EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 157: 155. Conversation between Asuka and Kirishima Mana

"I never expected that these two people would be in love for so many years, and I thought it was over, but in the end, I could still see their wedding ceremony."

“Life is so unpredictable.”

In a hotel box that is decorated quite luxuriously.

The guests applauded and the atmosphere was warm.

Misato Katsuragi and Ritsuko Akagi looked at the bride and groom exchanging rings on the stage, and they both sighed. In the past, the love between this old classmate was considered a small legend in their class. They often heard stories of breaking up and getting back together, just like some third-rate youth dramas. Fortunately, there were no rubbish plots like abortion in it.

As a result, they are all married now.

It can be considered a successful outcome.

Ryoji Kaji, who was sitting next to them, couldn't help but smile after hearing what they said.

"I think it's normal for those two to get married."

"Everyone can say that after the fact."

Misato Katsuragi choked him.

Just like she can say now, in fact, I saw from the beginning that they two could go to the end.

After the bride and groom exchanged rings, a while later, an old classmate in a white wedding dress came over to say hello. After seeing Misato Katsuragi and Ritsuko Akagi, they reminisced about the past. The bride smiled and said:

"You two should also do your best."

"I would like to do that, too." Katsuragi Misato complained, "But I'm so busy with work, I don't have time to find a boyfriend."

The bride glanced at Kaji Ryoji.

She wondered what was happening to this college sweetheart now?
"Oh, you look so beautiful today. I can hardly recognize you."

Kaji Ryoji said with a smile.

"Oh?" The bride smiled back, "Who is prettier, me or them two?"

"Of course you are the most beautiful today, but in my heart, they are still prettier." Ryoji Kaji gave a barely satisfactory answer.

"Jiazhi, you are still the same." The bride said with emotion.

The few of them didn't spend much time reminiscing about the past, after all, there were so many guests in the hotel.

After a long time.

The wedding is over and the guests have left.

The three people who attended the wedding had no intention of staying to reminisce about the past. If they were five or six years younger, they might have wanted to get together again, but now the friendship between them as college classmates has faded, so it is better not to disturb the sweet day of the bride and groom.

The three of them came to the hotel exit.

"Hey, ladies, would you like to go for a drink?"

Kaji Ryoji said.

The time was just right, and there was nothing to do after returning. Misato Katsuragi and Ritsuko Akagi both nodded in agreement with his suggestion. The three of them hadn't gotten together for a drink in a long time. They used to drink together often when they were in college, but after so many years, a lot of things had changed.

Just now.

Suddenly, the cell phones of Misato Katsuragi and Ritsuko Akagi rang.

The higher-ups urged them to return to headquarters.

"What a coincidence."

The thought of working overtime gave Ritsuko Akagi a headache.

Misato Katsuragi also sighed. She finally had a break, but she had to go back to work overtime. She looked at Ryoji Kaji who was slacking off beside her and immediately became furious:

"You can only drink it by yourself. We have more important things to do."

"If you drink alone, it's just drinking alone."

He said helplessly.

Katsuragi Misato immediately started mumbling, "Even though she usually looks so idle when she's wandering around..."

Kaji Ryoji quickly raised his hands in surrender.

The three of them parted here.

The two ladies got into the Renault sports car, and with the roar of the accelerator, Misato Katsuragi accelerated to the extreme speed. The performance of this sports car was excellent, and it was worthy of the high price she spent and the car loan she took out to buy it.

The two rushed towards the headquarters.

Today the headquarters is noisy again.

Having just attended an old classmate's wedding, she had been planning to have a good night's rest, but she was called back to the command room by a call from headquarters. Misato Katsuragi was now very angry, and even if the Twelfth Angel came, she would dare to punch him.

"There was an explosion at Lake Ashi, and the energy reaction was low." Someone reported.

Lake Ashi.

That's the suburbs of Tokyo.

Misato Katsuragi recalled the location of this place. It was so far away and the explosion was so small, no wonder she didn't hear any explosions on the way here.

"Is it the new apostle?"

"No high-energy response from the Apostles was detected."

If it wasn't an apostle, then it couldn't be an accident, right? For example, a gas explosion? Katsuragi Misato thought to herself, a part of Tokyo has been completely abandoned, and if the gas pipeline is not well maintained, an explosion is also possible... It would be great if that were true.

Since it's not a matter related to the apostles, we can only wait for instructions from the headquarters.

"What did Commander Ikari say?"

"He said don't pay attention."

"What? Is there any result?" "It should be a small move by the military." Akagi Ritsuko calmly took a sip of coffee, "It won't affect us unless they want to tear each other apart."

The conflict between the headquarters and the military has a long history.

