I participated in the development of EVA

Even with the assistance of the Three Sages System, it would be difficult for Fumihiko Ikari to build a network capable of monitoring the entire Earth in a short period of time.

"Seele may be about to make the next move."

[Do you think they will try every means to prevent the construction of a space elevator? ]

"They want to keep humans in captivity on Earth."

Is this good for them?

"In their eyes, people around the world are like cattle and sheep kept in captivity, waiting to be harvested."

[I can only understand from your words that they have malice towards all of humanity, and I cannot fully understand what they are trying to do.]

"You don't need to understand them, just know that they are a cancer to all of humanity."

【OK. 】

"Analyze what they can do to stop the construction of the space elevator in this situation."

【Resource control.】

"Ok?"

[If we want to build a space elevator, we cannot do without the resources provided by various countries. If we want to fundamentally cut off the construction of space elevators, the best solution is to prevent other countries from selling these resources to us.]

"Ah."

【The construction of a space elevator will bring more benefits than disadvantages to all mankind. As long as we maintain an open attitude and do not refuse the participation of other countries, unless there are special reasons, countries will not impose restrictions in this regard. The only method Seele can choose is to create panic or tension and force countries to control resources.】

"Can't we resort to force to destroy it?"

[Given the armed forces you have, they are unlikely to take this approach...]

Before the Three Sages finished speaking, they relayed another message.

[Just now, three large ocean-going cargo ships lost their signals. According to the latest data feedback, they were attacked by large creatures, suspected to be EVAs or Apostles.]

"Were the three freighters in the same location? Were they attacked at the same time?"

The three wise men knew why Ikari Fumihiko asked this question, so they gave Ikari Fumihiko the answer he wanted.

[They were attacked at nearly the same time and on different routes. It can be basically confirmed that the number of unknown targets is three.]

Ikari Fumihiko heard this answer.

The first thing that comes to mind is...

The sixth angel who appeared in the original novel, the fish angel.

Seele cultivated three fish angels from fish angel cells? He wanted to cut off the trade routes between him and other countries in this way, making Japan an unreachable island?

I guess that's the case.

As for how Seele found the apostles and successfully obtained the apostle cells, it is actually not complicated.

Kaworu Nagisa is the equivalent of Adam's incarnation.

Even if he doesn't have the ability to control the apostles who have not yet fully grown, it is not a difficult task for Kaworu Nagisa to find them and collect some cells.

[Two more ocean-going cargo ships have lost their signals, and it can be basically concluded that they have blocked the surrounding waters. ]

"Notify all countries of this news and ask them to change their routes."

【Message sent.】

"Observe the airspace information."

[All routes are normal, and no aircraft has lost signal. ]

Ikari Fumihiko breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the news and at the same time thought of something.

The simplest way to manipulate the apostles to attack specific targets is to place some Adam flesh and blood on these ocean-going freighters, so as to lure the apostles to appear.

"Check whether there are any abnormal objects on other ships that have not been destroyed."

After saying that, he reacted.

In the original work, the reason why the fish angel attacked Unit 2 was that it was attracted by the Adam cells that Ryosuke Kaji stole for Gendo Ikari.

If Seele had adopted this solution, with the number and density of ocean-going cargo ships, the real fish angels would have been attracted out long ago.

Uh……

As long as I can get some of Adam's flesh and blood, it seems that I can replicate and implement this plan to lure out those true apostles who have not yet fully developed.

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683. Throwing Dirty Water

wrong!

But Adam’s flesh and blood shouldn’t work.

If one wants to lure out the apostle in advance, one must have an Adam embryo like in the original book.

Although he knew all this, the idea of ​​fishing out the unevolved apostles became stronger and stronger in Fumihiko Ikari's mind.

Flesh and blood is not difficult to deal with...

The three great powers have the remains of Adam in their hands.

I just don't know...how Seele cultivated that kind of embryo.

Were human cells injected into it, as was done when the Second Impact occurred? Or were embryos born naturally in the Adamic core?

Fumihiko Ikari did not believe that Seele had mastered this technology, so he thought that the embryo was most likely something that was naturally conceived from Adam's flesh and blood.

As for why this kind of embryo was born, it was because Adam's goal of triggering the second impact was not self-destruction, but to eliminate Lilith's offspring on Earth through self-destruction. However... affected by the power of the Spear of Longinus, Adam failed to successfully eliminate Lilith's offspring.

Simply put, when Adam blew himself up, he had already made the means to be reborn, which led to the existence of this embryo.

Ikari Fumihiko put these thoughts aside.

Because as he launched targeted actions, the NERV Parliament only received the news belatedly.

This is different from the land. The ocean is too vast and empty. It is difficult to attract attention if only a few cargo ships have an accident. Of course, the most important thing is that Ikari Fumihiko controls the global satellites. All information must be filtered on the Three Sages System. Only the information allowed by Ikari Fumihiko can reach the hands of various countries.

