EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 162 160. The Runaway Unit-
"..."

From a distance, Shinji Ikari seemed to hear some sound.

The sound gradually became clearer, as if someone was roaring to the sky, and the anger in the voice reminded people of a bloody tyrant. Ikari Shinji heard someone singing the choir's Hallelujah, and someone reciting a sacrificial prayer, a bloody sacrifice from the ancient times. It was the Owl, a giant that attacked the world, and the mortal enemy of mankind. When it returns, the whole world will die.

Shinji Ikari didn't know why he had these thoughts for no apparent reason, but the neural empathy that he had tried to connect to for 10 hours in the past was now open to him at this moment!

——Neural connections.

There is something,
The five senses that serve as a medium connecting Shinji Ikari and Unit-01.

But Shinji Ikari did not have the feeling of being able to control the unit as he usually did when driving, because the hands and feet of Unit-01 did not obey his commands.

It has a will all its own.

Shinji Ikari is completely unable to control such a giant and can only share its five senses as a pendant.

It seemed to have been sleeping for a long time, and as soon as it woke up, it stretched its muscles. The purple and green armor on its body made crackling sounds, and Shinji Ikari seemed to hear the teeth-grinding sound of metal bending. This is... rampage!
At this moment.

Unit-01 started moving on its own!

A sense of threat attacked Shinji Ikari, and his hybrid instinct made him subconsciously activate his golden eyes. There was fire burning in his eyes, and dragons would never surrender. But Shinji Ikari suppressed that instinct, because he believed in Unit-01, this 80-meter-tall guy, and he would never hurt him.

"Uhhhhhhhhh-"

The awakened Unit-01 roared towards the sky.

It was the first time he heard the giant roar so madly, as if he wanted to destroy everything in the world, even if it meant crushing the entire city.

It seemed to be craving for something.

Unit-01 already has a soul, so what exactly does it desire?
The usually docile Unit-01 roared like a wild beast, but is there any 80-meter-tall beast in the world? And what kind of weapon can stop this?
Nothing could stop it now. After roaring, its hands reached forward, as if it had grasped something invisible in this white world. Then the giant's lips moved forward impatiently, revealing its sharp and pointed beast teeth.

teeth……

"Evangelion Unit-01 actually has such a thing?"

Ikari Shinji thought.

Its actions did not stop because of Shinji Ikari's surprise. Its teeth bit something and then bit down hard, chewing something delicious with its sharp teeth.

…The apostles’ blood was thus shed.

"This is……"

Only then did Shinji Ikari realize what was happening.

He had used Unit-01 to swim thousands of meters in this world before, but he couldn't find the Angel. But Unit-01 just grabbed it casually and caught it. It was clearly the body of the Angel, but it seemed to be eating a feast.

Is this what Unit-01 longs for?
The LCL liquid in the cockpit was vibrating.

Shinji Ikari felt himself dissolving and merging with Unit-01.

This was so similar to the experiment with Unit 00, he had intended to accept it naturally, but he thought of something and refused it. Having had the experience once, he had already learned how to refuse, so he naturally took off his combat uniform, like a fish breaking free from the net that bound him - this was originally impossible, as combat uniforms needed special techniques to be taken off.

He was naked in the cockpit of Unit-01 without life support mode.

But he did not feel any pressure of suffocation due to lack of oxygen.

at this time.

In a trance, Shinji Ikari saw a young and beautiful woman's face. It was his mother's face.

He seemed to have returned to his childhood when he had no memories.

Shinji Ikari had forgotten the conversation with his mother. He was wearing a blue and white combat uniform. The boy was small in stature. Someone said to him:

"This driving suit may be the last hope for mankind."

"Driving...what am I going to drive?" he asked.

"People." Ikari Yui said.

"people?"

"Well, just like the world's first computer, the size of a building, long ago, made by a very large man called Neon Genesis Evangelion."

He suddenly opened his eyes and the fishy-sweet blood flowed into his throat.

He swallowed hard the remains of the Twelfth Angel. The woman had gentle eyes and her body was mixed in blood plasma.

That woman was dead. But in the spiritual circuit constructed by the apostle, perhaps there were indeed some broken personalities alive, and perhaps there were indeed some mysterious spiritual afterglow connecting each other, allowing the two people to travel through time and space, through life and death, and look at each other.

Unit-01 continued to eat, but the illusion in front of it suddenly disappeared.

This white world is breaking apart.

Shinji Ikari could already see the sky outside.

As night fell, the Third New Tokyo was completely dark, without any neon lights. With the Angels not yet annihilated, the people could only continue to hide in the shelters, waiting for an unknown outcome. In the distant sky, there was only a helicopter circling, observing the situation here.

