Shinji Ikari, the pilot of Unit-01 during the Spirit Awakening Era

"So what happened?" Instead of going home immediately, the three of them found a roadside noodle stall, ordered three bowls of chashu ramen, and sat down to eat. Shinji Ikari was surprised to find that the noodles at this stall tasted surprisingly good.

"It's nothing, I just got tricked by a little girl! I thought I'd run into an angel who'd come to bless me." Onizuka Eikichi held the bowl of noodles and quickly slurped it down. "Boss, another bowl!"

"Alright!" The noodle stall owner quickly started preparing the noodles. He usually didn't get business this early. Today, with three young men sitting down, they had already finished five bowls of noodles. Yes, Shinji Ikari also ordered an extra bowl, so this was the fifth bowl.

“But the reality is: Hell is empty, and all the devils are here. Right?” Shinji Ikari finished his second bowl of noodles without even looking up. “And to be fair, have you controlled your desires?” Shinji Ikari laughed, then pointed at Eikichi’s crotch with his chopsticks.

"Huh?" When Shinji Ikari pointed at them, both Ryuji Danma and Eikichi Onizuka followed the tip of Shinji's chopsticks and looked at the tent that Eikichi Onizuka had erected high. The scene was quite quiet for a moment.

"Hahahaha..." Unlike Onizuka Eikichi, who screamed in surprise, Danma Ryuji laughed heartily. Without even asking, it was clear that Onizuka Eikichi had recalled some inappropriate image while they were talking, and then, the old virgin naturally had the expected reaction. "It seems just like Shinji said, the report you received wasn't entirely a false accusation."

"Damn it! I was tricked by that woman!" Onizuka Eikichi, his face contorted with rage, furiously shoveled down the bowl of noodles and then downed the ice-cold beer on the table in one gulp! "When I catch her, I'll kill her and bury her in the mountains!" He crushed the beer can in his hand, his face extremely ugly. He had never been so humiliated in his life.

"I think it's hopeless!" Shinji Ikari shrugged. If we're talking about who in GTO will be the most obsessed with Eikichi Onizuka in the future, then Reimi Kanzaki, who got him arrested today, would definitely be in the top two. She's the kind of girl who immediately chose to cut her wrists when Eikichi Onizuka was suspected of dying. Eikichi Onizuka wants to deal with a girl like that? Hmm, that'll be difficult.

"Alright, you're not at a loss anyway. After you've finished eating and drinking, it's time to go home." Danma Ryuji laughed. His friend was nothing special, except that he occasionally liked to brag and act like a scoundrel. Thinking of the silly things they had done together back then, Danma Ryuji savored the memory and downed his beer in one gulp.

"I better not let this woman find me!" Onizuka Eikichi was still furious. He, the dignified demon of Kichijoji, had been thoroughly outmaneuvered by a mere girl and landed in jail! If word got out, where would he, Onizuka Eikichi, put his face?!

"Alright, I'll wait and see tomorrow!" Shinji Ikari's lips curled up. He remembered that Kanzaki Reimi would be coming to school tomorrow, and then the whole thing would be disruptive, causing chaos and disorder throughout the school.

"Shinji, I'll take Eikichi back first. You go back first, and then please say hello to Nagase for me. I'll be right back." Danma Ryuji smiled and asked Ikari Shinji to give Nagase Nagase a heads-up, and then told Nagase Nagase not to worry.

"Okay!" Shinji Ikari nodded. Ryuji Danma, wary of Eikichi Onizuka doing something foolish, was going to take him home; they'd probably be spending the rest of the night at his place. With the extra people gone, the two good buddies had endless things to talk about. The three motorcycles then separated, each heading in a completely different direction. "Even though you're not drunk, ride slowly!"

When Shinji Ikari got home, he simply greeted Nagase Nagase. He learned that Ryuji Danma and Eikichi Onizuka had gone to school and would probably be drinking and singing on the school rooftop until dawn. Nagase Nagase smiled helplessly to indicate that he understood. Then Shinji went downstairs to sleep. To be honest, Shinji was now extremely looking forward to the big show that would happen tomorrow.

After all, the fact that the woman who got him into such a mess was a student in his own class was incredibly exciting! Let alone Onizuka Eikichi, no normal person would have imagined that the kids in Class 4, Grade 3 of Seirin Middle School were so despicable, taking pleasure in bullying their teacher. And Kanzaki Reimi was about to become Onizuka Eikichi's staunch supporter. Shinji Ikari vaguely remembered that in the TV drama version's ending, Kanzaki Reimi and Onizuka Eikichi even got together.

