I participated in the development of EVA

"Eh——no way? It's only been a week... uh, when was the last time I took a shower??? I've been so busy lately that I forgot."

He scratched his hair in annoyance.

"No wonder Shinji doesn't want to let me hold him lately."

After a pause, he moved closer to Ibuki Emi and sniffed her.

"the same as you."

Ibuki Emi argued, "At least I took a dip in LCL not long ago."

"No wonder it stinks like salted fish!"

"ah????"

Both of them were a little overwhelmed, but then they looked at each other and laughed.

“It’s hard to imagine that we would ever have such a time.”

"Yeah! When I was in school, getting a pimple was a big deal. Even if I wore a mask, I didn't dare go out and see people."

"You're talking about me, aren't you the same? You have to take time off to lose weight just because you gain a little weight."

"Now I think what we did was really exaggerated."

"What's the exaggeration? This is normal."

"you sure?"

"Okay...it's a bit exaggerated."

Although the two of them had a tacit understanding and did not explain it, they both knew in their hearts that the reason they cared so much about their image at that time was because they both liked Ikari Gendō and wanted to compete with each other, so they naturally tried their best to avoid any demerit items. Of course, if there was no additional factor of Ikari Gendō, the two of them would also care a lot about their image at that age.

Ibuki Emi came back to her senses from her past youthful memories before speaking again.

"Go take a shower and change your clothes—"

Ikari Yui was somewhat tempted, but finally shook her head.

"Go ahead, I still have a lot of things to deal with."

"Don't make excuses. If you don't go now, you won't know when you'll want to take a shower next time."

Ikari Yui was dragged by Ibuki Megumi into the bathroom in the lounge.

After a quick rinse, Ikari Yui was about to leave, but Ibuki Megumi stopped her again.

"There's never enough work to do. You should take a good rest when you need one. Just look at Wen Yan and he sees it clearly."

"Is that clear?"

"You don't even care about the destruction of the world. Doesn't that mean you understand things?"

"Your opinion changes too quickly!"

96. Those who are difficult will not be able to do it, and those who are able to do it will not be difficult

Ibuki Emi coughed awkwardly and paused for a moment before speaking.

“In fact, I have been thinking about a question.”

"what is the problem?"

"What on earth is that guy thinking?"

Ikari Yui was silent for a moment before she gave her first answer.

"I don't know. Sometimes I think he's silly, stupid and naive. Sometimes I think he's too smart. He always gives people the feeling that he's planning something. He also seems to be very confused. He's always very weird and you can't figure him out at all... Well, from the perspective of a relative, I think he's a gentle and kind person. From a personal perspective, this person must have some serious mental problems."

"There's something seriously wrong with it. It's not good enough if you just say it's crazy."

Then Ibuki Emi added another sentence.

"Well, it's not quite accurate to say he's crazy. It's more like he looks a little too normal, as if he hadn't experienced the second shock."

Ikari Yui nodded.

"Everyone is abnormal except him, so he is the only one who is normal. Naturally, he is the biggest anomaly."

Everyone is either crazy or twisted.

After a pause, an idea came to mind.

"Do you think there is a possibility that he really lost his memory related to the second impact?"

Ibuki Emi pondered for a moment before answering.

"That's not right! Even if you lose the memory of the Second Impact, you still can't escape the Second Impact."

Although the logic of the expression was a bit confusing, Ikari Yui still understood it.

Even if you lose this part of your memory, you will still feel the pain of losing your loved ones.

"Complete amnesia?"

This view was rejected by myself as soon as it was put forward.

“It doesn’t look like it.”

"It's really not like that. If someone could achieve such an outrageous result as neural connection while having complete amnesia, it would be too outrageous... No! He must be too lucky." Ibuki Emi paused and then shook her head. "No matter how lucky a person is, it's impossible for him to be lucky all the time. Look at how many results he has achieved during this period. He doesn't look like a person with amnesia at all."

Ikari Yui thought for a moment before speaking.

"It's not impossible actually. He has been browsing some basic knowledge in the database for some time."

"You really care about him so much that you even know about this."

After a pause, Ibuki Emi added, "I know about this. He said that he wanted to teach in school after everything is over."

"If that's the case, he was accurate too early."

"Too early? Actually, it's not that early... Unit 0 is almost completed now."

