I participated in the development of EVA

"I have been dealing with people from the outside world recently, and I accidentally said something wrong at the bar. I hope you can help me smooth things over."

"you say

"It's nothing, actually. I just wanted to find out whether my application for associate professor this year was approved. I was drunk at the time, and somehow I remembered that you were planning to create a virtual online game. You said that you were researching dream infiltration technology and wanted to use dream weaving to recreate the scene before the Second Impact. If you are going to be interviewed about the professor selection, please help me if you ask about these things."

17:18:59

317. Sleep

Fumihiko Ikari is no longer the ignorant newbie he was at the beginning, and he does not believe a word of what Dr. Ito said.

Was drunk?

Brag to others?

Ha ha……

If he really did that, he would either be a traitor or already be dead. How could he call me so openly?

This must be a trick arranged by the top management.

"no problem."

"I've caused you trouble again."

"No problem, it's a small matter."

After hanging up the phone, Ikari Fumihiko was a little confused as to why the top management didn't just say this arrangement directly but had to go around in circles.

Are you worried that giving me direct instructions will cause me to be unhappy?

The sudden change in attitude, could it be that some senior guys are dying? Or do they feel that their time is up and they can't help their temper? They want me to complete the research on artificial apostleization as soon as possible?

possible--

Thinking of this, he looked up at the biological brain not far away.

It is also possible that they hope that I can help complete the Three Sages System.

With limited clues at hand, he could only come to this conclusion.

Not long after, Naoko Akagi came over.

"I just got a call from Ritsuko and she said you're on the list of professor nominees this year."

It's normal for Dr. Ito to have been paying attention to these things and get the news. Akagi Ritsuko is just a college student with excellent grades and should not be able to get involved in that circle.

"How did she know?"

"Her mentor revealed it."

"tutor?"

"She finished her college course three months ago and is now in graduate school."

"I was wondering why she seldom comes back recently."

"Help the instructor again."

Fumihiko Ikari didn't know if he was a little overly sensitive. At this moment, he felt that teacher Ritsuko Akagi had deliberately revealed this news.

"You came here just to tell me this news?"

"Well, it's to congratulate you on making the special move and skipping the associate professor position to become a full professor."

For a scholar, being selected as a professor is definitely something worth celebrating.

Although the two had some differences in research methods during this period, overall their relationship did not deteriorate but instead became a little closer.

"It's just an empty title. It won't be of any practical help. Besides, we've only been nominated. It's not certain whether we'll be selected."

Fumihiko Ikari did not express his guess. This selection was just a bait. Naoko Akagi was not interested in these things and there was no point in saying it.

"Even if there is no hope this year, it will probably be about the same next year."

He was a little curious about why Naoko Akagi had such an idea.

"Ok?"

"You are the corresponding author of the Hyacinth Project paper, so most of the credit for this project will be attributed to you. You were nominated based on just one paper. Once the academic community fully recognizes this technology in a year, it will definitely be selected. Even if it's not, it will only take one or two years for it to be selected."

Just when Fumihiko Ikari was about to say something, his cell phone rang again.

It’s Ritsuko Akagi calling.

"Sorry, I'll take a call."

"Ah."

Naoko Akagi walked away on her own initiative and came to the biological brain and looked at the ugly, wrinkled EVA brain inside.

He answered the call this time.

"I just received news that your name is on the list of professors selected this year."

As for?

I was nominated, not you, so why are you so excited? Call everyone one by one to inform them.

"Well, I just heard from your mother."

"If I had known that Mother would act so quickly, I would have been the first to inform you."

"It's just a nomination, it doesn't guarantee you'll be selected."

"That's impressive enough. I was nominated for professor with just one paper. My supervisor has published dozens of papers and is still worried about whether they can pass the review of associate professor this year. Oh! Oh, by the way... I forgot to tell you that I have already started my postgraduate studies. I will try to graduate within two years and then go to the institute for internship."

Ikari Fumihiko thought of the time when they first met and subconsciously made a teasing remark.

"No way! It takes two more years to study for a master's degree? Isn't this enough to graduate with a doctorate?"

"Don't compare me to you!"

Ritsuko Akagi was obviously hit again after a long time.

After calming down his emotions, he spoke again: "Miri asked me to ask you if you want to celebrate."

Ikari Fumihiko was a little surprised.

"Are you sure it's Katsuragi who's asking?"

Although he went back to the dormitory more frequently these days, he had never organized a camping trip because he was worried that going camping too frequently might lead to accidents.

For example, Misato Katsuragi and Ryosuke Kaji missed each other because of camping.

"It's Misato who's asking."

