Shinji Ikari returns from Warhammer

And the first thing she saw was the man with black-rimmed glasses...beside her, a young man wearing a white shirt.

"Shinji, aren't you nervous?" Misato Katsuragi asked curiously as she looked at Shinji Ikari next to her while holding a cup of coffee.

"Why are you nervous? There is no problem with this experiment." Shinji Ikari said.

"Are you so sure? Even Ritsuko-chan doesn't dare to be so sure." Misato Katsuragi took a sip of hot coffee.

"Do you believe in gravity?" Shinji Ikari turned his head and looked at Katsuragi Misato.

"Ah, what?"

Shinji Ikari said no more, because he could feel that this experiment would be successful.

In fact, Shinji Ikari's attitude towards Ayanami Rei is indeed hot and cold.No wonder Ayanami Rei has random thoughts.

However, Rei Ayanami is special to Shinji Ikari.

It's not something special like the relationship between a man and a woman, but something closer to the soul level.Shinji Ikari still remembers the pull from his soul that he felt when he was piloting Unit [-] and facing Unit [-].

And every time he faced Ayanami Rei, he could always notice something vaguely.For example, now, Rei Ayanami, who is driving Unit Zero, can amplify this feeling.

The message sent to him was that there was nothing wrong with the experiment.

"The nerve transmission lines are all normal, and the central neurons are all normal."

"The recalculation error has been corrected, and 2950 items have been inspected and passed."

"Unit Zero started successfully!"

The experimenter who finally reported the successful startup had a vibrato at the end. Although everyone did not stand up and applaud, the mood was not much different.

After all, Ayanami Rei is still the first qualified person recognized by the Marduk Research Institute report. Whether it is the importance of experimental research or her own driver quality, it is very important.

Ayanami Rei and Unit Zero have simulated actual battles hundreds of times, and a temporary replacement may not be able to find a more suitable candidate.

Moreover, nowadays, when apostles appear frequently, there is no time to find new qualified candidates.

At this moment──

It was as if some kind of fate had come into play to have such precise timing──

A shrill alarm sounded throughout NERV headquarters.

Misato Katsuragi's smile instantly faded and she entered working mode.She turned on her phone, and there was a prompt from MAGI.

【warn!The land-based Aegis high-altitude area defense system observed the approach of an unknown flying object, suspected to be the Sixth Apostle! 】

Misato Katsuragi looked at Shinji Ikari instinctively, and saw him taking the coffee that she had just managed to cool down and sipping it calmly.

"You can tell by your expression that you are the sixth apostle, right?"

Chapter 28: Unit Zero, out of the cage!

The sirens that resounded throughout the headquarters stopped, and what sounded over the loudspeaker was the voice of Commander-in-Chief Ikari Yuantang, who was neither happy nor angry.

"The experiment is interrupted and all personnel enter combat status. The Chief of Operations, Katsuragi Sansa, who is affiliated with the first section of the Tactical Operations Bureau, is responsible for battlefield command."

"Yes." Katsuragi Misato also straightened the brim of her hat and replied solemnly.

"Send Unit Zero to attack, Unit [-] to assist."

But the next order made everyone stunned.

Sending Unit Zero to the battlefield is naturally the right thing to do.How can Shinji Ikari alone save this earth that is on the verge of destruction?

Now that Ayanami Rei's injury has recovered, the startup experiment just now shows that there is no problem with Unit Zero's posture.Sending Unit Zero to join the battlefield is naturally necessary.

But he should never be the main attacker.

"Unit 380 is already in the second stage of activation and will be ready to attack in [-] seconds." Ritsuko Akagi said, "First Lieutenant Shinji Ikari of the third team of the combat department went to Unit [-] to insert the bolt and make pre-war preparations."

There was silence in the command room, but it was only quiet for a moment, and then returned to a busy state as Ritsuko Akagi's order was given.After all, the Commander-in-Chief’s orders are absolute;

At this time, in the commander's office, watching the busy people in the first test site through the screen, deputy commander Fuyutsuki Yukino slowly walked to Ikari Yuantang's side.

"Isn't it a problem? Let Li be the main attacker." The tall and thin old man looked at Unit Zero on the screen. "Isn't it too risky?"

Perhaps for many internal employees who learned the news, they only thought it was the concern of Commander-in-Chief Ikari Gendo for the first qualified person, Ayanami Rei.After all, the Commander-in-Chief's preference for girls was obvious to all before this.After Ikari Shinji piloted Unit [-] to show off his skills and annihilate the Water Apostle and the Day Apostle, Ayanami Rei, the first qualified person ranked even before Shinji Ikari, was allowed to complete this heroic feat.

After all, with the assistance of Unit [-], which continuously defeated the apostles, it can be said that the odds of victory are perfect.

However, only a few could guess the Commander-in-Chief's true intentions.

"To be honest, I can't see through his thoughts." Ikari Gendo pushed up his glasses, "After Katsuragi Misato took him over from Second Tokyo City, it was like a soul had been replaced in that weak body. The outside world When interference and prejudice surrounded him, there was a sound as heavy as steel."

