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Chapter 168 Go back if you don’t drive EVA

The sky is getting brighter, and the sunrise is ushering in Massachusetts. The clouds are dyed a light golden color, and the towering crystal tree is shrouded in golden light, reflecting hazy halos.

The tails of the fish angel and the music angel were connected to the roots of the tree. Everyone present saw with their own eyes the two apostles who had been eliminated, appearing in the second branch.

In addition to the troops and EVA Unit [-] on the scene, the battle scene of the Massachusetts branch was also broadcast in real time in front of the screens of NERV headquarters and SEELE.

"Energy reaction. The blue image is confirmed to be consistent with the sixth and seventh apostles."

Ritsuko Akagi looked at the data analyzed by MAGI in surprise.

"We spent so much time and money making EVA, but he restored the apostles in such a short period of time and was able to control the apostles' actions!"

"How is it possible? There is obviously only one unrepaired S2 mechanism there, which cannot even support the actions of one apostle, let alone two. How on earth did he do it!"

"Is this the power of 'heresy'?"

Ritsuko Akagi slumped on the chair as if she had lost all her strength.

"What on earth are we fighting?"

She could not use existing scientific theories to explain the current phenomenon. Both EVA and the man were in a category that humans did not understand.

At the same time, SEELE was also paying close attention to the outcome of this encirclement and suppression battle. Ikari Gendo, who was far away in Antarctica to recover the Lance of Langnokis, was forced to enter the meeting through a virtual image. They and NERV The operations department is directly connected and can issue orders to the driver and troops.

"To resurrect a dead messenger, what a heresy!" Speaker Keel slammed the conference table.

His right hand is a mechanical arm, and the modified mechanical prosthetic eye can clearly see the broadcast images.

"Fuyutsuki, what is the chance of winning given by MAGI?" Ikari Yuantang asked Deputy Commander Fuyutsuki.

"Dr. Akagi, please explain." Fuyutsuki connected the image of Ritsuko Akagi to the SEELE conference room.

"MAGI believes that the winning rate of Unit 0.000001 is only 2. The only chance of winning is an unexpected error in the S[-] mechanism." Ritsuko Akagi said: "In other words, MAGI believes that it is impossible to win in a head-on battle."

"Originally, the synchronization rate between the pilot of Unit [-] and Unit [-] was not high. Facing the attacks of two apostles at the same time, they would definitely be defeated soon."

"The best solution given by MAGI is to have the army and No. 2 aircraft retreat, and then drop N[-] mines directly on the ground to minimize losses."

"It doesn't matter." Speaker Keel made the decision: "Let Unit 2 and the army continue to fight, and if they lose, we will throw N[-] mines."

"It doesn't matter if you can't win, at least you can get information about the heresy."

"If we continue, we may lose the pilot of Unit [-]. The pilot of Unit [-] is now unable to go into battle, if the apostle attacks again," Ritsuko Akagi interjected.

She pursed her lips. She still couldn't bear to see the possibility of Shinji Ikari's sacrifice.

After all, she was not that hard-hearted yet, and she couldn't bear to see Shinji Ikari die like this.

She still has a lot of old feelings for Kaji Ryoji and Katsuragi Misato.

The friendship between the three of them in college is still vivid in their minds, but they never expected that it would turn out like this in the end.

A member of SEELE said calmly: "Aren't there many substitutes? The Marduk Agency was established for this purpose, and there is also Unit Zero."

Ritsuko Akagi's heart trembled. To say that there are indeed substitutes for pilots, in fact, all the students in the middle school where Shinji and Asuka attended were children who were searched by the Marduk Agency and could become EVA pilots. , the pilots of Units [-] and [-] were ready to choose from those children.

Although Ritsuko Akagi is an insider, in SEELE's words, those children are like props, just mere numbers.

"This" Ritsuko Akagi shifted her gaze to Commander Ikari's face.

Ikari Yuantang's expression was frighteningly ugly. He didn't know much about the new guy.

But Ryouji Kaji actually concealed the existence of such a dangerous person, and his plan was completely ruined.

If SEELE doesn't do what he says here, even the hat on his head may not be saved.

The fool NERV made was so big that he couldn't handle it anymore.

"Connect to the cockpit of Unit [-], and I will issue the order." Ikari Yuantang said in a low voice.

"Commander." Ritsuko didn't expect Ikari Gendo to be so heartless. No matter what, Ikari Shinji was his biological son.

"Just do it, Ritsuko." Fuyutsuki sighed.

"I understand." Ritsuko gritted her teeth, tapped the keyboard, and placed Ikari Gendo's face into the cockpit of Unit [-].

Shinji was currently in a stalemate with the two apostles.

The apostle did not attack him while he was in a daze, but just waited quietly around the crystal tree, as if calmly staring at Shinji and Unit [-].

"Why are you still in a daze? Attack immediately!" Ikari Yuantang's deep voice made Shinji feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

"But dad!" Shinji shouted: "The apostle. The apostle did not attack me!"

