"I will resign as Commander-in-Chief of NERV and designate you as my successor."
"Can this be designated? Won't the Ground Alliance say anything?"
"Your mother will take care of it."
"...sounds very convincing."
Previously, when Shinji Ikari used "Shinji Ikari from other world lines is not me" as an excuse to deny Rei Ayanami's suggestion that "you are a playboy", Gendo Ikari came to the special care ward to visit him.
Ayanami didn't get to the bottom of it, and left after a brief greeting. Before Shinji Ikari could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard his father's plan to put more burdens on him.
No, does anyone remember that I was only fourteen?
"It will not be implemented immediately. It will not be officially handed over until you are at least 18 years old," Ikari Gendo continued: "Before that, the acting commander will be Misato Katsuragi, and you will systematically learn all the professional knowledge required to hold this position.
.”
"Can I refuse?" Shinji Ikari asked with the idea of giving it a try without spending any money.
"Yes," Ikari Gendo's expression remained unchanged: "But you will be sent out of New Tokyo City 3 as an irrelevant person."
"Well……"
"Zero will not leave." Ikari Yuantang added.
This is a threat!
"It's a threat." Ikari Yuantang nodded.
……Um?
Shinji Ikari looked at his father's serious face.
Don’t think that I don’t know that you want to find your mother after leaving office. If you don’t help me, I will file a complaint with your mother, saying that you were messing around with many female employees at the NERV headquarters——
"Although I don't know what stupid thing you are thinking, but I can't read minds," Ikari Yuantang said: "Before the 'third impact' occurs, any reaction you may have will be in the form of 'déjà vu'
I sensed it. Although that feeling has disappeared now, I can still roughly guess what you are thinking based on experience."
"Hmm..." Shinji Ikari thought for a moment: "In other words, your conversations with me have always been very brief. Is it because my words are basically expected and feel very boring? That's why you often put 'yes' before
On the lips?"
"That's right." Ikari Yuantang replied.
That's it... Shinji Ikari nodded. His father seemed to be able to vaguely see the situation in the parallel world, but it was far from being as clear as Ayanami's ability to "read the world line". Therefore, Ayanami could answer the words just right, while his father could only pretend to speak as little as possible.
Master.
However, because of the "third impact" caused by the "closed space", everyone is now in a world line that even Ayanami has never experienced, and has no idea what will happen. Ayanami can no longer guess himself
From this idea, it can be inferred that the father's "sense of déjà vu" has also been abolished.
If you want to prove it, it is very simple.
"Have you eaten?" he asked suddenly.
"That's right." Ikari Yuantang replied.
"..."X2
"Hmph," Ikari Gendo raised his hand to cover his mouth: "You are right, after losing the ability of 'limited foresight', I can no longer serve as the commander of NERV. Even Misato Katsuragi can analyze form and conduct on-the-spot
He is also more capable than me."
I didn't guess that at all, but let dad retain his last bit of confidence.
Speaking of which, how did he retain his memory between different world lines?
Also, this posture of folding hands to cover the mouth must not be learned in the future... huh?
At this time, Shinji Ikari noticed that on the back of the right hand of the outgoing NERV Commander, which was placed near his mouth, there were blurry lines like flames flashing across his strokes.
At this moment, two guesses flashed through Shinji Ikari's mind:
Hey, my "illusion" ability is still there.
Dad once transplanted "Adam" into his own hands in other world lines?
incredible.
——
"Shinji-senpai..."
After Ikari Gendo made excuses to leave, the third person he found was Kirishima's real name. Her face turned pale and her eyes were watery:
"I...I might be dying..."
"How is that possible?" Shinji Ikari's eyes twitched: "Why do you think so?"
"Because... I can't feel the future..." Kirishima's real name sounded like he was about to cry: "When 'future me' comes to me, I can clearly feel that 'she' is 'future me'
', and, since then, I have been able to vaguely perceive what I have done in the future and what the consequences will be, such as...with my seniors...well..."
Don’t worry about the 20% of me!
And why are there people around me who can predict the future?
No, the cause and effect are reversed. If the "future Kirishima's real name" is in the "world line you abandoned", even if she can travel through time and space, why should she come back to help you? Why can't she fight for love with a sword? She is that kind of person
Character person?
So, the prohibition is actually: "Our relationship became better because of the 'Unit 3 Corrosion Incident', we experienced the 'Third Impact' together, and finally we became a 'husband and wife'"?
