Chapter 67: Serious Injuries

Drip! Drip! Drip!

The atmosphere that had just been relaxed was abruptly interrupted by a piercing siren. Asuka, who was originally a red vision, is still so obvious at this moment that the flashing red alarm in the cabin of the second plane.

"Moo!!!!" An unpleasant roar reached Asuka's ears, and the apostle, who had been quiet as a baby just now, instantly became agitated.

"This ...... This is. Wow! It hatches! Asuka shouted as she looked at the egg inside the electromagnetic membrane.

"Oh no, it's starting to hatch faster because of the lava it is, which is much faster than the calculations!" Ritsuko watched as the form of the apostle's fetus gradually changed under the influence of CT, and began to grow rapidly towards maturity. I was also panicked.

"Will the catcher hold up?" Misato asked Hinata with the last shred of hope.

"I can't hold it at all, and it will be torn in an instant!"

With that muffled roar, the apostle's eggs began to burst. The baby-like body began to grow rapidly, and after a few seconds of growth, the apostle quickly transformed into a huge creature with many tentacles like an octopus. Stretching out the tentacles, the electromagnetic membrane was punctured into a hole in an instant, and the long shot went straight to the second machine. Seeing such a situation, Asuka decisively gave up the electromagnetic film. With the press of the lever in his hand, the shelf of the electromagnetic membrane snapped, and the apostle, who was still wrapped in the membrane, was immediately thrown into the lava.

"Combat mode changed! From now on, the annihilation of the apostles is the highest priority. Unit 2 continues to be recovered and is ready for battle! "Misato saw Asuka get out of danger. The combat order was hastily changed.

“ok。 It's been a long time since I waited for this moment! The corners of Asuka's mouth raised a confident smile. But it didn't follow people's wishes, and just when Asuka wanted to draw her sword to fight, the feeling of emptiness in her hand made her suddenly remember that just now, her combat knife had fallen into the abyss.

"Oh no, the knife fell." Asuka's pupils shrank, and she lost her combat knife, and she couldn't subdue the apostle at all with her current equipment!

However, the apostle did not give Asuka a chance to breathe, and the shark-like apostle had tentacles similar to those of an octopus, and not only that, but the apostle's hand was covered with barbs. It's like a sharp saw. Two huge eyes protrude from one side of the head, and two large mushroom-like protrusions grow on the head. (Pyras?) It looks very weird, and even though it's in magma, it's swimming so fast! After breaking free of the electromagnetic membrane, the apostle turned around, and the apostle struck in the direction of the second machine at a rapid pace.

"Oh no, frontal attack, load drop!" At the moment of crisis, Asuka made the right decision in an instant, and the discarding of the load, the second machine instantly floated up, and the general escaped the apostle's attack.

"What a speed!" Asuka looked back at the Apostle, but the Apostle quickly disappeared into the field of the second machine. In lava, the vision itself is extremely poor, let alone combat. The situation is extremely unfavorable for Asuka from any point of view.

"Damn, I lost my vision, plus my vision was bad, and it was so hot, and it was so uncomfortable to stick to my damn combat uniform. It's a terrible feeling! ”

Hearing Asuka's self-talk, Misato hurriedly responded. "The crane is up at maximum speed, Asuka, hold on, I'll immediately tell Shinji to fight until I drop ...... Shinji! What are you doing! Misato had just turned the video to the first machine on the shore, only to find that the first machine had already disappeared there, and before Misato could react, he only heard a "pop" sound on the lava surface. That's the sound of the first machine jumping into the lava.

a.tfield――

"Asuka. Shinji jumped into the lava, he'll help in the fight, watch out for his support, and be careful yourself! When Misato saw Shinji jump into the lava without a sound, her own eyebrows tightened, and she hurriedly informed Asuka.

"Cut, what a fool. Obviously you don't have protective clothing, how long can you last like that! Asuka was very angry at Shinji's actions, but as Shinji himself, he couldn't care so much. The moment he heard that Asuka was in danger, Shinji jumped off without even thinking about it.

Drip!!!

