Shinji Ikari returns from Warhammer

"What? You mean Shinji Ikari has left?" Misato Katsuragi took off her sunglasses and looked at the agents who were also wearing black suits and sunglasses angrily, "How did you do it? You can't even look down on a child!"

After leaving Unit [-], Shinji Ikari was just a junior high school boy with no power.Misato Katsuragi was extremely worried. At this critical moment, she did not think that the other party was simply separated. "Using artificial evolution to turn a broken group of humans, which has reached a dead end, into a complete single life, this is how to make up for it." Complete the plan... and among them, the most important thing is to guide the completion of Unit [-], but at this time... this is definitely not a coincidence, what exactly does the committee want to do!"

Misato Katsuragi showed a deep sense of powerlessness towards Shinji Ikari who was kidnapped by them.

But soon, Misato Katsuragi's phone rang from her backpack.Her eyes passed over the agents in front of her. Now was not the time to reprimand them. After all, it was the committee that took action. It was only because of the committee's mercy that agents like them were still alive.

"Ah? What? Shinji Ikari has returned to the patio?"

Hakone, No. 303 Neurology Department, Inpatient Department, Ward [-].

[The second and third areas of the East Building will be closed at [-]:[-] today. All handover work should be completed before [-]:[-]. 】

[Thank you for your hard work and thank you for accompanying me during this time. 】

Shinji Ikari ignored the broadcast in his ear, looked at the name "Soryu Asuka Langley" in front of the ward, and pushed the door open.

There were no extra decorations in the pure white room, with a hospital bed leaning against the wall.Asuka lay quietly on the bed, with the facilities surrounding her working. The only sound left in the quiet room was the constant ticking of the computer, and this was the only proof that Asuka was alive.

Shinji Ikari stood in front of the hospital bed, looking at Asuka's pale sleeping face. Her face seemed to be sleeping, and it was only at this time that she looked like a child.

"It's really embarrassing, Captain Soryu. Only now can you listen to me quietly." Shinji Ikari said, reaching out to gently ruffle her hair close to her face.

When Shinji Ikari left the ward, the staff passing by were all in a hurry and looking embarrassed, until he bumped into Misato Katsuragi at the elevator entrance.

The moment Misato Katsuragi saw Ikari Shinji, she wanted to scold him, but the words of scolding were stuck in her throat.

It was Shinji Ikari, but Katsuragi Misato didn't know how to speak, because Shinji Ikari standing at the elevator entrance really impressed her. At the age of 14, he has a slender figure, but the originally soft facial lines are somewhat delicate and sharp under the support of the stern smile, like a portrait drawn with a hard pencil.As for his shortcomings, he is a little pale and looks a little weak.

It was obviously this face, but it gave Katsuragi Misato a completely different feeling.

"Which floor are you going to?" Shinji Ikari asked while standing in the elevator.

"What's wrong with you? Don't run around during this period. It's very dangerous!" After hearing this familiar voice, Katsuragi Misato remembered her purpose and hurried to the elevator to look down at her. Slender boy.

"You are very tired. It might be better to go back and take a rest." Shinji Ikari said seriously.

Katsuragi Misato was slightly startled. This is the first time someone has said that you should go to rest.Ryouji Kaji has been executed, and there is no news from his friend Ritsuko Akagi. He is too busy to touch the ground, but he feels that his efforts are meaningless.

At this moment, Misato Katsuragi felt that she might be the same as Rei Ayanami, and could only find value in NERV.

"What? It's your turn to comfort me now." Misato Katsuragi straightened her hair around her ears, raised her head, her eyes a little evasive.

"Because you are absent-minded. Your mind is running ahead, and your body is chasing behind. That's it. Maybe it would be good to give yourself a holiday and go back and take a hot bath." Shinji Ikari said.

"Then let's go back to eat and take a bath and rest first?" Misato Katsuragi smiled.

"Okay, I have something else to do. Is it still the staff apartment in District [-]? You can go back and rest first, and I will go back to cook for you." At this time, the elevator door had opened, and Shinji Ikari waved his hand and walked out.

"It's great." Misato Katsuragi looked at Shinji Ikari's leaving figure and sighed softly until the elevator door closed again, "I've really grown up."

However, if he doesn't go home now, where will he go?

Beyond everyone's expectations, Shinji Ikari left Tokyo-[-] again and headed for the beach.

