Let's put it this way: as the ancients said, "Husband and wife are birds of the same forest, but when disaster strikes, they fly away separately." This falls within the realm of "normal people." If your spouse chooses to leave you when you face a major crisis, it only means that your spouse is a normal person, and you have a mutually beneficial relationship.
If your spouse takes on the responsibility for you when you face a major crisis, regardless of your own concerns—that's the height of family love. Generally speaking, the only mammals who can do this, the only ones who unconditionally sacrifice for you, are your parents. When a child is sick, while the child may suffer, it's the parents (though this doesn't exclude sensible children) who will feel the brunt of the blame. Of course, this refers to normal families. In abnormal families like Kodak's, where the father betrays his son to death, the children are truly unlucky.
So, watching his own daughter suffer such severe injuries, Xiao Ding felt pain, self-blame, and even... despair.
Poor old father's heart.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please forgive me... It's all my fault..." Last week, I was madly infatuated with this girl. ...Okay, maybe my father's heart isn't so pure. I want to start all over again, but...
"Don't dream! I'll never forgive you!" Asuka looked at Shinji Ikari, who knelt before her, eyes wide with bitterness and tears streaming down his face. The thrill of revenge washed over her, and even a tinge of heartache for him—but it was quickly overshadowed by hatred. "I will never forgive you for standing by and watching me die! You coward, you who stopped in your tracks before the mass-produced machine!—"
"Sorry... please wait for me."
Shinji Ikari suddenly felt that something was wrong.
"You're saying I didn't win, but what about mass-produced units? Weren't we already dealing with the mass-produced units when we got here?" Ikari asked, bewildered. "Wasn't the final battle against Unit-13 and the puppet soldiers? Asuka, are you remembering this wrongly?"
"...? Ikari Shinji, are you still so shameless?"
"Asuka, let's be honest. Why are you so unreasonable even in your dream? I...wait? Who are you?" Ikari felt something was wrong. Why did this Asuka's aura seem off? "Who...are you?"
"Shikinami Asuka Langley! —Who else could I be? Shameless…"
...? Type wave?
...Oh my, Asuka's father in this world must be strong!
"...Is this a mistake?" Xiao Ikari thought for a long time and realized that he had traveled through time, more than once.
This dream seems too real.
Could it be... uh, if I agree, then I will agree to her!
"Ahem, let me introduce myself to Miss Asuka again. My name is Shinji Ikari." Little Ikari wiped his tears and held Asuka's hand no matter how the other party struggled and scolded.
Then he placed it on his heart.
Chapter 42 Asuka's Dream
"I don't know if you have this ability, but in my dreams, I do." Little Ikari said softly, "Like you, I'm not a native of this world... Or rather, I am a native of this world, but I'm back. Well... please look into my heart. My mouth can deceive you, but my heart won't - I've always been completely sincere to Asuka, and I think the same is true for Asuka from other worlds. Please see if I've lied."
“You!—Huh?”
The bandaged version of Asuka finally realized that something was wrong in Shinji Ikari's dream.
After reading the heart of the man in front of her, who could almost be called the [Perseverance] version of Shinji Ikari, she instantly understood something.
Simply put -
A time-traveling Asuka from the original film, abandoned by the cowardly Shinji Ikari and dismembered by a mass-produced machine—she discovers that little Ikari has traveled through time, and what's to come? She's here to collect a debt.
Ikari was already in his second round last round, and he was the main DPS in the last team fight and took all the damage. In theory and in practice, the team won in the end. He is the real MVP - based on this record, it would be more appropriate for him to go after Asuka's debt, so why did Asuka come and rely on him to output?
Although both of them are Asuka and Shinji Ikari.
But neither of them is Asuka or Shinji Ikari from the other world.
Final Thoughts
"This... let's call her Miss Xiangxiang." Xiao Ding smiled slightly and said, "Don't you watch your step? You're wearing the wrong clothes—Oh, right, you have a nice figure. I told you Miss Xiangxiang is okay. Don't be self-deprecating. What's wrong with a few scars on a woman's body? I'm a pervert, I just like this smell. We are old comrades. I had a lot of scars on my body in my past life, but I didn't care, did I? After all, I knelt at the age of fourteen, and my body was dissected when I died—I'm very calm, so you should also be more open-minded."
"Eh!!!——" Only then did he remember to fasten his combat uniform again: "H pervert!——Get out of here, Ikari Shinji!!!——"
Oh, you traveled through time and space and caught me and beat me to death, and then you tell me that you were wrong? Just because you were wrong is the end of it? You wish!
