EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 27 26. Hot Spring Penguin Film PENPEN
Time goes back to yesterday evening.

After Shinji and Rei left, Katsuragi Misato drove the newcomer Asuka back to her apartment. She looked at the petite figure in the passenger seat. With only two people left, the atmosphere gradually became more relaxed, not as tense as before.

The sunset burned the sky red.

On a sports car.

"It's really bad that you met these two, Asuka."

The female driver holding the steering wheel said with a joking look on her face.

Although it's all expected.

Given Asuka's personality, and knowing some of the situations on Shinji's side, when these two people meet, it will be like Mars hitting the Earth, there will definitely be a violent chemical reaction.

"Miri, you are the one." The German girl said unhappily, "Why did you stop me just now?"

"This is my duty as an adult. And you came to Japan suddenly, but I am the only one who is kind enough to take you in. You should be grateful to the kind-hearted Misato."

Moreover.

You don't look like you can beat Shinji.

Shinji is really a genius. He can surpass Asuka who has been training for a long time in this aspect. Katsuragi Misato thought about it and her impression of Shinji's strength was refreshed again. The child's talent in fighting is really amazing.

"Hmph, I don't really want to live with you, Misato."

"That's too heartless."

Watching the scenery passing by the car.

She looked at Asuka who was sitting in the passenger seat and carefully asked the question that had been on her mind for a while.

"By the way, why don't you stay in Europe and come to Japan after that day is over?"

after all.

After a while.

It is the anniversary of Asuka's mother's death.

Katsuragi Misato had just heard about the negotiations with Germany, and she thought Asuka would not come to Japan so soon. At least she would have to wait until after her mother's death anniversary. It was unexpected that this girl came to Japan so soon. Although Asuka seemed to be indifferent to her mother in her memory, she always went to pay respects on her mother's death anniversary, which was a bit awkward.

She added,
"It's not that Japan isn't in a hurry. After all, the Apostles are a big problem. But since the European branch is dragging its feet, it's reasonable to follow their wishes and stay for the time being."

"——It is because her death anniversary is approaching that I came to Japan."

After saying this.

Asuka lowered her head and unconsciously clenched her fists tighter and tighter.

"Even though I became an EVA pilot, I still don't have any achievements to show for myself. It's only right that I was laughed at by that guy who got in through the backdoor."

The words "I'm not willing to give up" were clearly written on her face.

Shinji broke my defense...

Misato Katsuragi paused, reached out her hand and wanted to rub her head to comfort her, but immediately hesitated. This girl is such a proud person. According to Asuka's personality, she probably doesn't need such self-righteous comfort.

The girl continued to grit her teeth, as if she was squeezing out her heart,
"Apostles and the like are just perfect to be used as stepping stones for me."

Misato Katsuragi fell silent.

Could it be that the apostles were used as sacrifices on their death anniversary?

It's really her style of thinking.

Unlike Shinji.

Asuka is a child who has been training since she was a child.

After so many years, she is considered a mature driver by everyone and does not require too much care.

However, Shinji and Asuka's families are really similar. Both of them lost their mothers and have bad relationships with their fathers. Although the first meeting between these two people was a mess, they will definitely become friends in the end.

Katsuragi Misato was convinced of this.

Rei's past was a blank, and even her authority could not find anything. Among the three pilots, only Shinji Ikari made her most worried. The child was very polite and got along well with the people in the headquarters. I heard that he was also very popular in school. However, sometimes, when she saw the back of the child, she always felt that he was a lonely kite in the sky, supported by a fragile line, and she could not tell when he would fly away.

That kid.

Is it really as normal as it seems?

The sports car soon arrived at the apartment where Misato Katsuragi lived.

She takes Asuka upstairs.

Open the door to the apartment.

What's inside is enough to surprise anyone who has only a superficial impression of Misato Katsuragi.

Compared to beautiful urban beauties.

This place looks more like the room of a middle-aged unemployed man.

——The dining table was littered with empty beer cans and uncleaned remnants of cup noodles. The foul smell of alcohol and greasy noodles filled the room. If it weren't for the extreme environment that killed many creatures, there would probably be all kinds of insects in the room.

Seeing Asuka frowning so tightly that her brows were almost tied into a knot, Katsuragi Misato smiled sheepishly.
"Ahahaha, this is really messy."

"You are still the same as before, living on fast food and instant noodles every day. You won't let me live like this too, will you?" The German lady asked in disbelief, hugging her chest, kicking the ground with her leather shoes, and lightly changing into indoor shoes.

