I participated in the development of EVA

He was disgusted by Gendo Ikari's character.

Ibuki Huimi nodded subconsciously, agreeing with Ikari Fumihiko's idea. While feeling sorry for Ikari Yui, she was also glad that she did not get together with Ikari Gendo when she was young and ignorant.

Ikari Gendo didn't react at all, not even his facial expression changed.

"If you have no objection to this funeral, I plan to build a simple cenotaph for you two to attend."

Fumihiko Ikari didn't want to have too much contact with Gendou Ikari.

"..."

Seeing that Ikari Fumihiko didn't say anything, Ikari Gendō spoke again.

"The funeral will be held in two days."

After saying that, he turned and walked out.

Fumihiko Ikari and Megumi Ibuki were the only ones left in the director's office.

After a long time, Ibuki Huimi suddenly said this.

"Has he been expecting Wei to die?"

Ikari Fumihiko had read the original novel, so he naturally knew what happened to Ikari Gendō's transformation, but he had no reason to defend Ikari Gendō.

"I guess so……"

Ibuki Huimi didn't care about Ikari Fumihiko's answer and continued talking to herself.

"If not for this...why would he be so eager to hold a funeral when the person just disappeared and his death was not confirmed? He was even unwilling to pretend to be affectionate. This is really too weird, isn't it? Hmm...he was so anxious to confirm Wei's death. Do you think he had an affair a long time ago? "

Without waiting for Ikari Fumihiko to say anything, she gave the answer.

"It must be like this, otherwise it can't be explained at all."

Ikari Fumihiko responded vaguely.

"I guess so……"

Again, he had no reason to excuse Ikari Gendou.

Ibuki Huimei still didn't care about Ikari Fumihiko's answer, and continued to talk to herself, "Was this accident really an accident? They slept in the same bed, and he didn't see what Yui was thinking. That's not right! This incident may be because he felt that Yui was the new lover, and he caused this accident. Did he cause trouble when you participated in the rescue?"

If the plot develops according to the original novel, her guess will really come true.

After all, in the original work, Gendo Ikari passively accepted Naoko Akagi's body not long after, and even threw his son directly into the countryside and ignored him.

Ikari Fumihiko's heart tightened and he shook his head quickly.

"No, you think too much."

This kind of dirty water cannot be thrown around.

Ibuki Megumi and Ikari Yui have been together for so many years. If she really thinks that Ikari Gendō killed Ikari Yui, even if she doesn't avenge her, she will target Ikari Gendō everywhere. Once she does this and Ikari Gendō feels that Ibuki Megumi will interfere with his plans, he will definitely find a way to eliminate her physically.

Being targeted by a vicious wolf like Ikari Gendō, Ikari Fumihiko really couldn't think of any solution other than shooting him, so this kind of thing should naturally be avoided if possible.

Ibuki Huimei obviously didn't believe it.

"He disguised himself well. You were only trying to save people at the time, so you might not be able to tell."

At this moment, Ikari Fumihiko even suspected that the reason why the character of Ibuki Megumi did not appear in the original work was that she was probably killed by Ikari Gendō.

"There was nothing he could do under the circumstances."

Worried that this was not convincing enough, he added another sentence.

"Shinji was there when Yui disappeared."

Ibuki Huimi was a little bit unbelievable.

"Shinji is here too?"

"Well, it's obvious that Yui brought Shinji with her because she didn't want to be stopped by Ikari Gendo. Can you imagine that Yui would bring a child with her when doing such a dangerous experiment? You couldn't imagine that he certainly couldn't have expected that such a thing would happen..." Because Ikari Fumihiko was in a hurry, he didn't think much while speaking, and basically said whatever he thought of at this time.

"This was an accident. There was no conspiracy or calculation involved. It was just an unexpected accident that no one expected."

Ibuki Huimi remained silent.

They had always been close since school, and even though they had less contact after Ikari Yui got married, the relationship between them hadn't changed much. Moreover, after the Second Impact, there were only a few people left who were familiar with each other, and now suddenly there was no one left...

"I can't accept it... Yui disappeared so suddenly... I'll never see her again..."