"Hello! Lord Honganji! Mr. Morishita sent me to pick up the goods!" Several thugs bowed.

"Morishita? Which Morishita?" An old man, not particularly strong, rose from the shadows. He had a long beard on his face, and a thin tail quickly disappeared into the shadows beneath him.

"We are from the Evil Soul Group." The thugs didn't dare to breathe. Why had they become like this? Because the person in front of them was far stronger than them. Someone had once disrespected him and was easily crushed to death. According to the classification method commonly used by the Onmyoji and the Cursed Master Association, a demon powerhouse who was at least A-rank could crush them as easily as crushing an insect.

"Ah~ Morishita! Mr. Morishita! I remember now! Look at my memory!" The person who emerged from the shadows had prominent ears and two large front teeth. After muttering to himself, he said with a smile, "How have you been lately, Mr. Morishita?"

"Boss Morishita is in very good health and has been talking about you a lot lately," one of the thugs said very respectfully.

"Oh! Is that so? That's a real pity. I thought I could finally collect the debt. Oh well, it's a promise we made back then, I can't break it. Izumi, take them to the warehouse and let them take the ten boxes of medicinal herbs we prepared. Then the debt between me and Morishita-sama will be settled. Welcome to come again next time." Honganji nodded and spread his hands with some regret. He wasn't targeting Morishita Yamato of the Evil Soul Group, but business is business. According to the agreement from back then, after Morishita's death, the sword in Morishita Yamato's hands could belong to him. He had been looking forward to that day.

"Yes, Lord Honganji." From behind the Honganji priest, a bright-eyed, white-toothed girl stepped out. Beneath her stunning beauty lay a slightly aloof expression. She wore a gorgeous kimono, which ignited a burning greed in the eyes of the thugs before them. However, they immediately lowered their heads, no longer looking at the girl. As people living in this cruel world, they knew very well that some women were worth touching, while others, once touched, would lead to death—the most desirable outcome one could imagine.

"This way, please!" The girl politely gestured slightly to them, then turned and led the way. After a short while, the girl returned from the warehouse.

"How is it?" Honganji leaned back in his recliner, with a stylishly dressed and beautiful young woman fanning him beside him.

"Lord Honganji, they took the things and left!" The girl half-knelt down in front of Honganji, preparing to massage his legs. "This is a token of their gratitude that they asked me to give to you." Izumi handed a small stack of money wrapped in silk to Honganji.

"Oh! The Morishita family is really sensible!" Honganji took the stack of money, smiled, and nodded. As an old businessman, he could roughly assess the amount of money he had the moment he received it, so he accepted it all. He opened the cloth bag in his hand, which contained three stacks of Fukuzawa Yukichi, which was undoubtedly three million yen.

"Take this and spend it." Honganji pulled out a stack of money and handed it to the two girls beside him, indicating that they should divide it. He had a lot of money, so doing business was, in a sense, just a hobby rather than his profession.

"Those bastards from the Evil Soul Group don't even know how to offer a little gratitude! You went through so much trouble to get these medicines; they could never have gotten them on their own! They don't even know how to be appreciative!" The stylishly dressed Tamako muttered a complaint.

“Oh, my dear daughter, don’t worry. I’ve seen this countless times. Everyone thinks they can resist the temptation of power, but in the end, only a very few succeed in resisting its influence.” Honganji sat up straight, tucking her hands into her sleeves. “Let them be happy for a while. They’ll have to vomit it all out eventually.”

"..."

"Quanzi, what are you thinking about?"

"How about sea bream for dinner?"

"Great! I'm really looking forward to it!"

Chapter 45 The Blonde Demon

"Shinji! Did you hear?" The next morning, Shinji Ikari arrived at school early in the morning, ready to watch the show. According to the plot, Kanzaki Reimi should arrive at school today, and then Shinji Ikari could watch Onizuka Eikichi, who had just been to the police station yesterday, jumping around.

"What did you hear? Our homeroom teacher has embarrassed himself again?" Shinji Ikari's lips curled into a wicked smile. Teachers have always been the representatives of authority, deciding the lives and even the future of their students, while Eikichi Onizuka is a cancer that has infiltrated this group!

