I participated in the development of EVA

Hearing this, Ikari Fumihiko's eyebrows jumped, as he felt that the other party wanted to die to atone for his sins.

"If you really think so, help me do something."

"What is it? You said... As long as it is something I can do, I will definitely do it."

Fumihiko Ikari thought about it and realized that there was only one thing he didn't have to worry about being leaked in the current situation.

"You know about the Seele organization... right?"

"Know."

"Help me investigate the identities of all the consuls behind Seele."

After a pause, Ikari Fumihiko spoke again in a serious tone.

"I used to be a member of this organization. My cousin, Yui Ikari, the former director of the Institute of Artificial Evolution, the predecessor of this institute, was a senior member of this organization. During the process of solving the problem, I felt that this organization was not studying EVA to solve the apostle crisis, but had other intentions. It is very likely that they wanted to evolve humans artificially."

Zhao Shuo was about to agree, but he spoke again.

"The evolution they want to achieve is likely to transform all humans into life forms like apostles.

Based on my understanding of the life forms of the Apostles...

If this organization really did that, what humanity would welcome would not be evolution, but slavery. Human minds are too fragile and once they are transformed into apostles, they will lose themselves and become weapons of war controlled by this organization... I think this is their real intention in proposing the E-plan and researching EVA."

Zhao Shuo stood there in a daze, and it took him a moment to digest the news.

"Why didn't you inform the higher-ups about this?"

"Do you think the top management will trust me, or will they trust Seele? Or will they trust neither, and use the resources of both sides to strengthen themselves?"

Zhao Shuo was silent for a moment before he spoke.

"Take advantage of the conflict between the two sides and take the opportunity to strengthen yourself."

As he said this he added something in his mind.

The countries of Goose and Rice would do this, but the country of Xia would not.

He believed in Fumihiko Ikari and the motherland behind him, but he did not believe in the two top executives of Nerv, Mi and Goose.

Ikari Fumihiko didn't care what Zhao Shuo thought. He said these things simply to ease the atmosphere that the other party wanted to die to atone for his sins, and to cause some trouble for Seele. He didn't care about the specific direction things would develop. The worst thing was that it would make Nerv and Seele more wary. As long as humans could not do without the Three Sages System, his personal safety would not be a problem.

As for whether Seele might perish because of this?

Certainly not.

Nerv is not a simple person. If Seele was so easy to destroy, Nerv would have taken it over and taken control of the Longinus metal manufacturing technology.

It is precisely because Seele is cunning enough and difficult to destroy that Nerv cooperates with him.

"Okay, that's it."

"Yes."

Ikari Fumihiko returned to the laboratory and entered the game again, while Zhao Shuo sat at the operating table and began to think.

It took him a while to make up his mind and sent his conversation with Ikari Fumihiko back to Xia Kingdom separately through the Three Sages Network.

In addition to the content of the conversation, a sentence was also added in code.

[This may be a plot by Fumihiko Ikari to split NERV. Personally, I feel that this is unlikely. Judging from the current intelligence, the organization SEELE is likely to have a similar conspiracy.]

In fact, he shouldn't have added this sentence.

but……

As I said, it is impossible for anyone to be absolutely rational.

He hopes that people in the country will choose to believe in Fumihiko Ikari like he does.

There was no reply in China, but the read status on the software let him know that the message had been received successfully.

20:00:18

578. He couldn't help but take it seriously

After entering the game, Fumihiko Ikari suddenly came to his senses.

Uh……

It seems like I have achieved something unexpectedly?

There is no need to mention the Human Completion Project to deal with Seele. In fact, you can just switch the concepts as before.

never mind!

Why think so much?

Even if he thought of these things in advance and said them out loud, Nerv might not believe them and regard them as provocations. Even if they believed them, it wouldn't necessarily turn the two sides into mortal enemies. It might even breed more ambitions to help Seele grow its power.

It's not that he's overly pessimistic.

But he knew that human hearts were the most difficult things to guess, and he knew even more clearly how much he was worth, so he was still too young to compete with these old silver coins.

The only option is to break the law with force.

Just as he was about to join a group to continue clearing the dungeon, he received a message from Ritsuko Akagi.

In-game messages can be communicated with the outside world.

【Thriller.】

??? What's so thrilling?

【speak English. 】

[My mother asked me out this time just to accompany her shopping. ]

Going shopping and talking with her mother like a normal mother and daughter was something Ritsuko had always dreamed of, but when it actually happened she was happy but also horrified.

Ikari Fumihiko immediately imagined that scene.

[Well, this is indeed quite thrilling.]

