Ultraman: What, I am guarding Ultra Father?

Kei Higashino frowned and had to look away.

Without Kei Higashino's gaze, the Thunder Angel quickly returned to its light blue color and carefully dug into the armor layer above NERV headquarters.

Back to the field command headquarters, inside the Type 14 mobile on-site command and communication vehicle.

Kei Higashino heard Hinata Makoto's report.

"The front end of the Apostle has recovered and is breaking through the sixth layer of armor."

Seeing Kei Higashino come in, Katsuragi Misato asked directly: "What's the progress of the energy laying?"

"The three-core superconducting transmission cable laying vehicle is laying the cable and is expected to be connected in half an hour."

Higashino Kei glanced at the schedule: "The power system will be distributed directly from the Shin-Oba substation and two backup substations."

Katsuragi Misato thought for a moment and said, "Hitsuno, I have a favor to ask of you..."

……

The Third New Tokyo Metropolitan Junior High School is the only junior high school in the entire fortress city.

Because the nervous system of a 14-year-old student is at its most sensitive moment in human life.

Therefore, the students attending this middle school are not only family members of NERV staff, but also backup pilots of EVA.

Because the Thunder Angel has the behavior of indiscriminately attacking threats within range.

To prevent the families of the staff from being harmed by the aftermath.

Before the arrival of the apostles, all the students of the school had been urgently moved to the underground shelter.

Kei Higashino stood in front of the entrance to the shelter, showed his ID to a plainclothes security guard from NERV's security department at the door, and then entered the special shelter.

Since the shelter was deep underground, it took quite a while to take the escalator.

It took several minutes.

Soon he saw the signs indicating the zoning of the shelter.

"It should be here,"

Kei Higashino looked at the NERV waiting room sign above the corridor and walked straight into the door.

After exchanging a glance with the teacher who was maintaining order, he didn't even need to show his ID again.

When the teacher saw the uniform on him, he directly pointed out the students' location.

"Hiss, this guy is obviously a strong man!"

"Wow, this guy is so tall and strong!"

"Ah! This is what a man should look like!"

Kei Higashino's arrival, with his sturdy physique alone, immediately attracted the admiration of all the male students.

Why aren’t there any female students praising me?

Kei Higashino was speechless, but still smiled at the male students who looked at him.

"You're here to look for Ayanami and Shinji, right?"

A tall man with short hair and wearing sportswear mustered up the courage to come in front of Kei Higashino.

"Hello," Higashino Kei said politely with a slight nod, "Excuse me, where are they?"

"They are queuing over there, I will call him over for you."

A man wearing glasses and with a few pimples on his face looked enthusiastically into the crowd and said, "Shinji, Ayanami, the people from NERV are here to see you."

Upon hearing this, Ayanami Rei and Ikari Shinji squeezed out of the crowd.

The moment he saw Kei Higashino, Shinji Ikari was shocked and wanted to say something, but quickly regained his composure.

Looking at the two people in front of him, Kei Higashino felt a little strange. Normally, they should be on standby at the NERV headquarters at this time, so why did they come to the shelter to make up for their lessons?

"Shinji, why are you here?"

Shinji Ikari glanced at Suzuhara Touji and Aida Kensuke, waved goodbye to them, and whispered, "Let's talk outside."

"Okay," Higashino Kei nodded and replied, "Ling Bo, I'm here to take you to the scene, follow me."

"Yes," Ling Nan nodded calmly.

The three of them came to the passage and took the escalator.

Shinji Ikari then said, "My father believes that the Titans will deal with the Fifth Angel and that the EVAs won't have to attack, so he asked me and Ayanami to come to the shelter this afternoon for extra lessons."

"So that's it."

Kei Higashino understood.

It's called make-up lessons, but in fact it's because Shinji Ikari's relationship with Rei Ayanami is currently lukewarm.

After all, Shinji Ikari's attitude towards Aya during this period can almost be said to be just polite, and he has not shown any tendency towards intimacy at all.