"Yo, yo, yo~~~"
Ikari wasn't a gentleman either. Asuka, squatting on the ground, was practically bleeding from shame. Ikari, however, was happily retorting beside her, as if returning to the most "beautiful" times of the past: "Xiangxiang, Xiangxiang, you're awesome! Getting lost while traveling through time is really great. Xiangxiang, Xiangxiang, you're awesome... well, to be honest, you have a nice body. Pretty good looking. Um, can you pay me rent here, or use your body as compensation or something?"
“?!?!——Ikari Shinji!!!” Whoosh, a kick flew up!
No matter which world's Ikari Shinji is always annoying, but this one is probably even more annoying than the autistic version from his own world! Anyway, it's Ikari Shinji, so it's worth a fight! Asuka uses a venomous snake attack, and counters with a deadly ninja bee attack.
Unfortunately, they all failed. Ikari had been prepared for this - as expected, no matter which version of Asuka it was, if they couldn't win the argument, they would resort to violence.
"Hey, Xiangxiang, why aren't you talking? Xiangxiang, you fight really well." Xiao Ding jumped away with a few leaps, then smiled and asked, "What's wrong? Are you angry? You traveled through time, how can you come and go as you please? Um... Honestly, I don't even know how I got here. Anyway, this is already the third round."
"Damn autistic kid, Oedipus! Second-generation rich kid!—" Asuka was furious, scrambling to pick up her damaged combat uniform. Humiliated to the extreme, the girl's eyes were already filled with tears: "Forget it all, forget it!"
"Oh." Little Ikari sighed. Asuka basically doesn't cry.
At least that's how it is in front of others, so hiding under the covers and crying is the most unbearable thing.
"Just lighten the mood." Ikari walked to Asuka's side—one meter away, otherwise she'd be easily controlled to death by AoE. "Does it ease the awkwardness?—Yeah, Xiangxiang, it's okay, don't be angry. Um... I can't help it here. If you really come to my world someday, I'll cook for you. In my world, you actually like my cooking... But the Asuka in my world is about a kilogram heavier than you, right?"
"?!"
"How can I tell, right? - It's from your little belly. Your little belly was very flat just now... I'm hiding!"
After a while of playing around, things really got much better.
"... You've got the wrong person. Damn it, you two look so much alike. Take a closer look, the autistic kids in my world can't possibly be as... cheerful as you? No, that's a freak!" The bandaged Xiangxiang spat fiercely, having recovered a lot more energy than when she was full of bitterness and hatred at the beginning: "Disgusting! - Bah, disgusting, disgusting! I'm leaving to get my revenge!"
"Hmm...ah." Xiao Ding nodded, then looked at the white space around him. "Let me ask you something. How did you travel through time? As I just said, I came here in a daze. You can leave me alone when you travel through time. I'm living a good life here. In my original world, I would have been torn into pieces. If I go back... If I come back to life, it would have a bad impact on the medical staff."
"..." The bandaged Xiang Xiang thought that the little Ikari in front of her had a really good mentality. After a moment of silence, she seemed a little entangled and murmured softly: "Why is there no Ikari Shinji like you in my world... If it were you, you would definitely not..."
"As the saying goes, there are many different kinds of people. In my world, although my Asuka... is just as aggressive as you, we have a good relationship." Ikari remained calm, then said in a rather flirtatious manner, "I sympathize with your situation. After all, this was the fault of my other self."
"Who asked you to sympathize with me? I don't want you to care!"
"I've earned your sympathy! What's it to you?" Xiao Ikari was flirting seriously. After all, the other party was about to leave and seek revenge on himself in another world: "Asuka from any world is in front of me. I once fought to the death for Asuka. Death is terrible, but if I don't die in battle and Asuka can't live a happy life, that's even more terrible! - So, Xiangxiang, I..."
"Stop talking! It's disgusting!... You're so annoying, get out of here!" That's right, it was this slightly unruly tone that made it right: "This way... doesn't it make me look like a narrow-minded girl? Yes, I'm not an open-minded girl! I just can't forgive you! I just..."
He kicked Shinji Ikari's calf one by one, but this time the force didn't seem very strong, so Ikari didn't dodge.
"Get out of here! Why don't you hide?" he asked angrily, kicking again and again with his feet.
"If I dodge now, you will hate this Ikari Shinji for the rest of your life, right?" Little Ikari sighed with a wry smile, and instead of retreating, he moved forward and gently grabbed the other's hand - Asuka struggled a bit, but did not let go.
