Shinji Ikari returns from Warhammer

"I just mentioned it casually, don't really go. It's better not to look at some things, as it will affect your mood." Ritsuko Akagi said softly.

At the same moment, Asuka and Misato Katsuragi separated after swiping the access card, and followed the prompts of the voice assistant MAGI to ride the A52 lift shaft to the designated location.

Similar to the previous trip to the Japanese Ecosystem Marine Protection Agency, washing, rinsing, and disinfecting before passing through the door are all essential steps.Even more stringent, even a change of clothes is not allowed to be worn.

After going through the disinfection and flushing process No. 17 times and finally walking out of the bathroom door, Asuka turned her face sideways and saw the figure of Shinji Ikari.

[-]: It’s raining heavily, and the vegetation is deep in my old hometown

The mist carried during disinfection filled the room. The first thing that jumped into Asuka's eyes was the pair of scarlet eyes, then Shinji Ikari's face, and his body, which was completely unshielded like his own.

Asuka knew that Shinji Ikari accompanied him to conduct a mental test in order to take care of his own emotions.Asuka didn't know whether it was good or bad, but something in her heart was slightly tugged.

"Some things have no meaning other than a waste of time." Asuka and Shinji Ikari looked at each other, "I'm not a baby who needs parents to accompany me to the hospital for injections. You make me feel like I haven't grown up yet. child.",

"I just took this opportunity to do the mental test together, don't think too much." Shinji Ikari glanced sideways at her, his eyes clear and sharp, like stars shining in the clear water.

Asuka took a deep breath, she wanted to say something else.Then, she saw the same Ayanami Rei walking out of the hatch on the other side.

She immediately turned around, facing away from Shinji Ikari.She obviously didn't feel too shy when the two of them were alone, but as Rei Ayanami appeared, her face quickly became flushed with heat.

With the sound of gears turning, the silver iron door with CAUTION-3 painted on it at the front slowly opened.

"You can come out now, go through this door and directly enter the insertion bolt." Ritsuko Akagi's voice sounded from the upper right.

Just like last time, Shinji Ikari walked out of the room first, waving to the two people behind him.

Asuka looked at his back, obviously he was so honest, and obviously he sometimes followed his own desires too much in private, but now he didn't have any charming thoughts.

Immediately afterwards, she also walked out of the room.

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[Every driver is ready to enter, please give instructions. 】

The female voice of MAGI's mechanical system sounded in the ears. For someone, this ordinary mechanical synthesized sound brought a different meaning.

"The test begins." Ritsuko Akagi gave the order.

[The automatic driving device starts recording. There is no abnormality in the monitoring, and the simulated insertion plug is inserted. 】

[Connect the system to the analog plug-in plug. After the connection is completed, it has been included in MAGI control. 】

As the data quickly flashed across the display screen, more than dozens of inspection operations were completed in just a few minutes.But this is just the start-up stage, and the real mission this time is still mental detection.

Perhaps to relieve Asuka's mental pressure, her mental test was filmed at the end.According to the order of succession, the third qualified person is Ikari Shinji, the first qualified person is Ayanami Rei, and the second qualified person is Asuka.

At this time, Ayanami Rei's test results have come out.

"The simulation data of the first qualified person is still exactly the same as the previous times. When measuring the synaptic level of neurons, the synchronization rate remains stable at 1.9 and 36.7%." Ritsuko Akagi didn't know what to say about Rei Ayanami for a while. Very stable, or no progress at all.

But thinking about Asuka, who was extremely volatile, she felt that such data was very good.

"The third qualified person is here." Maya Ibuki stretched her neck to look.

"Don't look, it's not here. There are some problems with the third qualified person. It may be a machine problem." Ritsuko Akagi said.

"There is something wrong with the machine? Are you sure?" Ibuki Maya was stunned, because as a researcher, if you don't believe in machines, how can you believe in people? People can lie but machines can't.

"Well, his synchronization rate is 0." Ritsuko Akagi didn't hide anything about Ibuki Maya.

"There is indeed something wrong with the machine." Maya Ibuki said immediately, "Let's check again."

[Data collection is completed and review is in progress. 】

[MAGI will start testing the second qualified candidate after 10 minutes. If you want to cancel, please give instructions before the countdown ends. 】

This time it was not a broadcast, but the female voice of the MAGI system sounded only in Ritsuko Akagi's headphones. She looked at the data transmitted by MAGI to her tablet and nodded slightly.