He has a poor academic background, is lecherous, dyes his hair, is idle, acts recklessly, is violent, and has no sense of hierarchy; he only knows how to act according to his own whims. However, he genuinely cares for his students and doesn't discriminate based on their family background. He will take care of any student who is his, even if that student was previously trying to expel Onizuka Eikichi from the school! To be fair, this teacher's teaching ability is definitely lacking, but for this class of troublesome students, he is irreplaceable.

Just like the subtle warning Kikuchi Yoshito gave him on his first day at school, and like the brainless, mother-obsessed boy Murai Kunio who was now dancing around in front of him, and like all the noisy teenagers in the class.

"No, it's the Headless Rider on the Tokyo Bay Expressway!" Kunio Murai said excitedly. "It's said that several exorcists have already been smashed to pieces on the expressway! Aren't you supposed to be with NERV? Do you have any news?"

"...!" Shinji Ikari suddenly realized that he had been too lax lately. Normally, if such news came out, he would have already dragged his friends from the Onmyōryō (Bureau of Yin and Yang) to stake it out. How could he have gotten the news from an outsider? He noted down the information and planned to ask Aso what had happened when he got back.

"You know what? Unless you're really part of this system, it's best not to pursue this world, or it really will appear before you." Despite his thoughts, Shinji Ikari didn't forget to give a serious warning.

"Uh... no way, I just wanted to hear a story." Shinji Ikari's serious expression almost immediately startled Kunio Murai.

"You've probably heard of the power of words, right? Like what those two girls are playing with over there. In a sense, the real purpose of this kind of ritual is to summon spirits! Usually, what you can summon are either dead spirits or evil spirits," Shinji Ikari said with a smile. Shinji Ikari's words made the three girls who were playing with the coins over there jump up instantly. They looked at the coins they had just been playing with with a bit of fear.

"Don't tell me you have neither spiritual power nor offerings! There's no such thing as a free lunch! Of course, don't panic. These so-called magic and Yin-Yang books on the market are all written by laymen. You can't access the information of experts. None of these rituals, talismans, and formations are correct, and in most cases, they will inevitably fail." Shinji Ikari tidied up his books and looked at the students who had mostly stopped what they were doing.

Actually, it's not entirely because he can't access the original books at all. He did deal with a problem caused by a school's black magic books before. The person had obtained a legitimate magic book and performed a ritual... and unsurprisingly, a huge mess ensued.

To put it simply, after figuring things out, Shinji Ikari, with a heart full of inner turmoil, killed the demon who was causing trouble over there. I can't go into too much detail because it involves several important figures playing a game over a divine artifact, and the matter has been ordered to be kept quiet. I'll just mention the surnames of the people involved who were arrested by the Onmyōryō: Minase, Takashiro, Kitami, and Saeki.

With immense regret, Shinji Ikari decisively smashed a cup, burned a black magic book, blasted a demon roaming the school with a Spirit Gun, and arrested the school nurse who caused the incident. She is now imprisoned in the Onmyōryō's cell, while the others had a segment of their memories sealed by the Onmyōryō's professionals.

"If it succeeds, guess what you'll summon? You can imagine it yourselves. It certainly won't be anything like those random books that describe it." Shinji Ikari shrugged, his expression becoming quite interesting. "So, unless you're prepared to face terror head-on, it's best not to casually attempt similar summoning rituals."

"..." Shinji Ikari's professional explanation made everyone nearby turn pale in an instant. Several girls who had been having a lot of fun just moments before quickly picked up the papers and coins they had been playing with and wanted to throw them away as if they had been electrocuted.

“These props aren’t the real thing, but you shouldn’t just throw them away. You should destroy them properly, otherwise you won’t even know what happened when they’re triggered, which would be terrible.” Shinji Ikari reached out and took the paper they had drawn on, flicked the coin into the air, then crumpled it up in his hand, turning the paper into a pile of shreds. As it fell through the air, it burned into fragments, and then he caught the coin in his hand. “Consider this your consultation fee.”

"Uh... okay! Okay!" The girl's eyes lit up as she looked at Shinji Ikari. "So... shall we...?"

"I refuse!" Shinji Ikari shook his head. "I only know a little bit about this stuff. Asking me will only hurt you." I, Shinji Ikari, am good at physical exorcism. For these deadly things, you should go find the real experts in the Onmyōryō (Bureau of Yin and Yang) under the guise of commission. "If you're really interested, do you know Izumo Taisha? That's the Onmyōryō's external organization. Just pay up."

"Izumo Taisha? Isn't that where you watch dancing?" a girl asked in a low voice, clearly having been there before.

