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“It’s a little difficult to implement.”

Ikari Fumihiko naturally knew what the difficulty that Ibuki Megumi was referring to was.

Overtime culture.

Not taking the initiative to work overtime means that you are not serious about your work and have no sense of responsibility. No one wants to bear such a stigma.

"Only by ensuring adequate rest can we have sufficient energy to work."

Although he said this, he also knew that rules are rules and the people below him would most likely not follow them.

Ibuki Huimi didn't know how to solve this problem, and hoped that Ikari Fumihiko would come up with this solution purely out of hope.

"I'll work out the implementation plan first, and you can bring it up at the meeting later."

Hearing what Ibuki Huimi said, Ikari Fumihiko nodded.

"Ah."

He answered and went to the busy crowd below.

Soon it was time to start the night meeting.

After all departments had finished reporting their work, Ikari Fumihiko finally spoke.

"The current working hours are too chaotic, and many people are not getting enough rest. This cannot continue. Only by ensuring enough rest can we ensure the efficiency of the project. From tomorrow on, the work will be changed to a 12-hour two-shift system, one shift from 8 am to 8 pm, and one shift from 8 pm to 8 am. During this period, we will rest for one hour every four hours of work."

Then, at his signal, Ibuki Huimi handed the detailed class division plan to everyone.

No one spoke, everyone looked at the content carefully, giving people a very serious feeling.

After everyone had finished reading, Fumihiko Ikari spoke again.

"Have you finished reading it? How do you feel about it? If you have any opinions on this proposal, you can raise them now."

No surprises.

"No."

"No objection."

“This is a good proposal.”

……

No one raised any objections.

The reason is simple. Most of the core members of the Unit-01 project team were transferred from the Unit-00 project team. Some of them have even been working under Fumihiko Ikari since the neural connection device. Fumihiko Ikari doesn't know much about these core members, but they know more about their boss Fumihiko Ikari. These people had predicted that Fumihiko Ikari would do this a long time ago.

The proposal was successfully passed, but neither Ikari Fumihiko nor Ibuki Megumi looked happy.

The difficulty of this matter lies not in whether the proposal can be passed, but whether it can be truly implemented.

"Meeting dismissed."

Ended the meeting.

Ibuki Huimi glanced at the time and reminded Ikari Fumihiko.

"Li, the training over there is almost over."

In fact, Fumihiko Ikari would not forget to pick up Ayanami Rei even without being reminded.

"Ah."

This was not the first time that he had experienced this situation, and Fumihiko Ikari simply responded.

Then he turned around and walked out, picked up Rei Ayanami from the Unit-00 project team, and returned to the Unit-01 project team.

The reason why he didn't go back to the dormitory to rest was naturally to treat them equally as much as possible. After all, to him, both Ayanami Rei and Ibuki Megumi were very important, and he couldn't favor one over the other. In this situation, if he took Ayanami Rei back to the dormitory to rest, Ibuki Megumi would definitely be dissatisfied even if she didn't say anything, and he couldn't just ignore Ayanami Rei.

The only solution he could think of was to let Rei Ayanami rest in the Unit-01 project lounge, while he would come back to stay up late with Ibuki Megumi.

to be honest……

After just a week of this, he could no longer bear it, and that's why he proposed changing the work system.

The lounge was renovated by Fumihiko Ikari. The single bed was removed and tatami was laid on the floor to increase the resting space. However, compared to tatami, he still prefers sleeping on the bed.

The research institute is located underground. Although it has a complete life circulation system, this system is not perfect. Without sunlight, the ground is inevitably damp. The feeling was not very obvious when sleeping on the bedding, but now after changing to tatami, he can feel it clearly. If the bedding was not dried every day, the moisture would not be so exaggerated, otherwise he would not be able to bear it.

After Rei Ayanami finished her bath, Fumihiko Ikari made the bed for her and took out a fairy tale book.

These are not Western fairy tales like Grimm's Fairy Tales, but native Japanese fairy tales.

There was no way I could search the entire storeroom and find this one and only book related to fairy tales.

In fact, Rei Ayanami's life is not that particular. Telling bedtime stories is purely for him to add a sense of ritual to his life. At the same time, it is also to satisfy his own childhood regrets. Although when he was in elementary school before the time travel, most of his peers did not have parents who told them bedtime stories, only a few had this treatment, but because of the lack of parental care, what he remembers most is the bragging of that small number of peers.

“Once upon a time, there lived an old couple in a remote village.

Although they didn’t live a rich life, they lived a peaceful life by saving money. One day, the old man wanted to go to the mountain to collect some firewood, so he left home early in the morning..."

244. If you say something many times, people will believe it.

The story is about Momotaro, and it is not very long, only about ten minutes.

Rei Ayanami listened attentively throughout the whole process and looked very engaged. After listening to the story, she closed her eyes very obediently and lay down hugging a small teddy bear.

Naturally, this little bear was specially made by the logistics department at the request of Fumihiko Ikari, so that Rei Ayanami would have a companion when she was resting alone.

He put away the fairy tale book and did not leave, but lay beside Rei Ayanami.

After feeling that Rei Ayanami was almost asleep, he forced himself to get up and leave quietly.

He wanted to take out two bottles of coffee from the vending machine to refresh himself, but he was not the only one in the project team who needed refreshment. All the coffee and tea in the vending machine had been sold out. He had no choice but to return to the lounge and wash his face, which helped him to regain some energy.

