I participated in the development of EVA

Ritsuko Akagi was speechless.

"What the hell are you talking about? Can you please do something serious?"

"It's not that I don't want to, but I just don't understand why these people don't take the threat of the third charge seriously."

Akagi Ritsuko sighed helplessly.

"What on earth are these adults doing? You are the minister now, at least nominally a high-ranking official of NERV. Can't you find a way to intervene and restart the project as soon as possible? Don't wait until the Third Impact happens while we are still fighting for power."

"Okay, I'll go back and think of a solution."

After Ikari Fumihiko separated from Akagi Ritsuko, he went to the ground floor office and thought carefully about how to solve this problem.

After a moment he raised his head.

There is really no other solution to this problem except talking about it.

Saori Hashimoto was not in the office, he just called an assistant at random.

"Notice, have the section chiefs gather in the conference room in half an hour."

"Yes."

After saying that, Ikari Fumihiko got up and returned to the underground base, and came to the meeting room in advance to wait for everyone to arrive.

"I've been wondering about one thing recently. Can anyone explain to me why NERV was founded? And why are we gathered here?"

17:55:52

419. The later the update, the more embarrassing

There was no stupid person present, and after hearing these words, they all knew why Fumihiko Ikari had called this emergency meeting.

Some people wanted to speak, but the matter was too big, so they finally kept their mouths shut.

Senior officials from the three countries pay close attention to every meeting here.

"I have answered so many of your questions before, is there no one who can answer this one for me?"

Still no one took the initiative to speak.

Ikari Fumihiko swept his eyes across everyone and finally stopped at the leaders of the three teams.

"Which of you three can answer me?"

Still no one spoke.

"Well, let's go one by one, starting with you."

He looked at the American representative.

"NERV was established to prevent the Third Impact, and I am here to ensure the continuation of human civilization."

They had thoroughly understood most of the scientific research results, and that was how they truly realized how amazing the talents of Ikari Fumihiko and the others were. They also understood why the members of the institute generally regarded Ikari Fumihiko as the hope to prevent the third impact. And why Ikari Fumihiko was so fearless and allowed them to use their methods.

It was precisely because of the awareness of the gap between the two sides that the US representative obediently answered Fumihiko Ikari's questions.

The other two parties also pretended to be ignorant and gave similar conventional answers.

As the saying goes, good people are often bullied.

Feeling the weakness of the three representatives, Fumihiko Ikari took a tougher stance.

"What I want to know is what your superiors are doing! How come after so long, the weapons system project was not approved, and even the originally scheduled projects have not been restarted? Is it true that the end of the world only concerns me and has nothing to do with you Blue Star people??!

I will now give you one more chance to reproduce the organizational language.”

The three representatives remained silent.

Just as Fumihiko Ikari was about to call the roll again, a Russian member stood up.

"The higher-ups haven't reached an agreement yet."

The people at the institute are not the only ones who attach importance to the third impact; they also attach great importance to it and are also anxious about the stagnation of the project.

After a pause, he added.

"In fact, we have reported this to the higher-ups many times, but we haven't reached an agreement on the interests, materials, and personnel of all parties. Now Nerv is still just a shell. It is still the same as it was on the second day of its establishment. I don't know how long this situation will last."

Someone took the lead, and then a Chinese stood up.

"We are preparing for both scenarios and trying our best to reach a consensus on cooperation and realize a community with a shared future for mankind. In addition, relevant research institutes have been established in China."

Everyone's eyes were focused on the American team.

After a while, someone stood up. Although he looked a little reluctant, what he said was not ambiguous at all. "The politicians here are still living in the period before the Second Impact and cannot wake up from the dream of global hegemony. The only difference is that now they understand that oil hegemony is no longer feasible and are planning to use the pollution of the ocean to gain water resource hegemony.

Uh, sorry, that got a bit off topic.

What I mean is that those politicians still want to deal with NERV affairs as if they were the global hegemon, and there are many differences between them and the Russian side. "

The situations explained by the three parties made Ikari Fumihiko feel a little overwhelmed.

The Chinese representative stood up.

"In fact, what they said are just superficial issues. The core problem is that the new international situation has not been determined. Both China and Russia want to take the opportunity to break through the US blockade, while the US wants to regain its hegemony. If the third impact was not a major issue, the three parties would never sit together under this situation."

The Russian representative hesitated for a moment, but finally stood up.

"Now other countries are also ready to make a move. The second impact has caused the three parties to be relatively weak. In this situation, investing too much in nerv will lead to a loss of national strength, and other countries will seize the opportunity."

The US representative also stood up.

However, China and Russia have already stated the basic situation, so he can only bite the bullet and say a few words to express his position.

"That's basically the situation, but the top management of all three parties knows that this matter cannot be delayed. Since the establishment of NERV, relevant meetings have never stopped."

Ikari Fumihiko let out a long sigh.

A country is not an individual that can change direction at will, and the international situation cannot be paused either.

"I really don't understand. In this situation, the entire human race might be wiped out in the next moment. What's the point of winning hegemony?"

