Although Shinji Ikari didn't know where his feeling came from, in his intuition, there was obviously a huge problem with Unit 3. It seemed to be a memory from a previous life, hazy, but looking for something.
No evidence. Sorry
"As the pilot of Unit 1, your intuition should have a special meaning." Asuka recovered from her previous rant and said, "You can report it to the commander, and maybe he can conduct an in-depth investigation into whether there will be any appearance on Unit 3.
what is the problem?"
Shinji Ikari nodded, and then continued his construction work. Unit 3 itself was not intended to be sent to Japan, but not long ago, during an experiment, the North American branch tried to install the S2 mechanism on EVA, which caused a violent explosion.
As for them being unable to keep the No. 3 machine, they sent the No. 3 machine to Japan.
From this point of view, there is indeed a problem with the No. 3 machine. After transporting the No. 3 machine, the Japanese branch still needs to face another problem. According to the agreement, a regional branch can only have a maximum of three EVAs. This
It is to maintain peace and stability within mankind.
Therefore, if someone replaces the pilot of Unit 3, Unit 2 will be sealed. For Asuka, this means that he may temporarily lose the qualification to pilot Unit 2.
As Asuka, who has always been proud of her status as a pilot, this is not an easy thing to accept.
After a busy day, the two returned to the base and logged out of the insertion bolt. Asuka sat beside Unit 2 for a long time and did not leave until Shinji Ikari came to look for her.
"What's wrong?"
"No." Asuka shook her head: "I just want to see more of this machine. Maybe I won't have the chance to drive it again in the future." Asuka attaches great importance to her identity as a driver. Being able to drive EVA can make her
Her excellence is recognized by others, which seems to have become the meaning of her existence.
"If you can't bear to part with this machine..." Shinji Ikari pursed his lips, but in the end he did not say that he could give up piloting Unit 1 and let Unit 1 be sealed instead of Unit 2.
"Don't force yourself. You are the strongest among us. Even if you can agree, the commander will not agree." Asuka was unexpectedly frank. You must know that before this, even if the facts were in front of her, she had never agreed.
I have admitted that Shinji Ikari is better than myself at driving EVA.
"Let's go! Go home! I think you must have some reason to drive EVA!"
The atmosphere along the way was much more depressing than before. Asuka, who was originally the most lively, also fell into silence on the train home.
That night... Shinji Ikari and Asuka still slept in two rooms separated by a sliding door. Asuka was looking up at the ceiling, unable to fall asleep for a while. She didn't know how many times she would fly Unit 2.
Opportunity, I don’t know if I can continue to be a pilot after Unit 2 is sealed.
Just when Asuka was lost in thought, the sliding door was pushed open, and Shinji Ikari walked in wearing pajamas. This scene shocked her, and she subconsciously hugged the quilt tightly: "What are you doing?"
"Shh!" Shinji Ikari carefully closed the sliding door, and then placed a handbag on the ground: "Misato will not allow minors to drink." While speaking, the handbag had been opened, and inside was taken out from Misato's refrigerator.
of beer.
"Uncle is indeed very unreliable and encourages minors to drink, but I think it's time to tell the truth at this time." Shinji Ikari snorted and opened the bottle cap.
"Tch, I thought it was something, but it turned out to be this!" Asuka also took a bottle, took a big sip, and then heard a voice in her ear.
"What are you driving EVA for?"
Asuka looked away: "I drive EVA for myself."
"Is this really true?" Shinji Ikari did not look at Asuka, which made the girl relax a little.
"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you don't want to say it. I'll just say it first." The two drank a few more sips of wine, and they were both more or less dizzy. Although they were strong men who had unlocked the genetic lock,
The physical level has not received any superhuman level strengthening, and it will still be paralyzed by alcohol.
"My... motives are more impure than anyone else's. I want to ease the relationship with my father, want his approval, and even more, I want to be with my mother and get my mother back...
I want to catch up in my uncle’s footsteps and become such a powerful person, and these can only be achieved by driving an EVA.”
"Get your mother back? Isn't your mother..." Asuka was a little confused. She remembered that Shinji Ikari's mother had passed away.
"Yes, in most people's eyes, my mother has passed away, but a few years ago, I have been investigating the truth of this matter. My mother died in an experimental accident. That was
The first driving test of Unit 1, and based on the information I have now.
At that time, my mother was conducting experiments as a pilot, and the depth of synchronization between her and Unit 1 was too high, causing her entire body to be completely dissolved into Unit 1.
After that, my mother was deemed dead, but I think she has always lived in the body of Unit 1. I could feel her by my side in every previous battle.
When I faced the Water Angel for the first time, when Ayanami and I faced the Thunder Angel, every time I was on the verge of collapse, I could feel her supporting me behind me. Maybe this is why
, I look stronger than you.
Now I firmly believe that my mother's soul is trapped in the body of Unit 1. I will never give up my identity as the pilot no matter what, and I will find a way to rescue her no matter what, so...
I'm sorry, I really want you to continue to exist as a pilot, and I really want Unit 1 to be sealed instead of Unit 2, but I can't... I'm sorry."
Asuka didn't expect that Shinji Ikari would say this to her. Coupled with the anesthesia of alcohol, a gap opened in her originally closed mind.
"You guy, just say it if you can't let me do it! After saying so much, I felt a little guilty, as if I was angry because I continued to think about becoming a driver.
Didn't you ask me why I want to drive EVA? It's actually nothing. I just want to prove that I am better than others. Just like the secret we discovered before, I am just a clone, and I faced it after I was born.
Facing countless competitors, they are just like me and have the same talents as me, and I have to defeat them one by one to finally stand out from the crowd.
