Chapter 17: Change of Skin
When he came to the school, Li Xiao first found the head teacher and went through the last bit of formalities, and then walked into the classroom under the leadership of the head teacher. After Li Xiao said that he was a student from China, there was really a sound of surprise below, to be honest, Li Xiao's heart was still a little dark.
After class, Shinji unexpectedly introduced Li Xiao to Toji Suzuhara and Kensuke Aida, these two were Shinji's best friends, and Li Xiao quickly got along with them.
On the other side, Asuka and squad leader Dong Muguang stared at Li Xiao and their small group for a while, and Asuka snorted lightly: "It seems that the stupid trio has a new member." ”
Hikaru looked at Li Xiao curiously, and asked Asuka in a low voice, "Is he also the driver of EVA?" ”
Asuka nodded: "Yes, the driver of the third machine, however, the third machine is already in such a miserable state, it is difficult to say if he still has an EVA to drive." ”
There is nothing to say about the morning class, Li Xiao is a man who has experienced the college entrance examination of the Great Celestial Empire, this little thing taught in junior high school here is simply a piece of cake, Li Xiaozhen wants to recommend to the school leaders a lesson and a practice in the Celestial Empire, a green card of Peking University and a three-year simulation of the five-year high school entrance examination, so that these little flowers in the greenhouse know what is called real "learning", but he is afraid of causing public outrage and being beaten to death by the whole school's school life, and finally think about it.
At noon, some of the students brought their own lunches, some went to the commissary, and Li Xiao also took out the bento made by Shinji. Li Xiao sat at the back of the class, he glanced in the direction of Li, and found that Li was sitting quietly in his place, looking at the scenery outside the window in a daze, neither bringing her own lunch box nor going to the commissary. Li Xiao turned his head to look at Shinji again, and saw that Shinji was also sitting in his place, as if he was holding something in his hand, peeking at Rei Ayanami with his eyes from time to time, with a hesitant expression.
Li Xiao knew that his time had come, so he didn't go to Shinji, but came to Li's side and called softly, "Li." ”
Li didn't know what to look at so fascinated, she was slightly startled, turned her head and looked at Li Xiao suspiciously: "Huh? ”
"Well, that's right, Shinji seems to have something for you." Li Xiao turned sideways and pointed to Shinji behind him.
Shinji was taken aback: "Huh?!" ”
Li Xiao hurriedly winked at Shinji and motioned for him to come over, Shinji came over hesitantly, put the lunch in his hand in front of Li, and said embarrassedly: "I see Ayana, you haven't had lunch all this time, so you made a bento, that, if you don't dislike it......"
Rei's eyes widened slightly in surprise, she looked at the bento, and then at Shinji, her fair face couldn't help but show a shy pink, and replied in a low voice, "Thank you." ”
Seeing that the atmosphere of these two people was so harmonious, Li Xiao, as a successful old driver, naturally quietly retired. He returned to his seat, opened his bento and began to eat lunch. To be honest, Li Xiao can't understand the habit of RB people who like to eat cold food, the food made by Shinji is delicious, but after it is cooled, the taste becomes less attractive, as a citizen of the Celestial Empire, Li Xiao said that hot meals and hot dishes are the source of combat effectiveness.
Li Xiao casually looked at the situation in the class while eating, he saw Asuka and Hikaru Toki sitting together, Asuka also saw it when Shinji gave the bento to Rei just now, at this time she was jealous and saw the fried sausage as Shinji biting with a fierce face, and Koko sat opposite her with an embarrassed expression.
I remember Hikaru Toki seems to like Suzuhara Toji. Li Xiao thought in his heart that he didn't see Toji Suzuhara and Kensuke Aida in the classroom, and those two should have gone to the commissary. Li Xiao pondered while eating, should he match Toji Suzuhara and Hikaru Toki? Both of them are very good, and Li Xiao thinks the two of them are quite a good match. Thinking of this, Li Xiao couldn't help but complain to himself: When did I become a matchmaker, after matching that pair, Misato and blessings have not been solved yet, and I began to think about helping Dongzhi and Xiaoguang again.
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For several days, going to and from school every day, listening to classes and writing homework, a very ordinary and comfortable life, Li Xiao even had an illusion, as if he had returned to his youthful years.
