(Shell...... As a result, the number has increased)

In fact, up to this point, the ritual itself has been a complete failure.

There is no chance that Adam and Lilith's body and soul can be united, which means that Shinji Ikari's plan to use Adam and Lilith to trigger a third shock and return humanity to its roots has completely come to naught.

According to this guy, in the world he had experienced before, this plan to "complete all mankind as the eighteenth apostle and become a new human" was succeeded due to some accidents under the leadership of Ikari Gendo, and this time, Shinji Ikari was obviously going to be disappointed.

"What the hell is this...... What the hell is going on? ”

Even with the protection of the absolute realm, Shinji Ikari let out a panicked roar when he found that he was entangled in his body by countless meat balls.

"Lilith's physical ...... Ruined? When is it? Why...... Why don't I feel it? ”

Not...... Actually, it's better to say, "It was just digested before", right? So, even Shinji Ikari didn't notice this, and even the reason why I noticed it before became very good - but speaking of which, that kid of Intix really came in handy in this fight.

But...... What makes me feel a little strange is that this ritual, which should have been a "failure", did not stop because of this, even if Shinji Ikari let out a roaring sound, the ritual itself still continued, and the LCL liquid, which had lost its source, still followed the pattern of the symbol, gradually gathering towards the center of the entire symbol array.

This is...... What's going on?

The system didn't give me a hint of the opposite, and it seems that I've done this task and successfully stopped the humans from making up for it, and the rest of the work should be out of this time stream, right? But......

"Shikuru, what should I do next?"

If anyone knows the current situation, it is only Shijiuru, after all, this is the task assigned by this girl, so ......

"That'...... That one...... It's weird. ”

The girl's puzzled voice made my heart tense again.

Won't it ...... What's going on in this time stream, and I can't get out, right? If that's the case, then it's really ...... What about the cheat

"This power...... So familiar...... But ......"

So, wouldn't it be nice to tell me what I know right now? If you talk like this, Shinji Ikari, who is the mastermind behind the scenes, will definitely take another action next, right?

"Did it fail? Call...... But...... It's okay, right? ”

Sure enough, when I was entangled in the hesitation of Shikuru, Shinji Ikari, who had disrupted the whole plan by me, suddenly calmed down at this time.

"Ah...... Makoto, I really didn't expect you to be able to do this, but as a result, the way you are now, it is not as good as what I achieved in the last time stream. ”

“……”

Seriously, I don't seem to have done anything from start to finish? Perhaps it should be said...... The only thing I did was take the two guys out of the ground, Boy Kamijo and Intix, and then release them into this final dogma, foraging for food or something like that...... It has nothing to do with me, does it?

Of course, then, Kamijo Boy, who had already returned to the correct time stream in an easier way, could no longer give me any help.

And next, instead of relying on other companions around him, such as Ayumi Aikawa, who has been fighting monsters and upgrading from beginning to end, and has nothing to do, or Otona, who should have completed the clearance of the NERV base, it is better to ...... It's more reliable to make peace with Shinji Ikari, right?

“…… These guys are really annoying, is there a way for Makoto to get rid of these slimy things? I'm ...... now It's a little hard to spare. ”

Shinji Ikari, who seems to have acquiesced in the current failure and has become docile again, is smiling and talking to me.

Indeed, it's useless to let the meat balls get tangled around the surface of this guy's body, but it's better to ......

"Huh? These are good children, so I might as well leave it to Saya and I will discipline them well."

As soon as I lifted the machine gun, Saya simply stopped me.

"Huh? Saya is to say......"

"Hee-hee...... Saya also needs to start preparing for the next food hunting, such as food storage or the construction of a home, all of which are indispensable for the help of these children, because ah......"

With a bright smile on her face that only I can see, the girl with cute little breasts in front of me made this promise to me—

"What about Saya, you're going to live with Makoto next, right?"

Not...... That's true, but ......

While I was wondering about what Saya was going to do to communicate with the meat dumplings, the monsters that were entangled around Shinji Ikati's body and transformed from Rei Ayana's flesh stopped their movements as if they had really heard some kind of call.

"Bang...... Snap ......"

With a cheerful snapping sound, all the meat balls quickly detached from Shinji Ikaru's side, and the entangled tentacles separated from each other, and then quickly gathered into a small group, making a strange clicking sound as if with some kind of anticipation...... Looking at me?