This is the case in the school curriculum, the same is true for the training subjects after being selected as a fighter pilot, and it is even more like this when training simultaneously with the No. 2 aircraft after becoming a pilot candidate.
The meaning of my life seems to be to prove that I am stronger than others. Now maybe there is another one, which is to prove that I am different from other clones.
Now, I can no longer retreat. Only by continuing to drive EVA will all the efforts I have put in be meaningful. Tsk! How stupid."
…
There were more and more empty bottles on the ground. The two of them couldn't remember clearly what they said later. When they regained consciousness, the only thing left in their ears was Misato's roar: "What on earth are you two doing?"
?My wine! How can a child drink?"
When Misato Katsuragi got up, she was still confused. Shinji Ikari, who had always been quite self-disciplined, didn't even get up to make breakfast. When she pushed open the room, she saw two people lying together in an inconspicuous manner, and Asuka's feet were still there.
He stepped on Shinji Ikari's face, and the ground next to the two of them was full of empty wine bottles. Who knows how much the two of them drank last night. As their temporary guardian, how could Misato Katsuragi not be furious.
The two people who were woken up in disgrace hurried to the headquarters to conduct routine training amid a burst of scolding.
When they arrived at the headquarters, they heard a conversation inside.
"If it doesn't work, it won't work. Unit Zero cannot be sealed. You need to continue to be the pilot." It was the first time Ikari Gendo spoke to Ayanami Rei in such a stern tone, and this was also the last conversation the two heard.
After saying this, the commander turned around and left the room.
Shinji Ikari and Asuka looked at each other and roughly guessed what had just happened. Unit 3 was about to be transported to the base, which meant that one of the three units in Japan must be sealed.
The original plan was to seal Unit 2. After Shinji Ikari confided last night, even if he wanted to give up driving Unit 1, Asuka would not agree. And what Rei Ayanami did just now should be to apply to the commander to give up.
As a pilot, he sealed Unit Zero so that Asuka could continue to drive Unit 2, but obviously, such a proposal was not agreed to.
Asuka quickly walked into the room, and immediately met Ayanami Rei's eyes. She, who was originally quite cheerful, was stared at by the clear eyes for a while, speechless, and she remained silent for a long time before she responded: "Thank you!
"
Ayanami Rei shook her head: "The commander did not agree."
"Well, there's nothing we can do about it! And the person driving No. 3 is an uncle. If it's him, I won't have any complaints. Maybe we can ask him to borrow No. 3 to fly it in the future."
Although Asuka is still facing a future where her body will be sealed.
But I don’t know why, but my heart is more fulfilling than every moment before, and it seems that I have found the meaning of my existence. Even if I don’t drive EVA, there are still people who recognize and care about her, and my companions are willing to sacrifice for her.
The sacrifice was unsuccessful due to various reasons.
It seems that after knowing this, it doesn't matter if I can't continue to exist as a driver.
"Anyway, I have to thank you. Let the tool man cook tomorrow and I'll treat you to a big dinner!" Asuka pushed Shinji Ikari in front of her. It was obvious that this was the tool man, and tomorrow was the day when Unit 3 arrived in Japan.
"I said you want to treat others to a big dinner, why do you want me to cook? Can't you do it yourself?"
"Nonsense, if I know how to do it, why would I need a tool like you? And a sissy like you is best suited for the kitchen!" Asuka said confidently, and the atmosphere between the three of them seemed to have regained its original warmth.
"Huh? It seems that I came at the wrong time. I thought you were worried about Unit 2 being sealed. It seems that you have solved the problem yourself. Then apply for the double insertion bolt installation of Unit 3.
I won’t submit it.” The sudden voice made the three of them stunned for a moment, and then they saw a familiar uncle walking into the training room.
"Ah? What does double insertion bolt mean?" Asuka is still very concerned about the fact that the No. 2 unit is sealed and she cannot become the pilot. Even if she has thought about it now and has felt her partners' concern for her, she still cares about it.
It's a pity because Unit 2 has been sealed.
"You should know the puppet system. It is a device that controls EVA through means other than the driver and takes over the control of EVA in an emergency. This thing was originally used to prevent the driver from being killed when the machine body is under fatal attack.
Those who are spiritually connected and suffer mental pollution that exceeds the limit.
The application I submitted is to dismantle the puppet system on the No. 3 fuselage. I will personally act as the insurance and at the same time assist in controlling the AT force field during the battle. The review has been initially passed. As long as it is submitted, the No. 3 fuselage can be used.
There are two drivers driving at the same time. As for who the other driver is! Seeing that you are not interested, I will find someone else."
"Come back here!" Asuka grabbed Lan Nuo's neck and said, "What do you mean looking for someone else? Do you have another driver outside?" The tone was like a rape scene.
After a period of uproar, everyone finally calmed down, and learned that in tomorrow's test, Asuka and Lan Nuo will conduct a driving test on Unit 3. Asuka is responsible for controlling the body of Unit 3, and Lan Nuo is responsible for controlling the body of Unit 3.
Nuo is responsible for operating the AT force field and assisting in combat.
Everyone has seen what Lan Nuo is capable of, so they have no objections to this arrangement.
With the last day of training, Unit 3 was also transported to the headquarters. A heavy helicopter hung Unit 3 on the cross and slowly landed at a military base outside Third New Tokyo. Next, Unit 3
The test of the machine will be carried out here.
After the world restarted, Lan Nuo also put on his own combat uniform for the first time and became one of the pilots of the machine. Compared with the other three people who wore red, white and blue, Lan Nuo's black driving uniform was very similar.
Chu Xun is somewhat similar.
And Asuka was right next door to him. With a sneer, the gas inside the tights was discharged, and Asuka also changed into her combat uniform: "Let's go! Idiot Shinji is still waiting for us to go home for dinner!"
