——2015.7.8——

The garden of gathering.

"Hey, did you see it?"

"What?"

"Why are you pretending to be stupid? That foreigner."

"Ah, are you talking about the transfer student?"

"Yes, yes, her name seems to be 'Asuka Langrei'. She is beautiful, has excellent grades, and is versatile in sports. If-"

"It would be better if I were mute."

"……really."

Shinji Ikari looked at Touji Suzuhara and Kensuke Aida who were judging the girls in physical education class next to them, and quietly moved away from them.

There is no other reason. I just don’t want to talk about my classmates behind their backs, and it is definitely not because I am worried about being retaliated by Asuka later.

If he didn't need to participate in group activities to increase the strength of the AT field, he would rather go to the Literature Club to borrow books from Ayanami.

Although Katsuragi Misato's schedule does not include any increase or decrease in this value that should be fully restored after each battle, Shinji Ikari himself has concluded some rules. Basically, the schedule for completing group activities will be increased, and the completion time will be increased.

There will be no changes to the itinerary for solo activities.

This increase or decrease sounds a bit conflicting with the concept of "heart wall". After all, participating in group activities is communicating with others. You should take the initiative to let go of your guard. It is impossible for the AT force field to increase, but think about it carefully. If you are not keen on it,

If social interaction is only completed as a task, it makes sense: participate in group activities → meet social needs → no longer want to communicate with others → the thickness of the heart wall increases.

The AT force field is really a magical thing.

As for Asuka, this pilot of Unit 2 who talks so much about "idiot", "I'm a lady" and "I'm a genius" actually has to come to class is a bit surprising. After all, she claims to have "self-study all the courses in the university and obtained the

"I have obtained the corresponding degree certificate", probably because Ryoji Kaji also has a "development system" that is exactly the same as his own and Rei Ayanami's.

But because of this, going to school is completely a "task" for her, so she can do whatever she wants while ensuring that the "task" is completed.

For example, when she introduced herself on her first day as a transfer student, she said this:

"I'm not interested in ordinary qualified people! If any of you have humanoid apostles, relatives of alien gods, agents of the Earth Alliance, and reincarnations of other worlds, you are welcome to come and play with me!"

Is there something wrong with German children’s culture? And there seems to be a particularly weak identity mixed into it.

Perhaps Asuka intended to use this shocking statement to scare the whole class away from talking to her, but she obviously underestimated the enthusiasm of her second-year Class A classmates.

——Can the aliens from the M78 Nebula do it?

——I am the incarnation of the Sapphire Apostle, and now I need a fund to repair my body that was penetrated by EVA!

——When will the time traveler stand up? I'm shaking with cold!

——What? I am a humanoid apostle who was reincarnated into another world and received the favor of an alien god and joined the Earth Alliance as a double agent. Has my identity been exposed?

——You put this stack of Buffs away!

Therefore, issuing a second-year declaration in a middle school second-grade classroom where everyone has superpowers will only lead to this result.

At the end of the day, she angrily chose a seat in the first row and gave all her classmates a slap on the back.

Well, even in this state, he still has to be the focus of everyone's attention. He is indeed a genius pilot.

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Society building.

"President, today——"

"Welcome back, Master~"

Bang!

Shinji Ikari slammed the door and looked up at the club's door number.

"It is indeed a literary club. Why does Ayanami appear in a maid outfit? I must be too low on the AT field."

Shinji Ikari shook his head and opened the door again.

"Welcome back, Master~" Rei Ayanami, dressed as a maid, was still there.

Hmm... No, although the voice and appearance are similar, the hair color and eye color are wrong. Ayanami has blue hair and red eyes, while she has brown hair and blue eyes - wearing a white wig on her head.

Shinji Ikari looked past the maid Ayanami toward the depths of the club classroom, and as expected, he saw Rei Ayanami sitting there quietly reading - the normal version.

"Hey, President, where did you find the maid?" He smiled at the girl who looked very similar to Ayanami Rei, walked into the literary club and closed the door.

Perhaps it was an illusion, but he felt that the girl wanted to run away through the door.

"She came to me and wanted to join the literary club." Rei Ayanami said in his usual tone.

"'You' shouldn't tell her that this is the uniform of the literary club, right?" Shinji Ikari turned around and looked at "Ayanami in Maid Costume": "Is it okay to be so casual?"

