Chapter 127: The Critical Battle (Part II)

On the battlefield, Shinji struggled to get up, and the damage given to Shinji with a synchronization rate of 200% was almost synchronized with that of the first machine, and in the insertion bolt, although Shinji's left arm was still alive, but through the sagging of his left shoulder and the damage on his combat suit, Shinji's left hand could no longer be lifted at this moment.

"Shinji Ikari. What does it feel like to be defeated? "In the sky above the first plane, the apostle looked at Shinji playfully.

"Hmph, who the hell was defeated?" Shinji touched the blood from the corner of his mouth and retorted. "Anyway, you are also destined to die, I just need to survive your next attack."

"Oh? Do you think I'm going to give you a chance? Celeur waved his blade in protest, and at the same time, a scorching light once again condensed in his eyes towards the first machine. However, unlike just now, this time Shinji did not deploy the A.T. Field to resist, but jumped backwards rapidly, avoiding the core area of the light. Although it was not possible to completely dodge it, compared to the last time, the impact of the light bombardment on the ground this time was much smaller than the impact directly on oneself.

didn't give Shinji a chance to breathe, and after a ray of light, it was followed by attacks from the four main ligaments, wave after wave, without the slightest intention of giving Hatsuji a chance to counterattack. Although Shinji can barely dodge such an attack, the more he dodges, the more anxious Shinji becomes. I looked up at the timer, and the time shown on it was really running out.

"Shinji-kun, if you keep hiding like this, will Lilith's clone still be able to support you until the final victory?" The apostle sneered as he attacked.

"Hmph. How do you know without trying, the burning of the fruit of life, Serul. You're running out of time, aren't you? Shinji shot back coldly.

"Let's see which of us can win the final victory!" As he spoke, the apostle's eyes froze again and headed for the first machine, while Shinji controlled the first machine to quickly dodge backwards.

Rumble!!!!!!

"Celeur's attack missed." Shinji said in his heart as he dodged, as if Celul's energy had been exhausted, and this time the light attack was not only the first machine that had deviated. And it wasn't as strong as last time, so Shinji dodged it almost without any impact. The smoke filled the air, and a sneer hung on Shinji's lips. I looked up at the time. There were still 45 seconds left, but Sailur was already at the end of his crossbow. That's enough time for Shinji to kill it!

"Hey, it looks like I won this fight...... Well? The smoke cleared, and Shinji was preparing to attack the apostles. only to find that the place where the apostle was just now was empty. Looking towards the ruins of the third new Tokyo city. The Apostle was speeding toward the underground city.

"Oops!" Shinji's pupils contracted suddenly, and he hurriedly opened the wings of light and chased after the apostle, if the apostle hit the base with light, then a single blow would be enough to blow the entire pyramid building at the top of the base. Not only Misato and the rest of NERV, but even Asuka in the hospital and Rei, who had just retreated, could be implicated, so Shinji didn't have time to think at all, and conjured up the six-winged wings of light and chased in the direction of the apostle. However, at the very moment when the first machine rushed into the hole. Two sharp blade bands instantly poured into the body of the first machine.

Burst!!! Hiss......

The blade belt is poured into the chest of the first machine and follows the blade belt. Scarlet blood flowed downward, spilling on the apostle's body and face below.

"Plug...... Luer. Have you evolved! "Inside the first machine, Shinji spurted out a mouthful of blood.

"It's thanks to you, Shinji-kun." Sailul dragged the first machine slowly into the underground city. Then he threw the first machine out of the way. It happened to hit the pyramid building of NERV, and in an instant, half of the pyramid was smashed. "You know what? While the fruits of life are burning, we are also constantly growing and evolving. When the fruit of life burns out, we will also evolve to the top and then perish. You should be clear that the end of evolution is destruction, right? ”

"Ilor...... Is it? Shinji gasped and said weakly.

"That's right, every emissary has the ability to evolve, but it's different. Ilore's trait is evolution, so he can appear in that form, and I, after burning the fruit of life, the direction of my evolution is to refuse, and this trait is not just used to reject your attacks.

"Heh, is there still a rejection of the defeat of this battle? That's why you're ...... Oh, I lost to my strengths. It's underestimated. ”

"Truly, truly, truly. The outcome has been decided, Shinji Ikati, and I won this battle. Although it cost with his life, but. Boom ...... Come down with me and accompany Ilore and them!" As he spoke, Celul's four blades flew in unison, swinging towards the first machine.

"Cut...... Is it over? Shinji, who was lying on the ground, couldn't muster any strength and wanted to hide, but his body didn't obey the call, so he could only watch the blade fly towards him. But at the moment when the blade belt was about to cut the throat of the first machine, a huge blue figure blocked in front of the first machine.

Burst!!!

The muffled sound of the blade pouring into the flesh was particularly piercing, and in an instant, blood spilled all over the ground.

"Shinji...... Run......

"Li...... No!!!!!!!!! ”

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Fast forward in time, while the Apostles are fighting Shinji, another thing is happening on the other side of NERV.

"Machine Zero has been retracted, and Machine No. 2 has been retracted to Hangar No. 99 for emergency repair. The driver is alive and well, and the medical squad is in place. "At NERV's storage center, the medical staff and staff are busy with it. At the same time, Zero was retracted back to the hangar to repair the damaged parts of the battle just after saving the second machine.

"Pilot, are you alright?" Walking out of the plug, Rei asked Makipo for the first time.

