EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 198 196. Are you his mother?

"Shinji...he told me everything."

She opened with this sentence.

Asuka originally had a lot to say to the top student, but after seeing how calm he looked, she felt that it was unnecessary.

Cloning people?

Many doubts in my heart were answered.

She carefully observed Rei Ayanami's appearance. She had blue hair, red eyes, unhealthy white skin, and a beautiful appearance that didn't look like a human. She looked expressionless like a doll. If she was a clone, that would explain it. But now the doll-like feeling on Rei Ayanami had dissipated a lot.

Asuka recalled it carefully and felt that compared with the present, the former top student was more like a clone. If you say that the current Ayanami Rei is an emotionless doll, no one will believe it.

She looks like a girl of the same age who has some weird hobby of dressing up!

I always feel...

The expression on this guy's face has become much richer.

There was a time when Asuka doubted the truth of her "life was short". But what should she say? After all, she was someone she knew, even if she was an annoying top student. After knowing that she would not live long, Asuka could not help but feel pity for her.

"I suspected you, the top student, of lying before. It's my fault."

"It's okay." Ayanami Rei shook her head. There was an indescribable color in her red eyes. "Has your relationship with Ikari-kun improved?"

“…It’s… okay.”

Thinking of what happened last night, Asuka's cheeks were slightly rosy, and the beautiful girl's passionate look was so attractive. She thought to herself that she was really confused at that time, yes, she must have been confused. And anyone could hear that she was not speaking from the heart at this moment.

"Then I'll leave it to you to take good care of Ikari-kun from now on."

"Tsk..."

Asuka immediately smacked her lips and said in dissatisfaction,
"You are such an excellent student... I still don't agree with you."

Hear her words.

There was obvious confusion on Rei Ayanami's face.

Perhaps in the eyes of this girl who is gradually transforming from a doll to a normal person, this is a win-win situation for everyone, and everyone can be happy and smile happily. But Asuka didn't think so at all. After seeing the puzzled expression on Rei Ayanami's face, she felt an inexplicable anger in her heart and asked her rival in love:

"Really? You're an excellent student, and you like Shinji, but you can still say something like this without batting an eyelid? Aren't you jealous?"

"…jealous…"

Without even thinking, Ayanami Rei shook her head.

She's not jealous of such things...Asuka feels a little jealous.

Was he wrong? Did this top student still not understand the meaning of love?

"I've already told you that I don't need you to give up." Asuka frowned and asked, "Let me ask you, if you didn't have any physical problems and could live with Shinji for the rest of your life, would you still be willing to give him up to me?"

"..."

Rei Ayanami fell silent.

If I could live with Ikari-kun for the rest of my life, would I still need a pilot for Unit 2? This was the undoubted answer. Ayanami Rei was sure that she could take good care of Ikari-kun by herself, and the two of them could live in that small apartment for the rest of their lives. But this was just a hypothesis after all. Less than a year of life... no, maybe it would be faster than I imagined. After I left, there would be no one to take care of Ikari-kun.

Judging from the loneliness that Ikari-kun feels, he will be very lonely by then.

Seeing her hesitation, Asuka showed an expression of "as expected".

Sure enough.

The top student must be jealous too.

But how can I put it, this guy covered it up very well? But when Asuka thought about how she would lose to a clone, she felt a little unhappy.

Are you going to give Shinji to me while being jealous?
Top student, you are a bit scary. Anyway, Asuka felt that she would never do such a thing. Even if she only had one year left to live, she would never give up the things in her hands. If Shinji wanted to cheat on her or cheat on her, he would have to wait... well, wait until she died for many years.

She is such a selfish person!
"Look."

Asuka raised her eyebrows and said with a hint of pride,
"If you can stay with Shinji forever, even you don't want to. And if it were me, I would not give up Shinji even if there was only one year left. I am very greedy. So, top student, can you really be considered to like Shinji like this?"

"I like Ikari-kun."

Faced with her question, Rei Ayanami answered immediately.

"You don't like it!"

"I like it." "You don't like it! If you like it, why would you let me? I'm cheating on you, right?"