The sound of the alarm drew Asuka's attention back. When her gaze returned to the screen, the Apostle had already appeared in front of Machine Two. Two sharp tentacles gripped at the arms and legs of Unit 2. At the same time, Shinji's first machine also arrived at the second plane at the same time.

"Asuka! Knife! Shinji threw the battle knife on his shoulder to Asuka while he drove the first machine, and he lay on the apostle's body. His hands were wrapped around the apostle's huge head, strangled desperately.

After Asuka took the knife, she stabbed it fiercely on the apostle's body, but how could the apostle, who was not even afraid of lava, be afraid of the threat of the combat knife, only heard a few bangs, and the combat knife slashed on the apostle's hard shell, but it could not affect it in the slightest, and not even scratches were left.

"No, it can't hurt at all!" Asuka frowned and said, because of the apostle's attack, now her right hand and right foot have been completely restricted, and she can't move greatly at all.

"The second machine can withstand this state of high temperature and high pressure is already the limit, and it is difficult for the high-tech combat knife to exert its combat effectiveness in such an environment."

"Squeak !!!" The Apostle opened his huge mouth and let out a strange scream, his head shaking desperately, as if intending to shake the primordial machine on his back into the magma.

"Can you still open your mouth in this situation? What kind of structure is this, exactly? Shinji said in amazement as he looked at the shaking apostle's huge mouth. Asuka! Prick it in the mouth! ”

"Understood!" Asuka didn't hesitate, she raised the battle knife in her hand and stabbed it into the apostle's mouth.

Bang!!!

A loud crash sounded, and it was the Apostle propping himself up A.Tfield. In the magma, the orange wall of light is very obvious.

"Found it, the mouth is its weakness!" The corners of Shinji's mouth lifted slightly.

"But, how do you break its A.Tfield, the second machine is no longer good!" Asuka continued to attack the apostle as she spoke. But the battle knife could not enter the apostle's mouth in the slightest.

"It's okay, just leave it to me." Shinji smiled coldly. "Asuka, haven't you always wanted to see A.Tfield localized? I'll show you now! ”

"What?" Asuka was slightly stunned when she heard Shinji's words. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Shinji raise his hand. But before they could cut it down, the two drivers heard Ritsuko's anxious shouts in the microphone.

"No, Shinji-kun! A.Tfield localization, you can't attack and defend at the same time, and you can't hold up in that environment with EVA armor alone! ”

"Cut, how do you know if you don't try that kind of thing!" Ignoring Ritsuko's dissuasion, a burst of dark blue light instantly gathered on the left hand of the first machine.

"Shinji doesn't!" When Misato saw Shinji give up her defenses and use A.Tfield Localization, her heart was instantly lifted. Because she could clearly hear the sound of EVA Hatsuki's armor melting, it meant that Shinji himself was now under the scorching heat of the lava.

"Asuka! Get ready to get your hands dirty! Ignoring the pain in his body, his fist, which glowed with a faint blue sheen, landed the apostle's A.Tfield.

Bang! Click...... Crash!

There was a sound of glass shattering, and the Apostle's A.Tfield was instantly pierced by the first machine.

Burst!

* There was a muffled sound of a blade piercing through, and the moment Apostle A. Tfield was shattered, Asuka sent the knife smoothly into the apostle's mouth. The other hand was thus liberated, changing from passive to active, and tightly grasped one of the apostles' tentacles. The apostle, who had lost its protection, could no longer bear the heat of the lava in its wounded mouth, and it rolled as if it had been thrown into a pot of oil, and its mouth was still emitting an ugly roar.

"Stupid Shinji!" Asuka looked at the first machine whose outer armor had melted, and her eyes were full of anxiety.

"Don't be distracted by Asuka! Keep attacking! Shinji's voice became a little painful. But he still insisted on it.

Although the apostle was strangled by Shinji, the tentacles were still able to move, and while screaming, the two tentacles gradually left the body of the second machine, writhing wildly, as if trying to wave the tentacles to attack the two EVAs. But how could the second machine, which had recovered its activity, and the first machine, which had been on the back of the apostle, be hit by such a frenzied attack of the apostle?

