Shinji Ikari returns from Warhammer

But soon, his tenacity was shattered.

"I'm afraid it's difficult," the former section chief of the second section of the intelligence department and now the acting minister smiled awkwardly, "because the officer who committed suicide out of fear of crime was a good friend of Ryouji Kaji, and his direct boss was... Shinji Ikari .”

At this time, in the office of the head of the combat department, looking at Misato Katsuragi who was rarely taken away this time, Shinji Ikari also knew the true identity of that thing from her mouth.

"Actually, it's some personal belongings of Kaji Ryoji, as well as part of the intelligence collected while he was working as a spy. Of course, the most critical thing is the evidence of cooperation between NERV and the Self-Defense Forces, which may even include photos of the new machine body."

"Is he born in the year of the dog? Why does he love sniffing so much?" Shinji Ikari didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He didn't care about the traitor among his nominal subordinates.But he thought that if SEELE really knew about the alliance between NERV and the Self-Defense Forces, those old guys might have an orgasm in their skulls.

[-]: Everything is for the road to the church

Regarding the continuous defections of cadres in his department, only Shinji Ikari remained so calm.Because of his superior status, no one would suspect him as a traitor.

But this matter is still very bad for NERV.

Hakone headquarters, central control room.Noon is the time when you are most likely to feel sleepy.Misato Katsuragi and Ritsuko Akagi's eyes turned red as they flipped through a thick stack of lists and checked off the excluded names one by one.

"Found it." Ritsuko Akagi whispered, pushing the directory to Misato Katsuragi across the table.

"From the MAGI database, these are the people who are included in the personnel deployment and use of authority," Ritsuko Akagi said. "There are not only internal spies, but also people from outside. These are the most suspicious ones on the list."

Misato Katsuragi looked at the list selected by Fuyutsuki Kouzou and widened her eyes, "Suzuran High School, the Fierce Demons, the Mafia, Chaldea, and the Company, do you mean our enemies are them?"

"No, you took the wrong one. That one is Ibuki Maya's supplementary plan, and the one below is."

"Inugane Group, Dakukai, why are there gangs and mercenaries?"

"It's always happened. In the previous blackout incident, a large part of the people who invaded the headquarters were mercenaries." Ritsuko Akagi said.

Japan is the only country in the world that recognizes the legality of gangs. As long as the gangs operate under the established laws, they will be issued legal permits.These darkness hidden under society are actually born out of the mavericks of the past. They dress strangely, have tattoos, behave eccentrically, and often carry long knives. They terrorize villagers and even kill innocent people indiscriminately.

The secret service has been aware of their existence 14 years ago, but has never been able to fully understand it. NERV doesn't want to pay attention to them. In front of NERV employees who consider themselves to be the guardians of the world, the gangsters are just a bunch of bugs worth mentioning.But the headquarters still pays attention to them. The Metropolitan Police Department releases a white paper every year detailing the number of violent groups in Japan and the specific number of members.

It was three months ago that we really began to seriously study this dark side hidden under society. In the "Blackout Incident", there were many gang members who were attracted by the bounties and carried out sabotage operations. These thugs, ronin and other people who entered the Japanese market system The new forces all have one thing in common: they are not accepted by society.

But so far, NERV has avoided direct contact with these gang members, and gangsters and thugs have not dared to offend NERV, which has a transcendent status.

But this time it's different. It seems that some kind of murderer has appeared among these bugs, who can kill the liaison officer at the express station and intends to reach out to the information that the secret service wants.

"As time goes by, the possibility of that thing falling into SEELE's hands increases," Misato Katsuragi said. "There is no time to take roundabout ways and take direct action."

"Are you going to use force?" Ritsuko Akagi frowned, "The Japanese government will not let it go..."

"Perhaps they took the initiative to cooperate with us this time." Misato Katsuragi said, "NERV has a superior status. Until all the apostles are annihilated, no one dares to risk the world's disapproval to come and cause trouble for us, at least on the surface. "

Soon, the Japanese government's actions confirmed Katsuragi Misato's conjecture.

