I participated in the development of EVA

He responded with a forced smile.

"He still remembers that I am his granddaughter. If I don't stay for a while, he will get worried."

I was a little dazed when I said this, and couldn't tell whether I was speaking to myself or to Fumihiko Ikari.

Ikari Fumihiko nodded but didn't say anything. It was not easy for him to interfere in such matters. Of course, if Ibuki Huimi asked for her opinion, he would naturally express his thoughts after understanding the situation.

After thinking for a while, he changed the subject.

"Has the prototype been dismantled?"

"No, the prototype was still there when I was there last time, um, last Friday."

224. Prototype

Ibuki Huimi didn't know that the prototype had to be dismantled, so she asked back with some confusion.

“Does the prototype need to be dismantled?”

"Well, the minister mentioned this to me before."

After a pause, Ikari Fumihiko added another sentence.

"You should know better than me that the daily maintenance of EVA requires a very high cost."

Ibuki Huimi nodded and was about to agree, but then she realized that part of her grandfather's soul was still left in the prototype.

I wanted to ask a question, but then gave up.

If the R&D department had the ability to extract that part of my grandfather's soul, they would have done it long ago, but I still feel a little unwilling.

"Why dismantle it? Can't we make a complete EVA?"

In her opinion, the prototype already has half a body, and as long as the lower body is cultivated, it can be made into a complete EVA.

There was another sentence that was not said. If necessary, she could become the driver. Even if the synchronization rate was not high and she could not provide any frontal combat power, she could still use firearms to assist in combat from behind.

Ikari Fumihiko shook his head.

"I don't know much about this, but it's probably technically impossible to achieve."

Ibuki Huimi sighed and responded with a somewhat gloomy expression.

"Oh."

Ikari Fumihiko could more or less guess what she was thinking, and immediately spoke to comfort her.

"Even if the prototype is abandoned and dismantled, the core should be preserved."

There is actually another sentence behind it.

As long as the core exists, there is still hope of retrieving your grandfather's soul.

Such words are obviously not suitable for discussion in the command room.

Ibuki Huimi also knew that these were words of comfort, but now there was no other way except to believe them.

He smiled a little reluctantly.

"Ah."

Seeing that Ibuki Huimi's mood had improved a little, Ikari Fumihiko glanced at the clock. It was eleven twenty-five, and there was still more than half an hour before lunch break. He was so hungry that he could not stand it any longer.

"I'll get two loaves of bread to cushion your hunger a little."

Eating the main meal would interfere with Rei Ayanami's lunch time, so he planned to get some bread as a cushion.

Ibuki Huimi was also very hungry, otherwise she wouldn't have made a pot of tea.

"Ah."

I randomly picked up two loaves of bread from the vending machine in the Unit-00 project team.

Ikari Fumihiko then took another look at the well-stocked vending machine and sighed subconsciously.

“A lot has changed without me noticing.”

In the past, when the pace of life was more hectic, most people didn't have time to go to the cafeteria to eat, or they missed meal times. Except for management members like Ikari Fumihiko and Ibuki Huimi who had privileges, the rest of the people missed out on meal times. Therefore, the bread in the vending machine was restocked frequently, but even so, it was still empty most of the time.

Now that the pace of life is a little slower, vending machines are only restocked once every one or two days.

The reason for such emotion was that he missed mealtime and was too lazy to go to the cafeteria. He wanted to get some bread to use as a cushion, but he looked in several vending machines and found none of them had any.

They brought the bread back to the command room, where they drank tea and ate bread.

I haven't eaten bread for a long time, and I still have some aftertaste before eating it.

But after taking a bite, I felt that the taste was not as good as before. I subconsciously looked at the birth date, obviously wondering if the bread was expired.

"Not expired? Why does it feel like it doesn't taste as good as before?"

Ibuki Huimi replied without even raising her head.

"It has always tasted the same. If you think it has changed, it's because you've eaten too many dishes carefully prepared by chefs, and your appetite has become picky."

"Uh--"

Ikari Fumihiko was stunned for a moment. He had never thought of such a detail.

Although he had a picky appetite, he still ate the bread bite by bite.

It’s not so unpalatable that it’s hard to swallow, so we shouldn’t waste it.

Time passed quickly. Fumihiko Ikari felt like he had just finished lunch and before he had done anything, it was already time for dinner.

When the time came to eight o'clock in the evening, he sighed in a daze.

“This day has passed really quickly.”

Ibuki Huimi gave Ikari Fumihiko a displeased look.

"How can it not be fast? It's almost afternoon when I open my eyes, not to mention that you've been in a daze the whole day."

