EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 219 217. Lost Katsuragi Misato

Misato Katsuragi walked towards her apartment, feeling exhausted.

She didn't get an answer from Ritsuko, and Ryoji Kaji was nowhere to be seen. She looked at the dark night in the distance. The cold wind blew over, and the scene was desolate, with tattered billboards crumbling. Misato Katsuragi walked alone on the street, and suddenly felt a little cold. It was not until she saw the lights on in the apartment that the loneliness in her heart dissipated a lot.

"I am back."

She said in the entrance hall.

"Gah!" the penguin welcomed her. Misato Katsuragi smiled and patted its head, then walked into the living room. The TV was on, and a boring program was playing. But Asuka was not watching TV. Instead, she lay on the sofa and looked at the scattered papers carefully.

"What are you looking at?"

Misato Katsuragi asked casually.

So Asuka just hummed casually and continued looking at the papers.

What kind of homework is she doing? Looking at it carefully, Asuka has already completed her university coursework, so junior high school homework shouldn't be difficult for her. Katsuragi Misato picked up a piece of paper and looked at it.

This……

They are flyers advertising apartments for sale.

Misato Katsuragi was stunned. What was Asuka planning to do? Buy an apartment in Tokyo? But wasn't she living well now? Suddenly, Misato Katsuragi remembered that Asuka had told her that she wanted to move out and live alone like Shinji-kun, but she never mentioned it again. She thought she had given up the idea, but she didn't expect to see these flyers today.

Could it be that……

Misato Katsuragi's hands trembled slightly, but she quickly regained her composure, only her lips stuttered as she spoke,
"Why, why do you suddenly want to move out?"

"Not yet." Asuka said nonchalantly, "But I can't always live with you, Misato."

It's not that I don't live here all the time——

Misato Katsuragi stopped talking. The words "stay forever" were too heavy. Asuka would grow up one day, and she would have her own life. She couldn't always stay with an adult who was afraid of loneliness. No one could always stay with anyone. As an adult, Misato Katsuragi naturally understood this truth. She could only ask in a calm tone:

"That will be a long time later, right? Why did you suddenly think of watching this today?"

"Always be prepared."

"Will it be okay if I live alone?"

"Alone? No way."

When Misato Katsuragi heard her answer, she was stunned. If she wasn't alone, then who would she live with? Misato Katsuragi suddenly thought of something and asked with a bit of amusement:

"With Shinji-kun?"

Asuka snorted softly, "It's not time yet."

When she said this, her voice was cheerful and cheerful, with a faint smile on her cheeks, as if she was imagining a bright future. However, only the carefree Misato Katsuragi saw this touching look of the girl, and she just thought Asuka was looking forward to moving out.

Not yet... when?
Misato Katsuragi was confused.

But this is definitely a matter of love between these young people, and has nothing to do with her. Is Asuka thinking about living together with Shinji-kun? It's great, you can be with the person you like all the time when you are young. But isn't it too early to live together at this age? If something goes wrong... forget it, they are so close, how can she, who can't even be a guardian, object?

"This, this is it."

Misato Katsuragi said with a slight stutter.

As expected, in the end, she was alone. She felt quite lost. After living together for a few months, she had gotten used to living with someone in the apartment. Suddenly, Asuka was going to move out, which meant that she would have to go back to being alone. Now Asuka was kind enough to cook for her, but when she moved out, she would have to eat fast food again.

"Don't look at it, let's eat first."

She kindly reminded Asuka.

The girl hummed, gathered the scattered flyers together and folded them on the sofa. The two sat face to face at the dining table. Asuka watched the TV program and laughed happily from time to time while eating, but Misato Katsuragi was a little absent-minded. The penguin PENPEN found a cool place to sleep next to the living room. The weather was not bad for it today. At least it didn't have to sleep in the refrigerator.

Misato Katsuragi remembered something.

And there are penguins.

I used to live like this. Even if Asuka moved out, I still had the penguin with me. However, the strength of the apostles is getting stronger and stronger. But when I go to the headquarters, I can't take it with me, so I have to leave it at home. If the apostles invade, they will accidentally destroy this place...

She thought absentmindedly.

"Hey Misato, you're in a bad mood today? Is it because you heard I'm moving out?"

Asuka suddenly asked suspiciously.

The girl was not blind, and anyone could see the obvious reluctance on Katsuragi Misato's face. Asuka was not a heartless person, and she immediately thought about how Misato would feel if she did this. But she was just talking now, and she hadn't really moved out yet, at least for a while.

