"Boom!"

The fist of EVA Zero, which was taller than an adult man, slammed into the observation window, directly smashing the edge of the wall embedded with bulletproof glass, although the black cat had known about this scene for a long time, she was still so frightened that a spirit jumped to Chu Xuan's side, grabbed her lover's hand and ran back.

"Evacuate immediately!"

At this critical juncture, Chu Xuan, who had the rank of colonel, did not immediately run away with the black cat, he first gave everyone a retreat order in a loud voice, and then pulled the commander of Ikari Yuantang, who was still there in a daze, to take a few steps back.

"Woohoo!"

EVA Zero smashed several punches into the observation window in a row, and even smashed some shards into the bulletproof glass that would not shatter if it was broken into a tortoiseshell, but at the most critical moment, Zero suddenly stopped and continued to roar there with its head in its hands.

"Bang ——!"

Suddenly, the protective armor at the front of Zero's spine opened automatically, and the driving bolt inserted into EVA's spine was automatically ejected.

"Not good!"

Commander Gendo Ikari, who didn't make a sound even when he was unprepared for the oncoming giant fist, suddenly shouted nervously, and in the test field, the driving bolt that popped out of Eva's spine had already hit the ceiling, and then pulled a spark along the ceiling.

"Boom! Boom! ”

Equipped with the pilot of the Zero, the pilot's bolt of the first qualified person, Rei Ayana, hit the junction between the ceiling and the wall, and then hit the dead corner formed by the ceiling and the two walls along this line, and continued to fight against the earth's gravity for a few seconds at the dead end where it could not continue to jump, before falling weakly to the ground.

"Boom!"

"Leigh!"

The driver's bolt fell from the 50-meter-high ceiling, and after touching the ground, it bounced several times, causing Commander Ikari to scream in a frustrated manner, and hurriedly ran towards the passage leading to the inside of the test site.

At this time, EVA Zero, which had ejected the driver's bolt, still did not stop, and still slammed hard against the wall even though its legs were restrained by special phenolic resin - only this time the Zero was dizzy and smashed into another wall.

"There are still 10 seconds left before the complete stop.

8、7、6……”

"Protect the Commander!"

Just when everyone was nervously paying attention to the zero machine that had entered the countdown to stop, Chu Xuan quickly caught up with Commander Ikari Yuantang, who wanted to run towards the passage leading to the inside of the test site, and threw him onto a liaison officer surnamed a man near the door, and he himself rushed into the passage and ran towards the inside of the test site.

Within a few seconds, Chu Xuan had already rushed into the test site, and the driving bolt of EVA Zero was lying quietly next to the solidified special phenolic resin, which didn't look damaged on the surface, but he didn't know what happened to Rei Ayanami inside.

Although I know that the surface of the driving bolt at this time is high enough to burn people because of the previous friction; Although he knew that even if it was a little later, Rei Ayanami inside the cockbolt would be fine, Chu Xuan still did not hesitate to stretch out his hands without any protection, grabbed the external emergency opening wrench of the cockbolt hatch, and opened the hatch vigorously.

"Shh......h

A puff of white smoke with the smell of burning protein came out from the place where Chu Xuan's hands came into contact with the emergency opening wrench of the hatch, although Chu Xuan did not cry out because of the pain, but his body involuntarily leaned back, and the too violent movement threw the flat glasses on the bridge of his nose to the ground.

The black cat who ran in after Chu Xuan had tears in her eyes, and she looked at Chu Xuan's hands very distressed, but she didn't step forward to help, but left this flag to Chu Xuan alone.

"Leigh, are you alright?"

As soon as the LCL in the pilot's bolt flowed out of the hatch, Chu Xuan immediately leaned in, and his voice, which had been steady and unsuppressed, seemed to have a bit of eagerness...... But it doesn't seem to be any different from usual.

The blue-haired girl, who was still tightly holding on to the ** longitudinal pole, trembled and propped up her body, which looked unusually slender under the constraints of the tight driving suit, turned her body a little, and nodded to Chu Xuan with some difficulty.

