I participated in the development of EVA

Ikari Fumihiko remained indifferent. The pressure from the other party was not even one-tenth of what he usually endured.

Still no one among the others spoke up to agree, nor did anyone take the opportunity to add insult to injury. They just watched the situation develop in silence.

"Humph!"

The white old man snorted coldly, then stood up and prepared to walk out, but when he reached the door, his cell phone rang.

It was obvious that the call was from a senior American official. The old white man sat back in his seat with a sullen face.

"Since you think staying is a waste of time, why did you come back?"

Ikari Fumihiko still left no room for negotiation and made a direct sarcastic remark, saying that the person doing the translation this time was still a core member of the institute.

"..."

The expression on the old white man's face was as ugly as it could be, but he didn't say anything else.

The meeting room fell silent again.

After a while, Fumihiko Ikari picked up the phone again and called the logistics department.

"I'm hungry. Tell the canteen to send some breakfast over. Wait a minute. Let me count who's eating."

He looked at everyone.

"Is anyone hungry?"

Naoko Akagi was the first to respond, raising her hand to indicate that she should be included.

With this person taking the lead, the other core members of the institute also raised their hands one after another. It didn't look like they were ordering food, but more like they were standing in line.

Ikari Fumihiko counted the number of people and reported it.

But not long after the call was hung up, the post-production department called back.

"I'm sorry, Minister Ikari, the cafeteria is closed today and we can't deliver food to you."

It is obvious that the US top leaders are starting to exert pressure again.

If you don't cooperate honestly, you won't have food to eat.

Fumihiko Ikari's eyes fell on the two representative teams from Russia and China.

The two parties remained silent, showing an attitude of not helping each other, but in fact they were indeed indulgent and acquiescent. They immediately sneered and said sarcastically, "NERV's logistical capabilities are even worse than expected. They can't even guarantee the most basic meals. It's really worthy of being an organization jointly built by the three major countries. Apart from internal fighting, it's really useless. Just divide the things and disband it now."

Faced with this irony, no one spoke.

Even the old white man was the same, sitting in his seat with a cold face and silence.

After saying this, he lay down on the table without caring about his image, no longer wasting his energy with these guys, and prepared to take a nap like this.

What pressure, what heavy atmosphere?

Ha ha……

Since he came to this world, he has never lived an easy life.

At first no one paid attention to it, but not long after, someone noticed that Fumihiko Ikari seemed to have really fallen asleep.

"Minister Ikari... seems to have really fallen asleep?"

"No way?"

At first everyone was skeptical, but as time went on, the possibility that Ikari Fumihiko fell asleep became greater and greater, and everyone's mouth corners couldn't help but twitch.

No one expected that Fumihiko Ikari could actually fall asleep in this situation.

Seeing this, Naoko Akagi also adjusted her posture and prepared to catch up on some sleep like Fumihiko Ikari.

After the meeting ended yesterday, Nerv forced everyone to return to the dormitory and cleared the entire research area. Therefore, she did not use the rest cabin last night. She was not used to the natural sleep for a long time and did not sleep well. In the current situation, instead of wasting time with these people while awake, she might as well take the opportunity to catch up on some sleep.

The heads of the two research institutes did so, and the other core members followed suit.

They don't have as big hearts as Fumihiko Ikari and Naoko Akagi, so naturally they can't really sleep. Such behavior is just to show their own attitude. For small people like them, there is no choice at all in this situation. If they don't want to be abandoned after being squeezed dry of surplus value by a behemoth like NERV, they can only cling to the thigh of the leader Fumihiko Ikari.

When this happened, both Russia and China looked at the white old man.

The meaning is already very clear. You were the ones who started this trouble, and now you have to solve this mess.

"That's enough! Minister Ikari, how much longer are you going to waste everyone's time like this?"

The person pretending to sleep took a peek.

For the two who were really asleep, this noise was not enough to wake them up.

The white old man had to knock hard on the conference table, making a very loud noise, to wake the two people up from their dreams, but the two people just changed their posture and fell asleep again.

This happened several times before Fumihiko Ikari couldn't fall asleep because of the noise.

"dinner time?"

The white old man angrily reiterated what he had just said. "Minister Ikari, how much more time are you going to waste? Don't forget that the purpose of NERV is to save human civilization from the hands of the apostles. Your behavior now is not just wasting our personal time, but the time of all mankind."

"Oh."

Ikari Fumihiko still responded indifferently, and then asked a question to Russia and China.

"You guys have the same attitude?"

Neither party is prepared to wade into this muddy water.

"I'm sorry, we only obtained scientific research permissions when we came here, so we can't express our views on this matter."

The Chinese side spoke first, and the Russian side followed suit and repeated the same words.

Ikari Fumihiko sneered.

"Oh."

After answering, he spoke again.

"My position is the director of the nerv R&D department. You are all under my supervision now, right?"

Both sides continued to turn a deaf ear and dumb.

"Since you don't say anything, I will take it as your consent. In this case, I, as the director, must have the authority to remove unqualified personnel from the R&D department, right?"

Hearing this, the white old man reacted immediately.

