I participated in the development of EVA

【performance.】

[EVA is not a traditional machine, and its performance cannot be simply compared systematically. Its strength is determined by the driver.]

[If this is the case, why do we need to develop a second-generation aircraft? 】

[Essentially, there is no difference between the second-generation machine and the first-generation machine, except for the system. It is okay to treat the second-generation machine as the first-generation machine. ]

[So that's how it is. I thought the second generation had a much better chance. ]

Asuka was obviously concerned about Ikari Fumihiko's situation, but she was too young and didn't know how to deal with such things, so she found various reasons to chat with Ikari Fumihiko.

Ikari Fumihiko didn't want Asuka to worry about him, so he didn't show any impatience.

After nearly an hour, Asuka finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If something really big happened to Fumihiko Ikari, he wouldn't have chatted with me for so long.

【I went to training.】

【Um. 】

During the conversation, Fumihiko Ikari had already unlocked the permission to train dreams.

After putting away the phone, I noticed that Rei Ayanami was sitting on the sofa, holding a bikini with a curious look on her face, gesturing on her body, as if she was studying how to put it on.

This is another swimsuit that Makise Kurisu bought.

As if she felt his gaze, Rei Ayanami turned and looked at him.

"How do I wear this?"

Ikari Fumihiko's brain was a little stiff at this time, and he replied subconsciously.

"You can't wear it."

After saying that, he reacted.

"No, why are you studying this?"

Rei Ayanami is very honest.

"I'll wear it for you to see."

"what?"

"Wen Yan bought these clothes because he likes to see other people wearing them. You should be happy if I wear them."

Ikari Fumihiko suddenly felt a headache.

"You don't care about people this way."

"So what's going on? I don't know what else to do except do something like this to make you happy."

As she spoke, Rei Ayanami gestured with the swimsuit and spoke again.

"I should be able to wear this dress."

"Stop! Stop messing around - you're not showing any concern, you're just causing me trouble."

"I'm sorry, I don't quite understand. Can Wen Yan tell me what I can do to make you feel better?"

Ikari Fumihiko sighed sadly.

"It's enough for you to have this mood. You don't need to do anything else. And don't mess around, or you will be kicked off the line."

"Oh."

Rei Ayanami put down her swimsuit and tilted her head to think.

Unlike the original, she has her own ideas and is not just a puppet who only follows orders.

She was thinking about what she could do to make Fumihiko Ikari feel better.

The idea of ​​wearing this swimsuit to show Fumihiko Ikari was the answer she came up with when Fumihiko Ikari called her before. This was because she discovered that when Fumihiko Ikari went to the bathroom on weekdays, he would sometimes bring magazines with other people dressed like this. And every time he brought such a magazine, when Fumihiko Ikari came out of the bathroom, his state would become different from before he went into the bathroom.

Fumihiko Ikari walked over and rubbed Rei Ayanami's little head, wondering what was going on.

"Alright, let's stop here! Stop imagining things. I'm really fine. Although Naoko has disappeared, there is still a way to solve the problem with current technology."

"Is that right?"

"Well, I'm fine now, I'm just thinking about how to solve this problem."

"Isn't it that I'm too small now and don't have the good figures of those people in the magazines? That's why Wen Yan doesn't want to see it?"

Ikari Fumihiko felt like vomiting blood.

"It has nothing to do with these. Okay... I'm really fine."

"But I can feel that Wen Yan is in a bad mood now."

"How can I be in a good mood after something like this happened? You don't need to do anything now. Just believe that I can solve the problem... Once the problem is solved, I will naturally feel better."

"Ah."

20:20:48

656. Situation

"It's getting late, Li, go get some rest."

"Ah."

Watching Rei Ayanami exit the dream program, Fumihiko Ikari's face suddenly turned gloomy.

Before, he was only thinking about how to rescue Naoko Akagi, and ignored the realities.

Nerv made him understand...

The tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop, this is the truth.

"Naoko."

"..."

Still no reply.

He continued talking to himself.

"I have weaknesses, but don't they? I just wanted to rescue you first and hadn't thought about how to deal with this matter, but they kept forcing me to make a choice as soon as possible."

"..."

Still silent.

He was the only one talking to himself.

"I always thought that as long as I could control the intensity, I would put the overall situation first and let them do whatever they wanted...

you say……

Aren’t they too arrogant?”

After saying that, he locked all the doors of the project team.

Then he exited the dream, changed his rest clothes into combat clothes, sat in the plug, and was sent to the driving seat of the Type 02 prototype. He had never developed power, nor had he ever thought about developing power, because people's hearts are unpredictable, and what's more, he was facing a behemoth like NERV. If he really did that, he would probably cultivate a group of traitors.