It's nothing more than those countries in the United Nations, giving the headquarters too much authority in Japan, like a country within a country. The local military can't resist, and they have to rely on the headquarters to defeat the apostles, so they can only do some small tricks in the gutter. The last time I went to attend a meeting, I ended up with a JR robot that went out of control. In the end, it was Unit-01 who went over to help solve the problem. It's impossible for another one to happen this time, right?

"So, we can go back and drink now, right?" Misato Katsuragi's eyes lit up.

"Yes."

At this moment, in her apartment, Asuka opened the refrigerator, ignoring the cans of beer on it, and checked her own ice cream section.

It was empty again.

The ice cream supply in the apartment is running low, so I have to go out.

She had been eating less ice cream recently, but she still couldn't hold on for too long. Asuka quickly packed her outfit for going out, a sun hat, a simple dress and a pair of flip-flops. She looked like an ordinary girl on the street, but her exotic appearance made this simple outfit more attractive.

Pity.

That ice cream shop that tasted pretty good has closed down.

However, she had anticipated such a situation. Her destination this time was a large supermarket nearby. Although the ice cream there tasted a little worse, she was out of choice now.

The temperature is still okay now.

Asuka felt the not-so-hot temperature outside. After buying ice cream from the supermarket, it should not melt on the way to the apartment. She would have time to put it in the refrigerator. As for asking Misato for help... this guy was just trying to control her ice cream intake. Asuka left the apartment and walked on the street under the setting sun.

There was no storm this time, and after walking for a while she couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

This is too hot.

How about buying a bicycle...

Asuka felt alive only after the supermarket turned on the air conditioner. But she felt a little dazed when she thought about having to walk back home. She should have asked Misato to buy some ice cream or asked the supermarket delivery staff to deliver the ice cream to the door of her apartment.

She pushed the shopping cart and wandered around the ice cream section. When she saw a flavor she liked, she picked up a dozen and put them into the cart.

At this time, someone called her.

"Soru-kun!"

Asuka looked over in confusion.

The only people who would call her that were the girls in the class who were not very familiar with her. As for the boys, they didn't dare to mess with her. Asuka's eyes were a little lazy because of the air conditioning, but after seeing who it was, the German lady's eyes suddenly became sharp.

——It’s Kirishima Mana.

What will happen if I look for myself?

"What a coincidence." Kirishima Mana looked very surprised. She looked at Asuka's shopping cart, which was full of ice cream. "Is Soru-san coming to this store to buy ice cream?"

"Ah."

Asuka nodded indifferently.

Although she was suspicious of this new transfer student, she was not the kind of person who would give a cold shoulder to Shinji for no reason. However, the two of them actually met in this supermarket... Use whatever tricks you have, and I will expose your true colors. She waved her fist viciously in her heart. A girl who pestered Shinji like this could never be a good person.

"Soru-san lives nearby, right?" She started talking to herself. "Me too. The rent in Tokyo is so cheap. When I first came here, I was worried that I wouldn't have enough money."

Asuka didn't answer her.

Let this new transfer student perform a one-man show all by himself.

"By the way, Soryu-san, you are very familiar with Ikari-san, right?" At this time, Kirishima Mana suddenly asked curiously.

“…I’m not familiar with it at all.”

Asuka said coldly.

She had originally made up her mind not to respond to anything Kirishima said, but she still had to clear up the confusion on this issue.

"How come? You two are both pilots, right?" Kirishima Mana said in surprise. "When you were in class, you two acted like friends."

"You're very observant." Asuka said unkindly.

"After all, I just transferred here, and I was worried about whether I could fit in with the group." Kirishima Mana lowered his eyes, "Luckily, everyone is very nice and helped me a lot."

"Then why did you specifically look for Shinji before?"

This name...

Recalling that the pilot of Unit-01, Shinji Ikari, was bothered by the name, Kirishima Mana thought that the two of you must be very familiar with each other. But finally getting to the point, she quickly explained, "Actually, I'm fascinated by EVA, so when I knew that Ikari-san was the pilot, I wanted to learn more about this aspect."

Asuka laughed.

She knew what the transfer student's purpose was. It turned out that he wanted to find out about EVA.

"So, you came to me to ask for information as well?"

"No." Kirishima Mana shook her head. "Ikari-san said that these are all confidential, so I no longer have this idea. I just want to get to know Soru-san."

"is it?"

Asuka didn't believe her at all.

But at this time, Kirishima Mana continued to ask:

"Excuse me, is there any special relationship between Soryu-san and Ikari-san?"

Asuka had to stop.

She asked with a fake smile:

“Why do you think so, Kirishima-san?”

"Classmates all say that he and Ayanami are a couple, but I find it hard to believe. I always feel that you and Ikari are a couple. I used to think that Ikari must like you..." She looked at Asuka's face carefully, and realized that she seemed to have said something she shouldn't have said.
"I'm sorry, did I say the wrong thing?"

(End of this chapter)