I participated in the development of EVA

"I was just joking."

Ikari Fumihiko was still feeling depressed.

Ibuki Emi hurriedly spoke up to help.

"She was just joking to lighten the mood. We all know in our hearts that you are not that kind of person."

Only then did Ikari Fumihiko breathe a sigh of relief.

"Don't joke about this kind of thing next time."

Ikari Yui admitted her mistakes decisively and sincerely.

"I'm sorry, it's my fault, please forgive me."

Ibuki Emi also spoke up.

"Thank you. If it weren't for you, I would have lost my only relative now."

Ikari Fumihiko was not a petty person, and he reiterated his attitude.

"Some things can be joked about, and some things can't. You are not children, you should be able to distinguish what is offensive and what is a joke."

Ibuki Emi was just led astray by Ikari Yui. Of course, she herself had similar thoughts that led to her being led astray.

Ikari Yui was simply overwhelmed by the joy of Eva's successful movement, which caused her to relax. For a moment, she didn't pay attention to her limits and said what was in her mind. When she came to her senses, she could only use a joke to save the situation.

Therefore, the two did not refute, but continued to admit their mistakes.

Ibuki Emi explained anxiously.

"Sorry, my brain was a little frozen just now. The word disgusting was not directed at you. It was just a comment on your previous remarks."

Ikari Fumihiko was speechless.

It’s better not to explain at all!

"I just felt that the atmosphere was a bit tense, so I wanted to ease it."

Ikari Fumihiko didn't believe Ikari Yui's explanation at all, and just felt that there was no need to be so serious about this matter.

The topic was immediately brought back on track.

"How do you feel now?"

Ibuki Emi shook her head.

"I didn't feel anything unusual in my body."

The two of them came here with no intention, they just wanted to check on Ibuki Emi and Professor Yamaki.

Ikari Fumihiko thought for a moment and then spoke.

"Don't worry about Unit-00. Just stay here and observe. Director Ikari will arrange for a new person to take over your job temporarily."

He really didn't have the energy to take care of the construction of Unit 0.

Ikari Yui nodded.

"I will arrange the work, you don't have to worry, just take a good rest these days."

Ibuki Emi is not in the mood to work now. Compared to the mission of saving all mankind, she cares more about her relative Professor Yamaki.

When I first joined the e-project, besides the sense of mission, the most important reason was that Professor Yamaki was here.

So she simply responded.

"Ah."

Ikari Yui spoke.

"I'm glad you're okay. We still have other things to deal with. You should have a good rest."

Ibuki Emi responded again.

"it is good."

Then he said something to Ikari Fumihiko.

"Thank you."

Ikari Fumihiko nodded.

"nothing."

The two left the isolation ward, changed out of their protective clothing, and came to the office of Laboratory No. 5. Ikari Yui was about to say something.

Ikari Fumihiko's cell phone rang.

I picked up the phone and took a look. It was a call from Dr. Ito.

"What's wrong?"

"The preparations are almost done. When can you come back? Everyone is waiting for you."

"Still a little while longer."

"Then go as fast as you can."

"Ah."

Ikari Fumihiko hung up the phone.

Ikari Yui asked, "Lingbo Project Team?"

"Well, the Hyacinth Project."

"Hyacinth? Vegetative awakening experiment?"

"Correct."

"Can't Dr. Ito host it?"

After hearing this, Fumihiko Ikari realized Ikari Yui's intention of keeping him here. This was to prepare him to take over from Professor Yamaki and complete the subsequent research and development work of the soul injection project.

“They don’t understand enough about the neural connection device.”

Ikari Yui fell into deep thought.

The Hyacinth sub-project itself is not important. If it were not related to the Lingbo project, it could be suspended.

The soul injection theory has been proven to be another way to solve the problem of human manipulation of EVA.

Compared with the Lingbo project, she feels that soul infusion is the future development direction of EVA.

The biggest drawback of the Limbo Project is that there is only one clone.

