I participated in the development of EVA

To put it simply, I feel shaky even when I walk and I really don't have the energy to do anything else.

Ueno Kiriha naturally noticed that Ikari Fumihiko was abnormal.

"Leave this to me, you go and have a rest."

The second batch of clones aged five or six have been processed, and now only the last batch of clones are left, each of which is only two or three years old.

Ikari Fumihiko nodded.

"Ah."

After responding, he prepared to go to the pharmaceutical research and development area to check the situation.

Before he arrived at the incubator door and left, he still spoke a word.

"I'll leave this to you."

He doesn't have much time and energy to devote to this, and the issue of cloning bodies in the future will basically have to be solved by the other party.

"Ah."

Ueno Kiriha didn't promise anything, but just responded calmly.

Dr. Ito led his team to research day and night and achieved some other results, but there was still no progress in olfactory hallucinations.

After a few days of buffering, he calmed down a lot and no longer felt the anxiety of waiting for trial.

The pace of life finally returned to normal.

During the day, I presided over Rei Ayanami's daily training in the Unit 00 project, and at night I reconciled the relationship between Ibuki Megumi and Rei Ayanami, or was drained of energy when Rei Ayanami was admitted to the medical cabin for treatment. Time passed bit by bit in this dull daily life, and two months passed in the blink of an eye. I thought life would continue.

But on this day, Ikari Yui found him.

"Is there any progress with Dr. Ito?"

Ikari Fumihiko asked first.

Ikari Yui shook her head.

"We have not yet found out what substance in LCL causes the olfactory hallucinations. Well, I came here to tell you that the body of Unit-01 has been cultivated."

Ikari Fumihiko was stunned for a moment, then returned to normal.

"If you hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten about Unit-01."

Ikari Yui mentioned the construction project of Unit-01 once not long after Unit-00 was completed last year, and has not mentioned anything about it since then. Ikari Fumihiko has asked Ikari Yui several times, but Ikari Yui has directly said that the body has not been cultivated yet. If Ikari Yui does not mention this matter now, as he said just now, this matter will be almost forgotten.

"Talk to Huimei. I'll let Huimei's assistant handle this for now. Um, that person seems to be called Yae Kiriko, right?"

"Correct."

Ikari Fumihiko was not surprised by Ikari Yui's arrangement.

Although he had indeed put the matter of the Unit-01 project aside, Ibuki Huimi was still paying attention to the matter and had already made corresponding arrangements.

The specific plan is the same as Ikari Yui's current arrangement.

240. Full of desire to survive

Fumihiko Ikari called over Megumi Ibuki.

"The body of Unit-01 has been cultivated and construction is about to begin. Would you like to come with me to take a look?"

He did not avoid anyone and said it very directly in front of everyone in the command room.

The construction of Unit-01 was not a secret, and everyone was aware that the top management would not build only one EVA, and would inevitably build more machines later. However, compared to the serial number of Unit-01, most people thought that the serial number of the next EVA should be Unit-1. Of course, the serial number was just a name, and it didn't matter what it was called.

"Ah."

Ibuki Huimi was also stunned for a moment, then after coming to her senses, she explained something to Yae Kiriko.

"Please keep an eye on things here. If you have any problems, call me."

Yae Kiriko was obviously lacking in confidence. She wanted to refuse but swallowed the words back. Ibuki Huimi had talked to her about Unit-01 not long ago. Although she had been mentally prepared in advance, she was still a little at a loss. She really didn't know what to say and could only respond with a lack of confidence.

"Ah."

Ibuki Huimi did not say any words of encouragement, but turned around and followed Ikari Fumihiko away.

"She obviously doesn't look confident. Why don't you say something encouraging?"

After they walked away, Ikari Fumihiko asked curiously.

Ibuki Huimi shook her head.

"I have already said what needs to be said. If she is still not able to shoulder this responsibility, we will choose someone else when the time comes."

After the two left, they focused their energy on the construction of Unit-01. It would be best if Yae Kiriko could take over the Unit-00 project team. If she couldn't, that didn't matter. The real core of the Unit-00 project team was the pilot and Unit-00. No matter who was in charge of the Unit-00 project team, this could not be changed.

"You have time to encourage her again."

Compared to the others, Yae Kiriko is more familiar. Fumihiko Ikari doesn't want the two of them to leave a stranger to serve as the head of the Unit-0 project team, which might cause any trouble and cause Rei Ayanami to suffer any grievances.

Ibuki Huimei's eyes suddenly became alert.

Yae Kiriko is beautiful and has a sweet voice, and she also has the advantage of age.

The thought flashed through her mind, but she soon realized that she was thinking too much.

"Ah."

So she responded.

The two went to the office and met Ikari Yui.

The three of them walked outside. Perhaps they were a little bored on the way, as Ikari Yui suddenly asked a question.

"You two have been together for so long, have you ever thought about when to have a child!?"

Ikari Fumihiko was stunned for a moment, obviously he had never thought about this matter.

Ibuki Huimi was also stunned for a moment, then looked at Ikari Yui warily.

The two were indeed good friends, but that was also the reason why she knew Ikari Yui's character very well. She knew that when it came to matters of right and wrong, she would not care about personal feelings at all. No! Personal feelings outside of her family.

While she was thinking about whether Ikari Yui asked this at the instruction of the higher-ups, Ikari Fumihiko replied casually.

“I haven’t thought about it yet.”

Seeing that Ibuki Huimi's expression looked a little strange, Ikari Fumihiko thought that the other party was angry about his answer, so he immediately added another sentence.

"Emi has the hardest time with things like having a baby, it all depends on her opinion."

Having said that, he doesn't plan to have children in the short term.

