Shinji Ikari returns from Warhammer

"Really?" Misato Katsuragi took back the items in the box, "What about him?"

Regarding this question, Misato Katsuragi never thought she might get an answer.After all, it was impossible for the man in front of her to know something of this level, so she just asked casually.

"Ryoji Kaji used the ID card of the deputy commander to sneak into the new command post, hijacked the Minister of Intelligence Honda Honda and tried to assassinate the commander-in-chief. In the end, he was shot dead on the spot by Captain Ikari." The head of the second intelligence section answered.

"Who do you belong to?" Misato Katsuragi frowned.She was sure that the man in front of her could not know this level of news. It was only possible that someone told her this established fact through his mouth.

"Of course they are the commander, and the intelligence agencies are loyal to the true head of NERV."

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New command post, central command room.

Misato Katsuragi, who returned from the fourth isolation facility, returned to her position and started the plan to attack the No. 15 apostle non-stop.

"What's going on now?" Misato Katsuragi asked.

"It's still the same as before you left. The Bird Angel has not moved at all. With the rotation of the earth, it is currently over the Oman Ice Ocean." Maya Ibuki replied. The moment her voice fell, a bright blue laser beam was cast from the ceiling, and the holographic bird The angel projection gradually takes shape.

The originally magnificent and noble life form was reduced to a size that could be accommodated in the conference room, which also made everyone's fear dissipate a lot.

"I see, it seems that it is not the time for Him to come to the world." Misato Katsuragi crossed her arms and coldly looked at the projection of the bird-like life form in front of her, "But even if He did not move, he would not tolerate such a big move. The Sword of Morcris hovers above our heads."

"But EVA cannot intercept the apostles in satellite orbit, which is already three times beyond the distance." Hyuga Makoto from the combat department said immediately.

"Since he won't come down, let EVA go up." Misato Katsuragi raised her eyebrows.

"What do you mean? Monitor the earth's life circle? Restart the Sword of Damocles project?" Hinata Cheng understood instantly.

One and a half months ago, during the break between the attacks on the Grael Angels, due to the lack of the combat support of Shinji Ikari to finalize the victory, three crusade against the Grave Angels occupying the No. [-] unit was successfully carried out.

Except for the time when Shinji Ikari piloted Unit [-] to kill him, the closest thing to victory was the Sword of Damocles project designated by Misato Katsuragi.

That is to launch EVA into space, move in satellite orbit, and replenish power at the nearest base every two hours.After the MAGI system detected the traces of the target apostle, it was like the original Sky Angel, protecting the fuselage with an AT force field with amazing defensive power, and dropped the Sword of Damocles belonging to the Evangelion from high altitude.

Such a massive supersonic attack, if the Graupel Angel hadn't luckily parasitized on the remains of the JA body, that battle would have been a victory.

"But with our technology, we can only launch EVA to low orbit, which is still far away from the location of the Bird Apostle." Hyuga Makoto poured cold water on him as usual.

Although they are all satellite orbits, the difference between low altitude and high altitude is very exaggerated.

The low altitude is only in the range of 150 to 200 kilometers and is greatly affected by the atmosphere. The medium altitude is 350 to 1500 kilometers and has a certain atmospheric influence.As for high altitude, for example, the current so-called position of the Bird Apostle is at 35800 kilometers. It is completely impossible to attack him with the current technology of mankind.

"This height is enough. The one who really confronts him is our...Evangelion." Misato Katsuragi looked sideways at the direction of the qualified ones, "What we can provide this time is to allow them to fight to their heart's content. venue.”

"Yes!"

In the next few days, the restarted Earth Life Circle Monitor system and a series of operations surrounding the new plan were carried out in an orderly manner.

The tense atmosphere in the new command post also suddenly changed, although there is still a lot of preparation work, such as EVA launch platform, large composite rocket for high-mass orbital launch, SRB ignition device, EVA solid rocket thruster, etc.Although most of the equipment is already available, it will take at least half a month before it can actually be put into experiments.

But they will not panic, because having the means to counterattack and not having the means to counterattack are two different things.It doesn't matter even if the target apostle changes its direction during this period and approaches the earth.

At that time, there would naturally be human Evangelions to fight against Him.

NERV is full of energy and working overtime, but as the heads of the two core departments of NERV, they are leisurely drinking coffee on the top floor of the new command post.

"Have you decided on the candidates to fight the apostles of the Earth's life circle monitor system that has been restarted this time?" Ritsuko Akagi asked calmly with her left arm on the armchair, tapping Erlang's legs.

"The primary candidates are Unit-[-] and Shinji Ikari. They are the key to ensuring victory." Misato Katsuragi smoked a cigarette and blew out a puff of smoke at Ritsuko.