[So what happened? ! Could it be that the artificial god project failed and humanity is going to perish? I really can’t think of any other reason for my mother to become like this...] Having said this, Akagi Ritsuko paused for a moment, as if she had thought of something, and edited another message without waiting for Ikari Fumihiko to reply.

[Mother injected her soul into the artificial god, and when she was rescued, she was missing part of her soul! ! ! ? ]

Fumihiko Ikari originally thought that Naoko Akagi's sudden change of character this time was just a way to replicate Rei Ayanami's situation and improve the synchronization rate by adjusting her mentality.

But now after hearing what Ritsuko Akagi said, he began to lose confidence.

This kind of thing wouldn’t really happen, would it?

He was startled and immediately quit the game. He checked the experimental records on the computer next to him and then breathed a sigh of relief.

[I was almost scared to death by you. ]

Ritsuko Akagi was a smart person and immediately realized the meaning of Fumihiko Ikari's words.

【Mother can delete the experimental records. 】

Ikari Fumihiko was still a little panicked, but he still replied with courage.

[I have equal authority with her, so this operation cannot be hidden from me. 】

Ritsuko Akagi breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.

In her opinion, the Three Sages System was developed by Fumihiko Ikari and his mother, and there is no distinction between who is superior and who is inferior.

But the next moment, I became nervous again.

[Is it because the artificial god project failed? ]

[No, it's just a bottleneck now. Your mother just wants to adjust her mindset and try to improve the synchronization rate to break this bottleneck.]

Although Ritsuko Akagi understood the development ideas of the artificial god project, she did not know the specific content, so she did not understand some of the words, but she understood one thing.

[Mother is a driver???]

【Didn’t she tell you about this? 】

[No...wait a minute, how did my mother become the driver? ]

【She has the highest adaptability. 】

【Is there no other choice?】

[The screening has already begun, and no replacement has appeared yet. 】

When Ritsuko Akagi heard the news, she was a little confused. She was silent for a moment before speaking again.

[I want to join the artificial god project team and return to my mother's side as an assistant. ]

Ikari Fumihiko thought about it and finally refused.

[Your level is too low. Once you join the project team, you must stay here and cannot go out or have any communication with the outside world. You can only be free when the project is declassified.]

Just as he said, Akagi Ritsuko's rank was too low and she did not have the same privileges as he and Akagi Naoko.

In order to maintain confidentiality, nerv will inevitably restrict their personal freedom.

Ritsuko Akagi did not hesitate and responded firmly.

【I can accept that.】

Fumihiko Ikari deleted the edited message 'Don't be silly' and changed it to another message.

[The main reason is that you deployed it, but it didn't play any role. ]

This sentence was a bit hurtful and it made Ritsuko Akagi silent.

After a long time, there was no reply.

Instead, it was Naoko Akagi who sent a message with a picture attached.

[How about it, does this suit me? ]

It was a photo taken in a locker room. In the photo, Naoko Akagi took off the white coat she always wore and changed into daily clothes such as a sleeveless T-shirt and a plaid skirt. Seeing her hot figure, Fumihiko Ikari swallowed subconsciously and wanted to type a reply of "good-looking". He only realized it halfway through editing.

Why did Naoko Akagi send these to herself?

He is not a slow-witted person, and talking about these things is somewhat ambiguous given their relationship.

Are you attracted to me?

Thinking of this possibility, he frowned. Akagi Naoko still had charm, but the other party's daughter was only slightly younger than him, so she was not suitable as a marriage partner.

Have fun?

This can easily create hatred, but refusing will also create conflicts.

If it were someone else, Fumihiko Ikari wouldn't think too much about it, but Naoko Akagi was concerned about the authority of the Three Sages System.

After thinking about it, I realized that I had no choice but to change the subject.

[Ritsuko just told me that she went shopping with you. I didn’t believe it before, but now I believe it after seeing this. You really did go shopping. ]

He felt a little regretful after sending the message.

It would not be a good idea to use Ritsuko Akagi to block the attack in this situation, so he wanted to withdraw, but after hesitating for a moment he gave up.

Now the only thing we can do is use Ritsuko Akagi to block Naoko Akagi.

【Oh. 】

Seeing Naoko Akagi's calm reply, Fumihiko Ikari breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he should have gotten through this hurdle.

At the same time, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

What the hell is going on? ! ?

I don't want to eat mother-daughter rice bowl at all...

It is certainly a good thing to have a mother and daughter having a meal together in fantasy, but if this really happens in reality, as long as the mother and daughter are normal people, one of them will probably go crazy and will never do such a thing.

And he will also meet the end of the hatchet.

Uh--

wrong!

It's not the mother-daughter relationship yet, and I'm not dating either of them, not even in a romantic relationship.

In other words, as long as he doesn't add more rice, the mother and daughter won't have the same rice.