Is this cartoonist mentally ill?.

Chapter 488 Riddler Makiba and Asuka (original)
However, this episode begins with a...

"Is this German?"

The German audience who "climbed over the wall" to watch the anime were stunned to hear this familiar language. They never expected to hear German when watching anime in the Republic.

However, audiences from the Republic of China such as Lin Shengjie, Zhou Wenwei, and Ke Xinjie could not understand what language this was.

Anyway, it’s not English.

After all, English is somewhat popularized in compulsory education in the Republic, so if it is real English, they can still recognize it.

Especially Lin Shengjie, who is an English master in the class after all.

But the translation appeared on the screen simultaneously——

"Begin ionizing LCL..."

"Insert depth stabilized within default value..."

"The self-regulatory system begins to operate..."

"The starting voltage has exceeded the critical point..."

"The conditions for starting..."

……

At the same time, the screen gradually lit up, and a driver wearing a helmet, with only the lower half of his face visible, was taking a deep breath.

He is obviously not Shinji Ikari or Rei Ayanami.

After all, Shinji Ikari and Rei Ayanami obviously don't need to wear helmets.

After a long wait, the driver whose true face could not be seen finally had the opportunity to speak.

"Pilot, please set the thinking language mode."

"Well... this is my first time driving, so I'll use Chinese."

The driver turned out to be a girl.

Then a man's voice explained the situation...

The girl is going to pilot the EVA Temporary Unit 5 for the first time to fight... the third angel!
Almost the same as Shinji Ikari back then, or even worse.

Because her combat suits are not the latest, and Unit 05 is still under experimentation.

But the girl was not nervous at all. Instead, she hummed a song while going into battle.

But her combat was completely different from Ikari Shinji's first combat when he didn't even know how to move. She was obviously well-trained.

In the following explosive and exciting battle, she finally defeated the opponent's apostle.

However, due to the poor maneuverability of the temporary Unit-5, after a hard battle, she could only destroy the Angel Core before Unit-5 self-destructed.

Fortunately, the plug was successfully ejected.

She survived.

At this time, a transport plane pilot in the sky looked at the horrific explosion and said, "Unit 5's self-destruction program is pretty good, although I had expected this to happen."

His voice... made the audience recognize it immediately, it was the man who had just spoken in the base command center.

The scene shows a military confidential box behind him.

At this time he added, "But adults really shouldn't involve children for their own sake..."

Then the screen switched again.

The plug of Unit 5 was inserted while it was drifting in the sea, and the girl who had successfully escaped from inside opened the hatch.

She stepped out of the insertion plug, looked at the cross formed in the air by the explosion, and finally took off her helmet.

It is a girl wearing glasses.

"It really hurts. Synchronizing with the EVA is much more painful than what people say."

She couldn't help but complain, but then she smiled and said, "Forget it... I'm glad I can survive."

"It's scary to think about using adults for your own purposes..."

She said something that was clearly the opposite of what the man who drove the transport plane away said.

This is a bit confusing.

"Goodbye...EVA Unit 5..."

Finally, she looked at the cross in the sky and said with a smile.

……

"Huh? What does this mean?"

Zhou Wenwei was really confused. Why did it feel like this series of Qingshan Laozei was full of riddles and riddlers?

"Maybe both sides took advantage of each other, is that what you mean?"

Ke Xinjie watched anime with him and said after thinking for a while.

"What can be used?"

Zhou Wenwei was annoyed and said, "I'm really curious. When will it be finished? I can't even guess the riddle, and I still have to wait for the answer. It's really tiring to wait!"

But I definitely have to keep watching it.

The anime continued to play, but it switched back to the NERV headquarters after the last battle with the fifth angel.

"I'm going to owe you a favor again..."

It was clearly Ikari Gendo's voice that appeared.

He was in a spacious and dark place, and seemed to be talking to someone.

"You don't plan to pay it back anyway."

The male voice on the phone said, "This is the information they requested under the Free Information Act."

Then a report suddenly appeared on the screen.

