Collapse, surrender to me!

Without the contrast, he wouldn't have noticed it so clearly.

At this moment, all Shinji Ikari felt was extreme selfishness, which was completely opposite to the character of that saint.

It turns out that this is his father.

A selfish and cold-blooded person.

"Unit-01... I'll drive it."

Shinji seemed to have figured something out.

No need for anyone to urge me to agree.

"..."

Ikari Gendō fell silent once again.

He was already prepared to refuse and use the tool to stimulate his weak son.

Push it a little.

But now it seems that all his preparations have been in vain.

But the goal was achieved.

"In that case, let's attack."

……

"The third cooling is complete."

"The flywheel stops turning and the freeze plug is discharged."

"Auxiliary voltage is normal, disconnect."

"Insert plug in, turn on the spinal conduction system, prepare for connection."

"The mental pollution measurement value is within the standard range. The first contact has begun."

……

Shinji didn't expect that this mecha was completely different from the mecha animations he had seen.

He didn't seem to be piloting a mech.

Instead, it became the mecha itself.

But just like a cat's soul, when it enters a human's body, it most likely won't be able to walk on two legs, but can only crawl.

He is the same now, and he is completely unable to familiarize himself with his own body.

But according to the news from the command center, it seems to be good.

"Synchronization rate 41.3%."

"The harmonic values ​​are all normal, and there is no out-of-control phenomenon."

"It's amazing that you can reach this level without wearing a combat uniform," Ritsuko exclaimed.

"...Then why don't you put on a combat uniform for me?" Shinji suddenly asked a soul-searching question.

"Sorry, this is your first time piloting and the combat suit isn't made yet."

"But you should have chosen me a long time ago. After all, Ikari Gendō just said that no one else can pilot this mecha except me."

"..."

Ritsuko and Misato were speechless for a moment.

I can't accept this.

Moreover, Shinji no longer calls Commander Ikari "Dad", but calls him by his name.

This change made the two of them confused about what was happening for a while.

They don't know.

Shinji discovers that his father is not a hero, but a selfish person.

This idea suddenly came into his mind.

That is, be the hero yourself.

A mecha that only you can drive.

Fight against the monsters that are destroying humanity.

"When I become a hero, I wonder if I will be qualified to be with her..."

Shinji's mind flashed with the perfect image of Grayshure, as if his own flawed self had become more perfect.

Just in this kind of crazy thinking.

The EVA was ejected from the silo.

Shinji Ikari's heart beat faster and his nerves tensed as he watched the steel circuits around him rapidly falling before his eyes.

The green and purple human weapons broke through the numerous restraints and descended on the earth and in the city.

"The target is coming! It's approaching you! Move quickly!"

At this moment, Misato's frantic urging voice sounded in Shinji's headphones.

However, Shinji seemed to be stunned and couldn't move at all.

Even Misato's voice was fading away.

Because the target locked by the crosshairs on the screen is not the Apostle Titan from before.

But it was...Grace who was walking towards him.

Chapter 294: Grayshu: I want to drive an EVA

"Why? Why should I fight with Graysh?"

Shinji's brain seemed to have crashed.

He had not seen Grayshue take action yet, he just knew that the other party was not an apostle.

"Don't I have to fight the apostles?!" Shinji said angrily.

"The one in front of you is the Apostle."

A decisive voice came over the communication.

It can't even explode an N2 mine, and you tell me this isn't an apostle?

"There must be some misunderstanding..."

Shinji didn't know what happened, but he still breathed a sigh of relief.

It's impossible to defeat Grayshu, but fortunately there are no apostles, so it seems there's no need to fight.

Shinji ignored the angry roar on the communication line.

What a joke.

He originally remembered how Gray mentioned Hen and said that his father was a hero.

That's why I want to take the initiative to change myself and try to be a hero for once.

But you told me that the one you fought was not a monster but Grayshu?

Immediately prepared to return the same way.

However, when he was turning the mecha, he suddenly encountered a problem. Due to his lack of skills and the first time he was operating an EVA, the mecha's movements were not coordinated enough.

He just used his left foot to trip over his right foot.

Shinji was startled. Unit-01 shook a few times, and then its body tilted to one side, trying to regain its balance, but this made its center of gravity even more unstable.

Finally, after swaying left and right for a while, the entire body suddenly fell down and fell onto the city street.

The huge weight of the mecha had pressed a deep hole into the specially made ground of the entire city.

"..."

Grace was stunned.

Of course she could tell at first glance that it was Shinji inside the large mecha.

Just when she was about to say hello, she was blocked by the opponent's smooth little combo.

"Is everything okay?"

Graysh jumped onto the head of the fallen Unit-01 and tapped the skull where the plug was inserted.

……

"Quick! Emergency!"

"The Apostle is trying to destroy the plug!"

"Why does he know so much about the structure of EVA!"

"Implement the recycling program!"

Grayshull could not have imagined that just by knocking on the door, she would cause such a commotion at the EVR headquarters.

Shinji just fell down but did not lose consciousness.

I also saw Grayshut knocking on the door.

But he decisively chose to play dead.

There was no way, he fell so hard that he died.

Instead of being a hero, he ended up falling like a bear.

Most importantly, he was recognized by Grayshu!

Grayshure knocked for a while, but there was no response from Shinji. Instead, there was a flickering light in the sky.

That is humanity's hot weapon.

"Nuclear bombs can't blow me up, so why are you using missiles now?"

Gray was stunned for a moment.

Then it was discovered that the ground seemed to have turned into a conveyor belt, trying to transport the fallen Unit-01 away.

"...Kyubi, is this how these people fight against the apostles?"

Grayshure was standing on the ground and could also hear the conversation inside the underground NERV base.

She heard clearly the communication between Shinji and those people.

The Unit-01 piloted by Shinji should be humanity's hope against the Angels.

But judging from the current performance, there is probably no hope for humanity.

Just as Grayshu was about to ask Kyubey to stop the missiles, he was suddenly blocked by a huge figure in front of him.

No one expected that after Shinji saw those missiles, he would no longer pretend to be dead. Instead, his body became more coordinated than ever before. He suddenly turned over and used his huge body to protect Gray in front of him.

Unit-01 faced the threat without hesitation and used its sturdy body to block the impending disaster.

Powerful explosions roared, flames gushed out, and thick smoke filled the entire area.

When the smoke slowly dissipated, Unit-01 was still standing. Although its appearance was severely damaged, it still held Grayshu in front of it.

However, the heroic behavior of Unit-01 was not like that of ordinary hero movies, where it saved the little girl and made people around it admire it.

Instead, everything above and below the ground seemed to be strangled by the neck, unable to make a sound.

Grayshu could still understand Shinji's behavior a little bit, maybe he was afraid of getting hurt.

But no one in the NERV base, including Commander Ikari, came to their senses.

"He is...saving the apostles?!"

Finally, someone made a sound of collapse.

As the EVA who saved humanity, now that she made her first appearance, she's already involved with the apostles?

Shinji didn't realize how much psychological damage his act of blocking the missile for Gray in a hurry had caused to other people in the base.