EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 118 116. Did Unit- go berserk?
Things at school are temporarily concluded.

After the further education seminar, the pilots still need to continue their studies. The headquarters' daily training is also still going on, and sometimes they need to cooperate with experiments.

"There is a mental resonance experiment today."

Ritsuko Akagi, who was wearing a white coat, reminded.

Shinji Ikari still remembered the conversation he had with the blonde beauty.

Ask Deputy Commander Dongyue...

Asuka, who was standing next to him, seemed to be still immersed in the words that Shinji Ikari said he would give her a gift. She couldn't hide the joy on her face at all, and occasionally she would secretly glance at him. She probably thought she hid her expression well, but it was obvious that she was looking forward to the weekend. She didn't even resist the boring experiments and training that she always hated as much as before. I just don't know how she would react when she saw that the gift was a model of Unit 2.

The experiment of body swapping seems to be a long way off.

The three pilots in their respective EVA machines were all familiar with the operation, because this experiment was still testing unknown data as usual, and its purpose was probably only understood by the staff.

"It's done. Everyone can come out now."

After a long time.

A voice came from the communication channel.

Shinji Ikari came out of the cockpit, took off his blue and white combat uniform in the locker room, changed into his regular uniform, and then went to the command room. If it wasn't wartime, Akagi Ritsuko would be in charge here, and the female major Katsuragi Misato was just watching the fun.

"The next experiment is scheduled for next weekend."

"Also, congratulations! Shinji-kun is first in synchronization rate again."

Ritsuko Akagi said with a smile.

She seemed completely unaffected by her previous conversation with Shinji Ikari.

The German lady felt a little upset, but soon got better. If Shinji Ikari was still in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship with her, she would get better even faster. But thinking of what Shinji Ikari had told her about her mother's death anniversary and the gifts she could receive over the weekend, she thought she should just forgive him this time.

It just feels weird that he's the one giving me gifts all the time.

Asuka thought.

Sometimes it's better to return the favor.

Are there any festivals in Japan? She is not as casual as Ikari Shinji, who can give a gift at any time. At least she has to find a reason, otherwise it would be too...

Death anniversary...

Next year, on the anniversary of her mother's death, maybe she could ask Shinji to accompany her back to Germany. Asuka had this idea in mind, and she would introduce Shinji to her mother at that time.

The experiment is over and the drivers can go home.

Ikari Shinji thought about it.

He went to the hangar of Unit-01.

The hangars of the three EVA machines were very close together, and the staff were moving back and forth between them. When they saw Shinji Ikari, an acquaintance greeted him:

"Hey Shinji-kun, I come to see your machine again."

"Well, thank you for your help."

It was a routine visit, one he never forgot.

It's called a visit, but in fact Unit-01 won't pay any attention to him. She did respond to him a few times before, but there seemed to be no pattern. Shinji Ikari felt that he was a bit like Asuka who was obsessed with Unit-02. She also visited her own unit frequently. The importance of Unit-02 to her was self-evident.

The purple-green giant was still standing quietly in the orange-red pool. He stood on the skywalk, looking down at the machine that belonged to him. Now that he thought about it, perhaps the answer had already been revealed by Ms. Ritsuko.

He remembered what Ritsuko Akagi once said.

"If you simply copy the body of an apostle without the soul, it will just be a pile of dead meat."

"Don't worry, Opportunity No. 1 will protect you."

Shinji Ikari initially thought that the so-called soul referred to the pilot, but at that time he felt that his guess was not so correct. After all, there was a so-called machine soul in Unit-01, and the existence of the pilot was redundant. So, who is the soul in Unit-01? The answer is obvious, but how can he verify his guess?

This is a big problem.

Shinji Ikari thought of the photos he had seen before.

The woman in the past had an extremely gentle beauty, but now she has turned into an 80-meter-long Unit-01.

…maybe not a partner.

"Mother."

He suddenly called out softly.

The sound was so soft that no one could hear it.

But in an instant, the huge orange-red pool was agitated, and a deafening echo sounded. The entire hangar seemed to be shaking. Several staff members who were leisurely checking the data fell down at once. Was it an earthquake? Or was it the invasion of the apostles again? But the next second, all the staff members who were confused turned their heads in shock. They all looked at the location of Unit-01. It moved. In the absence of a pilot - that was originally impossible.

The purple-green giant reacted instantly after hearing his whisper.

It was not as silent and unresponsive as before. A huge hand, like the hand of God, climbed up the corridor in the air. Eighty meters high, it revealed its ferocious upper body from the pool, blocking out the sky and the sun, suppressing the light of the surrounding incandescent lamps into a small corner. The huge rolling eyes were staring at his direction, and its puzzled eyes seemed to ask if there was anything wrong?

Someone was shouting:

"what happened!"

"What went wrong? Check it out!"

"Why did Unit-01 suddenly move? Did it go berserk?"

The crowd moved like ants on a hot pan.

Fortunately, the technology here is backward, and the closed-circuit surveillance cameras are placed in important areas. The remaining machines are basically used to detect Unit-01. No one will find out that it was Shinji Ikari who did the "bad thing" just now. He put his index finger to his mouth and made a hushing gesture. Everyone finally finished fighting the Ninth Angel some time ago, so let's not let them work overtime.

He hadn't expected the reaction to be so violent.

"I just suddenly miss you a little bit."

Said Shinji Ikari.

When he said this, his throat felt a little itchy, and an inexplicable emotion was brewing. It turned out that the person still left something behind, not just the vague impression in his memory, nor just living in the photo so far away from him. Even though it was more than ten years later, as long as he called out "Mom", the 80-meter-tall Unit-01 would run over and ask him if he needed help.

Then Unit-01 over there stopped moving.

Ten minutes later, the frightened staff began to investigate the cause of the unusual movement. A report would be submitted soon. But no one could guess what the real reason was.

The giant was gradually buried back into the pool.

Shinji Ikari took another look at Unit-01, then left the hangar and looked for the kind old man, Deputy Commander Fuyutsuki. He hoped that, as Miss Ritsuko had said, the old man, who was his mother's college teacher, would tell him everything he knew.

(End of this chapter)