Pirate's Bizarre Adventure

This little girl, Rei Ayanami, is... quite anthropomorphic.

Jon thought the nonsense life talk session was over here.

Unexpectedly, the drunk Katsuragi Misato also came over.

Then, she was turned away.

"You're an adult. If you can't handle your own problems, don't cause trouble for others." Jon said to the outside through the door.

Three days later——

"Hello, Mr. John. Long time no see." Kaji Ryoji smiled and handed over the menu: "What would you like to order? The eel here is pretty good."

Jon was not polite and ordered two or three of the most expensive dishes. He squinted at the other party and said, "So, what identity do you have to talk to me today?"

"Ahahaha, as expected, nothing can be hidden from you. Uh, considering your ability, should I use honorifics?" Kaji Ryoji cleared his throat and said seriously, "Well, Mr. Jon, please introduce yourself again. I am Kaji Ryoji, a member of NERV's Special Inspection Department.

Of course, as you know, I have another identity.

That's right, I'm a spy from the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Neon Government, responsible for investigating some things in the base."

Jon stroked his smooth chin and said, "So you are Mr. Kaji, a high-ranking agent of both Neon and NERV, codenamed Pangolin. I am sorry for the disrespect."

Kaji Ryoji was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Pangolin? That's quite appropriate. Anyway, my job is to penetrate the iron wall of NERV and steal the secrets contained therein... Okay, then I will be a pangolin from now on."

Jon shrugged and deliberately skipped the topic: "So what is the main reason why you came to me today?"

He stared at Kaji Ryoji and said, "With your intelligence network, you should know that many people have been trying to win me over recently. Since you chose to meet in secret, it means that you represent the Japanese government. So? What price can they offer, and what do they need me to do?"

Kaji Ryoji said: "In fact, I don't represent NERV or the Neon government today. I only represent myself. I found you for my own sake."

Jon became interested: "Details."

Kaji Ryoji was very understanding and responded very smoothly: "Here? That's not good."

Jon raised his eyebrows and took out his phone: "I'm going to tell the police that there is male ketone here."

Kaji Ryoji said 'eh' and scratched his head, "Based on your usual personality, I thought this level of jokes was within the safe range."

"Whether it's safe or not, I'll judge." Jon returned to his original expression and made the same classic move as Gendo Ikari: "Tell me what you want from me, and by the way, talk about the chips you can pay."

"Chips... It sounds like I'm gambling." Kaji Ryoji smiled and said, "Well, I am indeed making a once-in-a-lifetime gamble. I'll be frank, Mr. Jon. I only have one question. Please tell me the truth about how the world has changed."

"The truth is sometimes as sharp as a knife, killing without blood." Jon blinked his eyes: "Are you sure you want to know the truth of the world, even at the cost of your life?"

Ryoji Kaji: "I am absolutely sure that this is the meaning of my life, and I live for it."

Jon nodded: "OK, I can tell you the truth about this world, but what can you give? You can't expect to get something for nothing."

Kaji Ryoji leaned forward slightly and asked, "I heard that you have the Adam embryo."

Jon admitted openly: "Yes."

"I'll give you whatever you want." Ryoji Kaji is very cunning.

However, Jon didn't buy it: "If that's what you mean, then let's not talk about it. Let's eat and drink, but don't talk about business."

Kaji Ryoji was anxious: "Don't."

He explained half-truthfully: "I didn't mean to deceive you, but I really didn't know what could attract you, and I wanted to know the truth so badly that the desire outweighed everything else."

Jon pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "Forget it. I don't think you can give me anything I want. But in exchange, you can do three things for me. Do you accept it?"

"Do things? Excuse me, but you have great powers. You don't need anyone else to do anything you want to do," said Kaji Ryoji.

Jon's mouth curled up slightly: "It's like you like playing video games. No matter how strong the enemies are, you can just turn off the power and nothing will happen. But I'm the kind of person who wants to play games, you know? I will turn off the power when necessary, but if I always turn off the power, the game will become boring."

Kaji Ryoji was stunned and said, "I see, I understand..."

Seeing this, Jon raised three fingers and said, "Well, let me tell you about the three impacts, with a focus on the third impact."