Of course. It will definitely not take more than a year.

"And even if I move out, it's not like I won't come back to visit. What's there to be reluctant about?" Asuka said, not quite understanding.

"…It's not that. It's about PENPEN."

"What happened to it?"

"When the apostles invade, we all have to go to the headquarters, so we can't take it with us, and no one can take it to the shelter. If the apostles happen to invade this area... So I'm thinking about what to do."

I heard the two of them mention my name.

The penguin's ears moved, then it turned over and fell asleep again.

"PENPEN?" Asuka frowned and thought about it. She felt that this matter was very important. She also liked penguins. "How about asking Guang? Leave it with her first. When the apostles invade, ask her to take PENPEN to the shelter. After all the apostles are eliminated, bring him back."

"Really?" Misato Katsuragi's grip on the chopsticks froze for a moment.

She glanced at the penguin sleeping comfortably next to her and said hesitantly,
"I'll think about it."

After dinner, clean up.

Asuka hummed an unknown song and walked briskly into her room with the flyers. She didn't know what kind of apartment she would choose in the end. As for the money needed to buy a house, it was not a problem for the German lady. The money she had saved since she was a child, plus her mother's inheritance, was enough to buy hundreds of apartments in Tokyo.

However, she has given up her dream of becoming a real estate tycoon.

Misato Katsuragi took out beer from the refrigerator.

With a click, the can opened. She took several gulps. She used to drink to relax, but this time, somehow, the more she drank, the less she enjoyed it. Her consciousness, which should have been confused, became clearer and clearer. At one point, she put the beer can on the dining table and gave up the idea of ​​continuing to drink.

If we send PENPEN away too.

In this way, I would be completely alone.

Misato Katsuragi sighed.

She relaxed and lay back, slumped in the chair, holding the cross necklace on her chest tightly. It was left to her by her father before he died. At that time, her father left the last lifeboat to her, so she survived. What kind of experiment was done on the first apostle Adam in Antarctica during the second impact? What exactly is the human completion plan?
All this seems important, yet not so important.

She lay there holding the necklace for a long time. At a certain moment, she couldn't help but take out her mobile phone in the bright but lonely living room and slowly dialed a number. It was Kaji Ryoji's number. Although she had called it before, until now, no one had answered.

"Dududu-"

Still busy tone.

It seems like it will never change.

You bastard, Misato Katsuragi cursed in her heart, if I call you again I will be a bastard.

She stopped thinking about Kaji Ryoji and picked up the beer to continue drinking. Sure enough, as long as she stopped thinking about it, the more she drank, the more she enjoyed the beer, and the more she drank, the more she drank. However, as she drank, Ritsuko's refusal to answer today still came to her mind. To be honest, she was also worried about her good friend.

But now it seems that the other party is on the opposite side of himself.

Ritsuko likes Commander Ikari.

Misato Katsuragi knew about this, and to be honest, she was shocked when she first found out. When she was in college, Ritsuko always looked like a cold iceberg beauty, without makeup, and no one had ever thought of this iceberg falling in love. What was even more surprising was that when she was seen at the headquarters, Ritsuko had dyed her hair blonde, put on earrings, and learned how to put on makeup, like a good girl who had fallen.

What a big change!

Love is really blind.

Blind to the point of helping others do bad things even if they might not be good people. Shinji-kun should have guessed this, he is so smart, he must know that Ritsuko likes Commander Ikari. Then would he know where Kaji was going? After all, that day, Kaji only took her and Shinji-kun to the Central Dogma District.

She was tipsy and her mind was a little confused. She drank one can after another without restraint. It had been a long time since she had drunk so much. In the end, she felt dizzy. Asuka came out of the room to go to the bathroom and saw the drunk Katsuragi Misato sleeping on the table. She suddenly had a headache.

"Miri, why did you drink so much today?"

"Hehe...I want to drink more..."

Misato Katsuragi was talking drunkenly, but fortunately she didn't act crazy even when she was drunk. She just lay there quietly and slept. Asuka snatched the beer from her hand, put the empty beer can into the bag, and put the unfinished beer back into the refrigerator. Then she helped Misato Katsuragi back to the room. After putting Misato Katsuragi on the bed, Asuka saw that she was drunk and fell asleep, so she left and went back to her room.

What a drunkard! Fortunately, Shinji doesn't drink.

Asuka thought to herself as she turned off the lights and went to sleep. There were a lot of flyers scattered on the bed, and she looked through them again and again before finally choosing one.

This apartment, for example.

(End of this chapter)