Is this cartoonist mentally ill?.

Chapter 504 Tree of Life (Original)

At the beginning, Shinji Ikari didn't know that the original Ayanami Rei, that is, the second Ayanami Rei, had actually died long ago.

So he was very happy when he saw the "recovered" Rei Ayanami in the hospital.

It was only through the conversation with the new Rei Ayanami that he vaguely learned of the news.

The new No. 3 Ayanami Rei recovered from her injuries soon after and returned to Ayanami Rei's home.

Although she didn't have Rei Ayanami's memories, she seemed to have inherited her emotions and felt "crying", something she had never experienced before.

At the same time, she subconsciously pinched the pair of glasses that were left in Rei Ayanami's room, which seemed to be given to her by Ikari Gendo before, and cracked them.

Because this is familiar enough for her.

Ikari Gendo and Fuyutsuki were also discussing this matter, and he was planning to directly untie Ayanami Rei's restraints, and at the same time, to remove the surveillance on Ikari Shinji and Asuka.

However, Fuyutsuki is worried that Rei Ayanami's affairs will make the Seele organization and Speaker Kiel unhappy.

But Ikari Gendo said it didn't matter because he would give something else to Seele and the others.

But what he gave was...

On the other side, Ritsuko, who was unexpectedly naked, appeared in front of the old guys from SEELE.

This is a humiliation and interrogation of this female scientist, and the reason is naturally because...

"But it wasn't someone else who handed you over to us..."

"It is Ikari Gendo."

"He refused to hand over the qualified person for Unit-00 to us for questioning, but instead handed you over to us as a proxy."

……

It was at this time that Ritsuko realized that in Ikari Gendo's eyes, she was also a substitute.

A replacement for Rei Ayanami.

But her inner thoughts and this scene made the audience feel somewhat familiar.

Isn’t this... the same taste as the innocent child that Ritsuko’s mother had in the past plot that was inserted earlier?
Could it be that……

"No way, Ikari Gendou is that much older than Ritsuko."

Zhou Wenwei widened his eyes and said, "And both mother and daughter like the same man?"

"Yeah, this Ikari Gendo isn't handsome."

Ke Xinjie was a little surprised and said, "There aren't many emotional scenes between Ritsuko and Ikari Gendo."

"By the way, don't you girls like the domineering CEO who is older than you?"

Zhou Wenwei immediately became curious and asked Ke Xinjie, "It seems that Ding Yuantang is of this type..."

"Not at all."

Ke Xinjie said unhappily, "The most important thing is that he looks good! Good-looking! He has to be handsome and mature. If he's just mature, what do you want from him? Do you want him to have an untidy beard?"

"So it's not certain. Maybe we misunderstood it."

Zhou Wenwei thought about it for a moment and said.

However, the following plot told the audience that they were right!

While Ritsuko was being interrogated by Seele, Misato got a rough idea of ​​the whole incident from the capsule that Ryoji Kaji deliberately left behind.

Then Misato took a gun and held Ritsuko hostage after she finished interrogating.

But before that, Seele's people, after interrogating Ritsuko and letting her go, began to discuss the follow-up plan -

"Eight Evangelions are ready..."

“Only 4 more to go, right?”

"The destruction of the Third New Demon City will be a good sacrifice to advance the plan."

"Tell them to finish it as soon as possible!"

"The prophesied moment is set on the day of completion!"

……

This conversation almost revealed a lot of data and information that interested the audience.

The first thing is...

"8 EVAs, 4 more to go? Does EVAs mean disciples of the Son of God?"

"But in the myth, it should be the thirteen disciples of the Son of God."

"The shampooer: A loaf of bread costs five hundred thousand marks!"

"So does this mean... there will be another Unit-13, and the plan will fail?"

"These old guys are really not good people. They use New Demon City as a sacrifice? What are they thinking?"

"It's already red and warm. I kind of want the apostles to destroy humanity."

"We can also compromise and wipe out these old guys."

"Okay, okay! I'm the first to agree!"

