I participated in the development of EVA

If there were no people like Professor Yamaki, someone would have to take on that part of the project.

Wait!

This has nothing to do with me. No matter how I arrange it, it is not my turn to take over these things.

The top brass has already bitten the bait, and it certainly won’t distract me.

Thinking of this, he immediately shook his head and said to Akagi Naoko: "What you said does make sense, and it is also implemented, but... it still has little to do with me. I have always been clearly opposed to such projects, and the top management does not trust me very much. No matter how you look at it, the top management will not consider me when selecting Professor Yamaki's successor."

"The only people who can take over his research project are professors or associate professors. Counting you and me minus Professor Yamaki, there are only three of us."

Ikari Fumihiko shook his head and replied firmly.

"It can't be me."

Naoko Akagi frowned. Seeing Ikari Fumihiko's affirmative attitude, she knew that something must have happened during this period of time.

I have been busy studying the Three Sages System recently and have not paid attention to what is happening in the outside world.

wrong!

Even if you have been paying attention to the outside world's information, you can only know that Fumihiko Ikari has become the person in charge of the Lingbo project, and it is impossible to know the part about the apostleization.

"You should know that EVA is indeed extremely powerful, but it is of little help to the future development of human civilization. The Three Sages System is the cornerstone of human future development." After a pause, Akagi Naoko continued to add: "Only when the overall strength of human civilization is improved can the crisis brought by the Dark Forest be resolved."

In fact, she does not fully agree with Fumihiko Ikari's Dark Forest Theory of the Universe, and she doesn't even care whether alien civilizations exist, but this does not prevent her from using it as an excuse.

The three sages hope to study this simply because they think supercomputers have more development potential than EVA.

Fumihiko Ikari never expected that when he mentioned the Dark Forest Law, others would regard it as his weakness and use it to control him.

To deny, it is definitely impossible to deny.

But after going through so much, this matter is no longer a problem for him.

He frowned and thought for a moment before speaking: "You are right, but development potential is only potential after all. What humans need now is not potential, but improvement that can be achieved in the near future. To be honest, I do support the Three Sages System you proposed, but this project is obviously not a research that can achieve results in the short term.

You should now put more energy back into the research of Project E instead of the Three Sages System."

These were the words that others had used to teach him in the past.

Naoko Akagi thought she was very rational, but in fact she was very paranoid.

wrong--

It should be said that most people are this way and tend to stick to their own opinions.

Simply put, those who died in the second impact suffered physical shock, while those who survived suffered mental shock.

"No, wasn't it the same when the E-Project was first developed? It looked like a myth. Everyone's first opinion was that this research had no chance of being realized. But in less than three years, the research has reached the point where a prototype can be manufactured. How can you be sure that the Three Sages System can't achieve the same results, or even better?!"

After a pause, Naoko Akagi added another sentence.

"No! It is certain! The Three Sages System will be able to achieve better results. When Plan E was first finalized, there was no foundation at all. Now the Three Sages System has a theoretical basis for development, and there is also relevant technical support from Plan E research. I have a feeling that it will only take a year, or even less, for the Three Sages System to be successfully developed."

Fumihiko Ikari's first reaction was to think that Naoko Akagi was dreaming, but then he realized what was going on.

wrong--

What she said makes sense, but I knew in advance that the Three Sages System would not be successfully developed until seven years later, which is why I felt this way.

at the same time.

He also realized the source of Naoko Akagi's current anxiety.

In the original work, Ikari Gendō used the Ayami-style clone to kill Akagi Naoko because Ikari Yui disappeared when the experiment of Unit-01 was started, and Akagi Naoko did not rescue her. Of course, the point is not that Ikari Gendō was crazy and biting people indiscriminately, but that Akagi Naoko had a very high status in the research of Unit-01. Even the proposal to embed the soul was proposed by her, which aroused Ikari Gendō's hatred.

simply put……

Naoko Akagi had a premonition that if Professor Yamaki died in an accident, she would take over all the work left by Professor Yamaki.

shook his head.

"Captain Akagi, you may have made a mistake."

"Ok?"

Ikari Fumihiko sighed, stared into Akagi Naoko's eyes, and then said, "Calm down and think carefully. Are you overestimating my ability? Don't say that this matter itself cannot be stopped by outsiders. Even if there is an outsider who can stop it, this person cannot be me."

In fact, Naoko Akagi knew that even if she could really get Fumihiko Ikari to help, it might not necessarily prevent this from happening, but two people are always more hopeful than one.

She sighed to herself, what really made her anxious.

I am not worried about who will take over those radical projects after Professor Yamaki's death, nor am I worried that sharing those tasks will delay the development of the Three Sages System.

But...

Ikari Gendo.

Although the two of them did not have much contact on a daily basis, she still developed inappropriate feelings for this handsome man. However, when she thought about the fact that he had a happy family, she felt heavy moral pressure and guilt when facing her daughter. She knew that she was an extremely unqualified mother, and in order to escape the pain of losing her husband and relatives, she had been using work as an excuse to ignore her daughter.

It’s not that she doesn’t love her daughter, but every time she sees her daughter, she thinks of her husband and relatives.

Her daughter was like a memory from the past, and she didn't know how to face it except to escape. So when she realized that she might have fallen in love with a man with a family, she also chose to escape.

(If someone doesn't understand, let me explain that the original work sets Ikari Gendō as very handsome, and I'm not just labeling him randomly.)

It was obviously impossible to tell these words to Fumihiko Ikari.

Do not!

is anyone.

After calming down, she immediately changed her strategy.

"If he falls, the whole thing will basically fall on me, and you're the only one who can help me now."