"Take time to test again. Now it's the second qualified person's turn." Ritsuko Akagi stared at the red insertion plug on the screen.

At this time, Asuka was in the red simulated insertion plug, with her arms folded across her chest, as if she were a mummy lying in a sarcophagus, eyes closed, waiting for her test to begin.

But what she didn't know was that the simulated insertion plug she was in was slowly descending.

The nerve connection was completed instantly, and Asuka instantly felt the weight-bearing feeling oppressing her heart.But okay, I can still bear it.

But the next second, the long and narrow aftertaste of chalk rubbing against a smooth blackboard echoed in the depths of Asuka's mind.

"Oops!" She was still conscious at this time.

After the bird-angel battle, she would occasionally recall this voice in her ears, usually in her dreams, and occasionally reflected in reality.

Asuka struggled to open her eyes, just like a person trapped in a nightmare trying to return to reality.But when I opened my eyes, what I saw was not the yellow LCL liquid, but an almost black blue. I felt like I was in the depths of the sea in the old century.

The light shines down from above through the water, and the ripples of the water are projected on her face.She was suspended in the endless waves and couldn't even hear her own heartbeat.There seemed to be a figure shaking on the water. She tried to float up, but she had no strength and couldn't move a finger.I can only watch the bubbles rising from below me, each bubble reflecting a scene from my past——

——When I was a child, I happily went to find my mother with my test paper, only to see her hanging herself; there was me standing alone at the intersection, looking at the boy in the arms of his parents and elders in front of the black car.

The boy had similar features to Shinji Ikari. The two young children looked at each other, and then the arrival of young Gendo Ikari blocked their sight.I could only watch the black car go away.

Everyone in my life seems to have left me; the important moments in my life are spent alone.Asuka floated on the bottom of the sea, watching the important people in her life standing on the sea and looking at her, with sad faces.She felt like a drowned soul, watching her friends pray for her alone.

Disgusting, disgusting, so disgusting!Asuka wanted to struggle but her whole body was cold. It was so cold. She wanted to curl up in fear, but was unable to do so. It was so quiet. She really wanted to talk to someone, but she couldn't. It was so desperate. It turns out that death is like this.

The moment the golden arc penetrated her brain, she saw the blue that was almost like the sky again. Only then did Asuka realize that she was not at the bottom of the sea, but in the universe, and what enveloped her was——No. 15 Apostle Bird Angel Aral.

Is it a memory or a dream?

Everything was suddenly torn apart!The sea water, the sky, the almost vast black universe, everything was torn open by the white-gold light gun!It was as if the world was being torn apart, and a huge head was revealed in the crack. That was the face of Unit-[-]!That twisted and ferocious but sacred face revealed Shinji Ikari's will.

Unit No. [-] tore apart Bird Angel's body, bathing in blood like the return of the devil.Shinji Ikari tore the wall of his heart, allowing him to truly regain control of his body.

"Stop! Stop the experiment!" Asuka finally shouted her voice in reality.

In the control room, Ibuki Maya looked up at Ritsuko Akagi in confusion, but she didn't know what to do.Although she knew that her senior was training herself consciously, she still instinctively looked to her for guidance when something happened.

"Stop testing." Shinji Ikari's voice sounded next to him.

"But the test has not been completed yet. Apostle contamination is still a big problem after all, and it seems that Asuka's mental map is already in chaos..."

"Hinata, find out your identity." Shinji Ikari turned to look at the young man next to him. His voice was decisive, and there was no usual gentleness in his eyes. "You just need to obey the order."

Although everyone is usually harmonious when nothing happens, but now, not only Hinata Makoto, but everyone is looking at Shinji Ikari in front of them. His face is as hard as a glacier, and the erratic scarlet in the depths of his pupils carries an unquestionable aura.No one would want to look at him at this moment. The ferocious aura like a spear spread out silently. Looking into those scarlet eyes was like someone pointing a gun at your head.

Hinata Makoto then remembered that Shinji Ikari was still the head of the Supervision Department, the fifth GEHIRN. In Japan, a place where dignity and status are valued, Shinji Ikari's words were authoritative.

"Private Marseille, Hai." Facing Shinji Ikari, who was much younger than him, Hinata Makoto lowered his head and sat back in his seat.

