I participated in the development of EVA

"Let's wait and see about this matter..."

Just because there is nothing I want to do now doesn't mean it will be the same in the future. After all, as a minister, it will be easier for me to do anything in the future.

Of course, the most important thing is that Ibuki Huimi hopes that he can become the minister, which is why he did not refuse immediately.

"Then please review these documents and send out the signal that you want to run for election."

Fumihiko Ikari took the documents and directly approved all the applications.

"What's next?"

Not to mention running for minister, he has never even participated in the election for class monitor.

Ibuki Huimi did not explain anything, but just said, "Leave the rest to me." Then she took the document to the copier and entered the contents into the computer, and then submitted it in the name of Ikari Fumihiko.

Fumihiko Ikari sat in his original position, a little dazed.

When I first came here, I was thinking about how to avoid exposing my ignorance, but now I have become a candidate for minister for no apparent reason.

"It's approved."

Ibuki Huimi's words brought him back to the real world.

"Then?"

"Just wait."

Things were just as Ibuki Huimi had said. Ikari Fumihiko did nothing, but documents kept being sent to him for approval. In addition to the funding review, other matters gradually appeared on his desk, including documents on Ikari Gendō's recent situation. After they left, Ikari Gendō still sat in the command room of Unit-01, refusing to eat, drink or sleep until he fell into a coma.

After waking up from a coma, he stared at the photo of Ikari Yui and even ignored Ikari Shinji.

Although this document comprehensively introduces the current situation of Gendō Ikari, its main content is not to solve Gendō Ikari's problems, but to ask Fumihiko Ikari how to place Shinji Ikari.

Ikari Yui's disappearance was an accident, but her soul has been injected into Unit-01, and Shinji Ikari is now qualified to pilot Unit-01.

The top management wants Shinji Ikari to receive pilot training from now on.

Besides this, the top management does not want Unit-01 to be restricted due to an accident.

16:56:51

278. You don't even want to die for love

"How do you think this matter should be handled?"

In response to Ikari Fumihiko's question, Ibuki Huimi hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Shinji is still too young to receive pilot training for Unit-01. I don't think it makes much sense for him to receive training now. Just treat him like a normal child for now."

Shinji Ikari is special, but no matter how special he is, he is only three years old now.

After a brief pause, she spoke again.

"The main reason for this is that the top management wants you to become the pilot of Unit-01 to fill the vacancy."

The top management's intention is very clear. Shinji Ikari is not even three years old yet, and if they don't want Unit-01 to be idle, naturally only Fumihiko Ikari can drive it.

Ikari Fumihiko naturally saw this as well. He asked this question not to test Ibuki Huimi, but just to seek her opinion out of habit.

Ibuki Huimei added another sentence.

"Of course, if there are other alternatives, that should be fine."

Ikari Fumihiko shook his head.

"No."

The answer was firm, but...

There are actually two alternatives.

One is that Rei Ayanami is operating in multiple threads, with one consciousness controlling two bodies at the same time.

The second is the puppet system used in the mass-produced EVA. Not to mention that in the original work, the puppet system was not developed until after the story began. With the current level of technology, it is basically impossible to successfully develop it. Even if there is, they would not study it. Just from the few shots given in the original work, it is shown that this puppet system was built using Rei Ayanami's clones.

"It's not urgent."

It's not that there's no rush, but Ibuki Huimi doesn't want Ikari Fumihiko to become an EVA pilot.

Theoretically, there is not much risk in driving an EVA, but once you become an EVA pilot, you have the responsibility to fight on the front line.

He is very clear that if EVA is defeated when facing the enemy in the future, human civilization will perish. However, at least they will live and die together, and if Ikari Fumihiko becomes a pilot, it is possible to defeat the enemy. In the event that Ikari Fumihiko, who is fighting on the front line, is sacrificed, he is not Ikari Yui and does not want to be Ikari Yui. His idea now is very simple, that is, he does not want to face this cruel world alone anymore.

"Let's put the matter of Unit-01 aside for now. Now is the time to test the attitude of the top management on this matter."

Ikari Fumihiko nodded and sent the email he had prepared long ago.

Now the only way for him to communicate with senior management is through email.

The two thought that the top management would delay for a while to give Ikari Gendo a chance to compete, but they did not expect to receive a reply shortly after sending the email.

The answer was very simple, just two words: "Agree".

"No way? It's passed already?"

Ikari Fumihiko couldn't believe it.

Ibuki Huimi was also a little surprised.

"Have the top brass abandoned Ikari Gendō?"

Just as the two were surprised, the top management issued a formal notice via email and broadcast.

【After high-level discussions, it was decided that Fumihiko Ikari would take over the position of Yui Ikari, the second director of the Institute of Artificial Evolution, and become the third director of this institute.】

This base is nominally the Institute of Artificial Evolution.

After hearing this broadcast, it took a while for the two to come back to their senses.

Ibuki Emi was not excited, but instead became worried at this moment.

“Isn’t this too crude?”

Of course, what made her worried was not that the inauguration ceremony was too simple, but that the top leaders still did not show up for such an important event.

Fumihiko Ikari was not surprised by this. He had long noticed that the top management had an inexplicable fear of him, as if they would be seen through if they met him.

"What to do now?"

