them not to move. However, the soldier disarms Jean and, although Mikasa rushes to help, a splash of blood appears, much to everyone's shock.

Meanwhile, Eren and Historia are taken out of the coffins they were kept in by Kenny and Lod Reiss. Eren witnesses Lod Reiss, the man he considers to be the enemy of humanity. However, he is then surprised to see Lod approaching Historia and, in spite of her initial glare, hugging her while apologizing for everything.

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