I participated in the development of EVA

Misato Katsuragi also sighed sadly.

"Seele is hiding too deeply. It's too difficult to eradicate it. How are the higher-ups going to deal with it?!"

"There's no need to worry. We just need to do our part... When the previous battle broke out, the higher-ups noticed this problem and have been preparing to gradually release information about the apostles. Compared to Seele, NERV is more trustworthy to most people. Even if the situation gets out of control, as long as the plan goes well, these people won't cause any trouble."

Hearing this, Misato Katsuragi breathed a sigh of relief.

The higher-ups had already taken action, which made her feel a little relieved, but what really made her less anxious was the artificial god plan.

Although I am no longer anxious, I still feel a little sad.

The Artificial God Project is humanity's stabilizing force, but it also brings disaster to humanity.

In order to enhance the power of artificial gods, most of the young population have entered virtual games, causing the global fertility rate to drop madly at a rate visible to the naked eye. She is somewhat worried that if human civilization continues to develop abnormally in this way, it may very well go to extinction due to population problems.

As if he noticed Misato Katsuragi's worry, the commander spoke a word of comfort.

"Every profession has its own expertise. We just need to be responsible for the things we are responsible for. If you can notice such a big problem, the higher-ups must have noticed it a long time ago and taken some actions. You just don't know it."

Misato Katsuragi nodded.

……

Ikari Fumihiko also received the message, but he took a look at it and ignored it.

Because he knew that the only way to eliminate Seele was to keep squeezing its living space, and the corresponding strategy was to continue to increase the influence of the Skynet system on all aspects of various countries.

What he was concerned about was the artificial pilot plan mentioned in the seized documents.

This artificial pilot plan is not about cloning, but about how to train humans conceived through artificial reproductive technology into pilots.

The plan is simple at the same time, but it is also complex at the same time.

The simple thing is that artificial reproductive technology can cultivate embryos with blood ties according to demand. The complicated thing is that blood ties are only the basic condition for driving EVA. If you want EVA to burst out with strong enough power, the key lies in the heart and bonds, and the human heart is the most variable and the most difficult to guess thing in the world.

Seele made this plan after artificial reproduction technology was developed, which means that the earliest batch is about four years old now! ?

Something is wrong...

According to this age calculation, even if Seele compressed the age of EVA pilots to twelve, it would still take at least eight years for the so-called artificial pilots to come into use, and by that time the original storyline would have ended... Is the timeline so long because the Dead Sea Scrolls do not record the time when the apostles appeared? Or is Seele estimating that the apostles will not fully awaken until eight years later?

wrong!

Twelve is the minimum age I think, but Seele may not do this.

Ikari Fumihiko frowned.

Twelve years old is young enough. If a younger child becomes an EVA pilot, what kind of combat power can he possess?

Seele should know that no matter how many cannon fodders there are, it is meaningless.

In other words, I understood the wrong direction?

If it's not like this, then what else could it be...

An illogical thought popped up in his mind, and he froze in place.

Parents love their children.

Children love...

wrong--

According to the optimal age of EVA pilots, the relationship is probably...

Brothers and sisters.

Seele doesn't need to invest too much energy to cultivate a deep relationship between the two parties. As long as he makes good use of the child's dependence on the "adult", it will be enough to start EVA.

In other words, those artificial children are used to inject core souls!

20:40:50

724. This is not your problem

Although the relationship between artificial children and drivers is defined as brothers and sisters based on the optimal age of the driver, Ikari Fumihiko actually has another idea in his mind. Those artificial children may be the offspring of 13 or 14-year-old EVA drivers! Because compared to the relationship between brothers and sisters, there is a deeper bond between parents and children.

This idea may seem outrageous, but in fact, it is possible to accelerate physiological maturity by injecting drugs, thereby obtaining sperm and eggs to conceive offspring.

Will Seele do this?

As long as it is helpful to the human completion project, this group of people will do anything, no matter how crazy it is.

Fumihiko Ikari closed the profile.

He lay back on the bed and closed his eyes, and the information about the human breeding base and the scene when he, Ikari Yui and others talked about the Fire Plan emerged in his mind.

Although I am physically and mentally exhausted, I still need the effect of drugs to fall asleep.

But this time it was not because Naoko Akagi was lying next to him and he couldn't resist the temptation, but because of regret.

If he had known in advance that this would happen, he would never have thrown out any fire plan, nor would he have come up with the concept of a virtual game just to satisfy himself.

Waking up from a deep sleep, he ignored the good morning from the Three Wise Men's Brains, nor did he pay attention to Akagi Naoko.

Exit the dream directly.

He left the plug and went into the control room of the laboratory. He watched the TV commercials playing on the big screen and lit a cigarette for himself.

He ignored the elf incarnation that followed him and just lit up one cigarette after another in distress.

