I participated in the development of EVA

At this time he thought of Unit 0.

The only EVA that can be activated and deploy an AT force field without sacrificing souls.

Although Unit-0 is not necessarily the strongest of the three existing EVAs, it is the only one that can be mass-produced.

Both the aircraft and the pilot can be mass-produced.

It’s just that Fumihiko Ikari won’t agree, and neither will anyone else.

Fumihiko Ikari disagreed because of the pilot, and the others disagreed because of Fumihiko Ikari. What's the difference between this and handing all the EVAs to Fumihiko Ikari.

18:18:30

500. Archives

EVA has various drawbacks, but solving them is not a difficult problem for humans today.

But the problem is...

Not only does Fumihiko Ikari possess an amazing talent for scientific research, he also possesses the Three Sages System, a supercomputer that is ahead of its time. Let alone solving these drawbacks, even if one day Fumihiko Ikari suddenly performs nuclear fusion with his hands like rolling a ball, people who know Fumihiko Ikari would at most be surprised for a moment and then accept this situation in disbelief.

For today's human beings, an EVA without defects is no different from the Apostle Crisis.

They can also destroy human civilization.

Although humans have now united to form NERV, they still retain the concept of a nation and are not completely integrated.

No country would allow one person to hold such power.

Fumihiko Ikari was unaware of what was in Kozo Fuyutsuki's mind, but he asked Naoko Akagi a question.

"How are people now?"

Naoko Akagi retrieved the preliminary examination report of the rescued personnel. "The specific situation at the soul level cannot be determined, and no abnormalities have been detected in the physical body for the time being. His body was reconstructed after he was separated from the core, and even the chronic disease of diabetes caused by kidney deficiency due to long-term inactivity has recovered."

The corners of Ikari Fumihiko's mouth couldn't help but twitch.

So does everyone else.

"How come even this has been restored? The disease condition will also be recorded on the soul?"

"That should be the case. I retrieved the files of Professor Yamaki and Professor Kyoko, the mother of Unit 2's pilot. They both experienced the same situation after they separated from the core."

Having said that, Naoko Akagi paused and added another sentence.

"However, there are some differences in the specific situation. Professor Yamaki's physical condition is better after being rescued than before being swallowed, while Professor Kyoko's physical condition has not changed much... I think the specific condition of the body after recovery is related to the memory retained when leaving. Hmm, how should I put it?

It is probably that the human soul stores information about each age of the human body just like DNA. After losing part of the soul, the information is lost and this happens. "

Ikari Fumihiko understood.

As long as this secret is deciphered, it is possible to skip the step of mechanical transformation and directly gain eternal life in this way.

Although he realized the scientific research value, he was not interested in it.

Given the current partial research progress of humankind in the field of lepton, it would be difficult to achieve any results no matter how much effort is put into it.

Even if there is a result, it will not be of much help in fighting against the apostles. No matter how long one's lifespan is, one must be able to live that long. Of course, in addition to allowing humans to achieve immortality, this direction can also be used to modify body information to allow humans to evolve specifically, or even become life forms like apostles. However, one must have the ability to research this result.

The apostle crisis is not worth mentioning at all.

Kozo Fuyutsuki is very interested in this and wants to discuss it with Naoko Akagi.

But before he could open his mouth, Fumihiko Ikari spoke up and skipped the topic.

"Notify the core storage to send another core over."

Naoko Akagi did not say anything, but conveyed Ikari Fumihiko's order through the Three Wise Men System.

Although the current research progress seems to be stuck in an endless loop, this is just the beginning. No one can say whether there will be any breakthroughs to break this endless loop. No, to be precise, from the perspective of implementing rescue operations alone, the current research progress is better than expected. After all, not every soul is as difficult to rescue as Ikari Yui.

While waiting for the second core to be delivered, Naoko Akagi asked a question.

"If part of the soul of the rescued person remains in the core, and rescue is carried out again, will this incomplete soul exist independently, or break through the physical distance and return to the original owner, or will it disappear directly?"

Ikari Fumihiko thought about it for a moment but didn't have time to speak.

Dongyue Gengzao spoke first.

"According to the scenario you just proposed, the souls that were rescued again should be regenerated into an independent individual. This new individual will most likely become mentally ill due to the incomplete soul, just like Professor Kyoko. Of course, whether it is mentally ill or not depends mainly on the integrity of the soul."

Naoko Akagi retrieved Professor Kyoko's data file.

"In her situation, what will happen if the rest are successfully rescued?"

Seeing that the topic shifted to Unit 2, Fumihiko Ikari became a little impatient and interrupted hurriedly.

"It's better not to do this before you have the ability to complete your soul."

Given Asuka's mother's current condition, even if she is rescued with current technology, her mental state will definitely not be normal, and the tragedy of suicide may very likely happen again.

After hearing these words, there was no change on Ikari Gendō's face and he didn't react at all, but Fuyutsuki Kozo turned around and glanced at Ikari Gendō.

Ikari Fumihiko noticed this inconspicuous scene and knew that Fuyutsuki Kozo has most likely joined Ikari Gendō's human completion plan, otherwise he would not be so sensitive to the word completion. Of course, this is just his personal feeling. When Fuyutsuki Kozo looked back at Ikari Gendō at this time, only Fuyutsuki Kozo himself knew whether this was true or not.

Akagi mentioned Professor Kyoko's situation just now because she was curious about the case and wanted to discuss it with everyone. Now seeing Ikari Fumihiko's big reaction, she didn't continue talking about this topic.

For a moment, everyone fell silent.

