Doraemon for an imperfect world

"that……"

Shinji Ikari couldn't help but ask, but he only said half of his words. The second half was lost in his throat, and the first half just echoed in vain in the corridor, with no one answering.

Now no one is looking at him anymore, and he no longer needs to care about other people's eyes.

"Shinji!"

Doraemon raised one hand in the crowd and said, "You go back first. I will follow you soon."

"Well……"

Shinji Ikari opened his mouth to respond, but then closed it again as if he had thought of something.

No one else can hear it anyway.

Shinji Ikari felt a little lost for no reason. He walked in the NEVR base, where people who had just defeated the Fourth Angel were running in the intricate corridors. Everyone had his own things to do, and everyone seemed to have become a neat and orderly part of some huge object.

Except myself.

Shinji Ikari couldn't help but sit on the edge of the flower bed on the ground, looking at the bustling crowd. They were cheering, celebrating, discussing the victory of this battle, discussing their life after get off work, and exchanging bits and pieces of each other's lives.

At this moment, the word "loneliness" seemed to be broken down and materialized.

There are children's laughter, the sweetness of fruits, the liveliness of cats and dogs, and the chirping of cicadas in the ears, singing the praises of the shift in the earth's axis caused by the second impact. Now it is only summer in Japan, and everything in front of us in this never-ending summer is so lively and festive.

——But all this has nothing to do with you, this is called loneliness.

This loneliness had been constantly lingering in Shinji Ikari's heart, but it was not until this moment that he truly realized its existence.

At this moment, two girls holding hands sat down next to Ikari Shinji:

"Ah, I'm finally out. I was suffocating in the shelter."

"Okay, okay, how about I buy you some ice cream later?"

"I knew you were the best!"

Looking at the two girls being intimate so close to him, Shinji Ikari couldn't help but feel a hint of envy in his eyes.

Deep down in his heart, he also longs for such a friend, but on the other hand, he has locked his heart tightly. On the one hand, he longs to establish a deep connection with others, but on the other hand, he keeps a distance from others intentionally or unintentionally. Even if someone wants to approach him, he will never open his heart.

The desire to connect with others and the desire to isolate oneself.

These two completely opposite and contradictory mentalities were constantly entangled in his heart, as inseparable as the double helix of DNA.

Shinji Ikari couldn't help but raise his head and touch the stone hat on his head. Through this hat, "his world" and "other people's world" were separated, but this also completely cut off the opportunity to establish contact with others again. No matter what he did, no one would blame him, but no one would definitely come close to him again.

Shinji Ikari walked silently back to the door of Misato Katsuragi's house, and when he touched his pocket, he realized that he had forgotten to ask her for the key.

He squatted on the ground with his back to the door, hugging his legs and looking at the sky.

In fact, neither Katsuragi Misato nor Doraemon could open his heart to the two strangers he had just met. Even though Katsuragi Misato emphasized that he should treat this place as his home, he still had the mentality of a guest... No, it was like this even earlier. Ever since his father abandoned him, even after being fostered in a relative's home for several years, he still could not regard the relatives who took him in as real family. He had always been cautious and concerned about everything, and had never shown his true inner self.

Shinji Ikari took off the stone hat on his head, then raised his head with a complicated look. Even in broad daylight, some people lit fireworks to celebrate their survival from the ravages of the apostles.

At this moment, a portal suddenly opened beside him.

"Eh?"

Doraemon asked curiously, "Why don't you go in?"

"Ah, that."

Shinji Ikari turned his head away a little embarrassedly, "I forgot to bring my keys."

Hearing this, Doraemon looked towards the door in a strange way. "Mr. House?"

As soon as the words fell, the door suddenly opened, and the aggrieved voice of the house robot came out:

"It's all Shinji's fault. He was wearing the rock hat the whole time. I didn't even notice anyone was outside. And when he took it off, he sat on the ground watching the fireworks. How was I supposed to know he didn't have the key?"

"Feel sorry."

Ikari Shinji said quickly.

"it's okay."

The house robot said, "Come in quickly. The air conditioner and cold drinks are ready. It's so hot outside, come in and cool down."

"thanks."

Doraemon said, pulling Ikari Shinji into the house. "Come in quickly, it's so hot outside that I'm sweating all over."

"Don't worry, the bath water is ready."

The house robot spoke again.

Sweating?

Shinji Ikari looked at Doraemon's metal shell and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

Can robots sweat?

However, he didn't ask any further questions. What if the other party cared about this kind of thing? He didn't want to offend the other party.

"Give this back to you."

Shinji Ikari said as he handed the stone hat to Doraemon.

"Ok."

Doraemon took the stone hat and asked, "By the way, how was school today? Did you manage to fit in?"

A mysterious transfer student like Shinji Ikari is usually a crucial female protagonist in comics.

For example, the kind of person like Homura Akemi.

"It's okay, it's just that the classmates are a little too enthusiastic."

Shinji Ikari said, "Sensei has been talking about Second Impact all day."

"After all, Shinji, you are the hero who saved this city."

