A few days later, the NERV headquarters.

Ritsuko is overhauling the EVA, and the second and first machines are not damaged, but the zero machine has suffered a lot of corrosion during the battle with the Rain Angels.

At the time of the last battle, the zero machine had not yet been overhauled.

Although EVA is a biological weapon, it has a lot of electronic components inside, and in order for it to move successfully, it is necessary to carry out regular maintenance work.

And any part of the EVA is extremely expensive, and without SEELE's funds and support, it can only be repaired with spare parts from the headquarters, and Ritsuko can only carefully maintain it to avoid any mistakes in the process of EVA in the process of official battle.

"It's good that the first and second planes remain the same, and the special armor of the zero machine 236 needs to be replaced." Ritsuko stared at Machine Zero across the glass and gave the order.

At that moment, the automatic door behind her opened, and Ian strode up to her.

"Ritsuko-san, are you busy right now?"

"It's okay, is there anything the Commander looking for me?"

"There's something I want to consult." Ian said, "NERV headquarters has a self-detonation system, right? ”

"In order to avoid the worst-case scenario, NERV did install a self-detonation system in the final dogma zone." Ritsuko nodded.

"I want to tear that self-detonation system down, so I hope you can help."

"Tear it down? Now? ”

"Is there any difficulty?"

"This"

Ritsuko sighed, she probably knew why Ian wanted to tear down that self-detonation system, after all, who would want to have an uncontrollable bomb in their base?

"That's right, Commander, that self-detonation system can be said to be the highest level system in the entire NERV."

"That is the last resort to avoid triggering a third impact, and if we can't prevent the Apostles from reaching the Final Dogma Zone, then MAGI will make its own judgment and activate the self-detonation system, which will physically destroy the Final Dogma Zone, thus having the possibility of avoiding a third impact."

"Because of this, it is very tedious and time-consuming to dismantle it, a total of 1,500 miniature N2 thunderstorms are installed inside the final dogma area, with our current manpower, conservative estimates, it will take at least a month to completely dismantle all N2 thunderstorms, and it is completely disregarded for other matters."

"What if you let someone from the self-war team help?" Ian then asked.

"The focus was not on manpower, but on the large equipment that could be dismantled and that only a few experienced workers could skillfully operate, and after the construction of the headquarters was completed, the construction team was withdrawn, leaving only a few spare machines for warranty." Ritsuko replied truthfully.

Her mother was involved in the construction of the NERV headquarters, and at that time, she was still very young and knew these aspects in detail.

It's not that she's alarmist, the security system is so high that it can't be activated with personal permissions, and that instruction is written in the underlying code of MAGI, the "last hope".

If it detects that someone is tampering with that security system, MAGI will raise an alarm and identify it as an act of aggression.

Just like the last time, when Ian and the others invaded the Final Dogma Zone, MAGI released phenolic resin to prevent the invasion, and MAGI will definitely take various countermeasures when they dismantle the self-detonation system.

Even Ritsuko can't modify this logical behavior of MAGI in a short period of time.

In other words, if Ian insisted on dismantling the self-detonation system, he would need to shut down the MAGI, shut it down, and then start the demolition work for the previous month.

In the meantime, if the apostles attacked, or if other anomalies occurred, MAGI would not be able to respond.

Ritsuko Akagi informed Ian of the pros and cons, explaining the amount of time and manpower required to dismantle the self-detonation system.

"So I don't think it's necessary to dismantle the self-detonation system at the moment." Ritsuko concluded: "Even if SEELE launches a cyber attack on the headquarters, we can use Protocol 666 to gain at least 72 hours, which is enough for us to cut off the power of the headquarters before MAGI is hacked." ”

Ian listened to Ritsuko's words, touched his chin and pondered for a while.

"Ritsuko-sama, you just said that only special large equipment can dismantle the N2 Thunderstorm, right, I hope you can take me to see the demonstration." Ian looks stubborn about dismantling the self-detonation system.

"Alright, then in ten minutes, please come to the Final Dogma Zone." Ritsuko had no choice but to start arranging.

It can only be said that this is a layman.

The people above obviously don't understand, but they can come up with some strange ideas, such as "colorful black" and the like.

Ritsuko felt the need to take ten minutes to make Ian realize how much trouble it was going to be, and how much effort and little reward it would be.

