EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 180 178. Unit- vs. the Thirteenth Angel

bang bang bang-

Two assault rifles poured fire upon the black machine.

Shinji Ikari thought that although it was just a tentative attack, it was no joke. If it hit the black armor, it would at least make a hole. This was not like the cheesy TV shows where someone could say their last words after being shot five or six times, and if they hit someone, they could even put their ashes in an urn right where they were.

But against the backdrop of the fiery sunset clouds in the sky, the bullets fired by Unit-01 and Unit-00 stopped abruptly as if they had hit the air wall created by Hidetaka Miyazaki in the game.

The huge impact force of the bullet formed circles of faint ripples in the air.

——The thirteenth Angel opened the AT field.

As expected, there is such a thing! Ikari Shinji sighed. He thought that the robot parasitizing Unit 3 would not have it... If the robot that defected from the military had this thing, it would not have been destroyed by a mere missile.

"We can only fight in close combat and use the EVA's own AT force field to neutralize it."

"Trust Shinji-kun."

Everyone in the command room watched this scene silently.

At this moment, they can only be spectators, analyzing the apostles' attack methods and finding and fixing the gaps for the driver.

A little bit, yeah, but not much.

"Ayanami, help me hold him back." said Shinji Ikari.

"it is good."

The girl nodded in the cockpit.

Seeing that firearms were ineffective, Unit-01 immediately gave up its assault rifle. Its nimble body covered a distance of several hundred meters in a matter of seconds. It was so fast that only an afterimage was left, and it was almost face to face with the Angel.

The particle knife was taken out silently during this process, and turned into a thunderous blow under the effect of acceleration.

——AT force field neutralization!

The ripples in the air melted away like snowflakes.

The Unit 00 behind continued to use its assault rifle to sweep the formation, firing several bullets at the apostles from quite tricky angles. Ayanami Rei has never been very good at close combat, and now the two sides have developed into a close combat. In order to prevent accidental injuries, the role she can play is limited.

close!

Unit-01's particle blade pierced the apostle's neck, and the purple-green machine was as fast as a flash of lightning. The black machine on the opposite side did not move at this moment. Could it be that the apostle had not reacted yet?
The command room fell silent.

Everyone watched the stab with bated breath.

But this was just another tentative attack by Shinji Ikari. As we all know, the only weakness of the Angel is the red core, officially called the S2 mechanism. After the Angel parasitized the black Unit , the weakness has not been revealed.

And at this split second, the thirteenth apostle finally took action.

First, it dodged the bullets from Unit-00 with a strange dodge, and then it suddenly raised its hand to launch a counterattack against Unit-01, grabbing the particle knife with its black armored hand, as if it was using its hand as a weapon. Ikari Shinji was puzzled, is the apostle so reckless? Using its hand to fight against the particle knife, is there a trap? But it just grabbed at him straight away, such a great opportunity cannot be missed.

Without any hesitation, Unit-01 used the particle knife to cut off the apostle's fingers.

So simple?
"It looks like it's stable now."

Some people felt relieved after watching this scene, but immediately became worried again.

Because something strange will happen in the next second.

Blocked by its fingers, the particle knife deflected and only slightly scratched the surface black armor of the neck.

Just when Unit-01's old strength was exhausted and new strength had not yet been generated, the black machine's next move had already caught up. Ikari Shinji swung the particle knife backhand, and Unit-01 naturally had another move, this time still aiming at the neck. Of course, he had considered the possibility of the apostle cheating, and had subsequent responses.

But the black machine is still very reckless.

It brings the distance even closer.

Now the two machines looked like a man and a woman dancing a tango, rubbing their ears against each other - if the gender of the pilots was taken into consideration. But in a flash, the two behemoths revealed their destructive power. Even if they were just dancing tango, it would be a huge disaster for humans.

The particle knife that Unit-01 swung with its backhand pierced directly into the neck of the apostle.

puff-

Shinji Ikari tried his best to avoid Asuka's cockpit with this attack. The blood from Unit 03's body spurted out, dyeing a large area red, and even the armor of Unit 01 was stained with a lot of it.

The apostle did not show any sign of pain. Instead, it continued to move forward, as if wanting to hug Unit-01.

Is it going to exchange injury for injury?

It was already too late for Unit-01 to retreat.

Injury for injury was Shinji Ikari's exclusive fighting method before. But no matter what, don't let the enemy achieve their goal. He kept this in mind, and Unit-01 fully opened its power, retreating more than ten meters at an incredible speed in 0.1 second. Tap, tap, tap... This is of course a relatively safe distance for a human, but for these two giant beasts, it just moved the line between life and death back a little.

Finally, the black machine used its other hand, which had not had its fingers cut off, to tightly grasp the right wrist of Unit-01.

Blah blah blah...

Then pink liquid began to flow out of the apostle's hand and poured onto his wrist.

It doesn't look like a good thing at first glance.

Unit 03 doesn't have the ability to spray liquid, so it can only be a special method used by the Angel. Is it corrosive? Strong acid? I've encountered this type of Angel before, so I'm going to get hurt this time. Shinji Ikari frowned and tried to drive the right hand of the unit back.

Huh?
...Not obeying orders?
He looked from the perspective of Unit-01. As the pink liquid invaded his right wrist, it seemed to have grown larger. Unable to bear the heavy load, the purple-green armor on the surface made a sound of disintegration. He felt that the perception of his right hand in the neural connection was disappearing rapidly, and the neural connection at the forearm joint was also in danger.