The depressing atmosphere in the main control room was not broken until the second core was delivered.

"The situation with this core is more complicated. According to the archive records, the person being devoured may have deliberately approached the core and allowed it to devour him."

Hear the staff report.

Fumihiko Ikari looked carefully at the file in his hand.

Akagi Naoko recalled for a moment and then spoke.

"I have some recollection of this incident. At that time, Professor Yamaki was in charge of the research on the dissolution of the human body contact core. He wanted to conduct human experiments. The director at the time was a little hesitant about this matter. He didn't want to drag it on, so he created this accident. Well, that's what people said at the time. I don't know if it was true or not."

Ikari Gendō recalled for a moment before speaking.

"That's true. At the time, Wei also thought that it was Professor Yamaki who caused this accident."

Ikari Fumihiko said nothing and continued to look through the files.

After reading the files, he also felt that the situation at that time should be that Professor Yamaki deliberately created this accident. Not to mention that there had been cases of human bodies dissolving after contact with the core before this person, the project leader would definitely have taken good protective measures in this regard. As for this person's identity as an ordinary researcher, he would have no chance of contacting the core without the tacit consent of the person in charge.

18:20:16

501. You don’t want to talk to me about relationship problems, do you?

Fumihiko Ikari was not surprised at all about this situation.

Not to mention that the EVA project team had just been established and it was a chaotic time, the environment was not much better when he joined.

"The specific situation at that time should be that Professor Yamaki saw that this person had suicidal tendencies and gave him a chance to die, which led to this accident."

He combined the archives with the statements of the two people and made his own judgment.

Dr. Ito nodded.

"If that's the case, the situation will be better. If he has no intention of returning to reality, we can also prescribe the right medicine and make a fuss based on the fact that he wants to die."

Everyone stopped talking and waited in silence for the second experiment to begin.

The dream of the second person who was swallowed appeared on the big screen.

This time is different from last time.

Although both are lost in the past and unable to wake up, one is lost in the beauty of the past, while the other is lost in the grief of losing his family. This is reflected in the dream that one is composed of memory fragments of a family outing, and the other is composed of memory fragments of witnessing the death of relatives in the second impact.

Through this man's memory of the Second Impact, Fumihiko Ikari realized the despair of having to watch his loved ones die in front of him during that catastrophe.

"Doctor Ito, I'll leave the rest to you."

He knew it after just one glance at the beginning.

This person has sunk into the grief of the death of his relatives and has completely lost the will to live. It is impossible for him to completely recover like the last person and break free from the core by his own strength. This person needs external help. The reason why he can make such a judgment is not because of his sharp vision, but because...

He felt a sense of unity in the other person.

The kind of atmosphere that is completely impossible to get rid of from the past.

Dr. Ito nodded and responded.

"Minister, I will do my best to help him get out of this."

Ikari Fumihiko nodded in response, then stood up and walked out of the main control room. He didn't like this feeling of being like the same person because it would make him see how miserable he was in the past.

He just sat down when he arrived at the office.

Then someone knocked on the door.

"Enter."

Ikari Gendo walked in from outside.

"I submitted the application, and the higher-ups asked me to find you to judge."

Fumihiko Ikari took the application form for the use of the simulation cabin handed over by Gendō Ikari and hesitated. Although the possibility was very low, he was really worried that Gendō Ikari would sink into a dream. At the same time, he didn't understand what the higher-ups were thinking and why they gave him the decision-making power on this matter. According to his understanding, the NERV executives should take the opportunity to make a breakthrough in Gendō Ikari.

Uh……

Okay, this...I just took it for granted.

Ikari Gendō has always kept his heart closed, and judging from archival materials, it is difficult for outsiders to see how important Ikari Yui is to Ikari Gendō.

After just a moment's hesitation, he still signed the application.

Ikari Gendo took the application form with an expressionless face.

Seeing that Ikari Gendō did not leave, he asked tentatively.

"Anything else?"

Ikari Gendō obviously hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.

"Gone."

As he watched Ikari Gendō leave the office, a thought came to his mind. Was Ikari Gendō hesitating about whether to reveal the Human Completion Plan to me? Probably not... With Ikari Gendō's personality, as long as Ikari Yui was not rescued, Ikari Gendō would never put all his hopes on him.

Since he didn't want to reveal the Human Completion Plan, he must have thought that I had a lot of emotional experience, so he wanted to ask me why Ikari Yui didn't want to return to reality! ?

Uh……

wrong!

It should be that Fuyutsuki Kozo suspected that I had peeked at the damaged backend data yesterday under the pretext of going to the toilet, and Ikari Gendo knew about this and wanted to find out from me.

As Gendo Ikari walked out of the office, Naoko Akagi walked in.

"I'm not needed there for now."

"Oh."

Ikari Fumihiko responded.

Seeing that Fumihiko Ikari didn't understand, Naoko Akagi spoke again.

"I have updated the rescue procedures. It doesn't matter whether I'm here or not."

This time he understood.

"Do you want to start making the Type 02 prototype now?"

"Correct."

He thought about it and decided that the follow-up research could be left to Dr. Ito, so he nodded in agreement.

"I'll write a report and seek advice from my superiors."

He can directly allocate most of the resources of the institute. Only the soul-devoured cores and Longinus metals require applications.

"Has the research on Longinus Metal not made any progress yet?"

"There has been no progress. We are still stuck on that unknown element that cannot be detected."

Naoko Akagi lowered her head and thought for a moment before speaking.

"Didn't the higher-ups send anyone to explore Antarctica?"