She gathered the workers, activated the maintenance locomotive that hadn't started for a long time, and came to the final dogma zone.

The ceiling in the final dogma area is high, and all N2 Thunderbolts are installed in a mezzanine above the ceiling, sealed with separate alloy plates.

Workers drive maintenance equipment and lift the high tower crane wall.

Ritsuko stopped MAGI for half an hour, had the workers manually align the tightened anchors, and had to remove a total of six alloy plates to see an N2 thunderstorm, and then it was very tedious to operate the leads and detonating devices.

"Commander, you understand now." Ritsuko spoke: "Our current job should be to prepare for the next apostle and guard against SEELE's attack. ”

"Well, I'm sorry for you, Ritsuko-san." Ian looked up at the high ceiling.

"Then I'll go back and continue to overhaul Unit Zero now." Ritsuko Akagi breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that she had finally convinced Ian, a layman.

"No need, Ritsuko-sama, go rest for a few days." Ian said,

"Rest? Is this a time to rest? Ritsuko wondered.

"Hmm." Ian nodded: "I decided to let the NERV headquarters have a power outage for three days and remove all these N2 mines." ”

"Don't you understand that?" Ritsuko's blood pressure went up.

She really wanted to knock Ian on the head and ask him if this bomb had a grudge against you?

But good literacy made her quickly suppress her emotions.

"Commander, at most a tenth of it will be demolished in three days." Ritsuko Akagi reminded: "It can't be dismantled." ”

"Don't worry, it's done." Ian smiled.

As everyone knows, when Ritsuko Akagi commanded the workers to demonstrate, Hanji had already led the troops to transport the S2 organ to the final dogma area.

"Here we are!" Hanji was full of power and pushed the cart forward.

Levi and the others also came, and they were dressed in three-dimensional mobile devices.

With the equipment of the NERV headquarters, it is no longer difficult to make a three-dimensional motorized device, and even Hanji has upgraded the equipment by experimenting with adding an inflatable backpack to the three-dimensional motorized device, so that even in places where buildings are not dense, it can fly small distances with the help of jets, and then catapult the hook.

She has also reformed the strength and structure of the hook and now attaches it more easily to buildings.

Hanji is very excited, this world is a huge treasure trove, inexhaustible, sweet!

She didn't want to go back, except for eating and drinking Lazar every day, she was soaked in this crystalline body.

When Hanji arrived, Ian took over the large device and explained the principles and procedures for his companions.

"Isn't that simple? It's not that complicated. Hanji patted his chest: "We're a team of professionals." ”

"That's hard work for everyone." Ian smiled, "I'll be here to help, too." ”

So saying, they got to work.

Ritsuko Akagi stared at what was happening in front of her in amazement, confirmed the evacuees, and caused the NERV headquarters to lose power, Ian used the S2 mechanism to create hundreds of crystallized pillars that reached the ceiling in the final dogma area, and the appearance of the crystallized pillars was not smooth, but pitted.

Those crystallizers, they used the unreasonable equipment on their waists to climb along the rough crystallization tree.

Then, they picked up the electric drill in their hands, manually aligned the bolts, and sparks from the drill were scattered.

Many crystallized people appeared in this space, and they were all able to skillfully use the equipment called the "three-dimensional mobile device" to carry out operations.

Under their labor, the alloy plates were dismantled and thrown to the ground at great speed.

"How did I forget? The Commander is no ordinary man."

Now the two poles are reversed, and Ritsuko Akagi finds herself the "layman".

It should have been thought of a long time ago, Ian was not an ordinary person in the first place, and the world he lived in, Ritsuko had already heard about it from the blessing of Ryoji.

"The other universe is getting interesting?"

After a long absence, curiosity surged in Ritsuko Akagi's heart.

What did she embark on the road of scientific research in the first place?

Is it the mother's nurturing since childhood?

Is it a step-by-step study?

Is it the responsibility of society and her boss to arrange for her?

No. Neither.

Ritsuko Akagi became a scholar and embarked on an academic path for a simple reason, because she wanted to understand the world and learn about things she didn't know.

Her primitive curiosity drove her to become the current Dr. Akagi.

Making EVA, researching artificial intelligence MAGI, and analyzing apostles, she doesn't find it boring, but enjoys the joy of gaining knowledge.

