EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from Tiga

Chapter 47 What if a miracle happens? [Please read]

"Huh... What on earth am I doing..."

Dragging her heavy body, Misato Katsuragi returned to her office and slumped in the chair.

...rest for ten minutes...then it’s time to get busy.

Confirm the evacuation progress, coordinate preparations for the counterattack, formulate combat plans, and... ensure the final plan for when the apostles actually break through.

Abandon everything here and evacuate Lilith and Unit-01, who are the most important... If Shinji-kun needs to evacuate as well... we also have to consider the child's personality... Should we knock him unconscious and take him away by force, or...

So even if it's forced, I have to relax... I have to use this limited time to recharge my batteries for the busy days ahead... But...

As soon as she closes her eyes, the faces of the people in the disaster area... overlap with the face of her father who sacrificed his own life to save Misato Katsuragi in her memory, making Misato Katsuragi's troubled heart unable to calm down no matter what.

"You're always looking so gloomy...your cute face is almost covered in wrinkles."

"...!"

Suddenly, a pair of strong arms wrapped around Misato Katsuragi's body from behind.

The familiar strong embrace and the familiar smell of tobacco...they had intercourse countless times during their school days and were too familiar with each other's bodies...so Misato Katsuragi knew without even having to think who this stinky man who broke into a girl's room without knocking was.

Under normal circumstances... I would have kicked him out without a word... Perhaps it was because this time, besides fighting the apostles... I also had to make choices between tens of thousands of lives...

The overwhelming pressure made Katsuragi Misato vulnerable... Not only did she not resist, she even turned around and longed for the other party's comfort...

"Jiaji, you and I really did something wrong..."

"—That kid is amazing."

“——Huh?”

Originally... Misato Katsuragi wanted to be comforted by Kaji Ryoji... but she found that although Kaji Ryoji was physically beside her, he had no eyes for her at all. He talked about other people's topics...

"…who?"

Misato Katsuragi, feeling inexplicably jealous, couldn't even follow Kaji Ryoji's train of thought, and asked unhappily who he was talking about.

"Of course it's Shinji-kun... He even took your feelings into consideration."

"…I do not understand."

"Because, if that child hadn't spoken... you would have sentenced the coastal disaster victims to death. But he gave you a way out, allowing you to reasonably delay for ten minutes. Even if the final result didn't change...

In the rest of your life, you can also use the ten minutes you bought for them - but nothing happened... so there was no other way - I did this... use this reason to comfort myself.

Without this ten-minute buffer...the heavy weight of sin would have crushed your life. Because you, Katsuragi, are not a villain who can kill tens of thousands of people with a smile and remain indifferent.

Looking at Kaji Ryoji's face, which couldn't contain his inner excitement...for a moment, Katsuragi Misato actually felt a little strange.

The Ryoji Kaji she knew... should be melancholic... experienced... at ease... cynical... but who is this man in front of her who can't help but smile like a child?
"It's meaningless... The ten minutes he wanted were just an excuse for me and those children... to make a choice with peace of mind... Everyone knows miracles don't happen... Apostles don't disappear on their own."

With a self-deprecating numbness, Katsuragi Misato turned her head away... For some reason, the radiant smile on Kaji Ryoji's face at that moment... was a little too dazzling for Katsuragi right now.

"A miracle..."

Hearing the sadness in Misato Katsuragi's words, Kaji Ryoji smiled... There was a flicker of anticipation in that smile.

"Who knows, what if... a miracle... really happens?"

"You know what you mean..."

The moment Katsuragi Misato asked, Hinata's urgent voice rang out through the communicator.

"Lieutenant Colonel Katsuragi! A Titan! It's a Titan! The one the Commander instructed me to fight the apostles! The mysterious life form!! It has appeared—!!"

"What did you say!?"

————So heavy, my body…so heavy!
It’s the first time... I didn’t expect that flying would be such a tiring thing.

