EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 141 139. Strange Experiment
Thanks to the Tenth Apostle.

There was no training for several days in a row.

The two of them would spend time together after school, and the salespersons at the nearby convenience store were familiar with Ikari Shinji. If it weren't for the school and the headquarters, Ikari Shinji would have loved to stay with Ayanami Rei day and night, and whenever he thought about the girl's life span, he felt that the present time was more precious.

One year later...

The apostles who had invaded by that time had probably already been wiped out.

The two were supposed to live a peaceful life, but they had to face such bad news. However, there was no solution to this problem, and he was not omnipotent enough to solve the problem of life span. Ayanami Rei was like an angel who had descended to the world and was destined to return to heaven.

Ikari Shinji sighed.

It seems like bad things keep happening.

At the end of this month, it was his mother's death anniversary. He and his bastard father Gendo Ikari had to go to visit her grave. Just as he was worrying, a sudden greeting interrupted Shinji Ikari's thoughts:

"Hey, Shinji-kun, you look like you're in a bad mood."

It's Ms. Ritsuko.

The blonde's tone was more like her good friend Katsuragi Misato's, probably because she had learned her good friend's speaking habits. Seeing Shinji Ikari's listless appearance, she guessed something:
"Have you got your answer yet?"

"Well, Mr. Fuyutsuki told me a lot of things." said Shinji Ikari.

"It must be painful to know the truth, right? Do you feel a little regretful?" Ritsuko Akagi started to make coffee, mixing hot water and coffee powder together, and stirring the steaming black coffee slightly with a small spoon.

Today, the three machines were finally repaired after working overtime.

Training also started as usual.

The two of them were currently in the headquarters' lounge.

"is a bit."

Ikari Shinji nodded in agreement, but immediately changed the subject:
"But I know that things are just buried there and have not been discovered, just like a glacier buried in the sea, it does not mean it does not exist. Even if I don't know the truth, I will have to face it in the end anyway."

"If I hadn't known..."

The blonde calmly made a suggestion that looked tempting, she stopped stirring her coffee and turned to look at the boy.

Ikari Shinji shook his head:

"If I had never known about it and only faced it suddenly after it happened, I would have been very confused. I might not even understand what happened, and I would have been even more painful and sad."

"Is this so..."

The two of them fell silent.

I don't know what Ritsuko Akagi was thinking about, or maybe she knew that what Shinji Ikari needed at this moment was to be alone, not to chat with her. The heat of the black coffee dissipated in the air, and she tried to take a sip, but it still felt so hot, so she continued:
"Shinji-kun, there is an experiment this afternoon, so look forward to it for a while."

expect?

Shinji Ikari was a little confused by her words. What was there to look forward to in an experiment?

Aren't they just measuring data and occasionally using the machine to do some inexplicable actions? The experiments have always been like this. There was a machine exchange experiment before, and it is still in preparation. But he soon understood what Miss Ritsuko meant by expectation.

In the afternoon.

In front of him was the disinfection room.

There are places like this in the headquarters, but they basically have nothing to do with the drivers.

Even the cockpit was moved outside the corridor of the disinfection room, very close. Ikari Shinji still remembered that when he was at the marine biological research base last time, he also needed a series of disinfection and cleaning to enter the base. Now, to do a simple experiment, he actually had to disinfect his whole body. He didn't know what kind of experiment it was. Thinking of the expectations that Miss Ritsuko mentioned, he inexplicably had a bad premonition.

Ritsuko Akagi quickly revealed the answer.

"This time, the experiment needs to test the degree of synchronization between your body and the EVA machine without any interference. You don't need to wear the combat uniform this time."

The blonde beauty said.

Her voice echoed loudly from the speakers on the wall.

"Okay, we can go to the disinfection room now."

It sounds like this experiment is pretty normal, but I don’t know what to expect.

All three drivers are here.

Asuka was still the same. Since that day, her face had been very calm, and it was impossible to tell what her mood was, so she walked in calmly. And Ayanami Rei nodded to him before walking in. The three of them had their own disinfection rooms.

Shinji Ikari went in, took off his clothes, and pressed the start button.

The disinfection room started working.

A few minutes later, he finally finished disinfecting and cleaning and started to put on his clothes.

But at this time, the voice of Ritsuko Akagi came from the speaker, and her words made Shinji Ikari understand what she meant by expectation:
"No need to put on clothes, just enter the cockpit like this."

The three people, completely naked without even underwear, stopped in their respective rooms.

No one made any move to leave.

Asuka asked first:
"Just walk out like that?"

"Don't worry, there are no CCTV cameras installed in the corridor, so you don't have to worry about being seen. You can return the same way after the experiment." Akagi Ritsuko said calmly, "This time we are testing the degree of synchronization with the EVA machine without interference. We must enter the cockpit in the purest state."

What she meant was that everything, including clothes, was also part of the impurity.

Asuka was stunned.

That's not the question!

You can't see it, but the two people next to you can see it.

This is the same corridor outside, not three corridors for three people. She thought to herself why she wanted to let Shinji see her naked. Asuka was very conflicted for a while, as a girl, she was ashamed, but after thinking about it, she suddenly decided to forget it.

If you care too much about this, it will seem like you are still dwelling on previous events.

"Shinji, you are not allowed to look!"

Even so, she still yelled.

This is a rare opportunity for the German lady to have such interaction with Shinji Ikari in the past few days.

A long time ago on the Ferris wheel, Asuka was eager to face Shinji Ikari honestly, but for some reason, she is shy now. Yes, shy.

When she noticed this, she was suddenly shocked for a moment, and then Asuka thought that maybe it was because she was now moving on from the past and getting rid of Shinji's influence. After all, the other person didn't like her. As long as she realized this, it would be a very simple thing to move on.

She breathed a sigh of relief at her analysis.

(End of this chapter)