I participated in the development of EVA

Although she burst out with strength beyond her age, her driving skills and combat awareness were too immature, and she was defeated by her simulated battle opponent after just a few encounters.

After this defeat, the girl actively cooperated with the training, but even so, it still took her a week to defeat her opponent and complete the assessment. This result is at an average level among several second-generation pilots. However, considering that the second-generation fish-shaped EVA is not in human form and is more difficult to control than conventional EVA, the girl's performance is considered excellent.

Therefore, this time the examiner, Misato Katsuragi, gave her an "excellent" grade in the score column.

An excellent evaluation is the highest score in the driver assessment.

20:38:00

714. Eggshell Girl

[The driver assessment is completed. Do we enter the start-up test phase? ]

Fumihiko Ikari glanced at the time and it was almost midnight.

"It's too late, let's do it tomorrow."

【Yes. 】

Shortly after Fumihiko Ikari fell asleep, a figure walked into the bedroom.

If he was still awake, he would be surprised to find that the person appearing in the room was Akagi Naoko.

After entering the room, Naoko Akagi was ready to take off her clothes, but for some reason she hesitated for a moment with her hands on the buttons before taking action, and her subsequent movements also revealed a bit of unnaturalness. What was even more strange was that when she was left with only her underwear, she hesitated again for a moment before seeming to make up her mind. However, there seemed to be a bug in the dream program. After taking off one piece of underwear, she still had another piece on her body, just like a Russian nesting doll.

Faced with such a strange thing, Naoko Akagi laughed instead.

Although she didn't laugh out loud, one could tell that she was genuinely happy at that moment.

Because she knew that it was her mother's subconscious mind that was stopping her.

That's right.

This Naoko Akagi is... Ritsuko Akagi replaced her own virtual image with her mother's appearance.

The bug-like blocking method made her change her strategy.

I wanted to change into my mother's pajamas, but then I thought that wearing underwear would still be a flaw, so I changed my strategy.

I went to the next room, and it still didn't work in the bedroom, but I succeeded when I tried again in the bathroom.

This made her happy but also a little disappointed.

Because this shows that the mother is not awake enough, otherwise she would not be fooled by such a simple operation.

She was about to leave the bathroom and return to Ikari Fumihiko's bedroom, but as she turned to leave, her sight was attracted by her reflection in the mirror. She almost instinctively reached out to the mirror, wanting to touch the self reflected in the mirror, but... what she touched was not her skin, but the cool and smooth mirror surface.

"Mother……"

Her calls received no response.

After walking out of the bathroom, she was actually shaken at this moment, because she knew that if she did this and woke him up, she might lose her mother completely.

But this hesitation only lasted for a moment.

No matter what, she wanted to see her mother again, even if the price was her mother's disgust.

So she walked out of the room and returned to Fumihiko Ikari's room.

however……

Once again her resolve was interrupted.

She was not surprised to see a set of clothes appear out of thin air on her body. She had obviously anticipated this situation. Without stopping, she turned around and walked out of the room, returned to the next room and went to the bathroom to take off her clothes. Then she returned to Ikari Fumihiko's room wearing only her pajamas, and this time she succeeded.

The clothes on her body did not change, and she did not have any additional underwear.

What surprised her was...

She made it to the bed smoothly without any further incidents.

Acquiesced?

wrong……

If it was tacit consent, there would be no reaction before.

Is it because I'm wearing pajamas now, and my mother's subconscious mind can't tell the current situation, so she can't understand my intention? Does she think that I came here just to wake up Ikari Fumihiko?

It should be about the same.

In other words, as long as I have clothes on, I can avoid my mother's attention?

Thinking of this, she felt uncomfortable.

Because it means that the mother's eyes are not on him.

When she was about to put the physiological knowledge she had acquired into practice, she was embarrassed to find that Fumihiko Ikari's sleeping position did not meet the conditions for practice.

It would have been fine if Fumihiko Ikari was just sleeping on his side, he was also sleeping on the edge.

There was no other way... She could only change the plan and lie down next to Ikari Fumihiko in her pajamas.

At this moment her heart beat uncontrollably faster due to nervousness.

Fortunately, this is a dream world, and she can control her pounding heart by modifying the data.

In the midst of her wandering thoughts, she suddenly came to her senses.

If I lie like this, when Ikari Fumihiko wakes up, he can just check the video of last night and see through my disguise.

Thinking of this, she immediately exited the dream.

After waking up from the virtual cabin and walking into the bedroom, I met another version of myself sleeping in the bed.

This self is not a real person, but a cyborg that she secretly made based on herself.

The android opened his eyes as she approached.

"Plan failed?"

She was not surprised that the bionic man took the initiative to talk to her. This was the auxiliary intelligent program she wrote, which can also be called a simulated personality program.

"Something went wrong and we need to find another opportunity."

"Do you need me to give up my bed for you to rest?"

"No, just leave some space for me."

Ritsuko Akagi lay down, closed her eyes, and fell asleep soon after.

At this moment, the bionic man opened his eyes again, glanced at the sleeping Ritsuko Akagi, and then closed his eyes again.

