Just after noon, the blazing sun scorched the earth, rising waves of heat that distorted the vision, and the continuous chirping of cicadas made people even more anxious.
In this environment, the students wearing the school uniforms and sun hats of the Assemblage Garden look out of place.
"Today, the content of the Literary Club's 'Study Trip' activity is to catch cicadas~" Asuka announced loudly, carrying a bug net: "These noisy things have seriously affected the literary club's creative progress, we have to catch them all!"
Why do we need to catch cicadas in literary club activities?
Are we creating anything?
How to catch all the cicadas in the city?
Shinji Ikari was carrying the transparent box containing the bugs and tried to complain but couldn't decide which sentence to say first, so he turned to look at Rei Ayanami.
"Captain, what should we do after we are caught?" Rei Ayanami raised his hand and asked.
Wake up, you are the president of the literary club.
"Well, I heard they can be eaten..." Asuka turned to Kirishima Mana: "Can you do it?"
"Ah...this...I can give it a try..." Kirishima answered hesitantly.
Don't try!
Then Shinji Ikari rushed over in two steps, held his face and pushed him back.
"Ah." Ayanami Rei looked at the cicada that was flapping its wings and flew away after being startled, and blinked, seeming to feel pity.
"What are you doing?" Shinji Ikari glared at her.
"When describing a person who is good at talking, he would say 'there is a cicada in his mouth'." Rei Ayanami replied.
"You even said it was a 'description'! When you are too busy, you still say, 'I want to borrow the cat's hand.' Do you really want to borrow it?"
"You can try it."
"..."
I was wrong. I will get angry with anyone who tells me she is an ordinary girl.
It’s not that she doesn’t know human common sense, but she doesn’t regard common sense as a “code” for action, but as a “reference”. When no one asks her to use the “code”, she will naturally do things that violate “common sense”.
"Things.
After all... the apostle would try eating a cicada to see if his eloquence would improve without any loss.
There must be something wrong with dad’s education methods!
【——2015.8.31——】
Department of Literature.
"Here, here are all the photos from this 'school trip'. Anyone who wants them can take them. If any of them are popular, I can print more." Asuka, wearing a dress, announced that the event she planned was a complete success.
Afterwards, a table was spread with photos taken at festivals, fireworks displays, and other various events.
Hmm... Shinji Ikari picked up the photo from the "Summer Cicada Hunting Activity" and looked at it.
The proud Asuka and the awkward Kirishima put their arms around each other and showed their insect boxes filled with cicadas to the camera, while Ayanami Rei and herself returned empty-handed.
Of course this is not the case. If she wanted to catch them, Ayanami could catch all the cicadas in the entire forest. After all, those cicadas are too stupid to fly.
After thinking about it, the reason may be that the "Apostle", a predator at the top of the food chain, entered the "hunting state" - that is, he picked up the insect net, which caused the cicada at the bottom of the food chain to be suppressed and did not even dare to escape.
Can wait for death on the spot.
And when the human being, who was also at the top of the food chain, stopped Ayanami's "predatory behavior", the cicada thought that there was a fight between the predators, so she took the opportunity to run away.
"Oh, isn't this the day at the beginning of the vacation when you lost 2-0?" Asuka looked over and said: "Not only can't catch insects, but also can't catch fish. It's really too bad."
When is the competition?
After the cicada catching activity, fishing was next, and this activity basically confirmed his idea about "predators". Ayanami was very standard in making nests, baiting and fishing, but not even half of the fish was hooked.
, perhaps in the eyes of the fish, this is an apex predator showing off with food, and no one will go to the tiger's mouth to grab food unless they are desperate for their lives.
And in order to prevent Ayanami from getting angry and going directly to the river to fish for fish - this may be very low - he stayed by her side all the time, but naturally nothing came of it.
However, due to Asuka's habitual bleating and hyperactivity, she hardly caught any fish. Instead, Kirishima Mana caught a bucket full of fish. Is this the strength of the maid?
"The summer vacation is coming to an end soon, and it's almost time for the apostles to launch an attack," Shinji Ikari poured cold water on Asuka, who raised her tail: "We are the pilots, there is no need to focus on unimportant things."
"Really, why is it the same as what Mr. Kaji said..." Asuka muttered and turned away.
"Apostles..." Rei Ayanami, who was reading a book, looked up: "Do you want the apostles to attack immediately, or do you want them to wait?"
"If you can, just wait a little longer. Asuka is too noisy and hasn't calmed down yet." Shinji Ikari replied casually,
"good."
"Huh? Can you..."
"cannot."
【——2015.8.12——】
Assembly garden, swimming pool.
crackling——
Rei Ayanami, who was wearing a light blue one-piece swimsuit, entered the water upside down and floated like a dead tree.