This is the world after all the apostles have been defeated. After the last free angel Nagisa Kaoru is defeated, the remaining humans no longer have to worry about the risk of extinction.The years are peaceful, the present world is stable, and there seems to be no reason to fight anymore.

But Shinji Ikari believed that his arrival must come with certain responsibilities and obligations.

"I am not here to bring peace to the earth, but to bring swords and weapons to the earth," Shinji Ikari said softly.

In the bottomless darkness in his heart, a pair of scarlet colors covered his original brown-black eyes, and lightning-like pictures flashed in front of his eyes. The messy lines that seemed to be outlined by ink lines twisted like snakes, forming a picture. Picture... Asuka suffered a mental breakdown after fighting the Bird Angel and attempted suicide. In the battle against the No. 16 Apostle Womb Angel, Rei Ayanami, who was attacked by the apostle's spirit, chose to die together; the last apostle Free Angel Nagisa Kaoru was controlled by herself not long ago. The No. [-] machine was killed.

At the crossroads of the world, Ikari Shinji didn't know what Ayanami Rei was calling for, but Ikari Shinji understood that there was someone who definitely knew.

A dead man by the water.

If it was Nagisa Kaoru, he might be able to understand his arrival, and he might also be able to leave an answer for himself before he dies.

Although this idea is absurd, Shinji Ikari has no reason to believe it.

"The goddess of joy's holy beauty shines brightly on the earth, and we come to you with the same enthusiasm."

"Your power can make people eliminate all traces, and people will unite into brothers under your light."

"Your power can reunite people, and they become brothers under your radiance."

This is the tune Nagisa Kaoru sang when he first appeared in this world, or in a sense, some encounters are destined to be just as fleeting as falling cherry blossoms.Going around in a circle, he was back where he started.

Behind the white seagulls circling and taking off, he found a statue with a severed head that had its lower body sunk at the bottom of the water.

On the broken head of the gray sculpture by the water, Shinji Ikari saw a line of delicate small characters.

[Go find her, you and her are the key to everything. 】

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"The appointed time has come. The loss of the Spear of Longelus can no longer be repaired through Lilith."

"Only through the EVA Unit-[-], which is Lilith's clone, can wishes be fulfilled and authority can be exercised."

In the dark space where many tall stone monuments stood, the only human sitting there was Ikari Yuantang with his hands folded on his lips. He listened quietly to all SEELE's requests without speaking.

Fuyutsuki Kozo behind him spoke the lines on his behalf——

"Although this is different from SEELE's script, in order to give birth to the existence of EVA, there are humans."

This statement is too absurd, as if it is a logically inverted theory that humans only have products like computers.However, many of the kings of Li and Lin present had no objections to this absurd theory.

Perhaps in their hearts, only EVA exists forever.

"Humanity must move towards a new world, and for this reason you built the EVA mass production machine." Ikari Yuantang finally spoke.

"We did not voluntarily give up our human form in order to board the ark called EVA. It was just a rite of passage for the regeneration of closed humans." Stone Monument No. [-] said.

"The fate of destruction also contains the joy of rebirth." The NO.12 stone tablet said.

"In order for God and all human life to finally become one through death." Monument No. [-] spoke.

"Death cannot give birth to any life." Ikari Yuantang weaved the words calmly, "Death, I'll leave it to you."

As Dongyue Gengzao pressed the button, the twelve huge black stone tablets dimmed, which also meant an unhappy breakup.

Fuyutsuki Komasu also knew that this result would mean the beginning of turmoil, and that countless NERV employees would be massacred, wiped out, and died because of their decision.

But he also has his own persistence. "Human beings truly exist precisely because they have the intention to survive. And this is also her wish to voluntarily stay in EVA." Fuyutsuki Kozo said.

Fuyutsuki Kozo never chose to side with Ikari Yuantang because of his grand plan, he just wanted to realize Ikari Wei's wish.

"Where is Shinji Ikari? Have you found him?" Ikari Gentang asked.

"Having taken the initiative to return to Hakone, he can only gain the value of his existence from others."

"That's it, no need to pay too much attention to it." Ikari Yuantang said.

After all the apostles were defeated, although Shinji Ikari was still useful, what was more important now was——

The cool blue moonlight shone into the room from the open window. Ayanami Rei opened her eyes, but she did not immediately look at the dazzling moon hiding behind the light gray dark clouds.

