I participated in the development of EVA

"Thank you."

Ikari Fumihiko naturally knew what Ibuki Emi was thanking him for.

"do not worry about it."

His eyes were focused on the screen again.

Perhaps it was because the picture was similar to the game that Rei Ayanami smiled happily at this time, and it was obvious that she treated the shooting training as a game.

After seeing this, he gave up the idea of ​​ending the training and immediately retrieved the recent data of the synchronization rate through the terminal, trying to find out whether there was a pattern that could break 70%. However, he knew that there was no point in doing so. The project team had a professional data analysis team, and if there was any pattern, it would have been found long ago.

He didn't have any expectations, he was just looking through the data to prepare for communicating with Rei Ayanami later.

Ibuki Emi was still a little scared. Seeing that Ikari Fumihiko was just looking through the data, she casually brought up a topic, wanting to chat with him to ease her emotions.

"I've only been using the combat simulation system for a few days, but I've not only mastered the gun, but I've also been able to maintain such a high hit rate at the highest difficulty."

Ikari Fumihiko simply responded without much interest.

"Ah."

Then he noticed that Ibuki Emi looked a little flustered, so he added.

"This game... well, the battle simulation system, I've tried it, it's really difficult."

Of course, he did not experience it through the EVA cockpit, but used the firearms equipment that came with the game console.

Ibuki Emi had experienced this before.

"Not to mention the highest difficulty, even at the medium difficulty I can't react."

"I'm a little better than you. I can barely keep up with the pace of the higher difficulty levels, but it's okay for a few minutes. I can't keep up if I play for a little longer."

Ibuki Emi replied with a bit of admiration.

"She has been training continuously for more than an hour now, and her condition has not declined. Her hit rate is still as high as before."

"She is only ten years old now, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in the future."

"Really..."

Subconsciously, she wanted to sigh that Ayanami Rei was a natural warrior, but halfway through, Ibuki Emi realized that Ikari Fumihiko didn't like this statement.

He immediately changed his words.

"It's really amazing."

"Of course."

Ibuki Emi was speechless as she looked at Ikari Fumihiko who looked so proud.

Wake up, she is not your daughter.

She opened her mouth to say something else but didn't know what to say for a moment because she couldn't talk about the topic she wanted to talk about.

So he went up to Fumihiko Ikari and watched him looking through the data.

Time passed by unknowingly and today's training was soon over.

After Rei Ayanami changed her clothes and had dinner together, Fumihiko Ikari took her to the office.

"Korea."

"Ok?"

Ikari Fumihiko took out the prepared materials.

"Can you tell me what you are thinking about at this moment?"

The question is naturally when the synchronization rate exceeds 70%.

Ayanami Rei lowered her head in thought.

"At that time, Li seemed to be talking to Wen Yan and didn't have any special thoughts."

"what about this?"

“It seems the same.”

Upon hearing this, he frowned. Fumihiko Ikari didn't remember talking to Rei Ayanami at that time. In order to verify whether his memory was wrong, he immediately retrieved the relevant files according to the time recorded in the data. With just a quick glance, he found that he was not wrong and he did not talk to Rei Ayanami at that time.

And Rei Ayanami didn't say anything either.

Li lied?

impossible.

"I wasn't talking to you at the time."

Rei Ayanami was at a loss.

"Keli did hear Wen Yan talking at that time."

"Do you remember what you heard?"

"I'll have meat buns for lunch."

? ? ? ?

Ikari Fumihiko was a little confused.

What the hell is eating meat buns for lunch?

He was stunned for a moment before coming to his senses, and then he wondered if Rei Ayanami was hallucinating because she was too hungry at the time.

But he rejected this idea the next moment.

It might have been an auditory hallucination once, but this happened once.

"So what did you answer?"

“Chanko-nabe.”

What kind of foodie soul is burning here?

"What did I take you to eat?"

"Udon noodle."

Ikari Fumihiko was a little confused.

