EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 11. Fear that the school is not violent enough

No. 3 Shin-Tokyo City Municipal No. 1 Middle School.

It looked like an ordinary middle school, except that the school building was much larger. It was clearly the peak time for school, but there were not many students coming and going. The girls all wore white shirts and blue skirts, while the boys wore ordinary white shirts and trousers, which was a very simple uniform.

Rei Ayanami went to class first.

He needs to find a teacher and go through the final transfer procedures.

Miss Misato has almost finished helping him.

When everything was done, the school bell rang, and the first class was about to start. The teacher led him to the class he was going to stay in. Shinji Ikari looked up at the class number - Class 2, Grade A, and then saw the teacher go in first.

"Everyone be quiet. Your class is the noisiest in the entire building."

"Today we have a new student transferring to our class. Everyone should get along well with each other. Come in and introduce yourself."

I'm coming.

A classic transfer student plot.

In the past, Shinji Ikari had only witnessed such plots in comics and games, but he never expected that one day it would be his turn.

However, after all, he was transferring schools midway. If it were the United States, which he was familiar with, it would be fine, but the small circles here in Japan were too serious, and he did not expect that he could easily integrate into it.

Shinji Ikari entered the classroom with a friendly smile.

"My name is Shinji Ikari. I transferred here because my father works here. My hobby is the cello. I hope to get along well with everyone in the future. Please give me your guidance."

A completely standard self-introduction.

He didn't want to do anything fancy.

Instead, there were a lot of people whispering in the audience, and their voices were so low that no one could tell what they were saying.

He immediately knew what these students were discussing - because as soon as Ikari Shinji sat down in the seat assigned by the teacher, the girl next to him suddenly asked,

"Ikari-san, you are the pilot, right?"

? ?
Shinji Ikari suspected for a moment that he had heard something wrong. I originally wanted to get along with you as an ordinary person, but you came up and exposed my identity?

This kind of information must be kept confidential.

When he was interning in the executive department, as a mixed-race, he had to keep his identity secret from ordinary people when he was on a mission, so it shouldn't be much different here.

Just pretend you don’t know for now.

"Pilot? What's that?"

"Eh, isn't it?"

"No way, my dad works there, and he said the driver that day was a boy."

"Yes, Ayanami is the pilot. You were walking with her again today, and you suddenly transferred in. You must be the pilot of the mecha yesterday, right?"

Eh?
Shinji Ikari resisted the urge to look back at Rei Ayanami.
How is this going?

Am I thinking too much? Isn't this information worth keeping secret? It's exposed all of a sudden. And some of my classmates here actually have connections working inside NERV. Could this school be a school for the children of relatives inside NERV?

He could only nod awkwardly.

"it's me."

Seeing him admit it, the girls nearby all rushed over and started arguing loudly.

"Knew it."

"Ikari-san, how does it feel to pilot that mecha?"

"How did you beat it?"

What's going on with this group of people? They are too curious.

This is a bit too outrageous.

With a classmate like Ayanami Rei around, it shouldn't be possible... No.

He thought he had found the reason.

These students must be very curious about EVA, but Rei Ayanami's personality destined her to not satisfy the curiosity of these girls. Anyone who encounters such a clueless face when asking questions and can't ask anything will retreat.

Over time and over time.

All the accumulated curiosity exploded in him.

Shinji Ikari didn't mind sharing some of his experiences, but considering the confidentiality principle, he didn't go into too much detail and didn't say anything too much. But even so, it caused a lot of exclamations. It can only be said that these girls were really too respectful. No matter what they said, they would say "so amazing", "really", "too strong".

It was not until the teacher started teaching and the female monitor couldn't stand it anymore and yelled that the girls calmed down.

Even so.

Some people even secretly passed him notes during class.

Shinji Ikari sat upright, originally thinking that he had learned all the knowledge in junior high school and would go to class to do his own things, but in this situation, attending class seriously became his best amulet. There was no other way, these female classmates greeted him with smiles, he couldn't just say harsh words to drive them all away, that would be too ungentlemanly.

He felt like a superhero being interviewed by the media.

Facing a group of female reporters, the superhero put on his signature toothy smile, wore a star-spangled cape, and waved under the flash lights. The next day, the headlines of newspapers were all about the superhero's smile.

After class.

The surroundings became noisy again.

Fortunately, the excitement about the transfer student and the EVA pilot soon wore off.

After satisfying their curiosity, the girls finally focused their attention on their own matters, but this time it was the boys' turn, and they immediately surrounded Shinji Ikari.

Shinji Ikari never expected that he would be so popular because of his identity as a pilot.

A break from chatting.

He keenly noticed that there were many empty seats in the classroom. The number of students in the class was estimated to be only two-thirds of the original number. He had a vague guess in his mind.

"Why are there so many empty seats here?"

"Many people have moved away." "There's nothing we can do. Mom and Dad are afraid that the monster from yesterday will invade again."

It was another series of follow-up reactions to yesterday's battle with the apostles.

Although there was an evacuation notice, there must be people who did not enter the shelter in time. I don't know how many people were killed and injured in the attack of the apostles. No matter what the purpose of the apostles is, even if it is for these innocent people, driving the EVA against it is meaningful.

That's right.

For drivers, this is an inescapable responsibility.

The school bell rang at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Shinji Ikari finally escaped from the surrounded situation.

No matter how curious they were, the most important thing for the students was to finish school, and the crowd dispersed and left. Even so, Shinji Ikari had to refuse several invitations, and just when he stood up and prepared to find Rei Ayanami to go to the NERV headquarters for training together.

Someone stopped him.

A boy with a bad vibe tapped his desk with his knuckles and said in a bad tone,

"Hey, transfer student, come out with me for a moment."

Is this... bullying?
This thought came to Shinji Ikari subconsciously.

It seems like this kind of thing happens all the time on campus, but it's too...

Fourteen.

Fear that there isn’t enough violence on campus.

(End of this chapter)