Shinji Ikari returns from Warhammer

The relationship between man and the apostle, the relationship between soul and body, his current state, and the location of his soul.

After solving the problem, the way forward is also very clear.

Ritsuko Akagi took off her glasses and put them on the table, "And your body is gradually becoming an apostle in the process of driving EVANGELION. And now you have reached a very critical point, choose to return to ordinary people or become an apostle. Of course, you only have one choice." "

That is to become an apostle. Even Ritsuko Akagi would understand this without mentioning Shinji Ikari.

"First of all, you have to complete the unity of spirit and body. Here I have compiled books on yoga, meditation, Shinto doctrines and other books, but you have to rely more on yourself for this." Ritsuko Akagi brought a lot of information.

Of course, she was lying, because there was another object that could help Shinji Ikari complete this step directly.

Nebuchadnezzar's Key, this signpost will connect the spirit to the gods, and the holder will open the door to mankind's completion of the plan.It is the most perfect deed.

And Shinji Ikari, who has the highest authority of MAGI, also knows about this thing and also knows that Ritsuko Akagi is lying.But he didn't say that he was very grateful that Ritsuko Akagi could help him to this point.

"Then becoming an apostle, can you still ensure the integrity of the skull and body?" Shinji Ikari suddenly asked.

"Humans themselves are apostles. To a certain extent, as long as you want to maintain your human form, your AT force field will maintain your form from changing." Ritsuko Akagi said.

"That's enough." Shinji Ikari nodded slightly.

Seeing that Shinji Ikari really didn't care about Ritsuko Akagi, he was relieved, because at this time, he also had the same level of authority as himself, so he could find the relevant content of ANIMA as long as he was willing.Similarly, if you are willing, you can also find clues to Nebuchadnezzar's key.

Although the Key of Nebuchadnezzar is part of the fourth-level secrets, his existence has been involved in many third-level secrets and second-level secrets.

But Shinji Ikari didn't care, because he had a deed that was more suitable for him than Nebuchadnezzar's Key.

That is the proof of every true noble, and it is also the covenant signed between oneself and the knight mecha.

That is, the incarnation ceremony——

The Knight Mecha is more than just a war machine, it's a relic from a lost age, an armored behemoth from a forgotten age.Obviously, it is difficult for one person to control this sacred relic in the traditional way, and for this, the driver needs to be connected to it.Only those noble people born from ancient knight families can have the ability to inherit such an honor.Through a strange and slightly terrifying method called the "Incarnation Ritual," these noble beings focused their energy and connected with the machine soul of the Knight Mecha, and finally, a sacred alliance of flesh and metal was forged.

Renew the sacred alliance of flesh and metal.From beginning to end, the key to climbing the ladder to God is in your own hands.

[The dismantling work of Part C is expected to end in 45 minutes]

[Part B samples will all be shipped to the second location after confirmation,]

[Part D-3 has been disassembled. Please submit all data to the analysis class of the Development Department. 】

At this time, the mechanical female voice of the system issued a prompt on the radio. Ritsuko Akagi raised her head as if aware of the situation and put on the glasses on the table again.

"The Night Apostle has completed the preliminary analysis. Misato Katsuragi has already arrived at this time. Let's go." Ritsuko Akagi also stood up.

"Dr. Akagi, there are still two things that we haven't figured out yet." Shinji Ikari said.

Although the most important thing is the key to the ladder to the gods, Shinji Ikari still has three very important things to worry about. The first is about his suspected infertility, the second is about the Night Apostle, and the third is about Rei Ayanami. "

"I know the question you mentioned, but I need to see the information they uploaded before I can give an accurate answer. Let's talk as we go."

At this time, I came outside the office and followed the rough elevator, which should be called a transfer chair to be precise, to the empty research base.

This is the real second district of Hakone, and it is also the secret area second only to the central dogma district.Because this is where the remains of all the apostles defeated by NERV in history are stored.

