Chapter 1993: The City of Demonic Mist in the Dead World (8)

—2015.5.22—
Third New Tokyo City.

[A state of emergency warning is issued for the entire central Kanto region centered on the East China Sea area.]

"[Residents, please go to the designated evacuation shelter immediately.]"
"Ah, I always feel like I've heard this broadcast once, and I don't know if there will be new ones in the future."
Ikari Shinji hugged the back of his head with both hands, followed behind Ayanami, looking at the girl's back, his curiosity about her increased.
No, it should be said, never less.
The time when the school issued the emergency notice and evacuation order was nearly half an hour later than when she received the information about the "Apostle Attack".
The emergency declaration, of course, there is no problem of procrastination. After confirming the information, the staff will definitely transmit the warning to the relevant departments quickly according to the plan. In this case, the time difference of half an hour is quite intriguing.
"This is the declaration of emergency when the apostles attack from the East China Sea, east of the third Shintokō city," Ayanami continued to reply in her unwavering tone: "If they attack from other directions, the declaration template will be replaced."
"Hmm." Ikari Shinji could only nod his head.
Again, when chatting with her casually, she will take polite words and pure nonsense seriously and explain them carefully, and if you talk to her about something seriously, she will answer in a way that is so short and irritating.
for example:
"I don't know what the weather will be like tomorrow."
— "According to the forecast of the Meteorological Department of No. 3 Shin-Tokyo City, from day to night tomorrow, the main urban area will be cloudy and sunny, with easterly winds of level 3 to 5, with a minimum temperature of 15 degrees and a maximum temperature of 24 degrees."
How should I put it, this response is actually okay, it feels cute, but if you really want to ask something...
- "I wanted to ask before, where did the apostle come when we met, where did your injury come from?"
— "Relapse of old injury when starting training."
— "What old wound?"
- "Old Injury from Training"
- "What training?"
— "Start training."
— "I'm asking what kind of injury recurred when I started training?"
— "Old wounds."
Commander Ikari! You do all the bad things! God it!
If she barely understood, she was injured during some kind of training before, and the old injury burst when the third apostle attacked and started training.
According to her response method, if she wanted to ask "what was the injury before starting the training", she would have to ask repeatedly for a day.
woo-woo-woo-
Crack, crack.
Two blocks away, a huge silver metal plate rose from the ground and surrounded several skyscrapers. After that, those giant buildings slowly sank into the ground, and the metal plate collapsed and disappeared from Shinji Ikari's field of vision.
This situation was seen once before by Katsuragi Misato, but it was only upside down. The third Shintokyo's action of retracting his head into the shell should have been done when the third apostle attacked, but at that time I was playing Temple Escape with her.
No, wait, so the venue magic "Skyscraper" doesn't work? Do you have to smoke it yourself?
Ikari Shinji was thinking wildly, but saw Ayanami walk into a barbecue restaurant with zero footsteps.
"...?" He hesitated and glanced at the signboard to confirm that it was indeed a barbecue restaurant before following in.
"What do the guests want?"
"Boiled meat set meal."
"How to do it?"
"Slow and warm roast."
Because of the alarm, there were no customers in the store at all. The owner of the store, Ayanami Rei, said a few words as if to a code, and took Ikari Shinji into a box. Then, with a sense of weightlessness, the box began to descend rapidly.
"..." Fortunately, she was witty and didn't ask her what she was doing, otherwise she would become a clown.
Also, does this shop really not just throw customers who are not NERV staff but want to eat this dish into the underground city?
—
NERV headquarters.
"[The target has been confirmed with an optical catcher!]"
"[Has landed on the coast!]"
"[All members enter the first-level combat readiness state!]"
"[The central district and the first to seventh jurisdictions have been contracted!]"
"[I'm about to fight the target!]"
What's that? mushroom? eggplant? squid? cockroach?
Shinji Ikari, who had changed into his combat uniform, looked at the "Apostle" projected on the big screen of the command center. It was a purple-red body with a triangular head, a cylindrical body, and a strange thing that flew close to the ground. Regardless of the size, it really looked like it. Squid.
"Oh? Shinji-kun, you've come very quickly, the insertion key is still being prepared, you can just go in later." Katsuragi Miri took time out of her busy schedule and said to him.
come fast?
It had been nearly an hour since Ayanami received the news of the "Apostle attack". Before taking herself back to the underground fortress, she even took time to clean the club classroom before leaving.
Does this mean... Ayanami Reil received the news even earlier than NERV?
So the question is, where did she buy those glasses?
Ikari Shinji looked left and right subconsciously, but couldn't find the blue-haired girl who separated from him after entering the headquarters.
"Commander Ikari is not here. This time, I will be under the command of Deputy Commander Fuyuki and I," Miri Katsuragi said. "If Zero is preparing for Unit Zero, she is not in a good state, so in principle, she will not be allowed to attack unless..."
How can it be possible unless the first machine can't be beat?
shhhhhh-da-da-da-
In the picture, the mortar positions disguised as mountains and the forts disguised as cable cars removed their disguise and fired violently when the squid apostles passed by, but they were useless except to create bursts of fire on its shell.
"Do those people from the Earth Alliance want to prove that they don't have wasted tax money? They always start with a wave of meaningless attacks, and then turn back and ask us to attack after those things have turned into scrap metal." Misato Katsuragi hummed.
"Is there a possibility that they are taking the opportunity to use up the weapons and ammunition that are about to be eliminated?" Ikari Shinji replied: "And as long as they have launched an attack, they can declare after defeating the apostles that they were 'cooperating' with us to defeat."
"...Dirty politicians," Katsuragi Miri paused: "Go and prepare for a strike."