Ikari Yuantang cursed: "That heretic has already killed people, fight quickly!"

"No. Why do I have to drive the EVA!" Shinji retorted to Ikari Gendo: "I don't want to drive the EVA at all!"

"You are the one who forced me to do this kind of thing!"

"Then let the army fight the apostles!"

During the conversation, several helicopters launched a suicide attack on the crystal tree.

But it was not the pilot's choice. SEELE controlled their system and caused the plane to hit the crystal tree.

Boom boom boom!

The plane and the missile collided with the AT force field and exploded. Burnt fragments and black smoke fell to the ground.

Kaji Ryoji and Ian, who were under the crystal tree, shook their heads. They heard the pilot's scream when the plane lost control.

"It's better to break out quickly, those guys are really disgusting."

"Yes, now I am more convinced that leaving NERV is the right thing to do."

In the cockpit of Unit [-], Ikari Gendo was still questioning Shinji.

"Are you going to do it or not?"

"I can't do that kind of thing. Why should you choose me?"

"If you don't drive EVA, go back and let these people deal with the consequences for you!" Ikari Yuantang yelled.

The fragments of the explosion were broadcast into the cockpit. It was a charred humanoid shape. It was not even completely dead. The arm moved slightly.

Shinji's heart stopped, he felt his stomach churn, and he covered his mouth.

Continuous explosions came from the outside world. The army launched a fierce attack on the crystal tree. Missiles and guns were fired towards the AT force field. However, it had no effect and could not break through the absolute field at all.

Many people died, charred corpses, corpses whose throats were cut by crystal puppets played in the video, many dead people appeared in front of Shinji's eyes.

"Can't escape"

"Can't escape"

"Can't escape"

"Can't escape, can't escape, can't escape"

"----------------ah!"

Shinji let out a heart-rending roar and pushed the control lever in the cockpit.

Unit [-] ran forward and threw Music Angel to the ground, hitting the Music Angel on the head one after another with his fists.

"what!"

"what!!"

"what!!!"

Shinji yelled like crazy, Unit [-] attacked recklessly and without any plan, but the sudden burst of force also suppressed the Music Angel, and smashed the Music Angel's head with his fist.

Ritsuko Akagi witnessed all this at the NERV headquarters in Japan. She covered her chest and felt vaguely breathless.

What would Misato do if she were here? She didn't know that Misato had been arrested and imprisoned.

Is this really the right approach?

Is it really right to follow that person? Ritsuko Akagi looked at Ikari Gendo's unchanged face, and her mood sank to the bottom.

Unit [-] continued to punch, but suddenly, the Music Angel, whose head was shattered like glass, stretched out his hand and grasped the fist that Unit [-] was about to punch.

The Music Angel began to split according to its original fighting instinct. It cut itself from the middle and divided into two separate individuals.

Fish Angel also came closer. Land is not Fish Angel's home ground. Its shape was completely created for marine life. It has no legs and cannot move freely on the ground without water.

However, the Fish Angel is much larger than the Music Angel.

When Unit [-] was fighting against the Fish Angel, they could only crawl up on the Fish Angel's back. It was a behemoth with a total length of nearly two hundred meters. In terms of size, EVA looked like a kindergarten kid in front of it.

"Get ready to go, Mr. Kaji."

"Go? Where? Is there a way?"

"Come with me and you'll know."

Ian held Kaji Ryoji's hand and stood with him on top of the S2 mechanism. The crystal grew into a transparent ball. The two of them seemed to be little people in the crystal ball, wrapped in a circular barrier.

The Fish Angel finally moved and pounced in the direction of Unit [-].

It had no legs that could move, so when it fluttered on the ground, it caused a violent earthquake, as if an eight-magnitude earthquake had struck. The ground undulated with waves. Birds and beasts fled in terror, and tanks and military vehicles were overturned.

The fish angel opened its mouth with great force and bit hard.

"Move quickly! Move quickly! Move quickly!!!"

Shinji pushed the joystick hard, but Unit [-] did not move at all, completely restrained by the Music Angel.

EVA faced the attack from the two apostles and had no power to fight back.

However, to Shinji's expectation, the Fish Angel did not swallow Unit [-] into its giant mouth and chew it, but destroyed the huge crystal tree on its own.

The target of the Fish Angel is the S2 mechanism located at the bottom of the giant tree. Ian controls the Fish Angel to swallow the S2 mechanism into his stomach, including him and Kaji Ryoji, of course.

"Wow wow wow!" Kaji Ryoji shouted while rolling, his limbs were fixed in the crystal ball. This feeling reminded him of when he and Misato were dating many years ago, when they played with the big pendulum in the amusement park, and for a moment The world is spinning and the world is desolate.

It was pitch black all around, and there was no light in Fish Angel's belly, so he couldn't see anything.

But Ian can also see outside, and the souls of the Music Angel and the Fish Angel are directly connected to him.