A few seconds later, the hatch of the simulated insertion bolt opened, and the yellow LCL liquid flowed out from the inside and poured into Asuka's throat. She kicked a few times and stood firm on the platform, breathing heavily, with great panic in her eyes. .

"The test is terminated, the data is sealed, and the contents of this mental test are not allowed to be disclosed." Shinji Ikari glanced at the audience and said, "Dismissed."

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The black car parked downstairs of the staff apartment. Shinji Ikari got out of the car, opened a black umbrella, and took Rei Ayanami.When Misato Katsuragi got off the bus and opened a transparent umbrella to take Asuka, she saw her running towards the corridor with her head lowered.

Shinji Ikari waved his hand towards Misato Katsuragi, "You park the car in the garage first, and I'll take Rei Ayanami back first. I'll keep an eye on Asuka."

After returning to the apartment, Shinji Ikari discovered that the bathroom light was on. Asuka was probably taking a shower.Shinji Ikari did not speak, but turned around and went to the landline to make a call.

Ten minutes later, Misato Katsuragi also returned home. She took the dry towel handed by Rei Ayanami and wiped her hair wet from the rain. She looked at Shinji Ikari and asked, "What are you going to eat tonight?"

According to the duty schedule, Shinji Ikari is doing the cooking today and Rei Ayanami is doing the housework.

"Sukiyaki, I want to eat something to warm up. How about two bottles of Nabeshima and a bottle of Dassai plum wine?"

"Have you bought the ingredients yet?" Katsuragi Misato was a little surprised.

"It's been booked. The chef from Dazhiman will also come and help us prepare the ingredients and arrange them on the plate before leaving." Shinji Ikari took off his jacket, revealing the white shirt and overalls underneath, "I'm a little tired today. In this weather, It’s when we eat hot pot.”

"Are you really Japanese? Why is sukiyaki a hot pot? Apologize to the sukiyaki wizard! Sukiyaki, sukiyaki, cooking is the soul!" Misato Katsuragi's eyes widened.

"Why don't you eat dregs hot pot?" Ayanami Rei was still thinking about the dishes when Shinji Ikari invited her to dinner for the first time.

"Didn't you know that the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has started discharging nuclear contaminated water into the sea? After today, you won't be able to eat seafood anymore. You'd better eat some vegetables and meatballs. If you really want to eat seafood, you can only eat imported seafood."

Half an hour later, the chef in a white chef's uniform heated a pan with butter, put sliced ​​meat, tofu, shiitake mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, vermicelli, and various vegetables into the pan, and added a Japanese-style sauce mixed with soy sauce, sugar, and mirin. As a soup base.

Then the waitresses on both sides prepared the dipping sauce for the sterile raw eggs, carefully placed them in front of the table, bowed slightly, and then packed up their things and left the room.

At this time, Asuka had already finished washing. She was sitting cross-legged on a chair wearing a tank top and hot pants, with her golden-orange hair tied up casually.Obviously, he was too depressed and didn't want to talk during the day, but now he was feasting on the food, with a few pairs of chopsticks rising and falling, and he was eating like crazy.

Sukiyaki is made by cutting the ingredients into small pieces and cooking them on a [-]cm long portable gas stove. The heat of the ingredients comes from the heat from the bottom of the pot. No wonder Katsuragi Misato reacted like this to Shinji Ikari saying it was a hot pot. strong.

But in Shinji Ikari's opinion, sukiyaki is hot pot, but he has no intention of arguing about this trivial matter.

The sake from Nabeshima is clear and mellow, while the plum wine from Dassai is also rich and sweet, making you feel a little tipsy after a few sips.They say that feeling full and warm brings lust, but Shinji Ikari doesn't feel this way.He enjoyed the current atmosphere and life very much. He looked at Ayanami Rei who secretly drank her own plum wine. After drinking, Ayanami Rei's plain face became slightly redder, making her look more lively.

The only sounds in the room were the sound of sukiyaki bubbling and the sound of Misato Katsuragi smacking her lips. After staying with Misato Katsuragi for a long time, Shinji Ikari got used to it. "Let's go to the hot springs tomorrow." Shinji Ikari said.

"Now?" Misato Katsuragi asked, "Don't always go out to play when the apostles invade."

"To be precise, it was when the apostles invaded while we were out playing." Shinji Ikari corrected, "And the new apostle has returned to the sea. If it doesn't come out for the rest of its life, we won't be able to stay in the Third New Tokyo for the rest of our lives."