Although theoretically it is possible to let Rei Ayanami control clones through later training, so that one person can operate multiple EVAs at the same time, this is obviously not as powerful as specializing in one, and putting all hopes on one person is too much, and it also eliminates more possibilities.

There will be no such disadvantages when injecting soul. As long as this technology is successfully developed, the driver's choices will become wider.

If there is a problem with the driver, he can be replaced at any time.

and……

This technology also gave her hope of preventing the higher-ups from implementing the human completion plan.

As for sacrificing relatives?

Professor Yamaki has already been rescued. As long as the technology is improved, this will not be a problem.

That's why she wanted Fumihiko Ikari to be in charge of this project. No one else in the R&D department was more professional than Fumihiko Ikari in this area of ​​research.

"I hope you can take over the research here in place of Professor Yamaki."

Ikari Fumihiko shook his head.

really--

This is it.

"I am now taking care of both the Unit-00 project and the Ayakashi project, so I don't have any extra energy to devote to this."

"You should be aware that this project has a brighter future than the Limbo project."

After a pause, Ikari Yui added another sentence.

"In the future, the Lingbo project will only be a supplementary option, and this will be the mainstream research and development area."

It is not surprising that Ikari Yui was able to determine in such a short time that injecting souls is the main direction of future EVA research and development. Anyone with basic academic qualifications can make this judgment.

Even though he didn't know that Ikari Yui would disappear in the future because of this, Ikari Fumihiko was unwilling to take over this research.

It was just a coincidence that we were able to successfully rescue people this time.

He had no idea whether he could succeed next time.

This situation appeared three times in the original work, namely, Ikari Yui, Ikari Shinji, and Asuka's mother.

Ikari Yui disappears.

Although Asuka's mother was rescued, part of her soul was devoured by EVA.

Only Shinji Ikari was intact.

"You think too simply and idealistically. In terms of drivers, I still think the Lingbo series has more development prospects."

Ikari Yui knew that what Ikari Fumihiko said was a refusal to take over the project. Anyone who was not stupid could tell that soul infusion was better than the Lingbo project.

As if he thought of something, his expression changed slightly.

This guy……

Isn't she really a lolita complex?!

90. You are the best

"You're not thinking of anything disrespectful, are you?"

"No."

Ikari Yui concealed it very well and Ikari Fumihiko didn't notice anything unusual.

Lolita control is a joke, but it is not a joke.

Not only she and Dr. Ito, but also the psychoanalyst came to the same conclusion that Fumihiko Ikari had placed some kind of emotion on Rei Ayanami.

However, this relationship is most likely not love.

But mercy.

To be more specific, Fumihiko Ikari regarded a certain imaginary character as a real person, and completely brought the experience of this imaginary character and his sympathy for this character into Rei Ayanami. Although this is the case based on the analysis of existing data, no one can be sure that Fumihiko Ikari simply felt pity for this imaginary character.

Ikari Fumihiko felt that Ikari Yui was lying and was definitely thinking about something rude just now, but he was not going to delve into something that would not produce any results.

"Anything else? If not, I'll leave first."

Ikari Yui was still somewhat unwilling.

"Why do you think the Limbo Project is better than Soul Infusion... Well, no, it would be more appropriate to describe it as a dual-pilot system."

Dual SIM dual standby?

Ikari Fumihiko dispelled the irrelevant associations that emerged in his mind.

"intuition."

I really can't think of any suitable reason, so I can only use the universal excuse of intuition.

Although they could still continue to argue, Fumihiko Ikari has now put forward the point of view of intuition, and Yui Ikari knows that there is no point in continuing the argument.

"There's nothing for you to do here, go back."

"Ah."

Ikari Fumihiko responded and prepared to leave the office. When he reached the door, he added a sentence with some concern.

"Please arrange for someone to take over Emi's work on the Unit-0 project."

"I have already arranged the manpower, don't worry, there won't be any problems over there."

Ikari Fumihiko didn't care about Ikari Yui's answer.

He wasn't the one who should be anxious about this matter.