I participated in the development of EVA

"Okay."

Fumihiko Ikari was not interested in the specifics of liquid nitrogen wine.

"This is really a coincidence."

[It's not that... without such a coincidence, their plan would have failed. ]

"Ok?"

The three sages' brains continued to display text through the light screen, explaining the situation at that time to Ikari Fumihiko, [At that time, Professor Akagi had blocked internal communications, and his orders could no longer be transmitted to other members of the security department. In addition, Professor Akagi turned off the identity recognition system, and all channels were locked. Only you can move freely inside the institute, and it is still blocked now. ]

20:21:00

657. The string that holds sanity is broken

Some images appeared in front of Fumihiko Ikari.

The command center, as well as the internal conditions of each passage and all laboratories.

At this time, the institute was in chaos. People trapped in the room and corridor by the locked metal door were thinking of various ways to open the door. However... the internal structure of the institute was designed to deal with the attack of the apostles. When the Three Sages System was shut down, human power could not open the blocked door at all.

Not only is the internal metal door blocked, but now only a small amount of communications can enter the institute.

This small group consists of Rei Ayanami and Asuka.

The current research institute is an isolated island.

Seeing this scene, he turned on the broadcast call channel.

"calm."

The chaotic scene suddenly calmed down.

"Minister Ikari, what happened?"

Seeing that the communication had responded, the on-site person in charge of the command center immediately started asking questions.

"Nothing, just something happened. I will release the blockade later and all of you should leave."

The senior executives within the institute all frowned at this time.

The situation they were most worried about happened. After the Three Sages System stopped responding, they had already anticipated that this was a chain reaction caused by some action taken by NERV against Fumihiko Ikari.

Without waiting for them to say anything, Fumihiko Ikari first checked Rei Ayanami's condition.

She is in a hospital room.

There was a guard outside the door, and it was obvious that they were under surveillance.

Fumihiko Ikari hesitated for only a moment before giving up the idea of ​​taking people inside the institute as hostages.

All locked doors were opened and the elevators could be used normally again.

What surprised Fumihiko Ikari was that not many people chose to leave the institute at that time, and many people stayed in their positions.

"leave."

Seeing that these people still didn't move, he added another sentence.

"An armed conflict may break out soon."

At this point some people wavered and chose to leave, but most people chose to stay.

He saw Ikari Gendō among the people who remained.

After a moment's hesitation, he established a communication channel with him.

He did not try to hide it anymore, because as long as he did not leave the Type 02 prototype, no one could threaten his life, so he asked directly.

"Is this what Seele wanted?"

"I don't understand what you are saying."

"Don't play dumb! This apostle was created by Seele to mess up the relationship between me and Nerv, right!?"

These words were not questions, but were spoken in an affirmative tone.

"This place is under the complete control of the Three Sages System. You should know clearly whether I have contacted the outside world or not."

Ikari Gendō paused for a moment before speaking again.

"But this does seem like something that group of people would do."

After saying this, he closed his mouth.

Ikari Fumihiko didn't say anything else to Ikari Gendō.

Because he realized that Ikari Gendō no longer had the conditions to enter the core of SEELE, that is, to become a member of the Human Instrumentality Project Neighborhood Committee. Now Ikari Gendō was probably just an internal member of SEELE who was not a non-staff member. He needed to show convincing enough results to gain a foothold in SEELE.

However, without the authority of the Three Sages System, Ikari Gendō does not have the capital to take center stage. Now all he can do is wait for the opportunity to turn things around.

But is it possible that this opportunity will arise?

It's hard.

The only thing that can be called capital in Gendō Ikari's hands is Unit-01.

If one wants to rely on Unit-2 to make a comeback, one can only place hope on Unit- devouring the S mechanism and evolving into a god to complete the human completion plan.

however……

Ikari Fumihiko will not give Ikari Gendō this opportunity.

The personnel who left the underground base reported the situation to the NERV Council.

Among them was Zhao Shuo.

He did not hide anything and explained the specific situation at that time.

at the same time……

[Xiaguo submitted a communication application.]

【The Goose Country submitted a communication application. 】

"Put them all in."