Her eyes were fixed on a figure somewhere in the room, also shrouded in moonlight.

It was at the end of the row on my right, next to the window.Maybe I didn't notice it just now because of the backlight by the window in front of the room.Even if Rei Ayanami moves her head left and right, the backlight will not change, making it difficult to see who is sitting there.

She didn't know why the "dazzling light" gave her an uncomfortable impression at this time.The figure sitting there was half shrouded in light.What I saw was like a shadow without an outline, or the back of my heart.

One couldn't help but feel that it was the darkness lurking in the light... Ayanami Rei kept blinking at the dazzling color with anticipation in her heart.Then, the shadow gradually showed its outline and slowly began to expand... Finally, the dazzling moonlight was no longer so dazzling, allowing Ayanami Rei to clearly see the true identity of the shadow——

"Long time no see, Li; or should I say, first meeting?"

The figure under the moonlight stood up and walked to his bed, with a cold smile that was familiar yet unfamiliar.

"Ikari Shinji." Ayanami Rei spoke softly.

"Let's go, I'll take you home first." Shinji Ikari said.

[-]: The finished world, the invasion begins

Why should you follow him and where are you going?Ayanami Rei didn't know, but she stood up from the bed extremely obediently.

It's like there is no reason to believe, and no reason is needed. I can completely trust the young man in front of me.

"Go back quickly. Tell Misato Katsuragi that you have to go back to cook in the evening. She may be hungry now." Shinji Ikari said, and then threw Kenzo Takada's paper bag to her.

"First change out of your prison-like gray rag clothes. If someone encounters me on the street, they might think I'm a child abuser... But there are no ordinary residents in New Tokyo, the third largest city in the world."

After all, not everyone is so interested in the so-called war to save mankind; the heroes who make it their mission to fight against the apostles are still different from ordinary people.No matter how good the evacuation facilities are, most citizens still cannot endure the destruction and danger of battle for a long time. It would be fine if it were an unparalleled savior hero like Shinji Ikari who could suppress all the apostles, but this world is obviously not very powerful.

Therefore, the citizens who originally moved here through the plan later began to move out on their own initiative.Many times, behind the beautiful urban construction, there is an atmosphere of ruins. Not long ago, after Unit 90 exploded, it turned into real ruins... About [-]% of them were destroyed. Submerged and destroyed, except for the underground city of Hakone, which was still relatively intact, the rest was basically destroyed, completely losing its ability as a fortress city.

The desolate atmosphere revealed when passing by made Shinji Ikari think that he was in a world after humans disappeared.

Ayanami Rei took off her clothes without any scruples as Ikari Shinji turned around and took out two bottles of high-calcium milk from the refrigerator. After drinking his own portion in one gulp, he handed the remaining bottle to Ayanami Rei who was dressed.

He opened the door and looked up at the light gray clouds under the moonlight. Shinji Ikari took off his coat and put it on Rei Ayanami.When Ayanami Rei walked to the door, she turned around belatedly.

They were black-rimmed glasses that fell to the ground. When he was held by Shinji Ikari, he accidentally stepped on them. The lenses shattered into a dozen fragments of different sizes, and the original stainless steel glasses frames were also distorted.

It seemed that she still had some mission on her shoulders. Ayanami Rei wanted to think carefully, but she saw that Shinji Ikari had already walked into the moonlight, and she instinctively followed him.

Patio City, staff apartment, downstairs.

The moonlight was completely blocked by high-rise buildings, and there was a hint of coolness on the empty, slender streets.At the end of the road stands a huge square building. There are no windows on the tall walls, only a row of large exhaust fans slowly rotating near the top.

It was a concentrating building used to supply power to Hakone. It was a system building that sent light to the underground city through optical fibers. Its structure was a huge concave concentrating mirror that moved left and right according to the angle of the sun.Hakone uses it to transmit light here through optical fiber, thus providing Hakone with a continuous supply of electricity.

Shinji Ikari doesn't understand the power system of this world. Although energy technology is very advanced, it always gives Shinji the feeling of a cartoonist from the 90s who conceived a future city but was adopted by the government.

In my own world, this kind of powered light-concentrating building also exists, but it was completely destroyed when the Water Apostles invaded.But it turns out that even without these things, the antimatter generator power generation technology inside Hakone is completely sufficient to operate the headquarters.

