Is this cartoonist mentally ill?.

Chapter 517: Ikari Shinji's Confusion (Original)

On the other hand, Ikari Gendo also wanted to negotiate with Seele.

But Seele simply cut off their telephone contact.

Ikari Gendo and everyone at NERV headquarters did not expect that Seele would do things so drastically.

Not only did they send troops directly to attack NERV headquarters, they also used missiles.

The purpose is to trigger the third impact that will destroy all of humanity, and this... is all for the purpose of implementing the Human Instrumentality Project.

After seeing this, there are still many viewers who really don’t understand it at all.

"No, the Human Instrumentality Project is to destroy humanity?"

"What the hell is this? If you want to destroy humanity, just let the apostles destroy it. Why do you have to do something meaningless?"

"We still don't know what the Human Instrumentality Project is."

"Human Instrumentality Project (×) Humanity Must Complete the Project (√)"

"Riddler, can you please go away! Is this still the time for riddles?"

"I'm sick of it. It's a human completion project, but the ending doesn't even say what it is."

……

"The Human Instrumentality Project is to destroy humanity?"

Ke Xinjie also couldn't figure it out at all and asked curiously.

"No, it seems that destroying humanity is just a means to achieve the Human Instrumentality Project, but it seems to be a very extreme means."

Zhou Wenwei said thoughtfully, "And this method is not as simple as simply destroying humans... That's right! Humans are also apostles!"

"What's wrong?"

Ke Xinjie couldn't help but ask, "Hurry up and tell me!"

"In order to realize the Human Completion Plan, Seele chose to directly trigger the Third Impact and destroy humanity after destroying all the apostles."

Zhou Wenwei said directly, "But humans are also apostles! So, the Human Completion Plan is actually to destroy all apostles...including humans!"

"And what Seele and Ikari Gendou said before was..."

He continued, "In order to make God, humans, and other life forms become one through death! So... destroy the apostles and humans and make them one again? Make everything one, and then turn yourself into God?"

But he still didn't understand, so he said it directly, "But if this triggers the third impact, will Seele and the others also die? Or do they have the ability to protect themselves, and then when everything is unified, they will come out to master this power and become... Gods!"

"These guys... aren't they the same as Herzog in "The Protoss"?"

Ke Xinjie believes more in the latter possibility, just like Herzog, who retreats behind the scenes and comes out to seize the victory after everything is done.

"Maybe……"

But Zhou Wenwei always felt that this matter was not that simple.

But the anime has revealed too little information so far, so he can only guess this.

After realizing that he could not negotiate with Seele, Ikari Gendo began to deal with the facilities at NERV headquarters with Ritsuko.

On the other side, in Unit 2 which was sunk to the bottom of the lake, Asuka, who was in a coma, suddenly felt her mother calling her.

The mother who once existed only in Asuka's memories opened her arms to her again in a long-lost and yet very familiar way.

Asuka understood all of this instantly.

"Mom, you are here..."

Asuka, who was trapped in her childhood, finally reached out and held her mother's hand again.

"mom!"

The person who tied the bell must untie it. Asuka is now facing all her troubles and tragic experiences.

All of this has led Asuka to be imprisoned, but at this moment, she saw her mother's soul living in Unit 02.

She finally found comfort and got rid of the mental dilemma that she could never get rid of!

Then she drove Unit 2 out from the bottom of the lake again and annihilated the fleet sent by Seele!
Even...the power unleashed by Unit 2 is far stronger than its previous heyday!

Just like... an apostle!
The self-completed EVA Unit 2 is now flawless!

The audience finally realized that the soul of Asuka's mother had always been living in EVA Unit 02.

Just like... Shinji Ikari and Unit-01!
Shinji Ikari's mother, Yui Ikari, was sucked into Unit-01, and her soul was completely connected to Unit-01.

The same was true of the tragedies that happened to Asuka's mother, but at this moment, it became a help to Asuka.

Maybe it's just some kind of fate playing tricks on us.

The audience also expressed their feelings:

"Xiangxiang's mother: Don't hurt my daughter!"

