“…… Disappear? EVA machine four and the second branch are gone?! ”

On the night of the swimming meeting, Misato Katsuragi and Chu Xuan both received the shocking news from Ritsuko Akagi, respectively, and were immediately recalled from their homes to the NERV base.

“…… t+10, that's the data that exploded. ”

"It's terrible."

In the battle room, even Ritsuko Akagi, who was very unsympathetic, couldn't help but have a little pity in her tone after learning the details, which showed how serious the explosion accident was.

"Although the collapse of the AT force field can be confirmed by satellite, the details are still unknown."

Hinata Makoto ended the report with a heavy expression, Misato Katsuragi crossed her hands in front of her, her eyes motionless at the LCD screen, and asked with a frown:

"Sure enough, Unit 4 is the center of the explosion, and our EVA is okay, right?"

"Machine No. 4 ......"

Maya Ibuki, who was standing behind Ritsuko Akagi, seemed to know something, but she was obviously worried about something, and in the end she didn't say anything, but her eyes were on her direct boss, Ritsuko Akagi.

"EVA 4 ...... This is an experimental machine that has enabled the 'Modern Built-in Mainframe' to solve the running time.

- It seems like this."

Ritsuko Akagi groaned for a moment and finally told the secret.

And after Ritsuko Akagi finished speaking, Maya Ibuki was afraid that everyone would misunderstand what she was hiding, so she immediately added another sentence for her:

"The North American nerv has not disclosed detailed development information about Akagi-senpai."

"Then the only one who knows the details is ......"

Misato Katsuragi glanced at the ceiling, as if she wanted to see Commander Ikari Gendo's office from here, but her gaze quickly fell on Chu Xuan, who had been sitting quietly next to him, browsing various data information.

"Chu Xuan. What do you think? ”

"Our EVA is fine, don't worry about that."

Chu Xuan, who was expressionless, first answered Misato Katsuragi's question for Ritsuko Akagi. Then he pushed down his reflective glasses and continued to analyze very calmly:

"Let's be honest. This accident has nothing to do with us, and there is no need for us to think too much about the cause of the accident here, and we cannot just sit here and find the truth.

What we need to do now is to anticipate the impact of this and formulate countermeasures accordingly to adjust our work, the first of which is ......"

Just like Chu Xuan said, the disappearance of the NERV North American branch has nothing to do with the NERV headquarters, and several EVAs in their headquarters have already fought several times, and if they were to explode, they would have exploded long ago. So as long as you don't remodel EVA indiscriminately, nothing will happen, and there is no need to toss yourself because of other people's mistakes.

At his suggestion, the NERV headquarters only strengthened the safety education a little, but the other NERV divisions were really afraid of the EVA explosion - such as the branch responsible for the manufacture of EVA 3, so they hurriedly hung the newly built 3 machine under the transport plane, and hurriedly sent it to the headquarters as if they were about to throw away a hot potato.

Now that the EVA No. 3 has been delivered in advance, the preparations for starting the experiment have also been accelerated, and the fourth qualified person, Ruri Go, who has been sent to the NERV base early, but has not been useful. She can finally sit on her own EVA.

“…… The last one, the five more Ruri. ”

July 19th, the last day of the first semester, is a day in addition to the final ceremony. There is another very important thing – and that is the distribution of transcripts.

After the last person in the class also got the report card, the unusually old homeroom teacher muttered a few words about the various precautions of the summer vacation, especially the safety aspect, and walked away tremblingly. Although it is theoretically said that the summer vacation has already started from this moment, not everyone can be happy immediately.

"Ahh~ Look at you. The results must have been very 'unexpected', right?

Could it be that I was right, your grades are really bad enough to the point that you have to start taking tuition from the day after tomorrow?

Oops...... That's really pitiful.

But don't worry. Haven't we anticipated this situation and scheduled all the summer activities after the end of the tutoring? ”

Next to Asuka, who was holding the report card vigorously with both hands and was silent with her head down, the black cat with her left hand crossed on her waist and the report card blocking her mouth with her right hand holding it said elegantly like an ancient princess holding a folding fan.