"Everyone knows that there will definitely be Shinji Ikari. There is plenty of time for this battle. There must be someone responsible for covering in the plan." Ritsuko Akagi also lit up a cigarette, "Unit Zero and Rei Ayanami, or Unit [-] And Asuka, or is Unit [-] equipped with a puppet system, or is it the fifth qualified person in Lake Ashi?"

"Unit-[-] and Rei Ayanami, she and Shinji Ikari have the best tacit understanding." Misato Katsuragi told the answer frankly.

Although only Shinji Ikari was announced to the outside world, Misato Katsuragi, the second candidate responsible for covering, did not reveal anything at all, only saying that she was still considering it.But in fact, Ayanami Rei has been unofficially selected as the second qualified candidate to participate in the war.

As expected, Ritsuko Akagi raised her head and showed a genuine smile, "As expected, it's still Ayanami Rei. But your proud princess is in a very bad state. Her self-esteem is on the verge of collapse, really. Don’t you consider letting her play?”

"I also care about Asuka, but no matter when facing the apostle, victory should be the first goal." Misato Katsuragi anxiously put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, then stood up, "This matter I'm only telling you one person, but don't spread the word, otherwise I won't be able to explain it to Asuka."

Although Misato Katsuragi feels sorry for Asuka's twisted mental state, as the chief of operations, she must first aim at victory.So the worse Asuka is, the less likely she is to participate in this fight.

At this time, Katsuragi Misato really hoped to still fight on the ground. In that case, she had every reason to let Asuka pilot the No. [-] unit to participate in the battle, casually fire a few shots to provide support, then close the door and let Shinji Ikari go, and kill the target cleanly and beautifully. So much. good.

Not only is victory guaranteed, but Asuka also has a record.Although her performance was poor, it could at least alleviate her twisted mental state.

As for Li.She is a sensible child and does not care whether she appears or not.

At this time, Asuka was still in her apartment in Hakone, still exercising for the selection of the second candidate in a week.She was doing push-ups with one hand, gritting her teeth, her forehead sticking to her skin, and sweat dripping onto the tatami under the guidance of gravity.

"Asuka, have you seen Shinji?" At this time, Ayanami Rei opened the door and looked at Asuka on the tatami and asked.

"He seems to have left in the afternoon. He said he was going to New Tokyo City [-], didn't he tell you?"

Asuka, who had just finished a set, stood up from the tatami and glanced at Rei Ayanami with a little pride, "It seems that she is accompanying Toji Suzuhara's sister, Sakura Suzuhara, to do the fire passing ceremony in your Japanese culture. It’s probably the funeral culture of Tou Qi.”

But Ayanami Rei didn't understand Asuka's eyes at all, she just nodded lightly and turned to leave.

Asuka didn't care, Ayanami Rei was such a lazy woman, she stretched her muscles and started a new set of burpees.

In the future, you will definitely thank yourself for working hard now.

[-]: Dong Muguang’s Summer Strategy

The weather is sunny today, perfect for holding a fire ceremony.

The place where the fire ceremony is held in Tokyo is the Hanami River on the northeastern coast of Tokyo Bay. To be precise, it is all the way from the mountains to the coast along the Hanami River.Perhaps it was the heat radiating from the numerous stalls and tourists participating in the temple fair, but the evening heat did not lose its power at all.Lively music sounds from time to time, and summer melts into the air, as if you can taste summer with just one breath.

"It's really annoying, why did you drag me here? Your such lazy attitude really makes me doubt that now is really the time to attack the apostles?" Asuka leaned on the stone wall surrounding the vast shrine with her hands folded, mouthing. He said unreasonable and annoying words, but there was no look of boredom on his brows.

"Maybe it's too boring. After all, Suzuhara Toji is also our classmate, so it's a good idea to send him off." Shinji Ikari closed the car door and looked at the beaming Asuka and the cold-looking Ayanami Rei in front of him, but he still felt a bit redundant.

Starting from August 8, the beginning of autumn on the calendar, a fire-passing ceremony to "welcome the spirits" will be held in the Tokyo metropolitan area of ​​Japan. As an important part of the "Six Paths of Worship" activity, it lasts for four days, day and night, until midnight at 8 Dot is a routine Japanese ritual to send the souls of loved ones home.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Asuka and Rei Ayanami.

A month ago, they happened to meet Sakura Suzuhara and Hikaru Doki who were welcoming the fire at the cemetery, and they agreed to give Toji Suzuhara a ride during the fire passing ceremony today.This was only a matter between three people. Even Hikaru Toki didn't call Asuka, but Shinji Ikari received a call from Rei Ayanami, saying that she was coming too, but he just drove home again, and then brought Rei Ayanami and Asuka together. All connected.

Yes, if Ayanami Rei is picked up, it will have something to do with Asuka.