But after meeting that man, after meeting Ikari Gendo, it seems that everything has changed, she forgot her original intention, and was deceived by that guy in a simple way.

In fact, in terms of feelings, she is just an ignorant little girl.

Ritsuko, who is concentrating on research, is a blank sheet of paper in terms of gender relations, so it will be controlled by Ikari Gendo so simply.

But now, she has once again found the "fun" she was looking for.

I really want to know what kind of life the people over there live, I really want to go to that completely unknown place, I really want to study the ability of this crystallization and mimicry into an apostle.

She has a lot of things that she hasn't figured out, and it's so boring to lose her AT force field and become a shapeless "water of life".

At this moment, she changed her mind.

During these three days, she did not go on vacation according to Ian's schedule, but stayed in Final Dogma to help with the demolition of N2 Thunderstorm.

She met a man from another world named Hanji, and although the language communication was not very smooth, the two of them had a good conversation, she said EVA, Hanji talked about giants, and both of them found the things in each other's mouths interesting.

Within three days, Ian's team had dismantled all 1,500 miniature N2s and filled them with five large trucks for the team to transport outside the city.

They restarted MAGI, and the MAGI system, which retained the program for the self-detonation system, but whose entity had been dismantled.

Another week passed, and Ian received an encrypted text message from Bless Ryoji, and when he deciphered it, there was only one sentence.

"Be careful of JET ALONE and its subsidiary, the Japan Heavy Chemical Industry Community (JCCA), where SEELE has been moving lately."

JET ALONE, or JA for short, is a large nuclear-powered humanoid mechanical weapon manufactured in Japan before Asuka arrived in Japan.

After the first machine went berserk, JA's production company held a press conference with the intention of snatching NERV's funds and using JA instead of EVA to fight against the Apostles.

However, there was an accident during the presentation at the press conference, JA lost control and almost blew himself up, and it was Misato Katsuragi who was the hero and "manually" turned off JA's power source.

In fact, the accident was planned by Gendo Ikari in order to suppress the producers of JA and let NERV monopolize all sources of funding.

After this incident, JA disappeared.

"SEELE WANTS TO USE JA TO TEMPT?"

In the command room, Ritsuko and Misato discuss.

At the same time, an urgent report was sent by MAGI.

After the commander ordered the dismantling of the self-detonation system, an employee found something similar to a stain near the protein wall this morning.

The crimson alarm lit up on the big screen, and it was the area where the stain was found.

Ritsuko frowned, and Misato quickly rushed to the simulation room.

"How's it going?"

"Pollution alarm from Unit A of Unit Σ! The 68th protein wall has deteriorated! There is a fever! ”

"There is also an anomaly in the 6th pipeline...... The corroded part of the protein wall is proliferating at an explosive rate! ”

Misato and Ritsuko were shocked when they heard this, and Ritsuko immediately decided: "Immediately and urgently block the 6th pipeline!" ”

The on-site staff immediately did so, but the feedback results made everyone look ugly.

"It didn't work...... Corrosion is spreading along the walls and starting to erode more pipes! ”

Ritsuko said with a stern expression, "Get the laser ready to be fired at the same time as the corrosion invades." ”

Everyone nervously waited for the arrival of the unknown erosion, and the laser also hit the corroded part smoothly...... However, it didn't work, because an incomparably familiar barrier intercepted all the lasers!

"AT Force Field?!" Misato's eyes widened, "How is this possible?" ”

At the moment when the AT force field appeared, MAGI gave an analysis report - the pattern was blue, and there was no doubt that it was the Apostle!

"Is that what it is...... The Eleventh Apostle? Ritsuko was stunned, and it was a new form of apostle.

"I'll inform the commander!" Misato said.

Ritsuko stays in the lab to investigate the Eleventh Apostle, and she is surprised to find that the Apostle has actually begun to erode the artificial intelligence MAGI!

If MAGI is controlled by the Eleventh Apostle, it will be over, and the entire base will fall into its hands.

However, at this time, Ritsuko realized one more thing.

The base's self-detonation system, a few days ago, had been dismantled.

Even if MAGI is controlled, what can be done now?

After thinking about it, she realized that there was only a limit to what MAGI could do, and that it was only an auxiliary system in itself, unable to attack humans through a computer screen.

"Is this also in your calculations? Commander. Ritsuko Akagi let out a long breath.

(End of chapter)