Chapter 2017: The City of Demonic Mist in the Dead World (24)

—2015.10.16—
NERV staff quarters.
【He! Celebration of Katsuragi Miri's promotion to major! 】
Banners composed of exaggerated squiggly characters, randomly hanging balloons and ribbons, as well as various snacks, snacks and drinks placed on the table and coffee table, make the originally untidy dormitory even more cluttered.
"Uh, what, I'm promoted to major. I want to thank Commander Ikari, Deputy Commander Fuyuki, Dr. Akagi, EVA pilots, Ibuki, and the rest." Katsuragi Misato, who wore the strange crown, held the quilt. With the microphone in his hand, he said incoherently.
"Hey! Why are the others waiting!" Aoba Shigeru protested loudly.
"That's right, every time Miss Katsuragi issues an order, it's me, okay?" Hyuga Makoto followed suit.
"Maybe because it's a passerby's face." Ibuki Maya spit out.
"Hahahaha!" Everyone burst into laughter, the air was full of joy.
"Congratulations." After the laughter stopped for a while, Ikari Shinji was the first to stand up and applaud.
"Congratulations." Asuka also clapped her hands.
"Congratulations." Ayanami replied expressionlessly.
"Congratulations." Aoba Shigeru.
"Congratulations." Hyuga Makoto.
"Congratulations." Maya Ibuki.
"Don't be like this, don't be like this, suddenly it's so formal, I'll be embarrassed to squeeze you in the future." Katsuragi Miri waved her hands again and again.
Does it matter if you tell the truth?
Just as Ikari Shinji was about to complain further, the door of the dormitory slammed open. Instead of wearing the usual white coat, Ritsuko Akagi walked in from the door in casual clothes: "Congratulations on your promotion, Misato."
Before Katsuragi Misato was about to say anything, Ryoji Kaji, who was dressed in casual clothes, walked in behind Ritsuko Akagi: "Aiya, I've been promoted to major. It seems that I have to call you a commander in the future."
"Why are you two together!?" Katsuragi Miri stared at them with her arms crossed.
"Ah... I just came back when I went to investigate the cause of the previous power outage, and Ritsuko's work on analyzing the structure of the ninth apostle came to an end, so I came together." Kaji Ryoji spread his hands.
"So suspicious." Katsuragi Miri narrowed her eyes and stared at the two.
"It's suspicious." Asuka stared with her arms crossed.
It's not suspicious anymore, is it? Ikari Shinji drank the drink silently, and asked the initiator to investigate what he had done, and it would be strange if he could find out.
Um... No, if nothing can be found, wouldn't Dad have a reason to demote him? Therefore, for the sake of his position, Kaji Ryoji has to sell a few downlines.
Cunning and cunning, ahem, I mean getting stronger when you are old, getting stronger when you are old, and staying strong when you are old... Forget it.
When there was a quarrel over the strange triangular relationship, Ayanami poked Shinji Ikari: "I'm going to cook, you come to fight."
"Ah? Huh? We are children, just wait and eat." Ikari Shinji wondered.
"Who do you think can cook?" Ling Ling looked at him.
"Uh..." Ikari Shinji looked around: "Indeed, no matter how you look at it, it's a group of people who are used to eating in the staff cafeteria, but..."
With nothing in the Ayanami dormitory, can you still cook?
"The furniture is all in the wall," Ayanami said. "I usually cook by myself, obviously."
Not showing is not easy!
And... Ikari Shinji imagined the scene of Ayanami Zero carrying a basket to buy groceries...
-Bring me two boxes of this brand of instant noodles and that brand of frozen dumplings.
Can only imagine here!
"This is prejudice," Ayanami said.
Don't read minds casually!
"Not read."
Ikari Shinji gave up thinking.
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Chicken, green peppers, salted duck eggs, cauliflower, mushrooms, radishes, soybean sprouts, beef, winter melon, spinach, pork liver, lotus root, red dates, peanuts, onions, kelp, cabbage, fungus, leeks, potatoes…
"..." Shinji Ikari stared at the pile of vegetables in Katsuragi Miri's kitchen in a daze: "Are you really carrying a basket to buy vegetables?"