Although her tone was full of pity, it did not make people feel comforted, but even more angry.

And even if she kept her mouth behind the report card, it was easy to tell from the corners of her eyes and eyebrows that she was gloating at the moment, but what was even worse was that she also showed the side with the grades written on it that she usually didn't want to be seen by others, as if she wanted to blind someone's blue eyes with the A-level evaluations above one after another.

"Goo......

Finally, Asuka, who had been keeping her head down, reacted, her hands trembling from squeezing the report card too hard, and people couldn't help but worry that she accidentally tore the report card, and from her mouth came a sound that was probably squeezed out of between her teeth, and the voice seemed to be full of resentment.

"You guy......

Do you think that I will never pass! ”

"Hiss ——!"

Asuka yelled and stood up, and at the same time, the report card in her hand was torn in half, but of course she didn't care about such a trivial matter.

"Huhuhu...... Because that's the curse I have cast on you!

Pain, right...... Regret it...... Fear it...... Struggle...... Suffocate...... Get down on your knees......

Who told you to kick my phone and not even apologize! ”

The black cat had a very evil smile on her face, and her hands were waving back and forth in front of Asuka in waves, as if she was using some kind of black magic on her, which scared Shinji Ikari and Hikaru Tongi, who had wanted to come forward to persuade her, to shrink back.

"I didn't kick it! It was crushed by a car...... Although I kicked it in the past, yes.

But you cursed me for failing the exam because of this kind of thing? It's so stingy!

Other than that. I had already finished my exam when that happened! ”

Asuka, who was in the midst of excitement, blushed and complained about the black cat three times in a row.

However, the black cat didn't care about this "distant barking of the negative dog", she easily dodged all of Asuka's attacks, and replied confidently:

"yes, I'm so stingy.

And even though I had finished the exam, my scores hadn't come out yet, so my curse was still effective. ”

"How is that possible! Do you dare to use your brain again!

Even if the score has not yet come out, the words that have fallen on the paper will not change, and the final score is actually fixed! ”

The genius beautiful girl Asuka accurately poked the loophole in the black cat setting, but the black cat who didn't care about it only said one sentence, and it made her deflated as quickly as a bicycle tire with a valve plug removed-

"Ah, I'm the one with the higher score?"

Seeing that Asuka's whole person had turned gray and white, a satisfied smile appeared in the corner of the black cat's eyes, and then "oh hehehe~" and walked away with her attendant Rei Ayana.

Shinji Ikari was a little worried about Asuka, but he saw that Hikaru Toki, Asuka's only friend in the class, had comforted her, so he relieved himself to ...... Kirishima and Kensuke Aida left the classroom together.

Toji Suzuhara didn't come to the graduation ceremony today, and even his report card was collected by Kensuke Aida - not because he wanted to steal a day of laziness, but because his sister has fully recovered and he is going to pick her up from the hospital this morning on behalf of his busy parents.

Moreover, Suzuhara Toji also specially asked Kensuke Aida to bring a message to Black Cat and Rei Ayaba, asking the two of them to convey his and his sister's thanks to Chu Xuan to know.

“…… I said, Shinji. ”

Kensuke Aida, who was walking alone side by side with Shinji Ikari and Shina Kirishima, suddenly turned his head as if he had something to ask.

"Huh?"

"I heard that the third plane has arrived?"

"Is that so? I haven't heard of it. ”

"It is said that the United States suddenly said that it would start the experiment in advance, so it was shoehorned in."

Kensuke Aida saw that Shinji Ikari didn't know anything, so he turned his head back again, and then he felt rather bored and raised his waist and shouted loudly to the empty road in front of him:

"Ahhh~ I really want to fly the third machine!"

Shinji Ikari smiled when he heard this, casually cutting off his delusions.

"Impossible, if the third machine is the case, it would have been booked to be a black cat a long time ago." (To be continued......)