Anti-invasion of the heavens: water drops in the beginning

Chapter 204 It's Not Necessary at All
In the EVA world, civilians do not have the right to news. The way most ordinary people understand the battlefield is only the official indifferent text broadcast that has been cut to the extreme, and ordinary people will not see a single frame.

So this time, the fact that the silver giant defeated the apostle with the assistance of the first machine did not cause any waves on the Internet.

But among the high-level governments of various countries, this is news that is no less than an earthquake.

A weapon created by pure human technology without mastering the AT force field can actually have a fighting power no less than that of an apostle.

Everyone wanted to know where this so-called 'melting pot of life' organization came from, but when those officials inquired upwards, they only got the blunt word 'confidential' from the highest-level Seele organization.

It's just that even though the silver giant has a combat power comparable to that of an apostle, he doesn't have an AT force field after all. It seems that he needs the assistance of EVA in battle, so the importance of NERV has not decreased much, except for the addition of combat reinforcements. , everything seems to be no different from the past.

Probably the only difference is... Unit One is about to lose its pilot.

"Are you still going to pilot EVA, Shinji?"

On the third day after the fourth apostle's invasion, Ikari Shinji, who finally recovered from the severe pain, also returned to school.

And after school, when the students walked out of the classroom one after another, Karl asked Shinji such a question.

Shinji was packing his handbag, and he was a little confused when he heard this: "Ah? What?"

Of course Karl knew that Shinji wasn't unresponsive, he was just subconsciously avoiding this topic.

So Karl shook his head, poked through the window paper and said, "You said it before, you are not a fighter...and since you are not a fighter, it is not your responsibility to go to the battlefield."

Shinji didn't expect that Karl would directly ask such a heavy topic when he came back to school. He could only say in embarrassment: "But...it's not something I can decide..."

"When you drove EVA last time, you were scared, right?"

Carl sighed and said, "That's how you are... in normal times, because of other people's orders or requests, because you are afraid of other people's blame and disappointment, you will unconditionally obey, and even break the jar, thinking that it is a big deal to die on the battlefield. But when he really went to the battlefield, he flinched and regretted because of fear and pain. In the end, every time he defeated the apostle inexplicably, the cycle would repeat."

Shinji, who was completely seen through, did not have the courage to become angry, only unspeakable embarrassment, and he didn't know where to put his hands.

Carl saw Shinji's flustered and uncomfortable, took a step forward, pressed his shoulder, and comforted him: "Don't worry, Shinji, I'm not blaming you... On the contrary, I'm helping you."

Shinji raised his head in a daze, and seeing Karl's only encouraging eyes, Shinji, who had been punctured in the deepest thoughts in his heart, suddenly felt... It seemed that it was no big deal.

After all, Karl would never hurt himself.

This is Shinji's intuition. Although his timid nature makes him feel that he should not be so sure, but emotionally, he still can't help but relax his vigilance.

Or in other words, let go of the heart wall.

So Shinji murmured, "Then... what should I do?"

"What you have to do, at least is not to meet other people's expectations. It's not to be told a few times, 'Do you want to escape?' Such bastard words, in order to prove that you will not escape, you have to bite the bullet and do work that does not belong to you .”

Carl slowly raised his hand, pointed at Shinji's heart, and said softly, "You want to fight... Shinji, but this time, you are fighting for yourself."

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NERV headquarters.

"Shinji...you really don't plan to pilot the first machine anymore?"

Katsuragi Misato frowned, her tone wanted to be as gentle as possible, but she couldn't suppress the irritability in her heart.

Shinji Ikari, who went to the command room of Ikogendo with Katsuragi Misato, nodded calmly: "Ah, I'm very sorry...but I don't want to drive EVA anymore."

"Winning is a matter of course. Only one person will praise me. But if I fail, I will be hated by everyone. Only one person will not blame me. Maybe I will die because of it, and only one person will come to save me... "

Shinji showed a helpless and relaxed smile, and this was the first time he had shown his true emotions and thoughts in so many years: "So, I'm sorry, I didn't come to Tokyo to leave painful memories... "

Although he said words of evasion, Shinji Ikari walked with his back straight.

