Chapter 27: The Fifth Apostle Strikes

"The object of surveillance intruded into the Odawara Defense Line". In the headquarters, the system reports the movements of the comers.

On the screen, the huge flying object is a sapphire blue octahedron, and in the corner of its center is a layer of tiny gaps, and the translucent body shines with a jewel luster, reflecting the white clouds in the sky and the city underground, and the huge body looks like a fortress in the sky. Above the regular octahedron, a huge angelic circle of light appeared and disappeared with an eerie cry.

"Unknown Flying Object Analysis Complete. The pattern is blue, and it is confirmed as the apostle. Aoba looked at the number and reported to Misato behind him.

"Is it the Fifth Apostle?" Fuyutsuki, who had just taken the elevator to the command platform, said to Yuandu Ikari beside him.

"Well, it looks like that, let the first machine attack." Ikari Yuandu helped himself with the pair of glasses that didn't fit well. With a cold face, he walked to his familiar table.

"Only send the first machine? Hasn't machine zero been successfully started? Misato was a little puzzled and turned back to ask Yuandu Ikari, who had already sat down and had become a 10,000-year-old iceberg.

"The zero machine has just been successfully started and is not stable, so I can't let it out." Gentoto, who sat back at the table, crossed his hands in front of his face. An unknown sneer slowly floated on his face.

"I see. EVA Prima is ready to attack! Misato put aside her doubts and gave the order to attack.

"The target invaded the sky over Lake Ashi, and the first aircraft was reequipped with a surface-to-air attack equipment. Ready to attack is completed, please instruct. Hinata checked that it was correct and asked Misato behind him.

With Misato's "attack". The entire first machine was launched with a "bang". Shinji complained to Misato while enjoying the roller coaster. "Now, Miss Misato, what kind of attack do you say this apostle is going on? That fortress-like body, is it a sacrifice of the impact? Or does it have a mobile turret like a real fortress? ”

"You little ghost, just give me a good command to fight. How is there so much nonsense. Misato said angrily with a big "well" on her head, and then Misato turned around to find Rei's location, she wanted Rei to cheer Shinji again. However, Li had just finished the linkage test of the zero machine at this time, and she had not yet had time to report to the headquarters.

"High energy response found inside the target!" Before Misato could find Rei, the screen of Aoba's monitoring changed dramatically, so she immediately reported it loudly.

"What?!" Misato was also shocked, only to see the apostle on the screen gradually begin to change shape from the regular octahedron. The regular octahedron divides into two halves from the middle, and the regular triangle of the two halves gradually shrinks and transforms. Two huge rectangles were formed and converged in the middle, and the entire body became an hourglass-like shape, and in the center of the hourglass, a red sphere shone with a blinding red light. The tremendous energy visible to the naked eye is gradually converging.

"The circumference begins to accelerate, and a huge amount of unknown energy converges!" Aoba also panicked in the face of the number in front of him.

At the same time, Shinji, who was sitting in the first machine, had just arrived in the fortress city on a roller coaster. But before Shinji could get out of the rack in a hurry, he heard Misato's anxious shouts.

"Is it a particle cannon? Shinji get out of the way! ”

"Huh?"

Before Shinji could react, a strange scream was heard in the distance. Apparently it was the voice of the apostles. With that piercing scream, the red orb in the center of the apostle shone even more dazzlingly than before. Immediately after that, a scorching particle cannon flew in the direction of the first machine, and the light pierced through the armed buildings one after another, and finally hit the first machine in the chest. The armor on the chest of the first machine was instantly melted by the scorching fire.

Inserted into the plug, the LCL solution boiled at the apostle's attack, and yellow bubbles gurgled out. The shrill sirens constantly filled Shinji with a pained face. His chest was burning with the laser's blow. Enduring the severe pain, Shinji hurriedly turned on the A.T. Field of the first machine to resist the strong attack.

The entire war room glowed red. Sirens are constantly sounding.

"The synchronization rate has fallen to the lowest. A.T. Field can barely stay in shape. Ritsuko hurriedly reported the situation of the first machine.

"Spread your defensive armor, quick!" Misato hurriedly ordered.

Click. Swish......

A thick layer of heat-insulating armor rose not far in front of the first machine, successfully blocking the apostle's attack.

Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long, and just when Shinji wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, the hourglass-like figure of the apostle changed again.

In the distance, the hourglass-shaped apostle began to shrink inward, forming a cross box. It then spreads outwards again in the shape of a four-pointed star, and the red ball in the center is divided into five, standing at the four vertices and in the very center of the apostle. With a strange scream, the four red balls in the outer circle simultaneously emitted a laser and converged in the center of the apostle, and the five rays of light formed a golden giant particle cannon that was even more powerful than just now, and struck towards the first machine. The moment the artillery fire touched the defensive plate, the straight light turned into a giant particle cross.

