I participated in the development of EVA

"Did you make those calls just now?"

"Yeah, that's right... I called you too many times and got blocked. I had no choice but to call you now."

At this time, although Misato Katsuragi did not hear the voice on the other end of the phone, she realized from Ritsuko Akagi's words that Ryosuke Kaji had called Ritsuko Akagi.

He immediately said something to Ritsuko Akagi.

"Ritsuko, don't pay attention to him, just hang up."

"Oh."

Ritsuko Akagi responded, and then hung up the phone without paying attention to Ryosuke Kaji's panicked "Don't hang up, let me finish what I want to say..." on the other end of the phone.

Misato Katsuragi took the initiative to explain without waiting for Ritsuko Akagi to ask.

"When I returned to school at the beginning of the year, didn't I come back a day earlier than you? At that time, I ran into this annoying guy at the school gate. He said he liked me even though it was the first time we met. It was totally inexplicable. I don't know where he got my phone number from. After that, he kept calling me to harass me like today."

Misato Katsuragi is pretty and has a nice figure. Although she talks a lot, she has always had many suitors, so Ritsuko Akagi is not surprised.

"You really don't have any feelings for him?"

"No, I'm bored just looking at him. He's even worse than that Ikari Fumihiko—"

"Wait a minute, Misato, Fumihiko didn't offend you before, did he?"

"He wanted to scum you, so of course he offended me."

When saying this, Katsuragi Misato's eyes flickered a little at this moment, and her expression seemed a little guilty. Ikari Fumihiko and Akagi Naoko were both scholars like their father, but unlike their father, they were not completely focused on research and regarded their family as a stumbling block. Even if they were busy at the end of the year, they still took some time to reunite with their families...

This made her a little jealous.

If my father had been the same, my mother would not have argued with him and things would not have turned out like this.

She already had a bad impression of Ikari Fumihiko, and now that they had this relationship, she disliked him even more.

As for Naoko Akagi, who is more similar to her father?

It was because they were too similar and easily associated with her father that she deliberately ignored it...

17:17:43

312. Just wearing human skin

Just as Ritsuko Akagi was thinking about how to change Misato Katsuragi's opinion of Fumihiko Ikari, her cell phone rang again.

Just a glance and he was sure it was Ryosuke Kaji calling again.

He hung up the phone without hesitation.

"Sorry, the number you dialed is busy, please try again later..."

Ryosuke Kaji listened to the familiar automated voice and smiled helplessly.

A voice sounded beside me.

"It is said that approaching a goal requires careful planning. Your impatience will only backfire."

"It's safe, everything is going as planned."

"Well, you handle it. There's no rush for this matter. It doesn't matter whether it succeeds or not. You should focus on your studies. As I said before, since the other party is willing to release the person, it is very likely that we won't be able to get any information out of him."

"Well, I see."

After Ryosuke Kaji saw the other person off, he looked at the two photos on the wall.

It was Ritsuko Akagi and Misato Katsuragi.

Although he has entangled Misato Katsuragi, the real target of this mission is Ritsuko Akagi.

Pursuing Misato Katsuragi was just an excuse to get close to Ritsuko Akagi.

He scratched his head in annoyance and couldn't help but say it inwardly.

"Trouble... How come the first mission I received was this kind of mission?"

His gaze wavered only for a moment before becoming firm again. If possible, he did not want to hurt anyone, nor did he want to be a person who would do anything to achieve his goals. However, he knew that this mission was only a beginning, and he was destined to live under a false mask and hurt more people in the future, because he had a reason in his heart to climb up.

He whispered to the photo of the two of them.

"Feel sorry--"

After the Second Impact, the world was on the verge of collapse. Many cities were abandoned, with only military bases and orphans who were unable to relocate remaining active.

He and his brother were among the many street children.

He and his brother formed a small group with several other orphans and relied on each other to survive in the ruins of the city. All the edible things nearby had been looted, and they were too young to go too far. However, it was meaningless to look for food elsewhere, as there was not only their small team in the ruins of the city, but also other survivors, not to mention that most of the supplies were buried under the ruins.