"Let's move to the director's office first. There should be a lot of documents piled up there that need to be processed."

The two came to the director's office, which was also the office of the director of the R&D department. It was obviously cleaned up and there was no trace of Ikari Yui's previous use of it.

He didn't feel anything when he came here before, but now that he is sitting in the director's office chair, Fumihiko Ikari has an urge to imitate Gendō Ikari's classic move of 'crossing the fingers of both hands and placing them under the nose'. However... before he can amuse himself, he is overwhelmed by the piles of documents and is at a loss.

"No way... do we have to deal with all of this?"

"What did you expect? These documents have been stuck here for nearly a week."

Ikari Fumihiko wanted to say something else, but when he saw that Ibuki Megumi had already started processing the documents, he sighed helplessly.

Although there were a lot of files, processing them was not complicated and most of them were processed in just one day.

"Something's wrong."

"what happened?"

“The projects in the institute are too clean now.”

In Ibuki Huimi's impression, the research institute has been conducting various taboo research, and the research now on the table is very normal, such as there is none of the human body modification research such as artificial creation of pilots.

Fumihiko Ikari was not surprised by this.

“The top brass just want us to see this.”

Ibuki Huimi looked at Ikari Fumihiko and sighed softly.

The top management hid those contents, obviously because they were worried that Fumihiko Ikari would use his position as director to cause trouble.

"That's good. There will be less things to deal with in the future."

She really didn't know what to say except this.

Just as Fumihiko Ikari was about to say something, the phone on his desk rang.

Ibuki Huimi answered the phone.

"what's up?"

"The deputy minister is outside the door and wants to meet with the minister."

Hearing that it was Ikari Gendō who came, the two looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes. It was obvious that they did not expect Ikari Gendō to cheer up so quickly.

"Let him in."

Ikari Gendo walked into the director's office. He was still a little absent-minded and his steps were a little unsteady.

"Wei, are you really not going to come out?"

Ikari Fumihiko was somewhat surprised that Ikari Gendō asked this question, but also not surprised.

“Everything we can think of has been tried.”

Ikari Gendo took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, and spoke again after a moment.

"Shinji, you are still too young to participate in pilot training."

"I know."

Ikari Fumihiko responded and waited for Ikari Gendō's subsequent words. Ikari Fumihiko didn't think that Ikari Gendō had climbed out of the abyss of despair because of Ikari Shinji's matter.

For Ikari Gendo, his wife is everything and his son is just an accessory.

Now that Gendo Ikari has taken action, he has probably accepted the ideas instilled in him by the top leaders. As long as the human completion plan is completed, he will be able to meet his wife again in the LCL sea.

"I want to prepare a funeral for Yui."

Ibuki Huimi was stunned when she heard these words. She would not be surprised no matter who mentioned preparing a funeral for Ikari Yui, but she found it unbelievable when this sentence came from Ikari Gendō. It was too fast... The person has disappeared now, not really died. Only a week has passed, and Ikari Gendō has actually accepted Ikari Yui's death and no longer struggled.

This made her doubt whether she had misjudged Ikari Gendo's love for Ikari Yui as deep as she had imagined.

In her senses, she was even mentally prepared that the next time she heard news from Gendou Ikari, she would be prepared for Gendou Ikari to commit suicide for love.

16:57:08

279. What is he like now?

Compared to Ibuki Huimi's surprise, Ikari Fumihiko didn't feel anything.

If it were anyone else, even if they didn't commit suicide for love, they would be devastated. At least that's what would happen if he and Ikari Gendo switched positions.

"The funeral...are you just going to give up like that?"

Ibuki Huimi couldn't help it after all and questioned Ikari Gendō.

"The rescue has failed. There is no rescue plan now. We can only accept the reality."

What Gendō Ikari said was reasonable. Of course, it was reasonable if it came from an outsider, but it was horrifying if it came from the person involved.

Ibuki Huimi subconsciously took a step back.

At this moment, she saw in Ikari Gendō the shadow of the first time they met in their school days. At that time, she thought that the rationality displayed by Ikari Gendō was very cool and charming, but now she only found it horrifying.

"Didn't you say that you were deeply in love with Wei?"

"Yes, I love her deeply, but this kind of thing has already happened. It's meaningless no matter how unwilling I am to accept it. Instead of complaining, I think I should cheer up and complete what my wife has unfinished." Ikari Gendo once again calmly said the words of comfort that should have been spoken by others.

The weird and scary feeling made Ibuki Huimi feel a chill rising from the bottom of her heart.

She couldn't accept Ikari Gendo's situation...

Even if they don't commit suicide for love, at least they can't bear the blow and are unable to recover. That's normal.

"..."

She didn't know what to say for a moment.

At the same time, I also understand that Gendo Ikari's current behavior is either crazy or he has never loved Ikari Yui from the beginning to the end.

Ikari Fumihiko also felt a little uncomfortable, but when he thought about how Ikari Gendō was forced to get together with Akagi Naoko not long after Ikari Yui disappeared in the original work, he felt relieved... What the hell! He felt even more uncomfortable. He could understand the behavior of using others to achieve a goal, but he could not agree with Ikari Gendō's practice of playing with other people's feelings.

"nausea--"

He also couldn't help but speak out his true feelings.