Shinji Ikari returns from Warhammer

"Why hasn't it been reported yet? Captain Katsuragi is already half an hour late!"

At this time, everything is ready, just waiting for the protagonist to appear.However, Misato Katsuragi, who is responsible for picking up qualified candidates, once again showed her off-kilter nature at a critical moment.

However, according to the apostle's advancing speed, it is expected to arrive directly above the NERV headquarters in 47 minutes.

"When Captain Katsuragi from the Operations Section [-] arrives at the elevator shaft, remember to notify me." Ritsuko Akagi ordered the deputy beside her, then took off her coat and prepared to personally install the final B-type equipment on the No. [-] unit.

But as if to tease the serious Ritsuko Akagi, the moment she put on her underwater work clothes, the sound of a radio sounded in her ears.

"Dr. Akagi, Lieutenant Misato Katsuragi of the Operations Department's Section 36 is arriving at the S[-] elevator shaft with a boy. Please pay attention."

Time went forward two and ten minutes, and now on the direct Shinkansen, after experiencing a brief scream of terror, Katsuragi Misato felt like she liked the fast-driving boy next to her.

It's not the kind of woman who likes a man, it's more of an appreciation.

There was no other vehicle on the eight-meter-wide road, and the blue Mazda passed one yellow warning light after another.The Shinkansen goes straight up, seemingly without end.Misato Katsuragi took off her boots, bent her knees and hugged her thighs and squatted in the passenger seat.Although this posture is dangerous, letting a junior high school boy drive is already too dangerous.

She turned her head slightly and glanced at Shinji Ikari. The boy's long eyelashes were lowered, his smile was faint, and his eyes were determined.

For a moment, the world was quiet and beautiful, with only the apostles raging in the distance and the roar of the generator inside the car.

"Aren't you curious? The commander-in-chief of Ikari Gendo, your father, suddenly called you over, and it was such a critical moment." Misato Katsuragi wanted to find something to talk about.

"Do you think I should be curious?"

Only then did Katsuragi Misato realize that there was something wrong with her words.The sun was shining brightly, and I could clearly see the outline of the young man's face and his bright eyes.Everyone just thought that Shinji Ikari was the son of the commander, and the third qualified person must come to NERV, but Shinji Ikari was never asked for his opinion.

And after living alone for so many years, he suddenly followed his father's call and left his hometown. What was he thinking in his heart?

Just when Misato Katsuragi began to pity the boy in front of her, she heard the other party's laughter.

"Don't think too much. There is only one reason why I came, and that is that the original life was really boring." Shinji Ikari said, "Everyone is burdened with their own destiny from birth, and the daily life that the young Shinji Ikari originally had ——The so-called school, youth, classes, and love are a bit too boring for a true noble."

"Do you think you are a noble?" Misato Katsuragi looked at the young man next to her with interest. She often heard the word "noble" from the other person's mouth, "But the surname Ikari is not a Sheguan or a Chinese. , going back further is only the samurai class."

"True nobility does not come from the inheritance of blood, but from the nobility of behavior and soul."

From the Shinkansen, we entered a deep mountain path, but at the end of the road was a separate mountain.Under the guidance of the mechanical electronic female voice, Shinji Ikari parked the car, and then followed Misato Katsuragi into the elevator shaft.

But as the elevator door opened, what came into view was a blond woman with her hands in her pockets.

She was wearing a white coat and her expression was expressionless.It was just a small step forward, but it scared Katsuragi Misato to raise her hands and show a flattering smile.

"Ah, Ritsuko-chan...!"

Being called by her name so familiarly, it seemed that the blond woman in front of her was a good friend of Misato Katsuragi, but the blond woman named Ritsuko Akagi said coldly, "You are already 38 minutes late, I came to pick you up specifically. .Lieutenant Miri, the situation is urgent now, we are short of time and manpower."

After saying this, Ritsuko Akagi no longer scolded the friend in front of her, but stared at the young man standing beside her.

"Is he that boy?" After speaking, Misato Katsuragi raised her eyebrows without waiting for a response, "It's really... impressive!"

What does it mean to be impressed?Normal people couldn't understand it, but Misato Katsuragi, who was walking along the way, nodded with deep understanding.

Although Shinji Ikari has a very weak face, if you see him in person, you won't think that he is weak in any way, even if there is no communication.Because those eyes were aggressive, and the thin and short body looked at him as if condescendingly, even making Ritsuko Akagi tilt her head.