"I remember you were enjoying the meal. Uh, no, that's not the point... Didn't you want to eat Chanko Nabe? Why didn't you say it at the time?"

After he said that, he realized that he seemed to have never asked Rei Ayanami what she wanted to eat.

"Li and Wen Yan are happy eating anything together."

Looking at Rei Ayanami's serious expression, Fumihiko Ikari smiled happily.

"What about the second time?"

Rei Ayanami tilted her head and thought for a moment before answering.

"Wen Yan said he wanted to have miso ramen for dinner, and Li replied with fish-flavored pork bibimbap. We had pasta at the time."

This... is really irrelevant.

Fumihiko Ikari smiled helplessly. At this time, he also found a common point. Every time the synchronization rate exceeded the upper limit and exceeded 70%, it was close to meal time.

At the same time, I had a guess in my mind.

This should be Rei Ayanami communicating with the mind of Unit-00.

Do not!

To be precise, it was not communication, but Rei Ayanami unconsciously sensed the imperfect consciousness of Unit-00.

All of Unit-0's knowledge of the outside world comes from Rei Ayanami, who is connected to it neurally. No! It should be said that part of Rei Ayanami's consciousness is integrated into Unit-0.

This part happens to be Rei Ayanami's desire for food...

Uh!

Okay, I can’t make it up anymore.

He has indeed developed a foodie nature in Rei Ayanami.

"Next time, just tell me what you want to eat, okay?"

As he thought about this, a scene emerged in his mind: Unit-0 refused Rei Ayanami and went berserk because her appetite was not satisfied.

This reason for going berserk is too ridiculous.

"Li wants to eat too much and doesn't know how to choose. Let Wen Yan help Li arrange it."

"Then eat bitter melon next time."

"No! Li doesn't want to eat bitter melon--"

After being tricked by Fumihiko Ikari into eating bitter melon, Rei Ayanami put bitter melon on her blacklist.

174. At this time you should call the Medicine King

Bitter melon is not bitter when it is ripe.

It just happened that he ate unripe bitter melon at that time, and thinking that food should not be wasted, he tricked Rei Ayanami.

Fumihiko Ikari looked at Rei Ayanami with a sad face, and suddenly an idea popped into his mind.

If Rei were to eat the bitter melon and then drive Unit 0...

Uh!

just forget it.

It would be terrible if it backfired.

Unit 00 is not a child, and its crying can definitely reach a disaster level.

He didn't care about Unit 00 going berserk, he was just worried that Rei Ayanami would get hurt.

But after thinking about it, I came up with a new idea.

Disliked food may cause Unit-0 to go berserk, so if Unit-0 is allowed to eat delicacies it has never tasted before, would it also be able to stimulate its mood?

Thinking of this, I picked up the phone and dialed Ikari Yui's number.

It wasn't long before the call was connected.

Before he could say anything, Ikari Yui's voice came from the other side.

"Any new ideas?"

Without changing the subject, she directly asked about what she was most concerned about.

"I do have a new idea. I found the key point when I was chatting with Li just now."

Fumihiko Ikari did not keep Yui Ikari in suspense.

He just paused for a moment to organize his words before preparing to speak.

However, Ikari Yui is more anxious.

"What's the key point?"

"She said that every time the synchronization rate exceeded 70%, she was talking to me. However, according to the experimental records and my memory, she didn't speak at that time, and I didn't speak either... This should be the soul-level communication between her and Unit- that established a deep connection. Well, it may also be the consciousness level. The details are unclear. It should be..."

Fumihiko Ikari originally wanted to say that it was similar to the parallel connection of consciousness, but after looking at Rei Ayanami, he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

When hearing about the levels of consciousness, Ikari Yui thought of the phenomenon of parallel consciousness.

"What did you communicate?"

"Meat buns, miso ramen."

"Uh--"

Ikari Yui was immediately confused when she heard this answer. What the hell is this, meat buns and miso ramen? !

"Are you sure you're right?"

"No."

It took a moment for Ikari Yui to allow herself to accept these outrageous things.