บท 11: One week later

Instructor Keith didn't say anything about it, just looked at Takashi with a calm expression.

Takashi originally intended to let Eren prove to everyone that he could pass the test with a damaged belt, but then thought that he couldn't let something happen that would mark a significant change in history. Could Eren be eliminated this time? What assures Takashi that everything will continue to happen in the same way?

"Huh!" Eren wasn't a bit clear if there was any difference, so trusting Takashi and seeing that instructor Keith didn't say anything about it, he put on Takashi's belt, Takashi's behavior made him slightly aware of something and gave him confidence.

Similarly, Armin was pensive, Mikasa on his side felt inexplicable. The spectators also did not understand the approach of changing belts. Instructor Keith looked at it deeply, but it didn't stop Eren from changing the belt on the spot until the end.

"Eren Jaeger, are you ready?" instructor Keith Shadis looked at Eren with fixed eyes.

"Yes, sir." Eren replied with determination.

"Get ready, get him up!" Instructor Keith said solemnly.

Eren slowly stood up, shaking occasionally, but overall he was stable!

"Is it that easy?" Eren felt a little unbelievable. Was what I practiced yesterday fake?

"How is this possible!"

"Bravo!"

"Way to go."

Everyone celebrated Eren's success happily.

Ignoring the comments from the other corporals, Instructor Keith announced, "Congratulations on passing the exam."

"Yes! That's great!" Eren couldn't help but shout into the balance machine.

Everyone was infected by Eren's emotions, and many people cheered together!

"Congratulations Eren, let's change the world together." Takashi thought with an inevitable happy smile.

Instructor Keith approached Takashi and deliberately asked, "What did you find?"

"Eren's belt is broken."

Keith took Eren's belt from Takashi's hand and looked it over for a while.

"It turned out that the equipment was faulty, the metal buckles on your belt were rusted. This is the first time in many years I've seen something like this, I'll have to add your belt to the maintenance list." Explained Instructor Keith to everyone and especially to Eren.

"Does that mean he had been trying it with faulty equipment?"

"No way..."

Suddenly, everyone realized what had actually happened from the instructor's words, but Takashi was puzzled. In the original story, Keith immediately mentioned where Eren's belt was damaged and points out that this hadn't happened in many years. This was all too suspicious.

The belt has never been damaged before, and Keith touches it only twice to determine where it is broken, isn't that suspicious?

It really is a very good performance that could fool everyone but Takashi. However, he could only roll his eyes when he heard the instructor's words. All things considered, he surely was the one who handed Eren a defective belt but still Takashi couldn't understand why instructor Keith did that.

Was it because he most likely knew Eren's mother? Takashi vaguely recalled that it was for that specific reason.

Still, he wasn't stupid enough to expose Instructor Keith. In the military, a mere corporal can't point fingers at someone like Keith if he's guilty about what happened.

"That's all for today, finally all of you have become soldiers. Train hard and show what you are made of. After today, the actual training will be arranged, and a week later, the three-dimensional maneuvering equipment will be issued."

Instructor Keith looked at the excited people and scoffed, "Yes, there are only 295 people left now. I hope there will be more than 200 people when you graduate, it would be a miracle."

Everyone was silent, and after a while of free practice, it was time for lunch. Takashi went to the dining room with Eren, Mikasa and Armin. On the way, Eren hesitated.

"Do you want to ask me when I found out your belt was broken?" Takashi asked proactively.

"Well, you're right. Regardless, thanks for today." Eren said gratefully.

"I found out your belt was bad when I was instructing you yesterday afternoon, there's a slight abnormal tremor in the dangling cable! Which reminds me of the first day when I helped you put on your belts." Takashi's face was not flushed from the lies and he started blathering nonsense with his eyes wide open.

"Why didn't you say so before!" Mikasa somewhat angrily interjected.

Eren and Armin also looked at Takashi. Of course Eren didn't blame Takashi, he was just a bit puzzled as to why he didn't tell him until today, moments before the test.

Takashi suddenly stopped and looked at the trio of young men.

"If you had given up before trying again, I would not consider you someone who would fight with me later. You can take it as a test to determine your will, sufferings help us grow and I will from now on change the world by your side."

Eren smiled as he understood Takashi's intentions, even at the end he always stood up and tried to improve the situation. He pushed everyone to open their minds and support each other, those words changed the morale of many who passed the test today.

"I see." Eren nodded and looked at Takashi in a different way, he felt that the fellow only cared about changing the world regardless of friendship.

He thought similarly, just now he realized that he found someone with the same determination to eliminate all the titans of this world and find true freedom.

Armin opened his mouth slightly, not knowing how to evaluate Takashi's behavior, Mikasa on her side looked at him harshly, unsatisfied with the fact that Takeshi hid it for a long time if he knew it in the beginning.

Takashi patted Eren on the shoulder and said earnestly, "If you sweat more now, you will bleed less in the future. The difficulties in front of us are just goals, this is not a reason to resent and retreat to our dreams. That which can't defeat us, will only make us stronger on our way, Eren!"

"You seem to have a lot to think about, I really didn't know that at all and it was just my guess. Also, I'm sure it was something Instructor Keith wouldn't let go of." Takashi took his food, ignoring the looks from the trio who didn't know what to say and wandered off to another place to eat.

After the morning test, everyone worked on their fitness for a while and then it was time for lunch.

In the afternoon, in the dining room.

Takashi received a piece of bread and rice soup and went in search of a place to sit.

"Takashi, here!" Thomas greeted Takashi with a smile.

Takashi looked at Thomas along with two other young men beside him smiling amicably, Connie, Jean, Thomas who was at the table had reserved a place for him.