Countries will only realize this so late.

【what happens? 】

In response to inquiry emails from various countries, Fumihiko Ikari gave unified replies.

[The apostle appeared again, and an ocean-going cargo ship was attacked. ]

All countries suddenly became restless and focused their attention on this incident.

What should we do?

Although each country is unwilling to accept this, it is now led by Fumihiko Ikari.

[The location where the Apostle appeared again was too coincidental. I suspect that Seele was the mastermind behind this incident, so we need to check the remaining surviving freighters.]

【it is good. 】

Got the approval of the nerv council.

NERV then started to operate in full swing. Fumihiko Ikari could formulate the world order, but he could not project his influence on everyone, so the members of NERV were still under the control of various countries.

Without waiting for the freighter to change its direction and dock at a nearby port, warships quickly took action and approached, taking all the crew members under control to prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to destroy evidence.

Fumihiko Ikari did not have much hope for the test results.

Given Seele's style of planning before acting, he would definitely not leave any evidence.

The reason why the NERV Parliament was asked to inspect every cargo ship was just to give each country something to do, and also to have a glimmer of hope.

[Team One, search completed, no suspicious items detected.]

[Team Two... did not detect any suspicious items. ]

……

Pieces of information were fed back from the nerv search team.

While feeling somewhat disappointed, Fumihiko Ikari also issued follow-up instructions.

【Arrange a cargo ship to sail again. 】

His idea was simple. If Seele wanted to stop the construction of the space elevator, it would not be possible to carry out just one attack. He would definitely have to maintain this blockade for a long time.

The NERV Council saw what Fumihiko Ikari was thinking and immediately put forward their own demands.

【We need satellite access to collect Apostle data. 】

【Can. 】

Now is the beginning of the 21st century, which has experienced the second shock. Although some places have developed beyond the beginning of the 21st century, more places are lagging behind.

The number of satellites in space is one of them.

Therefore, the Three Sages System is needed to adjust the orbits of all global observation satellites in order to conduct long-term observations of the corresponding sea areas.

However, even so, there is still a monitoring vacuum period.

There is no way. The second impact and the influence of the Three Sages System made the former NERV Parliament unable and afraid to launch too many satellites.

There are currently few satellites in space and their quality varies.

Seeing the emergence of the vacuum period, Fumihiko Ikari sighed.

"We can no longer rely on other countries. If we want to build the Starlink system, we can only rely on ourselves."

The so-called Starlink system is not a communication system, but a global satellite observation network. This concept was proposed during the previous Nerv Parliament, but the proposal was not passed for a long time due to concerns about the Three Sages System in the hands of Fumihiko Ikari. Now that Fumihiko Ikari has taken over the Nerv Parliament, countries have even less motivation to complete this proposal.

【Yes. 】

The freighter set sail again.

This time, the Three Sages System took over the freighter's driving system.

Fumihiko Ikari did not send EVA or the Behemoth to attack, as both EVA and the Behemoth lacked the ability to fight underwater. He did not like to pin his hopes on luck, and it would be fine if he won, but if he failed, the deterrent power of the Behemoth would be reduced, or even lead to the death of Rei Ayanami. Therefore, this time of setting sail again was purely for collecting data and confirming the situation.

The freighter was attacked before it reached its destination.

Through real-time satellite images, everyone saw a huge shadow emerging from the bright red ocean, but that was all they captured.

Because the huge shadow was in the ocean from beginning to end and did not surface, even the attack it launched was ordinary, with just the simplest collision to brutally destroy the freighter.

The first reaction of the NERV Council to this situation was...

[How many apostles are hidden on earth? 】

[This time, just like the last time, these are all artificial apostles created by Seele. 】

Everyone was skeptical about what Fumihiko Ikari said.

Because Ikari Fumihiko could not produce any evidence, they also did not find any clues to prove that there were human traces in this and the previous apostle incidents. Moreover, all the research data now proves that the apostles are intelligent and not beasts. It is not surprising that intelligent creatures want to destroy humans and adopt some strategies.

However, everyone followed Ikari Fumihiko's line of thought and continued the topic.

Why do they do this?

【Want to keep humans in captivity on Earth.】

What good does this do for them?

[Haven't you investigated this? Seele has always wanted to artificially evolve humans.]

Having said this, Ikari Fumihiko paused.

The human completion plan is not easy to reveal.

Because the concept of artificial gods is very similar to humans not planning, and there is no need to talk about the human completion plan if you want to throw dirty water.

So he replaced the human completion project with another concept.

【Those crazy people think that death is the end of evolution. 】

[??? Are you saying that Seele's ultimate goal is to kill all of humanity?]

[To be precise, it is to end human civilization by triggering the third impact. ]

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