When she learns of Ritsuko's death, Maya's expression goes from shock to disbelief, and she has to believe it again when she sees Ritsuko's body.

Before the tears could come out, his mouth repeated repeatedly: "How can this be...... How can this be......"

She felt her heart gripped by something, crumpled into a pulp. Consciousness went blank and lasted for a while before he reacted.

Then there is endless sorrow and pain. Obviously, Ritsuko's death hit her so hard that it could be said that the sky had fallen—the senior she admired and revered, the loved one who taught her to take care of her, was gone forever.

Maya's office.

"Don't cry, don't cry, sister doesn't cry......" Mali's big eyes were full of worry, and she was patting Maya's head like an adult, and she forgot to eat the potato chips in her hand.

Maya took her into her arms.

Misato walks into Maya's office, "Maya...... I'm sorry about Ritsuko's business. ”

Maya looked up, quickly wiped her tears, took a deep breath and said, "Miss Misato, I understand, no need to apologize." ”

Misato handed her a cup of tea, "Later...... Are there any plans?"

Maya pauses and looks at a pair of goggles on the table, which Ritsuko left behind before she died.

She put on her glasses and raised her head, her eyes were full of determination: "Ritsuko-senpai has already entrusted me with the work of EVA, and I will inherit her mission......"

Misato breathed a sigh of relief, although she was very reluctant not to go, but after leaving Ritsuko, it was really difficult to find an outsider to take over the technical work related to EVA. After all, this is a top-secret field of research, the technology is strictly controlled, and there are very few scientists who have access to it.

In her eyes, Maya was still a simple child, and she should not bear these heavy things.

Maya continued, "I learned EVA bioengineering, physics, and experimental experience from Ritsuko's predecessors. The last time I saw her, she gave me this ......."

Maya pulled out a small chip.

"It's ......"

"This is the core information about the top-secret technology of EVA, as well as the research mission that NERV is secretly conducting. ”

Then, Maya unplugged the network cable and began to decrypt the information on the computer and introduce it.

When she rushed to the Matsushiro test site in confusion according to Ritsuko's final order, she opened the paper ball that Ritsuko handed her, and it turned out to be information about all of EVA's top-secret projects.

Ritsuko, as Lao Ikai's confidant, is the technical head of the NERV headquarters, and has been secretly carrying out three major research and development projects.

The first is the "AT Force Field Application Experimental Machine Project", which is mainly to develop the next-generation equipment of the EVA body, and develop a stronger and lighter exoskeleton armor through the carapace structure covered by the body surface of the bionic fetus, using it as the main material.

You must know that the fetal angel is a monster that can survive under the magma of the earth's crust, and its shell is super resistant to high temperature and pressure, and it took Shinji a lot of effort to kill it at that time.

When dealing with the Night Angels, the blue-and-white "Zero Machine Trial Production II. Type Modification Domain Domination Machine" was the first actual combat appearance of the new equipment, although the technical verification machine did not play its due combat power, although the results did not meet expectations, but the R&D department obtained a lot of valuable data. The first and second machines can be improved according to the test results.

The "Sword of Judgment" project was established very early, Lao Jie exchanged gamma-ray particle cannon technology from the Chinese military through secret transactions, using EVA replication technology to exchange gamma-ray particle cannon technology, 500MeV high-energy gamma rays, concentrating into a 24G laser, bursting out every second with energy equivalent to the explosion of N2 mines, almost God blocking and killing God and Buddha.

When the Shotman who had transformed into the ultimate evolved form invaded the underground city, he was hit by a half-finished gamma particle cannon, and the AT position was like paper paste, and the corpse was divided into several pieces, which shows how powerful it is. At that time, the Shotel was equivalent to the fusion of the 18th Apostle, the human race, and the strength of the AT position was unusually strong. If it weren't for the terrifying resilience, he would have been killed a long time ago, how could he have turned the tables.

And Lao Ding's plan is to use the anti-gravity wreckage of the Thunder Angel as the main material, plus the S2 mechanism collected by the previous killing apostles, to launch three low-orbit satellites.

Using the full-power gamma-ray cannon as a spear, it shares the monitoring data of AI detectors of other NERV divisions to form a complete set of space-based satellite weapon systems, which monitor global intelligence in real time and have all-weather strike capabilities.

At present, the activation of the S2 mechanism has been completed, and the satellite structure processed from the wreckage of the Thunder Angel has also been designed, relying on the infinite power of the S2 mechanism, as the biggest bottleneck - the power system problem is solved.

As long as the power is sufficient, the bricks can also be supersonic.