……

In short, Seele's subsequent conversation revealed a lot of information.

Then after coming out, Ritsuko came to the underground part of NERV headquarters and planned to open the door and go in.

However, she found that the door that she could pass through before could not be opened at this time.

At this moment, Misato had already held her hostage with a pistol.

The former best friends now meet again in this way.

"Is this Jiaji's doing?"

Ritsuko suddenly understood and said.

"Let me see the secrets here with my own eyes."

Misato said noncommittally.

Ritsuko did not refuse at this time, but directly took Misato and Shinji Ikari who was also there in.

The three of them went deep into the underground of NERV headquarters and passed through a wall similar to a cell wall.

Then Ritsuko first brought Misato and Shinji Ikari to a room.

The room was quite messy, but it seemed familiar to Shinji Ikari.

"It's exactly the same as Rei Ayanami's room."

He said in a trance.

"This is where the child was born and has lived ever since."

Ritsuko immediately admitted it and said.

"That's not what I want to see."

However, Misato denied it at this time.

So they walked out again and came to... a huge cross cemetery.

But there are many holes in it. This is not a cross, but the Kabbalah Tree of Life.

The ideological principles of Kabbalah come from the "Bible" of the apocalyptic religion, such as the Old Testament Genesis, the New Testament Revelation, and the "Book of Creation" which appeared from the third to sixth centuries AD.

The study of Kabbalah is said to be able to see the "mysterious causal relationship of the universe". The Book of Splendor compiled in the 13th century occupies an important position in the prototype of Kabbalah.

Kabbalah uses the "Tree of Life" growing in heaven to symbolize the entire universe, and its meaning is difficult to understand.

The Tree of Life is generally considered to represent the vast universe, the human body as a microcosm, and the spiritual journey to the divine realm.

Human beings are in individual kingdoms, making a meditative journey through 22 diameters to ten circles, until they reach the crown.

Furthermore, it is said that each circle has an archangel who protects and guides people.

The Tree of Life can be roughly divided into three pillars, ten elements, four worlds, twenty-two paths and other basic structures.

At the same time, the Kabbalah Tree of Life is also said to be the path that can enable people to become gods, which seems to have something to do with the ideas of the bigwigs in Seele before.

One can't help but wonder if all of this is because humans want to... become gods.

The Tree of Life is composed of ten circles and 22 paths, just like the huge cemetery in the picture.

But this huge cemetery, which appears in the image of the Kabbalah Tree of Life, contains skeletons that look like humans, yet are not human skeletons.

Because these skeletons are too huge.

"EVA?"

Ikari Shinji suddenly said uncertainly.

Ritsuko gave a positive answer at this time, saying, "It is the original one. These are all failed works, abandoned here ten years ago."

"EVA's cemetery..."

Ikari Shinji said in disbelief.

“It’s just a garbage dump.”

Ritsuko suddenly said, "But this is also the place where your mother disappeared. You may not remember it, but you should have seen the moment when your mother disappeared."

At this moment, Shinji Ikari looked as if Ritsuko's words had opened up a scar on his face, and his face was filled with sadness.

He actually didn't forget or know why his mother disappeared, it's just that the past was too sad, so he didn't want to face it.

That's why I pretended I knew nothing.

"Ritsuko!"

At this time, Misato couldn't help it and gestured.

Instead, Ritsuko gave a meaningful smile.

Then they finally arrived at... the place where the transparent culture chamber that Ikari Gendo and Fuyutsuki had been before was located.

"Is this the prototype of the puppet insertion plug?"

Misato immediately looked at the scene and asked.

"Let me show you the truth."

But Ritsuko suddenly said.

She simply pressed the remote control in her hand, and immediately the true appearance of the so-called puppet insertion plug was shown in front of them.

All around, there was a culture medium that looked like LCL water of life, just like an aquarium, but there were no marine creatures inside.

But...

"Ayanami Rei!"

Shinji Ikari said in disbelief.

That's right, there's Rei Ayanami inside, and not just one.

