Chapter Twenty-Eight: Prelude to the Battle

eva…… What the hell are you? At sunset, Shinji, who was sitting on the train, asked his heart. Why am I in this place? Why should I drive EVA? Dad, what the hell are you going to do? Mom, where are you? Leigh, where are you? Although he was asking himself, Shinji's mind became more and more confused, and all kinds of questions kept circling in Shinji's heart, and gradually, the question became an answer, and on the other side of his seat, Shinji saw another self. Because you're looking for answers, you're here. Because you want to fulfill your heart's desire, you are here. Because you want to protect your loved ones, you are here!

"Hmm!!" Shinji opened his eyes, and cold sweat continued to break out from his forehead.

Didi... Drip... Drip...

"Is it a dream?" Shinji smiled helplessly, looking at the familiar ceiling, listening to the sound of the heartbeat detector next to him, Shinji's mind slowly closed. "What an unpleasant dream."

"Shinji-kun, are you awake?" A soft voice came. Shinji looked at the source of the voice, and he saw Rei's worried face sitting next to him.

"Leigh? Have you been here all along? Hehe, every time I get injured and unconscious, you stay by my side. Thank you. Cough...... Cough" Shinji sat up slowly, coughing a few times due to the sharp pain in his chest.

"Shinji-kun, you don't matter, do you?" Rei heard Shinji's cough and hurriedly stood up and looked at Shinji with concern.

"Hmm...... I'm fine, Li, it's just a little painful, by the way, how is the apostle? Shinji didn't say much about his injuries, but was more concerned about the apostles, after all, he was defeated.

After receiving Shinji's affirmative answer, Rei sat back in her chair. Gently tell Shinji what happened during the time he was unconscious.

"Right now, the Apostle is drilling in the underground space directly above the NERV headquarters, and he should be planning to attack the headquarters directly." Rei Shinji introduced the current situation of the battle, as well as the information of the apostles. "According to Magi's calculations, RV's most advanced model is called the Three Sages' supercomputer. As will be discussed in later chapters, I will not go into too much detail here. The Apostle will drill through all of the defenses in the Underground at 0:6. According to the results of the analysis of the Operations Section, the Apostle will automatically attack enemies within a certain distance, which means that it is impossible to use EVA for melee combat. The apostle's a.tfield is also very strong, and the phase space is different due to the change of the apostle's shape. It is extremely difficult to neutralize. According to Magi's calculations, it was necessary to use enough N2 bombs to destroy the nerv in order to inflict damage on it. ”

"Invulnerable?" Shinji smiled with some disdain. "It looks like a mobile fortress. So, Miss Misato, they must have figured out a way too, right? ”

"Yes." Rei saw Shinji return to his former state, and his hanging heart relaxed. Continue to say to Shinji. "I'm also here to explain to you the orders given by Minister Katsuragi." Leigh picked up a small notepad from her side. Slowly. "Now to convey the Yashima operation plan to be launched at 0:00 tomorrow, the Hachito operation. Shinji Ikari and Rei Ayanami gathered at the second terminal at 19 o'clock this evening, and at 8 o'clock they began to move with the first machine and the zero machine. Set off at 8:05 and arrive at the second fortress of Erzishan at 8:30 to stand by. Zero-hour start the operation. ”

"Battle Hachishima? That's to gather the power of all of Japan. What kind of plan did Miss Misato come up with? Shinji was a little helpless, not knowing what idea Misato had come up with.

Hula

Rei opened the food box next to her, "Shinji-kun, let's eat, there's still an hour to go." ”

"Well, okay, thank you Leigh." I haven't eaten since the morning, and I'm really a little hungry. "That's right. Leigh, have you eaten? Before starting, Shinji still asked.

"Not yet, I'll eat after I convey the battle plan to you." Rei packed her bag and prepared to leave.

