I participated in the development of EVA

Only in this way can we prevent Ritsuko Akagi from being used by Gendō Ikari.

Of course, he would not directly talk about the content related to the Human Instrumentality Project, but would explain "Ikari Gendō's plan" based on the content laid out previously.

"You still remember... Never mind, you should know the beliefs of the Seele organization, right?"

"Knowing that all of humanity will have eternal life within the body of the god of death."

"Yes, that's right. The reason they want to trigger the Third Impact to destroy humanity is not only because the impact itself has such power, but also because they believe that people killed by the power of God can become part of the God of Death... With this explanation, you should be able to understand what Ikari Gendō is planning, right?"

Ritsuko Akagi is not stupid, on the contrary she is very smart. She reacted when Fumihiko Ikari was halfway through his words.

"You mean what he meant by letting me see my mother again was in the belly of the god of death?"

"Yes, that's what it means."

"No way……"

Ritsuko Akagi found it hard to believe that Gendo Ikari would be so crazy.

"There's nothing he can't do. He almost went crazy the moment he lost Ikari Yui. As long as he can see Ikari Yui again, he can do anything."

Ritsuko Akagi didn't know much about the affairs of Gendo Ikari and Yui Ikari.

The only thing she remembered was that Fumihiko Ikari warned her not to get close to Gendō Ikari, and that Yui Ikari was the former director and Fumihiko Ikari's cousin.

However, she could understand Ikari Gendō's feelings to some extent.

"Ikari Yui is very important to him, right?"

"Ah."

After getting the answer from Ikari Fumihiko, Akagi Ritsuko understood that the feeling of Ikari Gendō after losing Ikari Yui was just like her own feeling now that she had lost her mother.

Although she could understand Ikari Gendou's feelings, she could not resonate with him.

because……

She has confidence in Fumihiko Ikari.

Have faith in science.

I firmly believe that my mother will be successfully rescued sooner or later.

Of course, although she has such belief, she does not have that much patience.

That's why she disguised herself as her mother, hoping to speed up her mother's return in her own way.

"I understand. I will not have any contact with this man again."

Ikari Fumihiko added with some concern.

"His so-called plan only sounds reasonable, but it's actually not reliable at all. It's just like the folk scientific rumor that the human brain is only developed by a few percent... The reason why the apostles are named apostles is because Seele and his group think that these unknown mysterious creatures are the apostles sent by the god of death to the human world."

Ritsuko Akagi did not show any impatience, but replied with a serious face.

"I see."

After she responded, she couldn't help but ask back out of curiosity.

"Since they have this understanding, shouldn't they just wait to die? Why did they formulate Plan E and come up with EVA to fight against it?"

Although Ikari Fumihiko had never thought about this before, the answer came out of his mouth without hesitation.

"Do you know about the Twelve Trials?"

"Which Greek mythology?"

"Correct."

"They regard the apostles as a test from God to mankind?"

This time, Ikari Fumihiko thought for a while before continuing to add settings to Seele, "That's about it. To be more specific, they think that only by proving the value of human beings to God can they enter a place like Valhalla with this achievement, become the new apostle of the god of death, and gain true eternal life, just like in the Norse mythology.

Ok……

If you don’t know, you can also understand Valhalla as heaven.”

Ritsuko Akagi felt that Seele's train of thought was strange, but she was not surprised. During her school years, she had heard of too many cult organizations with strange beliefs.

"Is there really a so-called god of death in this world?"

If it were an ordinary cult organization, she would definitely not have such a problem, but the Seele cult organization was not ordinary.

Moreover, there really are unknown creatures called apostles in the world that transcend common sense.

Ikari Fumihiko sighed.

"I have never discussed this with anyone because I am afraid that someone would be confused like you and believe Seele's nonsense... The so-called God is just an abstract concept, no different from those popular myths and legends. As for life forms like apostles? The universe is so big, what is impossible? Not to mention the birth of life forms like apostles, even if there are humans with tails who can blow up stars with one punch, it is not surprising."

"Blasting the stars with one punch? Isn't that too exaggerated?"

"Is this too much? Maybe there are creatures that look similar to Rex Cats, and their job is to destroy planets!"

"You're getting more and more outrageous."

"Before the apostles appeared, could you imagine that such unknown creatures existed on Earth?"

"I can't imagine it."

"That's it."

At this time, Ritsuko Akagi further understood the horror of the Dark Forest Law.

Subconsciously, she glanced at the Type 02 prototype opposite the window. She originally thought that the power currently possessed by humans was already strong enough, but now she realized that this was far from enough.

At the same time, I understood.

Why would the NERV Council allow Japan to abuse artificial reproductive technology to create human breeding bases? The NERV Council's anxiety about the population is not only because virtual games have swallowed up too many people and caused the fertility rate to drop too much, but... If humans want to avoid being bullied by the universe after becoming an interstellar civilization, they must further arm themselves.