"Then you'd better stay at Hakone's volcanic hot springs." Misato Katsuragi knew that she couldn't change Shinji Ikari's mind, so she could only keep him by her side as much as possible.

"It's the Oyūsen in Hakone. It won't go too far." Shinji Ikari looked at the chirping Misato Katsuragi opposite, "Why don't you go with us? You're not so busy at work right now."

"Sir, there are always various things going on." Misato Katsuragi thought of the headquarters and Ritsuko Akagi, and couldn't help but frown.

Some things are involuntary.

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Standing in front of the full-length mirror, Dong Muguang looked at his outfit carefully.The eldest sister said that the combination of a dress, a checkered bag, and macaron-colored leather boots looks softer and more natural, bringing a youthful atmosphere, and boys will definitely like it.

Dong Muguang didn't quite understand. The girls in the class started to read fashion magazines and outfits, but shouldn't he also learn to do so?

She opened the door and walked to the living room. What greeted her was not the early morning sunshine, but a pile of dried beans on the dining table in the living room, and her mother holding a rolling pin. .

"Gui Sha, where did you go? Everyone is resting, but they left at four in the morning!"

"How many times have I told you to separate your clothes and put them into the blue basket after playing football? Look at how the clothes are made. Oh my god..."

"I hope you didn't hear what I said... Oops, the cap and pants are matching. You want to go out too?" The middle-aged woman wearing an apron looked at Dong Muguang who came out of the room.

Looking at his mother holding a rolling pin, Dong Muguang instinctively shrank his head, "Well, I went to Hakone with my friends to soak in the hot springs. If you remember it, it was Xiangjiang who came to my house to play with me before."

Compared to my three sisters and my father, my mother is from the northeast of Seris.But her momentum alone was enough to overwhelm her four Japs. She probably brought out her anti-Japanese spirit when she scolded herself. No one except the eldest sister could resist her authority.

Dad probably went out on a motorcycle in the morning, and his sister, Hope, was scolded for getting muddy all over because he went to play football. At this time, Hope, who was sitting upright on the sofa, was looking at himself with hope, but Hikaru Dongmu also I dare not touch my mother’s tiger beard.

"It's just that Yang Ni in your class, right? She's tall and tall, but she's a bit lame in her studies. I said that having stir-fried beans and stir-fried meat at noon today would be very nourishing, but none of you came back. Don't always Let people spend money and remember to bring them a gift.”

The phone dinged, and a text message came in.

"We are already downstairs, waiting for you." The sender was Asuka.

Dong Muguang's eyes lit up, "Hey, hey, I'm going out!" Dong Muguang waved his hand, completely ignoring the expectant gaze of the younger sister, quickly opened the door and walked out.

She opened the door and looked up at the scorching sunshine above her head. She lowered her straw hat to cover her head. The door of the black Lexus sedan popped open, and the bright light rushed into the back seat. Only then did she see the seat in the back seat. Inside Sakura Suzuhara, Rei Ayanami was no longer in the passenger seat, but Asuka.

"Should we drive there directly?" Dong Muguang asked.

It is more than 50 kilometers away from Hakone Onsen. Hikaru Doki calculated that if he drove there, it would be already afternoon when he arrived there. It seemed like a good time to have dinner and go to the hot springs.

"The Shinkansen takes two hours, but if you don't want to take the special flight, you can also take the private plane." Asuka handed her a bottle of Hakone mineral water, "No need to be polite to idiot Shinji."

"It's not necessary. It's only fifty kilometers away. In fact, I feel it's not that far by car." Dong Muguang said.

"Then let's go." Shinji Ikari said.

Shinji Ikari released the brakes and stepped on the accelerator. The engine made a low sound.This Lexus was completely unsuitable for a young man like him. Logically speaking, he was not old enough to drive, but it seemed so reasonable for him to sit in the driver's seat.The whole car drove into the sunshine like a thunder snake hitting the clouds.

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Hamburg, Germany, a secret meeting unique to SEELE.

"Apostle No. 16 has finally appeared, and there are only two steps left before blowing the final horn."

"In this way, according to the records of the Dead Sea Document, there is still one apostle. This is the correct historical process."

"The prophesied moment is coming. The road is too long and the sacrifices are too great."