Two images of the same scene from two different perspectives appeared in front of Fumihiko Ikari. It was the scene inside the NERV Parliament Hall.

Now the US representatives have lost their previous calmness.

"How could it be... doesn't she have a daughter? How could she make such a choice..."

Naoko Akagi injected her soul into the Type 02 prototype, and Fumihiko Ikari entered the cockpit. The US representative knew very well what all this meant.

The situation is totally out of control.

As a result, he will be thrown out as a discarded pawn to ease the conflict between the two sides.

He was not reconciled.

Humans do not yet have the power to fight against artificial gods, but they do have countermeasures.

"He has such deep feelings for that woman, he must have gone crazy now, and will activate the power of artificial gods on Earth, dragging humanity into an abyss of no return. Now is the time to take countermeasures, destroy the three sage base stations around the world, force the dream program to shut down, and cut off the foundation for the prototype to become an artificial god!!

Correct!

Only by doing this can we prevent humanity from being pushed into the abyss by that mad guy."

But the response was...

"Do you know what you are doing?"

"You are the one who wants to push the world into the abyss."

At the same time, another person walked into the parliament.

"Admit your mistakes! You are pushing the country into the abyss. Congress has approved it and asked me to take your place."

This person's identity file also appeared in front of Fumihiko Ikari.

He is the party enemy of the US representative.

Looking at this scene, Ikari Fumihiko just sneered disdainfully. Throwing out some discarded pieces is the way to go? These people are dreaming.

Through the communication channel between the two parties, the Three Sages System took over the equipment in the conference hall.

His voice also came through.

"not enough."

When Fumihiko Ikari's voice appeared, except for the US representative who was a little flustered, the others did not react much.

"I only have one request now, to liquidate all the participants."

The person who replied to Ikari Fumihiko was the new representative of the United States.

"can."

The old American representative, whose life and death were decided by a single sentence, roared angrily.

"You can't do this..."

He was dragged out by security personnel before he could finish his words.

After everyone left, the representative from Goose Country spoke.

"Human civilization today can no longer withstand the turmoil."

Hearing this, Ikari Fumihiko immediately became furious, and the string in his heart that had been maintaining his rationality broke at this moment.

"Get out of here! You are the ones who started this. Don't say that I forced you to do this! You are the victims!

Why don't you say this when you're doing this?!

Do you think good people should be pointed at with guns? Should they kneel down on the ground and wait for your judgment?

Nonsence--

I tell you!

I allowed nerv to exist because I wanted to focus on research and didn't want to be distracted by other things. It's not because you guys are sitting here that nerv exists."

20:21:12

658. It's not what I want, it's what you taught me

These words did not change the expressions of the three people present.

Isn't it just a grieving person venting his anger?

They can accept it.

What they can't accept the most now is silence.

As the saying goes, either die in silence or explode in silence.

In the current situation, if Ikari Fumihiko remains silent, he will explode in silence.

It can also be said that silence represents the eve of the coming storm.

In fact, Goose Country did not say such words on impulse, but did it on purpose, as if to provoke the anger in Fumihiko Ikari's heart. Of course, there are certain risks in doing so, but they have analyzed Fumihiko Ikari's character before making this decision, and doing nothing now will make the situation more critical.

As for why it wasn’t the United States and Xia Country who did this?

This matter was caused by the United States.

Normally, we should bear the wrath of Fumihiko Ikari, but logically speaking, what Fumihiko Ikari hates the most right now is the United States.

If the United States were to take on this role, it would only make Fumihiko Ikari hate the United States even more.

Fumihiko Ikari has the Three Sages System and a semi-finished artificial god in his hands, but the United States also has a large number of nuclear bombs. If the two sides fight to the death, whatever will happen in the end, the price will be borne by all mankind.

As for the Xia Kingdom, it was because the weight was not enough.

Today's Xia country is still far behind the United States and Goose country.

"Since you like to force me to make a choice and like to use justice to coerce others, then... I will give you a choice now."

When the new US representative heard this, his face suddenly became embarrassed.

Both the Xia Kingdom and the E Kingdom remained calm.

"I shouldn't be the one to bear the consequences of that guy's mistakes."