EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 21 20. Ayanami Rei and Suzuhara Sakura

After the battle.

In the empty corridor deep inside the headquarters, a place that only very few people can reach, the footsteps of two people gradually became clearer. Looking around, the commander-in-chief and the deputy commander were talking while walking forward.
"He won by his own strength."

The old man spoke first, his tone was filled with sighs, which was rare.

"And twice in a row."

"Didn't Unit-01 protect him?" Commander-in-Chief Ikari Gendō's face showed no trace of the concern that a father should have shown. He said indifferently, "Otherwise he would have died the first time. It doesn't matter whether it relies on its own strength or the power of Unit-01. As long as Unit-01 is here, we will definitely win."

It's Unit-01.

Fuyutsuki Kozo remembered the existence in that machine.

That's right, as long as that thing exists, they will definitely win, but when people get old, they tend to miss the past. The old man sighed in his heart, thinking of the idea that had been brewing before, so he advised, "I just hope you don't hesitate."

"I never hesitated, I just had doubts."

"Confuse?"

——The child now doesn’t look like me when I was young.

After answering this question in his heart, Ikari Gendo opened the door of the private restaurant in front of him and walked in alone.

Inside the restaurant, the girl had been waiting for a long time.

Blue hair.

Red eyes.

It was Rei Ayanami.

Her inhuman appearance remained the same as always, and she sat obediently in a chair at the dining table.

The food is ready on the table.

The table in front of Commander Ikari was very rich. The food provided by the headquarters to the commander-in-chief was not ambiguous. But on the table in front of Rei Ayanami, there were a lot of capsule medicines and nutrients, which did not look like ordinary human food. If Shinji Ikari saw this scene, he would probably confirm that the inhuman feeling was not an illusion.

She looked over, like a little girl waiting for her parents to order her to start eating, waiting for Commander Ikari to start first.

Before eating——

"Commander Ikari."

The middle-aged man looked over.

The girl seemed to want to ask something, but she opened and closed her lips several times without saying anything.

"My injuries are almost healed, and I can try to pilot Unit 0."

"Is that so? You want to attack..." Ikari Gendo thought for a moment, "Then let's start the driving experiment again after you recover."

after that.

The two finished their meals in silence.

Ikari Gendo stood up and turned to leave, but at this moment,

"Commander Ikari."

Rei Ayanami's voice called out to him.

Ikari Gendo looked back in surprise. This was a rare expression for him. After his wife's death, there were few things in the world that he cared about.
"Li, what's wrong?"

“…Will the food be delicious?”

……

"good to eat!"

In the white ward, the little girl held peeled fruit in her hands.

She took a big bite and exclaimed with joy on her face.

"It's just an ordinary apple. Didn't I peel it for you before?" Suzuhara Touji complained, "Why are you so partial to Shinji when it comes to his turn?"

It was dusk outside.

The sun was setting behind the rooftop of a tall building in the distance. The residual heat from the sun, which had not yet completely set, was still scorching. Looking out from here, one could not see the areas destroyed by the apostles at all, but instead a peaceful landscape.

In the hospital ward.

Shinji Ikari was visiting Suzuhara Sakura with Suzuhara Fuji and Kensuke Aida. At the beginning, the atmosphere was good. The little girl politely called him "Ikari-kun" and the two of them exchanged Japanese etiquette. It was hard to imagine that a second-grade girl could be so polite, but after getting to know each other a little, she immediately changed the address to "Shinji brother" and asked Shinji Ikari to call her by her name "Sakura".

She doesn't have the rebellious appearance of her brother, a bad boy, but instead has a gentle temperament.

The little girl named Suzuhara Sakura retorted unconvincedly,
"Brother, you don't understand. Apples peeled by different people taste different."

You are biased after all.

This thought came to the minds of the three boys present at the same time.

Shinji Ikari was very calm. How should I put it? He should be considered his own fan.

A great hero who saves the whole city can easily become an idol for children, and they may even play house games where heroes defeat monsters. To be honest, when he was a child watching TV series, he also fantasized about the existence of heroic monsters, but he never thought that he would really become a hero in the story one day.

At this time.

It seemed like he remembered something.

Lying on the hospital bed, Suzuhara Sakura's face suddenly became full of worry and she said,
"Brother Shinji, you just finished fighting, don't you need to take a rest or something? There's no rush for me."

One can stand.

One was lying in a hospital bed.

Obviously, you are the one who needs to be worried about.

Hearing the sincere words from the little girl, Shinji Ikari was slightly moved. He gave a comforting smile, "I've checked it out, and there's nothing serious. Sakura, you need to rest more."

Although there is still a little phantom pain in the palm of my hand.

But it's bearable.

"Speaking of this, I almost forgot..." The boy with glasses gave him a thumbs up and praised, "Shinji, those shots were really cool, but it's a pity that they were blocked."

"Yeah, that last knife is really powerful."

"?"

Shinji Ikari was a little confused.

What's with this sudden compliment? The description is too detailed. If it came from a staff member of the headquarters, it would be normal, but you two are just students staying in the shelter. It's impossible for you to witness the battle scene.

Maybe it was their relatives who worked in the headquarters who told them?
It spread too quickly.

Is everyone's sense of confidentiality so poor?

Even Suzuhara Sakura beside her nodded in agreement, as if it was true. Her eyes sparkled and she looked very excited.
"I must learn about EVA in the future, so that I can help brother Shinji."

strangeness.

Do not know why.

Shinji Ikari had a feeling that these three people were hiding something from him.

He stared at them suspiciously, making the bad boy afraid to look at him and the military fan with glasses stroking the camera around his neck. Could it be that these two guys really had watched his battle process?
After confirming that these two people have something to hide.

Shinji Ikari then looked at Sakura Suzuhara lying on the hospital bed, and instead of discouraging the little girl's enthusiasm, he smiled.

Who can say for sure what will happen in the future?

"Sakura, just do what you like. There's no need to force yourself. I'll be happy as long as you do this."

This is too provocative.

At least Suzuhara Sakura blushed with embarrassment.

The idol she admired personally said such affirming words to her. As a fan, she secretly made up her mind to study hard in the future.

Chatting and chatting.

The little girl could no longer resist her body's instinct and began to feel sleepy.

The patient needed more rest, so Shinji Ikari appropriately excused himself at this point.

After visiting Suzuhara Sakura.

He should go find out where the three-no girl Ayanami Rei is.

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