I participated in the development of EVA

Rei Ayanami nodded, turned and walked into the locker room.

Asuka had a look of rejection on her face.

"There is still more training to come."

Ikari Fumihiko shook his head.

"I just approved the day off."

Seeing that Asuka still wanted to refuse, he directly used his ultimate move.

"You don't want to lose your position as the pilot of Unit 2, do you?"

Asuka froze in place.

After spending some time with Ikari Fumihiko, she knew very well what kind of power this evil man had.

Reluctantly, she went to the dressing room and changed her clothes.

It was only when the two of them changed into casual clothes and walked out of the locker room that Fumihiko Ikari noticed it.

They were taller than I remembered.

Asuka's height change is more obvious, while Ayanami Rei's is less obvious.

After he issued a holiday notice to the training department, he took out a ruler and measured Rei Ayanami first.

In the past six months, Rei Ayanami has grown three centimeters taller.

He was somewhat surprised to see this data.

In the previous few years, Rei Ayanami's height had not changed at all, but unexpectedly, she suddenly grew three centimeters taller in the past six months.

This is……

Has the long-term debugging treatment taken effect?

With Asuka, a six-year-old child, present, he was not in a hurry to investigate the cause.

"Li has grown three centimeters taller, that's good... Now it's your turn."

Asuka looked disgusted.

"childish."

But he still stood there obediently and waited for Fumihiko Ikari to measure him.

"Seven centimeters, not bad, keep it up."

"It's 7.25 centimeters. The details are in the files."

Ikari Fumihiko smiled and said nothing.

He brought the two of them to the cafeteria, where only NPCs were eating. No real people came because for real people, eating in a dream was just like tasting the food.

Asuka said dissatisfiedly: "Idiot, this is a dream. No matter how much you eat, it is meaningless. You still have to return to reality and eat again. I really don't understand why you waste your time on such meaningless things. Wouldn't it be better to take part in more training with this time!?"

Ikari Fumihiko chuckled and shook his head.

"Don't be so anxious. Relax a little."

Asuka snorted and said nothing more.

In the dream, the food in the cafeteria all came from data provided by the world's top chefs, so after Asuka took a bite in a competitive manner, her facial expression could not be suppressed.

This tastes so good...

Although she stopped herself in the end and didn't say it out loud, she was only a six-year-old child after all, and no matter how hard she tried to hide it, she couldn't hide it from Fumihiko Ikari's eyes.

"How is it? Delicious, right? When the dream was created, I specially asked someone to collect data on those world-famous chefs."

"boring……"

Ikari Fumihiko spoke again, as if he didn't hear Asuka's complaint.

"Unfortunately, since the dream was created, I haven't had the time to enter the dream and experience it myself. If it weren't for Asuka, I might have to wait a long time before I have such an opportunity!"

Asuka was stunned for a moment and asked back with some confusion.

"because I?"

"Correct."

18:51:11

564. Cyber ​​Shopping

Fumihiko Ikari knew that he couldn't be too reserved when facing Asuka.

"Yes! I came here just to see you."

Uh……

Isn't it a bad idea to deceive children with false concern?

My conscience hurts a little.

Faced with this sudden concern, Asuka was a little overwhelmed.

Ah!

cute.

Rei who eats like a hamster is also very cute.

"No hurry, eat slowly, what you eat in a dream is just a taste, come and try this."

He asked with concern while picking up food for the two of them.

"How have you been doing in Europe over the past six months?"

"I've almost finished elementary school knowledge."

She had already learned all the knowledge in primary school at the age of six? Oh... That's right! According to the original setting, Asuka graduated from university at the age of fourteen.

By the way, since Asuka has already graduated from college, why is she still going to high school in the original work?

As Fumihiko Ikari thought about this, the image of Gendo Ikari flashed through his mind.

This guy is really willing to do anything for his son's growth... No! He wants the plan to be implemented smoothly.

He felt that Gendō Ikari arranged Ayanami Rei and Asuka to be with Shinji Ikari not to let Shinji Ikari feel the bitterness of love, but to deepen the bond between them. In this way, when Asuka and Ayanami Rei encounter accidents during the battle with the Angels, they can stimulate Shinji Ikari to the greatest extent, thereby stimulating Ikari Yui's maternal love and tapping the potential of Unit-01.