Joint crackdown, NERV and the Japanese government made headlines when they launched a joint crackdown on gambling fraud.Just now, Japan officially defined the yakuza criminal group as an international criminal organization! And called on Interpol to launch operations to encircle and suppress the third New Tokyo criminal gang.

At the same time, Serris government research believes that the crimes committed by Japanese criminal groups are not only ordinary fraud, but also involve serious violent crimes, such as murder, kidnapping, extortion, rape, etc.The most terrifying thing is that they are also involved in international criminal activities such as human organ and human trafficking.These crimes have seriously violated the lives and dignity of the people throughout Southeast Asia. We must intensify our efforts to crack down severely and completely eliminate the existence of this evil cancer.

The four forces of the United States, Cerris, Japan, and NERV held a special cooperation crackdown on gambling fraud and derivative crimes in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese police will use practical actions to sternly warn gambling fraud criminal groups and demonstrate police unity and cooperation at home and abroad. , firm determination to crack down on the evil forces.

"Special joint operation to fight against evil groups, Tokyo News client." A man wearing a helmet squats in the Hakone Mountains and watches the news pushed to you on his mobile phone. He is on the main road and railway station leading to Japan from the volcanic caldera of the Hakone Mountains in the United Nations Concession. Deploy strategic self-defense forces.Large troops set up checkpoints in the name of strictly investigating gangster forces, questioning the identities of residents or tourists passing by.

The man passed the inspection easily with his local resident ID card.But he did not leave to go home. Instead, he turned around and walked towards the winding path that Kaji Ryouji once walked on, all the way deep into the forest.

He tracked all the way here based on the information left by Kaji Ryoji. Looking at the tightly defended members of the Strategic Self-Defense Force hidden in the mountains, he finally believed Kaji Ryoji's words. Just when he was about to take a few photos and evacuate, he was stopped by A darkness in the forest suddenly hit the ground.

The man instinctively took out the tip of the knife from his waist and stopped it in front of the man. A few more inches would have pierced the man's forehead. For his current situation, anyone who came close to him would only be an enemy, but in front of him... man——

"Long time no see, Wen Yan." The man approaching from the forest took off his hood, revealing that familiar face.

"Kaji, you're not dead!" The face of the bearded man showed joy, shock, anger and other emotions. Kaji Ryoji was ready to receive a beating, but when he saw this A European friend fell straight to the ground.

"Anesthetic bombs, don't be nervous." The young man not far away put away his gun and looked at Kaji Ryouji quietly, "You shouldn't have come out, or do you mean you don't believe us?"

Kaji Ryoji didn't respond, just smiled wryly.

As he said that, Shinji Ikari looked at the bearded man lying on the ground. He didn't know the name of the man in front of him, but he had seen him before.But not in this world, but on the bridge of Misato Katsuragi's ship of hope in the parallel universe.

"Is this the backup plan you prepared? It will cause trouble to many people." Shinji Ikari said.

After returning from the second parallel world a few days ago, Shinji Ikari became aware of Kaji Ryouji's original plan.

That was without his own intervention. Kaji Ryoji's original plan was to expose SEELE's inside story to the League of Nations and the Japanese government, in order to prevent SEELE from implementing the human completion plan (ANIMA line).

And this aluminum sealed box was deliberately made by Kaji Ryoharu because he was worried that after his death, no one would be able to carry out his plan, and there would be no evidence to win the trust of the League of Nations and the Japanese government.

"I'm really sorry. This was all my negligence. I promise I won't show my face again, and I won't cause you any more trouble." Kaji Ryoji admitted his mistake frankly, and patted the ash on his butt. Standing up in the bushes, "But aren't you interested in the machine inside? After all, the Strategic Self-Defense Force originally expected you to be the chief of operations."

Shinji Ikari frowned, "You're not doing another part-time job, are you?"

"I just want to live for myself now." Kaji Ryoji said, turning around and taking Shinji Ikari to the hinterland of the Hakone volcano.

