Chapter 45: After the Retreat

"At 10:58:15 a.m. today, the first and second EVA planes were attacked by targets A and B that were separated into two, and retreated at 58:20 at the same time, and at 11:03 a.m., NERV gave up operational command and handed over command to the United Nations Second Front, and at 11:05 a.m., the Second Front carried out heat treatment of the latest N2 mine on the Apostle. Successfully melted 28% of the enemy's constituent matter. According to Magi's calculations, the time for the apostle's next activity is one week away. Maya Ibuki reported as she manipulated the slides. And there were a lot of people in the entire lecture hall, and the two drivers were definitely present, they were sitting in the first row, Asuka was on the right, Shinji was on the left, and the two people were deliberately separated by two positions, and on the left side of Shinji, Rei, who was dressed in a school uniform, was also sitting there. In the back row are the blessing of Ryoji and Ritsuko, and after that are the relevant personnel of the various departments of NERV and the deputy commander of Fuyutsuki. Except for Misato Katsuragi and Ikari Gentoto, almost all the relevant responsible persons and combatants were all in place.

"Look at it! It's all because of your clumsiness that my rare first battle was ruined! Asuka stood up and shouted at Shinji.

"......" Shinji didn't pay attention to Asuka's complaints, but sat quietly in his chair and looked at the big screen, with a hint of solemnity between his eyebrows. Truly. Since Shinji came to NERV, he has won four consecutive battles, and he also has an unshirkable responsibility for this defeat, so it doesn't matter if Asuka complains about himself.

Seeing that Shinji didn't refute herself, Asuka's eyebrows raised again, and then she sat down in her chair and stopped talking.

"You two, do you know what your job as an EVA driver is?" Deputy Commander Dongyue stood up with a displeased face and said.

Shinji didn't answer, and Asuka replied cautiously. "Driving Eva?"

"Wrong. It's to bring down the apostles! Dongyue said angrily. Our nerv's storage zài is not for the Combine to see a joke! Organize the battle data well, and then strike again! ”

"Cut. The guy who loves face was really spoiled by my dad. Shinji muttered something in a low voice, and no one heard it except Rei, who was sitting next to him. Rei only glanced at Shinji when she heard Shinji's complaints, but didn't say anything. She knew that Shinji was not in a very good mood at the moment.

"Dr. Ritsuko, let's briefly explain the combat data collected." Fuyutsuki ordered as he sat down in his chair.

"Yes." Ritsuko picked up the report and read it. Regarding the analysis of the apostle's abilities, Magi believes that the seventh apostle, the musical angel Isrfafel, has the ability to regenerate rapidly and doppelganger, and the battle data shows that the apostle has repeatedly avatared Target A and Target B, and can quickly recover from injuries including amputated limbs after being injured. The recovery process takes about 2 to 4 seconds, and when the two doppelgangers' S2 traps are damaged, they will merge to restore fùs2 traps. The process takes about 5 seconds. After that, the separation can be continued. ”

"In other words, you have to deal a fatal blow on the two S2 traps within 5 seconds of the Apostle's merger to be resolved?" Shinji listened to the report and spoke his opinion.

"Theoretically, yes, so the two of you must be required to work together and deliver the apostle a fatal blow." Ritsuko put down the report and said to Shinji and the others.

"What? Why should I work with such people! I'm enough for one person! Asuka shouted loudly.

“…… Forget it, you'll take care of the rest. Dongyue reluctantly pressed the button on her seat and left the lecture hall. And the relevant personnel of various departments also walked out one after another with the departure of the deputy commander.

"Is the deputy commander angry? Why are adults so angry? Asuka was a little dissatisfied when she saw the deputy commander's attitude.

"Because it's an adult. Adults love face. Blessing explained to her with a smile.

"I really don't understand, but forget it, bless the seniors, let's go to dinner together~" Asuka saw the blessing talking to herself, and the unhappiness just now had already been left behind.

"Hehe, it's fine. Anyway, EVA needs to be repaired in the near future, so let's take this time to rest. Shinji-kun, Ali, do you want to go to dinner together? ”

"Uh...... No need, I'll just go back and eat with Li. Shinji looked at Asuka next to him with an expression that if you dare to go, she will kill you, and smiled helplessly. By the way, what about Miss Misato? Why didn't you see her? ”

"She. We should do the aftermath again. The blessing winked at Shinji, "Well...... In any case, the person in charge is for the sake of being responsible. ”

"Is that so? I know, then let's go back first, see Mr. Bless tomorrow, see you tomorrow? Spice up! Pedi Ox? 嫠寐氏珱隽囮u嫣鲈蚴apologize? Su Su Mei twilight Zhu Yan? P> "What?" What a nasty guy. Asuka pouted at Shinji who walked out of the door, and then immediately changed her face, stood up and smiled and said with her blessed arm. Let's go, bless the seniors~"――

a.t.field――

Walking out of Nerv's headquarters with Rei, Rei had already walked from behind Shinji to his side, looking at Shinji's solemn face, Rei asked. "Shinji, are you angry with the second qualified person?"