With these thoughts flashing through his mind, he responded in a way that Asuka would like to hear.

"As expected of the daughter of the great scientist Professor Kyoko, she is amazing."

"Of course I have inherited my mother's excellent genes. I have become a genius that ordinary people can hardly imagine with just a little study."

Asuka paused and added proudly.

"According to the current progress, I will be able to learn junior high school knowledge in another month."

"Amazing! Only a top scholar like Professor Kyoko can give birth to such an outstanding daughter."

Asuka's face flushed with excitement.

"Of course!"

It is obvious that Fumihiko Ikari's strategy was correct.

Asuka prefers to hear others praise her mother rather than directly praise Asuka herself.

After a quick taste, the three of them left the cafeteria.

Asuka was reluctant as she came, but she couldn't hide the smile on her face when she left.

Fumihiko Ikari originally wanted to take the two of them to the third New Tokyo in his dream, but at this time his cell phone rang.

It was a message from Naoko Akagi.

【Everything is ready.】

Naoko Akagi's words were vague, but Fumihiko Ikari still understood that Naoko Akagi was already prepared and wanted Rei Ayanami to train in biological launch vehicles.

After taking a look at Rei Ayanami and Asuka beside him, he replied without thinking.

【Make relevant preparations in reality first, and it won’t be too late to train later. 】

As soon as the message was sent, Naoko Akagi replied.

【it is good. 】

Just as Fumihiko Ikari was about to put away his phone, he received another message.

【I want to demonstrate the Ladder Project. 】

He knew that this was Naoko Akagi calling him back to reality to help prove the feasibility of the Ladder Project.

[I'm dealing with other things. You can take a rest and do it tomorrow.]

This time, Naoko Akagi replied after a while.

【it is good. 】

It is obvious that Naoko Akagi does not want to rest, but in order to demonstrate the Ladder Project, she needs someone to cooperate from the outside.

Asuka obviously hesitated before speaking.

"We've already eaten, we should go back to training."

Obviously, Asuka realized that Fumihiko Ikari had something to do, so she took the initiative to give him a reason to leave.

Ikari Fumihiko was stunned for a moment, obviously a little bit unable to believe that these were words spoken by a six-year-old child.

Coming back to his senses, he shook his head.

"You are the most important thing to me today."

Asuka blushed and turned her head away.

Rei Ayanami had a blank expression on her face, but she didn't feel like she was being ignored or was being redundant.

Fumihiko Ikari walked out of the base, holding a little one in each hand.

The three of them were driven to the Third New Tokyo by a NERV NPC employee in the dream.

The three of them looked curiously at this future city that has not yet been built in reality.

This is the first time that Fumihiko Ikari comes here.

Although Asuka and Ayanami Rei drove EVA through the city and even destroyed tall buildings, they were in a state of war and had no mood to appreciate these things.

Arriving at the most prosperous commercial street, Fumihiko Ikari was surprised to find that there were real people mixed in with the NPCs.

These real people were not here to monitor the three people, but were just shopping like them.

"Minister...Minister..."

A real person walked across from the three people and greeted Ikari Fumihiko nervously.

Fumihiko Ikari was a little curious.

"Didn't I just give you guys a day off? Why are you here?"

Although the nerv employee was nervous, he no longer had the initial panic when speaking.

"Well, I'm about to go over budget this month... I'm afraid I can't control myself when shopping in real life, so I try to experience the things I want to buy in my dreams."

Ikari Fumihiko nodded.

"Then go ahead."

"Uh, okay."

Fumihiko Ikari took the two little ones for a stroll.

At first, because I realized that this was a dream, I just ate and drank. Then, I gradually began to forget that this was a dream, and I bought more things.

The three of them had a lot of fun that day and some of them didn't want it to end.

"Let's go camping tonight."

As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed that Asuka and Ayanami Rei both looked a little listless.

It’s not that I’m tired from shopping, it’s that I’m hungry.