I participated in the development of EVA

"anytime."

Instead of being happy about getting the answer he wanted, Fumihiko Ikari felt even heavier inside.

Now Ikari Yui's attitude made him begin to doubt.

Will the top management give up the soul injection project because of their attitude?

He couldn't imagine what the future would be like if the top management really gave up on this direction.

The nervousness and heavy mood made him subconsciously swallow his saliva to moisten his dry throat.

"The top brass won't implement the breeding program, right?"

Ikari Yui was a little stunned.

"Breeding program?"

"It was the plan I mentioned that day that required Emi Ibuki to sacrifice her life in order to rescue Professor Yamaki."

Ikari Yui shook her head.

"This plan has too long a cycle, and the test aircraft will be dismantled soon."

"demolition??"

Ikari Fumihiko was a little confused.

The experimental machine is already a semi-finished product. As long as a complete body is cultivated and slightly modified, it can become an EVA, not to mention that part of Professor Yamaki's soul still exists inside the experimental machine.

Ikari Yui naturally would not tell Ikari Fumihiko the truth.

It’s not that the testing machine has no value anymore.

It's because the maintenance cost of EVA is too high. Just like humans need to eat, drink, defecate and urinate, EVA, as a living organism, does not need to eat or drink, but it needs sufficient energy supply. The maintenance cost of the incubator is also very high. Now it is difficult for the organization to obtain resources from the outside world. In order to smoothly carry out subsequent plans, it is natural to cut expenses.

“The top management has already made preparations.

If you support Huimei to participate in the start-up experiment, the follow-up plan will follow and the breeding plan will also be within the reference scope.

If you don't support it, then the test machine will naturally have no need to continue to exist."

Ikari Fumihiko was a little unconvinced and asked back suspiciously.

"Even if the test machine is not used for startup experiments, it can still be used to test new technologies, right?"

"There is no demand for this in the short term. Even if there is a real need, we can test it on the Zero aircraft."

Ikari Fumihiko frowned.

No! !

Is this really coming? ?

He now had some doubts that the higher-ups had not taken the bait, but had swallowed it completely.

I became more and more panicked.

impossible!

There is no way these guys can’t see the potential of the soul injection project, and there is no way they would fool around with me like this.

Even if the top management collectively went crazy, Ikari Yui would never give up on this project.

After thinking for a moment, he came to a conclusion.

The top management is planning to avoid me and start a new business?

should be.

Thinking that the soul injection experiment could continue, I breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he said that he did not support the soul injection experiment, he was very concerned in his heart and believed that this experiment must go on no matter what.

As long as Unit-01 remains in its original state, the ending won't change much.

After a moment, Ikari Yui spoke again.

"Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Ikari Fumihiko shook his head.

All the questions that can get answers have been asked, and the rest will not get answers even if you ask them.

"Gone."

"Since everything is fine, let's go back."

Ikari Yui put away her serious expression and added in a dissatisfied tone.

"Just looking at you makes me sick."

Fumihiko Ikari stood up and left the minister's office.

Ikari Yui looked at Ikari Fumihiko's departing back, reported the situation here, and then got up and went to Laboratory No. 5.

I went straight to Dr. Ito.

"how is the situation?"

"Not much progress..."

After a pause, Dr. Ito consoled himself. "Time is too tight. One night is not enough. But one thing is certain. He has not completely forgotten his granddaughter. Well, that's not accurate. It should be said that the feelings he developed with his granddaughter after coming here still remain. It's not like knowledge has completely disappeared."

Yui Ikari looked at Professor Yamaki on the screen.

"What is he looking at?"

"The experimental video shows that the only method that can be effective in a short period of time is stimulation."

Ikari Yui was about to say something.

On the screen, Professor Yamaki suddenly stood up and pressed the call bell next to the bed.

"I want to see the person in charge."

Dr. Ito looked at Ikari Yui.

Ikari Yui nodded.

The two of them came to Professor Yamaki's ward together.

"I really did all this? Um, was it me who did it before?"

Professor Yamaki was lucky. He only lost his memory but did not go crazy.

Seeing that Dr. Ito didn't speak, Ikari Yui opened her mouth and gave a reply.

"Yes, this is only part of the project you are responsible for."

Professor Yamaki was obviously unwilling to believe this, but the person in the video was indeed himself.

It took me a while to come back to my senses.

"Where's Emi? Why haven't I seen her since yesterday?"