The colored timer on his chest... was flashing red light urgently, indicating the loss of strength.

I originally thought that... by defeating the Sixth Angel in public last time, I could restore some of Tiga's light...

As expected, it's not that simple! But... I can't care about that right now! I must destroy Him outside the atmosphere before the Apostle launches his next attack!
Raising its head, the Eye of Tiga, emitting a holy white light... easily locked onto the Seventh Angel, who was completely invisible to the naked eye... and was still in satellite orbit.

“It’s flying—!?”

Misato Katsuragi rushed to the command post and watched Tiga through the screen. She looked at Tiga in disbelief as he slowly floated into the sky.

Moreover... it does not have wings, nor does it have any structures such as jet nozzles or ejectors... It is as if it ignores gravity and just floats in the air.

"The color! The color has changed—!"

I don't know who noticed it first, and screamed... Everyone noticed that Tiga was floating in the air... The bright red on his body slowly faded and was replaced by a purple-blue halo.

In an instant, the giant that was originally outlined by blue, red and silver... seemed to have become only silver and blue.

"The change in color...what symbolism does it have...?...disappeared?!?!"

While Misato Katsuragi was still puzzled, she found that with the movement of Tiga, the originally strong giant had disappeared from everyone's sight.

"No! It's not gone! The surveillance satellite has captured the target... It's flying! Heading out of the atmosphere! The speed has exceeded Mach 7!"

Ultraman Tiga, who switched to aerial form, had an acceleration that... was far beyond the limits of human dynamic vision.

Therefore, it is impossible to see the moment when Tiga flies away by observing with the naked eye... By the time you react, Tiga is almost close to the stratosphere.

"Wait! The direction the unknown lifeform flew away..."

"Yes! He, He is heading towards the Seventh Angel! Heading——!"

At this moment, everyone in NERV realized something... Aoki Shigeru and Ibuki Maya's faces flashed with joy.

An unknown life form... the Giant of Light, defeated the Fourth and Sixth Angels, and now - is he going to defeat the Seventh Angel to protect humanity?!

"…Are you really…protecting humanity?"

Even Ritsuko Akagi and Misato Katsuragi, who had previously been skeptical about Tiga's motives, couldn't help but look at the surveillance satellite showing Tiga's movements with a rather lonely look.

A miracle of humanity that soars into outer space without hesitation...

"Aoba! Has the backup satellite been deployed yet?!"

Just as Katsuragi Misato was stunned, she heard Kaji Ryoji's slightly anxious voice.

"...Huh? Um, um, all the satellites equipped with N2 aerial bombs have been destroyed... Only the surveillance satellites remain."

Hinata looked at Kaji with an embarrassed expression. Could it be that... he was going to follow the commander's order and attack Tiga?
"That's enough! Turn up all the satellites' high-speed cameras to maximum! Make sure to capture that giant... that scene of the battle between Tiga and the Seventh Angel!"

Kaji Ryoji's voice was filled with seriousness, and...what did he call the unknown life form just now?
Misato Katsuragi angrily grabbed Ryoji Kaji by the collar and questioned him.

"Hey! Kaji! What the hell is going on?! What do you know about unknown life forms?! Explain it to me!"

This guy definitely knows information that I'm completely unaware of... It's always been like this, this bastard! He never tells me anything!
But in response to Misato Katsuragi's continued questioning...Ryoji Kaji just smiled and waved his hand.

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you... But wait a moment. Because I don't want to miss a single second of this wonderful show..."

Kaji pointed at the display screen. According to the readings... Tiga had already encountered the Seventh Angel!
The author's words:
Why do people always talk about the problem of fragmentation? (annoying)
Normally, I update a chapter with 2000 words. Every time, I have to exceed the limit by hundreds just to find a suitable breaking point. This chapter is 2500, and the previous chapter was even 3200. Isn't this all to find a suitable plot point? 2333
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I now have nearly 3000 words per chapter, and with three updates a day I have almost 3 words (tired)

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