Shinji Ikari returns from Warhammer

"Ikari's child has grown up. He hasn't inherited his mother's soft side, but he's not like his father either." The old priest sitting on the left with a hunched figure suddenly said.

"The third qualified person? Now he has grown into a giant beast in the sky. No one in the world does not know his name. Everyone calls him the savior of the world and the mediator between God and mankind. In talking to us During the confrontation, the presence of this child helped Ikari Yuantang a lot." There was another slow voice, and these old people seemed to speak with one voice.

"But the relationship between them is not good."

"Yes, his soft face is more like his mother. I still remember that girl, Ikari Wei, who always had a smile on her face, which left a deep impression on her."

"Actually, we are his family."

"Then let's meet him. If possible, try to resolve it peacefully. As a descendant of the Ikari family, he is our nephew. The neglect over the years is all due to the influence of Ikari Yuantang."

"Yes, if possible, try to resolve it peacefully."

[-]: Watch my right fist open the sky and transform into a dragon

The residual heat of late summer is even more unbearable than the hot summer.Being at the end of the dog days of summer, it feels like your underwear and skin are stuck together.

But Misato Katsuragi still stood in the central control room wearing her uniform, watching the pictures on the screen.

In the Simulator Experimental Field in Hakone, Shinji Ikari and Asuka, still wearing regular clothes, used the bridge platform of the Simulator to conduct simulated battle experiments in the virtual world.

In the simulation experiment, Unit [-] and Unit [-] were still the same, both with the same standard B-type combat equipment. Asuka pulled out her most used EVA-specific sonic spear from behind. The blade was the same as the high-vibration particle knife.Shinji Ikari took down the most basic high-vibration particle knife from the weapon rack beside him.

"Use a short knife to fight against my sonic spear?" Unit [-] took a step forward, "You are at a disadvantage. Are you so confident that you are fast enough? And in this open area, I don't need you to let me ."

The performance of the simulated aircraft in the simulated combat itself is the same, and the Unit-[-] will not have super-superior effects just because the pilot is Shinji Ikari.That's why Asuka frowned. Although she was afraid of failure, she was even more disgusted by Shinji Ikari for letting her.

"Maybe, your reaction speed can't keep up with my knife!" The high-vibration particle knife turned over in Shinji Ikari's hand. The handle of the knife was locked by the bolt of the mechanical palm of Unit-[-], and then he pulled out another weapon from the weapon rack. One handle.When she saw Unit-[-] holding two swords, Asuka smiled and said, "That's good, then I can go all out!"

Unit 7 was awakened instantly, breaking through the synapse level of measuring neurons in just one breath. The crimson mask lifted up, revealing four pale green pupils.Asuka held the joystick tightly. After Misato Katsuragi, the KP, shouted "The [-]th Experimental Confrontation for Qualified Persons Started", Unit [-] rushed towards the opponent with a red shimmer.

Their swords and guns clashed hundreds of times in an instant, and the sparks flying were like the dawn of a new era, and Asuka's fighting spirit shone like sparks.

Their figures flew like meteors in this rough and simple blue illusory world. Every time they collided, bounced and collided again, even the screen seemed to be shaken.

The employees in the development department marveled at witnessing this battle that surpassed the limits of human vision. Asuka's progress was made only by Ritsuko Akagi, who shook his head slightly, "Although the progress is great, weak mental endurance and possible residual apostle pollution are still big problems."

Especially the latter. If Asuka is really found to have the contamination left by the Bird Apostle in tomorrow's test, her qualifications as a pilot will have to be re-examined even if she has made great progress.

Until the high-vibration particle knife cut off the head of Unit [-].At this point, the battle is over.

With the end of the experiment, both pilots also ejected from the simulation body and returned to the ground.Warm applause also broke out, not only for Shinji Ikari, but also for Asuka, who has made outstanding progress.

"Ah, it's so refreshing. I haven't felt this comfortable for a long time. Although I lost to you this time, I won't be able to do it next time!"

Second New Tokyo City, Shibuya, Center Gai.

Center gai is a well-known local specialty neighborhood that is very popular among young people. It houses a wide variety of fashion brand stores; people can not only taste local food, but also experience multiculturalism and fashion trends.