Before the funeral was confirmed, she was somewhat hopeful. But now that it was confirmed, she couldn't help but want to find a suitable reason for Ikari Yui's death.

The abnormal Gendo Ikari naturally became the best candidate.

however……

However, Ikari Fumihiko denied this.

“He really loves Wei…

Even if she doesn't commit suicide for love now, she will at least be devastated and in love for a year or two before she has to cheer up because of Shinji...

What is he like now?

It looks like it doesn't matter whether Wei lives or dies, it looks like he doesn't care at all whether Wei lives or dies...

What exactly does it mean to him?

I really feel sorry for Wei..."

16:57:20

280. Everything will return to normal

Ikari Fumihiko knew that Ibuki Megumi was venting her grief over the loss of her good friend, but the main reason why Ibuki Megumi said these words was that Ikari Gendō's way of dealing with people was indeed easy to cause misunderstandings from others.

"Well, indeed, it's not worth it..."

He echoed.

Knowing the inside story does not mean that he must vindicate Ikari Gendō.

The ass determines the mouth.

As Ibuki Megumi's boyfriend, he naturally has to stand on the same front with her. There is no need to make things difficult for Ibuki Megumi for Ikari Gendō. Of course, those things involving major issues are exceptions. For example, if Ibuki Megumi wants to destroy the world, he will definitely not agree, and may even stop her.

"Back then..."

Ibuki Huimi was in grief and confided her past experiences with Ikari Yui.

Fumihiko Ikari listened quietly at the side.

After that, the frequency of Ikari Yui's name appearing in Ibuki Megumi's mouth became significantly higher, and she would talk about the past between the two from time to time. The most frequently mentioned thing was that they both fell in love with Ikari Gendo at the same time during college, and she felt sorry for Ikari Yui.

Soon it was the day of Ikari Yui's funeral.

The original plan was for only Ikari Fumihiko, Ikari Gendo, and Ibuki Megumi to be present, but in the end Fuyutsuki Kozo also showed up at the funeral.

The funeral was very simple, without any pomp or ceremony. Even funeral music was not played, and there was no rain to add to the sad atmosphere. It was just an ordinary day, with clear weather and the same sultry weather as usual. After just standing there for a while, the people in formal attire were sweating profusely.

The four of them watched as the coffin containing Ikari Yui's clothes was buried in the ground, and watched as Ibuki Megumi cried without stopping from the beginning.

Among the three men, except for Fumihiko Ikari who was just pretending to be sad, the sadness on the faces of the other two was not disguised.

Ikari Gendo was not as strong as Ikari Fumihiko imagined. At the last moment, he still couldn't control his emotions. He even knelt in front of Ikari Yui's tombstone and cried in front of the three people.

This simple funeral ended with the burial of Yui Ikari's coffin and the offering of flowers by everyone. However, except for Fumihiko Ikari, the other three had no intention of leaving. Ibuki Megumi was crying while being supported by Fumihiko Ikari, Gendo Ikari was kneeling in front of the tombstone and crying, and Kozo Fuyutsuki was just silently shedding tears. Everyone was mourning in their own way, but Fumihiko Ikari had a disguised sadness on his face.

As I said before, the two of them are cousins. They don't communicate much on a daily basis, and most of the time, Ikari is the only one talking to himself.

Ikari Fumihiko really has no feelings for Ikari Yui.

What's more, he knew that Ikari Yui was still alive in Unit-01, and what was buried here was just a piece of clothing.

I didn't feel sad to begin with, and this made it even harder to feel sad.

The three of them were truly sad and cried for Ikari Yui's death. He really just wanted it to be over quickly, standing under the scorching sun in a formal suit was too painful. But because Ibuki Megumi refused to leave, he could only bite the bullet and continue supporting Ibuki Megumi while bowing his head in silence and trying to squeeze out a few tears so that he wouldn't seem so out of place.

It was completely dark until the night sky enveloped the head, and the stars and the bright moon lit up the starry sky.

He was so tired from standing that he could not hold on any longer, but Ibuki Huimi eventually passed out from excessive grief. This gave him a suitable excuse to leave. It's not that he had not tried to persuade Ibuki Huimi, but his words were ineffective.