The representatives of the three parties also sighed.

How could they not understand this truth? It's just that they are powerless and have no power to change anything.

Ikari Fumihiko got excited and spoke without thinking.

"Call your superiors and tell them to come to the meeting!"

I regretted it as soon as I said it. It was a bit too arrogant.

The representatives of the three parties hesitated for a moment, then picked up their phones and notified their superiors through their senior agents that the matter could not be delayed any longer.

This made it impossible for Fumihiko Ikari to take back his words.

Everyone waited in silence for feedback from the higher-ups.

The top leaders of the three countries did not come for the meeting, but only gave feedback.

[A solution has been discussed. The project team will be able to restart in thirty-two hours at the latest, and the weapon system will be approved accordingly.]

After the experience just now, the three-party team members became a little bolder.

"Are the higher-ups planning to drag all the countries into nerv and fleece them?"

After the voice fell, there was silence for a moment before someone spoke.

"How can you say it's fleecing? The Third Impact is a global event, so everyone should be contributing together."

"Indeed, humanity has now reached the most critical moment, and it is time to unite together."

The atmosphere was somewhat awkward at this time.

The Chinese representative spoke up and changed the subject.

"In that case, let's discuss the weapons system now."

After saying that, his eyes fell on Ikari Fumihiko.

The same goes for the rest of the people.

With the support of the entire United Nations, materials are no longer a problem. The most critical thing now is... what kind of attack can effectively break through the AT force field defense, and this requires EVA to cooperate and provide relevant data. Now the only EVA that can move and deploy the AT force field is Unit 0.

Ikari Fumihiko was silent for a moment, but then he let it go on this matter. There was no way he could avoid it.

"Yes, but the driver's safety must be given top priority."

17:56:05

420. It’s getting late.

The reason why it is unavoidable is that this extremely risky experiment can only be carried out on Unit 00.

The reason is simple.

Rei Ayanami is a renewable clone, so even if an accident occurs during the experiment, it will not cause Unit 00 to lose its pilot.

From the moment she was born into this world as a clone, it was destined that she would never be truly treated as a human being. Of course, if the situation was more relaxed, she would be more restrained. But now that civilization is on the verge of extinction, no matter how empathetic the person in charge is, he will treat her as a special consumable.

Become the dry firewood that allows civilization to continue.

"Yes."

The representatives of the three parties agreed readily.

Ikari Fumihiko knew that these people agreed readily, and if he didn't give a satisfactory answer, the higher-ups would definitely put pressure on him.

He already had a solution to this problem.

"Every experiment must be prepared to correspond to the Wall of Sighs."

Everyone was surprised.

"Wall of Sighs? Are you talking about the wall in Greek mythology that separates Elysium and the underworld?"

"Yes, to put it simply, we need to make corresponding shields or corresponding defensive measures in advance for each experiment to prevent the weapons from penetrating the AT force field and causing damage to the EVA and the pilot. The defensive capabilities of each wall of sighs must be able to withstand the attack of experimental weapons alone without taking the AT force field into account."

Everyone reacted but didn't say anything.

This plan can indeed effectively prevent the experiment from causing harm to the driver, but doing so will undoubtedly increase the growth of the already exaggerated experiment and add a huge amount of expenses that ordinary people cannot imagine.

Seeing that no one spoke, he continued speaking.

"In addition to protecting the driver, this also prevents the apostles from having similar means of attack."

Everyone knew that he was just looking for an excuse to protect the driver.

When they learned that Rei Ayanami was a renewable clone, they assumed that it would be a consumable for future research. It only cost 180,000 yen to produce one, which would definitely be the cheapest expense in future experiments. This was not a question of cruelty or not, but a necessary choice. The label of clone doomed Rei Ayanami to be inferior to others.

Seeing that no one still spoke, he could only continue to try to persuade these people.

wrong!

It is to persuade the forces represented by these people to avoid desperate situations in the future.

"What do you think is the key to fighting against the apostles in the future?"

This time he continued speaking without waiting for anyone to speak.

"Is it the quantity? Enough EVAs? No! It's the quality. Only a high enough quality can break the enemy's AT position. Moreover, the apostles are not EVAs. They are complete creatures without the weakness of a pilot. If you want to destroy them, you can only break the force field and destroy the core."

A researcher raised his hand, indicating that he wanted to speak.

"explain."

"As long as we use up the enemy's energy by carrying out a saturation attack, we can destroy them, right?"

Fumihiko Ikari hesitated for a moment and did not propose the setting that the apostles are perpetual motion machines. Instead, he answered this question in another way.

"Godzilla, do you know?"

The researcher looked confused and obviously didn't know anything about Godzilla.

However, someone spoke up to explain it.

"Godzilla is a sci-fi monster that has mutated due to atomic bomb radiation. What Minister Ikari meant is that the attack we launched may provide energy for the apostles."

"This is just a science fiction setting..."

Without even needing Ikari Fumihiko to refute, someone else spoke up.

"Compared to Godzilla, the existence of creatures like the Apostles is already magical enough, so it's not surprising even if they really have this ability."