Good guy, this is still 20% of the world line, 40% of Asuka and 30% of Katsuragi Misato. I don’t even dare to think about it.
Fortunately, the remaining 10% is about "marrying various other women." I feel that my affection for Nagisa Kaoru is a bit abnormal.
Is there a possibility that Ayanami only said "marrying a woman" and the world line "being with a man" was not included in the statistics?
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
Where is Unit 1? Come and kill these crazy guys!
Well, if you think about it carefully, what is the gender of Unit-00?
Don't forget Unit Zero.
You——!Pfft——!
Ah... a split personality vomited blood and died. It is really a miracle of psychiatric medicine.
Although the total number has increased.
"Senior...?" Kirishima's real name was startled. Although he still looked like he was about to die, he still managed to gather his energy and reached out to hold the hand of Shinji Ikari who was squeezing his forehead hard: "It's possible.
...I feel wrong...maybe I will be busy in the future..."
"No, it's okay," Shinji Ikari held her hand in turn: "It's normal that you can't feel the future, because it hasn't happened yet. You are the time where the world will still exist after the third impact."
If you don’t believe the individuals who are at the forefront of the line, look back?”
Because time is linear in Kirishima Mana's worldview, Shinji Ikari didn't plan to add a new coordinate axis to her. He just reluctantly explained the matter in a way that she could understand. In a sense, it couldn't be said.
is wrong.
"Um……"
Kirishima's eyes were confused for a while, as if she was browsing the timeline. When her eyes finally regained clarity and her expression became more natural, she lowered her head and saw the hands of the two of them holding each other, and her face started to turn red again.
"Um...Senior, please take good care of yourself..." She said in a voice not much louder than a mosquito: "If...not...no matter what, I will always wait for Senior."
After reluctantly speaking, she slowly took out her hand, lowered her head, and left the ICU ward in small steps.
As long as you are willing to look back, she will definitely be there. Is this why 20% of you choose her?
No, it should be 80% of the reason why I didn't choose her.
——
Shinji Ikari was originally worried about how he would respond if a certain marriage partner with a 30% chance came to see him, but until dark, Misato Katsuragi did not appear.
He lay on the bed and looked at the roof and began to think about it.
Thinking about it carefully, my father is about to step down and she is acting commander. She has a lot of things to do. There is really no need to go out to see someone who is not life-threatening and can be seen often.
In terms of her true age, she must be around thirty now. Although she always threatens to call herself sister, she is actually about the same generation as her mother, and she has good luck with her, so it is unlikely that she will be regarded as a romantic partner in any case.
Object, if you deduce it this way, the 30% of the world line that marries Katsuragi Misato is not pursued by her on her own initiative, but by herself?
This... I can't imagine the reason why I took the initiative to get involved between her, Ritsuko Akagi and Ryoharu Kaji. Why would a child get involved in an adult's matter?
Unless, Ryouji Kaji chose Ritsuko Akagi and dumped her?
Even if this is the case, it won’t be... Hey, wait a minute.
Shinji Ikari remembered what Rei Ayanami said about another question about the probability of world lines:
There is a 67% chance that he will be the commander of NERV, a 20% chance that Misato Katsuragi will be the commander, and a 10% chance that Ryouji Kaji will be the commander.
Logically speaking, it is impossible for an undercover agent to become the commander-in-chief no matter how hard he thinks about it, unless someone "knows that he is an undercover agent" but still makes this appointment, and the only one who can make such a decision is himself, Shinji Ikari.
It is further deduced that the world line in which Kaji Ryoharu becomes the commander must be the world line in which he marries Katsuragi Misato, and the world line in which Katsuragi Misato becomes the commander must be the world line in which he and Katsuragi Misato are not married.
It would be much easier to push back at this point: Misato Katsuragi was busy as acting commander and had to teach herself how to become a qualified commander, so she ultimately failed in the "Battle for Good Governance" with Ritsuko Akagi. Then,
I don't know whether it was out of compensation or a long-term love, "Shinji Ikari of those world lines" pursued Misato Katsuragi, and succeeded by relying on the advantage of being familiar enough in life and work.
However, because Rei Ayanami is still in the current world line, Shinji Ikari cannot think of any possibility of pursuing Misato Katsuragi.
Huh? "Still"? Wait?
