I participated in the development of EVA

The super brain here attracted the attention of people nearby, but after seeing Ikari Fumihiko, it quietly withdrew its gaze.

Fumihiko Ikari felt that Asuka's petite and soft body seemed to be trembling a little, and she subconsciously grabbed his shoulders tightly.

I couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

"Are you afraid of heights?"

"No!"

He was surprised.

isn't it?

Asuka is actually afraid of heights.

I was just a little surprised and then I realized that no one is born perfect.

The courage Asuka showed in the original work was not because she was born fearless, but because she overcame her own weaknesses through acquired efforts.

"If you're not afraid, stop pulling at my clothes."

"I'm resisting! I'm not afraid of heights..."

As if feeling that her words were not convincing enough, Asuka added another sentence.

"let me go!"

"Okay, okay, you are struggling and resisting, alright... stop resisting, I won't do anything to you, I'm just going to take you out for a walk."

Asuka refused flatly.

"do not want!"

"Hmm? What did you say? Don't stop? Okay, I get it."

As Ikari Fumihiko started to move, Asuka's hands gripped her shoulders and clothes even tighter.

"Calm down, you won't be a qualified EVA pilot like this."

The provocation seemed to have worked. Asuka slightly reduced the strength of her grasp, which made Ikari Fumihiko feel a little relieved. The original plan was to go to Ibuki Huimi first, and then to Ayanami Rei. Now that Asuka was brought with her, he changed his goal and went to the Unit 0 project. At this time, Unit 0 was in the outdoor training ground, and there were only a group of people left in the project team.

Asuka calmed down a little now. She looked around and finally her eyes fell on the equipment where Unit 0 was stored in the past.

"Is there EVA here too?"

Only after I finished speaking did I realize that what I said was a bit too stupid.

He immediately made amends.

"Is EVA Unit 1 stored here?"

After all, he is too young, and his speech level is not high enough to make up for it.

Ikari Fumihiko shook his head.

"No, there is no Unit-1 in the official EVA system. Well, what exists here is Unit-0 for technical verification. The official Unit-01 is stored in another place."

Asuka tried to save face by being stubborn.

"Number one? That makes no sense. Number one is number one."

"The first number means the beginning of everything. It was the number given by the previous director before his death."

"In life?"

"Ah."

Ikari Fumihiko simply responded without explaining too much. It was inappropriate to discuss life and death with a five-year-old child, so he immediately changed the subject.

"Don't look for it, Unit-0 is not here."

"Where did you go?"

"The space here is too small for EVA, and it's very restrictive to train, so we moved to the outdoor training ground."

Asuka suddenly felt the urgency.

EVA pilots like me have already started formal training, but I can only barely establish a connection with EVA.

She doesn't want to be at the bottom.

That would make others doubt her ability and question the mother's excellence.

She would never allow such a thing.

17:42:44

372. All of this is for all mankind, without any selfish motives

"Where's Unit-01?"

"It was sealed due to some technical reasons."

Asuka didn't understand.

Unit 02 has already been produced, so why is there still technical problems with Unit 01?

"Sealed?"

Of course, Ikari Fumihiko couldn't tell the truth, so he could only respond perfunctorily.

"You wouldn't understand even if I told you."

"If you don't tell me, how do you know I don't understand?"

He didn't tolerate Asuka's stubbornness at all.

"Then tell me, how is EVA made?"

"Uh……"

This goes too far.

Not to mention Asuka who is only five years old now, even Asuka who has graduated from university when the original work began cannot answer this question.

wrong!

It is impossible to understand this problem.

If you want to participate in this kind of project, you need at least a postgraduate degree to do basic work.

Fumihiko Ikari underestimated how stubborn Asuka was.

"I'm a pilot. I don't need to understand these things to defeat the enemy and protect all of humanity."

However, it was obvious that she had realized that she could not win the argument with Ikari Fumihiko, so she immediately changed the subject.

"Can I have some contact with Unit-01?"

Although he didn't know what Asuka was thinking, Ikari Fumihiko still shook his head decisively.

"No."

"Why? I've been chosen as the pilot."

"Each EVA is different. Just because you can synchronize with Unit-02 doesn't mean you can synchronize with Unit-01."

"Just because others can't do it doesn't mean I can't do it either!"