"So. Let's eat together, I can't eat that much anyway. "Look at the food in front of me, barbecued pork, eggs, bread, milk, fried noodles, fruit salad and so on. Shinji decided that it would be better to eat with Rei.

"Hmm." Rei hesitated slightly, but did not refuse, and made it next to Shinji's bedside and ate with Shinji. Maybe it's better for two people to eat together.

While eating, Shinji discovers a small detail. "Leigh, why don't you eat meat?" Shinji looked at Rei curiously, and he realized that since eating, Rei had touched the only food that was bread. Mashed potatoes, milk and fruit salad only. The chicken chop that she specially left for Li, she didn't touch the barbecue. "Yes, I don't like meat." Rei swallowed the food in her mouth and said softly to Shinji.

"That's ......" Shinji thought.

After a long time, the two of them were ready to set off after a full meal. Shinji got out of bed and walked outside, but Rei stopped him. "Shinji-kun." Leigh's cheeks began to burn.

"What's wrong, Leigh?" Shinji looked at Rei's somewhat squirming state and was a little puzzled.

"Shinji-kun, I've put your new combat uniform on the cabinet." After that, he ran out the door.

Shinji raised an eyebrow and looked at himself. Except for a necklace on his chest, Shinji didn't have any clothes on him. Suddenly, the old face turned red, no wonder Lihui blushed like that, why didn't she notice that she was not wearing clothes. Due to the relationship between the room temperature and the fact that the driver's suit was originally a close-fitting design, the special material made me feel similar to not wearing clothes, so the current situation appeared, and I didn't even notice it. Shinji hurriedly grabbed the combat uniform on the cabinet and put it on himself, and after making sure that there was nothing wrong with him, he cowardly walked out of the ward.

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Eight o'clock in the evening. The first and zero planes arrived at the Erzishan Fortress on time. Next to the rack, Shinji and Rei meet Misato, who is busy directing.

"Miss Misato, we're here." Shinji greeted Misato.

"How do you feel when you wake up Shinji-kun?" Misato was a little relieved to see Shinji's state, but she still asked.

"Well, it's not bad, I feel like I've been cooked, maybe I can put some ingredients in the pot when I get home." Shinji joked.

"I'm sorry Shinji-kun, I seriously injured you because of my command error, but I'm relieved to see that you're in such good shape." Misato said apologetically to Shinji, but Shinji just shrugged his shoulders and said he was fine.

"Then I begin to announce to you your mission in this battle. This operation is a sniper attack from a long distance. A cationic sniper rifle was used. Ritsuko will explain the details to you later, Shinji-kun, you fly the first machine as a sniper. Ali piloted Zero to take charge of the defense. ”

"Yes"

Rei replied powerfully in a soft voice.

"Miss Misato, can you change the role? I'll defend and let Leigh snipe again? Shinji's idea was to defend himself, and he didn't want Rei to get hurt at all.

"Shinji-kun. This sniper requires a high level of precision, so although the first is still being repaired, it is more advantageous than the zero that has not been adjusted. So it's up to you to snipe. Ritsuko walked over from the side. Explain it to Shinji. "Listen to Shinji-kun, the positive electrons will be offset by the rotation of the earth, the magnetic field, and the force of gravity. Don't forget to fix those errors. Thus running through the core of the apostles. ”

"Huh? Is it so troublesome? I've played with sniper rifles, but cation guns...... I haven't used it, so I don't know its trajectory. Moreover, I don't know where the core of the apostles is. Shinji was honest about his problem.

It seems that Shinji's question has long been expected, and Ritsuko is not embarrassed to say the answer. "It's okay Shinji-kun, the core is only exposed inside the target when attacking, and according to the analysis, the Apostle's S2 mechanism is located in the center of it. The sniper position and firing parameter setting are all taken care of by us. All you have to do is take aim and pull the trigger when the center coincides with the red sign. The rest of the machinery will do the rest, and to be on the safe side, we have also equipped the rifle with manual aiming, which of course is only used as a last resort. However, the launch of the cation rifle could only be fired by borrowing electricity from all of Japan, and concentrating such a huge amount of electricity on one point meant that the first machine could not move when the gun was fired. ”

"This is normal, except in the game, the sniper doesn't play with throwing guns." Shinji smiled. Looking at the transformer as tall as a hill in front of him, Shinji looked a little excited, he hadn't touched a sniper rifle for a long time, but he hoped he still had the feeling he had back then.