"Don't be afraid, Xiangxiang, mom loves you!"

"My goodness, EVA must go in with its entire soul, right? And it has to be the mother's soul."

"So... the one in Unit-01 is Shinji's mom, the one in Unit-02 is Xiang Xiang's mom, so the one in Unit-00 can't be Ayanami Rei's mom, right?"

"Where's Ayanami Rei's mother? Isn't she a clone?"

"What if I said Ikari Yui's mother?"

"Sure! Don't tell me! It seems that Ikari Yui's mother has never appeared!"

"Don't bother. It's unlikely that EVA really had to sacrifice her mother to complete this. It was probably just an accident."

"I just think... according to Qingshan Laozei's neurotic creative ideas, it is really possible ()"

……

Amidst laughter and cheers, Asuka piloted Unit 02 with great power and defeated the Seele army that attacked NERV headquarters with ease.

She even went so far as to ignore the opponent's missiles and even guided missile attacks when releasing the AT force field.

The most outrageous thing is that she thought it was her mother protecting her.

"Mom! I understand! The meaning of AT field!"

"You've always protected me!"

"Mom is always watching me!"

"You've always...always been with me! Right!"

……

However, according to Kaworu Nagisa, the AT force field is actually a barrier in the hearts of living things.

That is, "a wall that separates self-consciousness from the self-consciousness of others" and is the material basis for distinguishing oneself from others.

However, because the AT force field is too weak, humans have become individuals.

The reason why the Apostles' AT fields are so powerful is because they reject all creatures except themselves.

At the same time, this is also related to whether one's inner strength is strong. Now that Asuka has figured it out, the AT force field released by her Unit 02 is almost the same as that of an apostle like the Angel of Water!
She directly relied on this powerful AT force field to withstand the army's artillery attacks!
However, just when everyone thought it was safe...

Seele's fellows who only saw the black stone tablet but not the person appeared again.

"A disgusting existence...EVA."

The oppressive presence of Unit 2 amidst the raging fire disgusted them. “Are you going to hinder us again?”

"As expected... you still have to fight poison with poison."

Then...rows of black transport planes with numbers appeared in the sky above the NERV headquarters. Then, huge white machines started to move, and plugs similar to plugs were inserted into their bodies.

This is... mass-produced EVA!

Lin Shengjie saw the insertion plugs with his mobile phone, so he could see them very clearly. He actually saw the name "Nagisa Kaoru" written on them.

Then they automatically left the transport plane one by one and glided towards the battlefield below!

Like white doves, they flew around the NERV headquarters.

At this time, Asuka also noticed that these were all mass-produced EVA machines.

Fuyutsuki, the deputy commander of NERV headquarters, was more clear. "It's really an overreaction to put nine mass-produced EVAs equipped with S2 mechanisms into combat here!"

But he soon realized something was wrong, "Are they trying to cause trouble here?"

The EVA mass-produced machines then all landed on the ground, folded their wings, and transformed into strange giants.

The war is about to start.

On the other side, while Misato was giving orders to Asuka, she was also trying to get Shinji Ikari to go to Unit-01 and drive it into battle.

However, Shinji Ikari still looks autistic like Asuka before.

Misato could only pull him by force and move on.

On the other side, Asuka was already facing the siege of nine mass-produced EVA machines.

But now she has regained her confidence because she has her mother's protection!

"We have to destroy them, right?"

Asuka was full of confidence, but she couldn't help but joke, "How can Misato ask this of someone who just recovered from a serious illness?"

At this time, Unit 2 sounded a battery alarm, but it could still continue to operate for three and a half minutes!

However, Asuka was still confident and said, "Three and a half minutes left... There are nine in total, and I only have 20 seconds to kill one!"

But she was not afraid at all and rushed out directly in Unit 2.

Then he instantly killed a mass-produced EVA machine!
They even brutally crushed it, and blood dripped from the nose of Unit 2.

It seems... this mass-produced EVA machine is no match for Unit 02 and Asuka!

But the audience was not at ease at all, after all...

Seele looks very confident!
These mass-produced EVA machines are definitely not that easy to deal with!

