——2015.5.22——

Third New Tokyo City.

"[Issue an emergency warning for the entire central Kanto region, centered on the East China Sea region.]"

"[Residents, please go to the designated evacuation shelter immediately.]"

"Ah, I feel like I've heard this broadcast once, and I wonder if there will be new ones in the future."

Shinji Ikari held the back of his head with his hands and followed Rei Ayanami. Looking at the girl's back, his curiosity about her increased.

No, it should be said that it has never been less.

The time when the school issued emergency notices and evacuation orders was actually nearly half an hour later than the time when she received the information about the "Apostle's Attack".

Of course, there is no problem of delay in declaring an emergency. After confirming the intelligence, the staff will definitely pass the warning to the relevant departments quickly according to the plan. In this case, the half-hour time difference is quite intriguing.

"This is an emergency declaration when the apostles attack from the East China Sea east of New Tokyo City," Ayanami Rei continued to answer in her unwavering tone: "If they attack from other directions, the declaration template

will be replaced."

"Yeah." Shinji Ikari could only nod.

Again, when chatting with her casually, she will take polite words and pure nonsense seriously and explain them seriously, but if you talk to her seriously about something, she will answer in a short and annoying way.

for example:

——"I don't know what the weather will be like tomorrow."

——"According to the forecast from the Tokyo Metropolitan Meteorological Department, it will be cloudy and sunny in the main urban area from day to night tomorrow, with an easterly wind of force 3 to 5, a minimum temperature of 15 degrees, and a maximum temperature of 24 degrees."

How should I put it, this response is actually not bad, it has a cute feeling, but if you really want to ask something...

——"I wanted to ask before, the apostle hadn't arrived yet when we met. Where did your injuries come from?"

——“An old injury recurred when training started.”

——"What old injury?"

——"Old injuries from training"

——"What training?"

——"Start training."

——"I was asking what kind of injury recurred when training started?"

——"Old wounds."

Commander Ikari! You have done all kinds of bad things! You are so heartless!

If she could barely understand it, she had been injured while doing some kind of training before, and the old injury burst when the third apostle came to start the training.

According to the way she responded, if I wanted to ask, "Why did I get injured before I started training?" I would probably have to ask again and again for a whole day.

Woo——woo——woo——

Click, click.

Two streets away, huge silver metal plates rose from the ground, surrounding several skyscrapers. After that, those giant buildings slowly sank into the ground, and the metal plates fell down and disappeared from Shinji Ikari's sight.

Misato Katsuragi had seen this situation once before, but it was played backwards. The Third New Tokyo City's move of retracting its head into a shell should have been done before when the Third Apostle attacked, but at that time

I am playing Temple Escape with her.

No, wait, if this happens, won't the field magic "skyscraper" be ineffective? Will you have to draw it yourself when fighting?

Shinji Ikari was thinking wildly when he saw Rei Ayanami walking into a barbecue restaurant.

"...?" He hesitated and glanced at the sign to confirm that it was indeed a barbecue restaurant, and then followed it in.

"What does the guest want?"

“Roast pork set meal.”

"How to do it?"

"Roasted warm and slow."

Due to the alarm, there were no customers at all in the store. After Ayanami Rei's co-owner said a few words like a code, he took Shinji Ikari into a private room. Then, with a feeling of weightlessness, the private room began to descend rapidly.

"..." Fortunately, I was smart and didn't ask her what she was doing, otherwise she would have turned into a clown.

Also, is this restaurant really not going to just throw away customers who are not NERV staff but want to eat this dish to the underground city?

——

NERV headquarters.

"[The target has been confirmed with the optical capture device!]"

"[Already landed on the coast!]"

"[All members enter level one combat readiness state!]"

"[The central district and the first to seventh jurisdictions have been shrunk!]"

"[We are about to fight the target!]"

What is that? Mushroom? Eggplant? Squid? Cockroach?

Shinji Ikari, who had changed into his combat uniform, looked at the "Apostle" projected on the big screen in the command center. It was a purple-red body, a triangular head, a cylindrical body, and a strange thing flying close to the ground. Regardless of its size, it did look quite similar.

Squid's.

"Oh? Shinji-kun, you came very quickly. The insertion plug is still being prepared. Just go in later." Misato Katsuragi took time out of her busy schedule to say to him.

Came pretty quickly?

Nearly an hour had passed since Rei Ayanami received the news of the "Apostle Attack". Before taking herself back to the underground fortress, she even took the time to clean the club classroom before leaving.

Does this mean... Rei Ayanami received the news even earlier than NERV?

So the question is, where did she buy those glasses?

Shinji Ikari subconsciously looked around, but he could not find the figure of the blue-haired girl who separated from him after entering the headquarters.

"Commander Ikari is not here. This time, I and Deputy Commander Fuyuki will be in command," Misato Katsuragi said. "As for Zero, she is being prepared at Unit Zero. Her condition is not good. In principle, she will not be allowed to attack unless..."

Unless Unit 1 can't beat it, how is that possible?

Boo hoo hoo hoo—ta da da da—

On the screen, the mortar positions disguised as mountains and the forts disguised as cable cars took off their disguises and opened fire violently when the Squid Apostle passed by, but it was of no use except creating bursts of fire on its shell.

"Do those people from the Dilian want to prove that they are not wasting their tax money? Every time they always launch a wave of meaningless attacks first, and then they turn around and ask us to attack after those things are turned into scrap metal." Misato Katsuragi snorted.

"Is there a possibility that they are taking the opportunity to use up the weapons and ammunition that are about to be eliminated?" Shinji Ikari replied: "And as long as they have launched an attack, they can declare after defeating the apostle that they 'cooperated with us to defeat'."

"...Dirty politicians," Misato Katsuragi paused: "Go and prepare for attack."

————

"[The insertion plug is already in place.]"

"[Start injecting LCL.]"

"[Restraint released.]"

"[Attack!]"

Compared with the various discomforts experienced the first time, the ejection speed of the No. 1 aircraft this time can be said to be very fast. If you are well prepared, the discomfort of high-speed ascent is almost non-existent.

【KuriKuri~】

What's more, he has the cute Chestnut Ball - the name he gave to the furry creature - by his side.

"[Same as during training, use your AT field to neutralize the AT force field of the apostle, and then shoot its core,]" Katsuragi Misato's on-the-job guidance: "[Although its appearance is not the same as that of the third apostle, its neck position

The function of the red sphere should be the same.】"

Shinji Ikari took the time to look at the video sent by the headquarters. The "squid" that was originally flying close to the ground actually "stands up" and swings two thin - relatively speaking - tentacles, a triangular head and body.

The red balls between are quite eye-catching.

Therefore, a guy who shows off his weaknesses openly and openly must have a bad brain.

"[The apostle approaches the suburbs of Third New Tokyo!]"

"[Adjust EVA's appearance location!]"

Boom! Clang!

The ascent stopped and the catapult pod disguised as a building opened.

The good news is that the field of view is excellent, and the No. 1 machine is facing the back of the "upright squid", but the bad news is that the opponent is destroying the conventional weapons turret attacking it and has not seen itself, so it does not count as entering the battle.

Cards cannot be drawn.

…Huh? Is this really bad news?

Shinji Ikari glanced at Kurizi Qiu: Partner, what do you think?

[Kuri Kuri!] Chestnut Ball made a throat-cutting motion with its little claws.
To be continued...