Chapter 68

Early December

A huge transport plane carrying a pitch-black Eva that looked like the first unit flew quickly above the sky towards the third new Tokyo city

The dark clouds in front of him seemed to be a little weird, and the pilot of the transport plane, who wanted to change the orbit slightly, found that the plane was suddenly uncontrollable, as if it was sucked into the strange dark cloud by a huge magnet, and the transport plane was gradually engulfed by the clouds, and a dull thunder sound came

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Saturday morning

Next to the vending machine on the outer floor of the NERV headquarters, Ikari Hong held a bottle of herbal tea and looked at his younger brother who had to invite him to drink water

“………”

Shinji Ikari, who was a little hairy by his own brother, smiled and opened the carbonated drink in his hand and took a sip

"That's... The Chinese songs that my brother sings by himself are very good..."

Ikari squinted, took the walkman handed over by Shinji, looked at him playfully, and didn't speak

"Uh... I heard that my brother is in charge of selecting the upcoming pilot of the third machine, right?" Shinji blinked, in front of Ikari Hong, he still wouldn't be too restrained

"Well, what's wrong"

"Is there a suitable candidate?"

"There are three of them at the moment," Ikari Hong replied casually as if he had nothing to do

"Hmm... I would like to recommend someone to you."

Ikari Hong frowned when he heard this

Shinji was a little embarrassed when he saw this, but he still said, "Can you let Asuka go and pilot the third machine?" Brother, Asuka has been sad about this for the past few days."

Ikari Hong looked at the timid Shinji amusedly, rubbed the young man's clean hair, the corners of his mouth curled, and said in a harmonious voice

"Yes"

Shinji drained the drink in his hand in one gulp, swept away the sadness on his face, and smiled happily

"Yo~ both of you are here"

Blessing came behind the two Ikari brothers with a bottle of unopened coffee

Ikari Hong smiled and nodded to this good friend, looked at the cigarettes handed over by the blessing, and refused: "I told you to quit last time."

Blessing shrugged, lit it by himself, spit out a smoke ring, and sighed: "Men who can quit smoking are really terrible."

"Speaking of which, how did you get the time to get here? Haven't you been very busy? Ikari Hong, who was drinking herbal tea, asked curiously

The blessing of a work uniform patted Ikari Hong's shoulder and said with a smile: "Combine work and rest."

Shinji thanked him for the blessing, but took the can of coffee but didn't open it

The blessing put his hands on the shoulders of the two of them, and he approached the two of them with a smile and said, "I said, you can go on a date with me once in a while, and you will be disgusted by girls all day long."

Ikari and Shinji glanced at each other and winked thoughtfully

"Dating? It's all men..."Shinji smiled awkwardly at the blessing

“noproblem”

A hint of banter flashed in the corner of his eye, and he pinched the cigarette in his hand, and grabbed Shinji's hand with his other hand, approaching Shinji's face little by little

Ikari Hong stared at the two of them in disbelief with wide eyes on the side, as if they were going to make a foundation...

"Love has nothing to do with gender" said with a blessed expression, and kissed Shinji on the lips

"Ugh! Yes! ～”

A terrible scream echoed throughout the room and in the hallways outside

The blessing raised his head and smiled at Shinji, who was obviously overly frightened, took a puff of cigarette and blew it on Shinji's face

Looking at Shinji who was choked and coughing, the magnetic voice of the blessing sounded: "Just kidding"

"Don't scare my brother," Ikari Hong gently pushed the blessing away, dissatisfied

"Do you want to liven up the atmosphere once in a while, seeing how heavy you have been lately," Blessing squinted and smiled

Ikari Hong sighed deeply and patted his blessed shoulder

"Thank you,"

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Shinji looked at the ground in front of him, which was different from the surroundings, and felt a little strange in his heart

The land is dozens of square meters in size and is divided into two halves, with a ridge for people to walk on in the middle, and unlike the grassy ground around it, this land has been reclaimed, and there is a sign next to it that is engraved with the words "Blessing R.K".

Ikari Hong looked at the plant planted on it, green and lush, but only dark green stripes, round and round...... It's not watermelon

"It's a little hobby of mine... Huh? The expression that was originally smiling suddenly froze

"So you like farming, bless, don't you see it?"

The corners of Bless Ryoji's mouth twitched as he swaggered into the melon field and picked the biggest watermelon, and he didn't know where to take out such a big watermelon knife and cut it with ease

Didn't I ask him to come along, I knew that I would just call Shinji to come alone...

