"Misato-san, Misato-san!"

"Hmm...... I can't eat anymore......"

Because the competition of the "Fishing Kings" ended too quickly, when Chu Xuan and the others returned with a full load, the drunk Misato Katsuragi was still sleeping soundly on the grass next to her, and Shinji Ikari called her several times without waking her up.

"Miss Misato, get up quickly, we're going back!"

"Huh? What the...... Is it tomorrow so soon?

Belch...... Let's, let me sleep for another five minutes......"

Shinji Ikari angrily kowtows loudly in Katsuragi's ear, but Katsuragi Misato only twitches her eyelids a few times before falling into a "stupor" again, showing no sign of opening her eyes at all.

"Stand back, this woman has been captivated by nightmares, leave it to me, the expert, to solve it."

Before Shinji Ikari could make up his mind to use more drastic means to wake up his guardian, the black cat, with a slightly cool expression, reached out and stopped him with a serious face.

Next, under Shinji Ikati's suspicious eyes, the black cat lay on the side of Misato Katragagi's head, gently brought her thin lips to the other's ear, and then quickly whispered something.

"Hmm......

Belch......

Hey......

Boom......"

Because of the demons whispering in her ears, Misato Katsuragi's expression changed several times, her body tensed unconsciously, and the beads of sweat on her forehead became more and more, as if she had really fallen into a nightmare.

"Wow!"

Misato Katsuragi, who finally didn't know what she had experienced in her dream, suddenly screamed, her upper body bounced up like a pressed spring, and then sat on the plastic sheet that had been wrinkled back and forth by her, gasping for breath.

"It is said that the human mind can be accelerated hundreds or thousands of times in sleep, and even in just a few minutes, the subjective feeling can spend tens or hundreds of years."

The black cat, which was obviously very much like a dark witch, didn't know when it had retreated to Chu Xuan's side, and also said a very Chu Xuan-style scientific explanation to Shinji Ikari who was surprised and inexplicable, and this strange sense of incongruity made Shinji Ikari couldn't help but shudder.

"Mi, Misato-san, are you alright?"

Shinji Ikari hurriedly stepped forward and cared about the guardian who was still sitting there, and when he heard his voice, Misato Katsuragi raised his head a little sluggishly, and then his eyes quickly returned to clarity.

"Ah...... It's Shinji.

Didn't you go fishing, and who won? ”

"Woooooooooo......oo Mi, Miss Misato! ”

Just like Shinji Ikari woke up Misato Katsuragi, Misato Katsuragi's inquiry awakened Hinata Makoto, who had completely turned gray and white, and followed Chu Xuan and the others like a walking corpse.

The introverted young man, whose heart had been greatly shocked, threw himself at Misato Katsuragi's feet, hugged one of her legs and cried loudly:

"The new humans are really monsters!

Senior colonel...... Colonel, he actually ...... He actually ...... I caught a big catfish more than three meters long! ”

"That's right, that's right, Colonel Chu Xuan is the Fishing Demon King at all!"

Hinata Makoto's crying also woke up Shigeru Aoba, the long-haired man who looked a little flirtatious, hugged Misato Katsuragi's other leg and excitedly denounced Chu Xuan's cheating along with his fellow brothers.

"Hmm...... You two, calm down, okay? ”

Misato Katsuragi, who had drunk a lot of beer at noon, frowned unhappily, feeling as if her head was starting to hurt when the two of them quarreled like this.

"Although I didn't think you could beat Chu Xuan from the beginning, even if you want to find an excuse, you have to find a more reliable excuse, right?

That's what a catfish is, right? The kind with two whiskers on the side of the mouth.

How could it grow to be three meters long - and even if it could be three meters long, it would not be possible to be in such a small river! ”

Misato Katsuragi looked at the crying Hinata Makoto and Shigeru Aoba with cold eyes, and the three different "bars" at the end of the sentence slapped them both in the face like three slaps, waking them up completely.

"But, but...... We really weren't lying......"

Hinata Makoto raised his head and said aggrievedly like a puppy wronged by his master, while Shigeru Aoba immediately shouted loudly on the side:

"Yes, yes, the children can testify! There's no way kids can lie! ”

"Anyway, you two let go of my legs first."

Misato Katsuragi resisted the urge to curse, raised a hand and pressed her temple, and said in an unkind tone to the two subordinates who were still holding her legs.

After Hinata Makoto and Shigeru Aoba had honestly sat down on the side, the pain in her head had subsided a lot, Misato Katsuragi crossed her legs, turned to face Chu Xuan and the others, and asked quite seriously:

"I heard that Chu Xuan caught a catfish more than three meters long, so where is the fish?"

There was indeed a big fish in Katsuragi's sight, but that fish was only a meter at best; In addition, there are several buckets with lids, which are enough to hold even a meter-long fish, let alone a three-meter-long fish.

However, she shouldn't have used this tone of interrogating prisoners to question Chu Xuan, although Chu Xuan was indeed the "defendant", but the identities of Black Cat, Rei Ayaba, and Shinji Ikari were eyewitnesses.

"Ahhh~ How can there be a three-meter-long catfish, I didn't see it.

The longest fish that Chu Xuan caught just now was an eel like a snake, which was used to make grilled eels at night. ”

Shinji Ikari was just about to open his mouth to tell Misato Katsuragi about Chu Xuan's great achievements, but the black cat suddenly denied the existence of the three-meter-long catfish, which made Shinji Ikari couldn't help but froze.

And then, the black cat, who didn't know how to raise his right hand to block the corner of the mouth with a wicked smile, secretly used his left hand behind his back to give Ayanami Rei a code, so that this "good girl" who was always extremely obedient also said "I didn't see it" in an indifferent tone.

"She—they're lying! I did catch it just now, but it was put back in the water! ”

Shigeru Aoba, who just said that "children never lie", looked at the black cat and Rei Ayanami who lied incredibly naturally, and his voice trembled uncontrollably, as if he was in a weak heart.

"Yes."

Misato Katsuragi glanced coldly at Shigeru Aoba and Makoto Hinata coldly, and their eyes suddenly lit up, and they nodded at her again and again, but in the next second, Misato Katsuragi moved her gaze to Shinji Ikaru.

Because of this, except for Chu Xuan, who was still staring blankly ahead, in the end, everyone's eyes were focused on Shinji Ikari, which made him feel a lot of pressure.

Although Shinji Ikari didn't understand why the black cat was "bullying" Shigeru Aoba and Makoto Hinata, two usually amiable acquaintances, he understood which side he had to stand in this confrontation between "children" and "adults".

Shinji Ikari doesn't know what Shigeru Aoba's childhood was like, but he knows very well that the "children's world" he sees with his own eyes is not as kind and harmonious as adults think.

Maybe these children do look like good babies in front of adults, but that's just a "disguise" for adults, under the mask of good children, children actually have a variety of faces and personalities, which naturally includes a cold and cruel side.

Some children will be gradually excluded just because they are introverted and unsociable, and if they look ugly or even have some kind of physical defects, they will be looked at differently wherever they go...... But none of this compares to the horror of "standing on the wrong side"!

If, at this time of "class stance", a child rebels against his own class and chooses to side with the adults, then even if his behavior is correct, he will be branded as a "traitor" and will be bullied by all the children from now on, and basically no one will dare to help him openly, because all those who sympathize with him will also be isolated and bullied.

-- Unless it was the "chief" who helped him.

But unfortunately, it is also the "leader" who can organize all the children to fight against the adults, and for the small group of "EVA drivers", the "leader" is the black cat.

So...... It's very obvious how Shinji Ikari will choose. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe (this site), reward, your support is my biggest motivation. )