Ultraman: What, I am guarding Ultra Father?

"No need," Akagi Ritsuko shook her head slightly: "I called you up just to show you something interesting."

interesting?

Kei Higashino looked Ritsuko Akagi up and down.

Could it be...

"Ding~da~~~~~"

"The headquarters is located in the General Administration of Science in Paris. There are five members of the Science Special Search Team in the Japan branch."

"They specialize in investigating sudden and unusual incidents, while also shouldering the arduous task of defending against all invasions from space and protecting Earth."

"Hayata calls headquarters..."

"I'm an alien from the M78 Nebula... This is the Beta Magic Wand..."

Looking at the old TV screen, the old videotape with touching picture quality, and the iconic sulfuric acid face and red and silver leather case of the first generation.

Kei Higashino was silent.

I'm watching Ultraman in EVA, is that correct?

Ritsuko Akagi sat on the sofa, tapping her legs, exhaled a puff of white smoke, flicked the ash into the ashtray, and her tone seemed to imply something.

"What do you think of this film from the last century?"

"It's okay, quite interesting,"

Higashino Kei said calmly: "But, where did you find such an old film?"

Ritsuko Akagi was not surprised to see Kei Higashino avoiding talking about the Beta Magic Wand.

Although Kei Higashino's appearance after transformation is somewhat similar to the suit man on the screen, there are still big differences.

And she showed this videotape to Kei Higashino not because she wanted to get to the bottom of Kei Higashino's background.

The reason why Ritsuko Akagi did this was simply to remind Kei Higashino.

"This videotape was provided by NERV's superiors, a mysterious organization called Seele."

"I think when the next apostle or monster appears, you will soon face their temptation."

"What is seele? How are they going to test me?"

It's not surprising that Kei Higashino was being tested. After all, he had experienced time travel and being abducted by aliens and transformed into a biological weapon.

No matter how outrageous the matter is, he would not find it strange. At most, he would be surprised occasionally if it was too outrageous.

However, when he first watched EVA, he didn't know much about the Seele organization. He just vaguely heard the characters in the show mention the Seele organization.

"How can I test you..." Akagi Ritsuko thought for a moment: "Given that man's terrible character, he will probably use the lives of civilians to test you."

"Wow..." Kei Higashino was slightly stunned, but soon realized that this was another test before moral kidnapping.

"What is a seele then?"

Ritsuko Akagi's behavior towards Kei Higashino is very similar to that of the Ultraman in the movie.

She still decided to tell Kei Higashino the part of the plan and the truth that she knew.

"Seele, translated into Mihong language, means the Seat of the Soul. It is also known as the Human Instrumentality Committee, and their core goal is the Human Instrumentality Project."

"Human Instrumentality Project?"

As a cloud EVA, Kei Higashino had heard of it, but he didn't really understand it.

Akagi Ritsuko nodded slightly: "As for the NERV headquarters where we are currently working, it is just an executive agency under Seele."

"Nominally, we are responsible for fighting the apostles, but in reality, dealing with the apostles is only a small part of the Human Instrumentality Project."

"Wait, I don't quite understand."

Higashino Kei interrupted Akagi Ritsuko in confusion:

"What exactly is this Human Instrumentality Project you're talking about?"

Akagi Ritsuko was silent for a moment: "In short, our current work and the purpose of destroying the apostles is to seize the apostles' S2 mechanism and awaken Unit-.

That is the circle you saw on the top of Unit-01 and the light wings behind it that day, which is the state of being on the verge of awakening.

Then, through the Spear of Longinus that we saw piercing Lilith's body in the Final Dogma Zone that day, it penetrated the core of Unit-01 and activated the Tree of Life Array.

Let Unit-01 and Lilith trigger the Third Impact, allowing all of humanity to return to the gospel and achieve 'eternal life without individual suffering'."

"But in reality, it turns all of humanity into an LCL solution."

Chapter 145 144·The truth of the second impact.

Orange juice.

There's really nothing wrong with that. After all, orange juice won't fight or get moldy, so naturally, there's no birth, aging, sickness, or death.

"But wasn't the second impact caused by a meteorite? How could the third impact be caused by humans?"

Higashino Kei paused, then suddenly realized, "So the second impact was actually caused by humans, and the meteorite impact announced to the public was just a cover-up?"

"You're right,"

Akagi Ritsuko exhaled a puff of white smoke and cast her eyes on the table, which showed her, Katsuragi Misato, and Kaji Ryoji in college.