The value of the apostles themselves is inestimable, and even their remains after death contain something extraordinary.

Shinji Ikari learned from MAGI's authority that SEELE had developed an artificial S2 mechanism, but he didn't know whether it was true or false.

Misato Katsuragi was standing next to the crane. She was wearing navy blue overalls and standing next to the huge lathe, smoking a cigarette silently.

[The disintegration part of Part F will be changed to 10 minutes later. Please pay attention to the time. 】

[Class 4, Technical Section 7, Development Department, please gather at the designated location immediately. 】

"Is this the place where the apostles are stored?" Shinji Ikari looked at the huge thing passing above his head.A huge platform was raised and lowered on the longitudinal track. Mechanical equipment lifted the heavy apostle's remains from below, and the platform took it to the next destination.The sound of machinery is like thunder.

Shinji Ikari looked from the direction where he was, and all he could see were the dismembered remains of the Night Apostle. Even if it was just some of the limbs in front of him, it still maintained an almost divine beauty when viewed up close.

"Shinji, you are too violent. The Night Apostle has been broken into pieces, but the priority of the sample is still very high, because his own authority also has extremely high research value among many apostles." Misato Katsuragi, who was wearing a yellow safety helmet, also looked at the shocking scene in front of her with her hands on her hips.

The priority of the remains of the apostles after death is not determined by their combat prowess during life. For example, the research value of the very powerful Thunder Apostle is very low.It depends more on what He can bring to mankind.

For example, the fetal apostle and the third apostle who fit in with Marduk's plan were among the most valuable.Theoretically, as long as there are no mistakes, the ultimate creation of the perfect unity of EVANGELION and the Apostles can be realized.

Next are the Night Apostles and the Gray Apostles. The abilities or authority they hold are very strange and can make mankind take a big step forward in the field of science.

The worst thing is naturally the Rain Apostle, which is a shameful thing and is completely at the bottom of the pile.

[The dynamic analysis class of the second German branch will arrive in 5 minutes. 】

The female voice of the mechanical system improved, but this time, Misato Katsuragi raised her eyebrows in displeasure after hearing the news, and couldn't help raising the corners of her lips sarcastically, "Really, we are obviously the ones facing the battle, but the result is that we have to fight against each other. They share the results.”

"You can go further only if you know how to share, and there are a few apostles whose own research value is not very high. The plan is to open the research on the remains of the Rain Apostle and the Sky Apostle to them today. In fact, the people in the development department of the second branch have already started research three days ago. Are you here?" Misato Katsuragi asked.

"Yes, the development director of the German branch is looking forward to this cooperation, so he decided to conduct the research work himself." Ritsuko Akagi said, "And the results are shared with us, which is totally worth looking forward to."

Misato Katsuragi nodded slightly: "Then there is no problem. Have you found anything out about the Night Apostle sample that you keep so closely guarded?"

"Of course, I can show you this." Ritsuko Akagi said, showing the data on the screen to Misato Katsuragi and Shinji Ikari.

"What is this?" Misato Katsuragi rubbed her nose. She had to admit that she didn't understand it at all. "It's just a bunch of gibberish!"

"This indeed represents a code that cannot be parsed. For the Night Apostle who has the ability to condense the Sea of ​​Dirac within, his ability is also a very unique individual among the many apostles that have appeared."

"Does that mean you haven't figured out the Night Apostle yet? He has obviously been dismembered to that extent." Misato Katsuragi said.

"Yes, apostles are made of matter with wave-particle duality, just like light."

"Obviously most of the apostles have been defeated, but there are still so many mysteries."

"The world itself is full of mysteries. For example, this is something that you are also curious about, Shinji-san." As she spoke, Ritsuko Akagi opened another page on the tablet. "This is the inherent waveform diagram of all the apostles. You should also know this." Can you understand it?"

