Shinji Ikari returns from Warhammer

"Shinji-kun." The gentle and firm voice seemed to reach his ears along the long tunnel.

Shinji Ikari stopped, and vaguely, a voice that only he could hear sounded again, far away behind him.He turned around again, Misato Katsuragi was talking to Ritsuko Akagi, the engineers were performing their duties, and the blue Unit [-], which was lifted by four slings, slowly drove away from his sight.

At this moment, Shinji Ikari felt a strong sense of déjà vu, and an experience that he had not taken to heart was dug out of the depths of his memory.

In a parallel future world similar to this one, where Lilith and Central Dogma are buried in the Geo Front Abyss, the No. 13 machine that was defeated by him is also buried there.As he left, Asuka's voice seemed to come from the wind echoing in the abyss.

This made Shinji Ikari wonder if he had overlooked something crucial.

But the reality is that Asuka is standing on the edge of the abyss with her arms folded, staring at herself coldly; and the voice is exactly like Nagisa Kaoru. If nothing else happens, Nagisa Kaoru should still be in the seventh branch on the moon at this time.

Shinji Ikari only hesitated for a moment, and then walked firmly towards the road ahead again.

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Clouds very low to the ground drifted over from Tokyo Bay in the west. At [-] o'clock in the evening, Third New Tokyo once again experienced heavy rainfall.

The water rose on the street, the waves were turbulent, and the water was up to the calf.The street lights downstairs flickered on and off, which made Misato Katsuragi who waded downstairs a little worried. Then she called the phone, "Moses, is this Shinji?"

"It's Rei." Ayanami Rei, who was at home at this time, answered the phone, "Shinji is getting ready to take a bath."

"Rei," Misato Katsuragi, who was in the elevator at this time, flipped her wet hair, "did you have fun this afternoon?"

"Happy." Ayanami Rei said.

They parted ways just after they came out of Hakone. Shinji Ikari was dragged by Asuka to go to Disneyland. He also invited Misato Katsuragi and Rei Ayanami as a hostess, but Misato Katsuragi looked at Ritsuko Akagi and chose to be with her. Old friends go to the bar to catch up on old times.

Misato Katsuragi slowly went up in the elevator while listening to Rei Ayanami telling her afternoon experiences. They played Tron Lightcycle together, played Pirates of the Caribbean together, participated in the evening float parade, and were invited by Winnie the Pooh. Climb the floats and hold hands to dance together.

As a chat partner, Rei Ayanami was undoubtedly unqualified. What she said was boring, but Misato Katsuragi listened with interest.As a guardian and considering herself as their parent, Misato Katsuragi could hear the happiness hidden in Rei Ayanami's boring words.

"That's good, as long as you can have fun."

"Do you need me to call him over?" Ayanami Rei asked.

"No need, tell them for me that I won't be back today. Remember to tell Shinji Ikari not to be too messy, and don't let Asuka stay up too late. Remember to drink a cup of hot milk before going to bed at night, and keep the house clean. , I wish you have a good dream tonight."

"Okay." Ayanami Rei said.

Misato Katsuragi hung up the phone, and the elevator door had already opened. Ritsuko Akagi took out the key from her pocket and opened the door to the room. "Are they Rei and the others? It sounds like they had a great time in the afternoon," Ritsuko Akagi stood at the door and invited Katsuragi. Misato goes in.

"It's okay. The only one that really worries me is Asuka. Now that her mental state has improved significantly, those children don't need to let me have too much relationship. Shinji Ikari will handle the relationship well." Misato Katsuragi skillfully took off her high heels and put them in From the shoe cabinet next to her, she took out the pair of slippers that belonged to her.

As soon as she got home, the landline phone rang immediately, "Wait a moment, I'll answer the call." Ritsuko Akagi nodded slightly towards Misato Katsuragi, "Hello, grandma?"

Akagi’s grandma?Misato Katsuragi raised her eyebrows. Unlike her talkative friend, Ritsuko Akagi rarely mentioned her family affairs. Part of the reason why she stayed with Ritsuko Akagi today was because her friend's mental state seemed a little... Difference.

"Really? Is the child missing?" Ritsuko Akagi took out the cigarette case from the drawer with a calm expression, lit one and sat quietly on the chair, "Yeah, that's probably it."

"Cats also have a lifespan. She will leave her family when she senses that her lifespan is about to end." Ritsuko Akagi said.

