I participated in the development of EVA

laid back?

Even when there is a power outage, I still have to work more than ten hours a day. It can’t be called leisurely no matter how you look at it!

Even capitalists are not as heartless as you.

Fumihiko Ikari walked back to his post with a complaint in his heart and got back to work.

Eva still only has half of its body, with its cervical spine and some internal organs still exposed, but it has some more mechanical modifications than before the power outage. Due to the lack of a crane, these are small parts, and many large parts are difficult to install purely by manpower. Now that power has been restored, the progress is increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At this rate, it would only take a week to complete the transformation of the insertion bolt system.

If there are no problems, a startup test should be carried out within two weeks.

Thinking silently in his mind, he decided that when the time was right, he would pretend to be sick for a while so that he wouldn't have to see it and wouldn't be bothered by it.

This was indeed a bit of a self-deception, but he had no ability to stop the Lingbo-style clones, so what else could he do if he didn't do this! ? Even if he wanted to do something, he didn't know how to do it.

As I was thinking about this, a name suddenly flashed through my mind.

Professor Yamaki.

Could it be that this old guy also proposed the Lingbo-style cloning proposal? !

Ignoring the busy figures around him, Fumihiko Ikari punched out of get off work on time.

If you don't want to die young, don't be influenced by these roll kings.

After returning to the dormitory, I couldn't help but ask Fuyutsuki Kana.

"Have you heard of Professor Yamaki? He seems to be Emi's grandfather."

"I have some impression of him. I met him before when I went to Huimei's home. I don't have a very deep impression of him, but overall he is a very kind person. He just likes to brag about his family history to others. It seems that he is a samurai who followed a general. This general did leave his name in history, but I forgot what it was. Why did you suddenly ask about this?"

kind?

isn't it...

Are we really talking about the same person?

"Nothing. Someone told me that this person is dangerous."

"Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. I have met Professor Yamaki before, and I don't feel any danger. I think this is either to sow discord between you or to cause a conflict between you and Professor Yamamoto so that I can reap the benefits. Aren't all the people in your R&D department scholars? Why are you engaging in such an office fight?!"

Without waiting for Ikari Fumihiko to say anything, Fuyutsuki Kana continued to ask.

"Think carefully about whether you have offended anyone recently or have a conflict of interest with someone."

033. This status is of no use except adding to your troubles.

Fumihiko Ikari thought about it and realized that there was no conflict of interest or contradiction between him and Naoko Akagi.

"It seems... not?"

Akagi Naoko asked curiously.

"What is your current position? If it needs to be kept confidential, then forget it if you can't tell me."

"I haven't heard of keeping it secret. My current identity is the leader of a group."

Naoko Akagi was very surprised to hear this answer.

"Team leader? So awesome?"

Fumihiko Ikari felt a little embarrassed.

"It's not bad... I'm just a commander without troops now, but I still keep my position."

"I thought you were just an ordinary researcher."

"Didn't Emi mention this to you?"

"There are very few contacts now, and people at the team leader level are already involved in confidential information. No wonder everyone else in the R&D department is working overtime day and night, but you can come back on time every day and get up so late in the morning."

"It's not that exaggerated, is it?"

"You really have no idea of ​​your own status."

"Normally speaking, the lower the sequence, the higher the status. You are definitely the core of the core of the R&D department."

Fumihiko Ikari doesn't think he has such a status in the R&D department.

"It was just a coincidence that I became the team leader."

Fuyutsuki Kana shook her head helplessly, "You just said that the team has been disbanded, right?"

"Yep."

"The team was disbanded but the positions remain unchanged. This is enough to explain the problem."

"It seems so."

"It was indeed a coincidence that you got this position in the first place, but now you should have secured this position through your own strength. If you want to verify this, you can try to propose a project. As long as it is not too outrageous and has a certain degree of rationality, it will definitely get support. Basically, you can get whatever resources you want."

Only then did Fumihiko Ikari realize that his position in the R&D department was indeed quite high.

At first, they wanted to find a witch to pray for the experimenters. Such an outrageous anti-intellectual demand was met immediately.

There is also a game console gathering dust in the dormitory.

Uh--

Even if you have this status, it seems to be of no use.

I have to work overtime every day and don’t enjoy any privileges at all.

This position is of no use except adding to your troubles.

"Forget it! I'm exhausted from work now, and I'll be exhausted if I start another project."

Kana Fuyutsuki reacted at this time.

"I know that someone wants to compete with you for the position of team leader, so they are trying to sow discord between you and Professor Yamaki."

The first person that came to Fumihiko Ikari's mind.

It was not Naoko Akagi, but the kind Professor Yamaki mentioned by Kana Fuyutsuki.

"How long has it been since you last saw Professor Yamaki?"

"About five or six years, right? You mean he's changed? That's really possible. Going through that catastrophe... can really change a person from the inside out. It's not surprising no matter what he becomes." After a pause, Fuyutsuki Kana continued, "No matter what, you'd better be careful and don't conflict with anyone. Don't let some villains scheme against you."