As the seconds passed, the apostle's body gradually lost its vitality. The frequency of waving tentacles is also getting slower. However, no matter what kind of creature it is, the more it fights back before dying, the more terrifying it becomes. Just when everyone thought that the victory was decided, the tentacles of the apostle writhed desperately again. The first and second machines dodged very calmly, but there was only one thing that could not be avoided, and that was the lifeline of the two EVAs, the ropes of the cranes.

The Apostle's sharp tentacles slashed across the cables, slicing the rows of ropes in an instant.

"Oops!" Shinji jumped away from the apostle's back the moment he saw the cable being cut, grabbed the upper end of the cable with one hand, and grabbed the arm of machine number two with the other, using himself as a rope to tie the two ends. At this time, the apostle was also about to reach the critical point of life, but before he died, the apostle's sharp tentacles poured into the chest of the first machine.

"Shinji!" Asuka shouted.

"Hmm! Asuka leave me alone. A.Tfield localized to cut off the apostles' hands! You're fine with protective armor. Hurry up! Don't give the apostles a chance to attack again! ”

Hearing Shinji's words, Asuka's ice-blue pupils shrank slightly. Soon, Asuka threw away the battle knife in her hand. Thinking back to the knowledge that Shinji taught him in the previous days.

"It's good to concentrate your mental energy with a.t. field on a certain part of your body. Let A.T. Field open up in a small position in an instant......"

In the room that day, Shinji's face gradually appeared in Asuka's mind. With Asuka's memories, gradually, on the right hand of the second machine, bursts of blue light flashed. Asuka has completed a.tfield localization!

"Drink!"

With Asuka's coquettish shout. The right hand slammed into the apostle's tentacles. The tentacles inserted into the first fuselage broke in response. The Apostle, who was already at the end of his crossbow, was no longer able to resist, and his body grew smaller and smaller, and finally gradually melted into the magma.

The "......" crisis was lifted, and Asuka let out a long breath. Although it was only used for a moment of localization, the strong mental pressure had already exhausted Asuka, not to mention Shinji who had kept the localization for so long.

"Hey, stupid Shinji, you don't care, do you?" Asuka turned on the video call and shouted at the camera.

"Still alive......" Shinji replied to her after a simple reply, and then stopped talking.

"Shinji! Your first machine is running out of steam! Asuka, find a way to grab the cable! "At the command platform. Misato shouted loudly. Judging from the number of points on the command platform, the chest of the first machine was damaged, and a large amount of magma had already been poured in. Although the elimination of the apostles allowed the first machine to be able to re-prop up A.Tfield. But the huge wound was still so hideous.

"However, the current equipment can't hold the cable at all!" Asuka shouted, both hands of the D-type equipped second machine were huge pliers, and after the localization of A.Tfield, the two steel pliers were already showing signs of melting, and there was no way to support the weight of the two EVAs.

"It's fine. Pull it up. Shinji's voice was a little weak, but he still held on.

No more words. Asuka just stared at the teenager on the screen tightly, through the video, Asuka clearly saw that the corners of the boy's mouth had been flushed with scarlet blood, and the skin on his face was burned in many places, and the middle chest part of the combat uniform lit up with a huge light, which was a sign of injury.

It didn't take long for the two EVAs to finally be pulled out of the lava. At the moment when it reached the top of the crane, the first machine threw the second machine to the ground fiercely, and he jumped to the ground with all his strength. Both bodies lay on the ground at the same time, losing energy at the same time. No one stood up.

"Whew...... Great, finally arrived safely. In the command room, Misato leaned on the table and let out a long breath. Thanks, two. Misato wiped the cold sweat from her head, today's battle can really be said to be dangerous, and if you are not careful, you will lose two drivers at the same time.

"Really, Shinji, why don't you just jump off without my orders, do you know how dangerous it is."

Relieved, Misato looked up and shouted at Shinji inside the first machine.

“……”

But...... She didn't hear Shinji respond as she should.

"Shinji?" Misato asked again.

"......" still did not respond.

"Miri! Shinji...... Shinji him! Asuka's anxious voice came out. Because of the video, she saw that the young man who still had a look in his eyes just now was already lying in the cockpit with dim eyes at this time, without a little anger.

"Shinji! Are you okay! Medical class, first aid immediately! ”