The only place where they could find food nearby was the military base. If they had any other options, they would definitely not dare to provoke these people.

However, they could not dig up the ruins of the city, nor could they get rescued. They could only take risks and rely on stealing canned meat and household garbage from the military base to survive.

However, this kind of life did not last long. When it was Ryosuke Kaji's turn to steal canned food, he was caught by soldiers who noticed that the canned meat was missing. No... these people were no longer soldiers, but a group of mentally ill thugs. At that time, Ryosuke Kaji was just a boy of about fourteen years old and could not withstand their torture and life threats.

Ryosuke Kaji confessed where his friends lived.

One of the soldiers stayed behind to look after Kaji Ryosuke, while the others went out to "have fun", preparing to come back at the end to enjoy the "fun".

Kaji Ryosuke took advantage of the guard's laxity and hit him on the head with a can and escaped. When he returned to his residence, it had completely turned into a bloody slaughterhouse. However, the people being slaughtered were not livestock, but human children around 13 years old, and the tools used for slaughter were not butcher knives, but a large number of bullets fired from guns.

It was as if bullets were free. All of Ryosuke Kaji's companions, including his younger brother, were beaten beyond recognition, turning from complete people into pieces of flesh and blood.

Those soldiers had every chance to kill Ryosuke Kaji, who was horrified after witnessing this scene. However, someone suggested that it would be more interesting to let Ryosuke Kaji live in the shadow of today rather than tossing him to pieces with bullets. So they deliberately made some noise to scare Ryosuke Kaji away and played hide-and-seek with him for a while.

certainly--

It is not the eyes that search for the target, but the flying bullet.

Ryosuke Kaji survived and was adopted by a mysterious organization.

He had thought about committing suicide, but... hatred made him reluctant to leave this world, and under the education of this mysterious organization, he realized the real source of all these tragedies.

Second impact!

If there hadn't been a Second Impact, this wouldn't have happened, and so many people wouldn't have died in the world. He, his brother, and his teammates in the small team would still be living a normal life.

Now that revenge has been taken, no...

To be precise, when he was able to take revenge, he found out that the group of crazy soldiers were targeted by another group of soldiers who were short of supplies, and were shot into pieces just like his brother and companions. The noise that attracted the other group of soldiers was the gunshots when the group was playing the 'hide and seek' game with him.

The hatred did not dissipate, but was transferred to the investigation of the truth of the second impact.

It is impossible for ordinary people to find out the truth of the matter. Only by constantly climbing up and standing at a high enough position can they have the opportunity to get in touch with the truth.

"I hope this plan goes smoothly."

Ryosuke Kaji tidied his clothes and then left the rental house to go to the campus to look for Ritsuko Akagi.

He did not show up when Ritsuko Akagi and Misato Katsuragi got together, but waited for an opportunity to be alone with Ritsuko Akagi.

"Hello, Akagi-san."

"you are?"

"I'm Kaji Ryosuke."

Hearing this name, Akagi Ritsuko just looked at the other person, and a thought flashed through her mind: "Indeed, not as good as Ikari Fumihiko, at least Ikari Fumihiko is not so sloppy." Then this thought turned around and left.

Few ordinary people would be thick-skinned enough to follow suit in this situation. However, Ryosuke Kaji had a firm belief and would naturally not retreat because of this difficulty.

"Hey - Akagi-san, please don't leave. Aren't you curious about what I want to talk to you about?"

Ritsuko Akagi said nothing and just walked out with a cold face.

Ryosuke Kaji did not do anything out of the ordinary. He just followed her not far away and spoke in a voice that Ritsuko Akagi could hear.

"Please! Akagi-san——"

Although Ritsuko Akagi remained indifferent, the other party's expression told him that the other party had heard what he said and continued to speak.

"I really like Katsuragi-san. Please, Akagi-san, please help me."

