I participated in the development of EVA

"Do you want to continue?"

This time, Naoko Akagi did not respond immediately.

Faced with her silence, Ikari Fumihiko spoke in confusion.

"what happened?"

"The connection just now allowed me to sense Ritsuko's inner thoughts."

"..."

Hearing this, Ikari Fumihiko also fell silent.

Even though Naoko Akagi didn't say anything, he already realized what the other party would say next.

Just as he expected.

"This feeling is very vague and not very clear, but I can still sense that you are in her heart."

"..."

Ikari Fumihiko didn't know what to say.

But he still spoke up, because if he didn't say something now, the relationship between the two would drift apart.

"You're misperceiving."

"No."

"No, you don't understand what I mean. I mean... you are afraid of this kind of thing in your heart, so you feel that way."

"It's not like this."

Ikari Fumihiko thought for a while before finding another excuse.

"That may just be that she worships me and regards me as an idol."

Akagi Naoko hesitated this time.

"Is that right?"

How could Fumihiko Ikari miss the opportunity at this time?

"Right, that is it."

He paused, then added.

"In fact, what you sense is only the surface of her heart. If you deepen the connection and sense her innermost heart, you will find that... you are the most important person in her heart. Her admiration for me is actually just her desire to get your attention. In fact, you should be able to sense it... She has been working hard to get your attention."

He originally just wanted to trick Naoko Akagi into believing him, but after saying this, he realized that it wasn't actually a trick.

Judging from the original plot, Akagi Ritsuko has a serious Oedipus complex. She throws herself into the arms of Ikari Gendou not because of love, but because she is looking for the shadow of her mother in Ikari Gendou.

It can be said that the relationship between the two is mutually beneficial...

Ikari Gendō was using her, and she was also using Ikari Gendō to get traces of her mother.

It was just that the shackles of ethics and morality as a human being prevented her from admitting this fact, and thus her feelings towards her mother were distorted into thinking that she liked Ikari Gendo.

After realizing this, an idea came to his mind.

The reason why Ritsuko Akagi likes me should be... based on the same logic.

The more Fumihiko Ikari thought about it, the more it made sense to him. At first, Ritsuko Akagi's feelings for him were rather indifferent, but as he and Naoko Akagi cooperated more and more, Ritsuko Akagi's feelings for him also began to grow stronger. He even raised a philosophical question at the beginning. A normal woman would have kept her distance in such a situation, but Ritsuko Akagi was only indifferent for a while before she recovered.

The same is true of the previous 'misunderstanding'...

Wait!

If we follow this logic.

If I reveal my relationship with Naoko to Ritsuko Akagi, it will only make her more excited, right?

wrong……

Excited, this word is not appropriate here.

It would be more appropriate to use 'crazy' or 'morbid'.

The reason for this judgment is naturally because this is the case with Ritsuko Akagi in the original work. Her Oedipus complex has reached a pathological level. Of course, this may be related to the fact that she lost her mother in the original work, but... Fumihiko Ikari feels that now that Naoko Akagi is not dead, Ritsuko Akagi's pathology may become more serious than in the original work.

The reason is simple: you can’t get it even if you want it.

No matter what Naoko Akagi does within normal limits, it is impossible to satisfy Ritsuko Akagi's desire for maternal love.

wrong……

Even if it is beyond the normal range, it may not be satisfied.

In the original work, Ikari Gendō never took the initiative to "do that kind of thing" in order to prove that he was not "cheating". Therefore, it can be inferred that Akagi Ritsuko took the initiative to push Ikari Gendō, and took the initiative to get close to him every time. This kind of behavior is enough to explain everything. People who are not mentally ill to the point of distortion will never do that kind of thing.

20:16:39

638. Accident?

It also……

that's terrible.

Fumihiko Ikari thought about it the other way around. Even if there was no incident with Naoko Akagi, he and Ritsuko Akagi would have ended up together, and the relationship would have been the same as his previous two relationships.

The only thing that Ritsuko Akagi longs for is maternal love.

When she can't find the scent of her mother in herself, she will turn around and leave.