Doraemon opened the bathroom door and asked, "Want to take a shower?"

"no need."

Shinji Ikari shook his head and said, "It's all because of EVA. If I left EVA, I wouldn't be that great."

"Really."

Doraemon sighed helplessly, "You underestimate yourself a bit. Not everyone can face the attack of such a monster in order to protect others. In my opinion, Shinji already possesses the two most precious abilities of mankind."

"Humanity's most precious ability?"

"Yeah, that's right."

Doraemon first tested the water temperature briefly, then lay down comfortably in it. "The courage to face danger head-on, and the heart to think about others in the future, not everyone has both, so even without EVA, you are still amazing."

294

Chapter 294: The Terror Angel.

Not long after, during the routine synchronization test, Ritsuko Akagi couldn't help but frown slightly as she looked at the report in front of her.

Rei Ayanami's synchronization rhythm is as stable as ever, but Shinji Ikari's has shown a significant decline.

"Compared to the first time I drove, the synchronization rate dropped by 8 percent."

"Why is this happening? The kid is obviously training very hard."

Maya couldn't help but say, "Besides that, there was an error message from the protein wall of the base just now. It seems to have suffered a serious microbial infection, but I don't know why it was only discovered now."

Akagi Ritsuko didn't answer. She just flipped through every piece of data on the display thoughtfully. The synchronization rate between the qualified person and the EVA is related to their inner AT stance. In other words, the more autistic the person is when driving the EVA, the better the effect. Now it seems that the child has begun to gradually open up his heart?

This was actually within their expectations. After all, the glory brought by being an EVA pilot was enough to make everyone gather around the qualified person. They also had their own backup plan for this - go back and find an opportunity to let the commander scold the kid a few more times.

I believe that with the influence of the family environment, it is not difficult for Shinji Ikari to return to autism.

As for the impact of that so-called childcare robot...

Ritsuko Akagi took a sip of coffee and sent the result to Kozo Fuyutsuki. Soon after, a call from the deputy commander rang nearby.

Ritsuko Akagi walked out of the room with the landline phone, closed the door, and answered the call:

"Shinji's synchronization has actually decreased so much?"

"Yes, I have confirmed it repeatedly."

Akagi Ritsuko asked, "How is it? Should we report it to the commander?"

"Don't worry, let's wait until he comes back."

Fuyutsuki Kozo replied, "But according to the assumption, his synchronization should have increased dramatically during this period. Could this also be related to Doraemon?"

"It's very likely. Misato has mentioned to me more than once recently that the robot and Shinji have always been playing very close, almost like good friends who have been separated for a long time."

"Haha, it really is a robot responsible for taking care of children."

Fuyutsuki Kozo said, "However, can humans, having given up on completion, actually develop such a creation in the future? A robot of this level simply to take care of children is simply too extravagant."

Ok?

Ritsuko Akagi suddenly realized that the deputy commander seemed to have something else to say.

Does he think that if humans don't choose to be completed, there might be a better future?

Is this a test for yourself?

After a slight hesitation, Akagi Ritsuko decisively chose to play dumb:

"You mean that robot might not just be there to take care of children?"

"It's just a guess."

Seeing that Akagi Ritsuko was deliberately playing against common sense, Fuyutsuki Kozo didn't care. He just said casually, "I already know about the synchronization issue. There's no need to report it. It's not a big deal."

"ok, I get it."

Ritsuko Akagi hung up the phone, and when she returned to the test bench, the plug had already popped out of the spine of Unit-01, and orange-yellow LCL liquid poured out, followed by Shinji Ikari and Rei Ayanami who walked out.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Doraemon stood by and handed over a towel.

“It’s not that hard actually.”

Shinji Ikari took the towel and wiped his face a little embarrassedly, then said.

"Oh, and yours, too."

Doraemon said as he took out another towel and handed it to Rei Ayanami who was standing beside him.

Rei Ayanami, who was about to leave, couldn't help but pause for a moment when she saw this. Then she shook her head slightly and continued to leave. "No need."

"what the hell."

Shinji Ikari couldn't help but say, "Doraemon obviously has good intentions."

"it does not matter."

Doraemon shook his head. "But then again, that kid always seems difficult to communicate with. Is that okay?"

Why don't I go and see her later?

Just as Doraemon was thinking this, the lights in the base suddenly went out.

"What's going on? Is there a power outage?"

Doraemon took out the mini sun from his pocket with some confusion. It was specially collected to deal with Muzan Kibutsuji but was not used in the end. He hung it behind his head, and suddenly the dazzling light reappeared around him.

"What happened?"

Ritsuko Akagi asked while squinting her eyes due to the overly dazzling light of the mini sun and holding her headphones.

But before she could get a reply, Maya suddenly cried out:

"Ritsuko-senpai, look at that!"

Ritsuko Akagi raised her head and couldn't help but get goosebumps all over her body.

Under the illumination of the mini sun behind Doraemon's head, red spots like mold began to quickly appear on the surrounding walls.

Could it be!

Akagi Ritsuko's pupils suddenly shrank, and she seemed to realize something.