Chapter 56: The Moment of Overlapping Hearts

"Na...... Stupid Shinji, tell me about it...... Let's talk about you and Ayana. ”

"Huh......?" Shinji was surprised, he didn't think Asuka would talk about such a topic. "Well...... The two of us, hehe, what do you want to hear? ”

"That's it...... How did you catch up with Ayana? According to my information in Germany, the first qualifier, Rei Ayana, has a blank slate, without any records, and I have heard from other sources that she is a very cold person. She never paid attention to anything other than orders. ”

"Hmm...... That's true, she was like this when I saw her on the first day, although she was just pushed in front of me in front of me in the hospital bed, but I still remember the empty look in her eyes. At this point, Shinji's eyes dimmed slightly, but they quickly returned to their original state. Well...... Anyway, Rei has started to care about everything like a normal girl now, and I think that's enough, isn't it? ”

"That's what you say...... But you don't seem to have answered me yet, how did you catch her? On the other bed, Asuka narrowed her half-moon eyes and looked at Shinji with a disdainful expression, of course, after turning off the light, the room was pitch black, and even if the two beds were not far apart, the two of them couldn't see each other.

"This ...... If you want to say how to catch it......" Shinji said thoughtfully as he put his hands behind his head and looked at the pitch-black ceiling. "Like...... After a long time, the relationship with Li is slowly getting better, after the battle of the Fifth Apostle, I once said a confession, but it didn't seem to be official, and then on the day of Tanabata, ......" Speaking of this, Shinji subconsciously closed his mouth, because he didn't want the tacit understanding he had just established with Asuka to be destroyed because he said two more words. However, it seems that Shinji is thinking too much, and Asuka didn't think about the events of Tanabata, but sat up and asked loudly. "Hey?! You won't be forced to get Rei to admit that she is your girlfriend because of that event on the day of Qixi Festival, right? ”

"Uh......" Shinji thought about it, and it seemed to ...... That's really the case.

"Irresponsible man......" Asuka once again showed a disdainful look and lay down anew.

"Well...... Don't say that. "Shinji is dumbfounded." But...... I used to make a promise to Leigh. I said that as long as I lived, I would not let the warmth she hoped for disappear. I think...... That's probably why Leigh wants to be with me. "Although there is a feeling of showing affection, Shinji is generous to bring his own affairs with Asuka one by one. Indeed, Shinji and Rei's feelings flowed slowly like water. There are no magnificent deeds, no sweet and moving dialogues, and some are just silently recognized in each other's hearts.

"Warm...... Is it? Listening to Shinji's words, Asuka's gaze was a little glazed. But none of these Shinji have seen.

"That'...... What about Asuka? How did you get to know your predecessors? Shinji asked the same question.

"Huh? Dislike! Don't ask girls that kind of question! Asuka's face flushed instantly, and then retorted loudly.

"Hey, hey. Sorry, sorry. Shinji laughed.

"That's true...... Asuka was displeased, but answered Shinji anyway. The blessed senior is my guardian, and since I was chosen by NERV, he has always been taking care of me, so in my eyes, he is the most perfect male partner. But ......" said this, and Asuka paused.

"But?"

"But...... The ex-girlfriend of the blessed predecessor is Misato, and I have had a lot of tantrums with him for this, although I have a good relationship with Misato, but when I think about the relationship between the two of them, I feel uncomfortable. As she spoke, Asuka grabbed her quilt and signaled that she felt a chill.

"Hehe, are you afraid that the two of them will rekindle their old relationship?" Shinji quipped.

"Cut...... Who would be afraid of that kind of thing, if Misato dares to approach my blessed senior, I will definitely make her look good! Asuka loudly announced her position.

"Really? That's going to have to work hard. Shinji smiled, then turned over, his back to Asuka. I guess that's the end of the conversation. So Shinji was going to sleep there. After all, there is still a difficult battle to be fought tomorrow.

There was silence for a moment, and the girl's voice rang out again. "Naw. Stupid Shinji, the promise you made to Rei...... The so-called warmth...... What does it look like exactly?