This Friday, Li Xiao, Shinji, and Asuka returned home from school and unexpectedly found that Misato had already returned first. Misato came up and said to the three of them, "Tomorrow you will follow me to the headquarters." ”
Asuka was suddenly unhappy: "Test again, I'm bored to death." ”
"Testing is also part of the driver's job, it's an order." After speaking, Misato looked at Li Xiao. "Xiao-chan, you go with you, just take a look at your No. 3 machine."
Li Xiao was putting his schoolbag away, and was taken aback when he heard this: "Hey! Didn't the third machine blow up? ”
Misato nodded: "Well, it was blown up, and it's been repaired for a week." ”
Li Xiao suddenly realized: "I thought that the No. 3 machine had been blown up and there was no slag left." ”
Misato was speechless: "Your imagination is too rich, although the third machine is seriously damaged, it can still be repaired." ”
Li Xiao pursed his lips, thinking that it was not that I had a rich imagination, but that the No. 3 machine in the original plot was scrapped, who would have thought that it would be resurrected here. But this is better, Li Xiao was originally worried that NERV didn't have EVA for himself, and since the third machine is still alive, there is no need to worry about this.
The next day, early in the morning, Li Xiao and his party came to the headquarters of NERV, Shinji and Asuka went to do an EVA body test, and Misato took Li Xiao to another place.
"This is specifically for EVA repairs." Misato stood still in front of a dark green automatic door and turned to Li Xiao.
The automatic door opened, and a wide red pool was immediately presented in front of Li Xiao, the huge body of EVA No. 3 was hidden in the red liquid, and only half of the head was exposed on the surface of the water - yes, only half of the head, the huge wound was wrapped with a giant bandage, and the burnt flesh and blood could be clearly seen between the bandages, and the No. 3 machine looked like a real flesh-and-blood giant.
Li Xiao walked to the floating platform in front of the head of the No. 3 machine, raised his head and looked at his EVA, although he knew from the beginning that EVA was not a simple robot, but now that the No. 3 machine was injured, Li Xiao intuitively realized for the first time: EVA and humans are really too similar. Li Xiao believed that there must be someone's soul hidden in the body of the third machine, and when Li Xiao looked at EVA, he felt that EVA seemed to be looking at him as well.
Li Xiao looked down at the red liquid, and he could vaguely see that in the depths of the water, there were many engineers in diving suits who were busy repairing the No. 3 machine.
Miri stood beside Li Xiao and said to him, "It will take a long time to repair. ”
At this moment, there was a sudden pop, and a diver emerged from the red water and sat down on the edge of the platform. The diver took off his goggles and shook off his golden hair, which was none other than Ritsuko Akagi, the chief scientist of NERV.
Ritsuko was supposed to be in charge of testing Shinji and them, but apparently she was needed more now here.
"You're here." Ritsuko greeted.
Misato stepped forward: "How's the repair progressing?" ”
Ritsuko sighed tiredly, "It's okay." ”
"How long will it take?"
"It's hard to say, it depends on how much money Commander Ikin can get from above."
Li Xiao also came over and said with a smile: "Sister Miri, let me tell you something." ”
Misato raised her eyebrows, and when she saw Li Xiao's "treacherous" smile on her face, she couldn't help but be vigilant: "What's the matter?" ”
Li Xiao rubbed his hands: "It's not a big deal, it's just that I don't like the appearance of the No. 3 machine very much, can I customize a skin or something?" ”
Misato glanced at Li Xiao: "It's still skin, you think it's playing online games." ”
At this time, Ritsuko suddenly said faintly beside him: "Yes." ”
Meridan was taken aback: "Huh? Really? ”
Ritsuko: "The driver's manual says that the driver can choose the EVA's livery and appearance, but only if the requirements are not too harsh. ”
Misato put his hand on his forehead: "Who wrote the manual for such a detachment?" ”
Ritsuko: "Commander Ikati." ”
Misato: "...... When I didn't say. ”
Ritsuko looked at Li Xiao: "You can just talk to someone from the technical department about the EVA painting and appearance." ”
Li Xiao nodded happily: "Okay, I understand." ”