EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 204 202. I am so strong now
When he saw the surveillance footage of the Fourteenth Angel, which was about eighty or ninety meters tall and had a red core in the center of its chest, heading towards Tokyo, he actually felt relieved.

Next came the Apostles.

I wish it were all like this.

The main thing is that the recent apostles don’t play by the rules, falling from space, anti-AT force fields, parasitism... at least respect physics.

Anyone would do the same if they suddenly saw a normal apostle.

just.

After all, he is an apostle and cannot let his guard down.

The area it passed through was already a mess. Just the passing of its huge body was a disaster for Tokyo-3. The headquarters' helicopters tried several times, but all the missiles fired from a distance were blocked by its AT force field, and there was nothing they could do.

And this apostle had no intention of attacking the helicopter, and walked straight towards the underground city with a clear goal.

There is no way to know how it attacks.

——Then we can only use the EVA machine.

"The goal is to stop the apostles outside the underground city, and annihilate them directly if possible."

Misato Katsuragi said.

Three pilots are ready.

As the conveyor tracks began to work, the EVA machines were quickly transported to the ground and arrived at the designated battle site. It was noon, and the sunlight was strong, making the machine armor reflect the metallic light. Three power cables were connected to the machines to maintain power.

Waited there for a few minutes.

The fourteenth angel has arrived in front of the machines.

Shinji Ikari saw the full appearance of the apostle.

The lower body of the 2th Angel is pure white, while the upper body is pure black, with two white strands splitting to the left of the body, extending from the shoulders and waist to the red core in the center of the chest - the S mechanism. Although it walks on two feet, there is no corresponding part in the position of the hands, but two pieces of light and thin paper-like objects hanging under the shoulders.

Seeing the three machines ready to go, the apostle's feet gradually left the ground.

One meter, ten meters, fifty meters...

From the pilots' perspective, after only a short while, the Fourteenth Angel floated in the sky several hundred meters high. The originally empty sky was suddenly occupied by the angels, as if even the sunlight was blocked. No one had been standing in the sky from the beginning... No, that's wrong. Shinji Ikari was in Unit-01 looking at the angel who was inexplicably standing in the sky.

At this moment, it was overlooking the three EVA machines, locking onto the enemy, and then quickly approaching.

“…Can fly?”

Asuka muttered, she didn't see any flying power on the apostle.

"Maybe there's an invisible part at the back?" Shinji Ikari suggested.

"No signs of gas flowing behind it were found."

There was an immediate answer from the command room.

That would be strange.

Shinji Ikari thought to himself, could it be possible that it could fly out of thin air?
But judging the Angel with any common sense is foolish. There is nothing we can do if it seizes the air superiority. The EVA cannot fly, so we can only attack it from the ground. The battle plan this time is that Unit 0 will open the AT field to neutralize and provide support, while Unit 01 and Unit 02 will be the main force to attack.

The apostles were getting closer and closer to them in the sky.

When it reaches a certain distance, Unit-0's AT field opens to meet the Angel's AT field.

at the same time.

bang bang bang-

Three assault rifles opened fire at the same time. The huge gunshots roared throughout the area, even causing a slight earthquake and splashing concrete blocks. This long-range attack certainly could not destroy the apostle, but was only to force out its attack method. But after a burst of smoke dissipated, the 14th apostle, intact and unlocked, reappeared in sight.

"It has absolutely no effect..." Asuka looked at the apostle depressedly.

Not even the slightest wound was left.

When the bullet approached the apostle, it was blocked by a layer of ripple force field outside it, and even its position in the air did not change.

"The AT force field is still there, top student. Didn't it neutralize it?"

“It’s already opened.”

"real or fake?"

"real."

Ayanami Rei answered in a cold voice.

So Asuka fired a few more shots in disbelief, but the Angel was still surrounded by an AT force field, blocking all the bullets fired at it. Thinking about Rei Ayanami's usual personality, she hesitated to speak in the cockpit, and finally Asuka couldn't help shouting:
“…It’s still there!”

"Because the Angel's AT field is too strong, a single machine cannot neutralize it."

At this time, Misato Katsuragi's voice came from the command room.

She explained why the AT force field was still there.

——I’m in trouble.

This thought came to everyone's mind. If the AT force field cannot be neutralized, then the apostle's body cannot be attacked, even if a nuclear bomb is pressed on it, it will be useless. It is just so unreasonable.

An apostle with such a powerful AT force field.

It was the first time for everyone to see it.

