I participated in the development of EVA

While I was working that day, a familiar yet unfamiliar little girl came into my sight.

Ayanami Rei...

No! It's a Limbo clone.

Moreover, she is a smaller-sized Ayakashi clone, who looks only about five or six years old, very petite, and wearing a slightly exaggerated dress. Her skin is white and slightly sickly. Her deep red eyes that are not like those of a human, and her short white hair are the most eye-catching. She is like a carefully dressed-up doll, and her left hand is tightly grasping Ikari Yui's hand.

In addition to Yui Ikari and the Ayami-style clone, Professor Yamaki also walked in.

...What is supposed to come will eventually come.

It appeared so suddenly that there was no way to hide.

Before he could make any move, a staff member came up and told him to go to the meeting room.

After hesitating for a moment, he still came to the meeting room, but did not go in. Instead, he waited for Naoko Akagi to come.

When Ikari Yui holds a meeting here, Akagi Naoko is naturally indispensable.

Not long after, Naoko Akagi came over and was a little surprised to see Fumihiko Ikari standing at the door.

"Why don't you go in?"

"nothing."

The two walked into the conference room.

When he saw the little girl held by Ikari Yui, he realized why Ikari Fumihiko was waiting for him, but he was not sure whether she was a cyborg or some other technological advancement.

He frowned and looked at Ikari Yui with a slightly unfriendly tone.

"Is this the driver you were talking about?"

Ikari Yui's expression didn't change at all, as if she didn't hear the unkindness in Akagi Naoko's tone.

"Correct."

Fumihiko Ikari originally thought that Naoko Akagi would explode.

however……

“This measure is too extreme.”

Naoko Akagi simply made a bland condemnation and that was all.

The die is cast. No amount of struggling can change anything now, and it will only waste some of the limited time that is already available.

The three of them focused their eyes on Ikari Fumihiko.

"nausea."

I didn't suppress it on purpose... No! I just couldn't control my emotions.

"What you are doing is really disgusting."

The expressions of the three did not change at all. Ikari Yui just spoke in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Besides this, do you have any other solutions to the problem?"

Seeing that Ikari Fumihiko didn't say anything and his expression didn't change, she had already predicted this situation, and added in a flat tone, "No matter what, the development of the e-plan must not be delayed. Although I have said it many times before, I still want to say it this time... This concerns the fate of all mankind and the continuation of human civilization.

certainly--

If you have a better solution, the subsequent research and development plan of manual drivers will naturally be cancelled.

If not, then put away your emotions and don’t waste everyone’s time.”

At this time, Ikari Fumihiko could not hold back his emotions, and wanted to speak out the plan of implanting the soul in the original book, but he swallowed the words back down his throat. Doing so would have too much impact. If 'Ikari Yui disappeared' because of him, Ikari Gendō would definitely target him. In the end, he said nothing and turned around and left the meeting room.

Ikari Yui was a little disappointed.

If there were any other options, she would not be willing to start the human driver project.

The development process of this project was so smooth that we achieved results after just one try.

This made her a little uneasy.

She couldn't find a second way to go, so she could only hope that Fumihiko Ikari could give another answer. After all, the artificial driver project originated from Fumihiko Ikari's speech at the department meeting.

Professor Yamaki, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up.

"Will his leaving like this affect the plan?"

Naoko Akagi did not bring her personal emotions into her work. When faced with Professor Yamaki's question, she immediately answered, "The modification of the insertion system has been basically completed. The remaining work is not technically difficult. His presence or absence should not have any impact on the final result."

Professor Yamaki nodded.

"In this case, it doesn't matter whether he leaves or not."

Unlike Professor Yamaki, Yui Ikari knows more about the progress of the Laboratory No. 2 project.

It was because of this news that I chose to come here today to confront him and test Fumihiko Ikari's reaction to manual drivers, and whether the other party has thought of other solutions during this period of time.

"Can we start the test smoothly today?"

"We just need some armor. If nothing goes wrong, we can finish assembling it in another three hours."

Ikari Yui nodded.

Naoko Akagi looked at the Linghai-style clone beside her and asked the doubts in her mind.

"She looks a bit like you."

Ikari Yui picked up the petite clone of Ayakashi, "Of course, because she was cloned using my cells."

Even though she had already realized the answer in her heart, Naoko Akagi was still somewhat surprised when she actually knew it.

"It's impossible to achieve this kind of technology with current technology without any drawbacks, right?"

"The cells divide too quickly. She has grown to six years old just two weeks after she was born. Theoretically, she only has about a year to live. Her genes are also unstable. She needs to be immersed in LCL liquid regularly, otherwise... her body will return to its basic life form. In addition, when multiple clones exist at the same time, their consciousness seems to be linked together, causing brain damage..."

Hearing this, Naoko Akagi interrupted Ikari Yui's next words.

"Consciousness parallel?"

"Correct."

After receiving the affirmative answer, Naoko Akagi's eyes brightened.

