EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 211 209. Another conversation with Makiba

Brought dinner to Asuka.

Shinji Ikari left the hospital without staying there for long.

In the evening, a nurse came to do another test, and he arrived at this time. After the test, Asuka wanted him to stay with her for a while, but Ikari Shinji was determined and iron-willed, and ignored the girl's various expressions of desire, shame, and anger.

After all, he couldn't stay in the ward overnight.

Besides, Rei Ayanami was waiting for him in the apartment.

After this peaceful day, Asuka was finally able to be discharged from the hospital. The young lady resumed her daily classes and training. After learning that because of the freezing of Unit-01, Shinji Ikari only needed to train for half the time, Asuka realized that she had been gloating too early.

"Really?" She said angrily, "Shinji, you are not allowed to leave early."

"Ah."

Only when Asuka saw Shinji Ikari nod in agreement did she let go of his hand.

It's almost December.

Unit-01 was finally repaired today.

The giant's entire body was covered with purple-green armor, no longer revealing the pale appearance of biological skin, and even the orange-red pool in the hangar was filled with water. As for what exactly was different about Unit-01 after it ate the Angel's core, Shinji Ikari still needed to fight the Angel to find out.

However, he felt that he would have little chance to drive it before the next apostle invasion.

freeze……

By the way, when fighting the 14th Angel, Vice Commander Fuyutsuki seemed to have hinted to him to let Unit-01 eat the core. Of course, it is also possible that Shinji Ikari misunderstood the old man's hint at that time.

this day.

He finished training and was walking and drinking from a bottle of water.

Rei Ayanami followed him, and Asuka said she didn't want to see him finish training early, so she didn't come with him. He was about to go to the driver's lounge. Unexpectedly, on the way in the corridor, he ran into his mother's college friend, Miss Makiba Marie, the girl with twin ponytails and red plate glasses.

After the three of them met by chance in the corridor, Makiba's attention immediately fell on Ayanami Rei.

"Ikari-kun, I'll continue my training."

Ayanami Rei nodded at him.

Then she looked at Miss Mary, probably wondering why this unfamiliar person was staring at her, but she didn't say anything and just went to participate in the training silently.

"Hey, Shinji-kun, thank you for last time."

Makiba said.

It was really unexpected to meet you in this corridor.

"Nothing." Ikari Shinji knew what she was talking about, the last time she asked him to help tell Asuka that the German branch was gone, "but please spare me the job of being a mouthpiece for bad news."

"Haha, there won't be a next time." She made a cold joke, "After all, the branch in Berlin, Germany can't disappear again."

"..."

"But I didn't expect that. Compared to her, this girl is just as cute."

Looking at Rei Ayanami's departing back.

Makiba suddenly said.

Ikari Shinji was drinking water and almost choked. He swallowed it hard and then asked:

"Does Miss Mary know?"

"Well, I knew it soon after I saw it. After all, it was too obvious. Anyone who knew her would know that this girl was related to her, not to mention that there was Shinji next to her for comparison. When I first saw her, I thought she had a daughter."

Shinji Ikari knew that the "she" in the words referred to his mother, Ikari Yui.

At this time, Makiba said in a teasing tone:

"This kid likes you very much."

"Yeah, I like her too." He nodded.

Shinji Ikari had been worried about how embarrassed Asuka would be after discovering the secret, but now that he really encountered a similar situation, and the person involved was his mother's college friend and an elder, he remained calm and admitted it directly.

"Confessing in front of me? You're really bold." Makiba smiled, then suddenly changed the subject, as if wanting to see him embarrass himself, and said, "But what about the princess?"

"Asuka... I like her too."

Ikari Shinji said without hesitation.

Hearing his words, Makiba opened her mouth slightly.

She was probably shocked by the guy in front of her who liked two girls at the same time, "I didn't expect that your personality is completely different from that of Gendou-kun when he was young."

Having said this, she immediately denied herself and shook her head.
"No, maybe it's the same."

"Same?" asked Shinji Ikari.

"When we were in college, Gendou once took her to Hokkaido on a motorcycle. Alas, he didn't take me with him on such a fun trip. At that time, those two people skipped classes for half a month without my knowledge."

"Does Miss Mary know what happened?"

"I didn't even go, so of course I don't know. But when I heard about these two people skipping classes, I was just as surprised as I am now. By the way, Shinji-kun, you keep calling me Miss Mary, Miss Mary, but that sounds too distant. Just call me Makiba."

"…Okay, Ms. Makiba."

Even Miss Makiba doesn't know.

That was probably something that could only exist in the memory of the previous generation, Ikari Shinji thought, maybe it would be difficult for him to know what happened. He didn't have much regret about it, but talked to Makiba about Unit-01. After all, she came from the German branch that disappeared because of the experiment of installing the Angel Core on the EVA body, and she must have some understanding of the consequences of Unit-01 swallowing the Angel Core.

"Shinji-kun, do you want to ask about the adverse consequences?"