Misato Katsuragi sat quietly by the bed and looked at her friend.Although Ritsuko Akagi spoke calmly, her left hand that was not answering the phone vigorously rubbed the lit part of the cigarette, crossed her legs back and forth and changed the posture of her legs, and then lit a new cigarette, and so on.

"Stop crying, grandma. This is inevitable."

"Yes, it is like that."

"Me? I will go back when I have time. It has been three years since I visited my mother's grave."

"Who are you talking about? Which man? No, no, no, no, he is not my father...and certainly not my husband. You remembered it wrong. I won't tell you anymore. I will call you next time."

"Well, hang up."

At this time, Ritsuko Akagi turned around, and she realized that the room was already filled with mist. She looked at Misato Katsuragi a little apologetically, "Sorry, the call took a bit long."

"It's okay. Did grandma's cat pass away?" Misato Katsuragi asked.

"It's not grandma's, it's my child." Ritsuko Akagi weaved the words calmly.

"Your child?!" Misato Katsuragi's eyes widened instantly.

Ritsuko Akagi laughed dumbly, "What are you thinking? I'm just used to treating that cat as a child. Although as an adopter, I threw it to my grandma irresponsibly. I must be terrible."

[-]: The German little turtle dove is a ruthless person who doesn’t talk much.

"That's just helpless. You are very busy at work, and raising a cat is inherently energy-consuming." Misato Katsuragi could only comfort her.

"Then why did you choose her in the first place?" Ritsuko Akagi stood up and walked to the refrigerator, "Would you like something to drink?"

I don't know if she doesn't want to face something, or if she refuses this topic.Misato Katsuragi nodded and said, "Then let's have a cold beer."

The two women gathered around the small round table in the living room again, chatting about the past, the handsome boys in their student days, the pets they had raised, each other's childhood, the lives of friends who were married or divorced, and their current selves.

Ritsuko Akagi talked a lot tonight, as if she was talking from the bottom of her heart. Misato Katsuragi held her arm and went to the toilet to vomit, then took out a towel to wipe her face, but Ritsuko Akagi pushed her away with her hand, "It's okay. Yes, I’m not drunk, I can do it by myself.”

Misato Katsuragi had no choice but to let go and watch Ritsuko Akagi walk into the bathroom alone.She turned to look at the desk by the window. In the empty corner, only the computer screen shimmered.The standby wallpaper is Naoko Akagi who was wearing a white coat when she was young and Gendo Ikari who is also wearing a white coat. The childish girl standing on the far right is Ritsuko Akagi who was in junior high school.

At that time, she still had short hair that was close to her ears and her eyes were full of confusion. Maybe she was happy at that time.

At this time, a hand turned off the computer from the side and said, "Go to sleep."

Ritsuko Akagi said.After just a brief shock, she changed into her pajamas and lay down on the bed without waiting for Katsuragi Misato's response.

"Yeah," Misato Katsuragi didn't ask further questions, just nodded quietly.

The lights went out, Akagi Ritsuko curled up and faced the wall, while on the outside of the bed, Katsuragi Misato opened her eyes and looked at the unfamiliar ceiling.

As the cry-like convulsions came from the next door, Katsuragi Misato pretended to close her eyes.

"I'm sorry for making you waste your energy with this useless woman like me." Ritsuko Akagi's deep voice sounded next to her.

"There is no such thing, and I am very happy. I haven't had such a happy gathering for a long time." Katsuragi Misato opened her eyes.

"A woman like me is very useless. I can endure no matter what kind of insult as long as I think about that man, but I hate myself, my own depravity, and even that child."

"No matter what you do Ritsuko, you are the best researcher in my heart, and you have done a good job." Misato Katsuragi comforted her.

Ritsuko Akagi didn't respond, she just curled up facing the wall and couldn't help but cry softly into her pillow.

This time, Misato Katsuragi really closed her eyes——

After the children's mental problems have been solved, is it now the adults' turn?

Misato Katsuragi finally felt that she could not save anyone but herself.

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"Oh, is this Misato's call?" Asuka, wearing a dress, walked into the living room carrying hot milk.

"Yes, she said she won't be back tonight. Let me tell you, she told Shinji Ikari not to be too messy and not to let you stay up too late. She also asked me to remember to drink a cup of hot milk before going to bed at night. Clean up..." Before Ayanami Rei could finish her words, Asuka interrupted impatiently.

