I’m translating from the full Chinese raws (I think these might be the official Tongli Taiwanese ones actually) :)

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Chapter 85 - Basement

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[FLASHBACK]

Mikasa: ARMIN!! GET DOWN!!

Colossal Titan: Painful…it hurts…

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Armin: Bertholt…?

Sasha: It hurts…

Armin: …

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Sasha: Oh…it hurts so much…

Armin: !?

Sasha!?

…the injuries are so severe!

How did this happen…

!

Eren…all this is—

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Eren: You’re finally…alive again.

Armin: Huh?

Levi: He’s awake?

Armin: Captain.

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Armin: What’s going on?

How did everything get to this point?

I can’t remember at all.

Levi: I figured.

Armin: Huh?

Eren: …

Levi: Eren, you should tell him everything.

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Levi: And? Do you understand now, Armin?

Armin: So…first of all…

The only survivors of the Survey Corps…are the 9 of us here?

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Jean: …as of right now, that is the case.

It has been 4 hours since the battle ended…

We’ve been searching for more suvivors, but to no avail…

Armin: We’ve successfully sealed Shiganshina District.

Reiner, Beast Titan, and another enemy have escaped…

…we successfully captured the Colossal Titan.

Then, because both Commander Erwin and I were near death, you fought over who should receive the injection.

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Armin: In the end…I transformed into a Titan…

And I ate Bertholt…

[Gags]

Why…

Why was I chosen?

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Armin: No matter how you think about it…

It should be Commander Erwin surviving!?

Captain!?

Why did you inject me!?

Levi: Tch…

Didn’t I say to tell him “everything?”

At least…the two here who are close with you didn’t think the same way?

They even clashed with me, causing injuries.

Armin: Huh?

Eren: We are willing to face any type of punishment.

Hanji: Of course violating military orders will lead to discipline,

But just because you’re willing to accept them, does that mean you can do whatever you want?

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Eren: …of course not.

Levi: …then again.

The one who made the final choice was me.

No…my personal feelings decided that this would be Erwin’s burial ground.

Armin: ……

…I don’t understand this.

How can you let the Commander die?

Without Commander Erwin…

Then we…

What do we do next…

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Hanji: I also believe that…

Injecting Erwin was the right decision.

But the one Erwin entrusted the serum to was Levi.

And Levi chose you.

Hence, I don’t have much else to say.

So we entrust Erwin’s life, as well as the power of a Titan, to you.

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Hanji: No matter what others say, you already have this role.

I expect that you will have even greater contributions to humanity, Armin.

Armin: ……I,

I…have to carry…Commander Erwin’s responsibilities??

…How is that…possible…

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Levi: Don’t get me wrong.

You cannot replace Erwin.

However…you do possess a power others lack.

Listen up.

Don’t let anyone regret their decision.

Not me…not these two, or anyone else—

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Levi: And don’t let yourself feel any regrets.

That is your mission.

Sasha: Ummph…so loud…

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Hanji: Hahaha…we’ve been defeated by Sasha.

…Also, I also have to inherit Erwin’s position as Commander.

My situation is similar to yours…

At this point, we can only stay determined.

Armin: …alright.

Hanji: In that case…now that Armin is fine, we should head out.

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Hanji: Myself, Levi, Eren, and Mikasa will go investigate.

The four of you should stay here on the wall and carefully observe our surroundings.

Eren, you still have the key, right?

Eren: Of course.

It’s right here.

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Hanji: Good thing the fire didn’t reach this area.

…is that the house?

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Eren: That’s right.

[FLASHBACK]

Eren: Why can’t I go into the basement?

Carla: Your father stored many important tools there for work.

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Eren: Say, dad.

When will you bring me into the basement?

Grisha: About that…

I will, after you discover the most important thing.

Eren: …what’s that.

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Hanji: Oh good…

No groundwater accumulated below.

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Mikasa: Let’s go down.

[FLASHBACK]

Carla (Or Grisha?): Eren…

Why would you think about going outside?

Eren: I don’t want to be trapped here my entire life, and not have any idea what the world is like out there!

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Carla: Wait…honey!

You should discourage him!

Grisha: Carla…human curiosity is not something you can suppress with mere words.

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Grisha: Eren…when I return…

I’ll let you see the restricted, secret basement.

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Levi: Open it.

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Eren: Mmph!

Hanji: What is it?

Mikasa: Eren?

Levi: ? Hurry up.

Eren: …this key…

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Eren: This key…is not for opening this door.

Hanji: What…

Mikasa: How can that be…

That is the same key Dr. Yeager carried…

Levi: ……

Move aside.

I’ll open the door.

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Hanji: What are you doing!?

…just…hold on a second.

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Levi: Mm…if these medicine correspond with their labeling, then they’re just generics.

Hanji: The books are all related to medicine.

It just looks like a regular office someone like Dr. Yeager would have.

No suspicious details whatsoever.

This room seems to be really emphasizing this point.

Levi: True…looking at it on the surface, you can’t find anything that would alarm the Military Police.

Don’t just stand there, brats.

Erwin’s intuition wouldn’t be wrong.

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Eren & Mikasa: Yes sir.

Mikasa: !

…Eren.

There is…a keyhole here.

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Eren: It’s open…

EMPTY—!?

Levi: Look closer.

There are two layers at the bottom.

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Hanji: The smell is of mint oil and charcoal.

These were treated to prevent moisture and pests?

There are three books…

Levi: These must be what we’re looking for.

Eren: What did father…want me to see?

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Nile: Erwin asked me this back then.

“The fact that no humans exist outside the walls…how exactly did we determine that?”

He said since we can’t move around freely outside, how can we conclude that all humans there have been eliminated by the Titans?

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Nile: But the history books stated so clearly that “They’ve all been eaten.” If the books were objective, then the correct record should be “They’ve likely all been eaten.”

This means that there were intentions behind this biased conclusion. Such as if the Monarchy, which distributed the books, wanted humanity to believe that “no others survived outside”…

When I heard Erwin say this at first…I thought he was overthinking things. I even teased him about spilling nonsense all the time.

But now…

At this point…

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Zackley: We can only apologize to him in person then…

Pixis: It’s nearly dawn…

If they were successful, they should be on their way back…

Soldier: THE SURVEY CORPS…HAVE RETURNED!

Crowd: WE TOOK BACK WALL MARIA!

VICTORY!!!

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Eren: This is…a painted portrait?

Hanji: No…it’s so detailed that it doesn’t seem drawn by human hands.

Eren (Narration): The back of that piece of paper contained my father’s words.

“This is not a painting.”







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“This was created using the reflection of light upon a special type of material. It’s called a ‘photograph.’”

“I come from outside the walls, where life is elegant and comfortable.”

“In reality, humans are not extinct at all.”



THESE DECLARATIONS REFLECT THE TRUTH.

[To be continued in Bessatsu Shonen November 2016, out in early October]