"Hello, I'm Ritsuko Akagi." Ritsuko Akagi took the initiative to reach out and said, "Technical staff at NERV headquarters and person in charge of the EVA development plan. Because Lieutenant Katsuragi was delayed for too long, greetings and self-introductions can only be done after the battle is over. And now I need to take you to see something."

Perhaps deliberately wanting to bring enough shock to Shinji Ikari, all the lights were turned off, and the dim elevator transported them to the designated area.

Although the lights suddenly turned on, a huge mechanical life form that could not be summarized in words appeared.But all these legends are not enough to describe her true face.

When he appeared in front of Shinji Ikari, the soul throbbing that was so far away that it transcended the boundaries of the universe once again jumped in the chest of the Imperial Vanguard.

There is only one word to describe them -

Chapter 4: Boy, become a myth

——Unit No. [-].

"The ultimate decisive battle weapon created by mankind is a miracle worthy of the name of gospel." Ritsuko Akagi, wearing a white coat, stood beside Shinji Ikari with her hands in her pockets, looking up at the ultimate decisive battle weapon in front of them, "It's very beautiful, isn't it? One can refuse this beauty.”

Shinji Ikari didn't have any refutation, because all praises were so unnecessary.

For his aesthetics, bigness is beauty, more is good, caliber is justice, and range is truth.If he were to use beauty to evaluate the machinery in front of him, then Unit-80 would be Mo Loli to him.Regardless of actual combat performance, the [-]-meter giant decisive battle weapon is enough to make any Titan pilot have an orgasm in his head.

With a loud bang, the studio located underground in New Tokyo shook, and all the lights flashed.Some researchers even exclaimed in confusion, but Shinji Ikari did not move. He only looked up at the second floor with slight awareness.

"Long time no see, Shinji Ikari."

The powerful man standing high up spoke coldly.

Shinji Ikari squinted his eyes and saw clearly that it was a middle-aged man wearing square glasses. He had high cheekbones and a thin cheek. He looked familiar.Wearing a black work uniform, he was clearly saying "Long time no see", but his cold tone made it even worse than the severe cold of the twelfth lunar month.But what really sent chills down the spine was the look in his eyes.The emotionless look in his eyes gave the person who was looking directly at him the illusion that he was just an object whose value was being scrutinized.

This kind of look made Shinji Ikari very displeased, maybe it was an illusion, because the man in front of him always reminded him of some old guy who had nothing to do with his body.That kind of cold look that looks at humans as well as objects is so unpleasant.

"It looks familiar. Who are you?" Shinji Ikari asked coldly.

The moment the words fell, the air in the entire workroom solidified, as if the temperature had dropped a few degrees.

For the first time, the man wearing square glasses showed a strange change in his demeanor, but he did not introduce himself and still stood high.He stared down at the thin young man with tiger-like eyes.

Misato Katsuragi reacted first, walked quickly to Shinji Ikari's side, and whispered a reminder in his ear.

"He is the commander-in-chief, your father, he is the one who called you here!"

Shinji Ikari suddenly realized.He really wasn't making a joke just now, because he really didn't recognize the man in front of him, but he just felt a little familiar.

Before he became the Emperor's loyal cog, his impression of his father was still that of a child.In the world of knights for more than a hundred years, that short period of 14 years was more like a dream.If you don't reorganize your memories when you return, you may even make mistakes in some basic common sense of life.

Or maybe in his subconscious, he was deliberately avoiding the man in front of him.

However, the tight environment did not give the father and son in front of them much time to chat.Along with a new round of shaking, there was a rumbling sound, as if some kind of terrible disaster was approaching.

Those who are familiar with the inside story will naturally know that this is the apostle who has arrived on the ground of New Tokyo and is trying to break through the defense layer and attack NERV's headquarters.

"Start EVA now." Ikari Yuantang quickly issued the order.

"Start EVA? But Unit Zero is still inactive...!" Katsuragi Misato shouted.

"It's not Unit Zero, but Unit [-]." Ritsuko Akagi said calmly, "We have no choice, Shinji Ikari, listen to me... huh? Where are you going?"

With the sudden change in Ritsuko Akagi's expression, everyone realized that the real protagonist had left the venue.Shinji Ikari put his hands in his pockets and was walking towards the elevator shaft.After being stopped by Ritsuko Akagi, he turned sideways and waved his hands towards everyone.

