On April 14th, within the first week of school, the black cat who finally returned to school asked for leave, and at the same time, she was "broken" by Ayanami Rei, who studied very seriously during school.

However, the two girls did not intend to skip school, and even if the black cat sat in the last row of the classroom every day reading comics, playing games, or writing novels on his own, he never had the idea of running away from school without permission, and Ayanami Rei was even more so.

"Black Cat, how is Leigh doing at school?"

At this time, in front of the observation window of the second experimental field of the NERV headquarters, Chu Xuan, who was wearing a white coat over his military uniform, looked at the EVA Zero machine that was fixed on the shelf, and casually asked the black cat about the situation of the driver of this orange and yellow giant robot when he was in school.

"Ahaha...... Don't worry, I'll take care of her at school, no problem.

Well...... Although in school I was the only one who would talk to her a lot. ”

At the mention of this question, the black cat looked away with some weakness, wanting to make a haha perfunctory, but Chu Xuan obviously noticed something, and immediately asked:

"And what about yourself?"

"Hmm...... Basically, I only talk to Rei......

It's not that the kids here are all that's the case...... I can only say that I have become like this before I know it. ”

The black cat lowered its eyes, and its two index fingers kept poking at each other, explaining to Chu Xuan rather helplessly.

It seems that she herself understands her shortcomings, but even on the Internet, she is not very good at making friends, let alone in the real world.

There are always things that people can and can't do, and it's not her who is wrong, but Chu Xuan, who has excessive expectations for her social skills.

"Really......"

Chu Xuan pushed down the reflective glasses expressionlessly, then stretched out his hand by the way, gently touched the top of the black cat's head, and said to her lightly:

"It's okay, you don't have to make friends.

Tonight...... I don't know if it will be able to go online in time. ”

Chu Xuan's last sentence seemed a little inexplicable, but the black cat, who knew very well what would happen in the start-up experiment later, understood, she looked at the EVA Zero machine, which was still very quiet at the moment, with worried eyes, and casually echoed:

"yes...... I had known that I had told those guys from Oarai and Kuromine Mori that it would be another day. ”

From the analysis of the black cat's words, Chu Xuan and they seem to have some activities in the virtual reality game "Super Robot Wars" at night, but isn't the black cat an introverted girl who is not good at socializing, why when she mentions "those guys", her two eyes as beautiful as rubies immediately radiate a strong light?

"Huh...... Rest assured, the startup experiment will be over soon.

If all goes well, you can go home for dinner at noon.

Yes...... But Chu Xuan can't, you still have to stay and help me analyze the experimental data before I can leave. ”

In addition to Chu Xuan, another researcher in a white coat, Dr. Ritsuko Akagi, heard the conversation between Chu Xuan and the black cat, and couldn't help but smile and interject a few words.

"But Chu Xuan, you are really a conscientious guardian, and you also accompany Li and the black cat to play games......

It's not that you're pretending to be selfish, and you want to be lazy, right?

If you're so free, how about coming to the lab at night to work overtime? ”

Because of the special requirements of the black cat, Ritsuko Akagi and the staff at the base who often come into contact with EVA drivers have also begun to call her by this cute name.

But these people probably don't know, the full name of the cute black cat on the Internet is "Chiba's Fallen Saint Black Cat", if it weren't for the fact that "Super Robot Wars" doesn't allow special symbols to be added to the ID, she will definitely add crosses at both ends of her ID.

"No, the time outside of the lab that I have to do the job of supervising and educating the drivers."

Chu Xuan pushed down his reflective glasses expressionlessly, and rejected Ritsuko Akagi's unreasonable request very seriously.

"Ho ho ho ho ...... Young people are really energetic and enviable, and although old people like me have registered IDs, they can't play such intense games anymore. ”

Deputy Commander Dongyue, who was standing at the other end away from Chu Xuan, let out an old man's characteristic old laugh, stretched out his head and sighed with a playful sigh, while the bearded commander Ikari Gentang, who was standing in front of him and Ritsuko Akagi, was still as serious and silent as ever, and never participated in the chat.

"Alright, the time is coming soon, and all the preparations have been completed, Commander Ikati?"

Ritsuko Akagi, who was in charge of the entire experiment, ended the chat with ease, and asked Ikari Gendo for instructions in a serious tone.

Ikari Gendo raised his hand and pushed down his glasses, which were not very reflective, and then gave the order in a very dignified tone:

"Start up."

"Connect the mains power to all circuits."

Ritsuko Akagi gave an order behind her, and the staff in the base immediately moved, and reports soon began to come from Ritsuko Akagi's right-hand man and junior Maya Ibuki:

"The main power supply is connected, and the boot system is up and running."

"The action voltage is still 0.5, 0.2, breakthrough from the critical point!"

"The startup system has been moved to the second phase."

"LCL concentration, normal."

"Start the connection with the driver."

"The second phase of the system, begins."

"LCL, pressure to maintain the status quo."

"Plug in the drivebolt and start to combine ......"

As one command after another began to load, the camera above the head of EVA Zero began to light up, and the faces of the commander and deputy commander of NERV were a little solemn, after all, whether this "ultimate general-purpose humanoid decisive battle weapon" could be successfully activated was related to an important plan that an ordinary soldier had no authority to know.

“…… There are 0.9, 0.7, 0.5, 0.4, 0.3 and 0.3 from the absolute boundary line...... Pulse countercurrent! ”

"An anomaly occurred in the third stage!"

"Central neurons begin to have a rejection response!"

"The pulse countercurrent intensifies and cannot be stopped!"

At the critical moment when the zero machine was about to succeed, the start-up system suddenly had an abnormality, and in the sound of system alarms one after another, Ritsuko Akagi decisively gave the order to suspend the start of the experiment.

"Stop the contact, release the circuit to number 6, paralyzed the nerve line."

"No! Unable to receive a signal! ”

Maya Ibuki immediately reported loudly, and at the same time, EVA Zero, which had been standing quietly at the second test site more than fifty meters high, began to struggle against the massive steel restraints, and even let out a beastly roar from its "mouth", which was made entirely of steel.

"Roar, roar, roar, ......"

Eva Zero's struggles grew harder and harder, and its roar became more and more terrifying, like a beast about to break out of its cage.

Although the black cat had known this "plot" for a long time, her face still became much paler when she stared at her opposite the extremely thick bulletproof glass.

After all, this is not a game, but a 40-meter-tall giant in reality, and the black cat has never fought with a 60-meter super-large giant, so it is natural to have an instinctive sense of fear in his heart.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!"

"Click......"

Suddenly, EVA Zero thrust forward, and the steel restraints embedded in the wall of the second test site were pulled out, revealing a number of black cables hidden in the wall.

"Machine Zero is out of control!"

"Abort the experiment and cut off the power!"

Maya Ibuki nervously reported that Ritsuko Akagi was staring at the Zero machine on the other side of the bulletproof glass with her head in her hands as if she were holding her head in "pain" like a human, and decided to terminate the test immediately.

After cutting off the external power supply, the Zero automatically switched to a built-in power supply, which was designed to keep EVA running in the event of an unexpected power outage until it was connected to a new power plug again, providing the power to continue to wreak havoc on the runaway Zero.

“…… There are 35 seconds left until a complete stop! ”

"The automatic braking system is still not working!"

As the minutes ticked by, EVA Zero was still in an uncontrollable state and couldn't stop, but it just kept screaming in the proving ground with its head in its hands.

But just as the energy was about to run out in the last half minute, EVA Zero suddenly turned around and smashed a punch at Commander Ikari Gendo who was located at the observation window! (To be continued.) )