EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 208 206. Unit- is about to be frozen
Unknown new apostle.

Could it be the fifteenth apostle?

That gaze had been watching him on the moon. Shinji Ikari had no intention of provoking it, so he just took a quick look to confirm its location and pretended not to see it - otherwise, what if it followed the gaze and followed him?
Online solo kill?

He just finished defeating an apostle.

At this moment, the deafening roar of Unit-01 finally ended, and the echo in the underground city shook off the dust. The giant, which had lost most of its purple-green armor, stood in place, and the golden light in its eyes began to gradually weaken, as if the rampage had ended. Ikari Shinji felt that Unit-01 was about to fall asleep again. After all, the Angels had been annihilated, and now there were no enemies... or in other words, no "food".

The voice in the command room was heard again.

"The rampage is over!"

"Unit-01, stop moving!"

"Recycle immediately!"

At this moment, Shinji Ikari felt his spirit begin to descend, falling faster and faster, towards his body. Of course, during this period, the sight on the moon always followed his figure, sticky.

...still watching?
But Shinji Ikari couldn't tell the Moon Angel to stop looking at him.

Whether people can hear it or not is still a question.

The world full of white spots disappeared. Unit 0, Unit 2, humans... He kept descending like this. The time was short, but it felt quite long. It was neither cold nor warm. It was like he returned to his body after traveling through a distance of tens of thousands of meters, and turned back into a human from a high and mighty god. Then he felt his breathing, five senses, hands and feet... At the same time, the apostle's sight disappeared.

The world is peaceful and quiet.

There was not even a sound of wind.

The only things on the battlefield were the bodies of the Angels who had lost their cores and the standing Unit-01.

It seemed that Unit-01's rampage was just an illusion. But the broken armor on the ground and the biological skin of Unit-01 exposed from the neck down told everyone that what just happened was not an illusion. Just recalling the previous scene, I felt as if my heart was being pinched by a huge force, and I even lost the strength to breathe.

That was the pressure from Unit-01.

The annihilation of the apostles is complete!

The headquarters has begun to send staff to recover the aircraft and transport them to their respective hangars for repairs.

At this time, the center of the battlefield was in a mess.

Chunks of concrete and the blood of the apostles were mixed together.

The corners of Unit-01's mouth still had some of the Apostle's blood, staining part of the remaining purple-green armor on its head. Under its feet was the fallen body of the Apostle, like a tall mountain. The standing giant and the lying giant were the difference between the winner and the loser. From afar, the life and death of the two giants seemed like a bizarre scene, shocking anyone who saw it.

People pushed the transport machinery closer and closer.

"Will it suddenly start moving again?"

When the logistics staff approached the giant, this thought came to their minds.

The scene of Unit-01 roaring is still fresh in my memory.

Although it is motionless like a human sculpture at this moment, its pale skin seems to be made of marble, and its wonderful texture is so similar to that of a human, with a strange beauty, people always have an inexplicable sense of fear, dare not look at it, and even... are a little afraid to approach it.

"It looks like the apostles, it's crazy," someone said.

"Shh, don't say that!"

His companion quickly pulled him.

Of course, the pilots did not hear these people's mutterings about Unit-01.

After the three of them came out of the cockpit, they gathered together.

"Hey Shinji, are you really okay?"

Asuka, wearing a fiery red combat uniform, ran over.

The young lady, with wet hair, circled around him, looking left and right, as if trying to find out if he was missing any limbs, and even pinched them. When Ayanami Rei saw her asking the question, the beautiful girl stopped talking and stood quietly by her side, but she also looked at him with concern.

Both girls were concerned about him.

Shinji Ikari felt something was a little weird.

Usually it was Ayanami who asked, "Ikari-kun, are you okay?" But this time it was Asuka's turn to ask him. He looked at Asuka's left hand and asked, "Nothing is wrong, but Asuka, is your hand okay?"

"Hands? That's nothing."

When he said that, Asuka suddenly felt the phantom limb pain she had just suppressed come back.

Look at Shinji Ikari, he is full of energy.

It should be fine.

As for her, Unit 02 lost its left hand in the battle, which was much more serious than Unit 01's injury. Asuka's delicate face was tense all the time, but her beautiful eyebrows were raised. The girl tried hard not to let the pain show on her face, but her eyelids still trembled from time to time.

From this perspective, she is the one who should be cared for.

"Don't bear the pain."

"It doesn't hurt!" she said.

Fortunately.

Medical staff came soon.

Various instruments were used in turn to carefully check the physical condition of the three pilots. Rei Ayanami, who opened the AT force field in the back, was naturally fine, and Shinji Ikari had no problem except for a little pain in his palm.

In the end, only the unlucky Asuka was left.

She will be in hospital for a day.

"Do I need to stay in the hospital? I don't want to." As soon as the doctor left, Asuka crossed her arms and complained, "It's only one day. There's no need to stay in the hospital, right?"

"At least we have to observe it to prevent any unexpected situations." said Shinji Ikari.

"What kind of surprise could there be..."

"I'll go visit."

Asuka then reluctantly accepted the hospitalization.

After checking their physical condition, the drivers went to take a shower and change clothes.