Even though Unit-01 had escaped from trouble, no helicopter dared to approach it.

Because Unit-01 is going berserk at this time.

Looks more like an apostle than an apostle.

What kind of robot would do such a weird thing as eating its enemies? If the people of Tokyo saw that the giant that protected them was such a thing, who wouldn't worry that Unit-01 would eat them too?

Inside the headquarters' command room.

The people who were originally happy that Unit-01 was out of danger fell silent. "Unit-01... is it eating the Angel?"

Misato Katsuragi was a little dazed.

She knew that Unit-01 had been without power for ten hours. Logically speaking, the EVA should be completely unable to move without power, but what was going on right now?

The way it eats is so scary and human-like, just like a real human. Thinking of this, Katsuragi Misato was horrified.

She turned her gaze to Akagi Ritsuko who was silent beside her.

——I'm afraid only the people who made them know what's going on.

Until Unit-01 had chewed up everything and the dust settled.

Finally, a plane slowly came towards us.

The Twelfth Apostle, annihilate!

Only then did Unit-01 stop all its movements and stood quietly there, as if it had been buried in the pool in the hangar countless times. No matter how many times Shinji Ikari visited it, it remained unchanged. Its previous crazy rampage was like an illusion, but the connection with its nerves had not ended.

Shinji Ikari observed his surroundings through the perspective of Unit-01.

He saw a fiery red machine lying on the ground beside him. There were not many damaged parts on its body, but it looked quite miserable and was covered with the dust of the ruins.

That's Unit 2.

In that white world, the two machines had never met each other in 10 hours, but after they came out, they were so close, so close that they could be touched. Fortunately, Unit did not eat Unit ... Shinji Ikari suddenly thought so. Its appetite was so strong at that moment.

He looked at Unit 2, which was motionless and like a dead object, and couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"How is Asuka?"

he thought.

Don't die.

Shinji Ikari activated the machine's emergency device.

He came out of Unit-01.

It was very windy outside. It was night in Tokyo-3 and the temperature was not as hot as it was during the day. With LCL liquid on his body, the strong wind was quickly taking away his body temperature. Shinji Ikari put on the blue and white combat uniform and felt better.

He struggled to climb up to the back of Unit 2's neck.

The fiery red body lying down looked like a small hill.

The cockpit of the EVA is usually located in the spine area at the back of the neck. By pressing the button, Shinji Ikari ejects the cockpit of Unit 2. This is a measure that can only be used in an emergency.

The LCL liquid poured out with a splash.

Asuka, with her eyes closed and face pale, rolled out of the cockpit.

After being in the LCL liquid for a long time, her originally smooth and fair skin had some wrinkles. He tried to feel Asuka's breath, and the girl was breathing very hard, but fortunately... she was still alive.

The surrounding environment has been destroyed beyond recognition by the apostles' devouring.

The road is blocked.

I'm afraid we can't expect the paramedics to drive over in the short term. We can only hope for the rescue helicopter, but the black spots in the sky are still hesitating and have no intention of getting closer.

In this case, at least move it to a slightly more conspicuous location.

He carries Asuka on his back.

The girl's soft body was wet and pressed against his back, and her slightly developed breasts were very obvious, but Shinji Ikari had no romantic thoughts. He headed towards the high point of the ruins. After a few minutes, he reached a building that could stand, and Shinji Ikari breathed a sigh of relief.

"…Shinji."

The girl said.

Shinji Ikari then noticed that Asuka had woken up at some point in the middle of the journey. Her voice was murmuring, as if she had just woken up from a dream. After being trapped for ten hours, the girl was now like a hedgehog that had temporarily let down its guard, revealing its soft belly.

"Well, I'm here."

he said softly.

He puts Asuka down.

There was a blanket next to it that belonged to someone unknown. It was not covered with much dust and was relatively clean. The original owner might have already fled Tokyo, or might still be in a shelter.

It can be used as a mat to avoid getting contaminated by dust on the ground.

"It's okay. The apostle has been dealt with. But the road is badly damaged. We can only wait for rescue from the headquarters. It shouldn't take long..."

He said but Asuka didn't respond.

Shinji Ikari subconsciously touched his eyelids and realized that his colored contact lenses might have been dissolved and left in the cockpit of Unit-01. What was revealed at this moment were the ferocious golden eyes that looked like a beast... Not many people would like these eyes, but now there were no colored contact lenses to cover them up.

He raised his eyes to look at Asuka.

But Asuka just stared at him blankly, and Shinji Ikari began to worry whether the pressure from the golden eyes scared her.

He fell silent.

Suddenly, a sigh muffled in the throat was heard.

"So beautiful." He heard Asuka say in a trance, "Just like glowing gems... Shinji, your eyes are so beautiful."

(End of this chapter)