"Oh, you guys talk first. I'm a little panicked, so I found a toilet to put some water in. Remember to call me when you win, so I can open champagne to celebrate your victory." Shinji Ikari stood at the elevator entrance and greeted with a smile.

The moment he stepped into the elevator shaft, a cold voice called him from behind.

"Shinji Ikari, now is not the time for you to act like a child." Ikari Yuantang reprimanded him coldly.

"Is this your attitude when asking for help, Commander Ikari Gendo?" Shinji Ikari glanced sideways at the man standing high up, with a smile on his lips, "If you ask for someone, you should act like a beggar."

Misato Katsuragi was completely confused about the situation. It was obvious that they were father and son who had not seen each other for many years, but when they met again, it was like a thorn in the side.

As the earth shook, the sound of the explosion became clearer.And Ikari Yuantang stared down at the young man in front of him, and suddenly felt a strange feeling.I thought that a cowardly and loveless young man like him would not need to be given much warmth. He only needed a little scolding to let him board the cockpit and become the most critical chess piece.

But now he couldn't say any words of reprimand. Looking at those eyes, Ikari Yuantang was very sure that if he told him to get out according to the original script, he would really turn around and leave.And the reason why he didn't leave was actually because he was laughing at himself.

Does he hate himself?

But just when Ikari Gendo was about to speak, he saw Ikari Shinji turning around and striding in the direction of Unit-[-].

"Smile, why are you so serious?" Shinji Ikari took off his white junior high school student's shirt and looked at Ritsuko Akagi next to him with a smile. "It's just to liven up the atmosphere. I will never evade my responsibilities."

Although the posture just now didn't look like a joke at all, Ritsuko Akagi smiled from the bottom of her heart at this moment.Because Yodo Shinji is the most critical part, although there is a second qualified person, it is absolutely impossible for her to defeat the menacing apostle in her current state.

"Modify the core configuration of Unit [-] and prepare to start!" Ritsuko Akagi shouted loudly.

Shinji Ikari closed his eyes and raised his hands, asking the technician in a white coat to change his clothes. With a clattering sound, the giant purple decisive battle weapon slowly rose from the blood-colored water.

"The honor of a noble is inherent, and the responsibility of a noble is from beginning to end." Faintly, the teacher's voice sounded in my ears again.

In this critical moment, all the technical staff are like tightly coupled machines, operating at full capacity.

"The auxiliary voltage is normal." The inspector reported.

"The stop signal plug has been pulled out." the CAD technician replied.

"The qualified person's body function is normal, and the insertion plug is ready." the maintenance engineer replied.

"Received, ready to insert the plug." Misato Katsuragi nodded, "Unlock the spinal catheter system and prepare to connect."

For Shinji Ikari, who has entered the cockpit, he is not aware of the situation in the outside world.As the breathable water of life poured in, he also tightened the grips on both sides.Although it is already a different universe, it is customary to start praying before the war.

"I pray to you, great Emperor, that you may guide my dark paths with your light."

"I swear to expel all darkness. No hypocrisy, no lies, no arrogance. Remember hatred, maintain hostility, accumulate anger, and give this to those who are unclean, those aliens, and those mutants!"

"With your pain and blood and sweat, with your golden throne and your death, with your destruction and reappearance like the god of mankind——"

"—Fight for humanity!"

As the prayers were slowly recited, all the distracting thoughts that had accumulated in my heart were cleared.As if by some fate, the resonance of the incarnation ceremony across the universe resounded in his chest.

At the same moment, Misato Katsuragi, the operational commander outside, also completed the last order.

"Everything is normal, move the EVA to the launch bay and prepare for launch!"

Chapter 5: Apostles don’t feel pain

Fighting against the apostles has always been a matter for those who are qualified.

At this time, NERV technicians are working intensively, checking whether the internal array is locked, the main power supply connection, the psychological stress value of qualified candidates, the connection status of various interface systems, a total of 1405 operations... until the most critical The level of neuron synapses, which also represents whether the driver is qualified to become an EVA candidate.

Although for many NERV executives, it seems that it is inevitable that the second-generation official named Ikari Shinji will become a qualified candidate for Unit-[-].But for many technicians, they still have to rely on experimental data to speak for themselves.

