Chapter 2006: The City of Demonic Mist in the Dead World (21)

【—2015.8.12—】
Gathering Garden, Swimming Pool.
Pasha.
Wearing a pure white one-piece swimsuit, Rei Ayanami jumped into the pool with an elegant fish leap from the shore, and then... he did not move his hands and feet, kept his face down, floating on the surface of the water, and made a straight line movement at a constant speed.
No... Although everyone present knows that you are special, can you please restrain yourself? Don't use this standard apostolic swimming style?
Ikari Shinji sighed silently, and turned his gaze from Rei Ayanami, who was like driftwood in the swimming pool, back to the laptop screen in his hand.
It was the second day after defeating the Seventh Apostle, and all the members of the Literature Club were holding club activities in the empty school swimming pool.
The explanation for this flawed behavior is simple - when Asuka and Ayanami Rei were training intensively to deal with the Seventh Apostle, the Gathering Garden held a summer school trip, and all the students went to Okinawa for a three-week trip.
To put it bluntly, it is a summer vacation, but because of its particularity, the assembly garden cannot really let these qualified people run around. They can only arrange for everyone to go out to play in the name of school trips every winter and summer vacation. Yuan Dongji and Aida Kensuke also arrogantly left a message saying "I will bring a souvenir to the poor driver".
Poor pilot... tsk tsk, go back to Ayanami and make a small report, and arrange the two of you as pilots. The new body will be transformed from the fourth apostle, and the fifth apostle who is also fortunate enough to retain the body. , because the super-powerful artillery bombardment was so powerful that it had been demolished to the point where there was no left.
As for the sixth apostle, the fish was taken away by the ground fleet that escorted Asuka and the second unit. I don't know if they can imitate the EVA, but according to the military's style, it should not be a special machine. If there is a chance, it will probably be made into a mass-produced machine...probably.
"Sure, Shinji-san, do you want to drink oolong tea?" Kirishima's real name's voice interrupted Ikari Shinji's thoughts.
"Okay, thank you... Huh?" Ikari Shinji responded, and was stunned after turning his head.
Kirishima's real name is now wearing a black one-piece swimsuit decorated with a lot of white lace, with leg rings and arm rings, and a hair accessory of the same shape on her head - how did she manage to wear a swimsuit like a maid?
"What, what, is it weird?" Kirishima's real name looked a little embarrassed at the canned oolong tea in his hand: "But, swimming pools can't boil water..."
Do you remember that you were only a member of the literary club, not some kind of maid?
"No, that's fine," Ikari Shinji took the oolong tea: "You're not a driver, can you go on a school trip? 'Work' isn't that important."
After all, it is impossible for her to become a driver by integrating the vigilance of the missing body with information. Even if she stays, she will not be taken to the NERV headquarters. At most, I can record the performance of Ayanami and Asuka when the apostles attacked, but the apostles just arrived. However, it is impossible to do it again so soon.
"No, in fact, I... don't have any friends. Even if we go together, we can only participate in all the activities organized by the teacher. It is better to stay in the literature club. At least everyone is willing to talk to me." Kirishima's real name turned to look at Driftwood in the pool. Rei Ayanami doing Brownian motion.
Tsk... the secret agencies of the Earth Alliance are extremely sinful. They specially choose the excluded people to be spies, right? —Well, I'm not talking about "the real name of the future Kirishima".
"Then go into the water and play, I still have to make up for my summer homework," Ikari Shinji snapped open the oolong tea ring and took a sip: "Really, why does the EVA driver still have to do homework?"
"Of course it's because of your poor grades," Asuka walked out of the locker room and put her hands on her hips in front of Ikari Shinji: "It's hard to understand why Japanese drivers aren't selected based on grades, you know, when I was in Germany , the result is a lot higher than the second place, oh hehehe~

Hmm...I have good grades in my studies, can you ask me if there is any difficulty in studying?
Don't feel inferior, Kirishima-san, there is another guy here who has no friends if he doesn't join the literary club.
"Because we are selected here according to the synchronization rate." Ikari Shinji replied casually, looking up.
Asuka was wearing a "widened" bikini with red and white stripes, apparently wanting to compare Ayanami to zero, but she was too embarrassed to reveal too much.
No, Ayanami is wearing a solid one-piece pose, what are you doing? The previous synchronous training did not train friendship at all, right?