The words "Apostle Title and the First Interim Report of the Human Completion Project" were clearly written on it. There was a lot of other content below, but some key parts were blacked out.

There are also words related to the five permanent members and major countries other than the five permanent members, such as Germany.

"I've mixed false information into it."

The man continued, "Although the higher-ups have secretly prepared for it, it is expected to be suspended in the next few days. How about...do you want me to help you with that plan?"

"Need not."

Ikari Gendō refused, "Based on the information you provided, there shouldn't be any problem."

"Then proceed as planned."

The call ends here.

This is another Riddler behavior, which makes the audience seem to understand, but also seem to understand nothing.

What kind of plan is this, what kind of false information is this?

What on earth is it?

However, the subsequent plot of this episode still did not explain what the plan was or whether it was false information.

Then, NERV headquarters started another experiment.

"Next, start the JA experiment."

The experimenter's announcement came, and then a huge humanoid figure wrapped in armor appeared, looking at...

"Why does he look a bit like the third apostle at the beginning?"

Ke Xinjie said curiously.

"It wasn't the third apostle. It exploded in the end."

Zhou Wenwei said, "It should be a new type of weapon they developed based on its appearance?"

But then... this huge new weapon went out of control and started moving forward without following orders, destroying other buildings on the surface.

Everyone at NERV headquarters panicked, so under this circumstance...

Shinji Ikari once again manipulated Unit-01 to control this huge new weapon. At the same time, Misato took the opportunity to enter its interior wearing a protective suit and manually stopped its activation.

After a series of near-miss attempts, Misato and Shinji Ikari miraculously managed to stop this huge new weapon.

But unlike the others who cheered with joy, Misato and Ritsuko looked solemn because they all felt that this matter... was not a simple miracle, but a premeditated arrangement.

And next...

Switching back to the scene just now, we were in Gendo Ikari's office.

Ritsuko and others reported the entire process of the experiment to Gendō Ikari.

However, Ikari Gendō took a posture that was hard to read, and said calmly, "I know."

It's hard not to suspect that the plan he talked about with the man on the other end of the phone at the beginning... was related to him.

This episode ends here.

However, the audience was even more confused.

This episode...really has a lot of information, but even though you say it has a lot of information, it's all riddles.

What was going on in the beginning where the girl with glasses piloted EVA Unit 05 to fight against the Angel?
What was in the box that the man took away?
What do they mean by taking advantage of each other?
Then we returned to the NERV headquarters, and the first report on the "Human Instrumentality Project" that Gendō Ikari requested appeared again.

What does this mean?
However, the plan they were talking about should be the one where the JA experiment was artificially manipulated and got out of control but was finally successfully stopped.

But why do they do this?
In short, the audience really didn’t understand much.

Even though they didn't understand it, they were still discussing it enthusiastically online.

"What is this... Why are there so many riddles!"

"I don't understand! Mom! I really don't understand!"

"Riddler, get out of the Republic! What on earth does this mean? Can you just say it directly?"

"The old thief Qingshan really likes to make people guess riddles, but... I really can't guess anything."

"I think... Ikari Gendō is the culprit who arranged this experiment to go out of control?"

"That's for sure. It's almost explicit."

"But why?"

"This JA experiment is equivalent to an unmanned EVA, but the internal structure feels like a purely mechanical structure, which is completely different from EVA."

"So maybe Gendō Ikari doesn't want the JA experiment to succeed, so he can mass-produce it to replace EVA?"

"But...why?"

"I don't know either! Just keep watching!"

……

Guessing riddles is always a painful process, especially when you can never guess the riddle.

So some impatient viewers rushed to the comment section of Lin Qingshan’s social media accounts on various platforms and directly posted comments and asked questions.

Lin Qingshan of course said... Since I want to be a riddler, I will do it to the end.

This is also the charm of the anime "EVA".

It was not until all the mysteries were solved in the end that the audience felt completely satisfied.

The popularity of "EVA" is increasing as Lin Qingshan plays the role of riddler again and again.

