I participated in the development of EVA

018. Both of us have the same awareness

Looking at Ikari Fumihiko's back as he left, everyone present had a look of confusion on their faces.

It is obvious that the survivors who experienced the second impact personally have much greater mental endurance than Ikari Fumihiko. A mere experimental accident cannot shake their determination... It is not that the second impact made them lose their empathy, but that they know that these volunteers who cooperated with the experiment have the same awareness as themselves.

As long as I can stop the third impact and prevent the tragedy that happened to me from happening again in the future, I will have no regrets even if it costs my life.

"Team leader, what's going on?"

"What should we do now?"

"It may be that the pressure is too great... After all, he is only twenty-one years old and has to shoulder such a heavy responsibility."

……

The scene immediately fell into chaos as the command was lost.

However, this chaotic situation did not last long before someone reacted.

"Contact the minister to report the situation."

Ikari Gendō was contacted through the internal line.

"what happened?"

"The team leader terminated the experiment."

"What about others?"

"left."

Ikari Gendō obviously had not anticipated this situation. After all, Ikari Fumihiko had just proposed such a cruel decision to let a thirteen-year-old boy go to the experimental table.

"Before he left, did he say why he was terminating the experiment?"

"No, after receiving the diagnosis report from the medical department, I terminated the experiment without saying anything."

"???"

This made him even more confused and he was unable to make any effective judgment for a while.

"You stay where you are for now. I'll go find out the situation."

After hesitating for a moment, he still called Ikari Yui.

During the previous contacts, he had realized that Ikari Fumihiko was unwilling to have too much contact with him. No... to be precise, most people were like this. It was not because he had done anything to deserve hatred, but because of his identity as a son-in-law, everyone thought that he was able to become the deputy director of the R&D department by relying on gigolos, so everyone privately called him "the director's wife."

"How long have we been apart and you're already missing me!?"

Faced with his wife's teasing, Gendo Ikari's expression did not change and he remained as serious as ever.

"Something's wrong with Wen Yan—"

“No way… someone got killed so soon! This is really going to cause me trouble… I’ve been asking him to take precautions! Oh – how about naming the boy Kyousuke and the girl Kirino!? It would be great if they were twins – we can use both names, and siblings with names like these will surely have a good relationship when they grow up.”

His serious expression was almost unable to hold back, he rubbed his forehead with his hand, his tone revealing helplessness.

"It's not that. There was an accident during the experiment and some people were seriously injured. He terminated the experiment immediately."

"???"

Ikari Yui was also a little confused as to what was going on.

"Please explain in detail."

Ikari Gendō recounted everything he knew.

Ikari Yui hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Could it be that you suddenly had the idea to improve the equipment? That's why you temporarily stopped the experiment?"

“It doesn’t look like that.”

"It's really troublesome. Even if no one is killed, it will cause me some other troubles. It's a waste of time to make random guesses here. I'd better go to him directly to find out the situation."

The purpose of Ikari Gendo making this call was to let Ikari Yui come forward to understand the situation.

"So much the better."

Yui Ikari stopped her work and said hello to Naoko Akagi, "Something happened to my cousin, I'll go over to take a look. Sigh! He's so old, but he's still so worrying. He always wants to cause trouble for me every day. I hope little Shinji won't become so unlovable when he grows up..." Then she walked out of the laboratory and learned the location of Fumihiko Ikari through the security department.

Go straight to Fumihiko Ikari's dormitory.

As the doorbell rang, Fumihiko Ikari's dull voice was heard from inside the room.

"Who?"

"It's me! The mother of your most adorable nephew."

Ikari Fumihiko naturally knew why Ikari Yui came, and his voice became annoyed.

"what's up?"

From the sound of his voice, Ikari Yui could tell that Ikari Fumihiko didn't want to open the door, and immediately gave a sly smile.

"No way! You don't know yet... Huimei is pregnant! Open the door quickly, I want to discuss the details with you."

"what???"

The sudden news made Ikari Fumihiko stunned. It took him a while to digest the news. Having never experienced such a thing before, he opened the dormitory door and let Ikari Yui in.

When Ikari Yui looked at the turned-on game console, she realized that the reason why Ikari Fumihiko terminated the experiment was not because there was a problem with the experiment itself, but because there was a problem with Ikari Fumihiko.

At this moment, she thought of the conversation they had this morning on the work system...

The high-pressure work caused Fumihiko Ikari's mental state to suffer.

Ikari Fumihiko asked anxiously.

"What's going on now——"

"I was lying to you just now. If Huimei was really pregnant, would she not tell you?"

I felt a little angry at being teased, but I also felt relieved.

He still doesn't understand what to do now, and if Ibuki Emi is really pregnant, he really doesn't know what to do.

"..."

Ikari was not polite at all. He just found a chair and sat down as if he was at home.

"You can talk now."

"say what?"