"No," Ayanami Rei handed him a kitchen knife: "After placing the order on the internal network, it was delivered by the staff of NERV."
"Uh..." Ikari Shinji was at a loss with the kitchen knife: "What should I do?"
Rather than dealing with these unfamiliar ingredients, he would rather deal with the apostles, even with bare hands.
"Half of the chicken is shredded, half of it is cut into large pieces, the beef is cut into small pieces, the green pepper is cut into strips, the carrots and potatoes are cut into cubes, the winter squash is cut into thin slices, the other yellow leaves are removed, and the others are torn or broken by hand. , you can wash it off with water." Ayanami said.
She must be reading according to the manuscript of the information integrated thinking body, right?
"Um...um..." Ikari Shinji suddenly found a blind spot in the pile of ingredients: "It seems that there are no fish?"
"I don't eat fish," Ayanami said, "I don't plan to cook fish dishes either."
Hmm... This, combined with the statement that she hates the sea, maybe there is a reason.
"You prepare the dishes first, and I'll cook the main dishes." She found another box of rice and a bag of raw dumplings out of nowhere, and put on an apron and a mask.
"Actually, just give them fried noodles or curry rice." Ikari Shinji finally remembered what he should have said at the beginning.
"If you don't want to eat Chinese food, I can make curry instead." Ayanami began to wash rice.
"Uh, let's try it..." Ikari Shinji quickly changed his words.
It's not that I'm greedy, it's mainly that the fact that Ayanami can cook is too amazing, and I want to see the results.
Not really greedy.
About an hour later, the participants in Katsuragi Misato's promotion celebration were slightly drunk, and those who couldn't drink had let go of their restraint and started chatting and laughing.
If you are a normal club, you should go out and find another pub or roadside stall at this time. Although everyone is a member of the secret organization NERV, it doesn't matter if you follow the usual workplace rules.
However, by looking at the eyes they peeked at the kitchen from time to time and their feet firmly nailed in place, you could tell what they were thinking about.
"Let, let, let..."
Although he didn't play a big role in the cooking process, Shinji Ikari felt inexplicably proud when the dishes were served.
Salted egg platter, cold lotus root, kelp with fungus, scrambled eggs with chives, stir-fried cauliflower, shredded green pepper and pork, braised beef with wax gourd, spinach and pork liver soup, cabbage soup, peanut and red dates porridge, curry rice, fried noodles and fried dumplings.
"I didn't expect you to have such a hand!"
"Okay, Shinji-kun, keep it hidden."
"Let Shinji-kun take charge of the dinner in the future."
"Well, it must be a good wife in the future."
Forget the last sentence!
Being treated as a chef... Ikari Shinji can't do anything about it.
These people don’t just wait for food, they sneak into the kitchen from time to time to take a look, and ask, in the eyes of a group of people who don’t know how to cook, is it really like the chef Ayanami who has been staring at the steamer and soup pot motionless Woolen cloth? Or do Ikari Shinji, who chops vegetables and meat, runs back and forth, washes, chooses, and cooks like a chef?
In Ayanami Rei's words... No, it should be the information of the information integration thinking body. In the Chinese cooking world, people who do the same thing as Ikari Shinji are called chopping boards and daggers, while Ayanami's position is the stove head and the top.
Although he didn't understand it, he was both head up and up, obviously higher than his status as a puncher and a boarder.
Also said that it's just a different type of work, huh.
But, since everyone has done their best, it's okay for everyone to praise me a few more words, he thought while looking at the diners who were feasting.
"Huh? Zero, why don't you eat so many dishes?" Misato Katsuragi, who was happily eating a sip of beer and cold vegetables, suddenly tilted her head.
ha? Ikari Shinji also turned his head with the fried dumplings in his mouth.
"I'm not used to it." Rei Ayanami, who had changed out of the chef's equipment, was taking a small mouthful of boiled noodles with a bowl of white water.
