"Take it."

Just when Shinji Ikari's spirit was about to fall into the bottomless abyss, a cardboard box was pushed directly onto his body, Shinji Ikari subconsciously took a step back, holding the bottom of the box with both hands, and then the focus of his eyes was realigned, and he saw Chu Xuan's rather weird reflective glasses clearly.

“！！”

Seeing Chu Xuan's close face, Shinji Ikari's heart suddenly beat violently a few times, and his originally gray face immediately turned red.

He involuntarily turned his face, not daring to face Chu Xuan again, but his state of mind at this time was very different from before - at least this "unexpected joy" made him forget his inferiority complex for the time being.

This definitely has nothing to do with love or anything, it's just that I feel nervous, excited, and shy just because I see the idol I worship in my heart, and that's definitely it!

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The black cat looked at Shinji Ikari wordlessly as if he had been attacked, and drew a few black lines on his forehead, if she took a picture of this scene and showed it to her good friend Sena Akagi, it would definitely make the devil's eye that was already rotten inside make her scream.

Although the black cat is very confident in Chu Xuan's discipline, she doesn't have the slightest confidence in Shinji Ikari, because in the "original plot", Shinji Ikari was easily disintegrated by Kaoru Nagisa's inner wall, and now if it is replaced by Chu Xuan, maybe he will really be unexpectedly attacked.

(M...... Regardless, it's good to have an extra layer of insurance.

If you want to say that one of the best strategies in "eVa", it's really that guy. ）

Thinking like this, the black cat narrowed its eyes happily. An unusually evil smile bloomed on his face.

Shigeru Aoba and Makoto Hinata couldn't help but shudder when they saw this completely harmless smile, as if they had seen a big demon that was extremely terrifying for a normal man smiling behind the black cat.

"No, don't look. Otherwise, the soul will be taken away by Lucifer. ”

A drop of cold sweat broke out on the forehead of the long-haired "artistic youth" Shigeru Aoba, and he hurriedly lowered his voice and told Hinata Makoto, who was wearing thick-rimmed glasses, and at the same time he quickly looked away, not daring to look at the black cat's deeply demonic smile again.

Although Hinata Makoto didn't know what it had to do with the biblical story of the "Shining Morning Star, Son of Glory", the archdemon Lucifer who led a third of the angels of the heavenly realm to rebel and then fell into the Hell Monarch who represented the "Pride", his instinct as a man still made him look away with Shigeru Aoba.

"Why do you put the honorific title 'Geisha' after Lucifer's name?"

Hinata Makoto, who didn't dare to look at the black cat, asked in a low voice while following Shigeru Aoba quickly, and Shigeru Aoba paused for a moment. And then I seem to feel quite confused.

"yes...... Why do I think I have to add '猊下'? ”

“……”

Rei Ayanami looked at the black cat with a strange smile on her face expressionlessly for a few seconds, and then blocked in front of her, her red eyes staring straight at the black cat's bright eyes as beautiful as rubies, and asked softly with a little concern:

"Black cats? Where do you feel uncomfortable? ”

"Oh, no......

Don't worry, I'm fine, I just remembered a friend. ”

The black cat who came back to his senses showed a "reassuring" smile to Rei Ayana. The indescribable evil feeling on his face immediately vanished.

Rei Ayanami still didn't know what kind of friend she remembered to have such an expression, but she had silently kept this situation in her mind and left it for later to figure it out and learn it slowly.

Chu Xuan once said to her that it doesn't matter if there are many things that she doesn't understand for the time being, all human beings are like this at the beginning, as long as they keep learning and thinking. She will be able to understand more and more things, and then she will be able to form her own worldview, values, and outlook on life.

Only when the "three views" are fully formed and no longer easily changed due to the influence of the outside world can these children be regarded as preliminary adults, otherwise they can be regarded as having passed the coming-of-age ceremony. It's just a big kid with an undecided heart.

"Hold it tight, this box is heavy."

Chu Xuan, whose glasses were reflective, said to Shinji Ikari who had turned his head with an expressionless face. Then he simply let go of his hand, Shinji Ikari wanted to say yes, but the sudden increase in gravity on his hands forced him to grit his teeth to hold the cardboard box.

"Hah...... Ha...... Ha ......"

After Shinji Ikari followed Chu Xuan to remove the box from the side of the barbecue table, he didn't have anything left in his mind - because he was already so tired that he could only gasp for breath like a "Wang Xingren".

"What's in this? It's so heavy! ”

Shinji Ikari asked Chu Xuan casually while resting on the edge of the empty barbecue table, he felt that his hands had begun to tremble, and his back was also quite sore, as if he was going to cramp.

However, what he didn't notice was that unconsciously, he was able to talk to Chu Xuan normally.

"It's just some barbecue grills and iron drills, although you can rent them in the campsite, but it's better to prepare your own hygiene."

Chu Xuan casually answered Shinji Ikari's question, and then reached out and pinched his rather slender right arm biceps when he passed by, and lightly suggested to this teenager, who was a little thinner than most of his peers:

"You should exercise more, although the eVa driver may seem to just sit in a chair and think about it and move the joystick casually, but driving the eVa in actual combat requires a lot of physical strength - and without sufficient physical strength to ensure that physical fatigue can quickly affect your reflexes and spirit."

"Oh, oh......"

Shinji Ikari looked at Chu Xuan with wide eyes and an expressionless face, and agreed with a word, after Chu Xuan left, his eyes still followed Chu Xuan's back all the way, and his left hand subconsciously rubbed back and forth a few times on the place where his right arm had been pinched by Chu Xuan, as if he wanted to rub off the ashes on Chu Xuan's "dirty hand".

"What are you still doing standing there? To keep up, we still have to move. ”

Chu Xuan didn't go far before he stopped, just as he turned around and collided with Shinji Ikari's gaze, Shinji Ikari's face turned red, and he quickly turned his head, and walked out of the row of covered barbecue tables in a panic, following behind Chu Xuan.

On the way to the parking lot, Chu Xuan and Shinji Ikari met Ritsuko Akagi, Misato Katsuragi and Maya Ibuki who were easily carrying a few handy bags, although Ritsuko Akagi told her that she could bring nothing, but Maya Ibuki, who was invited to come, couldn't really come empty-handed, so she also bought two large bags of snacks that all women should like.

-- Isn't there a saying that "a woman puts snacks in her other stomach," and although a moment of indulgence may make you have to carefully calculate your daily calorie intake for a week or even a month, if you don't have snacks in your happy hour, it always feels like something is missing.

"Ahh

Seeing Chu Xuan and Shinji Ikari, Ritsuko Akagi smiled and said politely, Shinji Ikari smiled a little shyly at Dr. Akagi and Maya Ibuki beside her, and then looked cautiously at his "cohabitant" Misato Katsuragi.

"Ahem......"

In front of Chu Xuan, Misato Katsuragi still looked a little unnatural, she raised her fist to block her mouth, coughed lightly, and then said to Shinji Ikari with a serious expression:

"Thank you, Shinji."

Although this kind of words came out of the mouth of Miss Katsuragi, who always supported him with confidence, it was not the same thing that Shinji Ikari wanted to hear, but Misato Katsuragi seemed to know what Shinji Ikari was thinking, and then asked Chu Xuan seriously:

"Ritsuko didn't make it clear when she called me, are we going to spend the night here today?

But Shinji and I don't have tents for camping, so if we want to spend the night, we'll have to rent a cabin from the management office......"

PS: Declare it in advance, I won't really attack Shinji Ikati's...... Probably.