"I—I didn't ...... either"

Just as Shinji Ikari was about to go against his conscience and ignore Shigeru Aoba and Hinata's pleading gazes and stand on the side of Kuro Cat and Rei Ayaba, a firm and powerful palm pressed against his shoulder.

"Shinji, as a man, there must always be something that must be held on to even if he dies, and this is especially true for those who have power.

What if you are ostracized by everyone? What if everyone is isolated? What if you are bullied by everyone? Men's persistence is not something that can be easily consumed.

Now that you have the power to be a 'savior', don't you want to be a 'partner in justice'? ”

Chu Xuan said as he jumped over Shinji Ikati's side, blocking the sight of the "adults" for him.

"And ah......"

Chu Xuan, who was nearly a head taller than Shinji Ikari like "bean sprouts" and whose shoulders were much broader, turned his back to this cowardly young man who was only 14 years old, and said in a dull voice that was as smooth and uninhibited as ever:

"A man's status, glory, and destiny are all earned by his own strength, not by the charity of others.

Once a man bends down, he may never have the courage to stand up straight again in his life. ”

"Good, so handsome!"

The black cat, who had been staring at Shinji Ikari with a cold gaze with a message of "You know what to do", held her reddened cheeks with both hands and let out a mesmerizing admiration, which also expressed Shinji Ikari's heart.

Although Ayanami Li still couldn't understand where Chu Xuan's behavior just now was handsome. But her red eyes, which seemed to be made of cheap plastic, were also a little brighter than usual.

Although Chu Xuan's two golden eyes, which had been hidden behind reflective spectacle lenses, were easily discriminated against in certain social environments, they also had a special attraction to the characters of the second disease. Even if the other party has become his follower, in the eyes of the black cat, Chu Xuan's words and deeds just now may be handsome enough to cry ghosts and gods.

"Sorry, the black cat just wanted to play a joke on you.

I did catch a 3.08-meter catfish, but because we couldn't eat that much fish, we put it back again, and what Aoba and Hinata said was true. ”

"Chu, Senior Colonel Chu Xuan!" X2

Chu Xuan's righteous words moved both Shigeru Aoba and Makoto Hinata to tears, and at the same time, they were also very ashamed of their dark psychology just now. Maybe the black cat wanted to punish them a little because he couldn't get used to their jealousy of Chu Xuan.

"Okay, now that everything is clear, let's go back together.

What about Ritsuko and Maya? ”

Seeing that the potential conflict between her colleagues was quietly resolved, Misato Katsuragi was so happy that she pretended not to feel anything, she jumped up from the plastic sheeting, then put two feet wrapped in flesh-colored stockings into her shoes, and looked for Ritsuko Akagi and Maya Ibuki, who were going for a walk in the woods.

"I've already contacted Dr. Akagi. The two of them will go straight back to the camp in a moment, and we'll go back and pack up the fish first—the fish will taste best when they're slaughtered alive and left there for two or three hours. ”

"Ah, I think I know that, too.

So what are you waiting for, let's go back quickly! ”

Anyway, Misato Katsuragi didn't have to do it, so she actively urged everyone to go back, and Shinji Ikari felt a little unbelievable that the black cat had lied just now was solved like this. But he is also happy not to offend both.

However, Chu Xuan's words just now still left a deep impression on his heart, although that kind of words seemed to be often heard in some hot-blooded animations, and Shinji Ikari didn't care about that kind of thing in the past, but when a person who could say that kind of thing out loud really stood in front of him, he really experienced the shock that couldn't be described in words.

As a boy. Of course, he could not have had a "heroic dream", but because he was separated from the first hero of his life - his father - early. None of his relatives and school teachers who took care of him could be regarded as a father, so that when he wanted to imitate the "heroes of reality", he couldn't find anyone to imitate.

As a result, Shinji Ikari recognized a reality earlier than the other children - "heroes" or something, there is no such thing as a "hero" at all.