Chapter 43: Daughter's Dream
It’s a sin.
The me in that world was such a sinner!
When Ikari first opened up their "walls of heart," he saw a bit of Xiangxiang's world—a world where he was a complete autistic child, even mentally retarded. Well, how can I put it? An ordinary child encountering a cold, heartless, and unreasonable father is prone to becoming autistic.
"Of course you're right not to forgive me. How could Xiangxiang be wrong?" Muttering softly, Xiao Ikari tightened his grip on her hand and gently pulled her into a hug. "Please don't misunderstand—this hug represents the debt owed to you by Ikari Shinji in the infinite world. Of course, I have nothing to do with it... but since it's Ikari Shinji who owes you, and there are countless you and me in countless worlds, and since you've found me, it means we're still destined to be together. It's great to owe a debt to a beautiful girl."
"..." She seemed to be choking a little, but Asuka didn't want to admit it.
Why does it feel like something is not right when Shinji Ikari speaks?
The Ikari Shinji in my own world can't do anything with a stick, so it's no fun to tease him. But isn't this Ikari Shinji a little too high?
Shikinami Asuka Langley has something to say. (As for why Shikinami? ...It's easier to distinguish it from Sōryū, but that's just how these worldviews work. Huh? Re-take? ...You know too much.)
"What do you want to take from me?" Ikari opened his arms with emotion, as if he was really facing the Asuka of the past: "Soul? Life? Or..."
"Who cares about the soul of a perverted, autistic kid!" Asuka sniffled, seeming reluctant to leave the embrace, but also seemingly unable to show her crying face: "Get out!"
"Alright, alright, since Lady Xiangxiang has been so magnanimous as to forgive a mere figure like me, as a humble Shinji Ikari, I must listen to Lady Xiangxiang's words. Is there anything I can help you with?"
"...No! I don't need any humble servants at all. Humph..."
In fact, Xiao Ikari was also quite emotional, as such a girl traveled through time and space just for a desire.
...Can you tell me what scientific reasoning this is? Where does this ability to chase thousands of miles (X) come from? "Well, since Lady Xiang Xiang said so...I still want to make amends. You see, even if you don't want a humble servant, I, Shinji Ikari, have to follow you, right?"
Ikari felt that the girl before him was about to time-travel again, and that she would have to walk the difficult road ahead alone. This was not a good thing… Alas, Ikari was truly moved. Moreover, he wanted to ask: Where did you learn your time-travelling skills? Can you teach me? — So he offered his courtesy.
As for why we should learn the ability to travel through time actively?
...I still feel unwilling to give in.
"..." The pleasure of domination! Suddenly, Asuka felt that this time travel was not completely without gain - this boy who had saved his own self in that other world in his own world - was indeed responsible, capable, and good at pleasing others... but he was too good at pleasing others: "Forget it, you are disgusting!"
"It's my honor that Lady Xiangxiang feels disgusted." His veins were bulging, but he had to endure it - the girl was about to leave.
"...Hmph~ Well, if you say so..." Shikinami Asuka suddenly felt that this way of talking was quite good. "Then I'll reluctantly agree to your request. After all, I'm not such a bad girl... If you insist on helping me... well, do you know how to travel through different dimensions?"
"...Huh?" If I knew, would I still ask you?
"...What's that? I asked you how you could travel through different dimensions. Didn't you come from a different world? Oh, I'll call your world World Two. The peaceful world you're in now is World Three—my world, of course, is World One!... How did you end up in World Three?"
"I..." Xiao Ding was bewildered. "I don't know either. My last memory was of lying dead in bed, with tubes plugged in for what seemed like years—my soul was always drifting, with no destination. Then I died—and then I came back. What about you? ... Sorry, Xiangxiang, I reminded you of something bad... Please don't dwell on the past..."
"...I'm not as fragile as you think." Obviously, everyone was in the same boat: "Humph, whether it's your world number two or my world number one—we are all children without a future, this is normal! But you don't know how it came about either?"
"I still want to ask you."
"Huh? Asking me?—Are you an idiot? I know how I got here, so why would I waste my time talking to you?"
"Me!!!" Xiao Ding was furious. His fists were hard! Hard! Hard! But he endured it: "What are you going to do next?"
"How should I know?!... Hey, how about you die again? Maybe then I can travel through time."
"I you @#¥..." Eight languages, no comment.
As expected, when two people are together, they can’t get along without fighting - but things have come to this point, and different Asukas have traveled to different worlds...