"Is it warm? Everyone's definition of warmth is different, right? Shinji didn't turn around, but said with his back to Asuka. I think...... Someone can be by her side, care for her, and take care of her. Don't use too much rhetoric, as long as you can be honest with her, for Leigh, this is the warmth she wants, right? Of course, I'm not 100% sure of Rei's mood. But at least what I did was for Liz and for myself. It's all warm. Asuka and Mr. Blessing must have felt this way too, right? ”…… For a moment, the room was silent.

Shinji waited, but he didn't hear the girl's answer. Just when he thought the girl had fallen asleep, he only heard a trivial voice next to Asuka's bed, probably going to the bathroom, right? But to Shinji's surprise, it didn't take long for Shinji to feel a weight on his bed. Shinji subconsciously turned around, but was interrupted by the girl's faint voice.

"Don't turn around." Shinji turned his head back in an instant. Immediately afterward, he heard the girl's voice with a hint of hope. "Stupid Shinji...... Slightly, let me stay here for a while. Listening to Asuka's words, Shinji's heart fluctuated slightly. Because from the words just now, Shinji heard the girl's emotions at the moment. That feeling is nothing like the emotion when Li talked to herself on the platform. It was a lonely, lonely emotion. There is no excessive language. The two of them just lay back to back, on a small bed.

"Asuka ......" After a long time, Shinji broke the brief silence and asked. You...... Why drive EVA? Feeling the same emotion as Asuka and Rei just now, Shinji also asked the same question.

"Stupid question, stupid Shinji, give me some quiet." Asuka said lightly. Still, she answered Shinji's question. "I drove the EVA for myself. In order to show their talents to the world, in order to win the attention of people all over the world. ”

"Is that so?" Shinji replied lightly. But I don't know what I'm thinking.

"What about you? Why should you drive an EVA? Asuka asked rhetorically.

"Me? My goal is not as great as that of you Asuka, I just want to protect the people I love and love me. ”

"Huh?" Asuka was surprised.

"Hmm. That's it. I don't want to be a savior, I just want to use my power to protect all the people I love and love me, so that they can live in this world in peace and happiness. Shinji paused and continued. Leigh, Sister Misato, Dad, Deputy Commander of Dongyue. Dr. Ritsuko. There are also Ibuki, Hinata, Aoba. There are also Dongji, Kensuke, Hikaru Togi and various classmates in the school, they are all the objects I want to protect, of course, Asuka you too. I don't want to achieve much of what I can achieve, and I don't care what the world has become, I just need to do my own thing, so that all the people who put their hopes in me will not be disappointed, so that everyone can live in peace and security, and that's why I drive EVA. ”

"Guardian...... Love someone? Asuka's heart trembled. Maybe...... That's why Ayanami likes you. Of course, she didn't say that.

Asuka gently closed her ice-blue eyes. The body shrank slightly, maybe the air conditioner was too low, and Asuka didn't cover the quilt, in order to seek warmth, Asuka subconsciously leaned towards Shinji, although across the quilt, but Shinji could clearly feel that Asuka's back had been attached to his back.

Feeling the girl's movements, Shinji gently pulled out the quilt under the girl's body, and then put it on the girl's somewhat trembling body, with Shinji's body temperature, a warm feeling filled Asuka's cold delicate body. At that moment, Shinji clearly felt Asuka tremble violently. Without saying anything superfluous, the two of them just lay back to back. After a long time, as if it was an illusion, Shinji heard the girl's slight words.

"That's what it is...... Is it warm? ”

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Drip! Drip! Drip!

Early the next morning, a piercing alarm spread throughout the city of Third Tokyo.

"The goal is to break through the Gora Absolute Defense Line, and we are currently heading from the valley towards the third new Tokyo City!" On the huge display of the command of the NERV, two huge apostles, one orange and one silver. It's walking in the direction of the city fortress step by step. Just look at the smooth surface of their body to tell that they have successfully healed the wounds from the last heat treatment.

"Is it three hours earlier than Magi predicted that the target is at Ground Zero?" Misato, who had just arrived, shouted in a hurry as she looked at the situation in front of her. "How's Eva?"

"Ready to strike." Ibuki looked back and reported. "But the two drivers ......"

"Really, what the hell are you doing? I'm going to find them! With that, Misato ran out of the command room again. Soon, Misato ran to the room where Shinji and the others were.

Bang!

