Chapter 2033: The City of Demonic Mist in the Dead World (40)

—2016.3.24—
The Garden of Gathering, the Literary Society.
Ikari Shinji stood by the window and looked at the scenery of the campus, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.
In February, Ling Bo Ling clearly stated that the sixteenth apostle would come "next month", and now there is less than a week left, that is "next month", he will not take any chances, He thought that it might be Ayanami's memory that was wrong. On the contrary, his current situation was equivalent to seeing a firecracker fuse that was definitely not a squib burn out, but it never detonated, and he only felt a lot of pressure.
As for Nagisa Kaoru... He was supposed to have obtained a "reference answer" by chance, but somehow it became a "replacement test", and he didn't explain to Shinji Ikari how to deal with the sixteenth apostle at all.
Judging from the ability of the sixteenth apostle, could it be that he wanted to fuse with it on his own initiative? Compared with humans who are afraid of pollution, and Ayanami who is afraid of raising his strength too much, this humanoid apostle who will neither be polluted nor capable of launching a third shock is indeed the most suitable candidate to fuse the sixteen apostles, but after that? Hit the seventeenth apostle directly?
Shinji Ikari looked at Kaoru Nagisa, who was laughing with Kirishima Mana from the reflection in the window, and sighed silently.
Impossible to hit.
With handsome appearance, excellent grades, versatile in sports, articulate, friendly, gentle and considerate, in just one month, he was praised by those girls as "His Royal Highness" in the Garden of Gathering, and he established a support club for this purpose.
In terms of fanaticism... let's just say, if he openly admitted that he was an apostle with the aim of destroying the world, they would probably be happy to support him as well.
Is this the ultimate apostle created by the apostles after studying human beings through various means? It's really hard to contend with.
Not to mention the school here, let's talk about NERV's attitude towards him.
Compared with Ayanami, whose information has been cleared, Nagisa Kaoru's identity is very "clear" and "documented".
According to the archives, he was an orphan caused by the "Second Shock" and grew up in an orphanage under the "Research Institute of Human Evolution", the predecessor of NERV, which specially accommodated "pre-qualified persons".
Those children with obvious "superpowers" will be quickly taken away by various institutions, and those who stay there are either extremely useless and weak, or they are unable to use their dragon-slaying skills.
And it wasn't until three months ago, when Unit 3 was eroded by the Thirteenth Apostle, that Nagisa Kaoru finally showed a trait that would definitely be noticed by NERV - activating the AT force field with a human body.
You know, that is an ability that only an apostle and an EVA can display—except for Ayanami—there is such an ability without sitting in an EVA, so what if he becomes a pilot?
After the NERV intelligence department discovered this "super power" reported in the name of "energy shield", his nose was almost crooked, and after hurriedly calculating through the Malu Duke formula, he directly became an EVA driver.
In the end, because the synchronization rate between him and other backup EVAs was terrifyingly high, in order to avoid ruinous things, the branch specially sent him to the third New Tokyo City, which is both the NERV headquarters and the front line of the battlefield, with Dr. Akagi Ritsuko as the guardian, and then, Because he misread the room number he was assigned, he "accidentally" met Shinji Ikari.
The whole process is strictly and reasonable. If it wasn't for the fact that the apostles themselves can be adjusted to the synchronization rate of EVA, Shinji Ikari almost believed it.
Otherwise, why would he not dare to take the zero and first planes at all?
Asuka, who regards the second machine as her daughter, readily agrees to lend her "daughter" to him for a test drive after Nagisa Kaoru's compliments. You don't doubt that his synchronization rate is always 1% lower than yours. ?
As for Kirishima's real name...it was tricked by "the future her".
When Nagisa Kaoru arrived on the first day, he told an inexplicable "city of death" story, which led to Ayanami's rare early departure, and when Ikari Shinji and Kirishima's real name were also about to leave, he was stopped by him, claiming that there were " A message from the future" to be conveyed.
Thinking about it carefully, he claimed to be from the future, but there was no actual evidence. Ikari Shinji believed only half of what he said. If this can be proven, his future actions will be more calm.
"I stated in advance that these are the original words of 'future you'," Nagisa said at the time: "She said 'I like [prohibited items], [prohibited items] dancing in front of the mirror', [prohibited items]."