He stared ahead, and his steps were rarely determined.

Is this an escape?Obviously, this is definitely an escape.

But it was also Ikari Shinji, an extremely rare, assertive escape.

Katsuragi Misato didn't know what to say for a while.

At least... She suddenly discovered that after defeating the apostles twice, even she, who lives under the same roof as Shinji...has never praised Shinji.

Maybe I was under too much pressure, maybe Shinji didn't feel so depressed afterward... But in short, I really didn't think about how much this child has done.

Katsuragi Misato originally wanted to justify in her heart, she commanded the battle and defeated the apostle, and no one came to praise her... But even Katsuragi Misato couldn't say such shameless words.

After all, one is an adult and the other is a child.

One sits in the command room, and the other actually goes to the battlefield.

Katsuragi Misato could tell that this time Shinji was not joking or playing childish temper.Under the influence of Karl, he made it clear that it was not his responsibility to go to the battlefield, so he came to fight for his own interests.

That's right, although he is escaping, although he is a deserter... But now Shinji is more like a warrior than before, a warrior who fights for his own freedom.

It's just that most of Shinji's courage disappeared in an instant when he saw his father Ikari Gendo's calm to almost indifferent eyes.

Fortunately, with the remaining courage, Ikari Shinji uttered his appeal: "I don't want to drive the No. [-] machine anymore, father."

Ikogentang only responded with one sentence: "If you think you can't do it, then get out."

Immediately, Ikari Shinji was kicked out.

The speed was so fast that Shinji himself didn't even realize it.

That's... all right?
Although his father's attitude is very bad, but to be honest, Ikari Shinji is almost used to it.

The original Shinji had no one to rely on in his heart, so he would try to use his weak tentacles to touch anyone who was related to him, hoping to put his soul somewhere.

He tried to build up with Katsuragi Misato, but Katsuragi Misato only regarded him as a little boy with adolescent hormones, who would make a mistake, and would only reject Shinji with the slickness unique to adults.

He tried to build up with Asuka, but Asuka is essentially the same person as him. The two little guys are like porcupines. Although they will get a little bit of warmth they want each other when they get together, they will only hurt each other if they get too close.

He tried to build up with his father... Needless to say.

In the end, in the original book, there is only one person who is willing to accept Shinji's soul, and that is a humanoid apostle named Kaoru Nagisa.

Then, as an apostle, he died in the hands of Shinji, along with the soul of Shinji he accepted.

This is also the reason why Shinji was completely rotten in the later period... After the death of Kaoru Nagisa, he was almost an empty shell, and it doesn't matter what humans are, right?
And the current Shinji still can't be called strong in heart, nor can he be said to have reborn and changed his face. He is still the child who is more cowardly than normal people.

The only difference between him and himself in the past is that finally, for the first time, he voluntarily expressed his appeal and carried it out independently.

That's at least a good start.

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Shinji didn't go back to his hometown because he still wanted to go to school in Tokyo.

But his request to move out of Katsuragi Misato's house was still rejected by Katsuragi Misato.

"Since you still want to go to school, and you don't know anyone in Tokyo, how can you live alone? You should at least have someone to take care of you, right?"

Katsuragi Misato, who was wearing a tank top and shorts and drinking beer, said drunkenly.

Shinji was speechless looking at the messy environment and the kitchen utensils he had never touched before coming here, wondering who took care of whom...

Living alone, you can save one person's meal and clean up one person's hygiene.

But Shinji, who just refused to drive the first machine again, has almost exhausted his own ideas. He dare not disappoint the people he knows a second time, so he has no choice but to continue to live in Katsuragi Misato's house and work as a free part-time job for her.

But even so, after going out to school, Shinji's mood is high and at ease, and he has a sense of spaciousness and freedom.

You don't have to go to the battlefield...

And he won't be kidnapped by morality, and he won't go into cardiac arrest as soon as he hears the siren, thinking that only he can save the world, and reluctantly risk his life to go to the battlefield.

After all, Karl and the silver giant are here now.

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Ling Boli is dead.

The appearance of the fifth apostle did not surprise anyone.

After all, the fourth apostle was only separated from the third apostle by less than three weeks, and it was only natural that the fifth apostle appeared within a short period of time.