There is no problem with Ryouji Kaji's identity, and there is no problem with Shinji Ikari's.As they approached, the door slowly opened.Something slowly emerged from the opened door, giving Shinji a tingling feeling as static electricity passed over his scalp.His various thoughts also disappeared.

"I see, the cooperation between NERV and the Self-Defense Forces has reached this point. No wonder the trouble caused by your friend caused the whole of Japan to be in turmoil." Shinji Ikari said.

At this time, what appeared in front of Kaji Ryoji was AKASIMA, a mobile weapon specially developed by the Self-Defense Force to deal with large individual threats.It is not a secret that the Self-Defense Force develops mobile weapons specifically designed to deal with large-scale threat individuals, because many countries and organizations are keen on the destructive power of EVA. Even though there is a treaty strictly prohibited by SEELE, they are still trying to develop it in private. out their EVA.

But what he saw in front of him seemed to be a finished product. A machine body that was only about 40 meters high appeared in front of him.

Compared to the real Evangelions, the copycat version of the Aquila Warriors in front of us looks extremely small, but, but—

The moment he faced him, Shinji Ikari felt in a trance.

It was as if some familiar soul looked at him through the machine in front of him, and a distant aura floated from the depths of the mountain.

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...the splashes and explosions of the warp sing the tune of this world.

This is the curse of Chaos.The world is in danger, as if it could topple at any moment.And in the upper world, the kingdom of heaven, the original subspace aura is burning like a hunt in the sunless, empty void; spinning the light of the night, like the wheel of fate is turning; licking the lightning. Spears blasted and tore apart Terra's last tall buildings and spiers.

That huge eye, its pupils were burning, and its sclera was full of bloodshot eyes, so similar to the blood-soaked flag emblem in the distant world.It observes the screaming soul of this species, devouring every fleeting soul like a spark in a furnace; it looks down at this rock, the world in people's mouths, where absolute and merciless rage is concentrated, overwhelming it, Shattered; it bore witness to the end of the so-called world, Terra, the planet for which men had endlessly fought and fought.

The four supreme noble beings, the four false gods, are also admiring all this. Through their messengers, they are lurking in the dreamlike shadows of the Wolf God's palace and admiring all this——

The father of carnage dripping with blood and splashing scarlet; the trembling, excited grandson of corruption; the screaming, lazy pleasure drinker; the unpredictable ever-changing beast.They will witness the end, destruction and failure of a plan.The twisted claws full of stitches are engraved with blood-stained marks, symbolizing their recognition of the heart of rejection.Their wild laughter will turn into an avalanche of roars, resounding throughout every world that is about to fall.

"It is rare for outsiders to enter here. Of course, you are definitely not considered an outsider." The librarian who led the way said, and everyone entered the exhibition hall.

The Cold Chamber, the Emperor's secret library.

The librarian guided everyone down the spiral staircase to the lower level of the cold hall.Ahead stood a heavy door.But her keychain still has sufficient permissions.

This is on the other side of the library.John Grammaticus, who was invited over, was convinced that it was just one of many exhibition halls.Everyone followed the administrator down a wide and dark staircase.The walls on both sides display several picture frames, supported by a humming, suspended force field.However, due to the dark environment, the contents of these paintings cannot be clearly distinguished.John Grammaticus glimpsed only pale outlines and abstract shapes.Ghostly faces stared back at him.Time and heavy paint have eclipsed them, like an exaggerated darkness.

The bookshelves lacked a neat arrangement and were like a complex geometric maze, extending in all directions. Only the island-like desks that appeared from time to time could give people a breather.Countless paintings hang on the long walls.But there are many more paintings placed sideways on bookshelves like broad, flat books, piled next to file cabinets, humidified showcases and stagnant exhibits.

"Where should we start?" asked John Grammaticus, who was invited.

The librarian walked along the row of paintings closest to them.As he approached, the automatic sensor lighting started one by one, spreading a pale fan-shaped light strip.A masterpiece.The ancient pigments and varnishes of the oil paintings reflect the white light.The gold-plated frame shone brightly.Hand-made prints in relief, abstract works on white canvases with an ivory sheen.Stop, stare, and then move on to the next painting.