"Can you move? I'll take you out right now. ”

Although Chu Xuan's face still didn't show any expression, his facial lines seemed to have become a little softer than usual.

“……”

Facing Chu Xuan's outstretched hands, Ayanami Lilen paused for a few seconds, and then she looked at Chu Xuan's eyes again, and tried to ask in a very weak voice:

"Your ...... Hand...... and eye ......"

Exposed to the maiden were golden eyes that were brighter than the brightest stars in the night sky, and perhaps the moon...... Maybe the sun was brighter than that, but those eyes felt even brighter than the sun, as if a supernova had just exploded in his eyes.

"It's okay for me, come!"

Chu Xuan casually urged Ayanami Rei, and the girl silently stretched out her slender little hand and gently held the edge of Chu Xuan's outstretched palm, as if she was afraid that her movements would hurt Chu Xuan's wound that had been torn off a layer of skin.

Finally, Rei Ayanami moved her body to the edge of the hatch with some difficulty, and then Chu Xuan immediately copied her between the crooks of her arms in the posture of a princess and carried her out of the driver's bolt.

"Li, Chu Xuan, are you all okay? Hurry to the hospital! ”

Waiting for Chu Xuan to come out of the driver's bolt with Ayanami Rei in his arms, the black cat behind him hurriedly greeted him, urging his husband extremely nervously.

The tears rolling down her eyes were not fake at all, even though she knew that this was a "necessary sacrifice" made by Chu Xuan for the sake of the strategy, but seeing him who seemed to have never been injured was hurt with his own eyes, it still made the black cat's heart ache.

"Leigh, are you alright?"

At this time, Commander Ikari Yuantang, who was thrown by Chu Xuan at once on the liaison, was late, and he was followed by Deputy Commander Dongyue and Ritsuko Akagi.

However, Chu Xuan didn't let Ayanami Li and Ikari Gentang talk, he just let Ikari Gentang take a look at the girl's face, and then immediately said to his "superior leader" instead of her:

"Leigh now needs to have a full body check-up right away, and her brain and organs have been hit quite a bit."

Then, without waiting for Ikari Yuantang to react, Chu Xuan immediately rushed out with the girl who was weakly leaning on his arms, and the black cat immediately followed him, separating Ikari Yuantang from Chu Xuan by the way.

“……”

Ikari Gendo turned around, opened his mouth wide and watched Rei Ayaami, who had passed by him, quickly move away, but he still didn't follow after all.

When Chu Xuan and Ayanami Li's figures disappeared into the passage, Commander Ikari Gentang immediately regained his usual calm appearance.

"Immediately notify the medical room, prepare for a full body examination, and immediately treat Senior Colonel Chu Xuan."

Commander Ikari Gendo's voice was still as majestic as ever, but it seemed to be a little more dull than usual, and although others might not be able to hear it, Ritsuko Akagi definitely wouldn't be able to hear it.

“……”

Dr. Ritsuko Akagi, who was standing behind Ikari Gendo's side, secretly focused on the side of Ikari Gendo's face with a somewhat complicated gaze, but she couldn't tell anything from his beard, which grew to the base of his ears.

Ritsuko Akagi lowered her head and happened to see Chu Xuan's flat glasses.

The edges of the weird glasses that don't fall off no matter how much you exercise have been cracked a little, and the frames are slightly distorted, and they no longer reflect the light from nowhere.

Ritsuko Akagi, who was thoughtful, stared at the pair of glasses for more than ten seconds, and then raised her head again and looked in the direction where the medical room was located, her eyes seemed to penetrate the layers of walls, and directly saw the disease ** that Chu Xuan carefully put the first qualified person snuggled in his arms on the whole body CT.

“…… Let's go. ”

Finally, Commander Ikari Gendo's voice rang out again, and Ritsuko Akagi didn't say anything, silently following behind him and Deputy Commander Fuyutsuki.

But before she walked out of the proving ground, she couldn't help but turn her head again, and took one last look at the pair of glasses that lay quietly next to the driver's bolt. (To be continued.) )