They had to accompany Ibuki Huimi to meet Professor Yamaki, so they both got off work early that day, from nine o'clock to eight o'clock.

After sending Rei Ayanami back to the medical room, the two came to the soul injection project team.

Seeing the prototype immersed in LCL liquid, and looking at the busy basic employees around, it doesn't look like a semi-abandoned project team at all.

I didn't have any idea when we talked about it before, but now I see this scene.

Only then did Ikari Fumihiko react.

At this stage, there is not only Rei Ayanami as the pilot, but also this forgotten prototype and Professor Yamaki.

The top management did not abandon and dismantle the prototype, could it be that they were planning to verify the theory of "artificially guiding the directional evolution of EVA" on Professor Yamaki! ?

wrong--

The employees around here are so busy, could they have already started doing that?!

"what happened?"

Noticing the change in Ikari Fumihiko's mood, Ibuki Huimi immediately asked.

Ikari Fumihiko shook his head.

What's the point of talking about something that has no evidence and is only speculation, other than creating anxiety?

Even if there is evidence, this kind of thing cannot be said.

He had no ability to change anything, and Ibuki Huimi was also unable to change anything.

Subconsciously I wanted to say it was nothing, but I realized what was happening when the words came to my lips.

"No... I just remembered some bad things. Um, that's when the prototype wanted to shoot me to death."

Hearing this, Ibuki Huimei undoubtedly had it.

"What you said was indeed a bit too much."

There was another sentence hidden in my heart that I didn't say. My grandfather had always treated me as his granddaughter. How could he tolerate such a thing happening?

"Uh...wasn't there a reason for what happened in the first place? If I hadn't done that, Professor Yamaki wouldn't have been able to save him."

Ibuki Huimi naturally knew this, so she didn't really blame Ikari Fumihiko.

I asked out of curiosity.

"If... if the person had not been rescued at that time, would things really turn out as you said?"

Ikari Fumihiko shook his head and did not directly answer the question.

"Didn't I say this before? EVA cultivation technology doesn't seem to be mature enough. It's difficult to cultivate a semi-finished product like this into a complete one."

Ibuki Huimi actually understands it too.

If there was the ability to do so, the plan that Ikari Fumihiko had casually fabricated would most likely be implemented regardless of whether the people were rescued or not.

"I'll go over and take a look. You find a place to stay."

"Ah."

Ikari Fumihiko responded.

For others, the Soul Infusion Project Team can't just wander around, well... well! He can't wander around either.

I found a random seat in the hall and sat down.

225. Different understandings lead to different attention

Boring time always passes slowly. Ibuki Huimi only went in for more than half an hour before coming out, but to Ikari Fumihiko it felt like several hours had passed.

The two did not return to the dormitory that night.

They hadn’t had a good rest recently, and they still couldn’t get enough rest when they returned to the dormitory, so the two of them came to the Lingbo project team tacitly.

After changing into combat uniform and entering the medical cabin, Ibuki Huimi glanced at Ayanami Rei who was already in hibernation.

A bad thought suddenly popped into my mind.

The current technology is not mature enough to complete the semi-finished trial prototype.

What about the future?

Technology will always improve.

The top management gave up the plan to dismantle the prototype. Could it be that they wanted to wait until the technology matures before turning the prototype into a real EVA?

What she really cares about is not whether the prototype can be made into a real EVA, but the problem of the driver!

Although I don't know much about the soul injection project, I can analyze some things from previous experience.

This project allows people who are related to Professor Yamaki to become pilots.

And there are only two people who are related to Professor Yamaki by blood.

One is Professor Yamaki himself.

Professor Yamaki is related to Professor Yamaki by blood. This seems contradictory, but it is not. The senior management has the cloning technology in their hands. She does not know the specific information of the cloning technology, so she naturally understands it according to her own understanding of the cloning technology. In her understanding, if the senior management can use this technology to create a clone of Ikari Yui, they can also create clones of other people.

The other one is her.

However, judging from the current situation, she is over the age limit and even if she can barely become a driver, the upper limit she can reach is very low.

Is it cloned?

still is……

Waiting for my offspring to be born?

A chill suddenly ran through her heart.

The past three years have made her very clear that the top management is a group of people who will do anything to achieve their goals. No matter how cruel something is, as long as the top management thinks it is worth implementing, they will do it.

Just imagining what her descendants would have to face, she suddenly felt her body hollowed out and she collapsed to the ground.

The incident happened rather suddenly and Fumihiko Ikari didn't notice it at all.

The person has already gone into hibernation in the medical cabin.