I participated in the development of EVA

"Chairman Zhang, the family member of patient number one, wants to see you."

"Well, let him in."

President Zhang walked in from outside with his bodyguards, and immediately handed a gift bag to Ikari Fumihiko.

"Minister Ikari, thank you very much. I don't know what you like, so I prepared some small gifts. Please don't refuse. If it weren't for your help, I'm afraid I would have been separated from my nephew forever. He is my only blood relative in this world. Please let me show my gratitude."

Ikari Fumihiko was a little surprised.

He actually knew that I am the minister now. It seems that President Zhang is quite powerful and can even find out information related to NERV.

"Forget about the thank yous. Just tell me what you want to say."

"Um, can I talk to you privately for a moment?"

"There are surveillance cameras everywhere here. It doesn't matter whether it's private or not. It can't be hidden from anyone with ulterior motives."

"Uh……"

President Zhang was stunned for a moment, then said with a wry smile.

"In that case, let me tell you. I have a friend who wants to contact you. His wife is seriously ill and outside medical care cannot cure her."

"Since you know my current identity and are still able to move around here, you should understand that in this situation, I cannot decide who I contact."

"I can solve the problem of meeting, but I need your consent for the treatment."

Ikari Fumihiko was really shocked.

Isn't the power of this Chamber of Commerce president a bit exaggerated? Nerv has just been established, and he can actually reach out to it.

Normally, he should seize this opportunity to make friends with the other party. However, he was a little worried that someone might be setting a trap for him. He had too many old silver coins. And he didn't need to make friends with the other party. It's not that there are no benefits, but the top leaders of the three major countries would definitely not allow him to form cliques, at least not at this stage.

When the other party comes to me for help, it means he doesn't understand the situation at all.

"You need to communicate this matter with the higher-ups. I'm just an ordinary worker."

"You are joking. If you were to--"

"Okay, stop complimenting me. If you have any questions, go talk to the higher-ups. I'm not in charge of anything here. Oh, and take this too."

Chairman Zhang had seen some of Ikari Fumihiko, so he was a little confused at this time.

If he were in the other party's current situation, he would definitely try to build his own network of contacts to consolidate his position and strengthen his own voice. It was because of this that he kept hinting to Ikari Fumihiko that he had a certain influence within NERV after they met, but he didn't expect Ikari Fumihiko to make such a choice.

This is……

Be cautious?

Or do you think I’m not capable enough and don’t bother to pay attention to me?

I don't understand.

He really couldn't understand why Fumihiko Ikari was so fearless in this situation, as if he was not worried at all that he would be eaten up by the three major countries.

"In that case, I won't disturb you from working."

Ikari Fumihiko waved his hand, signaling for the guest to leave.

Saori Hashimoto stepped forward first and walked out of the office with the gift and President Zhang.

After this little episode, he and Ibuki Huimi lived a very relaxed life in the next few days. They showed up at the morning meeting every day, and then stayed in the office on the ground floor, drinking beverages, watching movies, and playing games. Ibuki Huimi was dismissed from her position, and she also stayed in the dormitory with nothing to do, watching TV series. It was obvious that the three major countries wanted to use this method to weaken his influence within the institute.

There was no better solution for him except to accept it.

Apart from this, Naoko Akagi's situation is similar. The other core members have limited influence themselves, so they have not been affected much.

This kind of life lasted for a month.

When he woke up in the morning, he yawned and left the dormitory. After signing in at the meeting as usual, he went to the office on the ground floor to slack off.

however……

After approaching the meeting room, he found that the structure had changed a lot. Except for him and Naoko Akagi, the other core members were not in the meeting room. It was obvious that after a month, these people had almost finished reading the internal information and officially took over various important positions in the institute.

Before he could ask, someone took the initiative to explain the situation.

"Now that the number of people in the R&D department has increased, the original structure framework is no longer applicable. After reorganization, several scientific research groups have been merged into departments. Therefore, the meetings will be attended by department heads instead of group leaders. The original research institute group leaders will still retain their positions and will not be affected by the reorganization."

What else could he say? He could only walk away alone.

"Shouldn't I, the minister, be informed in advance of such a major reform?"

Although the matter has been settled, the right attitude should still be shown.

"My document shows that it was issued two days ago. Didn't you receive it?"

After hearing this, he understood what the other party was doing. It was not that he was smart, but that this trick had already become common in the 21st century.

Therefore, he looked at the other person calmly.

"No."

"I'm sorry, we will conduct a thorough investigation into this matter and give you an explanation."

"Oh."

After answering, he paused for a moment before speaking according to the usual procedure.

"Anything else? If not, let's adjourn the meeting."

The usual morning meetings would not discuss anything, but would just provide a window for everyone to know that he was still alive.

A Chinese researcher spoke up.

"I have some questions that I would like to ask you."

"Go ahead."

"Aside from cloning technology and soul injection, is there really no other solution to the pilot problem?"

