Chapter 33: Homecoming

On the other side, Shinji took the elevator to the command room.

"Knock knock." Shinji knocked on the door of the command room.

"Who?" A slightly older voice came from the speaker next to the door. Shinji knew that it was Fuyutsuki-sensei's voice.

"Teacher Dongyue?" Shinji asked politely and spoke into the speaker what he meant. "I'm Shinji, I'm here to find my father, is he there?"

"Ah, come in, Shinji-kun." Fuyutsuki turned off the speaker and opened the door to the command room, and Shinji walked into the command room. The room was large, and as soon as you entered the door, you could see the huge map on the floor, which should be a map of the city of Tokyo and its surroundings from the range. On the opposite side of the door is a large floor-to-ceiling glass window, which gives an unobstructed view of the entire underground city, but perhaps for people or other reasons, the huge glass window is tightly hidden by black curtains. There was only a gap between the edge and the middle, and there was no light in the room, but the faint light from the huge map on the floor, and the rays of sunlight outside the window, supported the light of the whole room.

"Shinji. What are you doing here? An indifferent voice came from the dimly lit room. Shinji, who was standing in the doorway, withdrew his gaze and found the source of the sound. On the other side of the huge map, in the middle of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, Gento Ikari sat motionless at the Kusunoki table in an iceberg-like posture. Through the sunshine outside the window, I can only see the figure of Yuandu Ikari, but I can't see my face. Behind him, Fuyutsuki surprisingly did not stand behind him, but sat at a conference table closer to the window, holding a book in his left hand, looking at it while playing shogi with his right hand. Presumably the book in your hand is a chess game, right?

"Can't you come to see your dad if you're fine?" Shinji asked with a smile. Leisurely walked in front of Ikari Gentoto. "I said Dad, don't you have a backache if you sit like this all day?" Shinji looked at the wooden chair under Gento Ikari as if his father could hear the squeaky screams of the chair as long as he moved it slightly. "It wouldn't be too expensive to get a leather seat. Why do you have to abuse yourself? Shinji said as he bypassed the 10,000-year-old iceberg and walked in the direction of the window.

"That's all you came here for?" Gento Ikari ignored Shinji's words. Probably for him. Except for work matters, other meaningless words are a waste of his time.

"If it's okay, go out quickly, I still have to work." The cold words seemed even colder in the large, dimly lit room. But Shinji didn't care. Opened the curtain by a small gap. Look at the majestic scene of the underground city outside.

"Hmm. If you have to say something, then give me the custody of Rei Ayanami. Shinji let go of the curtain he was holding in his hand and sat down next to Fuyutsuki, looking at the chessboard on the table. Said with an interested face.

"Remember the last time I fought with the Apostles, it seems that I won, you won't cheat, right?" Shinji didn't look back at Ikari Gento, because even if he did, he could only see the motionless back. Instead, the focus was on the board. Judging from Dongyue's movements, he should be playing against each chess game. After just a few rounds, Shinji understood the rules of shogi a little. It's not much like Chinese chess.

"That's right." Yuandu didn't say much. I picked up the phone from the side and dialed the HR department.

During the time that Ikari Yuandu was calling, the duel between Dongyue and the chess game was coming to an end. Look at the situation. Dongyue is not optimistic, if he follows Dongyue's current play, he will be defeated in a few more rounds. And Shinji is watching Dongyue constantly regret the chess, keep playing, and then regret the chess. After a few regrets. Dongyue just sat there and didn't make any movements. Instead, he quietly thought about it, hoping to find a way to break his disadvantage.

"Alright, Shinji, I've already called the HR department. The custody process will be transferred to your name after a few hours. Yuandu put down the phone in his hand and didn't look back. Instead, he crossed his hands in front of his face and supported his body. And it was the slight movement that made the chair under him emit a trace of sorrow, which happened to reach Shinji's ears. "If nothing else, go back, I still have to work." Yuandu's cold voice sounded again.

After hearing the answer he wanted, Shinji smiled and took one last look at the scenery outside the window. Without Dongyue's permission, he repented of two moves on the chessboard without permission, and after moving a chess piece, he strode out of the command room. Leaving behind a surprised look on his face and Ikari Gento, whose expression has not changed.

"Ikati, have you ever taught your son to play shogi?" After Shinji left, Fuyutsuki stood up and asked Ikari Gento with a hint of surprise and curiosity.

"No, what's wrong?" Ikari Gento turned back and leaned back in his chair, and the chair under him let out a squeaky scream.

