EVA No. 3 ...... After the elimination of the Ninth Apostle, the residents of the Third New Tokyo City quickly returned to their normal lives, and this incredible nerve makes people feel that even in the midst of the biochemical apocalypse, the zombies who have become the residents of this city will still live as they did in life.

But the small group of people who came to the city from all over the world for the great reason of "saving the world" have changed dramatically since the battle.

Asuka, who was supposed to attend tutoring in the first week of the summer vacation, never went to school after that day, but instead of going out to play for laziness, Asuka who no longer went to school came to the NERV base to train all day long, and she was more serious and hard than before.

Chu Xuan, who used to go home with a few beautiful girls every day, buy groceries together, and eat together, seemed to be busy all of a sudden after that day, often staying in the research room all day long, and also began to appear that he didn't go home all night.

Makibo, who had planned to keep in touch with her new friends during the summer vacation, never went out for personal reasons at all after that day, except for sometimes going to the base to train with the expressionless Asuka, the expressionless Ayanami, and the even more expressionless Chu Xuan, she has been addicted to the world of virtual reality - and it is a game other than "Super Robot Wars".

Rei Ayana, who had been with the black cat all along, became alone again after that day, and she took on what the black cat had been doing, using the "unique secrets" that the black cat had taught her to select delicious vegetables and make delicious dishes, and Asuka, Makipo, and Chu Xuan's three meals a day were all taken care of by her - maybe only her life was still the same as before.

And after that day, Shinji Ikari, who had already become the main force of the battle, really refused to fly the first plane anymore, and he refused to participate in the training again, but there was no reaction from the commander of Ikari Gendo.

But Shinji Ikari soon knew why his father dared to say to him, "It doesn't matter", because-

Probably because I heard that the third machine exploded again when the experiment was started, and it became the ninth apostle, EVA 6 and 8 were sent to the NERV headquarters soon after that day.

Seemingly. Many people have doubts about the safety of the EVA, or perhaps they also know that the EVA body is theoretically not dangerous, but this kind of body always has accidents of one kind or another, but it is inevitable that people will not be suspected of being a "plague" body or a cursed body.

Although this is a superstition, this superstition is still very marketable in various military organizations, and even in the army of the new human beings, the most popular book is "The Complete Book of Forbidden Words in the Army", which tells everyone the terrible power of "forbidden words" with detailed data and examples.

"When this war is over, I will go back to my hometown to get married", "Keep this thing for me until I come back". "I'll leave it to me here. You go first". "There is only one person on the other side, everyone goes up together", "You can't defeat me with just a few of you", "You don't need an adult to take action." Leave it to me", "When it's all over, I have something to say to you......

Words like these, which seem to be innocence, have an unexpectedly high lethality rate in the military, to the point where it is impossible to believe that this is just a "coincidence".

Although people still don't know why some people have no taboos when they speak, they can also pass through the barriers of life and death, and finally become famous; But everyone knows that if the person who says this does not succeed, then he will surely become a benevolent.

Perhaps, the black cat is also because of ......

"Shinji. This is Kaoru Nagisa, the sixth qualified person who arrived with the two EVAs today, and he will live in our house from now on, and the eighth machine will be piloted by Shin Hippo, who arrived before. ”

Misato Katsuragi, who returned from the base in the evening, gently introduced Shinji Ikari to Shinji Ikari, who had already cooked a meal for her and Kaoru Nagisa, but Shinji Ikari refused to drive EVA and refused to train, and the fact of staying at home all day did not become a conflict between her and Shinji Ikari.

Maybe Misato Katsuragi knows very well that Shinji Ikari is serious this time. Maybe Misato Katsuragi was secretly dissatisfied with her superiors' decision, or maybe it was just because she felt that the EVA she could use now was enough to defeat any kind of apostle, and she was not inferior to the first one.

"Hello, I'm Shinji Ikati, and I'm not driving EVA anymore for the time being."

Shinji Ikari greeted Kaoru Nagisa, who was smiling at him, with a slightly shy expression.

Although he was in a cold war with the upper echelons of Nerv at this time, he did not take his anger out on others, and the grief of the black cat being frozen did not appear on him obviously, but it only made his eyes a little melancholy, and in these aspects, Shinji Ikari has really grown.

"Hello, I'm Kaoru Nagisa.

I have already heard about your situation, and I ask you to take care of you in the future—and thank you for preparing dinner for me. ”

Misato Katsuragi smiled at the two of them, who got along very well as soon as they met, and felt relieved that there wasn't much she could do for Shinji Ikari, and she could only find him a partner of the same age who could talk to him like this.

In addition, Senior Colonel Chu Xuan is now ...... She shouldn't be in the mood to take care of the new qualified, so she had to take the initiative to pick up the matter of Nagisa Kaoru.

At night, Kaoru Nagisa, who lived in the last room of Misato Katsuragi's house, sneaked into Shinji Ikaru's room, intending to have a "sleeping meeting" with him, although Shinji Ikri felt quite unaccustomed, but he also slept in a tent with Chu Xuan when he was camping, so he did not refuse Kaoru Nagisa's enthusiasm.

"Shinji, why don't you drive EVA anymore? Can you tell me about it? ”

Kaoru Nagisa, who was lying on his back beside Shinji Ikari, put his hands behind his head and asked this rather sensitive question straight to the point, but his gentle tone made his behavior not seem too abrupt.

“……”

Perhaps because of his good first impression of Kaoru Nagisa, who was always smiling gently, Shinji Ikari was silent for a while with his back to Kaoru Nagisa lying on a tatami mat covered with a thin mattress, and then told him about the black cat, the EVA driver's room, the school, and Chu Xuan.

“…… Therefore, I can't understand why Chu Xuan's reaction was so cold, it was not someone else, but a black cat!

I've had enough of those adults! In their eyes, we pilots are just tools to destroy the Apostles! ”

"But...... Shinji, it's not up to the commander of Nerv to make such a decision as the fourth qualified person to freeze? ”

Kaoru Nagisa has been patiently listening to Shinji Ikari vent his resentment before tentatively pointing out the truth that he may have "not noticed".

"I know, but it's all the same!

Whoever decides, I'm not going to drive EVA anymore until they undo it - not my own anyway! ”

Shinji Ikari's tone was very firm, and it seemed that he didn't just make the decision to quit on the spur of the moment, but his final tone was somewhat jealous - after all, Nerv had found his "replacement" so quickly.

"No, no, no, the next battle won't work without you.

Without you, the world could really have perished. ”

I don't know why, Kaoru Nagisa seems to have a high opinion of Shinji Ikari, but his words reveal a little strangeness, almost as if he knows what will happen in the next battle.

"Even if the world is going to end because of this, then let's just finish it together, anyway, this kind of world ......"

Shinji Ikari, who was still very emotional, replied hatefully, unscrupulously venting his dissatisfaction.

Anger did give him the courage to rebel against his father, Nerv and Seele's higher-ups, but it also made him somewhat lose his composure, preventing him from perceiving the anomalies in Nagisa's words.

"Really......

Well, I got it. ”

Probably knowing that he couldn't change Shinji Ikati's decision, Kaoru Nagisa immediately ended the topic and asked him about the famous Colonel Chu Xuan in "Super Robot Wars" instead.