She has never been in agreement with Project E, and even thinks it is a waste of resources. Compared to biological weapons like EVA, she prefers to build super biological computers. Ordinary biological computers have hundreds of thousands of times the computing power of ordinary computers, not to mention supercomputers made from the brains of terrifying creatures like EVA.

With such massive computing power, mankind will surely usher in an era of technological explosion.

But she has never been able to find the right direction and doesn't know how to realize the supercomputer she has imagined in her mind.

After learning that clones would experience the phenomenon of 'parallel consciousness', the vague idea of ​​the supercomputer in his mind became clear at this moment.

"I understand."

Ikari Yui was a little confused.

"Understand what?"

"How to build an EVA-type supercomputer!"

Hearing this, not only Ikari Yui, but even Professor Yamaki who had been silent nearby became interested.

Akagi Naoko continued.

"It's just a concept now, and the feasibility can only be determined after trying it."

035. Why are you so aggressive?

After leaving the laboratory, I didn’t know what to do or where to go for a while.

In the past, I would definitely play games.

But the high-pressure life made him lose the energy and mind to play games.

Before I knew it, I arrived at the medical department and visited volunteer 02 who had been successfully rescued and was undergoing rehabilitation training.

If only I hadn't crossed over...

Fumihiko Ikari once again missed his life before he traveled through time. Although he was helpless, penniless and powerless at that time, the biggest pressure in his life was the car loan of tens of thousands of dollars and his unhappy relationship. These pressures were nothing compared to his current situation, not to mention that he could indulge himself whenever he wanted when under pressure.

Uh--

Why do I feel that with my current conditions, I am fully qualified to be an EVA driver?

Just when he was lamenting about life and was about to go back to the dormitory to play games, Akagi Eri appeared.

"Team Leader Wen Yan."

The moment he saw Akagi Eri, he realized what the other party was going to do.

He wasn't going to compromise this time.

Therefore, without saying anything, Akagi Eri said directly: "The senior management asked me to inform you that they are considering whether to approve Dr. Kana's application."

"..."

Dragons have reverse scales, and people have soft spots.

The threat revealed in this sentence is clear as day. If you go back and work honestly, you will pass the audit. If you resist the audit, you will not pass.

Why are you so aggressive?

For some reason, at this moment he was angry but his mind was unusually clear.

My value in the eyes of these higher-ups has decreased.

It's easy to realize that the timing of being threatened is wrong.

Blackmail is only a last resort.

To be more specific, if he had irreplaceable value, the top management would definitely be more tolerant when dealing with the current situation. They would not resort to such tough measures as blackmail, but would wait for the experimental results. If his participation in solving the problem was really needed and there was no other way to get his cooperation, they would come up with this plan as a last resort.

I felt a little panicked and took a deep breath.

He didn't want to affect Kana Fuyutsuki and was also concerned about his own safety.

I can only agree.

"I see."

On the way back to Laboratory No. 2, every step he took further strengthened his determination to fight Seele to the death.

Not for such great ideals as humanity.

Just for myself.

This was the first time in his twenty-odd years of muddled life before and after the time travel that he had felt such a strong desire to accomplish something.

The weight of life lies not in its length, but in its scale.

wrong!

These two expressions seem to mean the same thing.

Yes! It is depth.

Seeing Fumihiko Ikari coming back, the three were a little surprised, and then they realized what had happened.

The four of them are considered middle-level people in Seele, but the middle-level people are also divided into levels. For example, among the four, only Ikari knows about the Human Instrumentality Project, and the other two do not know about it. Ikari Fumihiko is just an exception. Except for Ikari Fumihiko, the other four are qualified to talk to the top management and can even directly influence some of the top management's strategies.

Naoko Akagi, Yui Ikari, and Professor Yamaki naturally knew that the top management had always been dissatisfied with Fumihiko Ikari who was lazy and not focused on his work.

Ikari Fumihiko returned so quickly, it was obvious that the top management had lost patience.

If you can threaten someone, then use it. When the threat doesn't work, it means that Ikari Fumihiko has lost his value.

It has no value and holds a lot of secrets, so there is naturally no need for it to continue to exist.

Naoko Akagi had communicated quite a bit with Fumihiko Ikari, but she just frowned and didn't intend to do anything about it. She had said everything that needed to be said before, and Fumihiko Ikari hadn't changed at all, which made her realize that there was no point in saying anything more, and Fumihiko Ikari had already completed his mission by creating the mental link device.

Professor Yamaki also said nothing.

Only Ikari Yui spoke at this time.

"I heard from Huimei that you want to be a teacher in school? Now that the situation has stabilized, some schools should be rebuilt. I will help you run the operation after the start-up experiment is completed."

Ikari Fumihiko looked at Ikari Yui with some surprise, obviously he didn't expect that Ikari Yui was going to protect him at this time. This made him change his impression of Ikari Yui a little, and even his determination to fight to the death with Seele was shaken. After all, he now had a way out, but his will soon became firm again.

Let’s not talk about whether it will succeed.