"How could that be? Do you want to try my cooking?" Asuka immediately showed a disgusted expression, as if she was remembering something from the past that she couldn't bear to recall.
"Forget about Misato's cooking."

Misato Katsuragi was too embarrassed to bring this up again.

Her cooking back then left an indelible negative impression on young Asuka. After so many years, her cooking skills have not improved at all. After all, it's okay to just make do with her own meals, but cooking with heart is something that only worthy people would do.

And she still doesn't have anyone worth cooking for.

Failed family, failed love.

What a failed life.

The drunkard woman just got home, and the first thing she did was to take out a can of beer and a few bags of fast food from the refrigerator. "How is that guy doing recently? You didn't run away from home to Japan without telling your guardian, did you?"

She put the food in the microwave to heat it up, and when she heard the ding sound it started, she looked at Asuka.

"It's still the same. I should come to Japan in a while."

Asuka answered the previous question first, trotting over to the air conditioner to feel the coolness of being alive, and then retorted, "I'm not running away from home."

That place is not my home.

She swallowed the words back in her heart.

Misato Katsuragi took a big gulp of beer and let out a satisfied cry. She had an expression of bliss and joy. She then thought of something and said casually, "By the way, I'll go to the Human Resources Department tomorrow to arrange for your transfer."

"go to school?"

Asuka opened her eyes wide while enjoying the cool air.

"Miri, do you think I still need this kid stuff?"

The drunkard spread her hands indifferently, "So you don't want to? Unfortunately, the pilots of Unit-00 and Unit-01 are in school. If you don't go to school, Asuka, you will have to stay in the headquarters every day."

"..."

"I really don't know what those two guys are thinking. At this time, they are still playing school like they are studying at home? Shouldn't they devote themselves to training? How can going to school be more important than being an apostle?"

Katsuragi Misato looked at Asuka calmly. As expected, the girl added another sentence after her complaining.
"But it's not impossible to go to school."

Haha.

I guessed them all.

Although I have completed college, I am still just a child.

The drunkard fell on the sofa, drinking beer one mouthful after another. There is nothing happier in the world than coming back from a hot day and being able to drink ice-cold beer.

"Even if we want to defeat the apostles, we cannot neglect the education of the next generation."

Misato Katsuragi sighed silently in her heart.

Suddenly she felt like a teacher who put all her problem students into the same club. She put the question behind her and happily opened another can of beer.

I turned on the air conditioner for a while.

Asuka was ready to take a bath.

Before entering the bathroom, the girl smiled maliciously, not knowing what she was thinking.

"That guy must be living with his father every day now. His father is very kind to his son at home. He is like a child without milk."

Uh.

It felt like Asuka had strangely misunderstood something.

Misato Katsuragi scratched her cheek in worry and thought, forget it, let's just drink first.

Not long after.

The bathroom door opened again, and a terrified scream was heard.

"Miri, there's something very strange in the bathroom!" It was rare to see Asuka's panicked expression, and Misato Katsuragi kept this look in her mind.

A strange-looking bird walked out of the bathroom slowly and steadily.

There was still steam coming out of its body, obviously it had just taken a hot bath.

It's your own pet.

Just a penguin.

Although many creatures became extinct after the disaster in Antarctica, some penguins still survived. In the marine life research base that is not open to the public, there are still many marine creatures that suffered a catastrophic disaster in the last century, but the new generation of children have never seen them.

"Ah, you mean it, it's a new species of hot spring penguin, a kind of bird. It can adapt to the extreme environment in Japan now. After all, it's scorching hot every day now." Katsuragi Misato drank a sip of beer nonchalantly, and said lazily while lying on the sofa.
"His name is PENPEN. He's our roommate."

It was originally a test product of the research institute and was to be disposed of after the experiment was completed.

Misato Katsuragi was moved by sympathy and took it home to raise. She hoped that when she returned home exhausted, someone would greet her...even if it was just a penguin. Afterwards, she checked its gender and found it was a female.

Penguin calmly pressed the switch on the refrigerator.

The freezer at the bottom automatically stretched out, and it seemed that was its nest.

The comments exploded for a day and then recovered. It seems that there is no need to wait until the day after tomorrow. There seems to be a problem with the new book storage today. The traffic is terribly low and the collection has not increased at all. I am so sad. How could I encounter a bug again?

Should we create a role for each film?
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(End of this chapter)