Kaji Ryoji was stunned for a moment, looked around, and said with some concern: "Right here? Right now?"

Jon waved his hand casually. "Don't worry. As long as I don't want others to notice us, no one will notice us. If you don't believe me, you can stand up and shout to the people around you, 'Everyone, look at me, look at me, I have something to announce. I am a sentinel.'"

Kaji Ryoji: ???
It's inexplicable, why would he suddenly declare himself a sentinel?

But.

He frowned and thought for a while, then really stood up and raised his hands: "Everyone, look at me... I'm a sentinel!"

The diners around him ate and drank as if he didn't exist.

Kaji Ryoji exclaimed from the bottom of his heart: "What a miraculous ability."

"It's because of the place you chose. Otherwise, why would it be so troublesome? The lobby... do you need help from others and want to eat in the lobby?" Jon sneered.

Kaji Ryoji scratched his head and explained: "After all, it's a private matter, I can't report it. I don't have much savings... so... hehe."

of course.

This is just rhetoric.

The fact that spies contact high-risk targets in private is itself a signal.

If he enters a relatively secret private room again, no matter how much Kaji Ryoji explains afterwards, the people above him will not believe him.

Jon saw through it but didn't say anything. He cleared his throat and said, "Well, let me start by talking about the triple impact from a superficial level."

Kaji Ryoji nodded repeatedly: "Please go ahead."

Jon: “First of all, impact does not refer to physical collisions such as collisions or explosions, but rather to the impact on all mankind at a macro level.

The first impact is about the origin of mankind. Simply put, an alien came and the celestial body turned into cosmic dust, and soon became a satellite.

At the same time, it left behind the Egg of Life A, codenamed Lilith, underground.

In contrast, the earth itself is also home to the ancient life egg B, codenamed Adam.

The two eggs of life each gave birth to many lives, and humans are the descendants of Lilith. "

Just as it started, Kaji Ryoji lost his composure, looking weak as if his SAN was decreasing too quickly and he couldn't hold on any longer.

"Humans..." He hesitated, "Didn't they evolve from ancient apes?"

"I'm talking about the world view setting, don't talk to me about modern science." Jon frowned.

"Please continue, please continue." Kaji Ryoji took a sip of water to calm himself down.

Waiting for Jon to tell him what he cares most about, the Second Impact.

“The second shock was a long process of many things coming together, including but not limited to:
Antarctic expedition, searching for Adam;
Discover the target, study Adam;
Establish a secret base and recruit famous scientists from all over the world;

Conducting some secret experiment and transporting the Spear of Longinus to the South Pole;
Adam awakens as predicted, rises to the surface, and spreads his wings of light; the Spear of Longinus' attempt to seal Adam fails, and it sinks to the bottom of the sea;
The awakened Adam wants to activate 'Genesis' to reset the life on the planet;

The experimenter activated Adam's self-destruct system, Adam's AT force field reversed, the core shattered, and the resulting explosion shattered Adam himself;

The huge energy released by Adam's self-explosion caused the melting of Antarctic glaciers, the deflection of the earth's magnetic field and axis, and climate change. "

Kaji Ryoji: …

Silence expresses a subversion of the worldview.

He wanted to say something, but when the words reached his lips, they turned into a meaningless dry laugh.

After a long pause, Kaji Ryoji finally spoke bitterly: "Because of those scientists' experiments, the world's population has dropped by 50%. Billions of people, just because of this reason... are gone."

As he finished speaking, he remembered something: "The so-called Adam embryo..."

"Adam's remaining flesh was recovered by SEELE and restored to an embryonic state, and then sealed in resin. You personally handed it to Ikari Gendō, and then Ikari Gendō handed it to me. But that old man had no good intentions, and only used my place as a bank vault to avoid pressure from the upper levels." Jon observed Kaji Ryoji's expression: "Why don't we stop here today? I think you can't stand it anymore."

Kaji Ryoji: “I can handle it.”

Jon: “You can’t stand it.”

Kaji Ryoji: “I can handle it!!!”

Jon: "Why are you yelling so loudly?"