Shinji Ikari did not go home immediately, but went to the convenience store downstairs and picked up two boxes of fried dumplings and glutinous rice balls, and then put a box of beer on the shopping cart.

It was already late at night when they returned to the apartment. When the two opened the door with large and small bags, a smell of beer mixed with fermented food came out.

The strong sense of déjà vu before his eyes made Shinji Ikari feel like he was back when he first came to the apartment.

"You brought Rei back...I'm sorry, the house hasn't been cleaned up yet, forget it, let's come in first!" Misato Katsuragi got out of the way with some embarrassment.

Ayanami Rei walked past Misato Katsuragi calmly without saying hello or greeting because she didn't understand the etiquette of interpersonal communication at all.But when Shinji Ikari passed by her, he looked at her left hand in her pocket and vaguely saw the outline of a pistol.

Is she guarding against something?Shinji Ikari thought to himself, but what he asked was, "Are you planning to go out?"

"There are still some unresolved tasks at the headquarters, but don't worry. Rei finally came over. Let's eat first." Misato Katsuragi scratched the back of her head in embarrassment. She also didn't want to worry Shinji Ikari.

Dinner consisted of fried dumplings and glutinous rice balls bought by Shinji Ikari, as well as herring and beer specially prepared for Ping Ping.

"It's called Pingping." Shinji Ikari leaned down and touched the bunch of red hair on the penguin's head.

"It's always been called Ping Ping. Could it be that it's called Pian Pian? How unpleasant it sounds." Misato Katsuragi was still sitting cross-legged on the chair in her uniform. As for the beer she bought specially for her, she didn't open a single can.

"What about Deputy Commander Fuyutsuki? Is his name Fuyutsuki Kozo?" Shinji Ikari asked again.

"Fuyutsuki Kozao." Ayanami Rei said.

Although each world is similar, there are always some differences, such as Shikinami Asuka and Soru Asuka, another example is the Red Sea and the Blue Sea, another is the Patio City and the Third New Tokyo City, and another is the Moon and the Moon.

Who is the only constant?Shinji Ikari thought about it, and it seemed that Nagisa Kaoru was the only one.

The arrival of Shinji Ikari and Rei Ayanami slightly disrupted Misato Katsuragi's plan, but it's good to enjoy this rare leisure now.As Shinji Ikari said, he hadn't had a good rest in a long time.

After taking a shower and soaking in the bathtub, Katsuragi Misato closed her eyes and recalled the past.She always had dreams after the end of Fighting Angel. The psychiatrist said that it was the minor sequelae caused by the high-intensity mental pressure that brought out the psychological trauma in her childhood. As long as she looks forward, she will slowly heal with time.But Misato Katsuragi doesn't hate the past.

Until the knock on the door woke Katsuragi Misato from her dream.

"It's okay, Misato. You've been soaking for three hours." The outline of Shinji Ikari could be seen vaguely outside the frosted bathroom door.

"It's okay, I fell asleep accidentally." Misato Katsuragi pulled the towel around her body and opened the bathroom door, "I'm sorry for making you worry."

Looking at Shinji Ikari in front of her, Misato Katsuragi tried her best to smile as easily as usual, "Ah, what a sweet dream. I feel much more relaxed after a good sleep."

"Tell me if you have anything." Shinji Ikari looked at Misato Katsuragi in front of him carefully and held her hand.

After coming to this world, the strongest feeling for Shinji Ikari is that everyone is worried but trying hard to smile, but this smile is like the last tranquility before the storm is coming.

"It seems there is no room for Rei to come over suddenly. If that doesn't work, let her sleep in Asuka's room... That won't work either, Asuka will go crazy." Misato Katsuragi put her hand into the bath towel and buttoned her buttocks with some distress. .

Asuka had already suffered a mental breakdown and committed suicide. If she came back and found her room occupied by Ayanami Rei, something might happen again.

"It doesn't matter, she can just sleep at my place." Shinji Ikari said.

The apartment in this world is still the same place as before, but it is no longer a large flat floor with three dormitories connected, but an ordinary 92-square-meter three-bedroom apartment.

"Where are you? Your room is just a utility room." Misato Katsuragi looked at Shinji Ikari suspiciously after hearing this, "Forget it, it's almost the end of the world, so do whatever you want. But you still have to take safety measures. If you don’t want to buy condoms, there is a 24-hour convenience store downstairs.”