So whether it’s a re-take or a Super Robot Wars meme, there have to be two, right?
"Dad, Mom—don't fight, don't fight. Whatever benefits I have, give them to whoever is right~~"
Ikari was about to hug Asuka and take advantage of her in his mind, but he was afraid of touching her most vulnerable part. But at this moment, a crisp, cute voice floated over.
A little girl who looked only four or five years old stood cutely by the side.
...This is the Soul World. Last round, I often visited it while battling the Apostles. But one thing is for sure: this isn't a place where you can just walk through the gates and enter or leave as you please.
It was a miracle that Asuka could come here, but suddenly here came a little girl I didn't know at all...
"......?" Little Ikari was stunned, then looked at Asuka in front of him in shock and said, "Of course, Xiangxiang. I really didn't expect you to play so many tricks in your world. No wonder you are so cruel to the Ikari Shinji in your world - so you both have children?"
"!!!" Shikinami Asuka, her face as red as her battle uniform, looked murderous. The little cat, freshly weeping, wiped her face with a smudge, then grabbed Ikari by the collar and started beating him up: "What nonsense are you talking about! I don't... of course I don't have any children!! Disgusting! It must be you and your world... Ugh! Ugh! Even in that world, there's no way I'd ever look down on a pervert, a jerk, a pervert, an idiot like you!!"
Chapter 44: Dream of a big stage, come if you dare
Then there was another fierce battle. The fighting was so brutal that even the little girl watching beside her laughed.
This is also a little fun guy.
This four-year-old girl looks incredibly young and adorable—but you have to admit that children are different. Whether it's nurture, innate intelligence, or even personality, brains differ greatly, and faces are even more so. Some children are so naturally adorable that you want to buy them food and drinks, while others are truly... I won't dwell on the political correctness.
This little girl, about four years old, is like this. She is polite, cute, and looks...
"This cute girl is clearly cut from the same mold as you. They only picked out your good features! Look at her nose, eyes, and mouth. Which one doesn't look like you? And the hairstyle and the ponytails—look at the dress. I wouldn't believe it if you said it wasn't your favorite."
“Nonsense! The eyes…look like yours! The nose…the mouth…and the ears and face!!”
The boys and girls are busy battling, with two beautiful legs on their shoulders.
"Hehehe... Okay, okay, Mom and Dad, stop arguing. I know your story—Mom just said she's from World One, and Dad is from World Two. Ahem, let me introduce myself. My name is Ikari Kyoko Langley~~~ and I was born in your World Three—no mistake, no mistake. As a girl who traveled through time and space, I'm much better than Mom, who has a poor sense of direction. Hey, Dad, you must be very happy to have such a lovely daughter, right?—Surprised? Unexpected? Happy?"
“…Huh!?!?”
"Don't disbelieve me." The little girl walked over to the almost entangled bodies of Ikari and Asuka, and said with a smile, "Mom and Dad, please remember to be careful when working with others. I have something to say about leaving a baby in the care of a beautiful grandma—Oh, by the way, please hold me again~ before I was born. Let me show you... the days after I was born."
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So, in the afterlife, after they slept under the same roof – they dreamed.
"Ahem—move! Move! Move, move! Otherwise everyone will die; Asuka will die, Ayanami will die! Move! Move—!!!"
"Stupid Shinji, don't die..."
"No...I can't do that anymore...protect Ayanami..."
"Shinji...you loser! How did you die again!" Asuka angrily took off her headphones and threw them at Shinji Ikari's face. "After playing for so long, you still can't learn anything! You, you, you, you, you! I'm telling you, you're a joke! Motherfucker, always collecting money! You collect money from three lanes and give it away to three lanes, you're killing me financially, and I never see you in team fights! You're a cancer! Get out of here tonight!!! - I'm not playing anymore!"
"Ahem..." Ikari Shinji put Asuka's cat-ear headphones aside and rubbed his face, almost disfiguring himself. Ayanami came over and rubbed his face carefully. "Thank you, Ayanami..."
"Brother Shinji..." Ayanami gently stroked Ikari's face and said softly, "You have to know that being a weakling is the original sin - if you keep fighting like this, Asuka will beat you to death sooner or later."
"Yes... I'm sorry. No, I was wrong. I won't fight like that next time..."
"Forget it, we've lost this round anyway, so just give up." Ayanami took her hand away, patted Ikari's face, and gave him a light kiss: "Even if you're a loser, you're a capable loser. Take a break, Shinji-san. This game isn't for you. I'm going to help Asuka cook. You...take care of yourself."
"I……"
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