Compared to smoking, he actually wanted to get drunk at this time, but he was worried that he would cause more trouble after being drunk and make his life worse, so he restrained himself.

It took a long time before he responded to Akagi Naoko's concerns.

"Did something happen?"

"How is the situation at the human breeding base?"

Seeing Ikari Fumihiko so depressed, Akagi Ritsuko felt a little confused, so she gave the answer subconsciously.

“It has already begun…”

Halfway through her speech, she realized that she had been exposed.

She added hastily.

"Ritsuko talked to me about this yesterday and said that action has been taken."

Fumihiko Ikari put out the cigarette in his hand.

"Stop pretending, you are Ritsuko."

Ritsuko Akagi has recovered from her initial panic.

"I am who I am."

"Then sit in my arms."

Faced with Ikari Fumihiko's initiative, Akagi Ritsuko was stunned and didn't know what Ikari Fumihiko wanted to do.

However, in order to disguise herself, she still controlled the elf robot to sit in Ikari Fumihiko's arms, and then she felt a pair of hands hugging her.

Her heart tightened.

Although this is a bionic body, it has a spiritual connection with this body.

Just as she was at a loss for what to do and passively accepted it, Ikari Fumihiko suddenly stopped and said something that stunned her.

"If you were her, then why is she looking at us now?"

Hearing this, Ritsuko Akagi subconsciously turned her head and looked at the Type 02 prototype opposite the window.

The Type 02 prototype did look towards where the two were.

"That's enough, Ritsuko, put an end to this farce... I'm really not in the mood to play around with you right now."

At this moment, Ritsuko Akagi was unusually calm.

"Why do you think...I'm Ritsuko?"

"Only Ritsuko has the reason and conditions to do such a thing, and if you were Naoko, then why would she look over here?"

"That doesn't prove anything."

Fumihiko Ikari withdrew his hands and took the initiative to change the subject because he was certain that the person in front of him was Ritsuko Akagi.

"Do you think I'm wrong?"

Ritsuko Akagi had already realized that Fumihiko Ikari was talking about the human breeding base, but with the previous lesson in mind, she decisively played dumb at this moment.

"What's wrong?"

Ikari Fumihiko didn't care, as if he was really communicating with Akagi Naoko.

"It's about virtual games that are devouring the world's population."

"This is not your problem. People are addicted to virtual games because they just appeared. After a period of time, people will refocus some of their experiences back to reality."

"Ok?"

"Reproduction is an instinct engraved in human genes and an unavoidable topic in life."

Akagi Ritsuko paused for a moment and then added another sentence.

"In other words, do you think love will always remain at the stage of spiritual communication?"

Ikari Fumihiko was silent for a moment before speaking.

"will not."

"People just haven't come out of the second shock yet. This problem will occur even without virtual games. Only when people have completely come out of the haze will the fertility rate return to normal."

"Really?"

"You are confused because you are the person in charge and you are unable to look at this issue rationally."

After hearing this, Ikari Fumihiko felt a little better.

But I'm still a little confused.

"Where is the human breeding base?"

"Every new technology is bound to have a chaotic phase when it is born. This is just like the radium worship trend that was popular in the United States. At that time, people added radium to beverages and cosmetics, and even used it as a health care drug... Is this a problem with radium? Obviously not, and the human breeding base does not exist at your instruction."

Ritsuko Akagi paused, waiting for Fumihiko Ikari to digest her words before speaking again.

"You are now blaming yourself for someone else's mistakes."

like……

It really is so.

Ikari Fumihiko asked back subconsciously.

"Then what should I do?"

"If you think this is wrong and a mistake, then punish the person who made the mistake, correct the mistake, and prevent the same mistake from happening again."

After this enlightenment, the haze that had been suppressing Fumihiko Ikari's heart for a long time was swept away.

"I know what to do."

After regaining his spirit and preparing to take action, he learned from his secretary that Ritsuko Akagi had already done these things.

At this moment he really drew his sword and looked around, feeling confused.

At the same time, he also realized that although he had let go of his hands, the bionic man who empathized with Ritsuko Akagi was still sitting in his arms, and the Type 02 prototype was still staring at him with wide eyes. Of course, these were not the most embarrassing things. The most embarrassing thing was that he was still wearing a tight-fitting combat uniform and could not control his physiological reaction.

"Uh...you can get up now."

"Oh."

Ritsuko Akagi stood up without hesitation.

Ikari Fumihiko immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm going to change my clothes."

"Oh."

After Fumihiko Ikari left, Ritsuko Akagi's attention shifted to the Type 02 prototype and she looked into EVA's huge eyes.

It took a while before the background data was retrieved from the computer.

The core had a strong fluctuation just now. Although it still cannot meet the minimum requirements for salvage, this time the fluctuation is stronger than before.