"...Are you Katsuragi Misato's marionette? That's it. You don't have to be so obedient. Young people should behave like young people!" Asuka turned around and took out a bottle of sea salt guava-flavored fruit beer from the refrigerator and said directly to After taking a long sip from the bottle, his face quickly turned rosy.

"Ha! Is this what it feels like to have no parents? It seems great!"

It was obviously the same night, but free spirits seemed to be beating in the air.Asuka was lying on the sofa holding a fruit beer. She didn't know what she was going to do, but she felt that it would be great even if she did nothing.

Asuka thought for a while, it seemed like it was just playing games.She handed her hot milk to Ayanami Rei, turned and walked towards her room. She was not going to sleep, but to get the handle, snacks and blanket.

There was no conversation, but Ayanami Rei brought the small round table and fruit platter with tacit understanding, and ran into Shinji Ikari's room like a well-behaved puppy.

Asuka looked sideways at this scene and couldn't help but frown. "Men would like such a well-behaved and obedient sister, and she would only like your sister," Asuka thought for a moment. She would also like her if she were a man.As cunning and willful as he is, it's a shame that Shinji Ikari can tolerate him.But if I don’t say it, I’m afraid I’m talking about the little German turtle dove in my heart. People are cruel and talkative. They can survive without drinking water for several days. Bagua is a bit funny.

The bathroom door opened, and Shinji Ikari walked out with a towel wrapped around his waist. He wiped his hair and walked to Asuka's side, helping her take away half of her things. "What are you going to do tonight?" Asuka asked.

"Bodou, I want to play evil lane online." Shinji Ikari said.

"Is the corpse useful? I heard that summoning the undead can make him stand up and speak." Asuka asked.

"I collect them all. As soon as I open the box, I see the corpses of all my opponents. It gives me a full sense of accomplishment."

"It's a pity that resurrection can only be used on opponents, otherwise you can bring the enemy's corpse to gain experience."

"But you can resurrect dead bodies." Shinji Ikari said.

"The most uncomfortable thing is that you can't kill the naughty child. I met a very beastly naughty child in the sacred forest. He stole other people's idols and refused to repent. He didn't listen to his parents and acted arbitrarily while relying on the protection of the system!"

Shinji Ikari thought for a while and said, "But you can kill the naughty kid's parents and resurrect as a skeleton in front of him."

"You must be some kind of gaming genius, right?" Asuka was shocked.

At this time, the computer screen vibrated, interrupting their conversation.Click to view the details. It is about the task requirements of tomorrow's mental test. It also comes with a new file about Asuka.

Detailed, clear and detailed.The Intelligence Department of the secret service is responsible for employee files. This group of people is known for being as rigorous as the CIA, and makes everyone's files look like black history.What lights up this file is Asuka's photo, which is actually a selfie taken when she was in Yokohama.Her hair was dyed golden orange in the sunset, she was wearing a dress, and she was smiling brightly in the sunset, while Shinji Ikari's profile appeared not far away in the background.

"Don't worry about this, let's play the game first." Asuka switched to the game screen.

Later, Asuka recalled that ordinary night. It was obviously a free and unrestrained night without parental restraint, but she did not do anything extraordinary as she expected. The character in the game was driving the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow to max out her favorability and drive the Silver Wheel. Lying down, Ayanami Rei was lying on the bed reading a book. The boy she liked sat next to her and told a hell joke about Chairman Chika Fujiwara who was shot in the chest.

Sometimes they discuss the apostles, sometimes they chat about their classmates, and sometimes they play pillow fights barefoot on the bed. It seems meaningless, but life is just such an ordinary series of mutual interactions.

At twelve o'clock in the night, Shinji Ikari turned off the lights.

Asuka woke up in bed, and it was dark outside the window.I don't know whether it was intentional or a coincidence, but Shinji Ikari just changed the original hard bed into a RELYON big bed this morning, which was enough for the three of them to rest.Asuka glanced at the clock in the moonlight. It was twelve o'clock at midnight. Tomorrow was the mental test, but her spirit was still in a state of excitement.

"Are you asleep?" Asuka turned around and asked softly.

"Asleep." The man next to the pillow replied with his eyes closed. His quilt was covering his shoulders, and his left hand was not holding his right hand honestly.

"Is she asleep?" Asuka asked again.

"Asleep." The person next to the pillow continued.

