Chapter 137: The Fourth Qualifier
After the incident of the first machine being swallowed, the human supplement committee couldn't sit still again, and actually summoned Shinji. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Originally, Misato wanted to play in his place, but Shinji refused.
On the way over, Lao Jie also personally told him not to talk nonsense for a while, as long as all questions are answered clearly or do not know.
As usual, the entire voice conference was in a small closed black room, and Shinji had a stage light above it, creating a mysterious and oppressive atmosphere.
Speaker Kiel spoke politely at first: "As the first pilot with the best record, your performance has always satisfied the committee. ”
Shinji smirked, "You won the prize, I only did a little insignificant work." ”
He disguised himself as an ordinary secondary school boy.
Then, one of the committee members couldn't wait to ask: "So, as a direct party, during the last battle with the 11th Apostle (actually the 12th Apostle, Lao Iki concealed one, and the committee pinched his nose and confessed), did the Apostle try to make contact with us humans?"
"Contact with humans?" Shinji asked rhetorically.
"Yes. ”
So he began to gush: "I don't think that the 11th Apostle was clearly a foodie, he just liked to eat indiscriminately. Until I swallowed the first machine, and I broke it from the inside. At that time, I only felt a mountain of force surging towards my limbs, and my fighting spirit was like a flood bursting the embankment, and I believed that I could blow up the earth......"
The committee member who asked the question just now became impatient: "Just briefly describe the situation on the spot! By the way, you just said that there is a force ......."
"This isn't the purpose of this meeting, is it?" interrupted another commissioner, Shinji almost losing his rhythm.
"Ahem, is the apostle interested in the 'consciousness' and 'heart' of mankind?"
"I can't say for sure, but it's true that each one is harder than the other. The apostle at the beginning was a bit like a beast, fighting by instinct......"
Shinji said this, and Lao Iki cleared his throat.
So he turned the subject back to the subject: "I am still not sure whether the apostles were wise or not, whether they could understand human thinking. ”
In fact, he was sure that the apostles were getting wiser and wiser, and they knew how to learn and evolve.
"Based on your experience, do you feel that there is a connection between the apostles?"
"Probably not, if they can communicate, they will definitely attack in groups, not one by one, so that we have a chance to break through. Shinji ran the train with his mouth full.
"Yes, previous sources have confirmed that the apostles were not organizationally connected to each other, and that they were clearly acting alone, at least so far. "It seems that this commissioner agrees with Shinji's opinion.
"Excuse me, how many apostles are there, can't they be endless?" Shinji said with a grin.
"You don't have the right to ask questions. ”
"Then the salary should have gone up, right? I'm fighting with my life, and my current rank is still warrant officer, can you mention ......it?"
"That's enough!" roared the old man hiding in the darkness, his forehead fluttering.
"At this point, stand down. Speaker Kiel spoke, and Shinji muttered and left.
This guy made a mess of a serious meeting about the survival of the world, and even Lao Ikari almost broke it.
After a moment of silence, one of the committee members sighed: "The young man is really full of vitality...... Ikari, what do you think of this incident?"
Lao Jie couldn't blindly pretend to be stupid, and said: "The apostles have wisdom, and we ...... the rest of our time."
"Not much, isn't it? ”
In the hallway, Shinji wears headphones to communicate with Xiao Q.
"How's it going, is there a result?"
"No, the collected voiceprints have traces of processing, all of NERV's computers have been scanned, and no matching communication loops have been found. The phone screen shows Xiao Q's conclusion.
"Not even satellite communications?"
"Nope. ”
Shinji wondered, this shows that the meeting just now took an independent line, and it has nothing to do with Magi at all.
Or, what black technology did Seele use that he didn't understand.
This possibility is not ruled out, after all, in outdoor places, Seele can also communicate with Kaoru Nagisa.
"These old immortals are so careful. Shinji took a sip.
Now Xiao Q is monitoring the dignitaries of several major countries in real time, and the suspicion list has hundreds of people, and it is still growing.
Most of these people are non-public members of Seele or various NERV branches, and Shinji intends to secretly monitor the list when the time comes, so that it can be caught in one go.
"Shinji, how's it going?" Misato had been waiting outside the door for a long time.
"It's nothing, it's just some questions that are not salty or light, and I was fooled. ”
Then, something happened in the afternoon.
"EVA 4 and the 2nd U.S. branch have disappeared?!" Misato hurried to the operations research room.
"We didn't receive any information, it was discovered by satellite detection of the collapse of the AT position. Hinata said.
The holographic image on the desktop shows the entire energy reaction process, with the United States branch as the center, and the relevant research facilities within a radius of 89 kilometers have all disappeared, and there is not even a wreckage.
The geostationary satellite sent a picture of the time, and the whole scene of disappearance was really shocking, and now there is only a huge crater left there, which will become a new lake in the future.
"Thousands of people died, so tragic. Ritsuko said.
Shigeru Aoba added, "According to the schedule, it is believed that the S2 mechanism that was repaired in Germany was transported to the second branch for carrying the accident. ”
"There are 32,486 possible causes ranging from insufficient material strength to errors in the early stages of design. Ibuki said.
"Could it be that someone is secretly doing sabotage?" Misato said.
"But it wasn't an explosion, it was the entire branch that disappeared together. Hinata said.
"Most likely swallowed up by the Sea of Dirac, as the 12th Apostle (Angel of the Night) did. Ritsuko said.
"That's not going to happen to our EVA, is it?" Misato worried.
Ritsuko hesitated for a moment, but still said truthfully: "The fourth machine is equipped with the S2 mechanism from the Apostle, which has been successfully activated, and it is the next-generation body of the new built-in console, which is said to be the case. ”
"The R&D materials of the North American branch, even Akagi's predecessors only know a few words. Ibuki added.
"So, isn't our first machine also equipped with an S2 mechanism?" Misato thought again, she didn't want the headquarters to disappear suddenly.
"The situation of the first machine is more complicated, and the acquisition of the S2 mechanism is also a spontaneous act of the body, without human intervention, and no such risk has been found so far. Ritsuko said.
When the U.S. government discovered that EVA was even more dangerous than nuclear weapons, the top brass immediately protested and demanded that the newly completed No. 3 aircraft be sent away immediately.
In the end, Seele still found Lao Ding, "The U.S. government urgently asks NERV to take over the No. 3 machine, and your government also welcomes it." That's the latest model, and it's big enough to be the main force. ”
Lao Ikari refused at first, he was worried that something would happen outside of the script.
"I can't trust without a battle-proven mech. I would like to increase the budget for the restoration of Unit Zero. ”
The zero machine broke down again last time, and it was a lot of money to repair it.
"There's no need for additional budgets for the prototype machine, so let's just decide. ”
So, Lao Ikari needs to choose a new driver, the fourth qualified person, and this matter is left to Ritsuko. (To be continued.) )