"Let's not talk about the pilot issue for now. If we just follow the plan, Unit 00 is just the beginning."

"With this beginning, the follow-up is nothing more than making some modifications on the original basis. This aspect has nothing to do with him, right?" As soon as Ibuki Emi finished speaking, she realized that this remark was too idealistic. The top management would definitely not allow Ikari Fumihiko, who holds a lot of confidential information, to leave the institute, nor would they let this talent go idle.

He sighed sadly.

"Well, it's a bit of a waste for such a genius like him to teach in school."

Ikari Yui responded without comment.

"Ah."

She knew clearly that the development of EVA had been completed, but the top management still needed Fumihiko Ikari to study the subject of artificial apostleization.

Even if this topic does not exist, the top management will arrange other research for it.

"The topic of discussion seems to have gone a bit off track."

"Not really. We were just chatting casually."

"Well, no matter how much we discuss it, there is really no substantial evidence."

After washing up while chatting, Ikari Yui did not waste any more time on personal issues, while Ibuki Emi went back to the dormitory, changed her clothes, and dressed up carefully. On her way out of the dormitory and heading for the Ayakashi project team, the closer she got to the project, the more she struggled inside, but her steps did not stop, nor were they slowed down.

In the past two years, in order to get her grandfather's attention, she has been forcing herself to do things she doesn't want to do.

It has become a habit long ago.

Don’t give yourself the opportunity to regret what you do.

"Hello, please show me your ID."

Although the Lingbo project team is not in the second experimental area, its security level is not low.

Ibuki Emi handed the documents to the security personnel.

"Dr. Ibuki, the system did not detect your appointment. Please explain your purpose."

"I want to see Team Leader Wen Yan."

"Okay, wait a moment. I have already notified the project team members to notify Team Leader Wen Yan."

"Forget it... I'll just call myself."

"Ok."

Ibuki Emi took out her cell phone and called Ikari Fumihiko.

At the same time, Fumihiko Ikari, who was observing Rei Ayanami's situation, heard his cell phone ring. He looked at the caller ID and was a little surprised.

Huimei?

Didn't I make it very clear just now? Why don't you give up?

After hesitating for a moment, he answered the phone.

"what's up?"

"I'm at the door of the project team. I want to talk to you about something."

Ikari Fumihiko thought about it for a moment.

Avoid it this time, and there will be next time, and the next time.

"Okay, I'll send someone to pick you up."

After taking a look at Rei Ayanami who showed no signs of abnormality, Fumihiko Ikari arranged for a civilian staff member to go to the door to pick up Emi Ibuki.

Doctor Ito asked from the side.

"Is it Professor Yamaki's granddaughter Ibuki Emi?"

"Correct."

"About Professor Yamaki's matter?"

"Correct."

Ikari Fumihiko sighed and said helplessly: "I've told her everything. There's nothing I can do about it. She just doesn't believe it."

Dr. Ito comforted her, "This is normal. Anyone who faces this situation will feel the same as her."

Knowing this truth, Fumihiko Ikari realized that he would have to face this matter sooner or later.

"What can you do?"

Dr. Ito hesitated for a moment and then said, "This matter is actually not difficult to deal with. All we need to do is give her a placebo."

“Placebo?”

"Yes, as long as she can get psychological comfort."

“Will the normal placebo be exposed?”

“It’s not really a placebo.”

Doctor Ito organized his words before explaining again: "Rei Ayanami's condition may be that her soul is not sound. Of course, this is just my guess and may not be accurate."

Fumihiko Ikari understood what Dr. Ito was thinking.

"You want me to arrange the same treatment process for Professor Yamaki to comfort Huimei?"

"Correct."

After responding, Dr. Ito added another sentence.

“Even if it doesn’t work, there won’t be any negative effects.”

Fumihiko Ikari was somewhat hesitant. After all, this concerned a human life, so he naturally had to be cautious when making the decision.

At this time, the civil servant who had left came back.

"Team leader, the person has been brought to the office."

This is an experimental area, so outsiders are not allowed to enter or leave at will.

"Doctor Ito, please notify me immediately if there is anything unusual here."

"it is good."

Fumihiko Ikari greeted Dr. Ito and went to the office to meet Emi Ibuki.