EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 22 21. The second qualified person has arrived!

Shinji Ikari met Rei Ayanami at the hospital exit.

She sat on the bench by the door.

The sun set and the temperature gradually dropped. I don't know how long Ayanami had been waiting here.

Fortunately.

It seems she didn't forget the promise.

The two of them returned to the school, where the students had already been evacuated because of the evacuation alarm. They were the only ones left in the school courtyard at sunset.

"The weather is too hot. Luckily I put the lunch in the refrigerator so it hasn't gone bad yet."

Shinji Ikari was somewhat relieved.

Fortunately, he had considered the impact of Japan's terrible weather before the battle, otherwise the food in the lunch box would have gone bad at this late hour.

It's okay to heat it up now and eat it quickly.

After the lunch box is ready.

He handed over a pair of chopsticks.

Rei Ayanami took it hesitantly and tried to hold the chopsticks properly. Judging from the girl's unfamiliar look, she probably had never used chopsticks before. Did she eat with a knife, fork and spoon before?

She opened the lunch box and started picking up the food.

Shinji Ikari propped up his chin, stared at her eating for a while, and asked curiously,
"Is there anything that tastes good?"

"..."

It seems not.

But it really is an elegant way of eating, taking small bites at a time.

During those years in another world, Shinji Ikari occasionally thought about raising pets. It wasn't because he thought they were cute, but when he was alone and sad, he really wanted something to keep him company. Seeing other people's cats and dogs shaking hands and sitting down in the video, he felt a little satisfied. To be honest, Shinji Ikari was the kind of person who only talked about raising pets online. Later, when he went to the executive department for an internship, Shinji Ikari even gave up cooking for himself, let alone raising a pet.

He said eagerly,
"Here, shake hands."

The girl looked at him in confusion, then stopped eating, and obediently stretched out her uninjured left hand and shook hands with him.

Feeling the soft palm, Shinji Ikari couldn't help but feel guilty.

Don't do this anymore.

"How about it?"

"My mood seems to have changed a bit."

The conversation between the two was naturally about the feeling of cooking, not the inexplicable handshake. But even when she said this, her face was calm, making people doubt the truth of her words.

"Didn't we have this at dinner?" he asked.

"No."

Rei Ayanami added, "Completely different food from those."

Shinji Ikari was choked by these words.

He looked at the rich and varied dishes in the lunch box with a slightly strange expression.

Before he asked Ayanami what she liked, he decided to make a lunch box that was absolutely perfect, that is, to have one of each common dish, with small portions and a wide variety. Logically speaking, with so many kinds of dishes, she would be lucky enough to find a dish she liked, but now Ayanami said it was completely different.

There are many home-cooked dishes included here.

Are you really some flower fairy who survives on dew and flowers? Will you reveal your true form one day and eat me too, like in a dark fairy tale?

The flower fairy finished her meal quickly.

She suddenly said,

"Ikari-kun, I want to cook for you too."

Ikari-kun... This was the first time he had been called that. Shinji subconsciously wanted to nod and agree. It was rare for someone to be so kind as to want to cook for him. Why would he refuse? But he immediately remembered something and asked, "Although I'm looking forward to it, have you ever cooked before?"

She shook her head.

This... Shinji Ikari was a little hesitant.

He really couldn't imagine Rei Ayanami cooking. She seemed to be someone who had nothing to do with the kitchen. If she had to cook, she would be the kind of chef who couldn't tell the difference between sugar and salt, and couldn't control the heat. He didn't want to eat something unpalatable and then say it was delicious against his will, or even eat it all. That would be too painful.

In short.

Just decline first.

"I really want to eat the food that Ayanami makes, but cooking requires many practices to make it delicious. Ayanami, do you want others to taste the ordinary taste or the delicious taste?"

"tasty."

Shinji Ikari breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then you have to practice more. I will be the first to taste it. By the way, be sure to pay attention to safety when cooking, and don't hurt yourself."

He regretted it when he said this.

Maybe he fell asleep one day and saw a fire in the distance. The next day, the news reported that someone had caused a fire while cooking at home. The only thing worth noting was that the dead person was the pilot of Unit 00. Our city was sadly missing a force. We mourned deeply. Otherwise, he should persuade Ayanami to give up the idea of ​​cooking, or go to her house and teach her how to cook.

By the way, he still doesn't know where Ayanami lives.

I just knew it was close to my apartment.

"Forget it, I'll teach you." Ikari Shinji said helplessly. In order to prevent fire, he added a warning, "Don't try it secretly by yourself."

His tone now was like that of someone trying to persuade Eve not to eat the apple secretly.

I really don't know if she can listen to me.

Ayanami Rei nodded slightly.

His face was reflected in the beautiful red eyes that were looking at him.

The days passed quickly.

one day.

Two days.

After defeating the Apostle.

Shinji Ikari also had a rare few days of rest due to mental phantom pain.

He planned to teach Rei Ayanami how to cook when he was almost done, and just as Shinji Ikari was relaxing in the shade of the school, his cell phone rang.

Definitely Miss Misato.

He knew who was calling without even thinking about it.

Recently, I feel that Miss Misato has paid more attention to him, and I can see her more often when I go to the headquarters. In the past, I rarely communicated with her, but since then, I have become closer to Miss Akagi Ritsuko.

I haven't rested for long yet.

Another Apostle?
You employ child laborers and squeeze their rest time. It's a pity that there is no department to file complaints here. Ikari Shinji stood up helplessly, answered the phone, and prepared to go to the headquarters.

As expected, it was Misato Katsuragi's voice on the line.

however.

What she brought was not the news of the apostle's attack, but an unexpected news.

"Shinji-kun, the second qualified person is coming. She will be my colleague from now on. You and Rei should remember to welcome her."

what.

The second qualified person?
I remember she was a girl from Germany. I heard from Miss Akagi not long ago that she was coming to Japan. I don’t know what kind of person she is.

Ikari Shinji looked up at the sky.

He narrowed his eyes.

A black dot, in the distance, looked like a helicopter or a bird that flew very high with the help of the wind. It was suspended in the sunlit sky, abruptly piercing through the brightness and becoming an indelible mark on the clear sky.

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