Although Shinji isn't here, Lingboli is still there, and Unit Zero is still there.

However, almost everyone did not expect that the Fifth Apostle's attack was so sudden.

This apostle, who looks like a pure prismatic geometry, was hit by the particle cannon lasing from the core of the thunder angel at the moment when Unit [-] took the elevator to the surface, and before he even stepped out of the three-dimensional elevator cabin .

This was originally the treatment of Shinji and Unit [-], but now it is fully accepted by Ling Boli.

It's even more unlucky... I don't know if it's the difference between the first machine and the zero machine, or because the first machine has the soul of Ikari Yui, so the thunder angel in the original book misidentified the vital point, and in the end it was only a serious injury.

The No. [-] machine was directly hit in the cockpit by Thunder Angel's particle cannon.

"how can that be?!"

In the NERV combat command room, everyone looked ugly.

Someone even slammed the table and said fiercely: "Damn it! It's all because of that deserter Shinji!"

Just now a companion was killed in battle, Katsuragi Misato was not in the mood to excuse Shinji, but bit her nails anxiously.

Now... what should I do?
"Recover Unit Zero and send Ling Boli to the treatment room."

Ikori Hall was on the top floor of the command room, and said calmly.

Katsuragi Misato was taken aback when she heard the words, she couldn't help but raised her head and said, "What? But Commander, the life readings show that Li has..."

"Do it, and she won't die."

When Yuantang saw Ling Boli being attacked, his heart couldn't help but twitch. After all, Ling Boli was a clone of his wife... But after confirming her death, he calmed down again.

After all, there are plenty of clones out there.

As a military secret and a clone, her death will not be announced to anyone... only a new Ling Boli will come out of the clone pod to take her place.

So Shinji, who was staying in the refuge with his classmates for the first time, did not know about Ling Boli's death.

Although he first boarded the No. [-] machine, he just didn't want Ling Boli, who was all bandaged, to go to the battlefield... But now, it can be regarded as a return of some kind of fate. Ling Boli, who was saved because of Shinji, finally died because of Shinji's departure. died on the battlefield.

Now NERV is very embarrassing, especially embarrassing, extremely embarrassing.

Of the two pilots, one died and the other resigned... The huge NERV headquarters was unable to attack any EVA.

Facing such a situation, Ikogentang still looked calm, and just said in the war room: "NERV has no combat units for the time being, let the silver giant from the 'Furnace of Life' come."

Katsuragi Misato was worried to death at first, but when she heard the words, she thought of Carl, the stinky brat who abducted Shinji, and immediately gritted her teeth with hatred: "Okay, that bastard who led Shinji astray, this time there is no EVA to neutralize the AT force field Alright, let me see what you do!"

"He's not called 'Silver Giant', he has a name."

At this time, a strange voice came from the back of the command room, and Dongyue Kozo, who was standing behind Ikari, couldn't help turning his head, and saw a strange figure.

Dongyue Gengzo frowned immediately, and asked scoldingly, "Who are you? How did you get here? You will be court-martialed for trespassing on the NERV combat command room."

"The combat command room? I can't see how you guys are going to fight. Now this is just a large live broadcast room, right?"

Chen Guang smiled and came to Ding Yuantang's side, and said with a smile, "Will you not introduce me, Commander Ding?"

Ding Yuantang said indifferently: "Dongyue, be quiet. He is the commander-in-chief of the 'Furnace of Life', at the same level as me... and also the designer and maker of the silver giant."

"His name...is called UltraMam (Ultimate Man), and you can also call him the transliterated name, Ultraman." Chen Guang added with a smile.

"UltraMam? Strange name...Is the name Man a hobby of Americans?" Akagi Ritsuko complained.

And at this moment, in the screen, that familiar silver figure appeared on the battlefield.

It's just... high altitude.

His arms were raised high, stretched straight, and he was heading towards the battlefield from the direction of Hawaii.

At this time, everyone was shocked to find that... this silver giant named Ultraman even has the ability to fly!

"Wait, wait! He doesn't have a propulsion device at all!?" Aoba Mao asked in surprise.