"Fifteen years ago, Seele, based on the records in the Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered the sleeping First Apostle, the White Giant Adam, and the Spear of Longinus stuck in Adam's body in the Antarctic Dead Sea.

At that time, Dr. Katsuragi, Misato Katsuragi's father, led a team to Antarctica to conduct research on Adam under the pretext of artificial evolution, with the support of Seele.

"Later, based on his research on the Adam core, Dr. Katsuragi proposed the 'S2 Theory,' which posits that a genetic double helix structure similar to the S2 mechanism can provide organisms with unlimited energy."

"In order to study the S2 mechanism based on this theory, Dr. Katsuragi began to conduct contact experiments on the first apostle Adam.

The result was Adam's awakening and self-destruction, and the extinction of half of humanity at that time."

At this point, Akagi Ritsuko sighed:

"However, the truth is that Seele and Commander Ikari were willing to sacrifice Dr. Katsuragi to trigger the second impact on their behalf.

They sacrificed half of the human race at the time simply to verify the records in the Dead Sea Scrolls."

"Sigh~"

When Kei Higashino heard this explanation, he couldn't help but gasp.

Seele and Ikari Gendou are really a bunch of ruthless people.

No, this group of people can no longer be called human beings.

While Higashino Kei was feeling emotional, he couldn't help but wonder about Seele's purpose:

"Just think of it as something that can be triggered artificially, but the Soul Seat you mentioned has gone around in such a long circle,

What keeps us busy every day is, in the final analysis, to prolong the effects of the Second Impact, trigger the Third Impact, and ultimately destroy all of humanity."

Akagi Ritsuko opened her mouth and nodded helplessly: "You are right."

In fact, if it weren’t for my future self’s repeated investigations.

Ritsuko Akagi may not know the whole story now.

Higashino Kei was puzzled: "Since they want to destroy all mankind, why don't they do it in one go?

Why bother sending the Angels back to Adam, sealed away on the moon, to trigger the Third Impact?

"..."

Akagi Ritsuko was silent for a long time.

"Because, like Commander Ikari, they all want to use this opportunity to merge their souls and bodies into Unit-01, take control, and become a unique god."

Unit-01, God?

But isn’t there already the soul of Shinji Ikari’s mother, Yui Ikari, in Unit-01?

Higashino Kei: “…”

In this way, Shinji Ikari's mother is the biggest winner in Seele's script.

And those people in Seele, as well as Ikari Gendo, were being played around by Ikari Yui from beginning to end.

"But then again, our NERV headquarters' Commander Ikari is truly a scoundrel. Not only is he the murderer of Misato Katsuragi's father, he also treats her like a slave."

Higashino Kei paused, then suddenly realized what was happening and looked at Akagi Ritsuko: "What is your purpose in telling me these things?"

A ruthless look flashed in Akagi Ritsuko's eyes: "I want this man to see his plan fail with his own eyes, and by the way, stop all this from happening."

"But according to the laws of your Kingdom of Light, our situation is considered internecine warfare, and you cannot interfere with the self-destruction of civilization."

"Since Shinji chose a world without EVA, based on this theory,

What would happen if we destroyed the first apostle Adam and the second apostle Lilith, the ancestor of mankind, right now?"

This woman is also a ruthless person.

Higashino Kei thought for a moment: "Seele's plan failed, Commander Ikari's plan to become a god was interrupted.

Humanity has lost the source of its soul's return, and the apostles have lost their evolutionary goals, potentially leading to chaos or extinction."

Akagi Ritsuko seemed to have thought of something and shook her head:

"No, we can't do this. Lilith carries the LCL Sea of ​​Life.

Once Lilith is destroyed, it is very likely that the AT structure that maintains our individual forms will collapse, and the human body will dissolve into LCL, becoming a sea without source."

Higashino Kei asked: "Then kill Adam?"

Akagi Ritsuko shook her head again:

"That's not possible. Once Adam is destroyed, the S2 mechanism will fail, and Unit- will likely lose its chance to become a god. At that time, humanity will completely lose the ability to resist the monster invasion."

Higashino Kei rolled his eyes: "This is not okay, that is not okay, what on earth do you want me to do?"

"I have no idea,"

Ritsuko Akagi scratched her head with a look of frustration.

"I don't know, just let it be."

Higashino Kei looked at the rain outside the window and said, "I'm going to the nearby pier to get some fries and burgers."