Shinji Ikari returns from Warhammer

Although after Shinji Ikari realized his existence, his vision quickly moved from the bottom of the sea to the beach from a third perspective.The blue waves are constantly lapping at the coast with the tide, and the original beach is also rapidly changing its shape, including starry sky, human body profile, the interior of a volcano, meteor showers, and the surface of the moon.

Then came the familiar faces, Soryu Asuka Langre, Katsuragi Misato, Kaji Ryoharu, Akagi Ritsuko, Fuyutsuki Komasu, Suzuhara-san, Doki Hikari-san, Kirishima-san, Yamanaka-sensei, Ibuki Maya. Teacher, Satsuki Oi, children Aoi Mogami, Sakura Suzuhara... Rei Ayanami with blue hair, Rei Ayanami with pink hair, Rei Ayanami with short silver hair.

Recognizing himself, the world, and interpersonal relationships, Shinji Ikari finally anchored his own existence and suddenly woke up from the sea. "This is my world, but why do I feel like I'm an outsider? I hate this feeling. I still have some unfinished business, by the way! There are still enemies!"

The pictures once again intersected in front of Shinji Ikari's eyes, but this time what appeared was the figures from the Water Apostle to the last Power Apostle. The enemy with the name of angel, the enemy of Misato's father, the enemy of all mankind, Shinji Ikari repeatedly said After confirming his enemy, the frequency of the final screen flashing became faster and faster, even mixed with Asuka's contemptuous face, Katsuragi Misato's pity look, Ayanami Rei's indifferent expression, and the figure that appeared more and more often.

Suddenly, the beach and the sea collapsed, and Shinji Ikari fell into the red world. He did not run away, because a skeletal-looking man wearing sunglasses stood in front of him, very close to him, with a kind of expression without joy or anger. His expression pushed up his glasses.

"Are you trying to escape again? Then get out, you're useless." The man once again said these long-lost words.

"Damn, damn, damn, enemy, enemy, enemy..." Shinji Ikari really wanted to run away, but when the man in front of him stared at him condescendingly, the blood all over his body seemed to solidify, and he could not move at all, "Damn it! This is mine. World! You are the enemy! Damn that guy! How dare you hurt Asuka and kill your mother!"

But Gendo Ikari, who was standing in front of him, just pushed up his glasses. The light reflected from the frames made Shinji Ikari feel like he was falling into the abyss.He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, but was still unable to swing them out.

Yuantang Ikari snorted softly, as if snorting coldly, and seemed to feel that Shinji Ikari's reaction was always within the range of his expectations.Until the next second, the time freezes, and an identical figure walks out from behind Shinji Ikari. He walks directly to Shinji Ikari, with a deadly coldness on his lips.

Even though he hadn't done anything yet, the trembling boy standing in front of him clenched his fists and swung hard at his jaw.There was no touch of flesh and blood, nor was there the imaginary scene of flesh and blood flying everywhere. After Shinji Ikari bravely waved his first fist forward, he raised his arms in fear and waited for the violent beating from the opposite side.

There was nothing but the ocean and the beach at the beginning, as well as the two combat uniforms washed up on the beach by the waves.My own, and Rei Ayanami’s.

Shinji Ikari suddenly turned around as if he was aware of it, and looked to the side, but that himself disappeared.

Or maybe he was always there.Shinji Ikari has always been looking for reasons not to lose himself.But now I realized that that reason had always existed in my heart.

"The words in the past that caused you pain have essentially nothing to do with you." Shinji Ikari spoke softly.

Shinji Ikari looked at the blue sea in front of him, which was completely different from his own century. For a moment, he didn't know whether he was Shinji Ikari of the new world or Shinji Ikari of the Empire's Vanguard.

No matter who it is, they are all aspects of the soul of Shinji Ikari.

He turned to look at the combat uniform next to him, which belonged to Li. As the waves gradually rose, he was a little worried that it would be taken away by the waves, so he held him in his arms.

When Shinji Ikari opened his eyes again, it was the ceiling of Asuka's room.

He felt something was different, but couldn't place it.Until he tried to remember, he found that many things that he had never experienced appeared in his mind.But Shinji Ikari didn't panic, because this was indeed Shinji Ikari's memory, but he had never experienced it.

There is no need to sort out the memory, because this is your own thing.Shinji Ikari lowered his eyes. In Asuka's room, he once again felt the warm touch of the skin from his chest to his thighs.

But this time, there was no need to identify the girl.Because Asuka was hugging her waist like an octopus at this time, her legs tightly wrapped around her left leg.

Shinji Ikari didn't know what happened last night in this situation.