However, because the theory was too brutal and the attack power was too powerful, the plan proposed by Lao Iki was not approved by the committee, and the funds were certainly impossible to get in place.

No matter how strong Lao Jie is, he embezzles funds from other projects to complete the preliminary research, which is already the limit, and there is no way to continue. Therefore, the Sword of Judgment project is currently frozen.

The Bow of Apollo is a bow-shaped weapon, using the roots of the World Tree unearthed in the final dogma area as a super material to create a "magic bow" that can fire physical arrows.

Of course, ordinary materials can't penetrate the AT force field at all, so the arrow body material is the root of the World Tree, with its own armor-piercing properties, and experiments have shown that its ability to penetrate the AT force field is second only to the spear of Longinus.

Looking at the design drawings on the screen, as well as the dense data and formulas, Misato sighed: "I didn't expect these things to exist in NERV, and I haven't even touched them." ”

Maya said, "EVA is a mysterious realm beyond science, and the Spear of Longinus and the S2 Infinite Power Mechanism are still things that we don't fully understand. The more I learned, the more I felt ignorant and insignificant. ”

Misato said: "The real mystery, the basic theory should be in the hands of the committee, and even Commander Ikari may be the one who knows the inside story. ”

Ritsuko's death committee took the blame, so hearing this, Maya's eyes swelled with hatred, "Haven't those wicked people been caught yet?"

"Sorry, I don't know the details. But what is certain is that the good days of these rats hiding in Tibet are short-lived. Misato reassured.

"Miss Misato, why is your belly so big?" At this time, Mari, who was very bored on the side, finally spoke, and curiously touched his hand on it.

Maya quickly pulled her away, "That's because ......"

"That's because there are too many snacks and it's like this. Misato stroked Mari's little furry head and said ill-intentionedly.

"Really?"

"Well, if you eat too many snacks, your belly will be so big. ”

The potato chips in Mali's hand fell.

"Uh......h I don't want that...... It's scary!" she buried her head in Maya's arms.

On the other side, the battle was in the morgue of the hospital.

Lao Jie was already cold, and he was lying upright in the refrigerator, covered with a white cloth.

After verifying that the arrow in his chest had been removed, it was taken by the military to study.

So there were only two bored soldiers at the door.

Syllable!

Suddenly, a crisp noise woke up the two napping soldiers.

"Is there a situation?" the two looked at each other, and the voice came from inside the morgue.

"Let's go inside!"

Although they felt a little hairy, the two of them still opened the door and walked in.

A wall of refrigerated cabinets, one of which had an open door, was steaming white. On the floor was a twisted and broken piece of metal, which turned out to be the lock of the cabinet door.

This cabinet door is the place where Lao Ikaru's body is kept.

Something happened! The two of them had their heads buzzing, and their consciousness went blank for a while.

"How is it possible, the body is gone!"

The morgue was empty, with no windows, only a door to enter and exit.

Smack!

A little water mark suddenly appeared on the ground, and when the soldier looked up, he was immediately frightened.

I saw a middle-aged naked man, riding upside down on a steel pipe on the ceiling, his head like an owl, his face contorted downward into an angle impossible for human beings, staring at him with blood-red eyes.

Ahhhh

After two screams, everything fell silent.

Half an hour later, Zhan Zi dispatched dozens of helicopters and hundreds of vehicles, and the joint police cordoned off the entire city and began a carpet search, while Lao Jie's wanted photo appeared on television.

It's a pity that Lao Pier has already fled.

In the wilderness on the outskirts of the city, a middle-aged man in a windbreaker was walking through the dense trees at a terrifying speed, jumping more than 20 meters in one step.

After a while, he finally stopped at the top of a hill and clutched his heart, where the wound had healed.

Unexpectedly, Adam's strength was still constrained, and the committee kept a hand. ”

Lao Jie took a deep breath of cold air, and the blood in his body gradually regained its temperature.

"Luckily, I prepared for both. Only, I may have to wait a little longer to see you. ”

There was already an Adam clone under the NERV as a bait to attract the apostles, and Kaoru Nagisa was misled because of this.

However, the old Akira replaced Adam's clone with Lilith without the committee, and the apostle couldn't tell the difference between the two, and went to NERV one by one.

This replaced Adam clone was devoured by Lao Ikin as a miniature specimen, and with the one stolen by the blessing, he mastered two Adam clones and transplanted them in his body in advance.

The Adam embryo in his hand that he had voluntarily gave up before, has become one with Shinji.

He now had an Adam embryo in his body, so he was brought back to life after the arrows made of special materials that limited the apostle's power were removed from his vital points.