Perhaps, looking at Saya who is also sitting in this driving armor with me? But......

"What the hell is Saya...... How? ”

I looked at the increasingly mysterious girl next to me with some confusion - no matter how idiotic I am, I can definitely see that the other party is extraordinary by now, right?

Whether it was from initially using Asuka's diseased tissue as food, to later domesticating Asuka and hunting Madara for a summer, and even taking Intix to eat Lilith's flesh as a "prey", these ...... But it's not what I imagined an "ordinary girl" could do.

Thinking about the frightened expression on the face of the guy Ikuki Sasaka when he saw Saye, it was obvious that that guy might be ...... What do you know about Saya? Or is it ...... From the very beginning, I misjudged the ...... of Saya Cun zài The right form?

Found from the underground of Neta's lair, what is this girl who lives safely in that place, feeds on the flesh and blood that BETA hunts, and usually seems carefree and doesn't worry about anything...... What is the special significance?

“……”

After the dumplings were separated from Shinji Ikari's body, the boy fell silent for a while, and it was clear that this way was also unexpected.

"Na...... I said sincerely, you don't seem to have any less secrets than me. ”

“……”

Seriously, if I could know what kind of secrets I hid in me, then I would never be forced into this situation by you, right?

"While the ceremony is still going on...... How about a little bit of a chat? After all, from the very beginning, the two of us really weren't enemies. ”

The boy didn't mind my silence, but went one step further and made such an excessive request.

The ritual still seems to have its meaning, and now, I'm afraid I can't stop it? But...... At least I still don't know the true purpose of this ritual to this day.

"Chat? It's not that you can't...... But, at least until then, Shinji you should also tell me what the hell are you doing now, right? ”

"What is being done...... Thing? ”

Shinji was stunned for a moment, but after noticing his own situation, the boy showed the same smile as before, which made people not feel hostile.

"Makoto-san...... Or do you not know much about the human completion plan? But it's no wonder, after all, that even I, for this project, am only participating and promoting it in 'the way I understand'. ”

“……”

"At the end of the day...... Whether it's this guy's human completion plan, or the 'completion of the human race' that I have experienced in the past time stream, it is just to reassemble the power that the gods of this world have given to humans in a special way, so as to shape it into a 'real human with full power'. ”

I wasn't going to interrupt Shinji Ikari - in fact, I was quite interested in the "experience of another time stream" that the teenager had experienced.

As a result, after making up for the work, a hidden follow-up to the task that was supposed to end was triggered because of a special behavior...... This is something I didn't expect at all. ”

The boy who mentioned this seemed to glance slightly at the completely destroyed No. 2 machine, but it was only for a moment, and after that, the other party's gaze returned to me again.

"So...... What is the content of the mission......? ”

"Ah...... Contents? It's probably ......."

Shinji Ikari pointed to the array of symbols at his feet.

"'Confirm your expectations'? According to the instructions of the task, you should ...... That's it, right? ”

“……”

What kind of mission is this?

In any case, if it is a system task, then at least there should be a clear mission goal, such as "crusade against someone", "find something", "achieve a certain goal", etc., which is quite familiar to me who has completed many tasks.

"The original words...... I'm pretty weird about the goal of this mission, but ah...... Makoto, do you know ......?"

I don't know why, the tone of this guy Ikari Shinji suddenly became mysterious.

“…… Just now, I seem to have known the goal of my mission this time. ”

Huh?

Suddenly, such words made me stunned for a moment.

"I ...... I see."

At the same time, another panicked girl's voice sounded next to me at the same time.

"Shikuru? What do you know......"

Really, since it's a mission-related system role, you have to be a little more dedicated, and don't always wait until the enemy has already explained most of the content before supplementing it, this is not a real human completion plan.

"That'...... That power...... That power is something that Suzumiya-san, and you can't be wrong."

Shi Jiuru excitedly pointed her little finger at the center of the LCL liquid condensed symbolic array.

"The power of that array of symbols...... It's the power of Cool Palace's classmates that is that power, which affects the direction of the entire time stream, summoning and imprisoning everyone in this time, and ...... It also affects the future"

“……”

I didn't...... Did you hear it wrong?

I was stunned by this sudden news, and I realized it almost instantly...... The reliability of this possibility is actually quite high.