"By the way, what if the other party attacks me too? How is Leigh going to defend? With his own affairs settled, Shinji began to worry about Rei's problems.

Bang Dang!

A huge shield was erected on a platform not far in front of Shinji. "Our means of defense...... That's all there is to it. It is a heat-resistant heavy shield with an ultra-electromagnetic wave coating. According to calculations, it should survive 17 seconds under the Apostle's attack. ”

"But...... Judging by how I'm hurting, the Apostle's particle cannon can fire for more than 17 seconds......" Shinji was a little displeased.

"I'm sorry, Shinji-kun, but this is the limit of our science, so you're going to fight for it with one shot." Ritsuko seemed to understand Shinji's thoughts, and said with a little apologies.

"I ...... As long as you are responsible for protecting the first machine, right? Leigh, who was standing aside, spoke.

"Yes." Ritsuko replied.

"I see." The simple answer made Shinji feel even more uncomfortable when he heard it.

Misato also frowned, looked down at her watch, and said to the two. "When the time comes, go change your clothes."

"Yes."

"Yes."

in the locker room. Shinji, who had changed his clothes, apologized to Rei, who was still changing clothes behind a layer of curtains. "I'm sorry, Leigh. About me and my dad and your promises...... I'm sorry. I didn't do anything. ”

"It's okay." Thinking of the conversation between Shinji and Ikari Gento and the attitude of Ikari Gento when the zero machine was in the morning, Rei's eyes were a little gloomy, but they quickly regained their original brilliance. "Commander Ikin said that if this operation is successful, his words will still be valid."

"Huh?" Shinji raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect his father to give himself face like this. "Great!" Shinji screamed excitedly, and that trace of displeasure had been thrown out of the clouds by him. Then he calmed down again, and said to Li embarrassedly. "I'm sorry Li, you didn't ask us how you felt when you patronized us."

"Shinji-kun, what do you mean?" Leigh was already dressed in her combat uniform. I'm cleaning up the school uniform that has been changed.

"As for the guardian, I want you to move in with Miss Misato as well. Didn't even ask you how you felt. Shinji said apologetically. Well, Leigh. I would like to invite you to come and stay with us, would you like to? ”

Crash.

The curtain was opened by the girl on the other side, and what caught her eye was the white combat uniform, as well as the girl's perfect curves and angelic face.

"Hmm." The girl's cheeks were slightly red, and she made a sound as light as a mosquito. But this small voice was still captured by Shinji. A sunny smile spread across Shinji's face. Without too many words, the boy took the girl's hand and walked out the door.

As if what followed was not a brutal battle, but the beginning of a new day.

PS: Whoo...... I'm scared to death.,I landed on the pen fun pavilion for an afternoon today www.biquge.info I didn't board it.,I thought I couldn't update it today.,It's okay......

The Angel Guardian has been updated to Chapter 28.,Tomorrow is the lifting of the ban on 10,000 words.,I think,Tomorrow should also be a chapter that you're looking forward to.,That's the most classic picture in EVA.。 Xiaofeng has also left behind the idea of continuing to write articles in the past two days, trying his best to improve tomorrow's article, if you are satisfied with tomorrow's article, I hope that you can make a recommendation or an evaluation for Xiaofeng, Xiaofeng is grateful If you can't make you satisfied, then it can only mean that Xiaofeng's level needs to be improved, but I will work hard. I also hope that all the judges will look forward to the smile in the moonlight in Chapter 29