When Ikari Fumihiko heard what Fuyutsuki Kana said, he became nervous.

"Well, I'll be careful."

As for how to be careful?

Without any intrigue, he didn't know exactly what to do.

You can only avoid conflicts with others as much as possible.

Kana Fuyutsuki seemed to have made up her mind.

"By the way, I received news that order outside has stabilized. There is a hospital nearby that needs manpower to be rebuilt."

Ikari Fumihiko understood the subtext immediately.

"You want to go?"

"Ah."

Fumihiko Ikari instinctively wanted to stop it, but in the end he couldn't say it out loud.

After all, Kana Fuyutsuki is not his appendage.

And it would be a good thing to have the opportunity to leave this dangerous place.

"Will the medical department let people go if they are so busy?"

"After the hospital is rebuilt and can take on most of the work for the medical department, they should release the people. Otherwise, I will also receive this news."

"Then go ahead! I support your choice."

Kana Fuyutsuki was a little surprised. She obviously didn't expect Fumihiko Ikari to choose to support her without any hesitation.

Ikari Fumihiko hesitated for a moment and then lowered his voice and spoke.

"This is not a good place. Try not to come back after you leave."

Although Kana Fuyutsuki is always busy curing patients and saving lives, she doesn't know much about the research institute. However, the hospital often receives patients with strange cases, and Yui Ikari wants her to participate in dangerous research such as cloning. These things make her realize that the research institute is doing some very dangerous research.

"I'm just a doctor who treats patients. No matter how dangerous it is, it has nothing to do with me. You should be more careful."

After a pause, he still couldn't suppress the doubts in his heart.

“Is the R&D department really doing research to save human civilization?”

Seele's goal is indeed impure. He even destroyed human civilization with his own hands in the original work, and his slogans of preventing the Third World Impact and saving human civilization are just brainwashing his members.

However, EVA is indeed the key factor in defeating the apostles.

"It's true. As far as I know, all of them, whether good or bad, are moving towards this goal."

Kana Fuyutsuki took a deep breath, her voice trembling uncontrollably.

"Was the Second Impact really caused by a meteorite hitting Antarctica?"

Fumihiko Ikari was a little surprised. Kana Fuyutsuki was the daughter of Kozo Fuyutsuki, but she didn't know the inside story. He had always thought that almost everyone inside knew some of the inside story.

After thinking for a moment, I felt that telling part of the truth would not cause any trouble.

"I guess so. Actually, I don't know much. I only know that a mysterious creature suddenly appeared in Antarctica. Its exact origin is unknown. It was this unknown creature that caused the Earth's axis to shift and Antarctica to melt... triggering the so-called second impact. The United Nations concealed this news to avoid panic. The research we are doing now is to create a weapon that can stop this mysterious creature."

Kana Fuyutsuki obviously couldn't accept this truth.

"Mysterious creature? Are you sure you're not lying to me? What kind of creature could cause such a disaster..."

"At first, I couldn't believe this mythical truth, but it was the truth, whether you wanted to believe it or not."

It took a long time for Fuyutsuki Kana to digest this news.

Although she knew that Fumihiko Ikari would not lie to her, she still couldn't believe it.

"What kind of creature is that?"

"Maybe it's a mythical creature from a legend? Or maybe it's an alien weapon? No one knows what it is exactly."

Even if he didn't deliberately hide it, Fumihiko Ikari didn't know what an apostle was.

"There really are aliens??"

Obviously, rather than myths and legends becoming reality, she would rather believe that it was aliens who wanted to destroy humanity.

After being in a trance for a moment, she asked in confusion.

"Why? We humans are not even a first-class civilization. We can't possibly pose a threat to aliens who can achieve interstellar travel!? Why would they attack us for no reason? Whether it's slavery or biological observation... these are more profitable than directly destroying them... more meaningful, right?"

Feeling that Fuyutsuki Kana's emotions were about to get out of control, Ikari Fumihiko regretted telling the truth.

It is always happier to live in confusion than to be dominated by fear and despair for the rest of your life.

"We know very little about him and we can't find out more, but some experts speculate that he may have triggered this incident by following his feeding instinct. No one can tell what the specific circumstances are."

034. Your actions are really disgusting

He originally thought that the other party would suffer from insomnia or become mentally unstable because of this inside information, but Fumihiko Ikari misjudged Kana Fuyutsuki's psychological endurance.

After a brief period of loss of control, the emotions calmed down.

This psychological endurance is too strong.

Uh……

But it’s also true that people with poor psychological endurance will not survive the second impact.

He had no confidence that he could survive a doomsday catastrophe like the Second Impact. Even if he was lucky enough to survive, he would definitely become mentally ill.

Time passed by little by little, and nothing worth mentioning happened during this period.

Even the feared office fight didn't happen.