"Well, after all, Unit-01 went berserk and ate the Angel Core. I thought the German branch disappeared because of a similar incident, so I wanted to ask if there would be any bad consequences."

"Well, that's a problem." Makiba said thoughtfully.
"But there shouldn't be any adverse consequences. If there were, the Japanese headquarters would have disappeared the moment Unit-01 ate the core. On the contrary, I think there will be many benefits."

"benefit?"

"For example, there will be endless energy and no need for electricity in the future."

This is indeed good news.

Ikari Shinji thought.

Due to the limitation of the power supply cable, Unit-01 always has to consider the position of the cable behind the body when fighting. If it is cut, the activity time of the body will be immediately reduced to five minutes. Without power supply, the combat can be more flexible.

After this question.

The two of them talked about the past for several minutes. After a while, Makiba looked at the time on his watch and smiled apologetically.
"Shinji-kun, I have to get busy with work now. We can talk again when we have time."

The girl with brown twin tails and glasses turned her back.

This good friend of my mother's from college, who stayed at the Japanese headquarters, seemed to have a serious job. Although it was just some marginal work and she was busy every day, she didn't seem to be dissatisfied.

He was previously the high-ranking Minister of Science and Technology of the German branch.

Shinji Ikari thought of this.

He always felt something was strange.

He suddenly remembered what Asuka had said a long time ago, that the glasses girl had abandoned the German branch and came to Japan at the critical moment of the manufacture of Unit 04, and that she must have had some special purpose. Now it seems that what Asuka said at the time may have made some sense. After all, this time period is too coincidental.

Will she know the information about the Human Instrumentality Project?

Shinji Ikari looked at her back, a little hesitant.

He thought that this friend of his mother's from college would know something about this plan. After all, she even knew about the accident of Unit-01's experiment. And even if she was just doing odd jobs at the headquarters, she would stay in Japan, which was out of tune with the atmosphere here. There was something strange about this Miss Makiba Marie. Could she be a member of a certain force? Just like Kaji Ryoji?
Moreover, first of all, we can rule out the possibility that she is a member of our headquarters.

No matter how.

You have to try it before you know if it works, he said to himself.

"…Ms. Makiba, do you know about the Human Instrumentality Project?"

Ikari Shinji suddenly said.

Hearing his words, Makiba stopped and turned around.

She pushed up her red glasses, and her smiling face suddenly became quite serious. She looked at him with a surprised look.

"You actually knew about this plan, Shinji-kun."

"Whose side is Miss Mary on?"

"Of course I'm on the side of humanity," she said in an ambiguous tone.

However, Shinji Ikari asked perceptively:
"In other words, are there still people who are not on the side of humans?"

"That's hard to say. Maybe someone thinks they are on the side of humanity, but they are doing things that are not on the side of humanity."

"Like?" he asked.

"That's not something I can tell you about." Makiba said with a smile, "What if you are a bad guy, Shinji-kun?"

"I'm not."

"Then you have to prove it."

Shinji Ikari was confused by her bewildering behavior. Really, how great would it be if everyone could tell the truth cleanly and neatly when facing his questioning? But when he thought about Asuka's previous question about Ayanami's cloned original, he suddenly understood a little.

"how to prove?"

"I haven't thought about it yet. I have to continue working."

The girl with glasses waved.

This time she left without looking back.

Shinji Ikari was not disappointed. He thought that a long time ago, Miss Makiba had told him about the accident of Unit-01. She must have told him this on purpose so that he could find the truth. However, she became so cautious when talking about the Human Completion Project.

It seems that before Shinji Ikari proves that he is not a "bad guy", this good friend of his mother's from college will probably not reveal more information about the Human Instrumentality Project.

Complete...

Is it a bad thing?

Just from the literal meaning, it seems like a plan to fill some kind of defect in humans. Shinji Ikari suddenly had an incredible idea - could it be that after destroying all the apostles, the headquarters will use the EVA machine to conquer the world, unify the world, establish the Earth Federation, and eliminate the barriers between humans in different countries and regions?
That's a big plan indeed.

He has even thought about the future development, which is to colonize the moon, head into space, and embark on the road of space colonization.

Then build several colonies.

Think about it this way.

It is understandable that so many forces are gathered in NERV.

So which side will he stand on then?
Oh, I’m so worried.

Shinji Ikari thought about this the whole afternoon, thinking about it in the lounge, thinking about it in the bathroom, and even thinking about it when he went to the beverage vending machine to buy a drink. But just when he bought the drink and was about to go back, he heard footsteps in the dim corridor. He turned around and saw a man smiling and waving at him.

"Hey, Shinji-kun, are you free?"

It is a blessing for good governance.

He was still dressed casually as usual, with unshaven beard, looking like a slovenly uncle. He came to him after a long time. Did he finally have a key clue about the human instrumentality plan? However, to Shinji Ikari's surprise, the first thing Kaji Ryoji told him was a bit of strange news.

"Deputy Commander Dongyue has been captured."

He said.

(End of this chapter)