"The naginata they're dancing isn't just a festival dance, it's useful!" Shinji Ikari shook his head with a smile. Class was about to start, and he could already see Eikichi Onizuka walking in with a sour face.

Onizuka Eikichi's expression made Kikuchi Yoshito, who was sitting by the door, frown. He turned to look at Ikari Shinji. He knew that Onizuka Eikichi had been with an old friend these past few days, and this old friend seemed to have a pretty good relationship with Ikari Shinji. What exactly happened? Ikari Shinji should know.

"Class begins!" Onizuka Eikichi shouted, his face contorted with anger, before turning around and starting to write on the blackboard.

"What happened..." a girl asked the girl next to her in a low voice. It was clear that Onizuka Eikichi had always acted quite carefree and didn't seem to care much about the students' provocative behavior. Today, his face was so pale, which was really the first time.

"I heard that last night a blond-haired thug dressed in a very perverted way and molested women at the laundromat."

"satyr?"

"really?"

"I heard they also brought a lot of dangerous goods!"

"Oh! Really? Could it be Onizuka-sensei?!"

"It's very possible!"

"That's right! He's always lecherous, that's exactly the kind of person he is!"

"Squeak!~" A sharp sound suddenly erupted. For no other reason than Onizuka Eikichi simply used his fingernails to scratch the blackboard, creating a sizzling noise!

"Ah! I know! I know! It wasn't you!"

"Noisy!"

"It's so embarrassing!"

"Hey..." Shinji Ikari looked at everything in front of him with amusement, then looked at Eikichi Onizuka, who was brazenly arguing with the students. He turned his head slightly and watched as the back door of the classroom opened and closed slightly. A blonde girl walked in, raised her eyebrows, and the girl even waved to Shinji Ikari happily.

Shinji Ikari watched with amusement as this future blonde devil, the most extreme of Onizuka Eikichi's entourage, stepped onto the stage today. The battle between the two would be very interesting. Unlike Shinji, Kanzaki Reimi, with her IQ of 200, was already a top student who had been directly admitted to university. Shinji generally kept his distance from girls born at the finish line.

"Hi! Good morning!" Kanzaki Reimi greeted the surprised classmates around her, then gracefully sat down in her seat.

"Good morning my foot! What time is it...?" Onizuka Eikichi, who was arguing with the students in the first two rows, suddenly froze when he saw the girl in front of him... "It's you! It's you! Kanzaki Reimi, what are you doing here! What are you doing here! This is my workplace!"

"What are you here for?" Kanzaki Reimi asked innocently. "I'm a student in this class!"

"Who are you kidding! You told me yesterday that you were already 19 years old!" Onizuka Eikichi didn't believe it at all!

But when Onizuka Eikichi turned around, he saw Murai Kunio nodding beside him, saying with a regretful look, "That's true!"

"This is impossible!" Onizuka Eikichi rushed back to the podium, pulled out the attendance book and quickly flipped through it, but soon he did find Kanzaki Reimi's name... number 24!

"..." Shinji Ikari watched this scene with a smile on his lips. It really brought back memories. He had read this manga a long time ago. He never thought that he would be able to witness this amazing scene in this chaotic world. It was truly astonishing.

"Look~" Kanzaki Reimi said to Onizuka Eikichi with a charming smile, "I took a long leave of absence due to some personal matters, but I will be coming to school more often from now on. Please take good care of me, teacher!"

"What a joke!" Onizuka Eikichi angrily grabbed Kanzaki Reimi. "You're the one who got me locked up in the detention cell! Get out of here! Or I'll make sure your lifespan is reduced to zero right now!"

"Waaah..." Kanzaki Reimi's eyes instantly welled up with tears.

“Hi…” Shinji Ikari shrugged. Without even looking, he knew that Eikichi Onizuka would be a complete coward who would be fooled by Reimi Kanzaki. He glanced out the window. The Headless Horseman of Tokyo? Let Aso do some initial research first, then he’ll go meet him. Shinji took out his phone and sent a message.

Chapter 46 Partner Aso Yuu

"I've been wondering when you'd call me, Shinji-kun." During the break, watching Shinji Ikari walk to the rooftop and make a call, the other person answered immediately. He had been waiting for this call since receiving the text message. "I heard about the Kintokiyama incident. Another big incident solved by one person! Amazing."

