EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 18 17. Tentacles! Wow, they are cockroach tentacles!

Headquarters.

in the surveillance screen.

The helicopters were continuously firing shells at each other. The brilliant light was tearing through obvious ripples, but it was all in vain. Only the dazzling white light could prove their efforts.

The new apostle was about the same height as the previous one, but its appearance was very different. Its entire body was glowing purple-red, and under its two white eyes were blood-red gemstones. Its outline looked like a giant purple cockroach that could stand upright and fly, and it was an extra-large one. It had no hands or feet or limbs on its body, but instead had two tentacles that flashed a strange white light.

Cockroach + tentacles.

Compared to the previous apostle.

This is a monster that can make people feel physically uncomfortable just by its appearance.

"I just rested for three weeks and the new apostle has arrived."

Misato Katsuragi is still as beautiful as ever.

She stared at the external surveillance footage being transmitted, pacing back and forth restlessly, her strong woman demeanor enveloping the entire command room.

When Ikari Shinji was decorating his apartment, he thought of the styles of several people he knew. Rei Ayanami's apartment was probably a bare-bones apartment with nothing but basic furniture and appliances, but Misato's apartment was probably a feminine one filled with fashionable clothes and cute little animal dolls, or a simple one filled with fitness equipment.

She is very much a strong woman.

"What about the attack method? Was there any result?" she asked.

"Tentacle, it's a tentacle."

"Tentacle like this is too powerful!"

The staff member who was analyzing the situation nearby exclaimed.

The scene in the picture was a giant purple cockroach waving two light beam tentacles, sharply splitting a battle building into four halves. On the cross section of the collapsed building, you can see extremely smooth cuts, reflecting light like a mirror. If these tentacles continue to wave, no matter how hard the metal in the world is, it will not be able to withstand it.

That's it.

Misato Katsuragi pondered secretly.

Such long tentacles, and so sharp. As expected, we need to avoid close combat with it. If we get too close, we might be entangled by the tentacles and cut into pieces. I don't know if the EVA body can withstand the cutting of the tentacles. Thinking of the attack power of the apostle last time, she is not optimistic about this result.

Fortunately, the apostle's main means of defense is the AT force field.

As long as EVA neutralizes it, it can use positron long-range weapons to destroy it. As for close combat? Shinji's training time is too short, so it's easier to just use him as a tool to pull the trigger.

The main means of combat this time is long-range.

She quickly informed Shinji Ikari of the battle plan.
"Shinji-kun, after attacking, use the AT field to neutralize its defenses, and then use the rifle to kill it from a distance. Don't fight in close combat. Can you do that?"

"can."

Ikari Shinji nodded.

Finally there is a battle video to watch. The last time he went to the battlefield he had no idea about the attack mode of the Angels. He was badly tricked that time. Even now Shinji Ikari can still remember the elusive light guns and laser beams.

This time he could finally speak with confidence.

will win.

After greeting Miss Misato and confirming that there was nothing else to tell him, Shinji Ikari walked towards the huge orange-red pool holding Unit-01, where he would change into his combat suit and then drive Unit-01 into battle.

And not with bare hands this time.

The two weapons on Unit-01 - the ACR assault rifle and the high-vibration particle knife - sounded very technological. He couldn't understand the design principles of these two weapons, after all, the technical level here was quite biased. But they were both huge weapons specially used by EVA. The rifle was long-range, the knife was short-range, but they still lacked defense.

After three weeks of training, he also figured out how to use these two weapons.

The driver has already gone to prepare.

The command room began to operate in an orderly manner, no longer in a panic as it did the first time. Thinking back to the first time the apostles attacked, the command room was in a state of disarray. At that time, only the commander-in-chief and the deputy commander remained calm, while everyone else was panicked by the apostles' attack.

Misato Katsuragi feels that everyone has grown a lot.

She felt slightly relieved.

All we have to do now is wait for Unit-01 to launch its attack, and then everything will be fine.

but.

Shinji-kun...

For three weeks, she occasionally thought about what Shinji had said to her.

Guilty?
Indeed, at his age, he should be playing with his friends on campus, or studying music or art based on his interests, living a life full of laughter and joy in the midst of singing and dancing. He may suffer emotional setbacks in the future, or he may find someone he loves and marry happily.

Instead of being used as a weapon like now, fighting with those dangerous apostles and cleaning up the situation in the ruins.

Letting the child go to the battlefield was the biggest irony of his life. But under this cold rule of "only he can drive, no one else can", all he could do was to send him back to his father intact.

Misato Katsuragi sighed in her heart.

Maybe I should be a little harder-hearted.

The communication channel received information that the pilot had entered Unit-01. There was still some time before Unit-01 arrived at the battlefield. She glanced at her friend who was busy with something and felt a little strange.

The other party didn't seem to be worried at all about the life-and-death situation of the apostles' attack.

"Ritsuko, you don't look nervous at all...By the way, how are the negotiations with Germany going?"

"A pilot who has only been training for three weeks, a pilot who is injured and cannot go into battle, a pilot who has been training all the time and has not even officially flown an EVA, if there is no support, I will give up."

Misato Katsuragi complained while leaning against the wall with her arms folded across her chest.

"Although we've only trained for three weeks, Shinji's abilities are pretty good. You should trust him a little more..."

Ritsuko Akagi looked at the data table in front of her intently, her fingers dancing on the keyboard. On it were pictures of genetic analysis. She answered without blinking,

"The negotiations were successful. After hearing about our situation, especially Shinji's exaggerated synchronization rate, the Second Qualified Person was quite enthusiastic and wanted to fly over to compete with Shinji that day. Influenced by her, Germany finally stopped delaying. Unfortunately, it will take time to transport Unit 2, so we still need to deal with the Angel this time."

Believe.

"Shinji..."

The female captain shook her head as she thought of something. "Come to think of it, I haven't seen that girl for many years, but her personality hasn't changed at all."

"It's a headache, isn't it?"

"It's not entirely because of this..."

Misato Katsuragi gave a wry smile.

Fixed some minor bugs in the previous part. Thank you to the book friend 20200821213421115 for the monthly ticket. This is the first monthly ticket, which is very commemorative.

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