Asuka's performance in class was a mess, so she stayed in class for training. Although she was unwilling, she still stayed. Obviously she was not good at resisting authority. She found Shinji Ikari's expression disgusting, as if he was an idiot.
, as if after waiting for a long time, something is finally coming back.
But isn't it? The long-lost jeep pursuit training is about to begin again, and it's time to run wildly under the sunset of the third New Tokyo City and let go of youth.
start running.
When Asuka didn't react at all, with the roar of the engine, Duran transformed into a Jeep Demon and started training.
Shinji Ikari's two friends were cheering for them.
"Run." Shinji Ikari said to Asuka who was still confused.
Asuka had already seen a jeep rushing straight towards her. Although she didn't understand what Kan Erdai said, she couldn't help but followed Shinji Ikari and asked confusedly: "What on earth is going on?"
"It's Teacher Dulan's special training that can improve our driver's physical fitness."
Is this training? Why does Asuka feel that this is killing her? This is not training, it is murder. She got tired after running for a while, and she and Shinji Ikari separated from each other with a sideways movement. The girl thought that this way Duran would only be able to fight against each other.
If you choose one, the possibility of chasing Ikari Shinji is 50-50 compared to the possibility of chasing yourself.
However, this was to underestimate Duran. He saw that Duran shot out a rope to tie up the girl and pulled her to continue running. One in front of the car and one behind the car, the effect was the same.
Asuka felt that her lungs were on fire and she was about to vomit blood. If she had known this, she might as well have fooled the teacher in class. Just when she thought she was going to die, the car finally stopped.
"That's it for today."
Shinji Ikari was still unfinished, but seeing the girl's dying expression, he knew that Asuka was not familiar with her yet. He walked up to Dulan and asked, "Teacher, where have you been recently?"
"I went to investigate Seele's affairs and found that they are conducting various shady human experiments. I also said before that EVA is actually the body of the apostle. I found that Seele is trying to create an EVA that can awaken without a driver.
, completely obey the orders of seele." "Obviously they will need these artificial apostles to do things in the future."
"No need for a driver?" Shinji Ikari asked. Does that mean he is about to be abandoned? His mood was very complicated. He couldn't help but said: "Teacher, you want us to find what we believe in in class.
You can think and act by yourself. Even if the teacher leaves, we can continue to fight." He looked at Duran and thought to himself.
Yes, yes, you have learned to read and understand. This is the first step in self-thinking. Although it is not very useful, it is of great significance: "It is true, but it is not just that, because our enemies believe in incredible things, so we must
Only when you have something to believe can you fight against them. Otherwise, they will do whatever it takes, but we will not be able to go all out."
"Enemy?" This was the first time that the boy had heard Duran put forward the concept of enemy so clearly. He knew that the enemy must be Seele and its neurons: "Is my father an enemy?" This was something he had never thought about.
We can’t help but ask: “What does my father want? What does he believe?”
Of course, I believe that I want to build a world where I can sleep and fly together with my wife, and I will do whatever it takes to do so.
"Then have you found something you believe in?" Duran answered the question with a question.
Naturally, the boy didn't think of it, but if he did, he wouldn't have to hesitate so much. Things like saving the world didn't resonate with him. If it were a beautiful girl and a big sister, although it was realistic, it didn't feel like he was ready to dedicate everything.
Is it for the sake of the public that we should sacrifice private life for the sake of public service, or should we sacrifice private life for the sake of the people around us? I don’t know which one to choose.
"Teacher, it's really difficult. I don't know what I should believe. I really envy those who have faith. No matter how absurd the faith is, they believe it at all costs. I knew a person in a backward area before.
No matter how hungry he is, once he has food, he will leave a small piece for the gods. I thought he was too stupid at the time, but now I know that this is the power of faith. Although the gods never help him, he does not ask for anything in return.
They believed in God and would not hesitate to starve to death. There was also an uncle who would rather be killed than help others without any regrets, because he believed that the world would eventually restore order." The young man thought of the various people he met on the road to survival.
Such people couldn't understand these behaviors before and thought they were stupid. They were about to starve to death but they still had to sacrifice to gods. They couldn't protect themselves but they still had to help others. Now I think about it, this is faith. They are not stupid and they know it.
Your actions are not good for you, but faith itself means you will do it even if you know you will die.
If you ask for something in return, it's not faith, but a transaction. Shinji Ikari recalled that during the Twin Mountains battle, a large number of workers risked their lives to assist in the battle. He was sitting in Unit 1 and was protected by a force field.
But they were mortals, standing in the high temperature, bearing the risk of being evaporated by thunder angels, and working hard to smoothly transport electricity across the country.
They all have faith, so they risk their lives. However, in the battle with Thunder Angel, he doubted whether he would take the blame, and worried whether he would fail. He didn't even believe in himself, so what kind of faith was there? So the young man could only
Ask the teacher what is the right thing to believe in.
In fact, there is nothing right about faith. After all, the content of faith itself may not be realized. After all, it is not a transaction. If you believe a little, you will get a little reward. Faith means that even if you lose your life, it may still be an empty talk, just because you believe, so you do it at all costs.
.Both funny and tragic.
"It seems that you have realized that you have seen many different beliefs, and some of them are even contradictory." Dulan said and the young man nodded. He had indeed seen contradictory beliefs.
For example, those who believe in a better life and those who believe that integration is happiness are contradictory.
At the same time, Dulan thought of a lot of two-dimensional universes. The story is a little bit younger, in which the protagonist is bullied alone, and then gets slapped in the face. The story is a little more complicated, it is about the oppression of the group by the collective, usually the oppression of marginalized groups by public forces.
Oppression, and this public force is basically a violent institution, such as the samurai group that maintains social order, and these groups will take the blame and be betrayed at critical times. The final outcome is often that both the fringe groups and the samurai group suffer.
In fact, the third New Tokyo City also fully conforms to this routine. Seele is the top, Neuron is the samurai group, and the apostles are the marginalized people. Neurons are used to suppress the apostles, but in the end the neurons are also abandoned. In the EVA universe, because the protagonist is from the samurai group
People, so I feel miserable.
If the protagonist is replaced by a marginal person, he will feel that the samurai group is too hateful and the top management is too despicable, such as Luffy in "One Piece". But in all universes, there are few direct confrontations with the top management, usually the samurai group and
The marginalized people are fighting. If the marginalized people gain an advantage, the senior management will directly betray the samurai group and let them bear all the consequences. They will use the samurai's head to calm everything down. In the end, everyone will pretend that nothing happened. The marginalized people may all sacrifice, or they may take their place.
The position of the warrior.
In the works, the attitude of senior officials towards samurai is often very ruthless. They clearly need their lives, but they do not regard them as human beings at all. Although samurai have their own thoughts, they still have to go to the battlefield in the end. After all, they are also altars.
Although the people inside are not the core, they still have to work together to resist the enemies outside the altar.
So the basic routine of many works is like this. The top management is mysterious and strict, commanding the armed groups under their command to suppress the marginalized people inhumanely. When the marginalized people start to resist, and the armed group sees that it is no longer possible, the top management will be rude.
Abandon armed groups and reach agreements with marginalized people.
Of course, there are also some armed groups that conquer their superiors on their own, but they basically do not eliminate the top leaders, but treat them as puppets.
It is these two forms that reflect the political ecology of the island country. The first is to betray soldiers to maintain stability, and the second is for soldiers to defeat the superiors. Now Shinji Ikari is on the first path, being betrayed at any time, and he realizes that there are contradictions everywhere.
Faith shows that he has a more comprehensive understanding of the world, which helps him take the second path, or the third path that he has never imagined.