"Really, how did Commander Ikari become a guardian!" Katsuragi Miri probably drank too much and started talking nonsense: "Come and live with me! You can let Shinji cook every day!"
"Then I'll come to eat every day!" Asuka raised her hand.
"Oh, no, my guardian is disgusted." Kaji Ryoji covered his face.
"I don't dislike it~" Akagi Ritsuko said beside him.
"Ritsuko, you bastard! Don't sneak away!" Katsuragi Miri's radar activated, and she immediately turned her head and shouted angrily.
No, she's trying to make me a real chef, isn't it? How can a chef not eat his own cooking?
It's true, most people's views on Lingbo Ling are seriously deviated, even the father. If it wasn't for his chance to bump into her out of the bath and be hit by the Holy Light in front of him, I'm afraid he would have been kept in the dark. .
Ikari Shinji was slandering, but he saw Ling Bo Ling raised his eyes and glanced at him.
very sorry! I won't think about that anymore!
Ikari Shinji immediately turned his eyes away.
Well? Perhaps the light was distorted by the heat of the noodle soup. Was the corner of Ayanami's mouth upturned just now?
Before Ikari Shinji wanted to turn his head to confirm, a duel plate appeared on his left arm, and at the same time, a new card suddenly appeared blocking his vision.
[Mysterious Chinese Pot: Fry and eat a monster on your field to restore its current ATK or DEF value. 】
We just ate ordinary meals, right?
…Right?
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hum, hum, hum—
Before Ikari Shinji could break free from that terrifying conjecture, three mechanical monsters with an "X"-shaped body suddenly appeared in front of him.
[Satellite Cannon: Attack Power: 0, Defense Power: 0,]
[It will not be destroyed by the battle of monsters that cannot enter space, and the attack power will increase by 1000 points each round. 】
combat status? Don't even drive an EVA yourself?
This can only prove that it can attack itself now, just as it was within the attack range of the third apostle at that time.
Shinji Ikari stared at Rei Ayanami with wide eyes, and received a response from pinching the frame of his glasses and nodding slightly.
tenth apostle? It can be really stuck, and it seems that the name and shape are still in space.
Ikari Shinji looked at the noisy crowd around him and quietly drew a card.
[Heart Change: Gain control of a monster on the opponent's field. 】
Almost at the same time, the attributes of the opposite three-headed monsters are refreshed:
[Satellite Cannon: Attack Power: 1000] X3
This magic card is a bit strong.
Ikari Shinji decisively shot "Heart Change" to control one of the cannons, and then directed two "Satellite Cannons" with exactly the same attack power to bombard them. As expected, both of them turned into scrap metal.
And just when he started to think about how to solve the remaining cannon, there was a magic card on the opposite side:
[Wreck configuration: When one 'Satellite Cannon' is destroyed, throw the other two 'Satellite Cannons' into the graveyard from the field or hand, and special summon 'Laser Satellite X-06S Balsam'. 】
[Laser Satellite X-06S Balsam, Attack Power: 0, Defense Power: 2000]
[It will not be destroyed in battle by monsters that cannot enter space, and its ATK will increase by 3000 per turn. 】
Hiss... Ikari Shinji's hand that was about to draw the card became extraordinarily heavy.
Drop drop, drop drop, drop drop.
At this moment, starting from Katsuragi Misato, the cell phones of all NERV staff rang in sequence.
"Hello? Commander Ikari? Are you alright in Antarctica? Have you eaten yet?" When Miri Katsuragi answered the phone, she was still a little confused about the situation, and the answer was very casual.
"What? An apostle appeared in the satellite orbit over the Indian Ocean? Destroyed a nearby monitoring satellite? Can artillery bombard it directly below it? Moving over the third Shin-Tokyo City?" She stood up suddenly, looking completely sober.
"Everyone, the celebration is suspended!" Katsuragi Misato announced loudly: "Emergency assembly! Return to headquarters! Prepare to attack!"
"Yes!"
"Destroy the Tenth Apostle!" she continued to announce, "Let's come back and drink!"
Well, it doesn't seem to be fully awake yet.