That weird, weird line entwined pattern is actually from the same guy as the SOS emblem, right? There will be people with that kind of aesthetic and artistic cells, in this world, in addition to Haruhi Suzumiya, will there be others?

In other words, this symbol array is actually from the hand of Haruhi Suzumiya? In this case, it seems that it also explains why the gate that sealed this final dogma was painted with the emblem of the SOS regiment - perhaps, from the beginning...... Is that the area where someone in the SOS group is mischievously graffiti?

"If the power of that symbol array belongs to Haruhi Suzumiya, then, what ......is the role of this symbol array?"

Unlike me, Zhixian seems to be keenly aware of the key at the moment.

The rituals related to the symbol array are still in progress, and now, this content seems to be related to the reason why Shinji Ikari will continue to persist to this day.

"Does it work? Probably...... It is the power of the symbol array itself, the source of the power...... Reverse summon into this chaotic flow of time. ”

To my surprise, Shinji Ikari ...... He didn't hesitate to give an answer.

"Actually, the purpose of this ritual was from the beginning...... That's it. ”

Wait...... Wait a minute

Suddenly I remembered something, and almost without hesitation, I raised the electromagnetic cannon on the shoulder of the driving armor again.

From the very beginning, the fundamental purpose of this so-called "human completion ceremony" was not just to "make up".

As I have previously analyzed, Lilith and Adam's existence is to achieve the step of 'human completion', but the goal of the ritual itself is not only that.

Killing the gods who imprisoned the human beings and replacing them is the meaning of the first machine and the spear of Longinus in this ritual, and now, Shinji Ikari still insists on the reason for the ritual after the human beings have failed to make up the content, I'm afraid ...... That's it, right?

When I woke up to the other person's purpose, the ritual ...... It seems that it has been carried out to the end.

Suddenly, the light that covered the entire ground replaced the already dried up LCL in an instant, flowing in the lines of the entire symbol array, and then, when the energy of this light completely exploded and dissipated, I barely opened my eyes, and sure enough, in the center of the symbol array, I saw a petite figure.

"Huh? Odd...... What is this place? ”

Dressed in an orange short-sleeved shirt and denim shorts, his hair is long that covers his shoulders, and his body is not yet developed, as a junior high school student or simply an elementary school student.

If it weren't for the tone of his voice and the familiar headband in his hair, I might not have been able to recognize who this little kid who suddenly appeared in front of me was.

But ...... Even if I didn't recognize it, I could confirm the identity of the kid in front of me.

"Hey, you guys, are you aliens?"

He didn't seem to be afraid of his own situation, but looked at the girls around him with interest, and once again asked questions proudly in the tone of "all must obey my orders".

Not...... It looks like it's a juvenile body, but it'......

The character of this guy Haruhi Suzumiya has really not changed.

As I have previously analyzed, Lilith and Adam's existence is to achieve the step of 'human completion', but the goal of the ritual itself is not only that.

Killing the gods who imprisoned the human beings and replacing them is the meaning of the first machine and the spear of Longinus in this ritual, and now, Shinji Ikari still insists on the reason for the ritual after the human beings have failed to make up the content, I'm afraid ...... That's it, right?

When I woke up to the other person's purpose, the ritual ...... It seems that it has been carried out to the end.

Suddenly, the light that covered the entire ground replaced the already dried up LCL in an instant, flowing in the lines of the entire symbol array, and then, when the energy of this light completely exploded and dissipated, I barely opened my eyes, and sure enough, in the center of the symbol array, I saw a petite figure.

"Huh? Odd...... What is this place? ”

Dressed in an orange short-sleeved shirt and denim shorts, his hair is long that covers his shoulders, and his body is not yet developed, as a junior high school student or simply an elementary school student.

If it weren't for the tone of his voice and the familiar headband in his hair, I might not have been able to recognize who this little kid who suddenly appeared in front of me was.

But ...... Even if I didn't recognize it, I could confirm the identity of the kid in front of me.

"Hey, you guys, are you aliens?"

He didn't seem to be afraid of his own situation, but looked at the girls around him with interest, and once again asked questions proudly in the tone of "all must obey my orders".

Not...... It looks like it's a juvenile body, but it'......

The character of this guy Haruhi Suzumiya has really not changed. V