The fastest way to arm is to increase the population madly and add the power of artificial gods.

If we want to increase the population quickly, how can we rely on natural evolution alone? Therefore, human breeding bases have become inevitable.

In addition to demonstrating the feasibility of the technology, we also want to explore ways to use technology to increase population.

Thinking of this, an idea suddenly came to her mind.

"Did they deliberately create this situation?!"

Ikari Fumihiko was a little confused.

"Who? Seele?"

"Nerv Council!"

Ikari Fumihiko was still a little confused.

"What do you mean?"

"They knew that my mother was the key to the completion of the artificial god, so they planned the crisis in the first place, forcing my mother to make up her mind to inject her soul into the core of the Type 02 prototype!?"

Fumihiko Ikari still couldn't keep up with Ritsuko Akagi's jumping logical thinking.

"what???"

"Former members of the NERV Council are worried that the universe will be a dark forest as you predicted. In order to prevent this from happening, they think that humans can only rely on the power of artificial gods. Therefore, they set up a plan to force the mother to inject her soul into the core of the Type 02 prototype to complete the artificial god. At the same time, they set up a human breeding base to explore the plan of geometric population growth..."

Having said this, Ritsuko Akagi paused.

Ikari Fumihiko also understood at this time, but before he could think about the possibility of such a thing, Akagi Ritsuko spoke again in an unbelievable tone.

"You were involved in this too... No! This was all your plan!!"

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730. Don’t despair, let me come first!

"what???"

Faced with this outrageous accusation, Ikari Fumihiko was confused.

Akagi Ritsuko spoke again in disbelief.

"You asked me to complete the research on bionic humans as part of this plan!! It is to perfect the human breeding model!!"

"what???"

Ikari Fumihiko was completely stunned.

"You have such a cruel heart... Your mother gave up her life for you, and you took advantage of her feelings for you like this!!"

"what???"

Ikari Fumihiko was a little dazed.

It wasn't until Ritsuko Akagi slapped him in the face that he finally reacted.

The slap was not very powerful, not because she didn't use enough force, but because the despair in her heart drained all her strength.

"Fuck! Why did you do that? No! What the hell is wrong with your logic just now?"

After the slap, Ritsuko Akagi collapsed to the ground powerlessly, her face full of despair.

Once again, Fumihiko Ikari felt that his brain was not enough.

"Don't despair yet, come back to your senses and help me sort out the logic chain!! Let me die with a clear mind..."

"It's all so clear now! What else is there to say now?"

"Ah ha? What's going on? How come there is nothing to say? You are judging too quickly... It's too weird!!"

Ritsuko Akagi slumped on the ground with a look of despair on her face and said nothing more, just staring at Fumihiko Ikari with her empty eyes.

Seeing this, Ikari Fumihiko couldn't hold it in for a moment and also showed a look of despair.

"What the hell is going on here!?"

At this time, the bionic man Naoko Akagi heard the noise and walked over. Seeing this scene, he was stunned in a very human way.

He came to Ikari Fumihiko and asked.

"What's wrong with you?"

Ikari Fumihiko replied subconsciously.

"I also want someone to explain to me what's going on..."

After saying that, he rubbed his temples and looked at Akagi Ritsuko with the same despair. He couldn't understand why the other party was fine the moment before and changed her expression so suddenly the next moment.

The Akagi Naoko bionic man then called out to Akagi Ritsuko.

"Ritsuko?"

Ritsuko Akagi was in a trance at the moment, and even forgot that the bionic person Naoko Akagi was her own alias, and mistook it for her mother.

"Mother, he has been using you all along, wanting to preserve the future of mankind by sacrificing you..."

It is obvious that Naoko Akagi's bionic man cannot keep up with Ritsuko Akagi's thinking.

"What happened?"

"Your injection of soul into the Type 02 prototype was planned by this man and the former NERV council members, in order to use your soul to complete the artificial god!!"

Ritsuko Akagi's firm and desperate tone made Fumihiko Ikari doubt whether there was something wrong with his memory.

Naoko Akagi looked at Fumihiko Ikari who looked confused.

"Really?"

Ikari Fumihiko shook his head in confusion.

"Impossible! How could I do such a thing?"

After he finished his defense, he finally reacted.

"You don't think all this is my plan just because I asked you to study android technology?"

"Isn't that so? If it wasn't to pave the way for the human breeding plan, why did you let me study android technology in the first place?!"

He had now caught up with Ritsuko Akagi's thinking, so when faced with this accusation, he reacted immediately.

Ritsuko Akagi was talking about using bionic humans to build original families for children in human breeding bases.

He couldn't help it again.

"Auntie... seriously! Don't despair yet, let me despair first! I asked you to do this just to distract you with this research and conceal Naoko's disappearance... If I really had such a plan, would I have asked you to join it? Besides, the research on bionic people was completed by the immortality surgery project team, right?"