In Yuandu's huge office, Xiao Ran sat leisurely in the chair that wasn't actually very comfortable, with his arms folded over his chest and just looking at the person standing across the table, Kaoru Nagisa who seemed to be unthreatening and had an innocent and warm smile.

Xiao Ran didn't talk to Nagisa Kaoru, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he went straight to the topic: "Say, what is going on with these apostles, why did the apostles who had obviously been eliminated appear again." ”

"I don't know about that." Nagisa Kaoru kept a smile on her face and shook her head gently like an innocent child: "But maybe this is the last test and gift of the apostles, even if so many apostles attack this place, it is the victory fleet that will benefit in the end." ”

"Yes." Xiao Ran glanced at Nagisa Kaoru deeply, and said indifferently: "Does that mean that this place will not be attacked by the apostles in the future?" ”

"There are so many apostles at one time who can't break through the defense line of NERV, I don't think the apostles will waste any more effort to continue attacking here, they have already sensed the thoughts of the humans in this world, and there is no need and ability to destroy this world." Kaoru Nagisa laughed and said, "And in NERV, there doesn't seem to be anything that can attract the apostles, if you want to say something interesting, in fact, Shinji is even more interesting, and the heart that wants to protect this world is worth paying attention to." ”

Xiao Ran squinted his eyes, glanced at Nagisa Kaoru up and down, and suddenly chuckled: "Okay, listening to your words also makes me feel a lot more relaxed." ”

Nagisa Kaoru smiled, even narrowing his eyes with a smile, but he still had that gentle appearance, Xiao Ran continued to speak: "There are still many problems that the victory fleet will face next, and talents like Nagisa Kaoru need to join in, everyone can work together, and I hope that Nagisa Kaoru can pay more strength for the victory fleet, for friends, and for this world." ”

Nagisa Kaoru didn't laugh this time, in terms of Nagisa Kaoru's specialness, he had long known that Xiao Ran must know his true identity, and this time Xiao Ran was indeed telling Nagisa Kaoru very clearly, telling Nagisa Kaoru that Xiao Ran didn't care about his true identity, but hoped that Nagisa Kaoru would work hard for this world as a human being.

So this time, Kaoru Nagisa also became very serious and nodded heavily: "I will." ”

"You're welcome." Xiao Ran stood up, walked directly in front of Nagisa Kaoru and stretched out his hand, the two of them held hands together, it seemed that Xiao Ran was welcoming Nagisa Kaoru from the apostle to the human, and it also seemed to show that the apostle and the human race were united at this moment to deal with the enemy who belonged outside the earth.

After the two of them let go of their hands, Xiao Ran also patted Nagisa Kaoru on the shoulder: "It's not long before we set off, this time may be a very long journey, the road may be very busy or it may be a priority, if there is anything you need to bring, hurry up and prepare it, let people send it to the Burning Legion." ”

Nagisa Kaoru smiled and nodded goodbye and left, while Xiao Ran sat on Ikari Gendu's desk and frowned slightly, but in the end he still shook his head and decided to maintain a certain degree of trust in Nagisa Kaoru, although Nagisa Kaoru did not say what happened to these apostles who suddenly appeared, but it was also vaguely revealed that these apostles who appeared did have a certain relationship with him.

It's more like Kaoru Nagisa took the initiative to summon these apostles to attack NERV together, the purpose is to let the other three EVAs except for the first machine and the thirteenth machine get the S2 mechanism, so as to get almost unlimited energy, and the EVA that got the S2 mechanism has also received a huge increase in combat power, it seems that it is really to improve the combat power of the Burning Legion to deliberately create such a battle.

And Nagisa Kaoru made it clear that the apostles would not be interested in NERV in the future, which was indeed a reassuring news for Xiao Ran, without the harassment of the apostles in the cosmic century, then the next trip to Iskandar would not have to worry about the fact that this world had been taken down by the apostles after returning.

But it was just that Nagisa Kaoru said that the apostle would not be interested in NERV, which also made Xiao Ran feel a little weird, so at that moment, Xiao Ran directly thought of the thirteenth machine, for the origin of the thirteenth machine, Xiao Ran only knew that this was the EVA directly transformed by the apostle, but is it possible that this thirteenth machine is actually the most important apostle? So the apostles' interest would not be in NERV, so is it possible that the interest would shift to the Victory Fleet?

Of course, if this is the case, it is also a good thing, Xiao Ran doesn't care if he will meet more apostles on the way to Iskander, in short, as long as the apostles are not in NERV, and they don't make trouble in the cosmic century, Xiao Ran is already satisfied.

Xiao Ran finally stayed on the NERV side for a day, and left the NERV to return to Atami in the early morning of the next day, and at the first time of returning to Atami, he sent a notice of gathering and the final time to the Victory Fleet scattered in different places, officially determining the final time of departure.

Although there were still more than two days before the final assembly time, as soon as Xiao Ran's notice was issued, everyone in the entire Victory Fleet entered into intense preparations and actions, and the Anaheim and True Science Fortress Research Institute also invested more manpower at any cost to start sweeping up the final work, and the integration side also began to prepare actively.

A large amount of supplies were sent to Atami and the Moon, and stuffed into all the battleships of the Burning Legion, Yamato, Ptolemy, Nadeshiko, Eternity, Son of Danu, La Kelam, and Quasi-Arkham.

And when the time entered the assembly time decided by Xiao Ran with the efforts of countless people, all the work was successfully completed under the joint efforts of the two worlds, and even before the final assembly time arrived, the Eternity, Ptolemy and other battleships all appeared next to the True Science Fortress Research Institute, and the two battleships of the Yamato and the Burning Legion were lined up together.

The Victory Fleet, which had been scattered for a while, also gathered again, and while waiting for the final surprise of the True Science Fortress Research Institute, Xiao Ran also listened to the summary report of Luo and Renard in the Burning Legion during this time.