Then, Shinji Ikari witnessed with his own eyes what it means to be "blushing red", it turns out that humans can really make such a reaction that sounds like an exaggerated description.
"What's wrong with dancing in front of the mirror? What are those 'prohibitions'?" In order to prevent Kirishima's real name from fainting from shame, Shinji Ikari could only repeat what he heard.
"I'm sure I heard it, and I remember it from the future to the present, but after that, they were black boxed in my memory," Nagisa Xun replied, "It can still be said, but I don't know it at all. What's the meaning."
It's strange to believe you, if the real name of Kirishima in the future can block the memory of the apostles—
Well, if it is the constraint of time itself, it does not seem impossible?
"That, Shinji-senpai, Nagisa Kaoru-san is [totally trustworthy]," at that time, Kirishima's real name calmed down a little, and his face flushed, "At least, that's what I think in the future."
Obviously, Zhu Xun's behavior perfectly complied with one of her preset preconditions, and it was the kind of premise that would not be recorded in any form at all.
For example, if someone claims to be from the future and says to Ikari Shinji, "The person who gave you the ability to play cards in the future is called Atum", then he can only trust that person 99%.
And Zhu Xun, who has won this trust, did not make any special arrangements, but made one request: "Throughout March, as long as there are class arrangements, they must gather at the literature club after school, regardless of whether Ayanami comes or not. "
This request silently added another layer of credibility to him—Rei Ayanami, who has always been the head of the literary club, has never come back to the club classroom of the literary club after that.
This is simply outrageous, and Shinji Ikari didn't bother to analyze the meaning of the city of death. Most of the time, she was saying that she was resetting the world repeatedly to deceive herself by building a small garden - what else?
Should I choose NewGame instead of Continue or Load after GameOver?
During NERV training, Shinji Ikari went to Ayanami to ask about it, but Ayanami would answer other questions briefly in her indifferent tone, but when asked why she didn't go to the club classroom, she quietly stared at Ikari Shinji said nothing.
Don't plan to go back until the third shock is resolved?
Thinking who will take away if a third shock occurs?
Zhu Xun is very annoying, don't want to see him?
Or... Her behavior of not going to the club classroom is the key to solving the third shock?
Ikari Shinji couldn't guess the reason, so he could only temporarily follow what Nagisa Kaoru said, even if Ayanami was not around, he had to report to the literary agency every day.
However, without Ayanami's "Apostle Forecast", if the sixteenth apostle suddenly appeared...
"[Woo-woo-]"
"[Emergency evacuation notice is now issued—]"
"【DiDiDi—】"
Ikari Shinji just thought of this, the alarm sound, the announcement announcement sound, and the ringtone of the mobile phone rang out at the same time.
"The sixteenth apostle has appeared!" Shinji Ikari stood up abruptly: "We—"
"Let's stay here," Nagisa Xun rested his cheeks in his hands and sat still: "The Sixteenth Apostle can combine 'with driver and EVA', but cannot deal with 'driver' and 'unmanned EVA'. "
This is a loophole that can be exploited, but it is equivalent to abandoning martial arts.
"However, the driver does not have the power to fight the apostles, and the EVA cannot be activated without the driver." Ikari Shinji said.
"Do you really think so?" Nagisa Kaoru looked at Shinji Ikari with a half-smile.
"..." Ikari Shinji remembered his card ability and the first machine that would act autonomously, and couldn't directly nod to admit it.
【humming—】
At this moment, it suddenly became dark outside the window, and the unlit club classroom became dark, as if the time jumped from four or five in the afternoon to midnight.
Before Ikari Shinji could react, the already dark sky lit up with a not-so-bright white light.
Through the window of the club classroom, he could clearly see that after the sudden change in the environment, a huge ring appeared silently above the Third New Tokyo City, quietly emitting a white shimmer.
"Ha." Zhu Xun laughed outright.
"What are you laughing at?" Ikari Shinji frowned.
Leaving aside a few accidents, this should be the first time he didn't stand by in the insertion plug of the No. 1 machine before the apostle appeared. It felt like... escaping the class of a teacher who attaches great importance to attendance.
If it wasn't for the power of the sixteenth apostle being too outrageous, and he learned from Zhu Xun about the end of his stubbornness, he would not have stayed here.