Without knocking on the door, Misato took out the spare key and opened the door directly, and the two drivers had just sat up from the bed.

"Shinji, Asuka, you're ready for a decisive battle...... Is it? Pushing open the door, Misato was taken aback by the sight in front of her before she could finish her words.

Actually, it's nothing, it's just that Shinji and Asuka have just been woken up by the sound of the siren, and they haven't had time to get up from the bed yet. But Misato was not surprised why the alarm did not wake up the two people, but why the two people sat up from the same bed!

"Good morning. Miri. ”

"Good morning. Sister Miri. ”

Two lazy voices reached Misato's ears at the same time.

"You ...... Two ......" Misato stared blankly at the two people sitting up from a bed, suddenly feeling a little overwhelmed.

"Huh? What the? ”

"Huh? What the? ”

It's the same sound again. Then the two of them looked at each other blankly.

Three seconds later.

"Wow!! Misato, don't get me wrong, we didn't ......" Asuka saw where she and Shinji were now, and her face instantly turned red. Hurriedly defended himself to Misato.

"I don't have time to explain, you two, hurry up and change your clothes, the apostle has already called!" Saying that, Misato ignored Asuka's loud defense, and pulled the two of them to quickly run towards the locker room.

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"Pathway clearing. One qiē is normal. EVA First and Second Aircraft Sortie Ready! In front of the launch pad, the purple first and red second stood side by side at the launch port, waiting for Misato's order.

"Na...... You two. Whatever you did yesterday, your mission today is to bring down the apostles. No problem, right? Misato asked the two of them, and at the same time a cold sweat dripped nervously from her head.

"Hmm. No problem. Shinji replied with a stretch.

"What's fine!" Asuka turned on a video call and shouted at Shinji! "I repeat Miri, it's not what you see! Did you hear me clearly? It was an accident! ”

"Hi...... Hi. As long as you succeed in annihilating the apostles, I will see nothing. Misato waved her hand and smiled helplessly.

"Wow...... Finished. I couldn't wash it by jumping into the sea this time. Asuka held her head in remorse and complained. Actually, it was really an accident that Asuka slept in Shinji's bed yesterday. She wanted to lie down and go back to sleep. But Shinji just put the quilt on her body, Asuka after a day of training is already a little tired, let the warm quilt cover, sleepiness instantly hit Asuka, before Asuka consciously returned to his bed, he had already fallen asleep in a daze, and seeing Asuka who had been breathing evenly, Shinji naturally didn't dare to make any moves, for fear of noisy to the girl next to him. In this way, the two of them fell asleep back to back, and this sleep was not until the next morning, and there was the scene just now.

Through the video, Shinji looked at Asuka's annoyed look and was a little funny, but he really didn't dare to say anything. On the one hand, there is Misato's gossip eyes, and on the other hand, Asuka's strong self-esteem. And the most important point. What if Liz knew about this...... Shinji didn't dare to think about it.

"Listen, stupid Shinji, it was an accident yesterday! Now put all your energy on the Apostles, and as soon as the battle starts, open the A.T. Field to the maximum and advance as fast as you can, understand? ”

"Ah, don't worry, you must crush it in 62 seconds!"

"Sa...... External power supply drain. With Misato's order, the huge socket was pulled out of both EVA bodies. The timer in the cockpit lights up instantly. 1 minute and 10 seconds. Looks like I'm really going to bet on those 62 seconds.

“musicstart！ Sortie! ”

Bang! Bang!

With Misato's order, two EVAs were launched in an instant. Accompanied by intense dance music. The ground exit opened, and the two planes flew out of the ground with the help of the upward propulsion.

"A.T. Field, all open!"

"A.T. Field, all open!"

With the shouts of the children, the figures of the first and second planes in the air were blurred in an instant, and the powerful positions were immediately neutralized, and the only protective umbrella of the apostle was torn in an instant. The battle begins!

"Drink !!!!"

"Drink !!!!"

In the air, Shinji and Asuka let out a roar at the same time, and two fierce knees fell on the two apostles at the same time, the same as the last battle, Shinji faced the orange apostles, and Asuka was silvery-white, and the two bodies pulled out machine guns from the armed building at the same time, one left and one right strafed the two apostles, losing the protection of A.T. Field. The apostle's body was instantly shattered. Wrists, shoulders. None of them are good.