Rei Ayanami clearly said that it was a world line in which "the world still exists after the third impact"? Those world lines do not have the good thing of "little Ayanami" opening up a "closed space". In other words, NERV may suffer heavy losses, and Katsuragi
Maybe Misato was not dumped, but died because of Kaji Ryoharu?
Ah this...
A lot of pink thoughts turned into solemn black and tragic red in an instant.
——
After speculating about the tragic situation in other world lines for a long time, Shinji Ikari finally turned his thoughts to Asuka, the person he had a 40% chance of getting married to.
Putting aside the filtered self and judging by objective conditions, Asuka is prettier than Rei Ayanami. The most obvious evidence is that the ratio of the number of love letters found in the shoe cabinet between the two of them is 200:1. That letter
Still stuffed wrong.
Regarding Rei Ayanami, it is almost impossible for people who are not familiar with her to understand her true nature. They will only say that she is withdrawn based on her external appearance, has a cold expression, is not good at talking, and is a loner - you are obviously ignorant!
Hey, I'm thinking about Asuka now, so there's no need to feel sorry for Ayanami.
What's the use of fighting with the air?
From a personal standpoint, the fewer people who like her, the better, right?
There is no way, when people like someone, something, or something, they will want it/him/her to be liked by more people.
Ayanami is the best in the world!
I think Asuka is pretty good, right?
Die! Heretic!
To be fair, it speaks volumes that 40% of Shinji Ikari chose her.
That is to say, Ayanami-chan didn't participate in the competition, and her straightforward character of liking it when you like it and hating it when you hate it is much better than Asuka.
Yes, yes, it's obvious that she likes Shinji. It's outrageous to have to put on a face of disgust and push Kirishima's real name here.
This, this, this is called personality characteristics! Although I can't predict the future, I believe that this kind of awkward character will be very popular in the future! Don't forget the 40%!
Tsk...there's really no way to refute using data to pressure people.
Well, doesn't she live next door? I'll go to her bedside and wait for her to wake up, so you can see her reaction. If you can, don't say she's so cute!
I guess her first sentence must be about a perverted gangster lolita or something.
Come and gamble. If you lose, you will perish.
Just bet.
The symptoms of schizophrenia have become more and more serious recently. Can you respect my opinion?
After lying down for a day, Shinji Ikari, who had generally recovered a little strength, pressed his forehead and rolled out of bed, stepping on his slippers and walked out the door.
"Shinji-kun? What do you need?"
Facts have proved that sleeping in the ICU ward and waiting for the patient to wake up is basically impossible without the incarnation of Eve. Those who need to be admitted to the special care ward are either suffering from particularly serious injuries or their identities are particularly important, and no matter what, it is impossible to do without.
people take care of.
"I heard that Asuka is next door," Shinji Ikari looked at the ward next door and then at the nurse in front of him: "Can I go in and see her?"
"This seems to be OK, but you can't go in," the nurse said with a slight embarrassment: "She suffered a particularly serious injury during the battle with the '16th Apostle', and we are not allowed to visit her yet."
Oh? The sixteenth apostle?
It seems that NERV has determined that the twelve mass-produced EVAs sent by the Ground Alliance to try to steal the house are the 16th Apostle, because similar incidents have occurred before, and no one seems to be surprised.
"Well, just take a look. I don't have much energy right now. I'll go back to sleep later." Shinji Ikari replied.
"Then, please come here."
Shinji Ikari followed the nurse to the care room next to the ICU and took a look through the window.
Contrary to the fact that most of the instruments on Asuka's side are just decorations, more than 90% of Asuka's instruments are in the activated state. Various data tables and bar graphs are flashing by, and Asuka, who is usually buzzing, has all kinds of things happening on her body.
patch, infusion tube and respiratory mask, lying quietly on the hospital bed.
Although it is not difficult for Shinji Ikari to fight against twelve mass-produced machines, if Unit 2 is allowed to fight alone...will she complain about Unit 0 and Unit 1 that never appeared when the battle situation is unfavorable?
What about Unit 3?
Didi, didi——
Perhaps sensing that she was being watched, Asuka opened her eyes as some instruments made a slightly different buzzing sound.
After seeing Shinji Ikari, her eyes first curved into crescents, then she blinked as if she was helpless, and then rolled her eyes at him with difficulty and tried to turn her face to the side, but due to the impact of the medical equipment,
Restraint, this action could not be completed, and finally he closed his eyes hard with an anger.