One day, Yuta Akutami even anxiously asked Lin Qingshan what the relationship was between the apostles and biological mechas in the "EVA" series.

He has been deeply obsessed with the new anime "EVA" recently.

It seems that "EVA" has a unique and strange charm for Akutami Yuta. He even said that it would be great if he could also create a work like "EVA".

Lin Qingshan smiled but said nothing, letting Akutami Yuta continue watching by himself.

In the next plot of "EVA", another important character will appear again, that is the second female lead who was also extremely popular in Lin Qingshan's previous life - Soryu Asuka Langley!
A super popular character nicknamed Xiangxiang!
In episode 8, during the attack of the Ninth Angel, Shinji Ikari happened to be out, and Misato drove him back.

Just when they encountered an unexpected attack by the Angels and wanted to return to the headquarters quickly to let Shinji Ikari pilot Unit-01 into battle...

"The Seventh Apostle was discovered in the East China Sea!"

"The Second East China Sea Army has been engaged in a battle with them!"

"An emergency notice was issued three minutes ago!"

……

“I saw it here too!”

Misato was also drifting quickly towards the NERV headquarters while talking on the phone with the temporary head of the base.

"I am currently picking up the pilot of Unit-03. Unit- will be given priority for Mission !"

She gave the order directly.

But at this moment...

"No, we are currently carrying out Mission 02."

The temporary head of the base responded.

"what?"

Misato was stunned and said, "Mission 02, could it be!"

She looked up at the sky and discovered that suddenly... a block of iron had detached from a huge transport plane in the sky.

In mid-air, the huge block-like object separated into a human shape.

It's... a new EVA machine.

This new machine is different from Unit-0 and Unit-01. It is red all over with white in between, and it looks better than Unit-0 and Unit-01.

"It's Unit 2!"

Misato immediately looked at the new EVA unit that appeared and said as expected.

Then the new machine named Unit 2 immediately demonstrated its extremely high proficiency and combat experience. After a direct battle, it easily dealt with the attacking Ninth Angel!
At the same time, after the war, Shinji Ikari, Suzuhara, and Kensuke met the pilot of Unit 02 in front of Unit 02.

A beautiful girl with long golden hair tied in twin ponytails.

After hearing Kensuke and the others' comments, she stood up proudly and said, "It's not just the colors that are different!"

"Unit-0 and Unit-01 are just prototypes and test machines in the development process."

Asuka put her hands on her hips and said proudly, "But Unit 2 is different. It was built for actual combat. It's the world's first real EVA! It's an official model!"

These words really showed her proud and arrogant temperament to the fullest.

But it also made the audience exclaim that they loved it.

After all, she is really beautiful, and unlike Shinji Ikari and Rei Ayanami, she is one of those characters who is obviously sunny and bright.

"Let me introduce you."

At this time, Misato stood up and introduced to everyone, "She is the European Air Force ace, Captain Soryu Asuka Langley! The second girl, the pilot of EVA Unit 2!"

Asuka got off the recovered Unit 2 directly and greeted Misato first.

"Miri, long time no see."

Apparently she and Misato knew each other and they had a pretty good relationship.

However, when she saw Rei Ayanami who had already left, her eyes suddenly became somewhat unfriendly.

"She was chosen as the pilot of Unit 00 by relying on connections from her superiors."

Apparently Rei Ayanami took away her chance to be the pilot of Unit-00.

Of course, it is very unpleasant to have an opportunity taken away by someone else through the back door.

So Asuka's attitude towards Ayanami Rei is not very good at the moment.

Then she looked at Ikari Shinji, Kensuke and Suzuhara and said, "Then... which one of you became the pilot of Unit-01 thanks to your father?"

The atmosphere was full of gunpowder from the beginning.

"that……"

Shinji Ikari hesitated and wanted to say something.

Then Asuka understood, he was obviously the pilot of Unit-01.

She immediately came in front of Ikari Shinji, pointed her finger, and said, "Hmm... are you stupid? You weren't here at the critical moment!"

(End of this chapter)