Whenever one band of light goes out, another band of light lights up.Hindman read the labels at the bottom of the paintings, which recorded the names of artists, mystics, sculptors, painters, designers and thinkers spanning four hundred centuries of human civilization.The awe left everyone who came here breathless.

But John Grammaticus is a living history in his own right.

The librarian took out a little-known little book from the bookshelf.

"The world of knights? The Julius family? Our mission is to call and guide an undead who has died in battle? How ridiculous!" John Grammaticus' eyes widened when he suddenly understood what he wanted to do.

"The last walls are falling, the bloody sun is high, and the clocks... they don't just stop or give different results. The warp has wreaked havoc on the material world, and Terra's dimensions have collapsed. Space and distance , time and duration, these eternal and trustworthy arbiters in the real universe, have fallen into the hands of subspace..."

"And He can help? An unknown god?"

"So is your Majesty's command," the librarian gazed at an etching depicting a fallen god or a rising demon.She couldn't tell and could only vaguely see the outline of a young man. "We can only follow His will. Let synchronicity and synchronicity guide us. The will of the Supreme Heaven can be used for us."

The librarian turned to the group and smiled.She raised her hands like a conductor facing his orchestra.

"In other words, we need to wait for a signal that may never receive a response?" John Grammaticus twitched his lips when he learned of the mission.

"Where's that one? He doesn't know what he's going to do, does he?"

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PS1: Synchronicity: A theory proposed by Swiss psychologist Jung in the 1920s, which refers to a "meaningful coincidence" between a person's psychological state and natural events. It is used to explain phenomena that cannot be explained by the law of cause and effect, such as dreams. True, someone appears when he thinks of someone.Its basis is the subconscious archetype, which is the mental activity in the subconscious that tenaciously expresses itself in some form.Jung regarded it as a subconscious driving force that can help people get rid of psychological difficulties and heal spiritual trauma.

PS2: Cold Hall, the Emperor's Secret Library.But the earliest source is Lovecraft's Plateau of Leng.

[-]: Skyhawk Warriors and Memories of the Past

"It has been more than 24 hours. There is a high probability that the thing has fallen into SEELE's hands."

"Although there are micro-explosives in the box, it is not difficult for SEELE to know the contents of the box."

Misato Katsuragi and Ritsuko Akagi were sitting in the new command post. They looked at the sparkling Lake Ashi in the distance and chatted.

Hiding conflicts and cooperating with the Self-Defense Forces is also a last resort. SEELE wants to completely control NERV, a nominal subordinate agency, but NERV feels that it is an independent organization.

For the real management of NERV, the Vatican Treaty has always been a decoration, and they will only obey symbolically. Therefore, for ordinary employees, they may be completely unable to understand the contradiction between their organization and the League of Nations.

At this time, Misato Katsuragi and the others in the Third New Tokyo City did not know that their worries had been solved.Still worried about this matter.

At this moment, the alarm on the phone suddenly sounded.Misato Katsuragi and Ritsuko Akagi's faces changed color.

That's...the alarm of the apostle's arrival!

Ten minutes later, Misato Katsuragi and Ritsuko Akagi pushed in the door of the command room of the new command post in New Tokyo City No. 10.

Deputy Commander Fuyutsuki Komaso was already here, waving to them and motioning for them to come over, so the three of them stood side by side, looking up at the huge projection of the earth.

That is the earth you see. Day after year, year after year, NERV uses this projection to monitor the traces of the apostles around the world.Whenever a certain point lights up red, MAGI will sound an alarm to clarify the situation. The Three Sages system will give a solution, and then the combat department will take over the task of confronting the apostles.

But this time MAGI did not give any response strategy. Misato Katsuragi and the others looked at the huge earth projection in silence - the location of Tokyo Bay on the earth flashed a frightening red honeycomb warning, but that was 10 minutes ago.

Today, fighting against the apostles still requires all-out efforts, but there is no need to be afraid.But the situation in front of her made Katsuragi Misato a little confused.

"What's going on now?" Misato Katsuragi asked without understanding.