"Why did you suddenly terminate the experiment? Are you blaming yourself for the accident that happened?"

Ikari Fumihiko was silent for a moment before he nodded. Reason made him suppress the instinct to speak directly, and he spoke after organizing his words.

"I feel like... I'm playing with human life."

"Oh! What a hassle. I just said so much to you this morning, but it seems like it was all in vain—"

Ikari Yui had a headache at this moment.

I don't know how to solve this problem. If it were an ordinary person like Fumihiko Ikari now, whose mental problems are serious enough to affect his normal work, he would inevitably be deprived of all benefits and thrown into the outside world to fend for himself. In such an extraordinary period, it is impossible to waste resources to take care of an idle person.

But Fumihiko Ikari is obviously not in the normal situation, not because they both have the surname Ikari and are cousins, but because of the powerful scientific research ability that Fumihiko Ikari has now demonstrated.

"..."

Thinking back to the conversation in the morning, Ikari Fumihiko understood the logic, but it was difficult for him to relate to it.

Ikari Yui was silent for a moment before speaking again.

"You are so willful—

Before making the decision, I didn't consider the consequences of doing so.

Come, let me analyze it for you.

First of all, all your existing resources will be deprived. This is actually a big deal, you just have to be self-reliant. You are an adult and capable of supporting yourself. Secondly, in order to prevent you from affecting Ibuki Emi's work, the top management will inevitably transfer you out of the institute. Basically, you will be thrown into the outside world to fend for yourself. Don't even think about falling in love, even wanting to live is a luxury.

very good!

You can accept these two points. After all, it was your own decision to take responsibility, and there is no relationship between you and Huimei.

But there is one more thing you should consider carefully.

Once the experiment is terminated, um... the medical treatment enjoyed by 02 volunteers will also be terminated. I'm not kidding. Don't think that he will get proper treatment just because he was injured during the experiment. The situation is so cruel now... Many drugs have no sources of supply. Basically, the less they are used, the less they are. They are non-renewable resources.

Medicines must be saved for more valuable people.

Now you answer me -

A 45-year-old man who has no education, no ability, and can find substitutes everywhere, what value does he have to continue to receive treatment except that he can provide you with test data? ! ? Do you think this is too cold-blooded! No, this is not a question of cold-bloodedness from the beginning to the end, but a choice that must be made in the current situation!

I have to suppress my human nature and make a rational decision.

As long as we humans do not have the power to stop the Third Impact, we will have to make the same cruel and cold-blooded choices again and again!

Until the moment when civilization ends!

Until the last drop of blood is shed!"

Fumihiko Ikari opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but nothing came out, just like the conversation between the two of them in the morning.

"..."

Ikari Yui wanted to see something from Ikari Fumihiko's face, but she could see nothing.

He could only sigh and said with a serious expression.

"Go back to your post immediately and complete your job.

Did you hear——

Dr. Wen Yan! "

Staring blankly at the serious expression of Ikari Yui, Ikari Fumihiko knew at this moment that the other party was not joking with him.

If I don't return to my post and continue the experiment now, what awaits me is being driven away, left to fend for myself in the turbulent situation outside, and the rescue of Volunteer 02 will be stopped.

At this moment, the air became extremely heavy, and it felt as if a huge mountain was pressing down on me.

It was so heavy that I couldn't breathe.

Almost suffocating.

019. Success is my personal effort, failure is God’s fault

"I see……"

These words seemed to drain all the strength from Ikari Fumihiko's body, and he collapsed to the ground.

After a while——

He struggled to stand up, left the dormitory in a daze and walked towards the secondary experimental area.

At this moment, he also figured out the real reason that forced him to compromise. Was it because he really cared about the lives of Volunteer 02, Kana Fuyutsuki, or his own life...

Maybe both, or maybe it's simply for self-protection.

“Remember your choices.”

Ikari Yui frowned.

If possible, she would not want to force Ikari Fumihiko like this, but standing in this position, shouldering the mission of preventing the third impact, she must do this. At the same time, it is also to save Ikari Fumihiko. What she said before was not just coercion, but what will really happen as long as Ikari Fumihiko can no longer create value. Seele is not a charity organization.

The most she could do was to ensure that Fumihiko Ikari was not silenced.

Even if he was silenced, with the current chaotic situation of wars everywhere in the outside world, Fumihiko Ikari would not survive long if he left the research institute.

Yui Ikari returned to the laboratory where Naoko Akagi was.

Naoko Akagi put away the data report, looked up at Yui Ikari and asked.

"How is it? Is it resolved——"

Ritsuko Akagi, who was flipping through a textbook, looked up at her mother and couldn't help feeling a little surprised. In her impression, her mother had devoted herself to research and development since her father's death. Apart from work, she had never taken the initiative to care about anything else that was not related to scientific research like she did now...including her, her daughter.

Although they are mother and daughter, Naoko Akagi ignores her.