Although there are some words that are difficult to say directly, for the sake of 100% synchronization rate, he believes that Ayanami can understand:

Is this the "Information Integrated Thought Body" causing trouble again? We have a lot of secrets, can we let outsiders know at will?

"It doesn't matter," Rei Ayanami replied, "Her name is Kirishima, second-year class C."

Which one doesn't matter? It doesn't matter if she hears it or it doesn't matter if she doesn't tell you important information here?

"Um, hello..." Shinji Ikari tried to greet the girl named Kirishima's real name.

"She is an agent sent by the Ground Alliance. Her real name is 'Kisara' and her code name is 'Blue Eyes White Dragon'." Rei Ayanami added.

"..." Shinji Ikari's outstretched hand froze.

The guy in charge of giving replacement numbers to agents in the Ground Alliance probably has something wrong with him!

"She has been trained as a secret agent since she was a child, and entered the Assemblage Garden with completely formal and compliant procedures, just to spy on intelligence after NERV activates EVA to deal with the apostles, so that the Earth Alliance can build its own 'EVA',"

Rei Ayanami continued to reveal the news with a calm expression: "She has a one-way connection with her superiors. After the fifth apostle was defeated, she received instructions to approach us. The time limit is one year. During this period, she will try to enter NERV's field of vision. There is no specific mission.

Feel free to play as you please, it would be best if you can test drive EVA or even obtain the status of a driver. In order to keep it confidential, her superiors will not contact her again until a year later."

This confidentiality work is really well done... No, with the information integration mind body present, the confidentiality work is completely meaningless.

"In other words, she can only pass on the information after a year? And if she is discovered and arrested while spying on the information, there will be no rescue plan at all?" Shinji Ikari looked at Kirishima's real name up and down: "Like a father.

What will happen to spies?"

"Decomposed into LCL solution."

"Hey! We have to stay in there all day!"

"Then chop it into pieces and feed it to the pigs."

"There are no pigs in NERV! Shut up about the petty bourgeoisie!"

Hmm... Shinji Ikari looked at Kirishima's real name, who was shivering with a tray in his arms: "In other words, you caught a spy and then took her as a maid on the condition that you didn't hand her over?"

"Well, because cleaning the club classroom is troublesome," Rei Ayanami said, "What other ideas do you have?"

I think what the bunny girl said...bah, I didn't think anything of it!

"..." Ayanami Rei raised his eyes and looked at him: "Kirishima-san's appearance and voice are 73% similar to mine, but she has a positive and cheerful personality and likes to chat with others. There is a 99% chance that she is going after you if the ground agent system is activated.

Go."

"That's ridiculous. Can't I like girls who are quiet and silent?"

"You are a good person."

"..."

"Pfft." Kirishima's real name was amused.

——2015.7.22——

"You actually have club activities!?" Asuka yelled in Shinji Ikari's ear.

"This... the schedule was just for 'schooling', and it didn't say that he had to go back to training immediately after school." Shinji Ikari raised his hand to pick his ears, but under Asuka's sharp, knife-like glare, he just touched his head.

"That's unreasonable! Once the apostles start to appear, they will not stop. As EVA pilots, we cannot slack off at all and must be ready to fight the next apostle at any time!" Asuka lowered her voice slightly: "As an EVA driver, I

Genius pilots are training hard every day, but you go to play house games like club activities? Are you a fool!"

"Your attribute improvement must not be high..." Shinji Ikari complained softly.

"Ah?! What did you say?" Asuka almost put her nose on Shinji Ikari's face.

"I said... Then I'll ask for leave from Ayanami and go back early today." Shinji Ikari took half a step back.

"Humph, it doesn't matter to me whether you go to training or not?" Asuka tilted her head.

I understand, she is new here, she has no peers in the base to communicate with, and she feels very lonely.

"Really, is it because there is no one to compare with during the training, so the excellence of the genius driver cannot be reflected?" Shinji Ikari complained: "Okay, okay, I'll be the backdrop."

"Hmph, it's good to know. Think of my back as a target to catch up with, hahaha~" Asuka covered her mouth with the back of her hand and laughed.

Does this mean "I recognize your qualifications as my partner"?

Although it is easy to understand, it is very tiring. If the synchronization rate between myself and her could be quantified, it should not exceed 20%.
To be continued...