"Huh? Why do you ask? Beautiful. Shinji was a little puzzled when he heard Rei's words.

"Because from the very beginning, the second qualifier has been complaining about you. You don't seem to be very happy to look at you, are you angry? ”

"Hehe, how can it be, I'm not such a stingy person, and I also have an unshirkable responsibility for this battle, just now I was just thinking about how to fight this high-speed regeneration apostle who can separate and merge with it." Shinji smiled softly. "Well...... Anyway, I can't think of it now, so let's put it first, this is Sister Misato's job, so I won't bother with that first. As he spoke, Shinji waved his hand at Rei and made a look of distraction, and the expression on his face returned to his usual giggling appearance.

"Well, then, where do we go now?" Rei saw Shinji regain his original appearance, and a faint smile appeared on his face and continued to ask.

"Hmm...... It's already noon, so let's go eat first. It's too late to go home and cook, so can I go out and eat some? Shinji reached out and took the backpack from Rei's hand and smiled.

"Hmm." Rei just replied softly.

"Oh, yes. You wait a minute. Shinji took Rei's bag and walked towards the parking lot not far from the door. Finally, he stopped in front of an inconspicuous black car and knocked on the car glass. The glass of the car was immediately shaken down, and the one sitting inside was Tenzo, who had been protecting Shinji and them on the orders of Gento Ikari Tsukasa.

"Tenzo, please send our backpack home first, this is my room card, after opening the door, the schoolbag and card will be placed in the entrance, of course, you have to ask Katsuragi Misato Nizo for instructions, and then you can go to eat, this time you have worked hard, I want to be alone with Rei this afternoon. So please go back and rest first.

"Okay, Mr. Ikati, I wish you all a nice afternoon." Tenzo took Shinji's two backpacks and put them on the back seat, and then drove away in a black car.

On the car, Tianzang wiped the cold sweat on his head, this Ikari Shinji is really terrible, he thinks he is from the spy department of NERV, tracking and anti-tracking can be said to be commonplace for him, once he was not found once when he was doing a hidden mission, this time he parked the car in the parking lot, in order not to be discovered, he deliberately picked an inconspicuous, the car glass is a pure black reflective car, but that's it, his location was found by Shinji at a glance, if Shinji is an enemy, He might have gone to God a long time ago, right? It seems that in the future, I should be more careful with this Ikari Shinji, and I must not do anything out of the ordinary because of Commander Ikati's orders, which is more severe than being revoked by Commander Ikati, and may even die because of it!

Seeing Tenzo drive away, Shinji just smiled lightly and returned to Rei's side again. And Rei didn't say anything, just walked side by side with Shinji.

"Leigh, don't you want to ask who it was just now?" After a brief silence, Shinji first asked his own question.

"Why do you ask?" Rei looked at Shinji with a puzzled expression.

"Huh? According to common sense, I just knocked on the glass of a strange car, don't you have any doubts about that? Shinji asked with an interested expression.

"Well, there is no doubt." Rei said in amazement.

"Hey? Could it be that Li, you have already discovered him, so you are not surprised? ”

"Well, before Shinji you came here, that person used to follow me all the time, although only from a distance, but he followed me every day whether it was to school or after school, but I didn't feel his malice, so I didn't care. After about a month, he stopped following me, and after I moved to Sister Misato's house, I could feel the man's breath reappearing, but he followed us from a distance. Li said lightly.

"That's right...... I didn't expect Li's perception to be so strong. Shinji couldn't help but praise Rei's perception. Then he explained his behavior: "That person was sent by my father, ostensibly to protect our safety, but in fact it is for surveillance." In this way, nothing is lost. But for the sake of his dedication, I have been ignoring it, after all, it is his job. But today is a bit special, and it's rare to be able to have a meal together. I wanted to be able to talk to you alone, so I broke him away, hehe. Shinji scratched his head embarrassedly and said.

Hearing Shinji's words, Rei's cheeks flushed slightly and she spoke. "So, where are we going?"

"I remember there was a nice fast food restaurant near the school, and I heard that the fruit salad, ice cream and fries there tasted good, so let's try it. As he spoke, Shinji took Rei's hand and walked in the direction of his car. Feeling the warmth of Shinji's hand, Rei's cheeks flushed again, and Shinji was allowed to pull forward.

PS: According to EVA's timeline, it was Tanabata when fighting with the Seventh Angel, so the next chapter Xiaofeng will open a Tanabata chapter first. As for the concept of timeline in the original EVA, there is basically no concept of timeline, so Xiaofeng will use the timeline of Ayana's cultivation plan as the benchmark to float up and down the time, and the error will not be too big, and the next chapter is 10,000 words~ Ladies and gentlemen, please look forward to it.