EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 113 111. Humanity’s enemy is still humanity

There is no suspense.

Almost instantly, Unit 2's particle blade continued to strike, piercing directly into the core of the Spider Apostle like lightning. The Apostle, which was hundreds of meters in size, immediately stopped all its movements.

The ninth apostle.

Annihilate!

After the power was restored, the command room finally learned about the situation on the scene. At this time, the three EVA machines had run out of power and could only lie in an open area of ​​the city, waiting for the staff to transport them back to the headquarters.

Misato Katsuragi, who was trapped in the elevator, was finally rescued.

The first thing she did when she came out was to go to the toilet.

The elevator was stuffy and hot, and the air was not circulating. If the power had been restored an hour or two later, we might have seen her in the hospital ward by now; if it had been three to five hours later, we would have only seen her body in the hospital morgue.

Several people crowded in the lounge to enjoy the air-conditioning, all with expressions of being saved.

Misato Katsuragi was wearing only a short shirt on her upper body.

Two buttons on top were undone.

The adult woman, slightly revealing her body, lazily slumped on the sofa without caring about her image. Even Asuka next to her looked more energetic than her. After noticing that there was another Ikari Shinji in the corner of the lounge, the German lady quickly blocked his view with her body, not allowing him to look over... although Ikari Shinji didn't pay any attention to this side at all.

"Ritsuko, aren't you going to work?"

Misato Katsuragi asked curiously.

It's rare to see my friend, who is a workaholic, relaxing here and enjoying the air conditioning.

"I'm currently checking the circuit issues. I'm not responsible for this, so I'm free now." Akagi Ritsuko took a sip of coffee and laughed at her friend. "But you, you've been stuck in the elevator for so long, you look so embarrassed."

"Who could have thought that the headquarters would suddenly have a power outage? Besides, Ritsuko, didn't you make a solemn promise last time?"

"There's nothing we can do because someone cut off the power supply."

She told a surprising news.

It was the first time for the three pilots to learn the truth about the power outage and they looked at each other in bewilderment. Misato Katsuragi seemed to have guessed it long ago and did not look surprised - after all, she had been in the headquarters for so long.

There are ghosts.

This thought immediately came to Shinji Ikari's mind.

The power area is the core, so the attention must be the top priority. In this case, someone cut off all the power, which can only mean that there is a traitor among the top management.

But this is the front line against the apostles. Who is secretly sabotaging us?

And cut off the power supply.

What is the purpose?

Even now, there seemed to be no reports of damage from the headquarters. All they reported were damages to Tokyo-3 on the ground.

Meanwhile, Akagi Ritsuko felt that she was in a dilemma. As a scientific researcher, she was supposed to figure out technical problems, which was her specialty. But she was not good at these conspiracies. The most she could think of was to use circuits to figure out the distribution map of the headquarters' internal buildings. After all, the maze-like underground city only had some superficial things marked on the open map.

Others, such as the area where the apostle Adam is located below, are not marked.

Or is this a warning?
——A warning that “the power supply can be cut off easily, and we can be destroyed at any time.”

"I didn't expect that the first time our headquarters suffered damage was not caused by the apostles, but by humans." The blonde said with emotion, "After all, the enemy of humans is still humans."

"Some bad guy cut off the power supply."

Asuka frowned, her cute little face full of seriousness. She had a very ominous premonition:

"Will there be a day when we have to drive EVA machines to fight against humans?"

Her tone was extremely dissatisfied.

Shinji Ikari could foresee that scene, where EVA machines fought each other on the battlefield for their own interests rather than for the just purpose of destroying the Angels.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be silent for a moment. Maybe.

After all the apostles are eliminated, it is not the end of everything.

This was the first time that Shinji Ikari realized such a future, but at that time, he was not willing to go to the battlefield for such a mess. The two girls, Ayanami Rei and Asuka, must have had the same idea as him. Shinji Ikari had such confidence.

But Ritsuko Akagi did not answer.

Speaking of which, the pilots' further study seminar is coming up soon. She thought that only in school can they avoid those schemes. Thinking about it this way, Misato did a good thing.

The air conditioning extinguished everyone's irritable thoughts.

After the two adult women had enjoyed the air conditioning, they decided not to stay in the lounge with the drivers. They had just finished fighting the Angels and there had been a power outage. They still had a lot of things to do, so they both went out to work. It was finally Asuka's turn to occupy the sofa alone.

Judging from her appearance, she might even want some ice cream.

click -

At this time the door of the lounge opened.

Someone walked in.

All three of them looked over and saw that the person coming was Mary Makiba.

We just talked about the bad guys cutting off the power supply. People often suspect someone because of coincidences. So anyone who appears here at this time will be subconsciously regarded as a target of suspicion by everyone, so much so that she was shocked when she saw Asuka's suspicious eyes. Ikari Shinji thought that she had just arrived in Japan not long ago and had been visiting various facilities in the past few days. She was not there when the power outage occurred, so there was no need to suspect her.

"Princess, what's wrong with you?"

"nothing."

Asuka turned her face away.

"I just heard that there was a power outage here." Makiba, who was wearing a white coat, showed a regretful look and said, "It seems that we need to strengthen our protection."

Then she smiled brightly at Shinji Ikari.

"Hey Shinji-kun, you defeated the Angel again this time."

"I was the one who completed the main attack."

Asuka interrupted.

"The princess is also very impressive." She just smiled with red glasses on, "I heard that there were apostles invading today. I feel relieved to see that you are all okay. I'm leaving first. I still have to visit the facilities over there later. Sigh, when will I stop visiting every day?"

She waved and left.

Shinji Ikari hesitated for a moment, but decided to chase after him.

It’s better not to discuss some personal matters in front of two girls.

in the corridor.

He called out to Mary Makiwa who was in front of him.

“玛丽小姐… … ”

"Yo Shinji-kun, what's going on?"

"I have something to ask of you. Do you have a photo of my mother?"

"Yes, but why do you ask this suddenly?" She seemed to have thought of something and showed a sad expression. "I know, her death anniversary is coming soon. But I came to Japan for exchange. It's such a long distance, the photos must be kept in Germany. Do you think I will carry them with me?"

Ikari Shinji reacted.

That's right, who would carry a photo of themselves with their college friends when they travel to a country thousands of miles away? In the end, this was just wishful thinking on his part.

"I brought it."

Suddenly, she blinked.

(End of this chapter)