Shinji Ikari looked at Asuka who was gently holding his arm, and thought to himself, it's not that you haven't been this comfortable for a long time, but that your previous mentality only allowed victory and could not accept defeat.Asuka, who is now able to face her own failure, has obviously made a lot of progress. At least in front of herself, her mentality has gradually stabilized.

Yesterday morning, Asuka unilaterally agreed to go shopping. After the simulation experiment ended, she came to Shibuya.

Famous department stores, fashion stores, restaurants, coffee shops, entertainment facilities, and custom facilities are all densely packed in Shibuya. It has the reputation of being a street for young people, making Shibuya a tourist destination for all kinds of people in Japan and abroad. The birthplace of popularity.In fact, Asuka has always wanted to visit, but she just didn't find the opportunity.

Speaking of which, it has only been three months since she came to Japan. Although it seems like a long time, as long as a century, the reality is that if they were in class, the two of them might not have said a few words. That level of transience.

"Shinji, how about this one?"

Asuka walked out of the dressing room at this time, wearing a classic little black dress from Chanel, with gold jewelry specially made for customers by the store around her neck, but Shinji Ikari forced a smile, "You look good in anything you wear. , but now the ultraviolet rays are too strong, this one can easily burn the skin, and then it will be Asuka who has returned from Africa."

"What? In fact, you just don't like me showing too much." Asuka stuck out her tongue. She turned to look at the mirror. Inside, her upper body was covered with a sling that crossed her neck and wrapped around her chest. "Forget it, I'll look at the other things. "

Six or seven-meter-long movable hangers were pushed to Asuka from the left and right sides, Burberry's Audrey Hepburn classic dress, Chanel's new products in this year's AW preview, Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto's new cocktail dress designed using deconstruction, Dior's evening dress Dress skirt... Shinji Ikari was holding the coffee sent by the store, thinking about whether he should go to Shibuya Center Street or Seibu Department Store next.

Speaking of which, Shinji Ikari is one of the few boys who likes shopping, because he can experience the joy of shopping.At first he walked around with the girls, enjoying this ritualistic way of leisure, but along the way he also liked this kind of leisure activity.

When traveling from one store to another, some scenes are irreplaceable, and the most typical one is eating.As a way of socializing, dining together is more enjoyable in person.The most important thing about walking around the shopping street and buying some small gifts and seeing yourself radiant in the mirror is to experience that atmosphere.

In the cafe next to the railway, Shinji Ikari and Asuka sat down at the white round table on the roadside. "Next time, let's take Ayanami out with us. She only has a few clothes and plans to wear her uniform and school uniform until graduation." ?"

"Are you not confident about tomorrow's mental test? But I think you are in good condition." Shinji Ikari looked at Asuka in front of him.

"I'm in a good state, but I know myself. It's probably a little difficult... I don't know if there is any pollution from the apostle left in my mind. I don't know what the big luminous bird did before he died. I don’t know, but it’s you and Misato, you guys will keep me informed.”

Yes, Asuka’s foundation is Misato Katsuragi and Shinji Ikari, to be precise, Shinji Ikari.

Before, she had been resentful of Ayanami Rei's status as a related party, but now that it was her turn to become a related party, she felt quite at ease.I feel that this is also part of my ability.

Shinji Ikari nodded and turned his head to watch a short-haired man wearing a black suit and sunglasses walking up to him.

This typical Spy Operations Department dress made Asuka slightly frown. She remembered that the Spy Operations Department was directly under the General Affairs Department, and Shinji Ikari didn't seem to have a very harmonious relationship with his father, the commander. Why did he come here suddenly?

I saw this man wearing sunglasses leaning down and whispering a few words in Shinji Ikari's ear. He nodded and turned to look at Asuka, "Sorry, those old guys from SEELE have something to do with me. Next time Let’s go shopping with you again.”

"Colonel Ikari, you can't talk about this kind of thing to the outside world! You can easily get into trouble!" The members of the spy department wearing sunglasses looked around in horror, but found that not many people noticed this.

But he was still wary, because real spies would not reveal their details so easily.