When the apostles are alive, they exist as a separate life. Their souls are wrapped in their own bodies and use AT force fields to isolate themselves from the outside world. Ian cannot establish a connection with the living apostles.

But after the apostles died, their souls became fragile things that Ian could touch. The souls of Ian and the two apostles had been connected together, as if they had become a whole, and could no longer be simply divided into "you" I".

He can see the outside world through the vision of the Fish Angel and the Music Angel.

"Shinji-kun, just stay there and suffer."

The divided Music Angel held Unit [-], one on the left and the other on the right, each with a whip leg, making Unit [-] kneel on the ground. The silent mask of the Music Angel looked like an executioner was about to send Unit [-] to execution. tower.

The fish angel was facing the front of Unit [-], and Shinji felt great fear: "No. No, no, no!!!!"

Speaker Keel shook his head and gave the order without emotion: "That's it. Let the troops retreat and prepare to drop N2 mines."

SEELE cut off the connection with NERV. The subsequent command does not require NERV to participate anymore. They will directly issue orders to the army.

But Ritsuko Akagi could still see the scene. The Music Angel asked Unit [-] to lower its head and forcibly exposed its neck.

"That's the position of the insertion bolt. Do you want to directly solve the driver's problem?"

"Don't come over. Don't come over. Don't come over!"

"Help me save me."

"Mom. Misato Asuka."

"Mr. Ian."

"Who can help me."

Shinji's eyes were bloodshot, his hand left the joystick, he closed his eyes, held his head, and sobbed slightly.

Ritsuko could see the video in the cockpit, but she couldn't do anything. She couldn't even say comforting words. She was not the one driving the EVA. At this time, everything she said seemed to be taunting.

The person sitting in the EVA was just a fourteen-year-old child. He didn't understand anything and was asked to sit on it and start a life-and-death struggle with the apostle.

Shinji curled up into a ball, his heart completely collapsed, but the fish angel did not stop for him. The mountain-like giant jumped up, revealing the sharp fangs in its mouth.

Unit [-]'s AT position has been neutralized by the two apostles.

This moment seemed to last forever.

Ritsuko Akagi covered her mouth, only took one look, and didn't dare to look again, but the picture was deeply imprinted in her mind.

Fish Angel bit off the head of Unit [-].

To be precise, the parts above the chest of Unit [-] were bitten off and swallowed by the fish angels.

Blood spurted out. EVA itself was a biological weapon, and the restraint device was just a prop used to disguise itself as a robot. It was a taboo thing made by imitation "god".

Unit [-] fell to the ground helplessly, blood gushing out like a fountain, staining the ground red. You could almost smell the strong and nauseating smell of blood at the scene.

"Unit [-] lost signal connection"

"The driver's vital response could not be detected."

"MAGI determines that the driver's survival rate is zero."

"The Ninth Apostle, annihilate Unit [-]"

The members in the command room analyzed the data and gave this reply.

"Shinji-kun" Ritsuko Akagi held her breath.

"This is. The seventh apostle's energy image is disappearing!" The man wearing glasses had MAGI data printed on the mirror.

It can also be seen on the screen that after destroying Unit [-], the Music Angel stopped moving, as if it was a toy that had lost power.

Ritsuko returned to her post, and the seventh apostle's energy response disappeared without a trace within a few seconds. The huge body fell down and turned into steam and quickly evaporated.

But the fish angel is still there, and the fish angel begins to flee the scene!

It jumps up and down on the ground, and its speed is not slow. It can jump hundreds of meters at a time, and every time it jumps, it leaves a huge pothole.

"The sixth apostle's goal is the sea! It wants to escape into the sea!"

"The Second Branch is only [-] kilometers away from the Pacific Ocean. At this rate, the Sixth Apostle will dive into the sea in ten minutes and will no longer be able to be traced!"

"The rest of the things have nothing to do with us." Ritsuko sighed.

NERV is just an affiliated organization of SEELE. Now that they have lost Unit [-], they can no longer provide any help in this battle.

Ritsuko could only watch as the fighter dropped the N2.

boom! ! !

A mushroom cloud erupted, but the fish angel was not affected by N2, and soon it jumped out of the black smoke.

It can be seen that there are some melted parts on its body surface, but it was repaired quickly and does not affect its movement.

"It was detected that the AT position of the Sixth Apostle changed in the last explosion! It evolved into a form more suitable for thermal explosions!"

"Does this form allow the seventh apostle's position to be extended to the sixth apostle? Or does it evolve?" Ritsuko took a breath.

The ability displayed by the heretic was unprecedented and frightened her from the bottom of her heart.

"Ian-kun, is what I know just your disguise?"

"Blessing. Miri"

Ritsuko still remembered the young man's sunny smile. She stared at the screen without saying a word until ten minutes later, when the fish angel dived into the sea and completely disappeared from the detection range.

The heresy annihilation battle was a complete defeat for SEELE and NERV.

(End of this chapter)