Assassin's Bullet (Chapter)

Assassin's Bullet (凶弾) is the 3rd chapter of the 26th volume and the 105th chapter overall of the Attack on Titan manga, written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama.

Overview
After Eren Yeager climbs onto the airship, he is aggressively placed under arrest by Levi. Meanwhile, the soldiers protecting the blimp prepare to board, with Jean leaving former Garrison commanding officer Lobov outside to defend the ship. In the airship, and despite taking six casualties, the Survey Corps begins celebrating the battle as a major victory.

Falco rushes after Gabi, who chases the fleeing Corps. After stopping, Gabi emotionally explains that she cannot forgive those that had destroyed her home. She rejects Falco’s explanation that the attackers were acting in retaliation, and returns to chasing the blimp. Spotting Lobov behind the ship, she shoots him dead, and uses his tethered maneuvering gear to board the ship with Falco. Gabi rolls onto the airship’s platform and fires a shot at the celebrating soldiers, hitting Sasha Blouse in her chest. After detaining the two children, Connie and Jean panic as Sasha slips out of consciousness.

Pieck speaks with Magath about the soldier who had trapped her and Galliard. She recognizes the soldier as a lady who had departed on a missing reconnaissance ship; a follower of Zeke. In the ship, Jean takes the candidates into a room, where Zeke sits with Eren. Hange also enters, and asks Zeke if his plan had been a success. Zeke explains it had been successful except for a few miscalculations. As the soldiers argue, Eren says that the blow to Marley will have bought them time. Hange disagrees, fearing a global retaliation on Paradis. She also expresses her disappointment in Eren for his lonesome actions that had forced the Corps hands, although Zeke argues that gathering a royal blood Titan and the Founder would make it worthwhile. Connie enters the room, telling them that Sasha had died. Mortified, Jean blames Eren for dragging the Survey Corps into the conflict. Recalling a memory of Sasha, Eren harshly grits his teeth.

Summary
Eren Yeager and Mikasa Ackerman climb the netting onto the airship controlled by the Survey Corps, sharing a disheartened glance with Armin Arlert, who helps Eren aboard. Insulting Eren's filthy appearance, Levi Ackerman kicks Eren before restraining him. Eren offers no resistance, explaining that everything is as he had written in his letters.

Outside, Jean Kirstein orders the soldiers defending the ship to board, and to inform the command that the enemy forces had no anti-aircraft weaponry. Former Garrison commanding officer Lobov tells Jean to also go, and is left to defend the rear. Connie Springer and Sasha Blouse help Jean up, and tell him that the Corps had suffered six fatalities. Floch tells them to compare this to the damage dealt to Marley, rousing a celebration by saying the New Eldian Empire had begun with a major victory. Jean sternly wonders how long they will have to continue fighting, but Connie comforts him, saying to Jean and Sasha that they are special to him, and that they all survived.

Gabi Braun rushes after the airship, as Falco Grice chases after her. After getting her to stop, Gabi emotionally tells Falco about the deaths of Udo, Zofia, and the two gatekeepers. She explains that being an Eldian had made people view her as worthless, the reason she had striven to improve herself and show the world that Eldians are not bad people. Gabi expresses that she is unable to forgive those that had trample her home, and rejects Falco's notion that the enemy were acting in retaliation to being violated. As she calls them the devils threatening world peace, Falco remembers Eren's words to him - that inside and outside the Walls, they are the same. Gabi returns to chasing the airship.

As the final squad enters the airship, Lobov spots Gabi running below. Moments later, Gabi fires on him, killing him with a gunshot to the head. Lobov's corpse drops to the ground, though the wire from his anti-personnel vertical maneuvering equipment stays attached to the blimp. Testing the gears trigger, Gabi asks Falco to tell the others of her bravery, as she prepares to use the gear to board the airship, and kill her enemies inside. Colt Grice arrives, and rushes towards the two, but is unsuccessful as Falco joins Gabi in being lifted to the airship, remembering Reiner Braun's plead to him.

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