But with Shinji Ikari kicking him in the butt, he finally moved.Shinji Ikari nodded towards Asuka, then turned around and got into the black car parked next to him, heading towards the nearest entrance to Hakone.

Somewhere underground in Hakone, in a dim room glowing with dark red light, stood twelve stone tablets.

This is the so-called SEELE, the highest-level meeting in the world. This group of people called SEELE determines the future of the world, not the commander-in-chief Ikari Gendo, who is just the executor selected by SEELE.

Nominally, SEELE is still the parent unit of NERV.

Speaking of which, this is the first time that Shinji Ikari has come here, and it is also the first time that he has met these people who control the world behind the scenes.

"You are very calm, but among all the invited people, you are in the best condition." Stele No. [-] slowly lit up.

Shinji Ikari looked at the symbol on the stone tablet, the Eye of Horus. This familiar name made him feel a little mixed, "No, it's mainly because I'm a little disappointed. I heard that they came to attend the meeting, but I didn't expect that they were all a group of guys who hide their heads and tail." .”

No one expected that the boy in front of him would make such an opening statement. Not to mention being trembling, he should also show his obedient side humbly and respectfully.Ritsuko Akagi and Misato Katsuragi have also been here. Leaders from various countries are proud to receive their praise. If they knew what SEELE was, they would never speak nonsense.

SEELE, an organization that not only controls NERV but also has political involvement in the League of Nations, was formed before the Second Impact.Five people, including Chilu Lorenz, constitute the "Human Completion Committee". The nationalities of these five members are British, German, French, American, and Russian respectively. This organization has opened branches in various countries around the world.

The United Nations has six main organs: the United Nations General Assembly, the United Nations Security Council, the United Nations Economic and Social Council, the United Nations Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice and the United Nations Secretariat.But in reality, SEELE has surpassed the United Nations General Assembly and become the highest authority of the United Nations, leading United Nations affairs.

But they believed that the Ikari Shinji in front of them was not ignorant of SEELE, but simply contemptuous.

He didn't target anyone individually, he always looked down upon everyone equally.

"Shinji Ikari, the ace pilot of NERV, some people say that you are the ark given to mankind by God, and everyone is paying attention to you." Laughter came from the ninth stone tablet, "Actually, we are all paying attention to you, Yui Ikari's child."

Ikari Wei, this familiar name made Shinji Ikari slightly stunned.Then he saw a three-dimensional image presented in front of him.

It was a woman wearing the same white coat as Ritsuko Akagi, with short brown hair that reached her ears.Judging from the appearance, she is very similar to herself, with almost [-]% familiarity, but the lines on her face are closer to Ayanami Rei's softness, and her smile has a very warm power.

"She is an excellent bioengineering scholar. When she was at Peking University, her article attracted the attention of Fuyutsuki Komaso, an associate professor of metaphysical biology at the time. However, her intention at the time seemed to be to be a housewife, but this relationship with Naive thinking about mismatched identities will only lead to disaster.”

"Disaster?" Shinji Ikari mentioned this word again.

"Yes, because her innocent thoughts attracted the attention of a man, that is your current father, Ikari Yuantang." Stele No. [-] continued.

"He has been a quite mysterious person since he was young, and the purpose of getting close to Yui Ikari was just to join SEELE. At that time, he was still called Liufenyi Gendo, and he deliberately used the incident of a drunken fight to get in touch with Fuyutsuki Komasu. , through him, I got to know Ikari Wei again." Stele No. [-] continued.

"Maybe, Ikari Yuantang has feelings for Ikari Weizhen. No matter what, they met, dated, and finally got married, and finally gave birth to you." Stone tablet No. [-] said.

"His complete lack of feelings for others is also an overgeneralization. Everything he does has a strong purpose. He is an extremely calm person who ignores human nature and emotions in order to achieve his own goals. Whether it is for himself His life is about his marriage. You should be able to feel the cold and cruel side of his human nature. You and Ikari Wei are just stepping stones for him to achieve his goals."

"So, the seats that originally belonged to you and Yui Ikari were occupied by him. Even the head seat of the Artificial Evolution Research Institute that was supposed to be returned to you was only returned to you through us."

"Now it's time for you to take back what belongs to you."