"Hmph... My synchronization rate has reached 50%, which is only a little worse than your 65%." Asuka used her thumb and index finger to compare a gap the size of a grain of rice.
So strong, so strong, it turns out that Ayanami can also force the synchronization rate of other pilots to 50%.
By the way, you're sending information, it's none of my business, Ikari Shinji turned to look at Kirishima's real name.
"Then, I'll go swimming first, Shinji-san, Asuka-san." Kirishima's real name bowed slightly, took two steps back, and walked to the ladder of the swimming pool.
I'm not asking you to avoid... forget it.
"I went to see Commander Katsuragi before," Asuka apparently didn't care about Kirishima's real name, and turned to Ikari Shinji: "After my reasonable argument, she let us go on a 'study trip' too, but she couldn't leave the third New Tokyo City must be prepared for war at all times."
It wasn't a school trip at all, it was just a repeating weekend.
"So, what's your plan?" Ikari Shinji asked.
"Hmph, even if you don't leave the third new Tokyo city, there are still many places to play," Asuka raised her chin: "I've checked everything out, the 'Obon Festival' will be held on the 15th, and the shopping street will be held on the 22nd. 'Summer Festival', 'Fireworks Display' on the 28th, let those who went to Okinawa regret it!"
Is there a possibility that they will have the same celebration in Okinawa?
But seriously, if you hold such a lively event, are you not afraid of the apostles coming again?
Oh, isn't that why we drivers stay behind?
As a "hero" who guards the city.
"Huh? Why? You haven't heard of these celebrations, have you? Really, even though he's a young man, he has so little entertainment." Asuka leaned forward and stared at the face of Shinji Ikari, who was suddenly in a daze.
Five seconds later, she suddenly made a "Yah", jumped back, and covered her chest with both hands: "Idiot! Rogue! Pervert! Go to hell!"
...I'll just do my homework.
【—2015.8.31—】
Department of Literature.
"I announce that this summer school trip plan has successfully achieved its goal~"
Wearing a T-shirt and hot pants, with a pair of sunglasses on top of her head, Asuka said while flipping a checklist in her hand.
"Oh~" Ikari Shinji replied calmly.
She was having a good time, but other people weren't as physically fit as her.
"Obon Festival", "Summer Festival", and "Fireworks Display" are three important festivals, and even the staff at NERV headquarters also participated.
As for the Obon Festival, Kaji Ryoji and Katsuragi Misato are seen together, the summer festival sees Kaji Ryoji and Akagi Ritsuko attending together, but the fireworks display is Katsuragi Misato and Akagi Ritsuko attending this kind of thing, or forget it as soon as possible , don't take care of the adults.
A member of the literary club... Ayanami is very suitable for wearing a kimono, and she also chose a fox mask to wear. Asuka especially likes fireworks, everyone is watching fireworks seriously, only she keeps shouting, and Kirishima's real name turns out to be a hidden foodie. The second festival swept all the food stalls.
As for Ikari Shinji himself... Let's put it this way, all the stall owners of all game projects refused him to participate, and it was useless to give double the money.
If you just participate in these festivals, your physical fitness can still keep up, but in the plan made by Asuka, it is to "go on a more exciting school trip than the guys who went to Okinawa". Between the three festivals, it is hard to A whole bunch of "summer-friendly activities" were blended in.
There are outdoor activities, such as catching cicadas in the suburban forest, fishing by the river, building sand castles on the beach, and going to the mountains for a courage test.
There are indoor ones, such as billiard games, bowling games, karaoke, bad movie appreciation meetings, moon watching and snacks.
Ikari Shinji had to suspect that this talented driver from Germany mostly searched the Internet for "activities suitable for summer", and then copied down all the results that appeared.
Compared with those celebrations that are attended by many people, such activities that belong to small groups are more helpful for strengthening cohesion. Although Asuka should not go for this purpose, at least the result is achieved.
Rei Ayanami and Asuka have not changed much. The key lies in Kirishima's real name. Although she still calls herself a maid, she has been able to call Rei Ayanami instead of "Master" but "Classmate Ayanami". She didn't really care about that either—it was really a bad idea from that guy in the information integration missing body.
Ikari Shinji was originally a little worried that this kind of vacation was too long, and he might have an opinion on not going to train Katsuragi Misato, but after Ayanami showed him the schedule, he realized that the schedule name during this period was not "vacation", but really "Study trip", the increase in various attributes is less than that of ordinary training and learning, but it is significantly higher than normal vacations - including fatigue.