Misato Katsuragi, who was holding Hyuga Makoto's loose ice-style hand, squeezed away from Shinji Ikari and came to the side of the tablet, "Ah, can't this be it?"

"Yes, although the elements are different, the arrangement and coordinates of the signals are very similar to human genetic genes, with an identity of 99.89%. This once again makes us realize that human intelligence is still very limited."

At this time, Ritsuko Akagi turned his attention to Shinji Ikari, "In other words, human beings are apostles, but apostles also represent the possibility of human beings."

Finally, Ritsuko Akagi gave the answer to Shinji Ikari’s second question.

"So your current situation is similar to that of ligers. Lions and tigers have the same number of chromosomes and similar body shapes, so they can produce offspring like ligers. Since the shapes of their chromosomes are different, ligers themselves are infertile."

Ritsuko Akagi answered Shinji Ikari's doubts in a simple sentence.In Shinji Ikari's current situation, there is only one irreversible button to choose to become an apostle.

But the problem comes again. If he chooses to become an apostle, but using the fertility rate of ligers as a reference, the fertility rate is still only one percent.And his descendants will face the trouble of ligers.Choosing to become an apostle or a human again is an unsolvable knot.

Next to her, Misato Katsuragi nodded in understanding, until Ritsuko Akagi's eyes moved to her, and she jumped up and shouted as if she was stimulated, "What are you looking at me for?! It has nothing to do with me!"

Misato Katsuragi would be so angry that she would tremble all over at this time. She was sweating all over in the hot weather, and her hands and feet were cold.

Can this NERV be better?How can guardians like us survive to dispel your doubts? Tears flowed down unsatisfactorily. This organization is full of oppression against her. When can she truly stand up!

[-]: The most powerful apostle is coming

"I didn't say it had anything to do with you, you're too sensitive." Ritsuko Akagi said lightly, "But speaking of the newly obtained remains of the Night Apostle, according to the study of the samples, the Night Apostle is the only one that has reversed the absolute realm. The unfolded apostle, this may also be the key factor for him to be able to contain the Dirac Sea in his body."

Anti-absolute realm and absolute realm reversal unfold completely different concepts.

The anti-absolute realm is a substance that is similar to the absolute realm, and its properties are also similar to the absolute realm. It can also be called another form.The anti-absolute realm also has the function of making the absolute realm disappear.But what Ritsuko Akagi really wants to say is the reverse expansion of the latter's absolute realm.She flipped her index finger on the tablet and looked at the information uploaded by the analysis class of the Development Department 10 minutes ago. After sorting it out briefly, she said——

"You two know that the AT force field is a space barrier that can exclude everything; and inverting the AT force field is to pull everything into the center where the AT force field is released, but in the opposite direction of the AT force field. The anti-AT force field is completely opposite to the AT force field in nature, just like positive charge and negative charge. One is the nature, the other is the direction, and the two are different concepts. The Night Apostle's field reversal expansion can make the contact The surface of its absolute realm will be pulled toward the center, and in this way the apostle selectively pulls external objects into the Sea of ​​Dilac."

She was talking to two people. As the director of the combat department, Misato Katsuragi naturally needs to be familiar with the information of the apostles. As for Shinji Ikari, "I will upload the information to MAGI later and set it as a level two secret. Then you can directly pass it through Watch with permission." Ritsuko Akagi said to Shinji Ikari.

Shinji Ikari nodded slightly, and now only Ayanami Rei's question remained.

But at this moment, he suddenly raised his eyebrows, and Ritsuko Akagi also noticed the change in his expression, but before she could ask, the tremors surrounding her gave her the illusion that she was standing on a cruise ship, and the stones on the ground kept falling. It was shaking, as if something big was coming.

"Is there an earthquake?" Misato Katsuragi grabbed the railing next to her.

"It's not an earthquake." Shinji Ikari raised his head, and he suddenly felt a sense of oppression similar to the one when the Aerial Apostles descended, leaning heavily on every piece of land in Hakone above his head.