He sat down directly, and Connie asked curiously, "How did you know there was something wrong with Eren's belt?"

Takashi smiled and said, "It was something that surprised me, I just thought that Eren's belt was something different from everyone else's and I lent him mine to verify my guesses."

"Do I have to tell you that I've seen the anime?" Takashi thought to himself.

Connie was speechless, feeling that Takashi was somewhat superficial. However, Jean, who didn't want to talk about Eren's business, interjected, "Are we about to start training with the three-dimensional maneuvering team?"

Thomas explained, "It will take a week for our three-dimensional maneuvering equipment to arrive."

"In this week, in addition to physical training in the morning, we also have to attend a theoretical class on the engine and the internal mechanism of the three-dimensional maneuvering equipment in the afternoon."

The use of the three-dimensional maneuvering equipment is not simple and the recruits must also understand its structure and principles.

In the afternoon, balancing is practiced again, this exercise will last for one week, at the end of one week the three-dimensional maneuvering equipment will be handed over, at that time the training course will officially start.

The official class schedule is as follows: Wake up at 6:30 a.m., bathe for a maximum of half an hour, run for half an hour and have breakfast for half an hour. Theory classes for the training of three-dimensional maneuvering equipment and balance training.

In the second year, riding training and physical combat would begin. There are major evaluations each year, the first year would be snow training, the second year forest marching and the third year actual combat exercises.

...

A week had passed since he arrived in this world, as could be natural, he had to adapt to the requirements that one had to have in order to survive the mighty titans that awaited him later on.

Takashi, who until now had been sitting quietly with his eyes closed, took a deep breath finishing his training for the night. "I guess it was another day full of new things, wasn't it Takashi?"

As if expecting his words to be answered, all Takashi got in return was the whistling of the air in the distance and the chirping of crickets in the bushes nearby.

He hadn't had a quiet respite since he came to this world, the first days of waking up in Takashi's body he used to convince himself that everything he was experiencing was real and not a product of his imagination. On the other hand, the information about the gifts that the roulette gave him was engraved in his memory.

Today, he was finally about to open the Mangekyo Sharingan and see if there was any kind of change just by activating them. Clenching his fists, Takashi activated only the appearance of his eyes and it was as easy as breathing. Feeling a small stream of Chakra enter his sight, the change was very slow but steady and in the blink of an eye, three spores were in Takashi's eyes.

Since the only thing he had to offer in return to access the Susanoo's power was part of his lifespan depending on the form he unleashed, there was nothing else to do to activate his power.

Takashi closed his eyes tightly and then opened both eyes slowly, just as he felt those Demonic eyes had made an appearance he said, "It doesn't feel abnormal at all, the sight could be a little better but maybe it's just my own perception having the wrong idea of what these eyes mean in this world."

This is also the first time Takashi activates the Mangekyo Sharingan on his eyes, according to the information he had there was no cost for just activating them as long as you didn't make use of the Susanoo power.

These eyes are cool, I wouldn't be surprised if those who looked at them and knew of their power would consider studying them more closely. Considering what happened to Eren in the first few chapters of the saga, I was a little afraid of being considered someone just like Eren.

Takashi didn't have any regenerative powers as crazy as Eren Yeager, who was able to regenerate limbs as easily as breathing. Chakra also had no such advanced regenerative function, so Takashi had to be very careful and make use of his power to save every part of his body at all costs in times of danger.

On the other hand, there were the memories about the history of this world. Takashi was really puzzled why those memories were impossible for him to remember. Considering this world and his abilities, he would have generated a major change as the voice told him long before he came to this world.

If he really had to change the future, Takashi was sure he would do his best to improve everyone's end. Right now he had a new mindset about his power and with all that in mind, he was seriously determined not to falter in the face of adversity.

At the end of the day, this is his story and he will do everything he can to support Eren and the others in their quest for freedom.

...

Unconsciously, a week passed in silence, the gendarmerie staff finally delivered the required three-dimensional maneuvering equipment for each soldier.

Everyone looked at the boxes of three-dimensional maneuvering equipment stacked in front of everyone with burning eyes. Takashi was also a little excited, with this device he could move and go to the sky!

Just like taking a driver's license test, after learning the basic theoretical knowledge, you must get in the car to practice, and if you drive a lot, you will naturally become an experienced old driver.

The same goes for the three-dimensional maneuvering equipment. After completing the required basic training and learning all the concepts, practical training will begin today.

To be honest, everyone was anxious, Eren's eyes were shining, God, a child's dream about to come true. Takashi is also looking forward to the moment. Everyone knows how beautiful this thing is in animation.

The equipment was quickly distributed and given to each person. Takashi felt it was very light once equipped on his body, the result of many upgrades and improvements to the equipment over time.

Before everyone was happy, more than a dozen instructors arrived with their respective three-dimensional maneuvering equipment on their bodies led by bald Keith.

"Are you guys excited?" instructor Keith asked with a dark face.

Some of the noisy training soldiers stopped talking. Instructor Keith didn't speak any further and pressed the trigger on the knife handle.

"Shuh!" A repairman on one side of the three-dimensional maneuvering equipment flew straight out, pulled out a telescopic rope and stuck it into a tree trunk, and then the sound of gas jets sounded and the repairman retracted again.

Instructor Keith pointed to the deep hole in the tree trunk punctured by the anchor and said coolly, "Look, what will happen if you get stuck with this fastener! Even though it was mentioned in theory class, some guys don't care every year, but they will eventually learn when they get seriously hurt!"

Everyone looked at the hole in the tree trunk and didn't speak, and some people took a cold breath, this thing was more dangerous than they thought.