While Fumihiko Ikari was daydreaming, Naoko Akagi thought about it and felt that what he said made sense, so she replied.

"Is that right?"

He hesitated before responding.

“…That’s right.”

Naoko Akagi believed this and the struggle on her face disappeared.

Then we got down to business.

"The connection between the pilot and the EVA is not as equal as you said."

"Ok?"

"I can read Ritsuko's mind, but not the other way around."

"Ritsuko can't detect what you are thinking, isn't that a good thing?"

"That's a good thing indeed. Well, I just said this to correct the mistakes in your paper."

Ikari Fumihiko shook his head.

"You are completely putting yourself into EVA."

Naoko Akagi was a smart person and she reacted after a moment of hesitation.

"You mean Ritsuko is connected to EVA."

"Yes, although you have dived deep into the core and become a part of EVA, you have not truly merged with EVA. Well, to put it simply, the object that the driving position is connected to is EVA itself, and the core position is actually just a special device that activates EVA's soul. I think you can understand it this way."

"understood."

After Akagi Naoko responded, she asked again.

"What about regular EVA? Is this the case as well?"

"It's a similar situation. The essence of EVA's devouring is to store the soul in the body, and it doesn't digest the soul. Well, I don't know whether it's incapable of digesting it or for some other reason."

Akagi Naoko nodded.

"I'll adjust my state and continue."

"Please notify Ritsuko."

"Ah."

Fumihiko Ikari sat on the toilet for a while before getting up and returning to the control room.

Ritsuko Akagi was sitting on the insertion bolt control system in a daze.

Naoko Akagi was manipulating the built-in keyboard of the plug to rewrite some program.

After some time, Naoko Akagi was finally ready.

"Okay."

Ikari Fumihiko responded.

"Ah."

Then he gave a hint.

"The third startup experiment will begin in fifteen seconds. Relevant personnel, please be prepared."

After hearing this broadcast, the bored Ritsuko Akagi suddenly became energetic.

When the countdown ended, Fumihiko Ikari pressed the start button.

The program started running automatically, and this time things went very smoothly without any rejections.

The connection was successfully established.

However, the synchronization rate was only 19.68%, which clearly showed that Naoko Akagi was still resistant to establishing a connection with Ritsuko Akagi and needed to continue adjusting her mentality.

"Is this what it feels like to drive an EVA? It feels so heavy..."

Ritsuko Akagi's words came through the headset.

Ikari Fumihiko replied.

"This is because the synchronization rate is too low. Once the synchronization rate is improved, the driving load will be reduced."

"What is the current synchronization rate?"

"The synchronization rate fluctuates around 19.57%."

"So low?"

Ritsuko Akagi did not know the specific situation of the synchronization rate, but she had participated in simulation training projects. She knew that the synchronization rate between Rei Ayanami and Unit-85 was normally maintained at over 90%, and in combat the synchronization rate could be maintained at over 55%. Even the synchronization rate of the newly added Unit-19.57 was maintained at a normal level of around %. Relatively speaking, her own % was really too low.

Ikari Fumihiko lied.

"This is normal. Except for some gifted people, most first connections are like this."

Akagi Ritsuko asked again.

"How can we improve the synchronization rate?"

Ikari Fumihiko answered casually.

"Just a little more practice will do."

Ritsuko Akagi responded first and then asked again.

"What am I going to do now?"

"Try to control EVA."

"He doesn't even have hands or feet, what can I control?"

In order to prevent the testing machine from running out of control and damaging the equipment, all semi-finished products were amputated.

"The neck is twisted right."

"Then?"

"The neck is twisted to the left."

Ritsuko Akagi was speechless.

"What's the point of squirming like this?"

"It's meaningless. You can do nothing. Now we are just doing a stress test."

Although there was no rejection phenomenon in EVA, Ritsuko Akagi is an older driver after all, so it is natural for her to do some relevant stress tests to see if there will be any problems if connected for a long time.

"Uh……"

Fumihiko Ikari ignored Ritsuko Akagi's sobs.