"Ahh Ahhh......h "Are you the driver of Unit Zero?" Makibo grinned as she looked at Rei, who was holding her. "Hey, it's very similar."

"Like?"

"Ahh No, nothing. Makibo shook her head, and then the dizziness of her head nearly knocked her to the ground. Fortunately, the paramedics arrived and carried her on a stretcher.

"The driver of machine zero, you are called ...... Ayana, right? ”

"Yes."

"Ah~ah, I remember. The name. "After Mahipo lay on the stretcher. Relaxes the body. "Later...... You're still going to go up, right? ”

“……”

"Hey, be careful not to die." Zhen Xibo snorted. "Otherwise, the world will be destroyed. Whether it's you. Or him. ”

“…… I see, thank you, pilot number two. ”

"Don't always be the driver's name, my name is True Hippo. True Hippo, Mary, Elantrias. Don't forget. ”

"True Hippo......

"Hi ~ Hi!" Zhen Xibo laughed. "So. Ayana, please be careful. After saying that, Mahipo signaled to the medical staff and was sent to the hospital for first aid.

Rei stood in place and watched Makipo leave, looking back at the zero machine behind her, perhaps because of telepathy, or because of the shock caused by the retraction, in Rei's eyes. Machine Zero seemed to nod slightly, and then. Rei didn't hesitate and turned back into the plug. I got on the zero again

"Leigh, what are you doing?" In front of the command platform, Misato, who was still watching the battle, suddenly noticed Rei's actions in the hangar.

"Go to Shinji, that apostle is not something Shinji can handle alone."

"However, the zero machine has not been completely repaired......

"It's okay." Rei said calmly. "Machine Zero can also fight."

“…… Okay, then Unit Zero departs from the 15th passage and launches directly to the 3rd New Tokyo City, using the Yang Electron Cannon to give the Apostle a long-range attack and support the First Machine. ”

"Yes!"

After "Hu ......" gave the order, Misato came back to his senses and continued to pay attention to the battle situation above, but after just such a short period of effort, the situation on the battlefield has changed drastically. The first plane, which had an absolute advantage just now, flew out upside down at this time, and the apostle flying in the sky, although the two blade belts were cut off, but looking at the speed of continuous growth, I believe that it will not be long before the apostle's injuries will recover as before.

"What the hell is this...... What happened. Misato was surprised by the battle situation in front of her, and by her side, Ritsuko gave Misato an answer.

"Just now, the core of the Apostle produced a huge energy fusion, and it seems that it became like this in order to fight against the first machine."

"What?! Are you saying that the apostle just now has not used all his strength? ”

"Nope." Ritsuko said calmly. "This kind of unreasonable improvement must have its shortcomings." Ritsuko motioned for Maya to switch to the apostle's internal energy change reaction. It was found that there was a drastic increase in the blood group spectrum and the neutralization intensity of the A.T. Field, but this increase was not stable, and it was believed that it would not be long before it would decline, and in time, the apostle's function would also decline to a certain point.

"So as long as we can hold out until the apostle's power declines, we can win?"

"The premise is...... The First Machine can kill him before the power runs out. ”

After "......" Ritsuko's words, the scene was quiet. It wasn't until Hinata shouted out the apostle's movements that everyone reacted.

"The goal is to go to the underground city!"

"What!?"

Raising his head, the battlefield not far from the third Tokyo City was filled with gunsmoke, and the first machine was in the middle of the fog, while the Apostles in the sky were flying towards the underground city.

"Transfer Machine Zero to the seventh launch port, Leigh! GO TO GEO.FRONT AND GET READY TO MEET THE ENEMY! ”

"Yes!" A SOFT, BUT POWERFUL ANSWER WAS TRANSMITTED VIA AUDIO, AND THE ZERO THAT HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE SEVENTH LAUNCH PORT WAS IMMEDIATELY LAUNCHED TO GEO.FRONT. However, when Zero rose to the ground, what caught his eye was the brutal image of the first plane being pierced through the fuselage by the apostle's blade belt in the sky, throwing the first plane out.

"Shinji ......" The jewel-like pupils contracted slightly, and before Machine Zero could leave the shelf, Rei had already controlled Machine Zero to break free and run in the direction of the Apostle.

"Leigh! Calm down! Let's go to the weapons building at one o'clock and get the cation rifle! Seeing Rei's impulsiveness, Misato realized the seriousness of the situation, and although Misato wanted to calm Rei down with orders, at this moment Rei could no longer hear any other people's voices in her ears. There was only one command in her mind. Save Shinji from the apostles at any cost!

Burst!!!

At the critical juncture, the zero machine finally came to the side of the first machine, and one second before the blade belt penetrated the first machine, it blocked in front of the first machine, and the sharp blade belt came out of the body, and the blood sprayed out instantly stained the body of the first machine under the zero fuselage. In front of Shinji's eyes, scarlet filled his entire field of vision.

"Shinji...... Run......

"Li...... No!!!!!!!!! "Inside the first plane. Shinji's red and black pupils contracted unnaturally. In the next second, the only remaining black disappeared, replaced by two flashes of scarlet sheen. Shinji finally gave up resistance at this moment and completely fused with the fruit of life. In just an instant, the synchronization rate of the first machine broke through the 400 mark.

"Serul! I! Want! You! Die!!!!!!!!! ”

"Woohoo !!!!!!!" (To be continued......)

PS: Angels wait first, I'll finish the end of the demon first this time, and then I'll attack the angel with all my might, please don't be impatient.