And what he pursued was not power.

Because of this, the only people he can trust are Ayanami Rei and Akagi mother and daughter.

Asuka can barely be counted as half.

This is his second time riding on EVA.

The last time was when he was forced to connect to Unit-01 under the pressure of Gendō Ikari.

but……

This time the connection was not a connection in the traditional sense, because he activated not the startup program but the dream program.

This is because...

He didn't have the courage to face Naoko Akagi, and didn't want her to see that he didn't like her.

At the same time, he is also afraid of Lilith.

Of course, launching the Type 02 prototype to take the final step towards becoming an artificial god, opening the Dream Gate, and replacing Nerv with absolute force was only the last step taken out of necessity, because in that way his identity and status would change from a human to an apostle, standing on the opposite side of humanity, giving Nerv a reason to mobilize global forces against him.

wrong……

Nerv has already decided to steal the artificial god, so he should be prepared to break off relations.

But now Nerv is just using a soft knife to control himself.

This is not normal.

Unable to figure it out, he asked the Three Sages System.

"Naoko, analyze why Nerv doesn't dare to make any big moves."

If it was the previous Three Wise Men System, it might not be able to understand the unclear and incorrectly named instructions from Fumihiko Ikari, but... the current Three Wise Men System has been completed by Naoko Akagi's soul. It is no longer an artificial intelligence, but more like a life that exists as a supercomputer.

The three sages’ brains processed all the information on the Lingzi Internet quickly and soon gave the answer.

[There was a disagreement within NERV on this issue, which caused a huge omission in their initial arrangement.]

"What omission?"

[Zhao Shuo received the order and rejected the council's arrangement to prevent you from joining the project team.]

"You won't let me join the project team?"

[Yes, they are afraid of the power of the Artificial God Project in your hands. In addition to Zhao Shuo, the security department of the institute also received relevant instructions, but the order was concealed by the department head. At that time, Professor Akagi closed nerv's access to the institute, so nerv lost the relevant images of the institute, which prevented them from knowing the news of the security department's rebellion in the first place.]

Ikari Fumihiko was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that there were so many things behind this.

He decided to first understand Zhao Shuo's situation, and then find out about the situation in the Security Department.

"Who gave Zhao Shuo the order?"

【Xia country's top brass.】

"Why are they doing this?"

This time it was not an answer, but a video recording.

[While the Prometheus Project was being executed, this video was sent to the Three Sages Network by the Xia State officials.]

Ikari Fumihiko watched the video in silence.

After reading it, I finally understood why the top leaders of Xia State made this choice.

When the United States proposed the so-called Prometheus Plan and was ready to take the opportunity to seize the results of artificial gods in its own hands, Xia Guo raised objections. It was not against the implementation of the Prometheus Plan, but felt that Nerv currently lacked the means to counterattack against itself and needed to make more detailed arrangements before taking action.

The Goose Country did not express its own opinion on this matter, and obviously wanted to sit on the sidelines and watch.

In addition to parliamentary images.

There is also a video of another small meeting.

They were talking about the success of the Prometheus Project.

After learning that Naoko Akagi did not exit the core module, they realized that the US plan had failed. Naoko Akagi could control the Type 02 prototype alone through virtual driving. They did not dare to bet on whether humans would suffer rebellion from artificial gods if the situation continued to develop, and they felt that humans had no ability to stop the runaway artificial gods.

This led to a series of decisions to extricate ourselves from the incident.

After understanding the situation in Xia Country, Fumihiko Ikari turned his attention to the Security Department.

The security department of the institute has always been under the control of the United States. Otherwise, the United States would not feel that it can control the overall situation.

"What's going on over there?"

[Head of the Security Department, his wife needs artificial organs to sustain her life, as well as follow-up medical services.]

Ikari Fumihiko was a little confused.

"How could the United States allow such a person with leverage to sit in this position when carrying out such an operation?"

[His wife drank liquid nitrogen wine an hour before the Apostle appeared again, which caused severe gastric perforation. She had her entire stomach removed and replaced with an artificial organ made by the Eternal Life Surgery Project. The security director received this news only after he followed the council's order to put Akagi Ritsuko under supervision, and thus refused the order to stop you from entering the project team.]

Ikari Fumihiko was a little confused again.

"Liquid nitrogen wine?"

[This is a new and more dangerous way of mixing drinks that has recently spread from the United States, and has been sought after by many people who seek excitement...]