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PS: Regarding the fact that the old theatrical version is not over, it is actually the world line of the old theatrical version that has changed to ANIMA.

These two stories are actually different flowers blooming on the same vine.

Whether it is the old theatrical version or ANIMA, the new plot progress starts at the end of episode 24 of the TV version.The difference is that the old theatrical version was led by Unit [-] to complete the human completion plan, while ANIMA was led by Unit [-].

Due to the active support of the NERV Special Investigation Department, SEELE's plan to use the Strategic Self-Defense Forces to forcefully occupy NERV and use EVA mass production machines to forcefully execute the human completion plan were all discovered in advance. In the ANIMA world line, Shinji Ikari rushed to the scene at a critical moment, destroyed the human completion plan, and saved Asuka. The story then moves towards a new future in which the human completion plan fails and all mankind survives.

However, since I started from the old theatrical version instead of starting directly from the TV version, the blessing of my world line is still gone.

[-]: A group of bloodthirsty ants, attracted by carrion

The black door opened, and the security guards hiding in the shadows stared at the woman standing at the door with a cold look.

"How's it going?" Seeing Ikari Shinji walking out, Katsuragi Misato stepped forward and asked with concern.

She has also had several conversations with SEELE, although in the eyes of the outside world this is a supreme honor.But Misato Katsuragi's experience was not good. The atmosphere inside was as chilling as if she had fallen into a freezer. Although she couldn't see her face, Misato Katsuragi's mind was full of a group of old monsters with cold air coming from their noses and their bones erect.

"They're just a bunch of old guys talking too much. What they say is probably true and false." Shinji Ikari said flatly.

Ever since they parted in front of his mother's grave, Shinji Ikari's last glimmer of hope for Ikari Gendo was completely extinguished.But even if he deserves to die, he will naturally come to kill him, and it will not be the turn of these old people who are just eating corpses to point fingers.

SEELE, NERV, Shinji Ikari, Gendo Ikari, and the Human Completion Committee all have a relationship that is occasionally hostile and occasionally cooperative.

After the war with the Grain Angels, SEELE used themselves to contain Ikari Gendo, who had too much power in NERV. Then on the eve of the agreed date, they reunited to suppress themselves. Now SEELE wants to join forces with themselves to kick Ikari Gendo out of the game. .

So what.

Shinji Ikari is not as qualified a politician as Gendo Ikari. He hates false promises.He sees himself more as a leader worthy of being followed by his warriors.If you don't want to, he won't bother to care about you. At most, he will crush you into powder when you become a roadblock for him.

Therefore, during the period of fighting against the Grain Angel, Ikari Gendo was able to reconcile with the Human Completion Committee to contain Ikari Shinji.But Shinji Ikari will not kick this useless old thing away like him.

It may be due to the arrogance of the nobleman that prevents him from doing things with the most utilitarian mentality.

Faced with SEELE's oppression, NERV chose to cooperate with the Self-Defense Forces and reveal part of the E-plan's contents about the airframe to them in exchange for funds to repair Hakone and the airframe that were originally blocked by SEELE.

For the Self-Defense Forces, the last few difficulties in developing the AKASIMA body that they received technical support from NERV have been overcome, and they can also have their own EVA.Although Shinji Ikari felt after reading the information that the mechanical giant powered by a 2N reactor could not be considered an Evangelion at all, there was nothing the Self-Defense Force could do even if they wanted to call it that.By the way, the first qualified candidate for the batch of 3A units under construction is Kirishima’s real name.

Of course, this kind of thing cannot be revealed.Only Kaji Ryoji, a triple agent, had noticed the clues before.It is precisely because Kaji Ryouji knows too much that neither the Human Completion Committee nor Ikari Gendo can keep him alive.

The sky was hazy, and the silvery moonlight and the morning sun shone together on the Ludwigsburg Residence Palace.Due to the time difference, it was already approaching noon in Japan, while Germany had just welcomed the first ray of sunshine in the morning. The old people hidden behind the stone monument gathered together, had a simple Holy Communion, and began a long meeting.

Speaking of which, Ikari Gendo is also a SEELE, and is even a member of the Human Completion Committee, but sitting at the same table with them like this has never happened before.From the beginning to the end, SEELE regarded Ikari Yuantang as a ferocious and useful dog that would bite back its owner.