Hinata pushed his glasses and guessed: "It should be the same technology as the last attack... He can directly output energy through the metal on the body surface! It must be so."

As soon as these words came out, the people around suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.

It turns out that the seemingly miraculous functions are all derived from the same technology.Although this is still very miraculous, even called a miracle, it has a bit more sense of reality, unlike before, it is simply like a mythical creation.

Dongyue Gengzao heard the words, suddenly remembered something, surprised and shocked: "Could it be... this is X metal? There is such a material? It's just like a myth!"

Chen Guang laughed and said, "After all, X...refers to infinite possibilities, but it's a pity that X metal is too precious, and even I can only save it hard."

As he spoke, he said meaningfully: "I hope that human beings can work harder, and don't let me make this trip in vain."

Chen Guang's words were cloudy, and he didn't tell the lie that Ultraman was made of X-metal, but everyone around him thought that Ultraman was made of X-metal.

Don't make a trip in vain?Is the acquisition of X metal related to the apostles?

Ikari source hall took this information down in his heart, if he could obtain X metal, it would obviously greatly improve the combat effectiveness of EVA.

While speaking, Ultraman had already arrived on the battlefield.

Without any hesitation, Thunder Angel made an early grab and hit Ultraman's chest!
"Hit!"

The people in the command room yelled subconsciously, and then they remembered that Ultraman is not under the control of NERV. They are just spectators now, and they don't have any work to do.

At this moment, many people were very uncomfortable, but immediately, the content on the screen shocked everyone.

Unscathed.

Just like the fourth apostle used the light whip to bind Ultraman's arm before, the particle cannon could not even leave a scorched mark on Ultraman's chest.

Immediately after the second shot, the third shot... except for a slight pause in Ultraman's approaching footsteps, it had no effect.

The people in the command room even felt a little numb...

Unexpectedly, even such an attack has no effect?

Ikari Gendo also narrowed his eyes slightly, which was already the greatest expression of shock and surprise for him due to the external situation.

Metal X... so hard?

"It's even more AT force field than AT force field..." Akagi Ritsuko murmured.

Katsuragi Misato sighed, finally heaving a sigh of relief.

But she still shook her head helplessly and said: "Ultraman can't break through the AT force field, and the apostle can't do damage to X metal... Now it's all right, neither side can break through the defense, it seems that the situation is not optimistic."

At this time, her eyes suddenly brightened, she turned to Ikari Gendo on the high platform behind her, and suggested, "Commander, I want to apply for the use of the cation cannon from the Tsukuba Technology Research Office of the Strategic Self-Defense Force!"

Dongyue Gengzao pondered: "Do you want to shoot directly from a long distance outside the target range?"

Katsuragi Misato said: "Yes, since we have no way to neutralize the AT force field of the apostle for the time being, we can only try to penetrate it directly with an attack. If we use high-energy beams, we can still do such a thing."

On the side, Hinata Minoru hastily used a computer that was temporarily out of work to perform some calculations, and the final result surprised him: "But...according to calculations, the energy required to penetrate the AT force field requires at least 8000 million kilowatts, we don't have that much energy at all?"

Katsuragi Misato said to herself: "It's very simple... use the electricity of the whole of Japan!"

Finally, Chen Guang couldn't help it, shook his head and chuckled, "Hehe..."

Katsuragi Misato immediately looked at the commander-in-chief of the melting pot of life with dissatisfaction, and said dissatisfiedly: "Excuse me...Commander, do you have any dissatisfaction with my plan? Since Ultraman and the apostle can't break through each other's defenses, then Let the Altman block the attack, and the plan of attacking by the cation cannon is completely feasible!"

Chen Guang waved his hands and said, "No, I'm not denying this plan...I just want to say."

"There's no need for that at all."

As soon as the voice fell, there was a buzzing like space tearing in everyone's ears.

Katsuragi Misato turned her head in shock, and saw in the picture... Ultraman directly stretched out his slender hands, holding Thunder Angel firmly in his arms through the AT force field!
And Thunder Angel is constantly using the core to shoot at Ultraman's chest at super close range!

But it didn't work. In the air, there was only the intense vibration of the AT force field becoming more and more visible to the naked eye!

(End of this chapter)