But the scene switched to Misato and Shinji Ikari, who came to the elevator leading to Unit-01.

But at this moment...

“Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!!”

Suddenly, countless bullets appeared and shot towards Shinji Ikari and Misato.

Fortunately, Misato had received rigorous training, and she protected Shinji Ikari directly into the elevator, but she seemed to have been shot in the back.

However, she still managed to enter the elevator with Shinji Ikari earlier and luckily avoided the subsequent artillery bombardment!

It turned out that the enemy sent by Seele had sneaked in here, and they were planning to chase them, but the order they received was not to chase them.

Because they're going to blow this place up.

In the elevator, Shinji Ikari, who was originally autistic, finally came to his senses a little when he saw Misato gasping for breath while covering her waist which was shot.

"This way... we can buy some time."

Misato said somewhat weakly.

She saw Shinji Ikari's eyes again at this time, but she stood up with great effort and said with a smile, "It's okay, this is not a serious injury..."

She helped Shinji Ikari open the elevator, looked at the light on it, and said, "The power is still available... Fortunately..."

Then she suddenly pushed Shinji Ikari, making him lean against the iron mesh of the elevator.

She looked at Shinji Ikari in the form of a wall-dong and said, "Listen... Shinji, you can only rely on yourself from now on."

"You have to make all the decisions by yourself. No one will help you!"

"I...I can't do it."

However, Shinji Ikari still said with a sense of inferiority, "I can't do it. If you ask me to drive an EVA to hurt people or even kill people... I don't have the qualifications..."

This was the psychological trauma caused by the last time he killed Kaworu Nagisa with his own hands.

The purpose of his driving EVA Unit-01 is to protect others.

Fighting against the apostles is also to protect humanity.

However, he killed Kaworu Nagisa, who was also a human. Although Kaworu Nagisa was actually an apostle, he looked like a human.

I just learned from Misato that humans are actually apostles.

Then the previous act of killing the apostles was actually no different from murder, rather than fighting against non-human creatures for the purpose of protecting humans.

So Shinji Ikari became autistic, because there is no difference between killing Kaworu Nagisa, killing an apostle, and killing a person.

All he had ever thought of as protection was actually killing.

In a sense, what he did, in his opinion, was actually the same as Kiritsugu's behavior in Lin Qingshan's other work "Fate Zero".

In order to protect some people, some people are killed.

Before Kiritsugu encountered the Black Holy Grail, he always felt that he was doing nothing wrong and everything was right.

Before killing Kaworu Nagisa, Shinji Ikari always thought that he had done nothing wrong.

But now... all the illusions of goodwill have been exposed. The so-called protection is actually killing.

So Shinji Ikari couldn't accept such a thing.

"I thought I had no choice but to fly the EVA."

So he said, "But this is just self-deception. I am ignorant and not even worthy of riding in the EVA. I can't do anything for others!"

"I did something really bad to Asuka. I even killed Kaoru."

Shinji Ikari denounced his own mistakes, but it was obvious that those mistakes were not entirely his fault.

But now he still regrets it very much, saying, "I am not gentle at all, I am cunning, I am cowardly, I only hurt others!"

"So... it's better to do nothing!"

He gripped the iron net tightly with his hands and spoke in pain.

At this moment, the audience actually felt everything Shinji Ikari was thinking, and even... began to understand him.

It's just because he is cowardly at the moment and doesn't want to fight, not because he is afraid of death, nor because he is afraid.

He also did everything he could to save people, even willing to sacrifice himself, and was willing to drive Eva to block the apostles.

Even though he had never been trained on how to operate EVA, even though he was just an ignorant teenager, he should not have been asked to save humanity.

It is because the audience has seen the brave and gentle side of Ikari Shinji that they will not blame him for being confused or cowardly now.

They would really like Shinji Ikari to pull himself together and help Asuka defeat Seele.

But it does not prevent them from sympathizing and understanding Ikari Shinji now.

However, the originally gentle Misato looked at Shinji Ikari in front of her and said with a serious expression, "I will not sympathize with you!"

(End of this chapter)