But the fingers of my right hand were clearly still moving.

This is... parasitism? !

The orders they obeyed were not his, but those of the Angel. "Unit-01... is being corroded."

Even the people in the command room were dumbfounded. How could there be such a method? It could even snatch the control of the machine from the pilot? But this is how Unit 3 was corrupted by the Angel. There is already a vivid example in front of them.

"Cut off all parts below the right forearm of Unit-01! Then stop the bleeding immediately." Ikari Gendo ordered.

"Wait, if we don't sever the neural connection first..."

Ritsuko Akagi subconsciously wanted to say something.

"I said just cut it off."

"Yes!"

At this time, the commander's power finally took effect. If the wrist nerve was simply cut, it might not be cut because it could not receive the signal, but the forearm joint had not been completely attacked. Under the order, Shinji Ikari only felt a sharp pain. The disadvantages of high synchronization rate were fully reflected at this moment.

Hehe…

It's so painful.

This was the pain of a broken arm, more painful than hitting the big toe on a closet door. His arm was still there, but the nerves there were saying, "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts." Unable to tell whether it was his own pain or the pain of Unit-01, Shinji Ikari grimaced in pain in the cockpit. Even the communication channel could be heard groaning, and Unit-01 outside trembled several times. Fortunately, only he knew about the distorted face and the unbearable scene.

A method I have never seen before.

He was almost killed by Chu Jian. This apostle was too sinister.

However, it was all due to his own carelessness. He knew clearly that this Angel had parasitic capabilities, but he naively thought that this would not occur during the battle. Ikari Shinji learned his lesson, and feeling the pain coming from his right hand, he wanted to take a breath, but he only gulped down a mouthful of LCL liquid.

bah bah bah.

I want to spit it out but I'm afraid of getting my own saliva on it.

"Ikari-kun, are you okay?"

"It's okay." He quickly pretended that he wasn't in any pain and said, "Ayanami, you should be careful too. It has parasitic abilities, so don't get close to it."

If I tell her that I'm in pain, Ayanami might start to care about me regardless of the situation.

Now is not the time to talk about love.

After cutting off the right forearm, Unit-01 was freed from its shackles. Ikari Shinji rolled over and moved away from it. Unfortunately, the particle knife was still in his right hand, and it was difficult to get it back. Fortunately, Unit-00 had already thrown the particle knife loaded on the body over.

"Catch it."

"Thanks, Ayanami."

second round.

Start!
But this is not a King of Fighters game, there is no chance of Round 3. The price of failure is the scrapping of the entire machine. Maybe it can parasitize two machines at the same time, then the whole Tokyo will be in danger. Ikari Shinji stared at the apostle with a little fear. The finger on the black machine that was just cut off by the particle knife was growing rapidly.

It is the apostle's troublesome recovery ability.

There is no time to give it further recovery, but only the left hand of Unit-01 can move normally, and the right hand is left with a useless arm. His current condition is also somewhat poor, and the phantom limb pain from his right hand is disturbing his mind. It seems that he will have to stay in the hospital for a few more days when he returns.

But there is no way.

Apart from the means of liquid parasitism, the Thirteenth Angel has not yet revealed more attack methods, such as the particle cannons, tentacles, anti-AT force fields, etc. of its predecessors, none of which have been seen so far. It can only stupidly send EVA bodies over and then parasitize with liquid.

The best thing to deal with is not having wisdom.

The people in the command room were still worried about how to fight this battle, but during the brainstorming, Shinji Ikari had already come up with an idea. Unit-01's left hand tightly grasped the particle knife. Unlike humans, the left and right hands of the machine had the same power and there was no difference depending on which hand was used.

It’s just that because the driver is needed to control it, the left hand is weaker.

"Ayanami, shoot with all your strength to attract its attention." He said while enduring the pain.

"Ok."

bang bang bang-

Unit-00 kept firing bullets, attracting the attention of the apostle. The black machine seemed to be annoyed by the fly that kept harassing it from a distance. It glanced at Unit-01, and seeing that the distance was too long to attack it, it rushed towards Unit-00, ready to cause trouble for the fly.

At this moment, Unit-01 seized the opportunity, dived forward at a low altitude, rolled its body suddenly, and launched an attack from the side in the blind spot.

The apostle had a premonition.

It actively offered up the arm with the cut-off fingers that was still growing, while the other hand was hidden behind its back sinisterly. Unfortunately, it didn't understand that the same move could not be used twice.

It’s really an old trick.

Ikari Shinji was speechless, but he wasn't polite either.

The knife flashed, leaving a deep wound on the arm that could be seen to the bone, and also cut a semicircle on the neck of Unit-03. The knife touched it and ran away the next second. Before its other hand could pinch it, Unit-01 nimbly stepped back and dodged its attack range.

WIN!

I went in and came out again, you hit me.

Although the victory was achieved, it could only temporarily restrain it. Ikari Shinji knew this very well. He looked at the huge wound on the neck of the black machine. If it were a human, it would have died by now. But the Angel was still fine, and its wound was even recovering. After being attacked again, it did not bother Unit-0 anymore, but focused on him again.

You have to find the core.

Night was about to fall, the sunset glow in the sky was already darkening, with faint stars, and the phantom pain was still disturbing his nerves. Although it wouldn't be a problem if he delayed it any longer, Shinji Ikari's heart sank unconsciously.

Where exactly is the core of the apostles?

Which part of Unit 3 did it parasitize on?
(End of this chapter)