The warning area is Tokyo Bay and the entire Pacific Ocean. Is it possible that the sea surface covering an area of ​​tens of millions of square kilometers has been infected by the apostles?Katsuragi Misato looked heavy. Could it be that the new apostle has the ability to infect people on a large scale?

This is undoubtedly bad news for ordinary people.

"It's not that bad, but it's still a bit troublesome," Fuyutsuki Komasu pointed to the direction of Tokyo Bay on the big screen, "At 19:21, we captured traces of a huge halo-shaped life form in Tokyo Bay. The map is blue. Se, confirmed as an apostle.”

Misato Katsuragi did not interrupt, and listened quietly to Fuyutsuki Yukinozu's continued words.

"But just 10 minutes ago, after the apostle landed in the New Odawara area, it retreated into the sea as if it was frightened. So we are still unable to determine its exact location, so the entire Pacific Ocean is marked red."

"Proactively evacuate? An apostle with a certain level of wisdom like the Grain Angel?" Misato Katsuragi asked.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out, but there are still a few doubts that need to be clarified," Fuyutsuki Komaso thought for a while, "Because the Grael Angel is directly parasitic on Unit [-], the pilot Suzuhara Toji is acting as his parasite in a sense. The fruit of wisdom. As for this new halo-shaped new apostle, is he an apostle who is born with a certain degree of wisdom like the Thunder Angel and the Night Angel? Or is he an apostle who acquires wisdom like the Gray Angel and the Terror Angel?"

There is a big difference between the former and the latter, and there is also a big difference between whether the apostle is wise or not.

Some apostles are powerful, but there is no need to be afraid. The most typical example is the Sky Angel. With just a tentative attack, the power of the Sky Angel is comparable to N2 bombs.His ability combined with his huge size is completely inexplicable. According to MAGI's budget at that time, when he fell, the diameter of damage would exceed 42 meters, and the deviation of the geoid could reach [-] million, as long as he split himself in two , or move the falling position slightly, his terrifying destructive power is enough to turn everything into nothing.

Even with the existence of Shinji Ikari (only the movement speed shown at that time), NERV at that time had no error tolerance at all, and if it failed once, it would be GAMEOVER.

However, the apostle who was closest to victory was too honest. He locked onto the Third New Tokyo City in the simplest way and could easily predict where he would fall, making the entire apostle's battle a complete success.

This is the former, and the representative of the latter is the Graupel Angel.It's just that the first stage of the Grain Angel is not very strong, but with his wisdom, he has evolved in three consecutive large spans, which has brought the apostle's learning and evolution abilities to the extreme.If Shinji Ikari hadn't taken action, it would have been impossible to stop him simply by relying on the Self-Defense Forces and NERV.

"Many apostles were eliminated in the first stage, and they had no chance to show the terrifying learning and evolution abilities of the apostles themselves." Fuyutsuki Komasu sighed softly, "This may be the luck of mankind."

"But now, the most important thing is to find his whereabouts." Katsuragi Misato said.

"No, the most important thing is to recall Shinji Ikari."

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Shinji Ikari fell into memories.

The knights drove mechas and engaged in close-to-hand combat with their hands and claws. The viaduct in Delphine turned into a ruined cliff for them to fight.

Bodies floated in the dirty gray water, bubbles rising from the sewage.In the air, on the charred decks and roads, men fought with swords, grappling hooks, and clubs by firelight.Everything is crazy.Blood trickled from between the sidewalk gratings into the gray puddles below.The living people please themselves with death while shouting and jumping for joy, and rush to the golden throne fearlessly.

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Shinji Ikari thrust his chainsword into the body of a Word Bearer.Jetbikes roared past him, and artillery fire roared at the enemy as they charged.Shinji Ikari piloted the machine towards freedom that had been bound by discipline for a long time.Killing and death soothed his soul like the most fragrant wine.

People were running in the smoke, not knowing where they came from or where they were going. They were just dragging their weapons and lives, whispering prayers, and fell into the madness of the battle.From somewhere nearby, the thunderous sound of giant bombs could be heard.

As the firelight illuminated, the scene switched again.