He was just going out with Suzuhara Sakura and Toki Hikari, and Asuka wouldn't care.But if Rei Ayanami is in it, the nature is different.Despite Asuka's talk of delaying her training to face the apostles, if she really left her behind, she would definitely be angry with herself for months.

"Soryu-nee, Ayanami-nee." Suzuhara Sakura bowed slightly to the two people who had arrived late.

Sakura Suzuhara wore a traditional Japanese-style beige kimono, decorated with white peonies and golden butterflies. The belt was an elegant pink, and she even wore light makeup.In less than a few months, the little girl's hair has grown. Now when I walk on the street, there will probably be wretched uncles looking back, right?I haven't seen you for a few days and everyone seems to have changed a bit.

The streets were bustling with people, and there were crowds of people everywhere who came to join in the fun.The aroma of croquettes wafted from the roadside stall, stimulating Asuka's taste buds.

"Hey? What is this?" She noticed that there were posters for the bell-ringing ceremony on the walls and telephone poles on the roadside.The bell-ringing ceremony was originally an event held by the local shrine. After the bell-ringing in the evening, there is a fireworks display on the seaside, which is very lively every year.

But what really caught Asuka's attention was the ninja with a samurai head on the poster. On the poster, he clasped his hands together to pray to the bell. She knew this man with a calm face. She had just played the male protagonist of a certain six-word game.

"Oh, this is considered a linkage. The bell-ringing ceremony of Chiba Shrine has been linked to Sekiro for many years." Shinji Ikari took a look and explained.Traditional Japanese people will also go to the temple to ring the bell during this period to welcome the short return of their relatives.

"Let's go and have a look!" Asuka said happily, "There are also some peripherals you can get. After the visit, you can also get the small bronze bell, the Son of God stand and the keychain!"

Summers have become increasingly hot in recent years, and more and more people choose to visit after dusk. Countless candles in the temple are swaying in the night, which inevitably makes people realize: it is indeed a bit different from the human world.The temple is bustling all day long, and various stalls have been set up on both sides of the approach outside the temple, selling Buddhist utensils, Buddhist flowers and Takano Maki, which are essential props for Japanese people to support their ancestors.

Shinji Ikari responded to Asuka's words. After the five of them came back from ringing the clock together, they headed towards the seaside.Due to lack of physical strength, Suzuhara Sakura was carried on Shinji's back.Hikaru Toki, Asuka and Rei Ayanami walked in front. The three of them were holding the same candied haws, exuding the same lazy atmosphere.

Until they came to the beach, Shinji Ikari put Suzuhara Sakura down, and the small black box held by Hikaru Toki contained the soil taken out from the fire a month ago and the plant ashes after the burning.In this way, just like the first day of welcoming the fire, after lighting the fire on the hemp pole, everyone watched the white smoke curl up.

Welcome the fire, pass the fire, send the fire, this process is over.

Unknowingly, a smile appeared on everyone's face.

Perhaps, the so-called summer memories that will often be recalled in the future will unexpectedly be this ordinary scene.

"Okay...what should we do next, Shinji-kun? It's almost time for us to go back, right?"

Dong Muguang finished the candied haws at last, and after confirming the time, he walked next to Shinji Ikari and asked softly.

"The time for the fireworks show is coming soon. It would be such a waste to go back like this." Shinji Ikari said with a smile, "I have already booked a room at the Nadine Hotel. Let's go back tomorrow. Enjoy the fireworks show tonight first, and if you still want If you don’t have enough fun, you can also go to Ichihara for a stroll and ride an elephant.”

"Really, that bird is still floating above your head." Asuka muttered, "Don't you feel nervous at all?"

Asuka's mood is polarized now. She really had fun today, but she is worried about the bird angel above her head.

Shinji Ikari said nothing, because among the thirteen apostles who have appeared one after another since the Water Angel attacked New Tokyo City, this Bird Angel is the least threatening.

It's not that Shinji Ikari is arrogant, because he knows that there is a pilot on the moon.

——Nagisa Kaoru.

As long as he raises the spear of Longelus, he can seal victory in advance.

Of course, there is no need to tell Asuka and the others about this.

Just have fun today.

Nadinea Hotel, late at night, under the black dome, the cut glass windows reflected the light of distant fires, the air was filled with the smell of sea breeze, and the retro copper bell swayed in the wind, but did not make any sound.

Dong Muguang, who had just finished taking a shower, wiped her hair with a towel. She walked to the balcony and looked at the crowd holding torches on the beach, which looked like stars on the ground.

"I originally thought there would be evening activities today. Didn't there be lantern wood and Hanabei Fire Festival after the fireworks show?" Asuka walked out of the bathroom at the back and looked at the back of Hikaru Tomu wrapped in a bath towel.

Familiar lines, familiar voices, familiar objects, Hikaru Toki can almost guess Asuka's next lines.

