I participated in the development of EVA

The newly appeared female researcher looked surprised.

"Copper smelting?? Isn't it a bad idea to have him in the project team if he has this hobby?"

Doctor Ito was speechless for a moment. After organizing his thoughts, he began to explain, "You are too dirty! It's not that kind of dirty thing. It feels more like he is very familiar with Rei Ayanami, as if he has known her for a long time. Maybe he saw the figure of someone familiar in Rei Ayanami and regarded her as a substitute for that acquaintance, which is why he has this weird feeling."

"That's not bad. If he really has some special fetish, it would be terrible to let him join the project. I don't want to wake up one day and see a terrible scene."

"You have a very dirty mind."

"He is a puberty man! Men of this age are like male dogs."

Dr. Ito was speechless again.

"You are not describing puberty, but estrus -"

“There is no essential difference between the two.”

Doctor Ito shook his head helplessly. "What kind of injuries did you suffer in your past life? Why do you have such a big prejudice against the opposite sex? Forget it... I don't have much desire to explore this kind of thing. You should go see a psychologist directly! Go and receive counseling from a psychologist while the symptoms are not serious yet. Maybe you can adjust."

"You mean those psychiatrists in the base who themselves suffer from mental illness? I don't dare to seek treatment from them."

"Okay, go back to your work. I still need to report the situation to the minister."

"You managers are so bewildered. If you want him to be the person in charge, why don't you just say so directly? Why make things so complicated?"

"The minister hopes that he can move on his own."

"A terrible picture emerges--"

"You really don't need to see a psychiatrist. I'm sure you're completely hopeless."

"Is there no hope?"

The female researcher paused for a moment and then added a sentence.

"This is really... great. I finally don't have to worry about this kind of thing anymore."

Doctor Ito rubbed his head with a slight headache, feeling that the other party was only one step away from going completely crazy. He wanted to do something but could only sigh helplessly. Except for a few people here, most of the researchers here generally knew more inside information, the more desperate and depressed they were, which made their already not-so-good mental state even worse.

Life is already depressing enough now, she doesn't want it to get more depressing.

He took out his cell phone and called the minister.

"The situation has been explained to him. Initially, he agreed to be the general manager. However... he couldn't bear the shock after entering the incubator."

When Ikari Yui heard the report, she didn't feel any ripples in her heart.

"He can't let go of this matter. He will definitely go back."

"My opinion is basically the same as yours."

Doctor Ito paused and said his guess, "He seems to have mistaken Rei Ayanami for someone he knows."

"I feel the same way, but I can't find anyone in his personal file who is compatible with Rei Ayanami."

Dr. Ito hesitated for a moment before speaking.

“It doesn’t have to be a real person.”

"A fantasy character? It seems his mental state needs to be re-evaluated."

Dr. Ito was naturally aware that the so-called psychiatric evaluation was not about focusing on Fumihiko Ikari's mental state, but was to deepen Fumihiko Ikari's cognition and obtain a more accurate profile analysis report. As a member of the management level of the SEELE organization, she knew that the top management was wary of Fumihiko Ikari.

"This is the current situation. I'll let you know when he comes back."

"Ah."

Ikari Yui nodded almost subconsciously before hanging up the phone and immediately contacted the security department.

"Raise the monitoring level of Fumihiko Ikari."

The reason for raising the surveillance level is that we are a little worried that Fumihiko Ikari may collapse due to the shock, and we hope that the security personnel will appear in time to stop him when he is about to commit suicide.

Although she didn't think Ikari Fumihiko would be so fragile, she still had to make the necessary preparations in advance.

"It is already the highest level at this stage. Apart from launching the backup plan, it is not possible to further increase the level."

Ikari Yui hesitated for a moment, but ultimately gave up on activating the backup plan.

“Keep it like this.”

The so-called backup plan is the beauty trap, which is to place special personnel around Ikari Fumihiko. If it weren't for the fact that Fuyutsuki Kana and Ikari Fumihiko confirmed their relationship too suddenly, this backup plan would have been activated long ago. It was also in order to strengthen the control over Ikari Fumihiko that the medical department dispatched personnel from the outside world this time.

Even if Kana Fuyutsuki did not submit an application, she would eventually be on the list of dispatched personnel.

Make preparations in advance for the implementation of backup plans.

After hesitating for a moment, Ikari Yui retrieved the surveillance video through the computer host and searched for Ikari Fumihiko inside the base.

She was still a little worried without confirming it.

No matter what, Fumihiko Ikari is one of her few remaining relatives in this world, not to mention that at this stage only Fumihiko Ikari knows how to manufacture the neural connection device.

This time, she was the one manipulating things behind the scenes, but the proposal came from the top.

Not long after, Fumihiko Ikari was found on the road leading to the No. 0 test area. Looking at the surveillance camera, Fumihiko Ikari had a slightly dazed expression.

Ikari Yui sighed weakly.

It turned out to be just as I expected. This operation was a bit too hasty. It should be done step by step to be safer.

She raised her objections at the time, but the top management did not adopt them.

Obviously, this time some senior officials want to use this to make a judgment, whether Fumihiko Ikari is really pretending to be stupid or has been pretending, and whether it will cause any irreversible consequences?

The prototype of the neural connection device is already available, so even if something goes wrong, it is within the acceptable range.

069.Okay! I was dirty and misunderstood you.

In Laboratory No. 0, Emi Ibuki saw Fumihiko Ikari walking back from outside, and instinctively wanted to complain about too much work, but she found that Fumihiko Ikari was in a bad state.