"Look at the appearance of that guy, what does it look like?" Zhu Xun pointed to the sky.
"Smoke ring?" Ikari Shinji looked up.
"Is it the 'Angel Halo'?" Kirishima's real name flipped the light switch twice, but it didn't work at all.
"That's right," Zhu Xun nodded. "It was probably learned from the encounter with the Eleventh Apostle. It is also the way to destroy the enemies by constantly evolving them."
The virus apostle? Shinji Ikari recalled a little. At that time, he was devastated by the "destruction virus of the card group". He didn't pay attention to how NERV solved it in reality. Judging from the few words that circulated afterwards, it seems that it was indeed by promoting the evolution of the other party and destroying it. the way that leads to death.
"This aura doesn't have any aggressiveness," Nagisa continued: "It only consumes itself to help those affected to evolve, to evolve those who are qualified into 'apostles', and from 'apostles' to 'gods', and 'gods' If it is affected by it, it will directly launch a third impact, oh, it's a good calculation."
I see... Ikari Shinji glanced down at his empty left arm.
Not only do they not attack, but they also help you evolve, and no one can judge that it is a hostile act.
"We stayed in the Literature Club because of what you said," Ikari Shinji noticed that the halo didn't do anything other than darken the sky, he felt relieved a little, and turned to ask Nagisa Kaoru: "Now you must have a solution. Let's do it."
"Of course there are ways, but there's no need to use it, it will destroy itself soon," Zhu Xun walked to the window, raised his hand and opened the window, looking at the white circle of light in the air: "Now, what may become your weapon Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3 are all excluded from the battle sequence, and Ayanami should not activate Unit 0 either, what are you going to do?"
Is...is that the case?
In the previous reincarnation, it was very likely that other units had betrayed because of the fusion and strengthening, and Ayanami had to take action, which eventually led to the third shock or the self-destruction of Unit 0. Now, Ayanami, who knew this, was controlled without EVA. Under the circumstance, naturally, it will not drive the No. 0 machine to attack.
What is this called, fish to save the world?
But...will it be that simple?
【Wu-! 】
【Kang-! 】
【Ow—! 】
Ikari Shinji was thinking, and suddenly several roars like beasts sounded at a very close distance, and then, one after another EVA stood up from all over the assembly garden.
No, that's not EVA, but a strange giant whose height and posture are almost the same as the body of the apostle under the EVA armor, but made of a strange blue translucent material.
While they let out a huge roar, they waved their arms and randomly attacked the surroundings. With their movements, houses were destroyed. When they attacked each other, they would start fighting each other regardless.
Ikari Shinji raised his hand to touch his left arm, but it was empty again.
Can they be allies too?
"Oh, it turns out that there are so many students in this school who are qualified to open EVA?" Zhu Xun's head: "It's really unbelievable."
Those who are not strong qualified will not be selected into the assembly garden.
"What do I do now?" Kirishima's real name was still more concerned about the classmates of the assembly garden, and asked anxiously.
"In fact, there is no need to do anything. The 'phantom apostles' formed by this AT force field are still human in nature. Even if they continue to be strengthened, they are only 'gods' rather than 'gods'. Wait until the 'enhancement' ends, or their If the maker can't hold on, it will disappear." Nagisa Xun replied without caring too much.
"Then what about those 'makers'?" Ikari Shinji pointed out the key question.
"Losing superpowers, becoming an idiot, or dying," Nagisa Xun looked at the blue giants: "I can't resist the temptation of power, forcibly using power that doesn't belong to them will only have this result."
"If you find a way to defeat these giants..." Ikari Shinji tried to ask.
"It's equivalent to destroying their AT force field." Nagisa Kaoru replied.
Doesn't that turn into pus directly?
Ikari Shinji frowned and counted the blue giants. The number was close to one-third of the total number of students in the academy. If something happened to them, NERV would not be able to eat it.
The only way to break the situation now is to immediately destroy the sixteenth apostle, but if EVA appears within the halo range, it will immediately defect, so...
Ikari Shinji was at a loss, and suddenly noticed that Nagisa Kaoru was looking at him with a faint smile.
Did he say there is a way?
"Please help them!" He decisively folded his hands and lowered his head for help.
"Remember, you owe me once." Zhu Xun dropped such a sentence, and the whole person turned into a blue ball of light and floated out of the window.