Tokyo-3, the underground roadway leading to NERV Headquarters.
“Shinji, how does the new campus life feel on your first day of transfer?
Can you adapt?
You didn’t get bullied, did you?”
Katsuragi Misato drove her Renault, which still had twelve installments of loan left, and looked at Ikari Shinji in the passenger seat, who, although sporting a slicked-back hairstyle, had a face that was far too delicate.
He really looks like a guy who is easy to bully, and having such a flamboyant hairstyle makes him even more punchable, but no matter how you look at him, he is that weak and delicate type.
Only Katsuragi Misato knew how terrifying Ikari Shinji’s combat power was, because she had experienced it firsthand.
“No, it’s just that I accidentally knocked out the teeth of two classmates.” Ikari Shinji skillfully found soda and snacks in the car and started eating right away.
Katsuragi Misato froze upon hearing this, and only recovered her senses after a long while, “…That is way too careless!”
“Didn’t the school tell you?”
“I am not your guardian, why would they tell me?
They probably reported it directly to headquarters.
If they want to tattle, they should look for the Commander.
You really don’t give people peace of mind, getting into a fight on the first day.”
“They wanted to beat me up, I couldn’t possibly not fight back, right?”
“Then this fight indeed should have been fought, what caused the dispute?”
“The combat a few days ago affected a classmate’s younger sister, it is said she is injured and hospitalized, and then he said he wanted to hit me, so I slightly punished this idiot sinner and his accomplice.”
Katsuragi Misato fell silent for a moment.
She felt a bit chilled listening to it; truly, when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and when the world is big, people are all different.
“Good job.”
Besides admitting that Ikari Shinji did nothing wrong, she had nothing else to say, and even felt it was worthy of praise.
“To think that a hero who saved the world would actually suffer from school violence, no one would dare to believe it if it were spoken out.” Katsuragi Misato pursed her lips; she stood completely on Ikari Shinji’s side.
“Although the Angels are formidable, can they really destroy humanity?
I completely don’t feel that They have that kind of ability.” Ikari Shinji asked.
The world-saving hero in Katsuragi Misato’s mouth didn’t even know why he had saved the world.
Katsuragi Misato did not answer directly, but asked: “Do you know what a neutron bomb is?”
“I have heard of it, it is a type of nuclear weapon, right.”
“Right, and during the manufacturing process of the neutron bomb, a miniature atomic bomb is installed inside to detonate it.” You are reading on g.com, the official source.
“You mean that the Angels are equivalent to the miniature atomic bombs that detonate the neutron bomb.”
“Exactly.” Katsuragi Misato’s voice paused, and she glanced around, seeming to confirm if it was safe before speaking a great secret, so in the end she also half-concealed it.
“The goal of the Angels…
is a certain something hidden deep underground in Tokyo-3.
Once They come into contact with it, it will trigger the Third Impact.”
Put this way, Ikari Shinji understood.
The Second Impact had already reduced the global population by more than half; if there was another impact, humanity would probably go extinct.
“Why not destroy that thing that will destroy humanity?”
“I don’t know either, maybe it can’t be done.
After all, just to defeat the Angels, humanity has already exhausted all its strength.”
Katsuragi Misato shrugged her shoulders.
She was not a scientific researcher like Akagi Ritsuko; researching neutron bombs was not her turn, she was only responsible for deploying this kind of weapon.
“That is why you are needed, you are humanity’s last hope right now.”
“Having you as a combat commander is truly a waste of your talents, you should go to the propaganda department.” Ikari Shinji chuckled softly.
Recalling the situation when he faced the Fourth Angel, at that time he had not received any formal training, and it was even his first time seeing the so-called ultimate decisive battle weapon of humanity.
It could be said he was an out-and-out complete novice.
And those people at NERV did not know what they were thinking, to actually hand over humanity’s hope to an obscure and perfectly ordinary boy.
No wonder comics always have boys and girls saving the world, without boys and girls this world really would be finished.
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NERV Headquarters, the laboratory of the First Technical Section was filled with a tense and busy atmosphere.
Ikari Shinji stood by the huge glass window, behind him was a group of technicians operating the consoles, and on the other side of the window was a large biological head filled with various electronic equipment.
“The simulation training system is currently being debugged.” Akagi Ritsuko stopped behind the boy.
“It can be put into use in 10 minutes.”
One didn’t need to think to know that not every EVA could shoot lasers from its eyes; such an effect could not be a common phenomenon, and would only appear on Unit-01 piloted by Ikari Shinji.
The only person who could concretize abilities that this kind of mech did not possess was Ikari Shinji; his AT Field allowed him to do the impossible.
“Starting training only now, you guys sure are thick-nerved.” Ikari Shinji’s gaze turned to the simulator in front of him, especially the exposed biological organ parts.
This was his first time observing the true appearance of an EVA so meticulously after removing its heavy armor; compared to a Mobile Suit, it was more like a biological weapon hidden under armor. The source of this chapter is novelping dot com.
“It is not as simple as you think.
Your synchronization rate, the strength of your AT Field, and your possibilities under numerous conditions, all of these must be taken into consideration.”
Akagi Ritsuko’s gaze was completely drawn to the document in her hand.
While carefully reading the text on it, she sat down next to Ikari Shinji.
“You used your AT Field at school today?
You can deploy an AT Field with a human body, since when did this start?”
“Uh…
I have always been able to.” Ikari Shinji answered with a puzzled face: “Isn’t this a very normal thing?”
“Of course it is not normal!
Compared to the Angels, human AT Fields are extremely fragile.
Besides maintaining the existence of the individual, they have almost no other function, let alone being directly used like you do.”
“So you are saying my case is a special situation?” Ikari Shinji was somewhat pleasantly surprised; he had thought that even if his divine power wasn’t a dime a dozen, there should be quite a few people who possessed it.
“It is indeed special.
Do you want to do a test taking advantage of this time?
You can understand your own abilities more detailedly and intuitively through data.” Akagi Ritsuko said.
“A test?
No need, I can just try this kind of small matter myself.” Ikari Shinji was actually somewhat tempted, mainly because he indeed did not have an intuitive understanding of his divine power.
Seeing that Ikari Shinji did not have this willingness, although Akagi Ritsuko did not know what he was worried about, she did not force it either.
Piloting an EVA inherently affects the mental and physical state of the qualified child, not to mention that Ikari Shinji’s synchronization rate with Unit-01 was exceptionally high, so the impact would only be greater.
Ikari Shinji’s own scientific research value was secondary; the important thing was to let him continue piloting Unit-01.
Katsuragi Misato walked over from the console.
“The simulation training is about to finish adjusting.
Shinji, you can go to Unit-01’s cockpit and get ready now.”
“Although your performance has always been outstanding, you absolutely must not let your guard down, otherwise someone might just catch up and surpass you one day!”
“Oh, surpass me?
Who?” Ikari Shinji showed a look of curiosity.