Early morning one day later, Tokyo-3, 7th Shinjuku Ward.
The darkness before dawn faded like an uncovered curtain, and a blue Renault sports car came to the surface from the underground tunnel of Tokyo-3.
In the car were Katsuragi Misato and Ikari Shinji, who had solved a series of problems such as physical examinations, accommodation, and onboarding, and incidentally stayed overnight at the base.
“Man, Ritsuko is really something, to actually suspect my motives are impure, and even do some kind of review!
But it is finally fine now, let us play to our hearts’ content today.”
Katsuragi Misato blinked at Ikari Shinji, finally revealing the reliable look an adult should have.
“Then we will be living together from now on, rest assured, big sister will take good care of you.”
Ikari Shinji packed the items on hand, sorting out things like the temporary ID card and physical examination form and putting them into his schoolbag.
Of course, this physical examination report was just a simplified version that anyone could see, anyway, no matter how you look at it, the final conclusion was only healthy.
After a busy day, his body did not feel the slightest bit tired, and he even felt his mental state was better than ever before.
Ikari Shinji slowly turned his head, casting his gaze out the car window towards the gradually brightening sky.
The morning light poured through the clouds onto the buildings on both sides of the street, bringing a faint but hopeful light to this slumbering city.
The surroundings were not underground buildings gleaming with a metallic luster, replaced instead by the most ordinary urban streets.
It was hard to imagine that just a day ago, this city had just experienced a war that could have destroyed the world.
Across the road, the streets were full of storefronts and buildings, and it was already a continuous stream of traffic early in the morning.
Every sidewalk was crowded with citizens hurrying to work and school.
This bustling and noisy scene before his eyes gave Ikari Shinji a feeling as if a lifetime had passed.
After all, not long ago, an Angel that could level a city district with a single blow was still wreaking havoc in the city, and coming back again, it had turned into a bustling metropolis.
Seeing that Ikari Shinji surprisingly did not talk to her uncharacteristically, Katsuragi Misato thought that the previous physical examination had left a bad impression.
She felt she should improve her impression, so she took the initiative to find a topic and introduced:
“The 7th Shinjuku Ward is the administrative and commercial center of Tokyo-3, and also a large residential area, your new school and our dormitory are both here.”
“If you need entertainment activities, kids your age should like some anime and tokusatsu, right?
You can go to the New Kobe Ward.”
“Of course, if you want to relax, then go to the New Minato Ward or the 1st and 2nd Shinjuku Wards, but I do not know if they take customers as small as you.” Visit novelping dot com for the full chapter.
“Relax?
Take…
customers?” Ikari Shinji stared wide-eyed at Katsuragi Misato.
Does this woman know what she is talking about?
Katsuragi Misato was originally concentrating on driving, and seemingly suddenly realizing that what she said was not quite right, her voice instantly weakened a lot.
“Tokyo-3 looks prosperous, but it is ultimately a city that exists for war.
It is very normal to have high psychological pressure…”
Akagi Ritsuko was indeed Katsuragi Misato’s good friend; one truly often did not know what was going on in this older sister’s head, but Ikari Shinji did not hate this kind of interesting person.
However, looking at the rapidly retreating streets, he soon remembered a question.
“I remember Ikari Gendou originally arranged for me to be in the sixth district ahead, why did Misato apply to let me live with you?”
“Just take it as a thank you, after all, you seemed quite unhappy when it was planned for you to be alone.” Katsuragi Misato glanced at him and then withdrew her gaze.
Ikari Shinji had a puzzled face.
“Thank me for what?”
“Of course for saving humanity!
And that time in the small town, when the Renault and I narrowly escaped death, you appeared, you did that, right?”
“So you were talking about this.” Ikari Shinji nodded.
Speaking of which, it was somewhat embarrassing; at that time he did not even know that his innate divine power was the AT Field, he even thought it was his own exclusive ability.
Seeing Ikari Shinji generously admit it, Katsuragi Misato instead felt it was somewhat hard to continue speaking, after all, she had mistaken the boy in front of her for her dad at that time.
She calmly changed the subject: “By the way, why did you suddenly agree to pilot Unit-01 that day?
I thought you guys would be in a stalemate for a while.”
“Although Ikari Gendou is not human, I am not sure if the others are humans either.
But as for you, I feel you are a human.” Ikari Shinji smiled slightly.
It feels so forced.” Katsuragi Misato said in a muffled voice.
…
In another urban district full of ruined walls and broken debris, it was also the area that bore the brunt of the Water Angel’s laser ray and was most tragically destroyed by the Angel.
The lockdown here had not been lifted, and a group of busy figures were hidden deep in the ruins; they were all professionals from within the NERV organization.
Meanwhile, in the NERV headquarters control room, Akagi Ritsuko was remotely commanding the aftermath processing work of the EVA’s first combat operation through a remote monitor.
“Unit-01 has been safely transported from the sixth containment shelter to the first hangar, and preliminary inspections are currently underway.”
“It is currently confirmed that the right hand armor is missing, and no other obvious fuselage damage has been found so far.”
“Roger, notify the crew members to return to headquarters first and stand by, other squads continue with the cleanup operations.”
After Akagi Ritsuko issued a series of instructions, she suddenly heard the slightly anxious voice of her assistant Ibuki Maya beside her:
“Doctor Akagi, the data analysis report from Unit-01’s memory card is truly shocking, perhaps you should take a look at it yourself.”
Akagi Ritsuko took the analysis report from her hand, and when her gaze swept over the report, her eyes narrowed slightly.
Although she was mentally prepared from the moment Ikari Shinji piloted Unit-01 to launch, seeing this data with her own eyes still made people feel it was incredible.
“Not only did Shinji-kun’s synchronization rate stabilize at 333% during the battle.”
“But also in the phase transition space of the AT Field, the soul matter density was 6 times that of the Water Angel.”
“Looking at it this way, it is quite normal for Unit-01’s attacks to be able to pierce through the Fourth Angel’s absolute terror field.”
Ibuki Maya took a deep breath; even though she had witnessed Ikari Shinji tearing apart the Fourth Angel’s AT Field with her own eyes, it was hard to conceal the charm that data analysis had on a researcher like her.
“There are no more than thirty people globally with the qualifications of a qualified child, and among them, absolutely no one can test out this kind of data.”
“You must have also known that he is the most matching qualified child for Unit-01, which is why you insisted on letting him pilot Unit-01, right.”
Ibuki Maya held the documents with some excitement; Akagi Ritsuko, as the chief personnel of the First Technical Section, remained calm with an unchanged expression.
“Shinji is indeed outstanding, hand this data over to the Commander.”
“In addition, except for basic information and combat video recordings, all of his data is classified as ‘Highest Authority’ secret.”
“You understand what I mean, right?” Akagi Ritsuko said to Ibuki Maya in a slightly warning tone.
The female technician was slightly startled; the so-called highest authority meant that only the Commander-in-Chief had the right to access secrets of this level.
She instantly understood the meaning of her immediate superior and immediately nodded, replying: “Understood.”