The consciousness leaves the bionic body and returns to the dream program.

At the same time, the computer screen in the bedroom lit up, and a girl with long wine-red hair appeared on it. It was Makise Kurisu, no! To be precise, it should be the brain of the Three Sages.

The Three Wise Men's Brains looked at Ikari Fumihiko who was sleeping soundly on the bed.

I couldn't help but shook my head secretly.

[In his current deep sleep state, he will not wake up as long as his real body is not disturbed... If his sleeping position is not suitable, he can just adjust it himself. He will not wake up because of this. Sigh! I have to wait for a while to verify... Am I me, or Akagi Naoko? ]

The reason why we need to figure this out.

One reason was that she wanted to know whether her concern for Ikari Fumihiko was her own feeling or came from Akagi Naoko.

The former represents her real existence, while the latter represents her non-existence.

The simplest way to know the answer is to extract Naoko Akagi's soul from her body.

The second reason is that she thinks Fumihiko Ikari will be happy after Naoko Akagi is resurrected.

[But it's okay this way... Is this what it feels like to be lucky? Emotions are really complicated things. ]

She actually realized that once Naoko Akagi woke up, she would disappear regardless of whether she was Naoko Akagi or not, because she felt that her emotions were most likely relying on Naoko Akagi's soul.

However, compared to her own existence, she cared more about Ikari Fumihiko's feelings.

This human being appeared before her eyes after she was born.

Clearing the messy thoughts from her processor, she sat on the chair with her hands on her chin, just like every night in the past, quietly watching Ikari Fumihiko sleep in front of the computer screen, waiting for Ikari Fumihiko to wake up so that she could say "Good morning" to him as soon as possible.

20:38:21

715. I want to go bald

【Good morning. 】

"Ah."

Fumihiko Ikari woke up, had breakfast and started the experiment.

Of course he himself was not present at the event.

Although the object has changed from human-shaped EVA to fish-shaped EVA, the overall process has not changed.

The mother and daughter entered the two insertion plugs respectively.

"All circuits... no abnormalities, anchor section locked... no abnormalities in diving... driving system activated... successful... calculating synchronization rate, calculation completed, 63.12%..."

This synchronization rate left everyone, including Ikari Fumihiko, speechless with astonishment.

The first synchronization, there was actually a Gundam...

Sixty-three percent synchronization rate!

As long as it is improved by another seven percentage points, you can touch the mystery of the soul and master EVA's AT force field.

Although this data is not unique, it is almost the same. It is only a few tenths of a percentage point lower than when Naoko Akagi was connected to the Type 02 prototype. That was because of Naoko Akagi's Three Sages System.

"Such a high synchronization rate..."

"Yeah, this kind of data can be considered the strongest, right?"

"Absolutely."

"The highest initial synchronization rate before was only a little over 50 percent."

……

There is nothing wrong with the discussion among these researchers.

In terms of talent alone, this mother and daughter pair can definitely be called the strongest, and other EVA pilots are far inferior to them.

Of course, this only looks at the initial synchronization rate.

Nowadays, most of the EVA pilots have a synchronization rate of nearly 80%. Among them, the most experienced Ayanami Rei and the other have maintained a synchronization rate of over 90%. Asuka can only reach the 90% mark when she is in an explosive state, and the normal state is maintained at around 87%.

This is just data on paper. In fact, the first batch of EVAs, except for Unit-01 which has been sealed.

The performance of Unit-02 and Unit-00 grows as their pilots grow.

Simply put, under the same synchronization rate, Unit 02 and Unit 00 can burst out more powerful performance.

The second-generation fish-shaped EVA is too large and can only move underwater. It is difficult for the research institute to provide the corresponding experimental conditions. Therefore, it cannot be driven immediately after being started like a human-shaped EVA. Subsequent tests can only be placed in the dream program. Only when the mother and daughter have mastered the second-generation fish-shaped EVA will it be released into the ocean.

The British girl once again demonstrated her great talent and became proficient after just a little adaptation.

Seeing this scene, some scholars suggested speeding up the process.

"She is now like this, so she can go straight into the mock battle session."

Ikari Fumihiko thought about it and agreed.

"can."

The mock battle begins.

The British girl seemed to be stimulated when the enemy appeared. As her murderous intent rose, her synchronization rate also reached a peak, directly breaking through the 70% mark and reaching 72.39%.

It pounced on it like a ferocious shark.

Unlike the human-shaped EVA, the fish-shaped EVA has no hands, only deadly fangs, so the battle is more brutal and bloody.

The enemy unit simulated the data of Seele's fish-shaped EVA. Constrained by a large number of restraint devices, the performance of the fish-shaped EVA was far behind the second-generation machine developed by Fumihiko Ikari. Therefore, it fell into a passive situation from the moment the battle began. This was when the British girl had not mastered the skills of using the AT force field.

otherwise……

Fish-shaped Eva's situation only gets more desperate.

But even so, the battle quickly ended with the fish-shaped EVA being torn into pieces by the second-generation machine controlled by the British girl.

The enemy was eliminated, and the British girl's synchronization rate fell back to 63%.