If a hero exists, then why is there no one to comfort him when he cries, no one to protect him when he is bullied, no one to encourage him when he cowers?

"Shinji, tell me about that three-meter-long fish.

What kind of catfish can really grow so big, I haven't seen it in my life, why didn't you wake me up before you put it away. ”

Just when Shinji Ikari was full of emotion in his heart, Misato Katsuragi had already quietly touched his side and affectionately turned his neck with his arm.

"Miss Misato...... It's hard to walk!

And didn't I just scream at you several times, but you didn't wake up at all!

And...... Your sleeping appearance is as ugly as when you are at home, and I am disgraced as your ward! ”

Shinji Ikari let go of his mind and tried hard to break free of Misato Katsuragi's intimate gestures, while using merciless derogation to hide his shyness and joy.

"Hey! You traitor, you dislike me when you get acquainted with Chu Xuan and them!

I drill I drill drill ......"

"Ahh Pain and pain...... I'm sorry, I was wrong, please spare me......"

A large green tendon appeared on Katsuragi's forehead, and then he fixed Shinji Ikari's head with both hands, drilling back and forth in his temples so hard that Shinji Ikari grinned in pain.

Back at the campsite, after Chu Xuan killed all the eels, carp, and sweetfish harvested this time, as well as Shigeru Aoba's big crucian carp and Makoto Hinata's black bass, Shigeru Aoba and Makoto Hinata returned all the rented fishing gear such as buckets, fish guards, and fishing rods, and compensated for the fishing rods and other things that were damaged by the two of them.

When the uncle in the management office asked with a smile, "How about the harvest when the fishing rods are broken", the faces of Shigeru Aoba and Hinata Makoto became very strange, and in the end they just barely spit out a sentence of "Very good", and did not tell him the fact that Chu Xuan caught a 30-centimeter-long sweetfish, a 100-centimeter-long carp, a 150-centimeter-long eel, and a 300-centimeter-long catfish.

But even if they say it, Uncle will definitely not believe it, because he is an expert who has been fishing in that river for more than ten years, so he will not believe that there will be various world record level big fish in that small river.

Although the black cat has a photo to prove it, she only showed the photo on her phone to Misato Katsuragi and has no public interest, and Shigeru Aoba and Makoto Hinata don't have the courage to ask the black cat for a photo, they would rather treat the previous experience as a nightmare, otherwise they feel that they will probably never be able to pick up the fishing rod again.

In the camp, everyone is busy again with the delicious food in the evening, and even Misato Katsuragi and Ritsuko Akagi, who never meddle in the kitchen, are assigned the task of preparing a bonfire.

But this wasn't for the two of them to pick up firewood around the camp - they couldn't pick up dry firewood that they could use right away, and they bought almost everything in the camp's management office, whole firewood, coarse salt to add to the atmosphere, and even safety fireworks, but there were no fireworks, no fireworks, and no fireworks that could shoot far away.

All the two older single women who couldn't even do in the kitchen could do was to instruct poor Shigeru Aoba and Makoto Hinata to bring back everything they had bought from the management office in a wheelbarrow, and then build the whole firewood into a bonfire-like "well" shape, and pile the small roots of firewood in the middle.

As for the coarse salt that adds to the atmosphere, wait until the bonfire is lit, and then sprinkle a handful into the fire from time to time to make the bonfire burst into a crackling yellow spark.

However, this practice was originally used by the tribal shamans to tell the weather, and if you hear the crackling sound of the salt in the fire, it is a sign of good weather; If there is no sound, it means that the weather is about to deteriorate, and the wind and rain will come at any time, and the principle is that when the wind and rain are coming, the humidity in the air increases, and the salt will not make a sound when it is damp and thrown into the fire.

-- In ancient times, salt was a valuable commodity even for those who lived by the sea, and it was impossible to throw it into the fire just to increase the atmosphere of the feast.