After saying the "two sentences" with only three words in total, Chu Xuan closed his mouth quite obediently, and Misato Katsuragi cast an understanding look at him, it seemed that he really regarded Chu Xuan as a "companion" who was troubled by how to communicate with taciturn children, but in fact, Chu Xuan and Ayanami Rei's regular conversation was so brief.

"EVA Zero, Primary, launch!"

Moving his gaze from Chu Xuan's face back to the giant screen, Misato Katsuragi gave an order, and two huge robots 40 meters tall quickly moved from the NERV headquarters located under the castle of the Third New Tokyo City to the ground through a dedicated launch line, and appeared at the special exit of the EVA disguised as a building.

"Can't escape, can't escape, can't escape......"

"Follow the battle plan, no problem, right? Shinji. ”

Before the contact, Misato Katsuragi asked a person "It's okay" again, and at this time, Shinji Ikari was nervous and constantly forced himself to pluck up his courage, and there was a clear tremor in his voice.

When he was forced to sit on the first plane, he had been immersed in Chu Xuan's "murderous aura", but his brain was already numb, his heart was as quiet as stagnant water, and he didn't think that he should be afraid at all, but now he felt a horror different from Chu Xuan's "murderous aura".

It wasn't the fear of "death", but the fear of "fighting", and Shinji Ikari's mind was actually blank right now, and he couldn't think of the idea of dying.

But in his 14 years of "life experience", there is no such thing as "fighting", and he has never imagined that he can really drive a robot to fight like a waste wood, so his fear is the fear of himself and whether he can defeat the enemy.

However, when facing Misato Katsuragi, Shinji Ikari still tried his best to suppress the shaking of his voice, and replied simply in a lower and darker tone than usual-

"Yes."

Robots are a man's romance, no matter how reluctant he is to take the EVA, but in the heart of every teenager, there was once a heroic dream, even if he has admitted that he is just a waste wood human under the ordinary level, Shinji Ikari is not really about becoming a hero and becoming a "savior" at all.

"Shinji, he's really fine, right? He has only been training for half a month, and he has not been training all day. ”

After turning off the communication with the first machine, Misato Katsuragi muttered to Chu Xuan, who was standing not far from her, but Chu Xuan did not answer her words, because it was actually just Misato Katsuragi talking to herself.

However, compared to Misato Katsuragi, Chu Xuan has much more confidence in Shinji Ikari, even if he doesn't consider the issue of "protagonist aura", that young man is actually not as useless as he appears on the surface, but because of years of depression and lack of self-confidence, his potential can only burst out when he is facing a critical moment in his life.

"Really...... If the third machine comes, I can also participate in the battle......"

The black cat, who had been quietly following Chu Xuan, looked at the Fifth Apostle displayed on the huge screen, and stomped his foot a little unwillingly, Chu Xuan turned around expressionlessly, put his hand on the top of her head, and said to her in a calm tone:

"The battles you see here are actually no different from watching movies, and they are not as good as virtual reality games; Fighting in a virtual reality game is very different from actually standing on the battlefield, and you can only really understand these things when you experience them firsthand. ”

"Hmph...... Think of me like a child. ”

The black cat pursed her lips dissatisfiedly, shook her head vigorously, shook off Chu Xuan's hand, and then jumped to the side, raised her right hand and stroked her long black and smooth hair, and then compared her right hand to a horizontal V-shape, placed it in front of her beautiful eyes like rubies, and a wicked and charming smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"Thou, have thou forgotten that I am the 'Fallen Saint' who fought with you since 'my previous life' until the destruction of the world!

Even though I have gone through countless reincarnations and have been reawakened by you, I will not forget the scene when I fought you.

I, a soul who has been through a hundred battles, can show off gorgeous fighting skills at any time, so do you want me to demonstrate it to you here? ”

The black cat, who hadn't had the opportunity to pose for a long time, didn't blush and told the biggest secret hidden by her and Chu Xuan in front of everyone in the command headquarters, but it was a pity that everyone present regarded this as a delusion unique to the second middle school girl, which made the black cat who was secretly ridiculed by them in their hearts have every reason to laugh at them in their hearts.

"Okay, okay, the black cat will be quietly here for the first time, wait......

A sucker! The smoke of the explosion obscured the enemy! ”

Misato Katsuragi reluctantly reassured the black cat, anyway, this middle two girl was also in her responsibility, and when she turned her attention back to the scene on the battlefield, she immediately nervously shouted at the first machine who was shooting at the fifth apostle in the huge screen, but of course Shinji Ikari couldn't hear it.

"Dada......"

"Phew...... Huh...... Hoo Ha ......"

After running out of bullets from the EVA automatic rifle in his hand, Shinji Ikari let go of the trigger and gasped for air as he stared at the Fifth Apostle, who was already completely obscured by smoke.

Behind the side of the first machine, the zero machine, which had been holding an automatic rifle, never fired, but only maintained an aiming posture and was on guard there, ready to support the first machine at any time.

Although Rei Ayaami's surname is more calm, and the training time is much longer than Shinji Ikati, the most critical data for driving EVA is the synchronization rate, if the synchronization rate is not high enough, EVA's movements are not flexible enough, and it cannot release the AT force field well or neutralize the enemy's AT force field, and cannot cause effective damage to the enemy.

"Da Da Da ......"

Soon, Unit Zero's automatic rifle also fired bullets, and the first machine in front of it sat on the ground, dodging the two tentacles that suddenly pulled from the smoke at the last moment.

"Gollum ......"

The automatic rifle of the first machine and the building behind him were neatly cut off by the two tentacles of the Fifth Apostle, which looked like a hot whip, and looking at the building that slowly slid to the side, Shinji Ikari's courage began to fade rapidly, and the feeling of being at a loss when facing the Fourth Apostle appeared in his heart.

However, the time-lapse shooting of Machine Zero caused the Fifth Apostle, who was wielding the thermal tentacles, to temporarily stop the idea of launching an additional attack on the first machine, and at this time, Misato Katsuragi immediately opened the communication line and shouted to Shinji Ikari:

"The spare rifle is here, go get it!"

Not far from the first machine, a weapons building opened the camouflage on the side, revealing the EVA automatic rifle placed on a huge shelf in the building, but the first machine still sat on the ground and did not move, and the driver inside seemed to be frightened stupid.

"Shinji! What are you doing, go get a gun! ”

"Oh, oh......"

Misato Katsuragi roared at Shinji Ikari again, and this ordinary boy who had only stood on the battlefield for the second time reacted, and immediately ran to the weapons building with a crawl, and the Fifth Apostle "saw" that the enemy in front of him had fled, and no longer cared about the bullet that was not much more powerful than a mosquito bite of Machine Zero, and chased after the first machine with his dancing tentacles.

"Shinji, watch the back!"

Misato Katsuragi in the command hurriedly reminded Shinji Ikari, and although Shinji Ikari was still so panicked after reacting, the fear in his heart was reduced a lot, and his actions of running away and dodging became a lot more flexible.

"Hmm!

Wow!

Yikes! ”

For the next minute, the command could only hear various exclamations from Shinji Ikari as he patronized the two thermal tentacles of the Fifth Apostle who was dodging from behind, and he didn't have time to shoot at the Fifth Apostle with the spare rifle he had just gotten.

And the zero machine that chased after the fifth apostle and shot was all hit, but it was all bounced off by the carapace on the fifth apostle's body, and it was impossible to stop the fifth apostle who was determined to "hunt down" the first machine! (To be continued.) )