Shinji Ikari, who was watching it floating in the sky, suddenly understood something - it was the AT force field, which was so strong that it could directly offset its own gravity while repelling everything outside, thus gaining this ability similar to flying. This kind of thing only existed in theory... Yes, even the EVA machine can do this in theory.

The AT force field can be used to offset the body's own gravity and maintain it for a long time. It also has to fight with the apostles, and even a 100% synchronization rate cannot be achieved.

The pilots usually just use it to neutralize the AT force fields of the apostles.

…It turns out that it’s not so easy to solve.

Shinji Ikari thought in annoyance that even though the new Angels did not have the same strange abilities as the previous ones, an extremely powerful AT force field alone was enough to put pressure on the pilots.

The only way now is to add another machine's AT force field into it.

Who to choose?
"I'll go and neutralize them too." Ikari Shinji offered, "I'll leave the main attack to you, Asuka."

"Well, Shinji, leave it to me."

I can imagine the scene where the young lady slightly raises her neck.

Although he knew that Asuka couldn't see him, Ikari Shinji still smiled in the cockpit. With her personality, she would definitely want to be the main attacker. Unit 2 didn't need to worry about the low synchronization rate. The 14th Angel didn't look like a guy with any weird abilities. At least his abilities were traceable, so it was just right to give it to Asuka.

Failed so many times.

Girls should also have some confidence.

Unit-02 habitually drew out the particle knife it carried, which flashed coldly in the sun, ready for a beautiful close combat. Unit-01 now opened its AT force field at maximum power, and switched to a support position together with Unit-00. Asuka looked at the position of Unit-00, and then looked at Unit-01 next to her, feeling good.

"Be extra careful this time!"

she thought to herself.

Asuka has already learned enough from the lessons of the previous failures.

Shinji Ikari didn't know what she was thinking at this time. The fiery red Unit 2 had already taken the lead in heading towards the Angel, but the problem came - the enemy was in the sky, and the EVA couldn't fly, so how could it be hit? But at this time, the 14th Angel, which was in the air, seemed to have sensed the will of the fiery unit below to fight it, and was slowly descending to the ground.

——Did it voluntarily give up air superiority?
It is obvious that as long as the apostle stays in the sky and uses long-range attacks to consume the EVA body, no one can do anything to it.

But Shinji Ikari soon realized something.

He couldn't help but look at the ground where Unit-01 was standing.

It turned out to be the case.

If he wants to contact the apostle disguised as the first apostle Adam in the underground city, this guy in the sky has to come down to the ground. If he stays in the sky, he can consume the EVA bodies, but invading the underground city is the only goal of the apostle. The current scene is quite strange, like holding hostages, forcing the police... forcing the apostles to come down and fight.

"The AT field is completely neutralized, Asuka."

Misato Katsuragi reminded.

With the addition of Unit-01, the powerful AT force field of the Fourteenth Angel is no longer a problem. What follows is a one-on-one duel between Unit-02 and the Angel - there are two other machines standing by and waiting in the wings, so it can barely be considered a one-on-one duel.

Ok.

You are fighting against the three of us alone.

Asuka over there was still wondering why the apostle suddenly landed.

But after hearing Misato Katsuragi's voice, she did not hesitate at all. No matter why it fell, she would kill it while it was weak! The apostle might have lost its balance after landing on the ground. Now was a good time to launch an attack. Unit 2 was driven at high speed, and its ghostly figure turned into a fiery red shadow.

In the blink of an eye, he crossed dozens of meters and arrived in front.

Tapping.

The road surface has been specially hardened, so the aircraft does not sink much when stepping on it.

Asuka, who upholds an elegant style, particularly likes to use some difficult technical moves in battle, which looks very gorgeous. A pilot like Shinji Ikari, who comes from a "wild" background, cannot compare with her at all. After all, Asuka has been trained for several years. Although Asuka has learned lessons from the failures in the previous battles with the Angels, the elegant style is engraved in the bones of this girl.

And more importantly——

High synchronization rate brings higher coordination with the body.

Different from the simulation training.

The Unit-02 in actual combat gave Asuka an unprecedented sense of satisfaction, as if its hands and feet were her own, without any delay, as if the Unit-02 was in tune with her thoughts at this moment - has this been the feeling Shinji has always had when he piloted Unit-01?

She felt that her machine-piloting skills seemed to have improved a lot...but clearly she hadn't made any progress in this area during this period of time, and had been hospitalized and shut herself in.

——Incredible maneuverability.

——Is this the synchronization rate?
"I seem to be terribly strong now."

Asuka thought.

Like a dancing red butterfly, Unit 2 quickly approached the Fourteenth Angel in a zigzag maneuver, and the battle was about to begin.

(End of this chapter)