"No, nothing." Fuyutsuki looked at the shogi who was in front of him and didn't know how to describe it. Then he put down the chess game in his hand, stood up and looked at the scenery outside the window. Go on. "Is it really okay to transfer Rei's custody to Shinji?"

"Ah, that's okay." Ikari Gento's expression and tone did not change at all. "That doesn't affect the script. The second qualifier will soon be coming from Germany, and there will be no change in the plan. ”

"Hehe, there's more than one second qualifier from Germany, right?" Fuyutsuki sat down in a chair from the beginning. But his eyes were still fixed out the window. This time it was as if I was expecting something. "The key that opens the door to humanity's completion plan. The Key of Nebuchadnezzar. ”

"Yes, it will start soon, and it belongs to our path to godhood." A sneer appeared at the corner of Yuandu's mouth.

"Yui. Soon we will be able to meet, waiting for me. ”――

a.t.field――

The picture changes back to the hospital.

In the hospital room, Rei, who woke up slowly, opened her hazy sleepy eyes, and her ruby eyes shone with a moving light in their sockets.

Standing up gently, Li's originally fair face looked a little sickly pale against the blue and white striped hospital gown. The red eyes looked around the room, and did not find anyone's existence, the soft sunlight shining through the window, although the cicadas outside the window never stopped, but it could not disturb the peaceful environment in the room. Maybe one minute, maybe the next, the quiet girl on the bed locked her eyes on the table, a note pressed under a transparent beaker. Standing up from the side of the bed, Leigh picked up the note on the table, on which was written a line of neat and powerful letters.

[Li, have a good rest, I'll pick you up at night.] Shinji Ikari. 】

A short line softened Reya's slightly disappointed eyes, and when the girl lay on the bed again, her red eyes had regained their original brilliance. Thinking of the scene last night, Leigh's cheeks were a little hot.

"Home, a place to rest, a warm place, a feeling that has never been felt before," Rei closed her eyes, and in her mind, smiling faces appeared one after another, in a warm place, there was Shinji, there was Misato, and herself.

"Is this home?" Li's heart was full of anticipation, and there was a slight hint of nervousness and unease. But with the beautiful picture in my mind, the slightest uneasiness gradually faded, leaving only happiness and joy on the smiling face, and soon, the girl fell asleep again, after all, after a battle with the fifth apostle Thunder Angel, Li really needed a good rest for a while.

At noon that day, Shinji who came out of Nerv returned to his home, and since he was going to bring Rei back in the evening, it was not okay to clean it well, so he couldn't let the family live in a mess. However, looking at the eyes of the room with Ling Lang, the corners of Shinji's mouth twitched a little. Obviously they were cleaned every day, but on the table and on the floor, you could still see some empty wine bottles and snack bags. Could it be that after living with Misato for a long time, he has started to become sloppy? Shinji sighed and smiled helplessly, took out the cleaning tools from the locker, put on a wide apron, and put on a headscarf, and began to clean the room while humming a country tune like a typical housewife.

"Fifteen moons, why are you so round?" (Aotian: O Nima, author, is there this minor key here!) Changed it for me! Author: Yes, yes. That's it. ==）

"You are the most beautiful cloud in my sky, pour it full of wine for you to stay~" (Click.) The sound of a pistol being loaded sounded...... Bang! Author:...... ）

Ahem. At the same time as the author runs the corpse, we change the lens again,

In the headquarters of NERV, Ikari Gento was dialing a confidential phone.

"I'm sorry for you, I owe you a favor again." Yuandu's voice was still indifferent, but there was a hint of excitement in his tone. It's really hard to tell if you don't listen closely. "Hehe, you don't mean to pay it back anyway, do you?" A very magnetic male voice came from the other side of the earpiece, and before Gento Ikari could speak again, the voice sounded again. "This is the application form that they made for the purpose of making the information public. I mixed up the fake information and barely managed to get through it. The government, for its part, has been building up its armaments, but in a few days, they will be disappointed. There was clearly a hint of mockery in the man's words. By the way, let's take care of that plan, what do you think? ”

"Ah, judging from your information, there should be no problem, and the original script will be carried out." After that, Gento hung up the phone and looked up at the photo of the strange machine on the screen. There was a moment of silence.

"Humph!" A cold voice filled the room, and the tone was full of disdain and ridicule. With that cold snort, the screen was closed. The room, which was already dim, became extremely dark in that instant.

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