But nothing should have happened, Shinji Ikari thought.It wasn't that he believed in his determination, but Asuka wouldn't allow him to hug her.

But I don’t know why, maybe it’s because the air conditioner has been stuffy for a long time, and I always feel like there’s a weird smell in the room.

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England, London.

Su Ling has been interning in this mental hospital for three months.

All the patients there are talented people, and the bragging is super fun and sounds like it’s true.

Bed No. 13 is a magical girl who claims to be "the one who defeated the devil", but is actually a [-]-year-old middle school girl who simply doesn't want to go to school.

NO.12 Bed is a severely depressed girl. She says she is some kind of king of fallen angels. She is seeking death every day. She wants to die and return to hell, and then launch a war against heaven.

In the deepest part, there is an extremely dangerous evil lady imprisoned. She claims to be the messenger of the King of Gods, the Red Queen Naye Samedi. As long as she has a little fun, she can be granted eternal life...

……

Su Ling always smiled at the hysteria of these patients.

Until one day, Su Ling discovered that what these patients with abnormal brains said were true.

What's even more terrifying is that one day she saw a file and discovered that she was also a patient in this mental hospital...

[-]: The fruit of life for human beings

In the dim room, only five seats were lit.

You might be surprised if Ikari Yuantang is here, because all the old men sitting in front of you are members of the human completion committee. At this time, they are not remotely controlling the stone tablet to make sounds, but are here in person.

But again, there is no seat for him here.It also means that these big figures who symbolize the location of human souls have begun to be wary of this compatriot Ikari Yuantang. Now that his destiny has deviated, they have serious doubts and may even be sure that Ikari Yuantang has a new script other than the apocryphal canon.

"Now it's not just a matter of Unit [-] almost awakening. Units [-] and [-] were severely damaged, and one-third of the headquarters facilities were destroyed. The central dogma area has been exposed, and the damage is very serious." The old man with a sharp voice, the Human Completion Committee, who is also the Catholic Pope, commented on yesterday's events.

"We can't even evaluate how much time and money we will spend on it. This is all because we did not hang a bell around Ikari's neck in advance." An old Slavic man scolded.

"The bell has been hung up for a long time, but it just didn't ring." Another old man rang the bell.

"A bell that doesn't ring is meaningless. Let the bell ring by itself this time." Gill Lorenz, the representative of the Aryan people in Germany and the president of the Human Completion Committee, rang the bell at the end to end this meeting. Meeting.

As compatriots, they didn't need to speak openly, but after the meeting, two more tasks were secretly assigned.

The first is to activate his own spies buried within NERV to enforce good governance and explore the current connections between NERV and the outside world.Focus on exploring the relationship between NERV and the Self-Defense Forces.

The second is to capture their liaison officer, Fuyutsuki Komaso, the deputy commander of NERV.They urgently need to understand what's going on inside NERV.

But what was slightly unexpected was that before the task was passed to Kaji Ryouji, he was currently in a dark pink room with different decorations, leaning against the wall with his suit casually draped over it. On hand.

"It's really unexpected that things have developed like this." Kaji Ryoharu looked at Gendo Ikari sitting at his desk with emotion, "How do you plan to explain it to the Human Completion Committee...oh no, SEELE?"

"What do I need to explain? Shinji Ikari is not under our control. Moreover, the so-called agreed date has not arrived, which shows that we are really working hard to make the script unfold smoothly."

It was not Ikari Gendo who answered the question of blessing good governance, but Fuyutsuki Yuzō who stood behind Ikari Gendo.

"Before the next apostle attacks, we will temporarily stop using Unit [-] and Unit [-]. This is our reply to the committee. Until the committee orders otherwise." Fuyutsuki Komasu continued.

"It's a very appropriate treatment." Ryoji Kaji greeted with a smile, "But if Unit [-] is frozen, have you considered Shinji Ikari's opinion?"

Although Kaji Ryouji was smiling, he was staring at Ikari Gendo.There is nothing wrong with freezing Unit [-] because Unit [-] has exceeded the limit of cell division.It will take a long time to restore it all.But what was frozen next was not Unit [-], but Unit [-], which represented the headquarters' trump card. This was completely beyond Kaji Ryoji's expectations.

Indeed, this level of sincerity must be able to appease SEELE for a while, but has he not thought about the consequences of making this decision?

After all, according to Kaji Ryoji's familiarity with Shinji Ikari, if Ikari Gendo really does this.The freezing plan was announced in the morning, and at noon Shinji Ikari took out Unit [-] for a ride on the beach, and then returned to Hakone to beat him up. This would only make the world a laughing stock.

As Shinji Ikari's father, he is also a man who has a deeper relationship with Shinji than himself.He wouldn't make such an unwise choice. There must be something hidden in it that he doesn't know about.