However, in any case, now that the summer vacation is coming to an end, after the students from Okinawa come back, life should return to the normal track, study, training, beating apostles... It seems that it is not so positive.
At this time, Asuka has taken out the photos taken during the "school trip" for everyone to share, and claims that they can be printed if necessary.
"Hmm..." Ikari Shinji picked up the photos one by one and looked at them, recalling the situation at the time.
When catching cicadas, those stupid insects didn't hide from Ayanami at all, and they flew around in amazement until they were caught in the net.
When fishing, it was the other way around. Ayanami couldn't catch a single fish, but Kirishima's real name kept harvesting one after another.
When building the sandcastle, Rei Ayanami built an exquisite sandcastle seriously, and when Kirishima's real name was about to praise her, he suddenly smashed it with a ruthless hand, causing the maid to look terrified.
The courage test meeting, it was clearly the route that Asuka arranged by herself, but she was scared to death when she walked, and she refused to let go, pulling on Ikari Shinji's clothes, but Ayanami Rei and Kirishima's real names were flat, one really didn't care, and the other thought it was Ayanami. Even scarier.
In the billiard game, Ayanami made a mistake at the beginning, and Asuka drew a circle on her face, and then she was completely crushed in turn. The genius driver's face was covered with forks, and Shinji Ikari was beside him and Kirishima's real name. Friendship ball while watching the game.
During the bowling game, Asuka was ashamed and could not clear the bottle with a single ball, while Ayanami stared at the three holes on the bowling ball for a while and said that she would not participate.
When singing karaoke, Ayanami Rei and Kirishima's real name sang the chorus into a solo due to their similar timbres, but Asuka could sing sweet songs, and her voice was completely different from when she scolded people. As for Shinji Ikari herself... No voice change It's normal for a boy to sing a female voice! What are you laughing laughing!
Bad movie appreciation meeting... A genius driver probably really doesn't have any entertainment activities at ordinary times. The kind of movie that won the golden raspberry sauce can make her cry. It's not that the teenager fell into a coma due to the second shock and woke up after 14 years of sleep. Did you find that your childhood sweetheart was married to a passer-by? Otherwise, what can you do for 14 years?
When watching the moon and eating snacks, for some reason, it became a debate on "The five kernels moon cakes are delicious" and "Is the five kernels moon cakes edible?" The object of the debate turned out to be Kirishima's real name and Asuka, and Ikari Shinji and Ayanami Rei watched while watching. I ate all the moon cakes while playing.
In conclusion, if Kirishima's real name is a spy in the ordinary sense, the information collected is enough for her to get promoted to five levels in a row - although Shinji Ikari doesn't know how the promotion of the intelligence agency is calculated.
Well…
Although this "study trip" was quite fulfilling, I always felt that there was something missing...
Sure enough, it was because there were no apostles who were not used to it?
"That, Ayanami?" Ikari Shinji looked at the real names of Asuka and Kirishima, who were picking through a lot of photos on the table and discussing the situation from time to time, and quietly approached Rei Ayanami who was reading a book after putting on his glasses again: "Next When was the second apostolic attack?"
"..." Lingami stared at Shinji Ikari with ruby ​​eyes, and paused for a few seconds: "Do you want the apostles to attack immediately, or let them wait?"
Have you evolved to the point where you can control the Apostles? Ikari Shinji's eyes widened slightly.
"No," Ayanami replied, "I just can't be sure of the meaning of your question."
"Uh, of course I hope to wait a little longer. After all, I'm a little tired after fighting with Asuka for so long." Ikari Shinji replied.
"Okay."
【—2015.8.12—】
Gathering Garden, Swimming Pool.
Om, pop sand.
Ling Ling, who was wearing a dark green one-piece swimsuit, kicked the springboard twice, jumped into the air, turned in the air for two and a half weeks and entered the water without any splash, and then... floated with her hands and feet still and her face down. When it got up, it looked like a floating corpse. The most outrageous thing was that this "floating corpse" was still moving in a straight line at a uniform speed in the swimming pool.
I said... Although everyone who can appear in the swimming pool now knows that you are very special, please be careful, otherwise Kirishima's real name will be frightened again.
…again?