The two girls left one after the other.

Shinji Ikari took off his blue and white combat uniform and put on his usual shirt and trousers. Because of the invasion of the Fourteenth Angel, there would be no need for simulation training this afternoon. He could go back and rest directly. The headquarters still needed to work overtime to repair the machines.

But he thought about it and did not go to find Ayanami to go back to the apartment together, but went to Miss Ritsuko's office.

The journey is not long.

As expected, Ritsuko Akagi was inside.

Seeing him come in, the blonde put down the documents in her hand and asked in confusion:

"Shinji-kun, aren't you going to rest? What do you want from me?"

"Ms. Ritsuko..." Ikari Shinji said seriously, "I may have sensed the location of the new Angel."

He chose to complain... no, to report.

After all, they are apostles. Now that they know the location of the new apostle's lair, they must go over and destroy the other party. Can they just watch it grow? It's like playing StarCraft and knowing where the opponent's base is. The normal thinking of a player is of course to blast a wave of soldiers and then directly take away the opponent's base!

"A new apostle?"

Ritsuko Akagi's face immediately became serious.

They had just finished fighting the 14th Angel. If they didn't even take a break and went to face the next Angel... But they couldn't just hide their heads in shame. Unit-01 and Unit-00 weren't badly damaged, so they were still strong enough to fight. As she was thinking about this sudden news, Shinji Ikari continued,

"Well, probably on the moon."

He recalled,

"When Unit-01 went berserk, I felt like there was something on the moon watching me. It must not be an illusion. There is no other possibility except the new Angel."

"Shinji-kun, the moon...?"

"Yes, the moon."

When Ritsuko Akagi saw him nod, she immediately fell into deep thought. It wasn't that she didn't believe Shinji Ikari, but Shinji Ikari's statement that he could tell that the new Angel was on the moon just by sight sounded a bit too sci-fi. How could he sense it from such a long distance? And how did he know for sure that it was on the moon?

But Shinji Ikari looked so confident that it was obvious that he was not lying, so we need to take this information seriously.

So the blonde nodded thoughtfully,
"Leave it to me. I will report to the commander and ask the Moon Base to pay attention."

She thought that it would be fine if the new Angel was somewhere on Earth, but the moon... that was already outer space, and she couldn't send Unit-01 to outer space to fight, so she could only wait for the Angel to come to Earth on its own initiative. Having said that, knowing the Angel's location in advance was still good news, at least it could alert NERV's lunar branch.

But Shinji Ikari discovered a problem in her words.
"Wait, does the headquarters have a base on the moon?"

"of course."

Akagi Ritsuko replied.

Damn, is the headquarters so powerful? That's the moon! Ikari Shinji was a little surprised. This damn world doesn't even have the Internet, but now someone suddenly said hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. He didn't expect it. This technology tree is too crooked. The headquarters' moon base... I don't know what it will look like. Is it like a science fiction movie, with a lot of robots, densely arranged together?

After reporting on the new apostles.

Shinji Ikari had no intention of staying in the headquarters any longer. He was about to go back to rest when Ritsuko Akagi called him over. The blonde beauty frowned and asked carefully:

"By the way, Shinji-kun..."

"Ok?"

"Are you okay after Unit-01 went berserk?"

"It's okay, the doctor checked it out too."

"Really?" She said with a sigh of relief, "…That's good."

"Don't worry too much, Ms. Ritsuko. I don't think the invasion of the Angels has had much impact on me." Ikari Shinji naturally knew what Akagi Ritsuko was really worried about. He comforted her and said, "Besides, this is also my responsibility. There are only three pilots in the world. If I don't go, no one else will be able to stand up."

"Yeah, there's nothing I can do about it." Ritsuko Akagi sighed sincerely, "Sometimes I really wish you didn't have to drive anymore."

"Then we have to defeat all the apostles quickly."

Shinji Ikari said with a smile.

He knew this was impossible in a short period of time.

There are only three drivers now.

Unit-0 is a prototype, so its combat capability is not strong. If he doesn't drive Unit-01, then the main force will only be Asuka's Unit-02. Will he hand over the responsibility of the battle to these two girls? These two girls have a close relationship with him, and Shinji Ikari doesn't want their lives to be threatened.

He waved goodbye and left the office.

The only one left was Ritsuko Akagi, who continued to work hard to analyze the genes eroded by the apostles and try to ensure the health of the pilots. After taking a sip of bitter coffee, she got busy with her work again.

However, I just arrived at the headquarters the next day.

Shinji Ikari heard an unexpected news -

"I don't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, Shinji-kun."

Akagi Ritsuko frowned and said,
"Unit-01 may be temporarily frozen for a while."

In the familiar hangar, the purple-green painted armor of Unit-01 has not yet been fully installed. After all, less than a day has passed and even working overtime cannot complete the repairs. Therefore, the orange-red pool has not been filled for the time being, and there is only a shallow water level. Unit-01 under the sky corridor reveals a large area of ​​pale human-like skin, half biological and half mechanical, and looks a little scary.

Shinji Ikari asked in confusion:
"freeze?"

"Yes, it was an order from Commander Ikari."

(End of this chapter)