At least he won't have children before Nerv is established. He doesn't want his children to live underground like moles after birth like Shinji Ikari. Simply put, the current life is too depressing. After the establishment of Nerv, life will be more free and normal than now.

Ikari Yui couldn't help but laugh.

"Your desire to survive is really strong."

After making such a joke, he looked at Ibuki Megumi.

Ibuki Huimi concealed her inner thoughts, shook her head and spoke with a tired look.

"There are too many things to do right now, so I haven't considered this for the time being."

Ikari Yui nodded and agreed.

"Indeed, the Unit-01 project is about to officially start, and you two... well, you will be much busier alone."

After making fun of Ikari Fumihiko's laziness, he didn't say anything more on this topic. This was just a casual question out of boredom and didn't have any other meaning.

Led by Ikari Yui, the two came to the elevator and went to the underground floor of the experimental area.

The layout here is not much different from the space above, except that the security level seems to have become a little stricter.

Ikari Fumihiko and Ibuki Megumi looked at each other and saw the same thought in each other's eyes.

This is the EVA body hatching area.

The two were somewhat curious about how the EVA body was cultivated, but they had no intention of exploring it.

Ikari Fumihiko knew that the EVA body originated from the second angel Lilith, while Ibuki Megumi did not want to be silenced for knowing a secret that she should not know.

Coming to a huge metal gate with the word "初" written on it, Ikari Yui swiped her employee card on the access control, and the huge metal gate immediately opened to both sides, revealing the scene at the entrance. The huge EVA body was immersed in the incubator, with only the huge head exposed to the outside air. From the appearance alone, it seemed to be no different from the body made into Unit 0.

Ibuki Huimi had no idea about this.

Fumihiko Ikari stared at the EVA body in a daze for a moment, not because he noticed anything different, but because he knew that this body was made of half of the body of the second apostle Lilith.

"It's not like you haven't seen it before, why are you standing there like an idiot?"

Fumihiko Ikari behaved a little abnormally, but no one suspected anything.

Even though Ikari Yui knew the inside story, she couldn't detect the specialness of this body from its appearance. Naturally, she wouldn't think that Ikari Fumihiko had noticed the specialness of the body just because Ikari Fumihiko was stunned for a moment.

The three of them came to the command room.

Fumihiko Ikari and Emi Ibuki looked through the relevant information about the body of Unit-01, and found that there was no obvious difference between it and Unit-00.

"With this kind of data, it's just a replica of Unit-01, right? Why didn't you consider increasing Unit-01's strength when developing the body?"

Ibuki Huimi was the first to speak and asked Ikari Yui.

The various data of Unit-01 are slightly stronger than those of Unit-00, but this strength is not very obvious, and can even be completely ignored.

She paused for a moment, then briefly explained her thoughts, "Whether it's enhancing speed, strength, or physical strength, making a difference will make it easier to plan tactics in the future, right? Well, of course, this is just my personal opinion, and I should mainly listen to the opinions of professionals, but this is basically my idea."

Ikari Yui naturally wouldn't reveal the inside story, she just gave a formulaic reply.

"With current technology, being able to successfully cultivate a complete body is already the limit. We are not yet able to control this aspect."

Ibuki Huimi was not surprised.

No matter what method is used to cultivate such a huge and powerful creature, it must not be an easy task. She was just using this to test the extent to which the relevant technology has developed.

Is it possible to repair the prototype?

241. Just more rational

"Ah."

Ibuki Huimi responded, then glanced at Ikari Fumihiko next to her, and found that the other party's attention was all attracted by the EVA body, and he was not paying attention to the situation here, so she immediately breathed a sigh of relief. She felt complicated inside. She hoped that Ikari Fumihiko could see her worries so that she could discuss it with him, but she didn't want Ikari Fumihiko to be anxious about this matter.

Most of Ikari Yui's attention was focused on Ikari Fumihiko, so she didn't notice anything unusual about her.

After a while, Ikari Yui couldn't help but ask.

"What? Is there something wrong with this body?"

"No."

Ikari Fumihiko shook his head and then explained his behavior.

"I'm thinking about how to design Unit-01. Should we just use the Unit-0 construction plan or come up with a new plan?"

In fact, it doesn't matter if the design plan of Unit-01 is applied to Unit-00. After all, what is truly special is the core of the body, and it doesn't matter how the human engineering design is done. Not long ago, at the meeting where the top management officially launched the construction project of Unit-01, Yui Ikari proposed a plan to disguise Unit-01 as a mass-produced version of Unit-00, but this plan was rejected by the top management.

The reason for the rejection is not complicated. The top management feels that Unit-01 is the key to the human completion plan, so naturally it needs to be more solemn.

Just like in ancient times when people performed human sacrifices, they would offer pure girls to the gods.

Of course, not all senior executives pursue this form, while others start from the practical aspect.

"During yesterday's meeting, the top management hoped that you could come up with a new plan. Since the internals cannot be optimized and upgraded, then find a way to improve the performance of Unit-01 from the design perspective."

The top leaders are not absolutely sure that humans will be able to defeat the apostles in the future, so they naturally hope to maximize the performance of EVA as much as possible if conditions permit.

Ikari Fumihiko nodded.

“Is it to verify new technology?”

The design plan is not complicated. When the Unit-0 was first built, the engineers involved submitted many modification and optimization plans. However, most of the technologies involved were new technologies that had not yet been verified. When building Unit-0, the goal was to achieve a breakthrough from zero to one, and the top priority was stability, not performance.

"Ah."

Ikari Yui responded and then began to explain.

"All the new technologies that the designers of Unit-01 were involved in have been applied. Now that Unit-01 is the foundation, it doesn't matter if Unit-01 becomes unstable due to the new technology. We can slowly debug it."