"I like it..." Ayanami Rei didn't seem to understand what she meant by green hat, but it was the first time Asuka saw a top student with a depressed expression, "That's why I have to do this."

Now even Asuka was speechless.

Did the top student love him to this extent? What kind of love is this that lasts till death? Asuka felt that she couldn't love him so deeply. She even arranged a new girlfriend for him after her death. How could you, the top student, love Shinji so... so... She felt that the words in her mind could not describe it.

...Are you his mother?

However, at this moment, she found that the top student whom she had always disliked was much more pleasing to her.

"It's hard to explain to you. Anyway, don't even think about it. If I were given charity by someone like you, I'd be too pitiful. I'll get what I want myself." Asuka ended with this sentence, "But if you're still alive by then, don't regret it, top student."

"..."

Ayanami Rei continued to remain silent.

The two of them had almost changed into their regular clothes. Asuka put on white school socks and round-toed leather shoes. The girl's seductive figure was hidden under the dress. She brushed her hair and left the locker room without saying a word. Asuka always felt that if she continued to chat with the honor student, she would become as weird-headed as her.

Aren't all clones like this?

Weird.

But do boys like this kind of weird feeling? Ah, it's really abominable. Shinji should fall for a girl as beautiful as her right away. As Asuka walked, she remembered that she seemed to have forgotten to ask a question. She wanted to ask the top student who the original clone was. I thought clones were something that only existed in textbooks, but I didn't expect that they would actually live around me.

Doesn't this department have to consider things like ethics and morals?

Would it be like a common plot in TV dramas?

Asuka couldn't help but imagine a scene like that: a scientist's daughter was seriously ill and could not be cured by any existing medical means, so she could only be treated through genetics. In order to save her, the scientist cloned her genes and wanted to develop a special medicine to cure her, but he didn't expect that the clone could be the pilot of Unit 0... Uh, wait, can other machines also be piloted by clones?

And if humans are cloned, does that mean there is more than one top student?
Maybe somewhere.

There are hundreds of top students with their eyes closed, soaking in nutrient solution in the bio-capsule... Asuka shuddered at the thought of such a scene. Just one top student is troublesome enough, and there shouldn't be so many rivals. Although Asuka is determined to snatch it, she still has no idea how to do it. She can't just knock Shinji unconscious and hide in a deserted place, right?

"Hey, princess."

While she was thinking about this and that, someone suddenly called her.

Mary Makiwa.

Asuka and the girl with glasses met in a corridor.

Makiba's outfit today is still similar to Ritsuko Akagi's white coat. She still wears the iconic red plate glasses and the twin ponytails that Asuka is tired of seeing. Even Ritsuko Akagi occasionally changes her outfit, but this girl with glasses has never changed, and no one knows why.

Asuka thought to herself, it couldn't be that she was just too lazy to change.

The girl with glasses was humming a German song with a very happy expression.

When she saw Asuka, her eyes lit up and she came over. Asuka had heard about her staying at the headquarters before, and even the news that the German branch disappeared was told to her by Shinji. Suddenly meeting this girl with glasses, she was not too surprised.

Makiba asked:

"I heard that you, Princess, haven't come to training for many days. I was very worried."

"Thanks for your concern, but I'm fine."

"Of course," the girl with glasses smiled, "You are a princess after all."

Hearing her being called "Princess" and receiving free praise, Asuka suddenly felt ashamed.

When she was in the German branch, how could she accept this title so easily? Wasn't she too immature and unclear in the past? And Asuka knew why she suddenly returned to training after not coming for many days. It was not something she could do on her own.

In the past, when she was ignorant, Asuka might have qualified as a "princess", but now that she knows everything, Asuka has lost interest in this regard.

"I told you not to call me princess anymore."

"What's the matter? Shinji-kun isn't around this time."

"What does this have to do with him?"

"Uh, maybe not...yes?"

Asuka's face showed obvious anger, and a hint of embarrassment. Seeing that the situation was not good, Makiba quickly stopped teasing her, but Asuka's reaction now was very interesting. She laughed in her heart. It seemed that Asuka had walked out of the shadow of the disappearance of the German branch.

The two hadn't seen each other for a long time and started chatting in the corridor.

(End of this chapter)