"Is there an abnormality in the soul? It's an interesting guess." Fuyutsuki Komaso stared at the boy on the screen running towards the lift platform where Unit [-] was located, "But there should be no problem, because Yui...accepted that child."

Yes, Ikari accepted him.This fact is enough to overturn Ikari Yuantang's outrageous conjecture.

"Let's go down there and confuse their accents so that their languages ​​cannot understand each other." Ikari Yuantang softly read God's lines in Genesis.

Legend has it that at that time, human accents and speech were all the same.But they wanted to build a city and a tower with its top reaching to the sky, so that they could make the name of mankind known.

But it arouses the fear of God.

The LORD said, "Look! They have become one people, and they all speak the same language. Now that they have done this, there will be nothing they cannot do that will be impossible for them to do."

In order to control the destiny of mankind, God confuses their accents and makes their speech incomprehensible.

To Ikari Yuantang, Apostle Thunder doesn't matter, Unit Zero doesn't matter, it doesn't even matter if the entire Tokyo is destroyed.

"Shinji Ikari, let me see the quality of your soul." Yuantang Ikari pushed up his glasses.

Dongyue Xingzeng nodded to express his understanding.He looked down again, and what he saw was the girl who was ordered to pilot Unit Zero to attack.She didn't know her role, she just sat silently in the cockpit, lowering her head and watching the Zero machine being moved into the launch bay.

For some reason, Fuyutsuki Yukino suddenly remembered the former Ikari Shinji, and at this moment his figures overlapped.The same thinness, the same loneliness.

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The huge blue diamond-shaped life form slowly approached in a floating posture. Compared with the water apostle and day apostle that had been encountered before, this new apostle had a completely different appearance.

Whether it is the water apostle in humanoid form or the day apostle resembling a water cockroach, they both possess the characteristics of living beings.But in front of me——

An octahedral blue object floats from the other end of the ocean, with an overall blue appearance.Rather than saying that he is an apostle, if he is said to be an alien spacecraft, I am afraid more people will believe it.

But for these staff who believe more in data, they have to rely on facts to speak for themselves.

"Target analysis completed, blue icon, confirmed to be an apostle."

"The surveillance target is flying over the Odawara defense line and is expected to arrive at the cordon in one minute. Please give instructions."

Katsuragi Misato nodded slightly, since she was confirmed to be an apostle, there was nothing to worry about.

"Inform Rei Ayanami to prepare for battle and send Unit Zero to fight." Misato Katsuragi said.

Ritsuko Akagi understood, and raised her hand to press the earphone hanging by her left ear, "Rei, you're ready to fight, no problem."

"Yes." Ayanami Rei replied.

Both Unit Zero and the pilot Ayanami Rei are normal.

At this time, in the launch bay, Unit Zero was successfully armed.Perhaps the start of the second phase has been completed ahead of schedule, and there is plenty of time. The various values ​​​​are rising in an orderly manner.

"The installation of G-type equipment has been completed, anti-air equipment is being installed, and the launch module fixing frame has been bound." the staff reported.

In the control center in the command room, the indicator light on the screen gradually changed from red to green. That indicator light meant that a job was completed. Compared with Shinji Ikari, Rei Ayanami and Zero who had only piloted Unit [-] a few times. The running-in of the No. [-] machine is the longest.There was an extraordinary harmony between the machine body and the pilot. The moment Ayanami Rei slid into the cockpit along the open spinal cord system, Unit Zero welcomed her knight.

However, Misato Katsuragi was still a little uneasy.

"Is Shinji Ikari already in place?" Misato Katsuragi asked, but not the assistant beside her, but the headquarters' supercomputer, the Three Sage Supercomputer System MAGI.

A mechanical female voice whose tone was very close to that of Ritsuko Akagi answered in Misato Katsuragi's earphones, "The third qualified candidate is heading to the Unit-17 landing platform at the third test site and is expected to arrive at the destination in one minute and [-] seconds."

Perhaps Shinji Ikari has been his partner for a long time, and his military rank also entrusted him to be promoted from first lieutenant to third sergeant.After hearing that Shinji Ikari was about to arrive, the gloom lingering in Misato Katsuragi's heart immediately dissipated.

"The apostles have arrived above Lake Ashimoto and entered the cordon!" the surveillance personnel nearby issued a report.

"The target is in place, ready to launch!" Misato Katsuragi gave the final order.

Amidst the loud rumbling sound, the partition on the ground, or to be precise, a steel valve weighing more than ten tons, slowly rose. Unit Zero and the sixth apostle Thunder Angel finally saw each other.They were sworn enemies. As if by fate, these two behemoths were now placed face to face.

They turned to each other in unison, trying to see each other!

Chapter 29: Decisive Battle, Neo-Tokyo

The battle with the apostles was the cleanest, because there was no understanding of the possibility of the two and no basis for speaking harshly, it was just life and death.

"Rei, go as planned." Misato Katsuragi's voice sounded in the cockpit of Unit Zero.

I saw Unit Zero, which had just set foot on land, immediately taking off and running towards the left.Although the appearance was so high-spirited, the yellow-bodied Unit Zero looked like a frightened rabbit when it ran away.