Seriously, facing the incoming apostles.The lives of myself and others are like candles crumbling in the wind, and many technicians are at a loss.Is it really possible to just rely on a junior high school boy to drive the ultimate war weapon EVA? Until the mechanical female voice reporting from the system came to prompt.

[Measuring the synaptic level of neurons, the synchronization rate is 120%.]

"Is there nothing wrong? It's just the first synchronization. How can it be so high?!" A manufacturing system engineer from the technology development department exclaimed, holding his head.

"It actually exceeded 100%? Check whether the harmonic value is normal!"

But before he could speak, Misato Katsuragi, the operations commander, had already pulled out the data.

"The harmonic values ​​are all normal, and the system shows no signs of loss of control... No! The synchronization rate is still increasing!"

At this time, all the technicians gathered at the window, looking at the soaring synchronization rate on the crimson screen.It has soared from the extremely exaggerated 120% at the base to 234%, and it doesn’t even want to stop.

However, the harmonic values ​​on the screen were all normal, and the system showed no signs of loss of control. Even the mental pollution test was within the normal range.It was as if he was in complete control of the ultimate war weapon he was driving.

But for Shinji Ikari, who was in the cockpit at this time, he felt better than ever.

It was obvious that it was only the first time for him to drive this so-called trace war weapon EVA. It was obvious that there was no holy alliance forged by flesh and blood and metal.But the resonance that belonged to the knight and the titan still lingered in his chest, as if the incarnation ceremony was still affecting the machine in front of him.

"Are you also responding to me, Unit-[-]?"

In the cockpit, Shinji couldn't help but smile.

At this time, the apostle who was walking on the earth and wreaking havoc on the city looked sideways at something as if he was observing something. He saw a red light glowing on the ground in the direction he was looking at. The giant lift automatically opened, and a statue with the same name popped up in a short time. A purple humanoid life form of his own height.

"Shinji, your activity time is only 5 minutes." Misato Katsuragi's urgent voice sounded in the connection system, "Although the time is very urgent, I can only ask you!"

5 minutes? It seems a bit difficult.

Shinji Ikari tried to move his body. At this time, to the water apostle, the humanoid purple life form in front of him moved its muscles and bones like a human being, and then took a step forward towards him full of malice.

The strong malice stung his skin, causing him to instinctively neigh with unknown meaning.Immediately, he raised his arms and shot out a white-gold beam of light from his palms.

"High-energy reaction ahead, Shinji! Get out of the way!" Misato Katsuragi reminded quickly.

The intensity of its energy was stronger than the previous attack that destroyed the Tokyo Self-Defense Forces. In an instant, the purple Unit [-] was engulfed by the white-gold radioactive particle beam.

It was as if a giant golden cross appeared in Tokyo at night, facing a purple enemy that seemed to exude the aura of evil spirits from hell.Even when they met for the first time, the apostle used his maximum attack, trying to kill the enemy in front of him.

The series of explosions echoed all around, but the high-rise buildings that could withstand a magnitude [-] earthquake couldn't even withstand the aftermath of the beam attack in front of them.However, firm and powerful footsteps sounded in the light.

"Is this the stance of AT?" Misato Katsuragi looked at the dozens of layers of diamond-shaped warm-colored shields on the screen.

The light belonging to the apostle was extinguished, but Unit [-] was intact.As the ultimate war weapon designed to fight against the apostles, the strength of Unit-[-] is naturally outstanding.But the ability to withstand the full-strength attack of the Water Apostle does not rely on the body or the shield, but on the diamond-shaped shield that appears on the side of the No. [-] Unit.

At this time, Misato Katsuragi's voice did not reach Shinji Ikari's ears, because he thought the other party was too noisy.I thought it would be nice if I could block the other party, but Unit [-] complied and disconnected.

It was similar to the incarnation ceremony, but a completely different experience that made Shinji Ikari's lips curl up in an incredible way.

"Psychic Titan, do you want it to be so awesome!"

His will now appeared on the body surface of Unit [-], and the eyes that were originally glowing with yellow light were now shining with an extremely ominous red light.Sensing the danger, the Water Apostle raised his right arm again, and platinum-gold light emerged from his palm. The moment it was shot out, the No. [-] Unit in front of him turned his head just right to dodge it.

Then he raised his left arm again, and the moment the light surged in his palm, he saw a fountain-like crimson liquid gush out from the broken arm.