"Then I fell asleep too." Asuka said nonsense.

In fact, Asuka is probably nervous about the mental test tomorrow.It was only at this midnight, which was approaching twelve o'clock, that her soft side was exposed.

Suddenly, the person next to the pillow suddenly felt the girl on his left rolling into his arms. He did not make any extraordinary movements, but used his left arm as a pillow and gently leaned in his arms.

After a few seconds, Asuka fell asleep.

In New Tokyo City, there is a tightly packaged courier at the Odawara courier station, with an orange adult-protection label attached. The courier boy who worked overtime late at night delivered it here.

This is the last express delivery. After accepting it, the store closed the gate and prepared to close the door for a rest.

But at this moment, the sharp sound of brakes came from outside, and before the store owner could react, an oncoming shotgun beat him into pieces.

The man who got off the motorcycle didn't care whether his movements alerted the police next to him. He walked straight to the delivery rack, and his target was the adult product.

After roughly tearing open the outer packaging, the aluminum sealed box inside was revealed. The man shone a dark purple flashlight on the edge of the sealed box. Under the purple light, a reflective label that looked like a banknote anti-counterfeiting mark appeared.The man nodded: "If nothing else, it's this thing."

He casually handed the thing to the companion next to him, "This is what you want. It should contain micro-explosives. If you enter the wrong password, the contents inside will be destroyed."

After his companion took the aluminum sealed box, he looked at him and said, "What about you? Why don't you come with us?"

"If I do such a thing, betray the country, the emperor, and the organization, they won't let me go." The man said calmly.

The man waved his hand, and his companions stopped trying to persuade each other. Everyone rode on their motorcycles and rushed in different directions holding similar aluminum sealed boxes.

The next morning, Shinji Ikari and the others met with Ritsuko Akagi again in Hakone, but did not see Misato Katsuragi.

"An unexpected situation occurred, and Asuka's mental test was temporarily cancelled," Ritsuko Akagi said simply. After a night, she returned to her clean and strong woman appearance, "A cadre committed suicide out of fear of crime, and Misato Katsuragi is heading to the scene. Your best choice Well, go and take a look, because it has something to do with you."

Misato Katsuragi stood at the door of the express store. At this time, she couldn't help but touch her pocket. This was an instinctive action to smoke.

"The chest was smashed, and now I am using my body to meet the spray of the shotgun at close range. Even the ghost-hunting doctor on the scene couldn't save him." The forensic doctor handed over a brass slug, "Magnum shotgun, powerful Extremely, if you choose to use this kind of bullet, the user will also accumulate a lot of anger."

Misato Katsuragi twisted the bullet while looking at the young man sitting on the express shop owner's chair.She finally understood why the Intelligence Department asked her to come.She remembered that pale face, it was a cadre of the supervisory department, a good friend who promoted good governance.The medical examiner zipped up the black body bag and the stretcher was taken away from her.

"How did he die?" Misato Katsuragi asked.

"According to surveillance, he sat here smoking a cigarette after the murder, until when people from the headquarters came, he shot himself in front of them." said an employee of the Intelligence Department.

"Do you commit suicide out of fear of crime?" Misato Katsuragi murmured in a low voice, "He was recruited by Ryoji Kaji, or he chose to betray NERV after learning about Ryoji Kaji's death. The specific reasons for the rebellion are the responsibility of the Intelligence Department, so what they stole Where’s the stuff?”

"It's a sex toy," the clerk said.

"What?" Katsuragi Misato's eyes widened. It wasn't until she saw the aluminum sealed box that her eyes regained their sharpness.And when she looked at the intelligence department staff who brought her here, she finally understood.He was once again involved in the incident that occurred after Kaji Ryoji's death.

But based on what the head of the intelligence department learned from last time, he should not be locked up in a dark room again.But now it's someone else who's really in trouble.

At this time, in the commander's office, Fuyutsuki Yukino was also furious.

"This thing must be recovered. They shouldn't have gone far. Order all nearby police forces to dispatch to round them up."

"Not enough. SEELE must not let that thing know. The Japanese government must be very anxious now."

"There must be a mole inside NERV. Follow this line of investigation to find out who is behind the scenes and bring him to see me." Fuyutsuki Komasu said, "No matter who betrays NERV, we will not let him go. "

The dark red light hit Dongyue Xingzeng's face, and his face was as hard as stone.