What is it?Blessing good governance is curious.

"I believe that Shinji Ikari will understand our decision. He is a well-behaved child." Fuyutsuki Yukino smiled.

Kaji Ryoji pursed his lips, Ikari Shinji?Clever?He couldn't relate the two words together, but in the end he bowed slightly, "I feel NERV's sincerity, and I believe SEELE can feel it too."

As Ryouji Kaji left the room, only Ikari Gendo and Fuyutsuki Komaso were left in the dark pink room.

"Blessings for good governance are not credible." Fuyutsuki Komasu said, "He is a thorn in our organization that belongs to SEELE."

"But for the man Kaji Ryoji, SEELE is not his object of allegiance."

"Are you talking about the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Japan?" Fuyutsuki Yukino put his hands behind his back.

"No." Ikari Yuantang pushed up his glasses, "This man is only loyal to himself. He is also a man living in the past."

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The command post relocation plan finalized last night was not implemented until daybreak.Employees and their families working at NERV, including New Tokyo City [-], were moved to the area of ​​the Hakone volcano.

The crowds are currently swamping the means of transportation.The statement to the public is that the urban structure has been found to be seriously damaged and requires urgent treatment, and the impact is widespread. Everyone is asked to leave temporarily in order to restore it as quickly and smoothly as possible.

Although recovery operations are indeed underway, the center of gravity will still choose to deflect.When the second command post is fully activated, operators and NERV staff will abandon most of the remaining operations and move to the second command post.

The Japanese government agreed to NERV's request and deployed the Strategic Self-Defense Force on the main road and railway station leading to Japan from the Hakone Volcano Caldera in the United Nations Concession.The large force will set up checkpoints in the name of protecting the refugees, interrogate the citizens of Third New Tokyo and send them to the outside world.

Kaji Ryoji was mixed up in the queue waiting for the bus. He had disguised himself with artificial skin and contact lenses with fake information, and he also had an ID card with a master's degree in counterfeiting technology from the Intelligence Department.If you want to ask what is suspicious about him now, it is that his dressing style looks like a tourist.Although the gate officer looked suspicious, the other party claimed that it was a personal preference and had nothing to do, so the gate turned on the green light and let him pass.

In this way, relying on disguises and changing identities along the way, Kaji Ryoji came to the mountain forest on the east side of the Hakone volcano in Kanagawa Prefecture.

If he takes SEELE's helicopter out, he won't have to go through such trouble. As long as he shows his identity, he will have no problem in Japan.But in that case, the Self-Defense Forces also dispatched escorts to follow him, and no clues would be discovered - especially the highly guarded Japanese government, which arranged a stage where he would miss his target.

According to the intelligence brought back by spies from the chaotic Ministry of Internal Affairs, this may be one of the bases of the Self-Defense Forces.

Base area?Where did they come from as an evil organization... Kaji felt a little funny.As a state agency, it is so sneaky on its own land, which inevitably makes Kaji Ryōji think of many evil organizations.

But this also illustrates how shady what the Self-Defense Forces are doing is.

This place is unexpectedly close to Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. Could it be that they are taking advantage of the tourist flow and using that park as a cover to hide their real stronghold here?Judging from the current situation, it will feel like this.

Kaji Ryoji thought so, but he was also sure that there was only one chance for such an investigation.Regardless of success or failure, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will regard the spy dispatched as a traitor.Even if it is cleared, it is a matter of course.

But he cares more about the truth than his own life.

"It has been detected that there is a possibility of a hole on the opposite side." At this time, the hoarse voice of a MAGI mechanical female voice came from his headphones.

As Kaji Ryoji approaches, his and MAGI's signals are also blocked.But this also proves that I have indeed found the goal.

Now that he has found the target, it is not difficult to sneak into it. When Kaji Ryoji actually saw the result of his search, he almost dropped his jaw in shock.

What is being constructed in the base in the natural underground grotto is——no way...

That huge humanoid machine made Ryoji Kaji think he was seeing an Evangelion.But it was obviously impossible. Kaji looked around to see if there were any booby traps, and then he frowned in distress.

"I see, I finally understand where NERV's confidence lies."

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 they didn't know the structure and origin of EVA, so the bodies they developed were just nondescript junk.The most practical one is the SP//dr mecha developed by the United States. Compared with the 80-meter-tall Evangelion, the SP//dr mecha is only two meters tall, but it is extremely maneuverable and can be flexibly manipulated and rotated using magnetism. Sexual appendages.