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EVA preparation yard.
"[The tenth apostle can carry out ultra-high-intensity artillery bombardment on the ground by separating a part of its body, but it stopped after a few test shots. Obviously, this kind of attack consumes a lot of itself. It has stopped shelling now. It is moving over the third Shin-Tokyo City, and it should be preparing for a big one—that is, the whereabouts of the main body. If its action is successful, it will cause a disaster no less than the second impact.]" Misato Katsuragi is announcing the information of the apostles. and battle plan.
No, every time it attacks, it will reset its attack power to zero, which is why it is not triggered.
[Laser Satellite X-06S Balsam, Attack Power: 156000, Defense Power: 2000]
[When the attack power exceeds the defense power of the defending monster, it will cause damage to the enemy's health that exceeds the value. 】
Forcibly dragging people into battle, and then increasing the attack power by 3000 every 60 seconds, isn't this rude?
【Curry Curry! 】 Chestnut agree.
Miri Katsuragi's current plan is to use the AT force fields of three EVAs to prevent it from hitting the ground when it falls, and wait for an opportunity to destroy the core.
While the Apostle does more damage in mid-air blasting, it doesn't do that as it doesn't help Eve rescue.
Ikari doesn't doubt the success rate of the plan, but isn't quite sure what would have happened if the real apostle was eliminated but not his opponent.
These hundreds of thousands of damages have been dealt... My poor 8000AT force field is afraid that it will turn into ashes in an instant.
At present, the only benefit of this super-long battle phase is that he realizes how deep his card pool is. He has drawn nearly 60 cards without repeating them, and has seen a lot of new cards.
But the downside is that the first few cards have no chance of defeating the enemy at all, and there are only 6 cards in the hand, so they can only be discarded, and in the face of the satellite's increasingly terrifying attack power, even those two gods can only Forced to give up, as for the "sealed Exodia" who had high hopes, he didn't even see a shadow.
"[The apostles begin to fall! All attack!]"
Forget it, there may be other optimal solutions, but the winning equation is already unfolded.
Ikari Shinji played cards while instructing the first machine to act according to the predetermined plan.
Summons [Elemental Hero Skyman].
[Elemental Hero Skyman, Attack Power: 1800, Defense Power: 300,]
[When the summoning is successful, add a 'Hero' to the hand. 】
Choose to extract [Elemental Heroes Nendoroid].
Activate [Fusion], fuse "Sky Man" and "Clay Man", summon [Elemental Hero Earthman],
[Elemental hero Earthman, attack power: 2200, defense power: 2600, when the summoning is successful, the attack power of an enemy monster is halved, and the halved value is added to Earthman. 】
Although Earthman's attack power has exceeded the laser satellite, the opponent will not be destroyed by monsters that cannot enter space, and even the opponent may not attack at all and continue to wait for the attack power to accumulate.
Bang! Bang!
The three EVAs arrived at the place where the Tenth Apostle fell in time, and deployed the AT force field to prevent it from continuing to fall.
However, it has no chance.
Activate the second [Fusion], fuse [Elemental Hero Seaman] and [Elemental Hero Forester] in the hand, and summon [Elemental Hero Earthman].
[Elemental hero Earthman, attack power: 2500, defense power: 2000, can liberate a 'hero' on the field and add its current attack and defense to himself. 】
Liberate "Earth Man".
[Elemental hero Earthman, attack power: 82700. 】
[Laser Satellite X-06S Balsam, Attack Power: 78000]
The attack power difference has exceeded 4000, so—
"[Oh oh oh - go to hell! The who interrupted our meal!]" Asuka picked up her wave ion knife and stabbed the tenth apostle's core like a big eye.
Open the trap card [Earth Gravity].
[All monsters on the opponent's field must attack the 'Earthman'. 】
Zizzi - Boom!
As the image of the laser satellite shattered, the tenth apostle, who was almost stuck to the ground, instantly exploded into a cross beam of light soaring into the sky.
"[Okay! Continue the stall!]" Cheers came from the channel.
enough guys!