Apart from the old people, the only people eligible to participate in such meetings are young and beautiful male waiters. The young boys either wait behind the curtains or trot back and forth to serve the old people to whom they are loyal.

"How about it? Can you tell what that little guy is thinking?"

"The word "can" is too euphemistic. He has no intention of hiding his sarcasm."

"He is even more arrogant than his father, and he doesn't even bother to hide it. Does this mean there is nothing we can do against him?"

"Compared to us old guys who have never met each other and call themselves elders when we first meet, the paralyzed and cold-faced Ikari Gendo may be more pleasing to the eye. Haha, he is really an immature wolf cub."

"He is not a wolf cub. He is the mediator, Canaan, and God's promise." The hunched old priest said softly, "According to the records in the Bible Exodus, he led the people As they passed through the Red Sea, God caused the water to part, revealing a piece of dry land, and the water formed walls on their left and right. The people crossed the sea as if they were walking on flat ground."

"When the Egyptian soldiers were chasing them into the Red Sea, God caused the sea to join up and drown the pursuers, allowing them to escape smoothly." Another old man added the second half of the sentence, "Then according to the meaning of the myth, wouldn't we be Arrogant Egyptians?"

"In that case, let's take back Unit [-]." President Jilu said.

"Anyway, even if we only have Unit [-], we can still fight against the apostles, right?"

Shinji Ikari, who had just walked out of the conference room, was greeted by Misato Katsuragi's nagging.

She wanted Shinji Ikari to be gentler in his behavior. Facing a behemoth like SEELE, he must at least have some superficial respect.

But Shinji Ikari doesn't care. What he likes most is to crush his enemies in an upright manner.

Therefore, all Shinji Ikari could do was ignore SEELE's pressure after the Force Angel attack.Ikari Yuantang was allowed to issue an order to freeze Unit [-] and Unit [-] together in exchange for the allocated funds.

Speaking of Unit [-], Shinji Ikari's heart moved slightly. After returning from the new world, he finally understood the true face of that unit.

Although he did not perform very well in the battle against the Force Angels, he is a body transformed from the body of a natural god. When he was discovered on the moon base, he had a similar appearance to Lilith, which is equivalent to the first machine of the Mark series. , the finished product of Project Marduk that is far more outstanding than Unit [-]. As long as it is driven correctly, it will be in an awakened state.If it were driven by Kaoru Nagisa instead of a puppet system, it should be able to terminate the Angel of Power.

Before the agreed date, it was SEELE's trump card to restrain Unit [-].

But when they arrived at the area where Unit [-] and Unit [-] were frozen, the two people were slightly stunned.I saw a huge sling slowly lifting a blue body that looked like Unit [-] out of the deep abyss.

They saw the white coat standing in front of the railing, and Ritsuko Akagi was also here.

"What's going on?" Misato Katsuragi walked up to her friend and asked.

"SEELE suddenly sent news that there are still some problems with the No. [-] machine, and it will be handed over to the lunar base Tabgah for maintenance." Ritsuko Akagi looked at the blue machine that slowly lifted off.

"Moon Base Tabgah? This name sounds like the name of an ancient Israeli city." Misato Katsuragi frowned, "Is there actually a base on the moon?"

"It is indeed the name of the city-state in ancient Israel. It means seven springs, which is the seventh branch of NERV. It is the most mysterious." Ritsuko Akagi seemed to have guessed what Katsuragi Misato was thinking, and then added, "Except for Unit [-] and Unit [-], they are the real It is a general-purpose humanoid decisive battle weapon belonging to the headquarters. We only have temporary use rights to the other two, including Unit [-]. Unit [-] belongs to Europe, and Unit [-] belongs to the Seventh Branch of the Moon."

"Really, it's almost time for the decisive battle, but you're still lagging behind?" Misato Katsuragi couldn't help complaining, although she was used to it.

"It's just because the decisive battle is coming soon that I'm holding back." Ritsuko Akagi said quietly. No one understood this mentality better than her.

Shinji Ikari turned around and headed back the way he came. Since Unit [-] was going to be taken back, there was no need to watch.