"Yuu, stop teasing me. The matter isn't resolved yet, otherwise I wouldn't have only received 300 million. That day, we discovered that someone was trying to forcibly synthesize a high-level demon. We sent the rest to Izumo no Okuni to investigate. Regardless of who did it, we have to admit that this guy almost succeeded in a certain sense." Shinji Ikari had a ridiculous expression on his face, as if the world was full of wonders.

"Artificial synthesis? Are you sure? But thinking about it carefully... it doesn't seem impossible." Shinji Ikari's words surprised Yuu Aso. "Humanity's research on this era is still very superficial, and even the theoretical framework is full of errors."

"So what have you found out?" Shinji Ikari asked his partner with a smile. The division of labor between them was clear. His combat ability was average, but his brain was really sharp, so he was responsible for incident investigation, background investigation, and solving mysteries in certain situations.

Shinji Ikari was responsible for fighting and resolving trouble, and the commissions he received were always split 50/50 between the two of them. If there was another slacker who went to stunt with Shinji Ikari, then the commissions would be split equally among the three of them.

I've known this bastard for a while now. He's a damn winner in life. He has a beautiful and rich photographer girlfriend, but he just doesn't plan to settle down and marry her. Instead, he continues to work in the dangerous exorcist industry.

"The earliest eyewitness report was two weeks ago. This guy would force people on motorcycles to race, and the loser would have his head taken away by him. Both the Onmyo-ryo and the Spellcaster Association sent people, but unfortunately they all failed." Aso Yuu's voice was somewhat speechless. "I was lucky enough to run into him once. Luckily, I was driving, and I was smoking on the side of the road when I saw him."

"You've run into him?" Shinji Ikari was somewhat surprised that his crewmate had actually run into him.

"Yes, based on the pictures I saw, I did some preliminary investigation. It seems to have been an accident on the highway about a year ago. The motorcyclist died in an underground race, and it seems his family... not only did they not receive any compensation, but none of them survived. It looks like they were silenced." Aso Yuu's tone was extremely sarcastic. "Honors of honor?! Bullshit! It's all a lie in front of Fukuzawa Yukichi! Hoping for a conscience from the yakuza is like hoping the insurance company will readily pay up!"

"Oh..." Shinji Ikari's smile vanished instantly, his eyes narrowing slightly. "Ah, who is so wicked as to be so afraid of ghosts coming to their door?" He could almost guess the story behind it all. For some reason, a person with superb motorcycle skills was forced into underground racing and became an underground racer.

"We haven't found out yet, but the underground racing has already stopped, so it's not easy to investigate the specifics." Aso said this, and then a female voice that Shinji Ikari recognized came from the side, seemingly complaining about something.

"Hmm...did I disturb you in any way?" Shinji Ikari raised an eyebrow. Ha, what a winner in life...Eh, trying to fool Ryoko Sakaki will really get you beaten up!

"No, Reiko is complaining that I don't clean up the dishes after I finish eating!" Asou Yuu said with a grin, letting Reiko take her own dishes from the pile of documents in front of him.

When Kurosawa Rei heard this guy shamelessly bragging to Shinji Ikari, he reached out and smacked him. "Shinji-kun, you have to treat Ryoko well. You can't treat her like this jerk!"

Shinji Ikari took the phone away from his ear. "Old man, phone!" he thought, frowning. This display of affection caught him completely off guard!

"The detailed information has been sent to your email. Take a look. You're in Tokyo-3 now, right? When can we meet up?" Asou Yuu smiled and winked at Kurosawa Rei, earning a charming eye roll in return. After watching Kurosawa Rei leave, she whispered, "By the way, the investigation at Midway Island has yielded results. Although there's no direct evidence, but... you know what I mean."

"Hoo..." Shinji Ikari let out a long sigh. Sure enough, no matter the circumstances, that certain beacon of freedom across the sea never disappointed when it came to being utterly inhuman. "Let's put it aside for now. Next time we run into them, maybe we won't hesitate!"

"What good ideas do you have?" Asou Yuu asked curiously, holding the phone between her fingers. Although it was a twist of fate, their opponent was now the only superpower in the world, a bastard who could see and control everything! And this new arena was obviously very interesting to them, who had almost reached the end of their original strength.

Like some biological laboratories scattered across the globe, this one also seems to have established special laboratories in many places around the world. Shinji Ikari and Yuu Aso once inadvertently glimpsed some traces of it. Although the other party was disguised as the Self-Defense Forces, this is one of the reasons why Shinji Ikari was willing to join NERV directly. Getting in there and having a cover makes things easier. After all, NERV belongs to the United Nations, not the Beacon. The Beacon might not be able to suppress the discoveries here.