"If you continue to harass me, I will call for help."

"No, no, no, can't I just leave?"

Having said that, Kaji Ryosuke was about to leave, but halfway through he asked again as if he was not giving up.

"Really, Akagi-san, just help me. You don't have to do anything else. Just tell me about Katsuragi and what he likes. I will never make things difficult for you."

Ritsuko Akagi remained indifferent.

Ryosuke Kaji sighed secretly, it was not that easy after all, and then he cheered up again.

17:17:59

313. Penetrate Everywhere

Dr. Ito has been feeling both pain and happiness during this period.

After the paper was published, it did receive applause and honors. A large number of vegetative cases were sent via email every day, and there were also a large number of academic seminars.

"The lecture will be rejected."

In fact, few of these seminar invitations were for genuine academic discussions. Most of them were intended to force Fumihiko Ikari to appear, just like the growing doubts after the paper was published and the endless conspiracy theories that interpreted the neural connection device as a mind control device.

Although there is little information about the neural connection device, the incredible functions it demonstrates are enough to attract attention.

She shook her head and cleared her mind of these distracting thoughts.

"As for those cases..."

Now the project team is full and there are still some vacant wards, but there is a lack of staff to continue to admit patients. She had reported the situation to the top management a week ago, but the report fell on deaf ears and there has been no movement. She is not surprised. The top management decided to announce this project as a political compromise and also to make capital.

Scarcity makes things valuable. Only when treatment qualifications are scarce enough can you gain the most benefit.

The benefit is not money. In fact, the treatment plan is still in the experimental stage, so the fee is not high, basically the same as free. What Seele lacks is not money, but various precious resources and the right to speak. Those vegetative patients who can survive the catastrophe of the second impact must have family members taking care of them.

As for those vegetative people without family members? And those vegetative people who appeared after the second impact?

In such an environment where order has completely collapsed, normal people cannot survive, let alone those vegetative people who are almost dead.

Although she knew what the higher-ups were thinking, they hadn't said it out loud yet, which gave her the opportunity to play dumb.

"We will give priority to those patients whose treatment is easy and whose families are in financial difficulty. If the top management has not designated a list of patients to be admitted, we will try to arrange for these patients to come in."

"Yes."

"I'm going out for a while, call me if you need anything."

"it is good."

She got up and left the office, taking a special car to the Third New Tokyo area, which had only a few buildings.

In addition to the buildings that have not yet been completed, there is also a simple iron house, which is about the size of a football field. It contains thousands of beds, but only about thirty of them are currently in use.

As soon as he entered, he attracted everyone's attention.

"Doctor Ito."

"Doctor Ito."

……

Almost everyone greeted Dr. Ito respectfully.

Most of the first batch of vegetative patients who woke up were sent here to receive traditional rehabilitation training. Although LCL looks cheap, it is not inexhaustible. Moreover, this traditional treatment can also generate income for the top management and add some population to this so-called third new Tokyo city.

Thirty or so patients may not seem like a big deal, but they are just the first batch of patients in the initial stage, and more will be sent here in the future.

Moreover, every patient has one or two relatives or friends accompanying him or her. Even if not all of them come here to make a living, more or less some of them will choose to come. After all, they may only have this one relative or friend left alive.

"Dean, you are here."

Upon hearing this, Dr. Ito came forward with a smile. The visitor was the director of this simple rehabilitation center.

"Captain Zhao, you're welcome."

The person called Captain Zhao was not a member of Seele, but a medical team supported by the United Nations. Almost every doctor or nurse present had a different nationality. The main theme was complexity... No! It was internationalization. Moreover, the number of medical staff here was twice that of patients. Basically, all the countries that had restored some order at this stage had come.

"Director, you really live up to the old saying that doctors are like parents to their patients. You are so busy every day, but you still take the time to come and visit patients."

"Captain Zhao, that's not true. Compared to you guys, my life is not that hard."

Dr. Ito didn't dare to offend the people present, as they were all intelligence personnel who came for information.