"[The plug is in place.]"
"[Start injecting LCL.]"
"[The restraint is released.]"
"[Attack!]"
Compared with the various discomforts in the first time, the ejection speed of the No. 1 aircraft can be said to be very fast this time. Under the condition of early preparation, the discomfort of the high-speed rise is almost nothing.
【Curry Curry~】
Not to mention, there are cute chestnut balls—the name he gave to the furry creature—for company.
"[Same as training, use your AT force field to align with the apostle's AT force field, and then shoot at its core,]" Katsuragi Misato instructed: "[Although the shape is not the same as the third apostle, its neck position is The function of that red sphere should be the same.]

Ikari Shinji took time to glance at the video sent by the headquarters, and the "squid" that was flying close to the ground actually "stands up", and flung two thin - relatively speaking - tentacles, between the triangular head and the body The red ball is quite striking.
Therefore, this kind of guy who shows his weaknesses in a generous way must have a bad head.
"【The Apostle is approaching the suburbs of the third new Tokyo city!】"
"[Adjust the location of EVA's debut!]"
Boom! Clang!
The ascent stopped, and the ejection bay disguised as a building opened.
The good news is that the field of vision is excellent, and the first machine is facing the back of the "upright squid", but the bad news is that the opponent is destroying the conventional weapon battery that attacked it, and he does not see himself. Cards cannot be drawn.
…Um? Is this really bad news?
Ikari Shinji glanced at the chestnut ball: Buddy, what do you think?
【Curry Curry! 】The chestnut ball makes a throat-slashing motion with its small claws.
"[Good chance! Shinji-kun, the apostles didn't find you, you can suppress it with a wave of firepower... What are you doing?]" Katsuragi Misato subconsciously lowered her voice halfway through her words.
"Do you still need to ask?" Ikari Shinji also whispered, "Assassination."

[…]