Rumble!! Bang!!

The defensive plate could no longer withstand the terrible impact of the artillery fire, and it exploded. The huge laser cannon once again hit the already damaged first fuselage.

The entire LCL solution inserted into the plug boiled like a frying pan, and yellow bubbles bubbled outward in rows.

"Wow, aa!!a Shinji's screams of pain echoed through the war room.

"Shinji-kun!" Misato was anxious to hear Shinji's cry of pain, and hurriedly ordered. "Fight the termination, urgently recover the first EVA machine."

"Recycling can't be done, the catapult dissolves, it doesn't work!" Hinata saw that he couldn't work and hurriedly reported to Misato.

Misato clenched her silver teeth. "Give up the battle, give priority to protecting the driver, insert the bolt and eject urgently!"

"No way!" Just when all the staff were extremely nervous, a cold voice sounded, it was Ikari Gento. Misato looked back at the commander sitting on the podium, puzzled. His eyes were full of surprise. Ritsuko on the side took over Ikari Gento's words. "If you lose the driver now, Eva's A.T. Field will disappear, and that will be the worst-case scenario."

"But ......," Misato's eyes were full of anxiety and worry.

"Shinji-kun!" In a corner of the war room, a white shadow looked anxiously at the big screen, it was Li, who had just come down from the zero plane, and seeing that the first machine had been so traumatized, Li's worried red eyes flashed with great anxiety.

The Apostle's terrifying particle cannon continued, with no intention of stopping, and Shinji's screams of pain rang out in Misato's ears from time to time. "There's no way, force the body to be recycled, and the blasting bolt is ignited." In the moment of great urgency, Misato decisively gave the final order.

The so-called blasting bolt is the hub connecting the different areas where the various armed buildings of the entire fortress city are located, as long as the blasting bolt in an area is detonated, then the area will fall to the underground city, which is also a last defense against the enemy.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

One by one, the bolts were detonated at Misato's orders, and a huge area where the first machine was located began to fall. The trees of the vehicles in the connecting lot all fell downward. The fortress city was suddenly opened up with a huge gap. Then it fell. The First Plane escaped the Apostle's attack, and a building behind the First Plane was shattered by the Apostle's huge laser.

"The target stops attacking. Start moving on. Aoba reported meticulously. I also breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking back to the apostle's terrifying attack just now, a fine layer of sweat appeared on his forehead again.

"The first aircraft will be temporarily contained in container 99, and the ambulance team will be on standby." Ibuki continued Aoba's orders.

"Ritsuko, I'll leave it to you. I'm going to see Shinji! Seeing that the apostle was not making any other moves, Misato explained to Ritsuko and turned around and ran towards the location of the first machine. And Rei, who was standing in the corner just now, ran out in a panic with Misato.

Ritsuko's brows furrowed slightly, and after a light sigh, she nervously ordered, "Priority is given to cooling the LCL solution inserted into the plug." Displays the driver's situation. ”

Hinata received the order and hurriedly called up the situation inserted into the bolt. "The driver was found to have a normal heartbeat, but his brain waves were disturbed and he had fallen into a severe coma. Physiological characteristics are distinct. Still alive! Shinji on the screen had already fainted from his seat, and blood was gushing out of his mouth and nose. All the staff couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard that the driver was safe.

"Improve the life support function of the pilot's suit, force the cockpit to be discharged, LCL emergency drainage, and the medical squad in place!" Ritsuko also relaxed slightly, but the command in her mouth still looked nervous.

Misato and Rei, who hurried to where the first machine was, couldn't help but worry about Shinji when they saw the miserable appearance of the first machine.

Crash!!

The front cover of the cockpit was opened, and the LCL solution poured out like a waterfall, and a large amount of steam drifted out of the cabin, leaving only Shinji unconscious sitting in the cockpit. The medical team put Shinji in the emergency treatment pod and quickly went to the hospital, accompanied by Misato and Rei. But in the end, they could only stand at the door of the emergency room and wait for the results inside, and when they saw the terrible burn on Shinji's chest, the hearts of the two of them were pounded fiercely. Standing outside the emergency room, the two of them said their heart's prayers in unison.

"Shinji-kun. Don't be fine! ”

"Shinji-kun. Don't be fine! ”

Drip...... Drip...... Drip...... Drip......

The treatment light in the first-aid chamber was ticking, and only Shinji's heavy wheezing could be heard in the entire chamber.

"Whew...... Whew...... "Shinji in the emergency cabin slowly opened his eyes. I saw myself in a small space with an aerobic respirator on my mouth. I knew that I was seriously injured and was being treated.

"Defeated?" Shinji regained a trace of his senses and said in his heart. "I'm sorry I lost miserably before I even fought. This bet, I lost ......" A miserable laugh flashed across Shinji's pale face, and then the whole person fell into a deep coma again.