But the apostle's power of recovery should not be underestimated, at the moment when the limbs were shattered. The apostle's bowling hole face began to glow. Then, the scorching laser sprayed mercilessly at the two EVA machines. There was no hesitation. The two mechs were doing backflips in perfect synchrony like conjoined babies, and the apostle's light was all off without accident. But in this short period of time, the apostle's shattered body had been restored again.

The first and second planes came behind the defense board at the same time, and with a step on it, the huge defense board rose up. The apostle's scorching light finally stayed in front of the board and could not penetrate a single inch. But at the same time, it also left huge impact scars on the defense plates.

Seeing that the apostle was dumbfounded, the first and second machines poked their heads out at the same time and continued to shoot at the apostle. But the apostles weren't stupid. They will never be in the same trick a second time. Just as the bullet was about to hit the apostles, a huge circle of angelic light appeared above the heads of the two apostles at the same time. Then, as if out of gravity, the two apostles flew up. At the same time, he raised his arm covered with bone spurs and slashed at the defense board, and the two EVA machines dodged left and right at the same time as the apostle slashed.

"Rescue shot! Full fire! Seeing that the battle situation had reached a stalemate, Misato immediately ordered the sun downward, and then, all kinds of railguns and inducing missiles were smashed towards the apostle, and the apostle's body was wounded again. At the same time, because of the large amount of gunsmoke, the apostle lost his vision.

"Shinji!" Asuka looked excitedly at the first machine. And Shinji, who was sitting in the first machine, also smiled confidently. "Rush!"

There was no hesitation. The seamless coordination of the two EVAs surprised everyone present. The apostle, who had lost his vision, did not attack blindly, but quickly recovered his body in place, but in just a few seconds, Asuka and Shinji had already rushed to the side of the apostle, and with a fierce hook, the two apostles were knocked into the air at the same time. This was followed by a lower split, and the position of the kick was exactly the core of the apostle! The two apostles were repulsed by the same attack. The S2 mechanism in the middle also cracked. In order to repair the core, while being repulsed, the bodies of the two apostles began to transform, and the two broken bodies gradually began to merge, and the two cores became closer and closer.

"Asuka!" Shinji turned back and shouted to Asuka.

"I know! Fly! Asuka shouted in the same voice. With the girl's delicate drink. Two EVAs leap high. In the sunlight, the two bodies swirled and flew in the air at the same rhythm, like two proud goshawks, striking at the prey on the ground.

"Drink!!! Go to hell!!! ”

"Drink!!! Go to hell!!! ”

In the final action, the first and second planes made a swallow step back to back at the same time with the angry shouts of the two pilots. It stomped on the apostle's core, and the huge momentum caused the core to explode with a bang. The Apostle, who had not yet had time to reunite, was also rushed out of the Third Tokyo City with a huge momentum, and slammed into a hill outside the fortress.

Rumble!!!! Prosperous!!!!!

The huge explosion turned the place that was still a hill into a deep crater, and in the center of the crater, the first machine lay in it one on the left and one on the right.

"Uh...... Asuka, Shinji. Are you alright? Misato saw the two planes lying motionless in the pit. Misato asked timidly.

"Cut...... What's going on with the final landing, stupid Shinji, why didn't you catch me! Asuka had a big "well" on her head.

"Sorry...... Because during training, we forgot to calculate that the last movement would be affected by the blast. Shinji smiled wryly, looking embarrassed.

"Really. Sure enough, it's a stupid person. Asuka squinted at the half-moon and complained displeased to Shinji, "This kind of action can be done very well even if you don't train, right?" ”

"So I'm sorry......" Shinji left a drop of cold sweat on his head.

"Forget it. A fool is a fool. Fortunately, the apostle was successfully eliminated this time. I'll forgive you. Asuka closed her eyes relaxed and let out a long breath.

"Hehe, thank you princess for not killing." Shinji also breathed a sigh of relief, leaned back, and leaned back in the driver's seat.

On the podium, Misato smiled gently, the two children's expressions, although there were constant interludes in the middle, but in the end it was enough to be satisfying. "Hehe, you two, hard work."