Kyoto, noon.

Under the scorching sun, Bless Ryoji wore a certain yellow straw hat, and walked slowly on a quiet small street, not far in front of him there was a small store, and a bench was placed in front of the store, at this time, a middle-aged man dressed as a farmer was sitting on the bench to enjoy the coolness.

Blessing walked to the commissary, bought a popsicle, and then sat down on a bench to rest - next to the "farmer".

"Ahh The blessing seemed to come out casually, tearing open the bag of the popsicle.

"You're late." The "farmer" held a yellow fan in his hand, fanning the wind leisurely, his eyes staring at an unknown place in the distance.

"No way, today is different from the past, you have to avoid SEELE's eyeliner." The blessing whispered.

The "farmer" took out a USB flash drive from his pocket and put it on the bench: "Everything you want me to investigate is here." In addition, I would like to enclose you one more thing, the 1st Division has recently made a big move, and it seems that it is assembling in the direction of the 3rd New Tokyo City. ”

The blessing's face changed, and he put away the USB flash drive: "Is SEELE finally going to do it?" ”

"Farmer": "That's your problem. ”

Blessing ate the remaining popsicles in one bite, took out a bank card from his pocket and stuffed it into the bag of the popsicle, and put it on the bench: "Thank you, you don't need to contact again in the future." ”

The farmer glanced at the blessing: "Be careful yourself." With that, the farmer picked up the bag and put it in his trouser pocket, got up and shook his fan and walked away.

The blessing "rested" on the bench for a while and then left as well.

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On the side of a highway leading to the outside world, Miri's family of four with a penguin is standing on the side of the road, eagerly waiting for the end of the road. It was originally a busy highway, and when the Third New Tokyo City was first established, people dragged their families from this road to settle in the Third New Tokyo City every day, but after the "Great Escape" that broke out a few weeks ago, there was no longer a single figure on the road.

After a while, a sedan appeared faintly at the end of the road, and the sedan drove fast, in an instant, and stopped in front of the four Misato, and then the door opened, and Hikaru Dong Mu stepped out of the car.

"Little Light!" When Asuka saw her friend, she immediately greeted her cordially.

"Asuka!" Xiaoguang is also very happy.

Misato held Penpen in her arms, led Shinji and Li Xiao to follow Asuka and stepped forward, and after greeting Xiaoguang one by one, Misato sent the Penpen in her arms to Xiaoguang: "I'm sorry, Penpen has to trouble you to take care of it for a while." ”

Li Xiao pulled a small suitcase in front of Xiaoguang: "This is something from Penpen." ”

Hikari took Penpen and held it in her arms, she looked at Asuka and then at the others: "You guys...... Why don't you go together? ”

Misato smiled, "We still have a job. Then, Misato bent down and waved at Penpen. Penpen, goodbye, be obedient at Xiaoguang's house, I'll pick you up after a while. ”

Penpen seemed to understand Misato's words, and it opened its mouth and "quacked" twice, and flapped its wings on both sides, as if to say goodbye to Misato.

Xiaoguang originally wanted to say a few more words to Asuka, after all, I don't know when and what month we will see each other again when we part, but there was a sudden anxious urging voice from the car behind: "Xiaoguang, let's go!" ”

Li Xiao looked inside the car and saw a middle-aged man sitting in the driver's seat who looked seven or eight points similar to Xiaoguang, who seemed to be Xiaoguang's father.

"I'm sorry, I have to go." Xiaoguang took Asuka's hand, reluctant to give up. "Remember to call me, Asuka."

Asuka smiled and nodded, "Take care, Hikaru." ”

Holding Penpen in one hand and Penpen's small suitcase in the other, Xiaoguang trotted back into the car. Then he poked his head out of the car window and waved his hand at everyone: "Take care, everyone!" Good bye! ”

The car turned around in front of Li Xiao and the four of them, and walked away along the road where they came, and Xiaoguang's farewell voice echoed in mid-air.

"Let's go......" Asuka watched the car fade away from sight, and weakly put down her raised hand, with a sad expression on her face.