Compared with the physical touch, the perception of the soul made him realize that something was coming. Although he could not hear the sound, he could feel the heavy pressure brought by the arrival.Shinji Ikari subconsciously clenched the rose beads in his arms.At this moment, a loud noise like an earthquake shook the entire Hakone.

And Hakone also fell into deeper darkness.

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There has never been such a violent apostle. It only took 4 minutes from the discovery to the arrival, and it appeared in the sky above the island country in the far east like a meteor that pierced the atmosphere.

The sound of sirens tore through the night, and the high-decibel sound was transmitted from station to station. People from the regulatory authorities promptly sounded the air defense siren. For more than ten seconds, the huge city of Tokyo [-] was filled with piercing sirens. .

At this time, Ryoji Kaji, who was meeting with spies from the Ministry of Internal Affairs Investigation Department, stood up and looked out the window, wondering what was going on.Air raid sirens are the most serious urban warnings. Using air raid sirens means that it is too late to warn citizens through television and radio, and danger will fall in an instant.

"What happened? Could it be an invasion of the apostles?" The middle-aged aunt wearing a headscarf showed a sharp look that only a top agent could have. She is the spy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Investigation Department who is responsible for contacting Kaji Ryoji this time. This is their Second cooperation.

The last time was in Kyoto, Japan, when she revealed the true face of the Marduk Agency to Kaji Ryoji.

"It stands to reason that it's impossible. Time is too rushed." Kaji Ryoji opened the curtains, and it was too late to reveal his identity.

Because of the presence of MAGI, which oversees the world, from the moment the apostle is discovered to the time when the apostle attacks, even in the most rushed time, there is four hours of preparation time (except for the terrifying apostle whose records have been erased).Unless we face another major blackout.

This reminds Kaji Ryoji of the Eleven Apostles. Even the most powerful Sky Apostle moved to the sky above Tokyo, Japan with the rotation of the planet, giving NERV plenty of preparation time.

Nothing could be seen, only the dazzling sunlight that made Kaji Ryoji's eyes hurt.Then he saw a meteor falling into Tokyo Bay not far away.

"That's true!" Kaji Ryoji's eyes widened. His guess was correct.

There are apostles coming, and they come in a similar way to empty apostles.Compared to the Aerial Apostle who regarded himself as a bomb, this time the guest was more violent. He had absolute self-confidence. Even if such a large mass fell from the sky, his absolute domain could protect his safety.

Such a powerful gesture even reminded Kaji Ryouji of Shinji Ikari.

"Find a bunker! Such a massive object fell, and a tsunami is coming!" Kaji Ryoji was thinking while not forgetting to pin down the aunt spy next to him under the bed.

A few seconds later, there was a faint loud sound coming from the sky, booming like thunder, and no other sounds could be heard between heaven and earth.It is really the sound of the ocean tide, and the conjecture of blessing good governance will always be accurate.

Then, the tsunami really came, and the [-]-meter-high water wall made a thunderous sound as it pushed forward. Wherever it passed, cars, trees, and shacks were lifted up by the tide, and buildings several stories high were lifted up in front of it. Like pebbles on the beach.

And above the waves, a majestic humanoid figure in black and white seemed to be riding on the waves, landing on the land of Hakone.

The building where Kaji Ryoji was housed as a secret society of spies was still relatively strong. He stood up from the bed wetly and looked at the majestic figure of the fourteen apostles who had arrived in the Third New Tokyo City faster than his brothers and sisters. It's like a human-shaped catastrophe.

And He didn't make any special movements. He just retracted his small head into his body and locked the ground under his feet, and then suddenly ejected white objects that looked like toilet paper from his empty arms.