Ikari Fumihiko sighed, and his attitude softened. After thinking carefully for a moment, he spoke, "I really can't help you with this matter, but you can try to find a breakthrough with Ibuki Emi. After all, she is Professor Yamaki's granddaughter and the only bond that Professor Yamaki has in this world."

Naoko Akagi had met Ibuki Emi before, so she knew some basic information about her.

"No, she is mentally unstable and has been seeking death."

Ikari Fumihiko shook his head.

"People who keep saying they want to die don't necessarily mean they don't care about anything."

82. People are always so complicated

Naoko Akagi pondered for a moment and shook her head.

"There are some things you don't understand."

Ikari Fumihiko was a little confused.

"Ok?"

Naoko Akagi thought for a moment and started explaining from the beginning.

"Before the second impact, I had contact with Professor Yamaki due to work. I know that he is not a bad person by nature. He can even be called a good person. The change now is that he took the initiative to choose a difficult path. The reason why I know this is because at a meeting a year ago, he had a mental breakdown when faced with others questioning him, 'Why are you so cruel?' The psychological pressure accumulated in the previous year burst out at that moment."

Ikari Fumihiko didn't say anything, just listened quietly.

Naoko Akagi paused for a moment before continuing, “At the time he said: It’s not that I don’t understand how cruel it is to do this, nor that I want to do this. If I can… I don’t want to do this either.

But the enemy won’t care about this!

Do you know what our current situation is? If we don't create EVA, we humans will perish.

Humanity doesn’t have much time left, there is no time to waste.

These things must be done by someone! Someone must do it - I don't know if any of you are willing to bear all of this, and whether you realize this. I don't want to waste too much time on this matter, and I don't believe you, so I choose to bear all of this by myself, and I am ready to take full responsibility for all the sins of this choice.

The specific content is roughly like this, I don’t remember it very clearly.

It was because of these words that the radicals were born and made him the leader of the radicals. "

Fumihiko Ikari was a little surprised. He didn't expect Professor Yamaki to be such a person.

Still didn't speak, but waited for the next words.

Naoko Akagi then continued, "When he said, 'I will take responsibility for all the sins of this choice,' it was obvious that Professor Yamaki had a tendency to self-destruct at that time. As his granddaughter, Ibuki Emi couldn't be unaware of this. If she really cared about her grandfather, Ibuki Emi would definitely stop Professor Yamaki from continuing on that path.

But look what she did?

I have been helping Professor Yamaki with his research, which obviously supports Professor Yamaki’s choice.”

Only after hearing this did Ikari Fumihiko understand what Akagi Naoko wanted to express, and at this time he was a little unsure of his original judgment.

If it were me back then, I would definitely have completely accepted Naoko Akagi's point of view.

Now he would think more about the 'why'.

"Does Professor Yamaki have any grandchildren?"

Naoko Akagi was a little confused, and asked Fumihiko Ikari why he asked these questions.

"There were some at the beginning, but they all died in the disaster. Now Ibuki Emi is the only granddaughter left."

After pondering for a moment, Fumihiko Ikari made his own judgment on the matter.

"Have you ever thought that the reason why she helped Professor Shanmu was not because she supported him or didn't care, but because she cared too much about this only remaining relative, which is why she behaved like this now. Well, to put it simply, she did all this to please Professor Shanmu and to get the approval of my grandfather.

Well, I personally feel that grandfathers who have grandchildren and grandsons don’t treat their grandchildren very well… well, how should I describe it? Forget it, just understand that the intimacy is relatively low. "

The reason why he had this idea.

I thought of Ritsuko Akagi.

She just wanted to get the attention of her mother, Naoko Akagi, by trying to please her.

When Naoko Akagi heard this, Ritsuko Akagi's usual behavior came to her mind.

It's not that I don't know that my daughter craves my attention.

But every attention will awaken the pain hidden deep in the heart.

"Maybe...right?"

Fumihiko Ikari didn't know much about Professor Yamaki, and his relationship with Ibuki Megumi was average, but he felt that his guess was the most likely.

Because Ibuki Emi and Akagi Ritsuko have something in common.

Desire to communicate with others.

Whenever they had the chance, both of them would talk to him a lot.

"That's how it should be."

Naoko Akagi was shaken in her judgment, or perhaps she really couldn't find any other way.

"Even if that's the case, if she really could stop Professor Yamaki, she would have taken action long ago, right?"

Ikari Fumihiko shook his head.

"Perhaps she has already taken action, but she just believed Professor Yamaki's words? It's hard to know what happened between two people in private, even if you pay attention to others."

Naoko Akagi hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"The higher-ups should have records of this sort of thing. We can apply for permission to confirm it."

Fumihiko Ikari couldn't understand why Naoko Akagi was so cautious about this matter... No! She was cautious, but he didn't think deeply about it, nor did he care. He just gave his answer, "You're too roundabout. Now there is no other choice except this plan. We can only try this plan. It's better to give it a try. If it succeeds, it will be the best. If it doesn't succeed, there will be no loss."

Naoko Akagi was still a little hesitant.

But in the end, he nodded and agreed.

"Then let's start with Ibuki Emi."

Ikari Fumihiko nodded.

"Is there anything else? If not, I'll go back first."

Naoko Akagi hesitated for a moment and wanted to ask Fumihiko Ikari for help and think of other backup plans. However, she also knew that Fumihiko Ikari had already done his best to help her come up with this solution, and there was no reason for him to continue helping her. After all, there was no other connection between them except for work communication.

"it is good."

Fumihiko Ikari stood up and returned to the Lingbo project team.

Although there was nothing that required his direct involvement, the researchers in the project didn't know much about neural connection devices, so they needed him as an expert to take charge.

He also wanted to keep an eye on it personally to make sure that no one else was causing trouble.

Seeing Fumihiko Ikari come back, Dr. Ito breathed a sigh of relief.