"It's nothing to do now, so let's guess the riddle. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Shinji proposed, and everyone agreed.

"Little Q!" Shinji shouted.

"I'm here. Suddenly, the TV sounded, and the screen showed a Q version of Shinji.

"Introduce yourself. ”

"Hello everyone, I'm Shinji's AI assistant Xiao Q, please advise. Shinji has installed a microphone and camera in the living room to make it easier to interact with Xiao Q, and the AI assistant is a very common piece of software, and Ritsuko doesn't pay much attention to it.

"Let's make a riddle. Shinji asked.

"Okay!" Shinji Q flipped his head, "What product is profitable by killing future customers?"

Ritsuko reacts the fastest: munitions.

Misato was silent for a moment, then suddenly revealed a meaningful smile.

Ayanami agrees with Ritsuko's answer.

"The answer is ......" Q version Shinji suddenly pulled out a set of sleeves and blew it.

Ritsuko: "......"

Ayana: "What's that?"

"Condom!" Q version of Shinji has become a long-legged set.

"Let's go next. Shinji said.

"There are ten naked men, they have to cross a river, there are many fish in the river that eat JJ, they only have one bottle, how are they going to get there?"

Ritsuko's face stiffened, and she got up and said, "It's late, I should go back, thank you for the hospitality." ”

"Ah, I'll send you down!" Misato looked embarrassed.

Ritsuko raised her eyebrows, they obviously didn't have to be so polite when they were so familiar, and Misato obviously had something to say to her.

The guessing game ended early.

"What's wrong?" Ritsuko began.

"It's nothing, just talk about it, come down and breathe. What have you been busy with lately?"

"The main thing is the re-start experiment of the zero machine, and the processing of the first machine is the big trouble. ”

"This kind of heavy work can only be done by Ritsuko. ”

"Nothing, I also did it with the help of MAGI. ”

"Have you found the reason why Zero went out of control last time?"

"After the investigation, the body did not find any problems, which is likely to be caused by the driver's psychological fluctuations. ”

"You say Li," Misato said in surprise.

"yes, that state of consciousness, not ordinary confusion for her. ”

At that time, Ayanami was in a state of great doubt about her self-worth, and even Shinji had no intention of mending the knife before, saying that she was a tool of the old Ikati, and under her calm appearance, there were chaotic mental fluctuations.

"Also, why did you say that Zero was trying to hit you?" Misato noticed a detail.

"That ......" Ritsuko looked at the night sky, tear moles in the corners of her eyes, thin black eyebrows, blonde hair and red lips, showing that this is a strong mature woman.

Ritsuko conjures up bloody scenes in her mind, where the production of the puppet system uses a clone of Ayanami, and uses EVA's control technology to act on a soulless body, carving into a simulated personality to create a half-machine, half-biological monster.

In the early experiments on the Zero machine, countless failures were made, stripping the brain and nerves, and piercing the probes into the spine and brainstem...... The blood and cruelty are extremely cruel, and Ayanami has witnessed these scenes with her own eyes, watching one by one similar to herself being directly experimented on in vivo, failed, destroyed, and the reason why she doesn't eat meat is also traceable. The puppet system that may have failed has a residual consciousness on Machine Zero, which is why Machine Zero hates Ritsuko so much.

"EVA fills my hands with bloody ......," Ritsuko said as she looked at her palms.

"What woman doesn't have blood in her hands, don't talk about this...... I was really surprised to see Shinji taking care of Ayanami just now, that kid's usually cold and gloomy appearance, seeing Ayanami was like a different person...... "Misato changed the subject."

"Envy?" Ritsuko interrupted.

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Misato said.

"You've been single for so many years, you won't still be thinking about blessings, right?"

"It's been so many years since it got to that person...... What about you, aren't you going through a fruitless bitter love?" Ritsuko countered.

"What do you know?" Ritsuko was stunned, her underground affair with Lao Ikari was kept secret from anyone.

"Isn't that Commander Ikari?"

Ritsuko acquiesced, for so many years, a careful person is enough to observe some clues, let alone his close friends.

"I've gotten some information that your mother's death may have something to do with Commander Ikati. Misato suddenly threw out a fierce message.

"What? Is there any evidence? You can't talk nonsense about such unfounded things!" Sure enough, Ritsuko was very emotional.

"I don't have ironclad evidence, but there are many doubts about the tragedy that happened when your mother's brainchild MAGI was just completed. ”

"Where did you learn about these secrets, and are you investigating NERV?" Ritsuko said solemnly.

"NERV is working on some big ulterior plan, what is the truth, do you know?"

"Misato, you are not a curious person, don't play with fire, be careful of setting yourself on fire. Ritsuko admonished.

"I'm also for your own good, I'm afraid that you will be used without knowing it......"

"That's enough! You'd better stop digging into the secrets of NERV and do your job. “

The two finally parted unhappily.

"Well, I'm still a little anxious. Misato sighed.

Misato's intention is very simple, to separate Ritsuko from Lao Ikati, so that she understands that she is just a tool to be used, but this kind of thing is not in a hurry, Ritsuko's emotions are very paranoid, and they can't be dissolved in a short time, so they can only be slowly figured out and branded first.

After a while, Shinji sends Ayanami back.

Under the moonlight, the two greeted the cool evening breeze and strolled through the deserted streets.

"I'm very happy today, I've never had it before. Thank you, Shinji. Ayanami said suddenly.

"Me too, it's nice to have you around. Can I ask you out next time?" Shinji looked expectant.

"Hmm. ”

"yes! that's great!" Shinji was as happy as a child.

Shinji sent Ayanami to his residence, and when he went upstairs, the lights in the corridor flashed and flickered, and even Shinji, the man, was a little hairy, and that haunted house was really not for people. If it weren't for someone secretly protecting Shinji, I wouldn't have to worry about Ayanami living here.

"Well, Leigh, your living conditions here are too bad, do you want to move in with us?"

"Huh?" Ayanami looked surprised.

There was silence for a moment, "No, that's enough." Ayanami replied that she didn't want to trouble Shinji anymore and that she had gotten enough from him. The main reason is that it doesn't matter where you live because you think of yourself as a substitute for medication.

"Why? It's lonely to live alone. Shinji persuaded.

"I'm used to it. ”

"But ......"

"I'll talk about it next time. ”

"Well, good night. "It seems that there is no need to rush, now Limbo used to have only a small utility room to live in, and Shinji's bedroom is also filled with all kinds of equipment.

"Good night. Can you ......," Ayanami hesitated.

"What's the matter?" Shinji turned back.

"Hug me one more time. ”

Shinji smiled and hugged Ayanami tightly in his arms, so close that he could smell the nice smell of soap on her body and feel each other's heartbeats.