Looking at the busy people around me, I sighed secretly.

It was already 11:00 p.m., but he knew that this was just the beginning...

This group of people won't go off work and rest until two in the morning.

Although he is a mortal being, he has forced himself to become a machine.

He didn't know how many of these people were truly driven by a sense of mission, and how many were just like Ibuki Huimi, being carried away by these people.

"If you are tired, just take a rest. There is no need to waste time here with me."

Although Ibuki Huimi said this, the smile on her face betrayed her true thoughts.

Fumihiko Ikari didn't say anything and silently poured himself a cup of coffee.

Take a sip.

The bitter taste made him frown, but he swallowed it anyway. No matter how much he disliked it, he really couldn't stay with Ibuki Huimi until two in the morning without drinking some coffee.

After a long time, he finally asked.

"Are you busy tonight?"

"Everything that needed to be dealt with has already been dealt with. Now it's just a show for others to see."

Ibuki Huimi put down the documents in her hand and a bitter smile appeared on her face. She was obviously dissatisfied with this overtime culture, but she could do nothing about it.

“Has the new system been publicized?”

"Well, after the meeting, I'll pass on these notices, and the class schedules will be posted... I hope it works."

After saying that, she took out the makeup mirror and took a look.

"My dark circles are getting worse again."

The dark circles under my eyes reappeared due to the high-pressure work over the past week.

"How's the olfactory hallucination going?"

The reason she asked this was naturally because she wanted to use LCL to get rid of the dark bags under her eyes and have a good rest to restore her recently overdrawn energy.

Ikari Fumihiko shook his head.

"There has been no progress. I don't think there will be any results in this area of ​​research in the short term."

"Doctor Ito is now being held back by this matter. What about the public announcement of the Hyacinth Project?"

"I don't know."

He really hasn't paid attention to this aspect.

In fact, Ibuki Huimi knew very well in her heart that even if this was successful, she would most likely never be able to enjoy the fame and fortune that would be brought about by the announcement of the Hyacinth Project. This vanity would be the same whether she had it or not, and would not help in changing the status quo. However, she still hoped that this could succeed and that Ikari Fumihiko's name would be known to the world.

"You call ..."

She paused halfway through her speech with a strange look on her face, and then changed the sentence she was about to say.

"When you have time, ask Ikari Yui."

Ikari Fumihiko also responded with a strange expression.

"Ah."

The two looked at each other and laughed, obviously thinking of the fact that they had called Ikari Yui during this period of time before.

"Take a nap. I'll call you when someone comes."

Ibuki Huimei did not delay and fell asleep soon after lying on the sofa.

Fumihiko Ikari yawned out of boredom and kept refilling his coffee to wake himself up.

Maybe because they have been working hard for a week, everyone is starting to feel tired. Today, some people couldn't hold on any longer and started to take a rest early at one o'clock.

That's right—

Just take a break secretly.

By half past one, almost everyone stopped. After all, humans are living creatures, not machines. If they were simply staying up late like Ikari Fumihiko and Ibuki Megumi, at least they could find a chance to take a nap. However, the vast majority of people worked non-stop, and the intensity of their work was not low.

During this period, no one came to the office meeting to report to Ibuki Huimi. Ikari Fumihiko waited until two o'clock and went out to take a look, only to find that everyone had gone to bed early.

He shook his head and smiled bitterly, then carried Ibuki Huimi into the lounge.

Both he and Ibuki Huimi usually take a bath before going to bed.

Now I just took off the clothes that were too tight. The same went for Ibuki Huimi. I really didn't have the energy to care about these things.

When I woke up at 7:30 the next day, some people outside had already had breakfast and started working.

This scene made Fumihiko Ikari feel a tingling sensation on his scalp, and at the same time he thought of the words he used to say often.

It’s up to you to roll.

He only rests at one or two o'clock, gets up at six or seven in the morning to start working, and rests for four or five hours a day... This is no longer being serious and responsible, but being crazy.

After breakfast, I sent Rei Ayanami to the Unit 00 project team. On the way back, Ibuki Huimi suddenly sighed.

“Do you feel that this scene is like sending a child to school?”

“It really feels a bit like that.”

The way the two of them look now really does look like parents sending their children to school in the morning.

The two of them chuckled and returned to the Unit-01 project and began to vigorously promote the two-shift rotation system. Only when the vast majority of people went to get off work and got off work normally, would Ibuki Huimi's normal get off work and rest system not attract too much attention. Therefore, the two of them were more attentive in this matter and did not encounter any resistance in its implementation. However, many people still arrived at work early and stayed at their posts when it was time to get off work.

Even black-hearted capitalists would be moved by this group of office workers.

however……

Ikari Fumihiko is not a black-hearted capitalist. All he wants now is for Ibuki Megumi to have a normal rest.

In the blink of an eye, another week passed.

"never mind……"

After trying for a week, Ibuki Huimi has given up struggling.

"According to the current progress, Unit-01 will be almost complete in two more months."

With the experience of building Unit-0, the construction speed of Unit-01 was much faster even though it used many new technologies.

Ikari Fumihiko couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

"Really? Why don't you just take a break? Why do you have to push yourself so hard?"

Although he complained like this, he actually knew the answer in his heart.