Ikari Yui looked normal.

"She's preparing to retrieve the experiment."

Without the scholar's memory, Professor Yamaki could not understand what Ikari Yui said.

"Retrieve the experiment?"

"You are now partially amnesiac because of an experimental accident. Although you have been rescued, part of your soul remains in the device..."

Amnesia does not mean dementia. Professor Yamaki almost understood what Ikari Yui said.

He immediately frowned and interrupted Ikari Yui's subsequent words.

"It's too dangerous. I don't agree."

He didn't know the specific details of the experiment, but he could sense the hidden crisis from the word "soul".

109. Answer me, no

Dr. Ito glanced at Ikari Yui, then at Professor Yamaki, and sighed inwardly, obviously having anticipated the subsequent development of the incident.

“The retrieval experiment was more than just a rescue operation.”

After saying this, Ikari Yui did not continue to explain but asked a question in return.

"You must be wondering now why you became like that in the video?"

How could Professor Yamaki, who has lived for decades, not understand himself?

Must be pursuing the samurai spirit.

Without waiting for Professor Yamaki to speak, Ikari Yui continued, "Two years ago, a catastrophe struck suddenly without warning, just like the meteorite that ended the Jurassic period, bringing a devastating disaster to all mankind. The earth's axis shifted, Antarctica melted... This catastrophe caused the extinction of half of the world's population."

Professor Yamaki opened his eyes wide in disbelief, and at the same time became excited.

But he soon calmed down.

Because he thought of the scenes shown in the previous video, apart from cruelty and torture, he did not feel the slightest bit of romance associated with the samurai spirit.

“Will that kind of catastrophe happen again?”

"Correct."

After responding, Ikari Yui continued.

"follow me."

After saying that, Ikari Yui turned and walked out. Professor Yamaki hesitated for a moment and then followed her.

After walking a short distance, we arrived at the lobby of Laboratory No. 5.

When Professor Yamaki saw the damaged test machine, his eyes widened in disbelief.

"What is this? Is it the giant from myth and legend?"

Just like Ikari Fumihiko, no! Almost everyone who saw EVA for the first time thought it was a creature from myth and legend, even Ikari Yui thought so.

Ikari Yui waited for Professor Yamaki to recover from his shock before she began to talk slowly, "It may be, or it may not be. No one knows what it is. We only know that this creature caused the second impact. Well, it's the catastrophe that I just mentioned that wiped out half of the world's population."

"How many of these giants... no, these mysterious creatures are there on Earth?"

"Not sure, only two have been found so far."

After a pause, Ikari Yui explained.

"This is not the real body of the mysterious creature, but a clone created by us through scientific technology. Well, it is a biological weapon prepared to prevent the Third Impact."

Although he has lost some of his scholarly memories, Professor Yamaki still has normal cognition.

"Impossible... How can this technology, which only exists in science fiction, be realized..."

"It's theoretically impossible, but this world is not short of miracles, and we humans are good at creating miracles."

Professor Yamaki stared blankly at the broken test machine not far away, and it was a long time before he looked away.

"You told me so much, not just to get me to agree to Huimei's participation in the experiment, right!?"

After a pause, he added, "In this matter that concerns the fate of all mankind, no matter how important I was before, after losing my memory, I no longer have a say. Now that you are willing to spend so much time on me, you must want me to cooperate to complete something. Well, let me think about it, do you want me to complete the unfinished experiment!?"

"Correct."

Ikari Fumihiko is not the only one researching mysterious areas such as the mind, but relatively speaking, Ikari Fumihiko's achievements are the most dazzling.

At the first meeting this morning, a scholar proposed that Professor Yamaki himself conduct the startup experiment. However, Fumihiko Ikari represented the authority in this field, and everyone was more inclined to the original plan of having Emi Ibuki conduct the startup experiment. Until the start of the second meeting, no result was reached.

The main reason why there is no result is because Ikari Yui has not expressed her opinion.

The reason why she didn't express her opinion was not because she hadn't thought it through. On the contrary, she had the answer in her mind the moment it happened.

This was the answer she was unwilling to give.

Let Ibuki Emi conduct the startup test.

If the experiment fails, it means that Professor Yamaki has only lost his memory and there is still a possibility of recovering his memory. In addition, the death of Ibuki Emi can stimulate Professor Yamaki to recover his memory.

If the startup is successful.

Professor Yamaki will also conduct this once and collect all the data that can be collected.