"Everybody's gone...... Toji and Kensuke, I wonder how the two of them are doing now? Shinji stood beside Asuka with the same sadness on his face.

Misato sighed deeply: "It's all gone, it's safe to go, and now Penpen is also gone, and finally there is no care." ”

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The last apostle has been eliminated, the mission of NERV's existence has been accomplished, but people are not very happy or inspired by it, and the whole NERV is shrouded in an atmosphere of confusion and depression, and people do not know where to go in the future, or about NERV, whether it is about themselves.

Battle Hall.

Hinata Makoto, Shigeru Aoba, and Maya Ibuki get together, eating snacks and drinking coffee, while chatting meaninglessly, the three of them are good partners at work, and they are also good friends in life.

"The boy...... This is the last apostle. Since there are no more apostles, why does NERV still need to maintain first-level combat readiness? Maya Ibuki asked in a whisper with a puzzled expression.

"Who knows?" Shigeru Aoba shrugged indifferently. "I'm more concerned about what we're going to do in the future? The Apostles are gone, and the NERV, which existed to destroy the Apostles, will be disbanded with them. ”

Hinata smiled lightly and said half-jokingly, "I still want to work in the position of operator for another thirty years." ”

Shigeru Aoba: "Hey, Makoto, haven't you heard that sentence? After a lifetime of revolutionary work, it is time to rest. ”

Hinata Makoto looked at Shigeru Aoba strangely: "Who did you learn from this strange story?" ”

Aoba Mao pouted: "Xiaobei, who else can it be." ”

"Hey, I said you two, you still have the leisure to joke, don't you care at all?" Maya Ibuki frowned, looked at Makoto Hinata, and then at Shigeru Aoba. "Prohibiting all personnel from entering and leaving the headquarters, maintaining a state of first-level combat readiness, obviously the apostles are gone, what is Commander Ikin afraid of?"

After Maya Ibuki finished speaking, Hinata Makoto and Shigeru Aoba fell silent together. Aoba Shigeru took a sip of coffee with an indifferent expression, and said helplessly: "What can you do if you care?" Now we can only stay here and wait, what else can we do? ”

Hinata Makoto looked down at the black coffee in his cup, and his face was heavy: "I hope tomorrow is a good day." ”

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The first cabin.

Commander Ikari stood alone on the bridge, looking up at the Hatsui in front of him.

"Only, the appointed day is coming soon." Commander Ikari said to the first machine. "I'm sorry, our plan failed, but it doesn't matter, at the same time that the old spark was shattered, a new spark appeared, that young man, you have already met him, he has a great power that we can't understand, although it is not clear what his purpose is, but those are not important now, as long as I can see you again, even if I sacrifice my heart to the demon, I will not hesitate to ......"

Speaking of this, Ikari Gendo was silent for a moment, and finally said, "When it's all over, I'll come with that young man to pick you up." ”

After saying that, Ikari Gendo turned around and left.

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Late at night, the white moonlight shone into the room through the window, like a layer of cold frost sprinkled on Rei Ayaami's cold face, and she stood in front of her small cupboard, holding Commander Ikari's glasses in both hands. Then, her hands suddenly began to exert force, and the glasses began to twist and deform a little under the tremendous force, and then there was a "snap", and a crack appeared on the lens.

"Tick ...... Tick ......"

Crystal tears dripped on the lenses and Ayanami Rei's own hands, every time the strength of Li's hand increased by a point, the pain in her heart also increased by a point, as the strength of her hand became bigger and bigger, it was like an invisible knife, cutting on Li's heart one by one, tears could not be suppressed, blurring Li's vision.

However, Liz didn't stop, the more painful it was, the more force her hand became, and finally with a "click" breaking sound, the glasses were completely crushed by Li, the frames were seriously deformed, the broken lenses pierced Li's white fingers, and the blood was like a beautiful ruby, dripping down her fingers on the cold ground.

In the end, the tears were gone, and Lili looked at the shattered glasses in her hand expressionlessly, and said resolutely: "I'm not your doll." ”