"Because Sakura-chan is already tired. She is still a child. She followed us up the mountain, rang the bell, went shopping, and sent firewood. When we came here, she lay on Shinji-kun's back and fell asleep." Hikaru Toki turned around. Body, to put it bluntly.

"She was on Shinji Ikari's back after climbing the mountain, and she is not a child, she is a junior high school student like us." Asuka was also wiping her hair at this time, "Don't underestimate the children today. , in this Internet era, they know more than we did back then.”

Although she couldn't explain the reason, Asuka always felt that Suzuhara Sakura looked at Shinji Ikari with dirty eyes.

Dong Muguang felt that there was something in Asuka's words, but he didn't want to think about it in detail.

But in a flash, Asuka spoke cheerfully again, "It's still the same, I'm going to exchange rooms with that Sakura-chan kid, see you tomorrow!"

Asuka blew a sweet kiss to Hikaru Tomu from a distance, then turned around, took her handbag, and walked out of the room quickly.

As the red oak hotel room door closed again, the room fell silent.

Although she was alone, Dong Muguang was a little at a loss because she didn't know what she should do, or she also realized who would come next.

I went to take a shower first to wait for Shinji Ikari, not to wait for Shinji Ikari, and it wasn’t because I had already taken a shower, and why should I wait for him!

"Calm down, calm down!" Dong Muguang patted her cheek. She felt that her head was a little messy and she needed to clear her head again. "Should I take a shower first or wait..."

hateful!My thoughts are still very confusing!What's going on? The only option is to wait for Shinji Ikari to come over.You can refuse it yourself, you can, Dong Muguang-san!When Shinji Ikari came over, he told him righteously, "Let's just be friends. Please don't harass me again!"

As the doorbell rang, Dong Muguang stiffened.But suddenly I remembered that with Shinji Ikari's style, he might not come in through the front door honestly. He would most likely sneak into his room at night. The person knocking on the door now should be Suzuhara Sakura.

But when he opened the door, it was Shinji Ikari who appeared.

At this time, in the next room, Sakura Suzuhara, who had been sleeping lightly on her back for a while, had regained her energy. She had just finished taking a bath, walked out of the bathroom, wrapped herself in a bathrobe, and the two sisters were sitting there. On the balcony, we looked at the fire in the distance together.

This is a festival in which thousands of torches are lit. It was originally a fire offering ceremony based on Atago belief prayers in the old Wakasa Street area of ​​Tokyo in ancient times. In the past, it was only held every year in the Hanabei and Matsugawara areas of Luobei. The countless sparks scattered in the sky are like a dream.

This dazzling scene can only be seen in full view from high-rise buildings. Speaking of which, this hotel is the best viewing location.Enjoying a meal while viewing the scenery is very popular among tourists, so you need to book a room one month in advance.

Of course, Shinji Ikari does not need to make reservations in advance.

Hotels with excellent views such as Nadingya and Lanternwood will reserve a few rooms no matter how business is booming.It is specially prepared for certain distinguished guests with high status.

"This is a method invented in ancient times when worshiping Atago. Practitioners in the past believed that fire can burn away the troubles in the world, so they used this throwing competition to compare their spiritual skills." Suzuhara Sakura walked to the balcony and stood in front of the balcony. He sat down at the last remaining empty seat and cupped his chin with his left hand, "It's so beautiful."

"It would be great if I could really burn away my worries." Asuka looked at the fire in the distance and said softly.

Ayanami Rei said nothing, she knew what Asuka's troubles were.She had many worries, including her poor Chinese skills, fluctuating synchronization rate, a certain person's thoughts, unfinished exercises today, and the choice of the second person to join the battle against the Bird Apostles.

What about your own troubles?

As for Suzuhara Sakura, her troubles and sorrows had dissipated with the rising white smoke.

"The fire is in the water, the grass is in the forest, the soil is in the clouds, and the clouds are in the forest~" She hummed softly from the song in the anime, looking at the fire outside the window in ecstasy.

Along with the fireworks, there is also the light of Dongmu next door.

Almost at the same time, her fireworks flew out together with the fireworks in the distance; just like the cheering crowd, she also shed tears of joy uncontrollably.

She put her arms around Shinji Ikari's neck and embraced him passionately.

"Aren't you worried that Sakura-chan will come over?" Shinji Ikari put his hands on both sides of her cheeks, lowered his head and bit her earlobe.

Dong Muguang hummed, "It's because Sakura will come over, so you have to hurry up. Do it again, you won't be able to do it, right?" Dong Muguang stared at Shinji Ikari's eyes with provocative eyes.

After clearing his thoughts, Dong Muguang finally figured it out.

It's better to drain Shinji Ikari dry as soon as possible, at least wait until Sakura Suzuhara comes over to end the battle, otherwise it will be really difficult to explain.

However, she completely underestimated Ikari Shinji's strength.