This article is about the first chapter of the Attack on Titan: No Regrets manga. For other uses of this name, see Die Flügel der Freiheit (Disambiguation).
The Wings Of Freedom (自由の翼 Jiyū no Tsubasa?) is the 1st chapter of the 1st volume and the 1st chapter overall of the Attack on Titan: No Regrets manga, written by Gun Snark and illustrated by Hikaru Suruga.
Overview
After Levi, Isabel, and Furlan escape from the thugs, they are persecuted by members of the Military. Levi guesses that they are part of the Survey Corps because they are far more skillful than the Military Police. Levi and his friends try to evade them by splitting them up, but his friends are finally trapped by two soldiers and Levi by Erwin Smith and Mike Zacharias. There Erwin makes a deal: if they join the Survey Corps, they will not be judged by the Military Police. Without any other choice, Levi accepts the deal.
Summary
Isabel, Furlan and Levi notice their pursuers
Levi, Furlan Church, and Isabel Magnolia are pursued by the Survey Corps in year 844, all of them utilizing vertical maneuvering equipment. The three delinquents skillfully maneuver their way through the Underground District, but the Survey Corps members are not so easily eluded.
Refusing to be caught, the three choose to split up, but, despite some complicated navigating by Levi, he is tracked down by Erwin Smith and Mike Zacharias and the three engage in a brief brawl. During the struggle, Erwin manages to cut one of Levi's cables, preventing him from fleeing. Levi attempts to resist capture but stands down upon seeing that Furlan and Isabel have already been apprehended.
Erwin blackmails Levi
With Levi and his allies restrained, Erwin questions them on where they obtained their vertical equipment, and how they became so skilled at using it. Levi remains defiantly silent, but after Mike roughly interrogates him, Isabel and Furlan reveal that they taught themselves. Impressed by Levi's ability and willpower, Erwin proposes a deal with him: if Levi were to join the Survey Corps, Erwin will not turn him and his companions over to the Military Police. Seeing that he is in no position to refuse, Levi accepts.