EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 10. A World Without the Internet
Shinji Ikari felt like he was falling into a dream.

He seemed to be back in that snowy place, with groups of Deadpools crawling towards them ferociously, and all of them had their golden eyes turned on.

After a difficult battle, they successfully returned from the Arctic.

The professor happily gave him extra credits, patted him on the shoulder and said to him, "Well done, Ikari-san." Senior Brother Chu said that the Lionheart Society will be handed over to you from now on. At the graduation ceremony, as an outstanding graduate, he gave an embarrassed smile looking at the admiring eyes of his junior schoolmates.

The next second he opened his eyes from the darkness.

It turned out to be a dream.

In reality, he was still in the terribly hot city of Tokyo. The air conditioner in the room was humming. Ikari Shinji had forgotten how he fell asleep last night. When he woke up, the phantom pain in his body had disappeared a lot, and at least he could move freely.

Decided.

Find a place with internet access.

No matter what the result is, he has to put an end to that world.

After a quick wash, Shinji Ikari packed his clothes.

Go out and find a network.

Search for information about Kassel College. In that world, Kassel is a private university located in the far suburbs of Chicago, USA. It is a sister school of the University of Chicago. Its main research direction is ancient reptiles, and graduates are guaranteed jobs.

I don’t know if there is any relevant information in this world.

Unfortunately.

He searched for a long time outside but couldn't find any place with internet access. After wasting a lot of time searching, Shinji Ikari realized belatedly that there was no internet cafe here!

This is not the most fatal thing.

The most deadly thing is.

There is no internet here!!!

Even the search engine does not exist, how can we find traces of Kassel Academy? Although he had a bad premonition before, it was not until now that Shinji Ikari realized what he had lost, that is, the Internet.

Bye now.

The comics and games I follow.

Bye now.

Academic Forum in Kassel.

The technological level of this world is too distorted. There are such powerful mechas, but there is not even the Internet.

Shinji Ikari has almost given up. Since the first day he returned to this world, he actually had a premonition that perhaps he would never be able to return to the world of Kassel Academy, where the mission was to slay dragons.

He returned to his apartment, turned on the air conditioner and stared blankly at the ceiling.

I feel like my life has suddenly lost its purpose.

Until the mobile phone rang.

"Shinji-kun, today is your first day as a transfer student. You can't skip classes. I've already informed the school. Don't keep the teacher waiting for too long."

It was Miss Misato's energetic voice on the other end of the phone.

It looked like she recovered well last night.

The tone was the same as always, without any abnormality.

"By the way, we need to come to NERV after school. We can't fall behind in pilot training."

Shinji Ikari just nodded and said okay twice to get it over with.

go to school.

And the EVA driver?

He had no attachment to this place, and his father, the only person he had contact with, was a bad guy. He had no expectations of driving the EVA to fight the Angels.

Let's just let it go on like this for now.

Until you find what you want to do.

School...

Eh, I don’t know the way to school, right?
Shinji Ikari woke up suddenly, turned over and sat up in bed. He held the mobile phone tightly and was about to call back to ask for directions, but he immediately thought of a good idea.

—There’s someone nearby who definitely knows the way.

……

That's right. He is the pilot of Unit 0.

He remembered the last place where he and the girl parted last night, and came to the main road. It was already close to the peak time for students to go to school, and Shinji Ikari was not sure whether he could stop the other party in the end.

Generally speaking, since she was injured so badly, she should have gone to the hospital to recuperate instead of going to school.

But last night she left in the direction of the residential area instead of the hospital.

Of course, if that doesn't work.

Then I have to go back to Miss Misato.

Fortunately.

He soon spotted the girl.

Ayanami Rei walked along the avenue, still wearing the same outfit as last night, school uniform and bandages. Her walking posture was not like that of a robot, but rather very graceful. Ikari Shinji thought to himself, this guy really wants to go to school, it's just a matter of asking for leave, does he love school so much?
After finding him.

The girl looked over in confusion.

"Although I have a map, I'm not familiar with this place at all and have no idea how to get around. Judging from the clothes you're wearing, you should be from the same school as me, right?"

Shinji Ikari smiled at her.

"So I have no choice but to ask you for help. Please lead the way to NERV later."

She nodded in agreement, then led the way with an expressionless face.

It feels like there is absolutely no way of saying no.

I don't know how Ayanami spends her time at school.

Shinji Ikari did not fall behind, but took the initiative to walk side by side with her. On the highway, he looked at the moving trucks passing by and thought of his doubts last night.

"By the way, Ayanami."

The girl turned her head and glanced at him in confusion.

"Why do the apostles want to destroy humanity?"

"do not know."

Questions and answers instantly.

One wonders if she's really thought about it.

But Shinji Ikari inexplicably believed this answer, but this matter was a bit strange. Logically speaking, Unit-0 had been training for so long, she should know some information, but why did it feel like she knew less than him?

Like the hybrids, they all know where they came from and why the dragons want to destroy humans.

After all, in essence.

The hybrids and the Dragon King share the same origin.

and many more.

He suddenly remembered the AT force field of Unit-01 and the strange existence in that machine.

Could it be that there is a script here that comes from the same source?
The pilots were driving the Dragon Kings and fighting each other, both sides were fighting to the death, this style was too different. Ikari Shinji shook his head and dispelled this devilish thought from his mind.

"Is this question important?"

As if noticing his absent-mindedness, Ayanami Rei asked.

Right,

For this indifferent girl, she would probably just do what she was told to do without thinking about the meaning behind it.

Shinji Ikari sighed.
"It's not very important. Just know that the apostles want to destroy us, so we must fight them."

After all, I have only been here for a short time, and it is impossible for me to figure out the problem immediately.

That's all you need to know for now.

The two soon fell silent.

Shinji Ikari didn't know how to start the conversation for a moment.

Yesterday's disaster affected a lot of power systems and the trams stopped running. The two only discovered this when they walked to the tram station. It was rare for Shinji Ikari to see her and she seemed to be caught off guard. Fortunately, the school didn't seem to be too far away from here, so they ended up walking there together.

I don't know how long it took.

He looked up and saw a campus standing before him.

(End of this chapter)