"Come on, come on, this melon is quite sweet, Shinji you can taste it"

The blessing wiped the sweat, and the heart was broken: I lost it...

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Two hours later

Shinji stood up with dirt on his hands, looked up at the blue sky, and sniffed with his hands between his noses

"The smell of earth..."

I patted my waist with the back of my hand that had been bent for a long time, and was about to continue working when the words of blessing came with a smile

"You've been doing it for a while, and you're tired?"

Shinji turned around, looked at the blessing, and said dissatisfied, "What about the date you promised?" It turned out that I was asked to come over and be a free laborer."

"Free? I've paid you."

"Huh? That canned coffee? Let my brother drink..."Shinji pitifully looked at Ikari Hong, who was sitting leisurely under the tree, nibbling on watermelon one bite at a time, and spit out the seeds from time to time, secretly sighing that the world t_t was unfair

"Bless Big Brother is still so unserious," Shinji said angrily with a stinky face

"My lord, there is no harm in being cunning," said Blessing as he piled the weeds aside and sat on the ground as he learned to sit on the ground

Shinji pouted greedily as he saw his brother eating fruit he had never eaten before in the shade of a tree

"It's called... Watermelon? ”

"Well, it's cute," said Blessing, lighting a cigarette and whispering, "It's great to create and nurture something." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info can see and understand a lot of things, such as some happy things"

Shinji squatted on the ground and observed the plant called watermelon, and when he heard the words of blessing, he said lightly without raising his head, "There will be painful things too."

Ikari Hong, who was lying leisurely under the tree on the side, raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and asked with a smile

"Do you hate pain?"

“。。。 At least I won't like it."

Listening to Shinji's gloomy tone, a smile couldn't help but appear on the blessing's face, when I first met Ikari Hong a long time ago, the child who had been depressed for a whole year before he came out of his own world

"That's fine, but it's easy for people who have tasted pain to be kind to others, and it has nothing to do with weakness."

Shinji was silent, silently pulling the weeds growing in the watermelon field

"Do you like Katsuragi?"

“。。。” Shinji, who didn't speak, asked curiously, "Miss Misato?" ”

"This... I don't hate her."

Blessing Ryoji's eyes were complicated, with a bit of entrustment, and he said in a deep voice: "Protect Katsuragi"

"Huh?" Shinji's pupils shrank

Blessing Rise Up "This is something I can't do, but you can do"

Shinji looked at Ikari Hong on the side, "Why don't you look for my brother?" He should..."

Without waiting for Shinji to finish, the blessing interrupted softly: "Xiaohong's burden is too heavy, besides, he has his own things to do, Shinji-kun"

"Please"

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As the sun sets, the dusk is still slowly resisting the darkness, and the entire city of Third New Tokyo is dyed with a deep layer of gold

The chief and deputy commander of the NERV sat on a train and looked out the window

"The city is really a paradise created by human beings" Dongyue looked at the neon lights

"In the past, people who were driven out of paradise and had to flee to the 'earthly' world next to their rivals" Ikari Gendo sat motionless on the opposite side of Fuyutsuki, "This weakest creature has created a paradise for humans by using the wisdom gained from its own weakness."

Dongyue tugged at the corners of her mouth, "A paradise built to protect yourself from the fear of death and satisfy your own happiness."

Staring at the expressionless Commander of Nerv sitting across from him, Dongyue said calmly: "This city is armed to protect itself in this way"

Ikari Gendo sneered with negative energy, "It's a world of the weak who escaped from the outside world full of enemies."

As the train pulls into the tunnel, the carriages glow with a cold blue light

Dongyue said flatly

"There is nothing wrong with the weak being immortalized"

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Sunday

Today is the day when the No. 3 machine will conduct the body test

"Good morning, Asuka"

When Asuka walked out of the bedroom rubbing her sleepy eyes, she saw Shinji wearing an apron and making a breakfast that was much more hearty than before

"Good morning" Early in the morning, seeing Shinji's bright smile made her feel very happy

"Come on today, Asuka," Shinji said as he took off his apron and sat down at the dining table with a smile

Asuka warms her heart

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Next door to Katsuragi's house

"Are you feeling unwell?" Ikari looked worriedly at Rei Ayaami, who looked depressed

“。。。” Rei Ayanami blushed and looked at Ikari and didn't answer

Rei Ikari refused to take the pulse, and Rei Ayanami hurriedly ran to the toilet

"Uhh

This time, I've really grown up...

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To be continued...