Fumihiko Ikari shook his head again. Asuka's mouth was really hard.

Of course, he knew in his heart that Asuka's current toughness was not due to her arrogance, but her eagerness to prove her ability and show how excellent her mother, the only mother in the world who had given her love, was.

"Prove that I am relying on my own hard power, not just fooling around."

"I can."

Hearing this, he felt a little helpless, but he quickly thought of how to get along with Asuka.

"Okay, I'll give you a chance to prove yourself."

"what chance?"

"Have you ever come across a combat simulation system?"

Asuka was at a loss.

The synchronization rate has always been stuck at the threshold of synchronization, so naturally it cannot touch these.

"Whatever it is, I can do it with ease!"

Fumihiko Ikari was helpless.

He came to the Unit-00 project team because he saw that Asuka was too lonely and wanted to let her play games to relax, but he didn't expect that playing games would inexplicably turn into a test.

After entering the scientific research area, there were more people.

When the people around saw him, they all greeted him respectfully.

"Director Ikari."

He ignored all of this and just walked towards the research area. It wasn't that he was arrogant, but there were too many people who greeted him like this every day. If he responded to them one by one, even the simplest nod would hurt his neck. He would have to stay in the hospital for a few days every time he went out, so he wouldn't have to do anything in the future.

When I reached the depths of the scientific research area, I met Sakuragi Haruna who loved playing games.

It was only after being reminded by people around her that Sakuragi Haruna noticed that Ikari Fumihiko had arrived, and she immediately greeted him in panic.

"Team leader."

Unlike others, Sakuragi Haruna still retains the title of 'Team Leader'.

The two first met in the neural connection device project team. At that time, he just wanted to kill time by playing games. He learned about the other party from another member. Although he did not succeed in obtaining the game cartridge, subsequent contacts made him know that there was a loose team in the institute that was worried that the top leaders would use the power of EVA to provoke a world war.

Originally, he wanted to use the power of this team to escape from Seele's control, but after knowing that the other party did not have this ability, he no longer contacted them.

It was not until later when he needed to make a battle simulation system that he remembered this person and arranged him into the Unit 00 project team.

"Ah."

This time, Fumihiko Ikari responded, after all, the two were old acquaintances.

"How is the combat simulation system now?"

When he asked this question, he was actually quite curious about something else.

That loose little group had been developing for three years. I wondered if they were secretly planning something, but there were too many people around to talk about it, so I suppressed my curiosity.

Sakuragi Haruna reported with a serious face.

"Recently, the Supercomputing Center has provided top-level computing power support for the combat simulation system, which has greatly improved the realism of the combat simulation. At the same time, in order to enhance the training effect, we have received technical support from the Neural Connection Device Project Team. According to the concept you originally proposed, we have created a virtual game... Well, a combat virtual simulation cabin, which allows real people to participate in the simulation training system and change the original target shooting into confrontation training."

Good guy...

You were talking about the virtual gaming pod, right? You are really good at abusing your power for personal gain.

Ikari Fumihiko was speechless.

That loose organization at the beginning has been developing for three years without making any progress. Could it be that they are all addicted to games like you?

Although he was complaining in his mind, he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

This is the legendary virtual gaming cabin.

"Is Unit-00 using the simulation training system?"

"It is in use. Unit 0 is now using this system for most of its training time."

When Ikari Fumihiko heard this, he subconsciously glanced at the big screen.

There are two signal strobes very close to each other, one white and one purple.

“Is this the interior of the simulation station?”

Sakuragi Haruna replied somewhat frustratedly.

"We don't need to know the specifics of the simulated battle, we just need to know whether the program is running normally."

Having said that, it seemed that she had not figured out how to explain it in detail, so she started operating the computer beside her.

The main screen shows a new picture.

Seeing this, Fumihiko Ikari felt as if he had traveled back to the time when the concept of video games first appeared. A bunch of green pixels outlined the appearance of two EVAs on the black screen. If he was not familiar enough with the two machines, he really would not be able to distinguish the two rough frames, which were Unit-0 and Unit-01.

He was not disappointed.

The current situation is that under the condition of limited supercomputing performance, necessary trade-offs have to be made in order to ensure the degree of combat simulation. If the Three Sages system were to take over in full, there would naturally be no need to make such trade-offs.