Kana Fuyutsuki didn't become so depressed even after she left Fumihiko Ikari.

"What's wrong with you?"

"nothing……"

"If you really have nothing to say, don't look so depressed. You are the chief designer now. If the project team members see this, it will affect the momentum..." Affecting the momentum is one part of it. Ibuki Emi is more worried about the problem with the driver. "What's the problem? Didn't you reach an agreement on what you wanted to discuss?"

Ikari Fumihiko forced a smile.

"It's really nothing."

I wanted to adjust my state, but the scene in the incubator still lingered in my mind.

"If you don't want to talk about it, forget it. I'll handle the situation here. As long as there's no problem, I won't bother you. Just focus on solving the problem you encounter."

After saying this, an idea popped up in Ibuki Emi's mind.

Am I being tricked?

Now she was somewhat suspicious that Fumihiko Ikari had staged this scene on purpose in order to throw the job to her naturally.

After careful examination, I still found the flaws.

never mind--

If this is a disguise, then just be fooled!

Ikari Fumihiko was now in a trance. He ignored Ibuki Emi and walked straight into the team leader's office.

There were still project team members who noticed Fumihiko Ikari's condition and tried to avoid affecting the momentum.

Ibuki Emi immediately spoke up to cover it up.

"Nothing has gone wrong. The team leader has been working on this for two days and two nights just to modify the design."

Working under this guy is really stressful.

Wait a moment……

Did this guy suffer some kind of blow... er, he shouldn't commit suicide! ?

I walked into the team leader's office with a headache and took a look with some concern.

Fumihiko Ikari sat in the team leader's seat in a trance, looking like he had lost his soul.

"What on earth is wrong with you?"

Ikari Fumihiko still ignored Ibuki Emi. Now, all he could see was the scene in the incubation room whenever he opened his eyes or closed them.

Helplessly, Emi Ibuki went to the bathroom, took out her phone and called her grandfather again.

"What happened to the driver? He looked like a lost soul after he came back from his trip. What on earth happened?"

"I have been in the lab and have not been paying attention to the situation over there." After a pause, Professor Yamaki added, "You don't need to worry about his situation. There are many people paying attention to him, so nothing will really go wrong. Now all you have to do is do your own thing well, and don't pay too much attention to things that are beyond your scope of responsibility."

Her grandfather's serious words made Ibuki Emi realize that the situation on the driver's side was more complicated than she had imagined.

Wait a moment--

If they had followed the normal process and found a pilot compatible with EVA in the crowd, the situation would definitely not be as complicated as it is now... In this case, there is only one possibility left, that the pilot of Unit 00 was created after artificial adjustment, and he is either a modified human or a clone created through cloning technology!

This is too absurd...

With the current level of technology, it is impossible to do this.

She convinced herself without anyone else's help.

Since incredible things like EVA have already been created, it is not impossible to develop human body modification and cloning technology.

Just thinking about the existence of human body modification and cloning made her instinctively feel a chill.

No wonder grandpa doesn’t want me to get in touch with these things…

"Well, I see."

She replied as seriously as possible and hung up the phone without waiting for her grandfather to say anything else.

Walking out of the bathroom, his eyes fell on Ikari Fumihiko again.

Are you scared by witnessing human body modification?

Compared with cloning technology, in her opinion, human body modification technology is easier to achieve.

After pondering for a moment, she directly overturned her original speculation.

wrong--

He should not be scared by the bloody scene. The most likely reason is that he cannot accept the human body modification experiment. Well, there must be some other factors involved. This human body modification project is inextricably linked to him, which makes him feel that it is his own fault that he killed the people participating in the human body modification experiment.

After carefully observing Ikari Fumihiko for a long time, she felt that no matter what kind of conspiracy Ikari Fumihiko was brewing in his heart, the emotions he showed at this moment should not be a disguise.

This time I am the one who is dirty and I wrongly blame you...

She sighed helplessly, she didn't know how to deal with the situation. She could only hope that Fumihiko Ikari would not be like her grandfather and push herself to death.

It was a long time after Ibuki Emi left that Ikari Fumihiko came back to his senses.

It’s not that I’ve figured it out, it’s that I’m just too hungry.

It was not until then that I noticed that it was already midnight.

The cafeteria had already closed at this time, and Fumihiko Ikari didn't know how to contact the cafeteria. He was about to get up and go back to the dormitory to ask his life assistant Akagi Eri to help him with the food problem, but he found Ibuki Megumi lying on the sofa at the desk, yawning and flipping through the samurai novel left by Professor Yamaki.

As if she heard some noise, Ibuki Emi put down the samurai novel and looked towards Ikari Fumihiko.

"You are really amazing. You didn't move for ten hours. I thought you were completely stupid--"

Although the words were not pleasant, Fumihiko Ikari knew that the other party was concerned about him.

"Sorry for making you worry."

"Don't have any unnecessary misunderstandings. I'm not concerned about you as a person, but if something goes wrong with you, it will have a huge impact on the entire project team." Ibuki Emi lazily got up from the sofa, stretched her stiff body, and picked up the lunch box on the table beside her. "Are you hungry? Wait here honestly, I'll go and heat it up for you."

"I'm causing trouble for you."

"If you really don't want to cause me trouble, don't create this situation again."

Ikari Fumihiko smiled wryly and nodded.

"There won't be a next time."

Previously, he was frightened by the situation in the incubator, but now he has come to his senses and is much better. He still has the idea of ​​escaping, as long as he doesn't face it, he can live a little easier, but he can't really make up his mind to let Ayanami Rei's affairs go - no!