But there were so many of them that it seemed impossible to count them.

Sure enough, Rei Ayanami is a clone, and there are many clones of her.

But when Shinji Ikari called out Rei Ayanami's name, all of the Rei Ayanami turned and looked at him, as if asking for help.

"Could it be that... the EVA puppet insertion plug is..."

Misato also reacted at this time and said in disbelief.

"Yes, this is the core part of the puppet system."

Ritsuko's expression now seemed somewhat intriguing, and she answered directly, "Its production workshop."

"This is……"

"Everyone here is a puppet."

Ritsuko then answered Misato's doubts by saying, "They are just spare parts for Ayanami Rei."

When these words were spoken, one could not help but feel creepy.

Originally, these Rei Ayanami might be clones, or even just consumable "drivers" inserted into the puppets' plugs.

But now that it is said like this, one can't help but wonder if they were used to replace "parts" whenever Rei Ayanami had any injuries in the past.

This can't help but remind people of a science fiction movie - "Escape from the Island".

It tells the story that in the future wealthy people will prepare a clone of themselves as a "backup" to replace body parts when they get sick.

After hearing what Ritsuko said about Rei Ayanami, it's hard not to think of these things.

But Ritsuko continued, "Humans were so overjoyed at having picked up the gods that they actually wanted to claim them as their own."

"There was a divine rebuke because of that, and that's what happened 15 years ago."

"The god I found with great difficulty has disappeared just like that."

"But this time they tried to resurrect God with their own power. This is Adam!"

"Then use Adam to create humans in the image of God, that is EVA!"

"Human...human?"

Shinji Ikari didn't expect that EVA was also human.

"Yes, it's human."

Ritsuko replied, "EVA, which originally had no soul, is the host of human souls. They are all the products of soul rescue."

"The only person who has a soul is Rei. Only that girl has a soul."

She continued, with a hint of disbelief in her tone, "The Soul House is already empty. Things like Li here don't have souls. They are just containers."

The Rei Ayanami clones here... all have no souls, so they can just be considered containers?
This sentence is unexpected.

However, the audience thought of Rei Ayanami No. 2 and Rei Ayanami No. 3 not long ago. It seemed that... Rei Ayanami was not actually dead, but her soul was transferred to a new container.

When the audience thought of this, they didn’t know whether to be happy or feel even more sad.

There has always been only one Rei Ayanami. Although the memory no longer exists, the soul is actually the same.

But this kind of life journey always seems a little hard to accept.

At this moment, Ritsuko suddenly said, "...So I want to destroy them, because I hate them."

Then she pressed another button on the remote control, and then the Ayanami Rei in LCL actually...

One by one they suddenly dismembered, split and died.

This scene is quite bloody, making it even more creepy to watch.

But the laughter of "Ayanami Rei" and others could be heard on the screen.

It was as if he was happy, happy that he was finally free.

Just like that, all of these Rei Ayanami were shattered into bloody corpses.

Younger audiences like Lin Shengjie felt some psychological trauma after seeing this scene.

However, he is a fan of Lin Qingshan's comics, so when he watched "Chainsaw Man", "Edgewalker" and "Tao Weird Immortal", his psychological resistance was already very high.

However, some new viewers felt their scalps tingling when they saw this scene, and it became an indelible psychological shadow for them.

"Do you...know what you are doing?"

Misato couldn't stand it, so she pointed the gun at Ritsuko and asked loudly.

"I know very well..."

Ritsuko, however, had an intriguing smile on her face and said, "I am destroying them. They are not human beings, but just things in human form. But... I actually lost to such a thing."

"I can't beat them! As long as I think about that person... I can endure any humiliation."

"I don't care what becomes of me..."

"But...but that person...that person, he clearly knew..."

"I am such a fool. We, mother and daughter, are both fools!"

Ritsuko...just like her mother Akiko, fell in love with Ikari Gendo, a sinful man.

But now she repented earlier than her mother did.

(End of this chapter)