Ikari Fumihiko was not surprised that the other party asked this question. The people present were all top scholars in various fields carefully selected by the three major countries.

"I should be the one asking you this question."

17:55:39

418. This is quantum entanglement

Without waiting for the other party to speak, Ikari Fumihiko looked around before speaking again.

"Saving humanity is not just the job of me or a few people, but the job of all of humanity. You have now completely taken over the duties here, and you should shoulder this responsibility accordingly."

The Chinese researcher was silent for a moment before speaking.

"I'm sorry, except for the two answers given by you and the former director, I can't think of any other way to solve this problem."

"Well, any other questions?"

It was still the Chinese researcher who spoke again.

"Is it really impossible to continue on this path of cloning?"

"We can abandon this path. Based on the current research results, EVA cells are affected by some unknown reasons, which only allows one type of human clone to exist."

The Chinese researcher opened his mouth.

I wondered if this was influenced by the second apostle, but in the end I didn't ask.

Just like what Ikari Fumihiko said before.

Humans have no choice but to do this.

Because EVA itself also has similar risks, but it has an additional layer of protection of restraints compared to clones.

The others took over the conversation.

"Does the soul that is injected have to be a scholar?"

"The essence of synchronization is emotion. The stronger the emotion, the greater the potential for stimulation."

"Three wise men..."

"This is……"

Questions came one after another. Fumihiko Ikari explained from morning to night and his voice was almost hoarse. The same was true for Naoko Akagi. She said a year's worth of words in one day.

But even so, people's doubts not only did not decrease, but instead increased.

This kind of meeting lasted for half a month before it ended.

If they had not been allowed to use the rest cabin to recover, he and Naoko Akagi would not have been able to hold out in just one day, let alone half a month.

"Do you have any other questions?"

Everyone shook their heads.

In half a month, they had almost digested all the EVA information, except for two key technologies, the Three Sages System and the neural connection device, which they still didn't understand. It was not that Fumihiko Ikari and Naoko Akagi were not good at these two aspects. The three-line system was too complicated to be understood even after explanation, and even Fumihiko Ikari himself didn't understand the neural connection device.

"Then adjourn the meeting."

After everyone left, Ikari Fumihiko and Akagi Naoko met each other.

"it is finally over……"

"Yes."

The past half month has been a nightmare for both of them.

Naoko Akagi took a sip of water to moisten her throat before speaking again.

"After that, they should return to their respective countries to develop their own EVAs, right?"

Although EVAs from other countries do not appear in the original novel, there is a 'Vatican Treaty' that limits each country to owning only three EVAs at a time. If there were only a few EVAs in the world, there would be no need to sign this treaty. Moreover, when they don't know where the Apostles will appear, how can countries not prepare in advance?

"normal."

Akagi Naoko was silent for a moment before speaking again.

"Beast Mode, weapon system, battery problem, Three Sages System... How long will these projects continue to stagnate?"

Since the founding of nerv, these projects have stalled.

"Now that they have almost mastered the technology, they should be able to restart these projects soon."

"I hope everything is still in time."

After saying this, the two of them stood up and left the meeting room, went to their respective rest cabins and lay down in them.

After waking up, Ikari Fumihiko returned to his idle state again. Compared to the somewhat anxious Akagi Naoko, he was not in a hurry at all. There were still a few years before the apostles' attack, so this little time was not a big deal. However, Naoko Akagi was not the only one who felt anxious about this matter.

After returning to the dormitory at night, Ibuki Emi asked the same question.

"How is it going? Has the project been restarted?"

"not yet."

"No way? It's been a month and a half. Logically, they should have been familiar with everything. Why haven't they restarted those projects yet? Are those big shots really not worried at all that the Apostles will appear in the near future and trigger the Third Impact? In my opinion, there is no need for this nerv to be established. It's just messing things up."

"It should be soon."

"No! How come you are like those big shots who only know how to fight among themselves and are not in a hurry at all?"

"I've been sidelined. What's the point of getting anxious?"

"What on earth are these big shots thinking? But they really don't regard the apostles as a crisis, do they?"

In fact, Fumihiko Ikari was a little confused. He was not in a hurry because he knew the plot. Why shouldn't these big shots be in a hurry?

Ibuki Huimi and Akagi Naoko were just the beginning. In the next two days, people kept coming to him to ask when the subsequent research and development would be restarted. Everyone looked very anxious, and they all asked him to intervene openly or secretly to restart the subsequent research and development projects that had been stalled as soon as possible.

This gave him a strange feeling.

It seems that only people in the research institute are worried about the third impact in this world, and everyone else does not take it seriously.

Even Ritsuko Akagi came to him.

"What is going on now? Why is the project still at a standstill and not restarted?"

“Do you know the phenomenon of quantum entanglement?”

Ritsuko Akagi was a little confused.

"How come you, a biologist, are studying quantum mechanics?"

"No, what I want to say is that you are not wearing black silk stockings, and you are entangled with a quantum, causing the rest of the world to not take the threat of the Third Impact seriously."