Just like a eunuch, there is absolutely no desire for love between men and women in his eyes.

So Ikari Gendo became anxious and deliberately created opportunities for his son to spend time with Ayanami Rei.

"Thank you," said Shinji Ikari.

"You're welcome," Kei Higashino smiled. He understood that Shinji Ikari was thanking him because he had helped Shinji Ikari avoid the torture of being boiled alive.

"This time, I'm here not only to take you to the scene, but also to inform you of the Yashima Operation Plan that will begin tomorrow morning."

Rei Ayanami looked at the two people talking with some confusion, not understanding why Shinji Ikari thanked him.

Shinji Ikari nodded to show that he understood: "Hitsuno, is it okay for me to call you that?"

"Okay," Higashino said.

During the time he was back, Shinji Ikari also discovered the weirdness of this reset world, and only after getting close to Kei Higashino did he discover the incongruity in his memories.

Even though Makiba is his mother's classmate, Shinji Ikari doesn't understand why the agreement between him and Makiba appears in his memory.

Moreover, in the rewritten world, Ayanami and Kaworu Nagisa are clearly just classmates.

I didn't rewrite their memories.

Why does he think Ayanami likes Kaworu Nagisa?

What's even more strange is that Shinji Ikari discovered that his memory would only be unaffected when he was less than half a meter away from Kei Higashino.

Chapter 150 149·Are you a middle school boy?

He also noticed the abnormal behavior of Thunder Angel today.

Thinking that even Kei Higashino couldn't deal with the Thunder Angel, Shinji Ikari suddenly doubted the authenticity of some of his memories:

"Dongye, even you can't handle it. If I go, can I really win?"

Higashino Kei stroked his chin gently: "I don't know whether I can win or not, but in their eyes, you are the last hope."

"hope?"

Shinji Ikari only felt a tremendous pressure in his heart.

Although some of his memories had been tampered with, there were some experiences and decisions that he was sure were only possible due to his personality.

He recalled how Thunder Angel almost boiled him alive.

That fear comes from the deepest part of my heart.

Shinji Ikari felt like backing out for no reason: "Hitsuno, I can't do it. I don't think I can bear this responsibility."

"Are you afraid of EVA?" asked Ling Bo.

"No,"

Hearing Ling Bo's question, Ikari Shinji hurriedly shook his head:

"I'm not scared, I just..."

Thinking about how Shinji Ikari had secretly cared about her during this period, Ling Nan said decisively:

"Then you take a good rest, and I will pilot Unit-01."

"No, I can't."

Shinji Ikari refused without a second thought; he was no longer a child.

Ling Bo has been driving the EVA for him for fifteen years. He cannot irresponsibly push his own affairs onto Ling Bo.

"I can't escape..."

"I can't escape..."

"Then I won't go."

Kei Higashino suddenly discovered that although some of Shinji Ikari's habits seemed to be those of an adult, he felt deep down that he was just a child who had gained memories of the future.

"Why?" Ikari Shinji looked up.

Higashino Kei scratched his head and said, "After all, it's absurd to entrust the safety of all mankind to a child."

"But if I don't go..." Shinji Ikari hesitated to speak.

"Don't worry," Higashino Kei stretched his waist and whispered, "Let me tell you a secret, I'm invincible."

"..."

Shinji Ikari was speechless. If he was really invincible, then why did Misato let him drive the EVA?

However, he also felt a lot of pressure relieved by Higashino Kei's slightly funny words:

"Dongye, are you a middle school boy?"

"How can you talk like that?" Higashino Kei pulled the corner of his mouth: "In front of the female students, at least let me show off for a while."

Shinji Ikari said helplessly, "Then you might be disappointed, Tono. Even if you perform well, Ling Bo won't be able to cheer you up like a normal girl."

"Normal girl, cheering?" Ling Bo Ling looked thoughtful.

"Yeah~ It seems that's really the case," Higashino Kei scratched his head.

He's a middle school boy, and he seems pretty good.