But the next second after leaving, a dark red beam of light surrounded by lightning drew a cold arc in the sky above the third New Tokyo City.

The light beam that tears apart everything is more powerful than the water apostle's light spear.As the thunder entangled, the dark light beam that transcended physical boundaries and continued to increase in power turned into a weapon that could cut into pieces after being continuously charged by the Thunder Apostle, and then began to tear apart everything it touched.

The steel forest composed of reinforced concrete cracked like clay, but——

The yellow figure was running across the earth like a bolt of lightning (Note 1).

"Rei, the energy output of the sixth apostle is still rising, keep running." Misato Katsuragi's voice sounded in Ayanami Rei's ears.

"Understood." Ayanami Rei replied.

It's obviously an embarrassing scene of you chasing me and running away, but all departments are full of confidence.

The battle plan was formulated before the battle began, and the troops were evacuated before the battle began.Because the technicians at the central control center have observed that the energy of Apostle Thunder is gathering.Obviously, the combat command was successful. Even such an exaggerated beam failed to damage the Zero Unit itself.

Of course, it is inevitable that the umbilical cord cable will be cut in two with a "knife".

Although EVA has a huge size, as an organism, they have unusual mobility capabilities.Allows high jumping on the spot to own height and long jumping from one point up to several hundred meters.At this time, Unit Zero was even rushing towards Tokyo at a speed close to sound.

I saw that the yellow machine seemed to be lightning tearing through the steel forest.

"Warning, the power supply of the umbilical cord has been interrupted and turned into a backup power supply. The current maximum output is maintained for 1 minute and the minimum operating output is 5 minutes." The mechanical female voice belonging to the Sanxian supercomputer system MAGI sounded in Ayanami Rei's ears.

Although the umbilical cord was cut by the beam, Misato Katsuragi was completely indifferent.

"No need to worry, Rei, proceed as planned." Misato Katsuragi stared at the screen and continued to give instructions, "Attention, the sixth apostle's absolute domain has been expanded, and the form has changed from an attack posture to an unknown state of change. Start preparations. Charging of the anode electron cannon.”

"Understood." Ayanami Rei replied.

At this time, in the central command center, Misato Katsuragi was listening to the reports from various departments in the control room next to her while giving orders to Unit Zero intensively.At this time, all departments of the Tactical Operations Bureau of the entire NERV headquarters were operating. This was unprecedented, or this is how it should be.

The special monitoring department is responsible for observing the apostles, including shape changes, energy charging, AT position deployment and many other situations; the special logistics department is responsible for the synchronization rate of the combat aircraft, battle damage, circuit connection and many other situations: ultimately, the three sages The system organizes and controls the information and transmits it to the central command center where Katsuragi Misato is located, and they formulate the battle plan for the battlefield.

Whether it is the thunder apostle's shape changes, ability charging, or the absolute realm that is currently unfolding, they have all been observed by the headquarters in advance.Then different countermeasures were formulated in response to His changes.

"This is the real battle." Everyone sighed in their hearts, so that the staff who were working hard at this time were very motivated.

Although Unit No. [-]'s fighting style was very enjoyable, as if a divine weapon had descended from the sky, he ignored the main unit at all.So who are they, A, B, C and D in cartoons waiting for the protagonist to applaud after winning a battle?

Oh, that seems to be the case.

How can it be repaired?We also want to hug the pilots after the battle to celebrate the greatness of mankind!

Ayanami Rei is indeed the most qualified person trained by this department.At this time, everyone was very motivated, and from Ayanami Rei, they finally found a sense of accomplishment in participating in the battle.

Ayanami Rei, who drives Unit Zero, is like the most perfect machine. The program that has been contacted hundreds of times has become a physical instinct.The power core rotates with high-frequency noise, and lightning emerges from the G-type equipment.A low roar came from the barrel, like the sound of a wild animal.

However, Apostle Thunder also raised his AT stance to protect himself, but Misato Katsuragi still had a sharp look in her eyes and issued the order.

"Start the operation as planned, the Seamas multiple rocket launcher system is connected to the Japan Aerospace Defense Ground Environment Network, and all are launched!"

I saw that the partitions in all directions of the Third Tokyo, including the mountains and forests, were all opened, and ground confrontation missiles and long-range anti-ship missiles with thick white tail smoke were all fired towards the blue thunder apostle in the center.

Apostle Thunder's reaction speed and change speed were beyond the expectations of everyone in the combat department. It took only a moment to complete the new form. The unique shape like a Ferris wheel locked on the missile groups flying from all directions, and then Shoots out a magnificent pink beam.

The locking mechanism is comparable to the Three Sages system, allowing the Thunder Apostle to annihilate all the incoming missile groups in just one round.It was at this moment that the real trump card emerged.

"Now, launch!" Misato Katsuragi ordered.

"Understood." Ayanami Rei replied.

The lightning shot from the barrel of the cation cannon did not even need to be controlled by Rei Ayanami. The three sages system of the super computer automatically planned the trajectory and perfectly corrected various errors in the sniping process.

The brilliant golden flash was like lightning running across the earth, striking the side of the thunder apostle that was now like an upper and lower pyramid.