But the mobile weapon AKASIMA in front of me is obviously an excellent mobile weapon that is closer to success than the SP//dr mecha than the JA mecha.Although Kaji Good Governance believes in the scientific research power of its own country, this is just the Self-Defense Force, and it dares to complete research and development that other countries or organizations have not been able to do. Kaji Good Governance does not believe it anyway.

Then there is only one possibility. An organization that masters EVA construction technology violates SEELE's orders and reveals some secrets about EVA, as well as key technologies, to the Self-Defense Forces.Even if it is not the core part, it is enough to set the Self-Defense Forces apart from other organizations.

I don’t know since when, but the Self-Defense Forces and the NERV headquarters, which are seemingly at odds with each other, have actually reached an ulterior deal in private.As for this transaction, Shinji Ikari must be aware of it, and he is even the beneficiary, otherwise he would not let Ikari Yuantang's plan to freeze Unit [-], even if it would be naturally unblocked when fighting against the apostles.

Just like SEELE would forgive Ikari Yuantang's offense because of the threat posed by Shinji Ikari, and let him use Kagome for Shinji Ikari.Shinji Ikari and Yuantang Ikari were also able to briefly reach a consensus under the threat of SEELE.

So what choice should I make?

Kaji Ryoji believed that if he could use this secret as a ladder for promotion, he could get a lot of benefits from SEELE, but this man pinched his eyebrows in distress.

It's still Hakone, the medical office affiliated with the scientific research section of the health department.

"Ah... there's nothing." The boy's voice echoed in the closed room.

This place is more like a research institute than a medical office.Various hard photodetectors and plotters are gathered here, and tens of thousands of indicator lights flash on and off.

A group of people in white coats gathered around the monitor. At this time, the latent image of the IP board in the scanner was intensified and converted into visible light. After being read, it was converted into electronic signals, which were transmitted to the computer to display the digital image, revealing The figure of young Shinji Ikari.

There was nothing on his chest, where his heart was.

Arteries emerge from there and veins disappear from there.Other blood vessels, nerves, and surrounding tissues are all connected to that vague and undefined blank space.

This is what Hitomi Kaga, the theoretical physicist we met for the first time, said.That unknowable realm that cannot be detected by any scanning instrument is where the symbol of the apostle exists, that is, the fruit of life.

This form of existence and non-existence made all researchers open their eyes, as if opening the door to a new world.

"The S? mechanism does not exist in a physical form. It may be any part of the apostle's body, or may exist in any part of the apostle's body. This super-spiral theory was proposed by your father, Dr. Hideaki Katsuragi, 15 years ago. All researchers understand it," Hitomi Kagami said.

She is affiliated with the first technology development section of the Technology Development Department of NERV Headquarters and obtained a doctorate in metaphysical biology at the age of 24.She is a genius who is not inferior to Ritsuko Akagi. In the development department, she is the only one who can truly talk to Ritsuko Akagi on an equal footing.

"But in everyone's subconscious, the S? Agency should still be revealed in a materialized way." Ritsuko Akagi, wearing a white coat, crossed her arms.

"Because these are all the defeated apostles, their fruits of life have been broken, and they are available as physical finished products for everyone to study." Hitomi Kaga looked at the portraits on the display screen, and weaved the words slightly fanatically, "But No apostle has ever stood in front of mankind and cooperated with our research."

And this unobservable mode can even be switched. As Shinji Ikari's mind changes, his body returns to the original normal human body that can be observed.

The development department regarded Shinji's body as a mystery of the universe, but his expression was extremely bland.

S? Organ—this power source of unknown origin. Starting from Dr. Hideaki Katsuragi 15 years ago, scientists one after another have always believed that it can be replicated using human technology.For example, now, Hitomi Kaga believes that it would be possible to use a material like carbon 60 that can resist some tidal forces.

If it can be done, it should bring about an energy revolution.

[-]: Returners

In the dilapidated ruins, Shinji Ikari stood beside a toon tree growing from a crack in the cement. Above his head was the Milky Way across the sky, and in the distance a huge red headless figure wandered in the darkness.And in the open space in the center of the ruins, the silver-haired boy played the piano selflessly.

The sound has color, Shinji Ikari can be sure of it when he hears Kaoru Nagisa's music.But when he saw such a scene, he was also sure that he was in a dream.

The problem is that sometimes the so-called dream is something that has definitely happened or is about to happen.Some people say that sleep is the real form of human activity, and that when we are awake we are just collecting material for dreaming.

As the screen collapsed, Shinji Ikari once again came to the crossroads leading to a different world. He looked sideways ahead, and Ayanami Rei's figure appeared again.

The scorching sunshine distorted the light as if burning the air. Standing across the road, she seemed to be trying to say something, but the noisy voice blocked the transmission of her voice.