Ritsuko Akagi hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"A classmate has been pestering her recently, and I hope you can help stop him."

???

Being entangled?

"Block it?"

"Just pretend to be a boyfriend to make that person give up."

What kind of clichéd eight o'clock drama routine is this?

Ikari Fumihiko did not rush to reply, but pondered for a moment.

This person should be Ryosuke Kaji, right?

Uh--

I remember that in the original book, the two of them fell in love at first sight and got together not long after knowing each other. What is going on now?! ?

"Why don't you just explain it to that person? There's no need to make it so complicated, right?"

"It was no use for Misato to refuse right from the start."

Fumihiko Ikari thought about it and thought that this was a good opportunity to meet Ryosuke Kaji. However, he was also worried that something might change if he delayed, just like what happened now, when Misato Katsuragi did not fall in love with Ryosuke Kaji at first sight.

"Well, bring the man here, and I'll have him break one of his legs to teach him a lesson."

"Well... there's no need to be so cruel, right? Even though that guy was a bit persistent towards Misato, he's not a bad person."

"I'm just joking. Don't take it seriously. I'll talk to him first and then decide whether to pretend to be his boyfriend."

"Well, it's settled then. Misato and I will take him to the campsite this weekend."

"it is good."

After hanging up the phone, Ikari Fumihiko pondered for a moment before he figured it out.

At this stage, Ryosuke Kaji may already be a member of a certain intelligence organization. The content announced by the Hyacinth Project attracted the attention of this organization, and they ordered Ryosuke Kaji to approach Ritsuko Akagi. Ryosuke Kaji wanted to start with Misato Katsuragi to get closer to Ritsuko Akagi.

In the original work, the two were able to confirm their relationship so quickly because there was nothing else involved. But now that Ryosuke Kaji was approaching with a mission, Misato Katsuragi made a different choice from the original work.

When Naoko Akagi saw Fumihiko Ikari hang up the phone, she walked back.

"Is it Ritsuko who called?"

Women's intuition is really sharp.

Ikari Fumihiko hadn't done anything wrong, so he was naturally worried about being discovered.

"Well, he wanted me to do him a favor."

Although he did not feel guilty, he also felt that Ritsuko Akagi was too close to him. He did not want to cause misunderstanding, so he subconsciously avoided the main point.

"Oh."

Akagi Naoko simply responded.

"I'm running out of ideas on the specialized experiment. I want to know if you have any ideas."

Why is everyone beating around the bush? Why don't they just say what they want to say directly?

17:19:11

318. No matter how generous you are, there is a limit

Fumihiko Ikari came to another computer, logged into the database, and looked through Naoko Akagi's specialized brain experiment logs. There were too many logs accumulated over three months, and it was difficult to read them all in a short time. However, he only looked at what ideas were used. After spending an hour reading them, he was sure that the ideas he had thought of before had not been tried by the other party, so he spoke.

"I do have an idea. Since it is too difficult to master gene editing at this stage, we can find a way to erase the cell memory."

In the previous three months, Fumihiko Ikari had also paid attention to Naoko Akagi's specialized experiments and knew that the difficulty of the problem lies in the fact that EVA cells possess extremely powerful cellular memory. Simply put, they can be reborn with a drop of blood. As long as there is any cell, a complete EVA can be cultivated. Although the restraint has the ability to limit, it cannot change its cellular memory.

To sum up, if we want to complete specialized brain research, we must master the EVA gene editing technology, which is beyond the capabilities of current science.

After a pause, he added.

“Then separate the functions and cultivate them separately, and then link them together through equipment later.”

There are only two areas that a biological brain needs...

They are the frontal lobe and the temporal lobe.

The former involves thinking, and the latter involves memory.

Of course, there are other functions besides these two, but biological brain computers only need these two.

Naoko Akagi lowered her head in thought and spoke after a while.

"I'll give it a try, any other ideas?"

Ikari Fumihiko pondered for a moment, sorted out his thoughts in his mind before speaking.

“I think the language ability of biological brains can be studied in depth.”

"Ok?"

Naoko Akagi was surprised at first, but then she thought of the point made by Fumihiko Ikari that 'biological brains cannot directly calculate by storing knowledge, but need to master and learn this knowledge before they can calculate.' This made her understand what Fumihiko Ikari wanted to say, so she asked a question in return before he continued.

"You mean using language instead of code?"

Ikari Fumihiko was not surprised that Naoko Akagi reacted so quickly. After all, in the original work, it was Naoko Akagi who developed the Three Sages System.

"Yes, if we let the biological brain learn language, we can skip the transcoding process."

Although Fumihiko Ikari put it simply, Naoko Akagi understood the idea immediately.