"Dr. Ikari Fumihiko! If we acknowledge you as the minister, then you are the one. If we don't acknowledge you, then you are just an unknown doctor!"

He was obviously anxious and directly changed the address from Minister Ikari to Dr. Fumihiko Ikari.

17:54:36

413. I was delayed during the day

Without waiting for others to translate, Fumihiko Ikari couldn't help laughing.

"what……"

Although he suppressed his smile immediately, this reaction still let everyone know that he could actually hear and understand English.

But he still uses Japanese.

"He has a bad character and lacks the ability. Find someone else to attend the meeting. Otherwise, there is no need to continue this meeting."

NERV is composed of three forces, and the United States is not the only one. As long as their own interests are not damaged, the other two parties can naturally sit back and reap the benefits, and indulge the United States in testing Ikari Fumihiko. Ikari Fumihiko did not add any threatening words, nor did he need to make any threats. Just like now, it is enough for China and Russia to think about it.

After all, Fumihiko Ikari is the chief engineer of EVA and the designer of the Three Sages system.

No one spoke at the scene. The Chinese and Russian delegations still had no reaction. In fact, their previous words were not lies. They were indeed only responsible for study and research. In situations like this, they only needed to wait for orders from above.

The old white man sneered.

"I'm just bragging about you, do you really think you're a big shot? Let me tell you! It's fine if you cooperate honestly, but if you don't, you and your subordinates won't be able to leave this conference room. I want to see how long you can last without food or drink! Ha, don't say I didn't give you a chance. Now express your attitude, and those who are willing to cooperate, stand up.

Those who don’t want to, just follow…”

The intensity of the conflict took a sharp turn for the worse, and this situation made it impossible for the other two parties to remain silent any longer.

The Chinese side spoke first and interrupted the rest of the words.

"This is just his personal opinion and does not represent the position of nerv."

"We agree with Minister Ikari's remarks. This person is indeed not suitable to be a nerv personnel."

The remarks made by the old white man are not only extremely ugly and tarnish the image of NERV, but are also pushing the situation in the direction of getting out of control.

Fumihiko Ikari may be in control of two major technologies, EVA and the Three Sages System. They have not yet found out the details of these two technologies, and they don't know if Fumihiko Ikari has any unknown cards in his hands. Whether it is the former or the latter, they cannot let the situation get out of control before they figure it out.

The white old man showed an expression of disbelief, obviously unaware of his own problem and felt that he had been betrayed by his friends.

"you……"

Before he could finish his words, the black man entered the meeting room again and whispered in his ear.

After listening to the black senior agent's words, he snorted coldly and walked out of the meeting room. The other American members did not hesitate and stood up and followed him to walk out, but were stopped by the black senior agent, who then designated another person in the team to take over the white old man's position and become the representative of the American team for this meeting.

After the dust settled, the representative of the Russian team spoke.

"The troublemaker has been expelled from the NERV R&D department. Director Ikari can start the meeting now."

"Ah……"

Ikari Fumihiko chuckled, knowing that this was just a step forward.

This person seems to have been fired, but in fact he has just moved from the open to the dark. Nobel Prize winners with relevant professional qualifications like the old white man are not common people, so how can they be replaced just like that?

Whether it was or not, he planned to deal with it as a situation.

"Since the person has been expelled, let's quickly expel this idler from the base."

The representative of the Russian team did not speak immediately, but paused for a moment before speaking again.

"Indeed, we shouldn't let strangers stay for too long."

This time it was Fumihiko Ikari who made the test.

"Is the cafeteria back in business now?"

"It's recovered. I'll arrange for someone to deliver the food."

Now that the representatives of the three parties have been replaced, their style of doing things has immediately changed to another state.

This scene made him somewhat suspicious. Was everything that had happened before a plan made in advance after the three parties discussed it? It was to test his bottom line and remind him that the owner of this place had changed.

Not long after, the canteen delivered the prepared meals into the conference hall.

Everyone ate breakfast with different thoughts.

After the meal, the representative of the Russian team spoke again.

"Can the meeting begin now?"

Fumihiko Ikari glanced at the American team before speaking.

“You’ll have to ask them about that.”

The new representative of the American team suppressed his anger and spoke with an apologetic smile.

"You are the minister, so you have the final say in the meeting."

The face that should be given has been given, and Fumihiko Ikari knows that if he continues to hold on to it, he will completely offend the US side.

Again, the United States is in trouble now, but it does not cease to exist.

Although the second impact changed the international situation, the status of the three major countries remained unshakable.

"Then let's get started."

The meeting returned to normal, but there was silence again for a moment.

The US representative team had previously temporarily changed the charter, which left both China and Russia unprepared for the meeting, so they didn't know where to start for a while.

However, after a moment's silence, the Russian delegation reacted.

"Minister Ikari, let's start with the basics."

"There are a lot of basic knowledge. What specifically do you want to know?"

They were completely unfamiliar with this unknown area and had no idea about it, so there were many things they wanted to ask, but they couldn't decide where to start.

The Chinese delegation saw the difficulties faced by the Russian delegation and immediately took over the right to speak.

"We will be colleagues in the future, so let's get to know each other first."