With the help of the guards nearby, Ibuki Huimi was sent to the medical room inside the ground research institute.

There was no way he could stand there for hours at a stretch, and he didn't have much strength left.

Ibuki Huimi was not seriously ill. She just had a low fever after waking up. She recovered after staying in the infirmary for a day.

In the days that followed, Ibuki Huimi would bring a bouquet of flowers to Ikari Yui's grave every once in a while and stay there for a while, but she was not as sad as she was on the day of the funeral. As time went by, her visits changed from once every two or three days to once a week, then once a month, and she would only pay tribute to her on relevant festivals. She rarely mentioned Ikari Yui again.

Ever since Ikari Yui's death, time has suddenly passed much faster and has become dull and uneventful.

Before I knew it, a year had passed and it was 2005.

"Wake up quickly."

Ikari Fumihiko was a little confused.

"No way? It's not even six o'clock yet. What are you doing up so early?"

At this stage, except for the EVA weapon system which has not made much progress, all EVA-related technologies have become mature. The soul injection research that requires a lot of effort has been stopped by Fumihiko Ikari. Now the entire research institute is mainly responsible for the daily maintenance of the two existing EVAs, as well as the operation of a major project centered on Naoko Akagi's "Three Sages Supercomputer".

The second is the research on the side effects of LCL liquid which was undertaken by Dr. Ito.

Of course, the project of "artificial apostleization" that Fumihiko Ikari used to deceive the top management can barely be counted as one,

Simply put, he is now living an easy life, without any of the burden and pressure that he had expected.

"Today is my cousin's memorial day."

If Ibuki Huimi hadn't mentioned that today was the anniversary of Ikari Yui's death, Ikari Fumihiko wouldn't have noticed that another year had passed.

"Even if it's a memorial day, there's no need to get up so early, right?"

"Didn't I tell you last night that I would get up early today to pay tribute to my cousin, and then come back to work normally after that?"

Ikari Fumihiko had actually forgotten about this.

He got up despite feeling sleepy, changed into relatively formal clothes, took the underground train to the elevator leading to the ground. Since becoming the director, he and Ibuki Huimi only need to report when going out, and they don't need to submit an application as before. Of course, they still cannot leave the Seele sphere of influence.

As soon as I got to the ground, I saw construction going on in the distance.

“What is this being built?”

Ibuki Huimei thought for a moment before answering.

"It seems that the top leaders and officials have reached some kind of agreement to build a new city nearby."

Ikari Fumihiko almost blurted out: No way!? Nerv was established so early?

and many more!

wrong……

Seele is indeed very large, but this is for ordinary forces. At this stage, Seele's power is not enough to compete with the permanent members! ? Now that NERV has been established and the information of the Apostles has been leaked, the situation it faces is not that NERV is established to gain the right to speak, but that it will be divided and eaten by several major countries.

Ibuki Huimi thought for a moment and added another sentence.

"The city is probably still in the planning stage. It is not certain whether the final plan can be implemented. Even if it is implemented, it is estimated that it will be a large staff dormitory, which is just a name that sounds more grand."

16:57:36

281. Even steel has its limits

Ikari Fumihiko nodded.

“Why do the top leaders suddenly want to build a city?”

"Not everyone is always very interested in the so-called 'war to save humanity' and can always take it as their responsibility to fight the enemy. Even metal has a fatigue limit when stretched, not to mention ordinary humans like us. It's okay if the enemy attacks us in the next moment. Well, to put it simply, people can't always stay in a state of combat readiness."

After a pause, Ibuki Emi spoke again.

"They need a normal life, but they can't be too far away from their posts. The best way is to build facilities around them that allow them to live a normal life."

After hearing what she said, Ikari Fumihiko had his own opinion.

He immediately shook his head.

"Most people don't know that they have the responsibility to protect the world. They just had no choice at the time. They could only rely on the organization to survive the chaos. Now that order has been restored and there are other options, the top leaders must offer some benefits to keep these people."

Ibuki Huimi was about to say something, but since there were other people around, she didn't open her mouth to talk about it anymore.