Kaji Ryoji: ???
Jon: "Okay, the next thing is the Third Impact, which is about to begin. In fact, you have already discovered the clues, right? The conflict between NERV and SEELE is about to surface. But because the Third Impact has not yet appeared, I can only say that in the end all human beings will be affected and return to their original state."

"What does it mean to return to the origin?" Kaji Ryoji didn't quite understand.

But Jon had no intention of explaining, so he pulled the secret area away and exposed the two of them to the public eye again.

After the food was served, he did not hesitate to taste the meal which was said to be quite good.

Kaji Ryoji was left sitting alone, deep in thought.

After having a good meal and a good drink, Jon decisively said goodbye and left the Adam embryo behind: "Ikari Gendo put the things with me, and I put the things with you. You don't have to keep them well. That's it."

"Wait a minute, Mr. Jon." Ryoji Kaji suddenly came to his senses and called out to Jon.

"What? Do you have anything else to do?"

Kaji Ryoji: "Is it really okay to leave something this dangerous to me?"

"Nothing bad about it." Jon shrugged. "Actually, I didn't tell you everything. The so-called Third Impact, returning to the origin is just one of the endings. If you look carefully, there are other endings. Even if I get excited tomorrow and summon something, I can modify a certain crappy book and bring about the destruction of mankind ahead of time."

Kaji Ryoji swallowed and said, "Please don't do that."

"Haha, who knows? Anyway, the next time the apostles attack, I've been invited to help again. Since it's a rare opportunity, I plan to do something different."

After leaving a few words, Jon waved his hand and left.

Ryoji Kaji looked at the Adam embryo with complicated eyes, thought about it, and decided to put it away properly, then left the restaurant in a hurry.

……

……

"Have you noticed that our AT force field has become weak?"

During a training session, Asuka suddenly said something out of the blue.

Rei Ayanami said calmly: "There is no definite data to support this..."

Shinji: "Ah, I have a similar feeling, it feels like the AT field is getting thinner and thinner, and sometimes even disappears?"

"Yes, yes, that's right." Asuka agreed repeatedly.

At this moment, Katsuragi Misato's voice rang out in the team chat: "What the hell are you guys doing? Train seriously."

Asuka said in annoyance: "Anyway, the candidates for the next fight against the apostles have already been decided. We have trained so hard, but we will just have to watch from the sidelines."

"Idiot, don't pin the hopes of all mankind on an alien." Misato Katsuragi scolded.

Shinji hesitated for a moment, but decided to speak for Jon: "Mr. Jon is a good man."

"If he is a good person, then there will be no bad people in the world." Katsuragi Misato thought secretly.

But she didn't want to argue with a teenager, so she changed her words and said, "In short, more sweat in war, less blood in war, so hurry up and train."

Ayanami Rei pointed out the grammatical error in Katsuragi Misato: "It's because I sweat a lot."

"I just hope you can fight safely. Okay, stop talking nonsense and continue training." Misato Katsuragi said a little angrily.

"It's obvious that you said something wrong, but you don't allow people to correct you."

"Women of this age are like this. They can't get married and their self-esteem is too strong."

“I don’t usually do housework.”

"Yes, yes, and he always drinks."

"Drinking? That can be considered alcoholism, right?"

“I don’t usually do housework.”

"Li, can you please stop repeating yourself?"

“…Cooking is awful.”

Katsuragi Misato: ???
No.

Are you here for training or to have a rant?
As she thought about this, she glanced at the value displayed on the screen, rubbed her eyes suddenly, and shouted, "Stop, stop, stop!"

Shinji and the others were confused.

Katsuragi Misato confirmed again and again, and couldn't help swallowing her saliva: "The AT force field...disappeared..."

At force field, in a broad sense, can be regarded as the embodiment of mental force.

Simply put, the more withdrawn and awkward you are, the more you desire to distance yourself from others, and that resistance will be reflected in the force field.

Misato Katsuragi recalled the complaints she had just made and pinched her brows helplessly.

Isn't it a bit too much that you three opened your hearts to each other just because you complained about me?
Although personally, she was happy to see this happen.

But from a human perspective, the three of you are essentially taking off your armor automatically.

How can we fight well like this? (End of this chapter)