With just one blow, the 21st floor defensive wall below was split apart as if by an unparalleled giant weapon, leaving scars hundreds of meters long.What Apostle Lei couldn't do all day and night was so understated in front of Him, and the huge ravine seemed to lead straight to the deepest underground space.There was a dull loud noise in Kaji Ryoji's ears, and as he watched the huge figure gradually disappear into the ravine, he knew that the real fatal thing was coming.

"This is going to be fatal. It depends on what NERV does." Kaji Ryoji instinctively took out the cigarette case. The cigarette case was tightly packed and no water had entered it, but the lighter could not light up.He sighed and did not put the cigarette case back in his arms.

"Coming to the earth in such a posture shows that his absolute domain is also very powerful. And more importantly, NERV was not given sufficient preparation time." The spy aunt of the Ministry of Internal Affairs next to her also realized this.

Is it really possible to successfully intercept in such a tight period of time?

And all they can do is pray.

"What are you doing?" The spy aunt watched the other party walk through the living room with knee-high sea water and walked towards the kitchen. Kaji Ryoji waved her hand, "I want to see if the gas can still be lit. I want to smoke a cigarette to calm down. "

Regardless of whether the world is destroyed or not, he is determined to smoke this cigarette.

In Hakone, District [-], the place nicknamed the Apostle's Tomb, the loud sound of the earth shaking finally came.

Misato Katsuragi clung to the railing, and the whole Hakone was shaking, as if thousands of elephants in high heels were tap dancing overhead, and the load-bearing column in the center of the second area was crumbling.

At this time, MAGI's mechanical female voice belatedly sounded on the radio.

[Apostle No. 14 arrives and issues an emergency warning to all members of the Hakone area. 】

"How could it be so fast?" Ritsuko Akagi's eyes widened, "This is only the fifth day, calculated according to the time in mythology..."

"Forget about myths. If you really want to follow myths, you should also refer to the Jewish belief that the world was created by God in the form of light, out of nothingness and darkness. Therefore, in terms of arrangement, night is in front and day is behind. In fact, a day has already passed, and the order of the apostles has long been confused." Shinji Ikari said coldly.

After learning that apostles may be related to mythology, Shinji Ikari also consulted a lot of religious information. Judaism's unique way of recording may not have much impact on ordinary days, but for festivals, especially festival celebrations For example, it is completely different.Due to the existence of this way of keeping dates, all Jewish festivals begin on the evening of what ordinary people are accustomed to think of as "the day before."

In this way, some special days should also start in the evening.For example, although the Sabbath falls on Saturday according to the universal calendar, according to Jewish law, it begins on Friday night.

At this time, only Shinji Ikari was extremely calm, or in other words, he had always been calm when facing the apostles.If they really become fanatical, they are the ones who deserve the pain.

The phone in Shinji Ikari's pocket was vibrating, but Misato Katsuragi and Ritsuko Akagi, who were wearing headphones, had already heard the message from MAGI first.

"The pattern observation is blue and it is confirmed to be Apostle No. 14. At this time, it has broken through the defense layer and is about to reach the underground space!"

"It's too late!" Ritsuko Akagi turned pale.

The next second, the sharp sound of the iron rod rubbing against the railing made them calm down. At this time, Shinji Ikari threw the iron rod on the ground. Seeing that the frowning eyebrows of the women who were no longer noisy suddenly relaxed, he said, "Shut up." Well, think about it carefully, there is another machine that can fight in time. It is a special machine reserved to deal with such emergencies. "

In fact, he just wanted to slap both of them, but he usually doesn't hit women when he is wearing clothes.So the sharp friction of the iron rod was used to calm them down.

"You mean MK.06?" Ritsuko Akagi's pale face suddenly turned rosy, "Yes, there is also MK06! He is the only machine that still has a simulated insertion plug."

Unit [-], the first unit of the invincible Mark series, is the perfect unit!It is different from the experimental Unit [-] and Unit [-], and the standard Unit [-].The Human Completion Committee calls it the real EVA, and all previous machines, including Unit-[-], were used to open the way for it.