Ikari Shinji found that Ikari Gendou was surprisingly still standing in front of Unit-00.
It was unknown if he was scared silly; he just stood in front of the broken window, motionless, watching Unit-00.
The lights in the laboratory illuminated everyone’s faces deathly pale, and the ghastly white light mixed with the suffocating feeling of death instantly made everyone’s breathing hurry up.
But the fist of that yellow mech stopped at this moment.
The imagined iron fist turning him into a puddle of meat paste did not fall; it merely looked towards the laboratory.
The technicians reported again that Unit-00’s active time had twenty seconds left, and Ikari Gendou also raised his head; he looked at Unit-00’s red monseye.
These two people…
Ikari Shinji showed a look of curiosity.
Although Unit-00 not smashing Ikari Gendou to death with one punch left him somewhat disappointed, he wanted to watch this interesting scene continue even more.
Then he saw Unit-00 reach out its hand, only this time the movement was no longer as frantic and hasty as when it threw the punch earlier, but gentle and slow.
But that giant hand only passed over Ikari Gendou’s head.
Even Ikari Gendou himself couldn’t help but freeze upon seeing this scene; Unit-00’s hand reached straight towards Ikari Shinji behind him.
Why is it coming for me?
Ikari Shinji, who was watching the show on the side, was stunned.
While everyone was in the same daze of not understanding the situation, a deafening loud bang came from the testing ground; a large hole had actually broken through the wall of the testing ground!
A massive purple hand reached out, smashing a punch onto Unit-00’s side face, distorting even its head armor.
This punch directly sent the thousands-of-tons-heavy Unit-00 flying, and it only stopped after crashing into the wall.
The purple EVA emerged from the hole in the wall on the right side of the testing ground, roaring like a ferocious giant beast as it charged into the testing ground.
In the instant it was blasted flying, even the out-of-control Unit-00 fell into a brief standstill state like a system crash.
But this state only lasted for less than three seconds; Unit-00 propped its hands on the ground wanting to get up.
It even tried to deploy its AT Field to counterattack, but this resistance was meaningless.
Unit-00’s AT Field was instantly torn to shreds by Unit-01’s large hands.
Unit-01 directly straddled it, reached out its hands, and choked Unit-00’s neck.
Unit-00 was pinned to the ground by Unit-01, seemingly unable to breathe as it straightened its upper body, its hands grabbing the hands choking its own neck, trying to pull them away.
But those large purple hands were like iron pincers, firmly locked without moving an inch; these two biological weapons seemed to have a deep hatred that required them to kill each other.
“I’m here.” Ikari Shinji softly responded.
“I almost forgot you are not in Unit-01.
Wait, you are here, how did Unit-01 start moving?” Katsuragi Misato reacted.
“Who knows, I’ll go take a look.” Ikari Shinji said.
“Wait a minute…” Just as Katsuragi Misato wanted to warn him of the danger, she saw a warm yellow light curtain emerge under Ikari Shinji’s feet; with a push of his legs, his whole person disappeared from sight.
Ikari Shinji jumped out of the laboratory, landing lightly on Unit-01’s shoulder.
Although Unit-01 was like a maddened beast, It did not attack him either.
Even after he stood on Unit-01’s shoulder, the movements of this giant gradually became less intense; He seemed to have suddenly turned into a static statue.
Everyone watched this scene entranced; inside the pure white room, the two giants slaughtered each other, the yellow giant wailed, the purple giant was calm, and the boy stood on the giant’s shoulder.
“Automatic ejection device, activated.
10 seconds until complete stop…”
The technician’s voice came over; Unit-00’s spinal armor automatically opened, spewing out scorching steam, followed closely by a yellow cylindrical object flying out.
As the countdown from the technician’s mouth returned to zero, Unit-00 also quieted down, lying motionless on the ground.
“Mech has completely stopped!” The technicians staring at the screens all breathed a sigh of relief.
The ejected entry plug bounced off the wall twice and rushed towards Ikari Shinji, but he merely raised his hand lightly; an invisible barrier blocked the flying cockpit.
…
“Shinji, Ikari Shinji!”
This name was like an incantation; a will of unknown origin lingered in Ayanami Rei’s heart, as if to drown her.
Inside the mist-hazed ward, the woman and the child.
Inside the sunny classroom, the girl and the boy.
Finally, under that glaring white light.
The girl looked up from this side of the window, while that boy didn’t look at her.
“Hey, wake up!
Ayanami Rei!”
The calling sound drove away the dream that made the girl unhappy; she opened her eyes and saw the opened hatch door, and on Ikari Shinji’s face, a loving affection mixed with urgent dissatisfaction.
He seemed to be angry about her oversleeping. You are reading on g.com, the official source.
The boy acts like this towards everyone, or rather, he can show this kind of compassion towards anyone, except for animals.
It’s just that the girl feels that expression is like a mask.
Therefore, she was always habitually watching from afar, never approaching.
But this time there seemed to be a subtle difference; she wanted to get closer and reached out her hand.
Ikari Shinji abruptly grabbed that hand, and amidst the orange-red liquid, tightly embraced Ayanami Rei in his arms.
She buried her head on Ikari Shinji’s shoulder; it was hard to imagine such a thin figure having such a warm embrace.
This hug was very light, but Ayanami Rei’s heartbeat was surprisingly fast.
The entry plug was burning hot, and billowing hot steam constantly rose; the group of people upstairs only recovered their senses as if awakening from a dream.
Following Akagi Ritsuko’s orders, a large amount of special phenolic resin sprayed out from the walls of the testing ground, pouring entirely onto Unit-00’s body.
Ikari Shinji held Ayanami Rei, walking upwards on invisible stairs; below was the red resin resembling a sea of blood.
The quick-setting resin rapidly solidified, also announcing that Unit-00 was frozen once again.
Ikari Shinji raised his head, casting his gaze towards the observation laboratory located on the third floor.
Ikari Gendou stood under the lights, that face hidden in the shadows of the light, his complexion gloomy and dark like a pool of dead water, without the slightest emotional fluctuation.
As if all the astonishment and shock he had displayed just now had never appeared…
Ayanami Rei’s consciousness was still somewhat hazy, the hazy steam permeating the testing ground making everything seem so unreal, just like an illusory dream.
But the touch and body temperature transmitted from the crook of the arm brought her back to her senses; this was a completely different feeling from an illusory dream.
Although it still felt somewhat unreal, it truly existed.
Ikari Shinji let go and handed the girl in his arms to the medical staff who rushed over.
He glanced at Ayanami Rei being sent into the high-tech medical device, then turned and walked to Akagi Ritsuko’s side.
“What about Unit-01?”
“It should be the built-in battery supporting It coming here; after inspection confirms there are no abnormal situations, It will be sent back to the first hangar.”
Akagi Ritsuko answered simply, quickly sweeping a glance at Ikari Shinji; however, the reason supporting Unit-01 coming here was explained, but it didn’t explain why It came here.
Ikari Shinji tacitly did not ask superfluous questions, and the chief technician also tacitly did not say superfluous words.
The medical staff carried the black coffin-like emergency rescue device; Ayanami Rei watched that boy’s figure gradually disappear as the device closed.