Witnessed by countless cameras, the first machine took out a certain vibrating dagger from its shoulders, a weapon that looked like a utility knife, squatted down and "lightly" touched the back of the fourth apostle.
"[...I have to remind you that all the apostles have an 'AT force field',]" Katsuragi Miri stayed for more than ten seconds before speaking again: "[You can't directly touch the back and wipe its neck.]"
"I know," Ikari Shinji replied, "I will erode and attack while touching the 'AT force field'. If its AT force field is too large, I will give up the assassination."
"[...Ready to deliver spare weapons.]" Misato Katsuragi seemed to find no reason to stop it, and instead commanded: "[Let the people of the Earth Alliance work harder.]"
Da-da-da-boom-boom-
The conventional firepower that had been sparsely concentrated once again, and the attention of the Fourth Apostle, who was destroying those positions one by one, was firmly attracted to the past.
Twenty steps, fifteen steps, ten steps...
As the first machine gradually approached the fourth apostle, the communication channel became more and more quiet, and the correspondents and technical officers at the headquarters seemed to hold their breaths.
Eight steps, seven steps.
【Curry Curry! 】The chestnut ball swings its claws vigorously, making an assault action.
Did the AT force field only unfold seven steps?
Although there was no real contact, Ikari Shinji decided to believe the judgment of the chestnut ball. He directly changed his movements and suddenly stabbed forward with a knife.
Om - Seven steps away from the apostle, a layer of "shield" with orange ripples suddenly appeared, but it only lasted for less than half a second before being penetrated by the full stab of the "Utility Knife".
"[Yoyo!]" The squid apostle let out a terrified cry, trying to turn around to dodge and fight back with two tentacles.
Useless, within seven steps, the knife is fast.
puff!
The "utility knife" stabbed into the apostle's "back".
The entire squid of the apostle froze, waved his tentacles indiscriminately, and then slowly fell to the ground.
"[Dry, have you done it?]" a silly staff member asked.
You, Flag, set a real standard, but whether to kill it or not, you actually have a better verification method.
Shinji Ikari glanced down at the "dueling plate" on his arm—it was named recently—and since it didn't disappear, the battle wasn't over yet.
Draw a card!
[Bubble Launcher: Only 'Elemental Hero · Bubble Man' can be equipped, and the attack power increases by 800. 】
tsk...
"Misato-san, I need a rifle!" Ikari Shinji shouted.
"[Call Commander!]" Katsuragi Misato said angrily, "[The building 100 meters away on your right!]"
Whoa! The side protective panels of the target building unfolded, revealing a silver rifle that was much more beautiful in shape than a blister launcher. Ikari Shinji watched the fallen apostle warily while directing the first machine to walk over quickly.
"My attack didn't hit the core of the apostle. It may have been severely damaged, but now it is definitely playing dead." After getting the gun, he took the initiative to say without waiting for the headquarters to ask: "That is to say, it has some kind of extremely powerful melee combat."
"[There is a possibility, then the on-the-spot judgment of the battle is up to you.]" Katsuragi Misato replied quickly.
Hey, if you don't get it, is the first machine really not a "Blister Man"?
After trying twice and finding that this magic card could not be used, Ikari Shinji had to simply use the silver rifle to attack the fallen apostle "corpse".
Da da da, puff puff, the apostle was covered with bullet rain, and the shell became pitted.
You can continue to endure, Ikari Shinji look at the duel plate, and keep fighting as long as it doesn't disappear.
Oh, 60 seconds have passed, draw a card!
[Elemental Hero · Bubble Man, Attack: 800, Defense: 1200]
Is there something wrong with superpowers that play cards but never shuffle them?
Ikari Shinji was too lazy to think about it, so he "summoned" the Bubble Man and equipped the Bubble Launcher.
The next second, a short, fat man in blue armor with cat ears, a long cloak on his back, and a launcher in his hand appeared in the plug and gave him a thumbs up.
[Curry Kuri~] Chestnut Ball waved at the short fat man.
The "Sealed Exodia" wasn't summoned last time. Could it have such an effect? LCL is amazing.
In short, kill the apostles first... Is the 1600 attack enough?
"【Yo-!】"
Perhaps finally aware of the crisis, the fourth apostle let out a roar and stood up again, the red sphere around his neck was flashing red like a warning light.
It's useless, seven steps away, the gun is fast.
Swah-!
When Ikari Shinji was about to continue firing, a white light instantly broke through a distance of 100 meters and rushed straight to his face.
"[Shinji-kun!]"
Click.
The blister launcher suddenly turned into pieces and flew away, and the silver rifle on the first pilot was also cut in half.
How do you think that the tentacles are going to penetrate the head of the first machine? Does Bubbleman still have this ability?
Shinji Ikari glanced at Blister Man, who was in a daze because his hands were suddenly empty, and turned to the fourth apostle.
The two tentacles on the side of the squid are no longer what they were originally. They all exude a dazzling white light. Just looking at the fate of the rifle, it is known that there is absolutely no good fruit to be drawn by them.
"【Yo-!】" Swish! Swish!
The fourth apostle rushed towards the first machine while waving the "white light tentacles" while roaring inexplicably, and at the same time, the flashing frequency of the red sphere under its neck was accelerating.
Maybe you don't need to fight, just stick to it for another three minutes and it will be finished.
Ikari Shinji hesitated for a moment, then turned and ran.
"Miri-san, Commander! I judge it to be a flashback! Prepare to lead it to the outskirts! Apply for a strategic retreat!"
"[Agree with the judgment! Allow withdrawal!]"
"【Yo-!】"