"Have you seen the new movie I'm in?" Shinji Ikari asked with a smile.

"I saw it, that was a pretty good fight...you rascal." Aso paused for a moment, guessed Shinji Ikari's plan, and laughed on the spot. It was a method that seemed alright. "Let's wait and see, maybe that air-raid shelter we found last time is good."

"Hmm! Let's talk when we meet." Shinji Ikari didn't intend to say much on the phone. Heaven knows what the Americans' keywords are. The Japanese government is a sieve in front of them. Eavesdropping? No, they're listening openly.

"Then I'll come over in the next few days and we'll talk in person." Asou Yuu nodded and prepared to hang up the phone.

"Give me a message when you get here... Oh, by the way, you can go directly to the new McDonald's that just opened here," Shinji Ikari said with a smile. Of course, he wanted to share the good news with his best friend.

"Hmm? Okay, I've got it!" Shinji Ikari specifically asked me to go to their McDonald's? What does that mean? Oh well, it's just a trip to McDonald's, what could it be about?

"..." Shinji Ikari frowned after hanging up the phone. If it were just a racing game and he could refuse to participate, it shouldn't have caused such a large number of casualties. But this motorcyclist should warn Eikichi Onizuka and Ryuji Danma, especially Ryuji. He's been riding his motorcycle back and forth a lot lately. If they run into each other on the road, that would be troublesome.

Shinji Ikari let out a sigh of relief and headed back to the classroom. Then his phone chimed. Shinji glanced at it, put it back in his pocket. His friend had sent him the information. He would need to carefully read the message from his partner in a moment. Every word of the message would be useful. Written records may not be as vivid as spoken ones, but they are definitely more detailed and will not become blurred over time.

The class time flew by quickly amidst the battle between Onizuka Eikichi and Kanzaki Reimi, but Shinji Ikari, preoccupied with his own thoughts, couldn't enjoy the show. Instead, a strange idea kept swirling in his mind!

It's been exactly three or four days since the incident at Kinshiyama, and according to Aso, the headless horse incident first occurred a week ago. The two events started so close together, and the locations where they happened were also very close...

Although the incident at Mount Kintoki has been dealt with by that damned cleaning house, there doesn't seem to be any new information for the time being. However, the cleaning house's actions, in a sense, prove that the incident was deliberate. Now, Shinji Ikari is directly suspecting whether there are similar problems here. Is it the same group of people, or is there another mentally ill person involved? Moreover, the sudden disappearance of the underground race car is also a very suspicious matter.

"The Headless Rider is real? Really?" Onizuka Eikichi asked, a cigarette dangling from his lips, looking at Shinji Ikari with surprise. Later, after school, Shinji asked Danma Ryuji to invite Onizuka Eikichi for a couple of drinks and told the two of them about it.

“It’s true, so if you two are traveling along the Tokyo Bay Expressway recently, it’s best not to ride motorcycles. If you encounter any provocation, it’s best not to act recklessly and just stop,” Shinji Ikari said seriously. “It’s a matter of life and death. Racing against something like this is almost guaranteed to lose.”

“Alright, but it looks like Nagisa and I will have to stay here for a few more days.” Danma Ryuji nodded. Anyway, he hadn’t found a shop yet, so staying a few more days wouldn’t hurt. Shinji Ikari’s cabin didn’t charge him, so it was comfortable and not a big deal.

"What's there to be afraid of! If I run into him! I, the fastest in Kichijoji, will show him what I'm capable of, having inherited Kyosuke Masaki's ZII!" Onizuka Eikichi said with a chuckle, then tilted his head to look at Shinji Ikari, "Speaking of which, how much is it worth?"

"A minimum of 200 million yen, and if they continue to commit crimes in the next few days, the amount could increase further." Shinji Ikari looked at Eikichi Onizuka.

"Red... Red more? 200 million yen?" Onizuka Eikichi's tongue was almost tied in knots. He didn't even realize that he had spilled beer on his hand, and he had a greedy expression on his face!

“Yes, after all, it’s a life-or-death situation. Without a high reward, who would be willing to risk their life?” Shinji Ikari shook his head. “But I advise you to think it through. It’s not the kind of racing car you think it is. If you really force it, I wouldn’t be surprised if it could run on walls and rooftops.”

"Hmph! The word 'impossible' doesn't exist in my dictionary, Onizuka Eikichi's dictionary!"