Chapter 162 I Am Not Targeting One Person (Two in One)

Two days later, Ian returned to the Third New Tokyo City.

He first reported back to NERV that Misato and others were testing the synchronization rate of the EVA pilots. Today, the initial repair of Unit 0 was completed. After school, the three pilots came to NERV to conduct daily tests.

"Asuka and Rei Ayanami's data are about the same as usual, but Shinji's synchronization rate has dropped a lot compared to the past few days." Ritsuko Akagi looked at the screen.

"The results of the midterm test are out, and he didn't do very well." Misato Katsuragi said, "It may have something to do with that."

"Well, some fluctuations are normal." Ritsuko Akagi nodded, "It's OK, let's stop collecting data this time."

The plug popped out, and the three of them breathed air again from the LCL liquid, and went to the bathroom to take a shower and change clothes.

The first one to come out was Rei Ayanami, who asked, "Has Commander Ikari not come back yet?"

"The commander is still on a business trip." Ritsuko Akagi replied.

"Then I'll go back first." Rei Ayanami saluted slightly.

Ian, who had just returned, met Rei Ayanami at the elevator entrance.

Rei Ayanami's sight suddenly shifted over. When Ian was waiting for the next elevator to go down, Rei Ayanami kept staring at his face.

"I am Rei Ayanami, the pilot of Unit 00. You must be Mr. Ian." Rei Ayanami said.

"Did Asuka and Shinji tell you?" Ian nodded. This was the first time he talked to Rei Ayanami.

"Yeah." Rei Ayanami nodded. She was silent for a while and said, "You are very strange."

"Strange? Why do you say that?" Ian didn't know what Rei Ayanami meant.

He looked down at his uniform. He had adjusted it in front of the mirror before coming. Was he saying that his appearance was strange? After all, Eldians have Western faces. For Japanese people, this kind of appearance is not common.

But he thought that his face was not so strange that people could describe it as "strange".

"I can't feel you." Rei Ayanami said, "You are standing in front of me."

After saying this, Rei Ayanami realized that her words were a bit impolite: "I'm sorry, I said something strange, please don't mind it."

She bowed and left towards the exit.

Ian walked into the elevator and thought about Rei Ayanami's words. He remembered that Rei Ayanami was a man-made person, a clone of Shinji's mother. Rei Ayanami's soul was not the same as other humans, but came from the second angel, Lilith.

"Is it because of the AT position?" Ian guessed.

Rei Ayanami was a conscious personality born from the angel. She should have felt that Ian lacked the specialness of the AT force field.

Ian took the elevator to the NERV headquarters and made a brief report.

In order to avoid his unskilled computer skills from revealing flaws, Kaji Ryoji found a way to transfer him to the Apostle Operations Department. His task was basically to be responsible for Asuka's daily situation report. As long as the angels didn't come, he could be said to be quite idle.

In his spare time, he used NERV's computer to surf the Internet and check some ancient science and technology. His colleagues thought it was his hobby.

After the report, he followed the procedure and went to meet his boss, Misato Katsuragi. Misato came with Asuka and Shinji, saying that she had received her salary at the beginning of the month and she would treat them today.

Misato drove her car and took the three of them to the commercial street.

Although the attack of the apostles caused many residents of the Third New Tokyo City to move away, relatively speaking, a large number of people were still willing to live here.

The attack of the apostles was an attack everywhere. After all, New Tokyo City still had EVA and NERV responsible for defense. If they moved to other places and encountered a big monster, they would have nowhere to run.

Besides, there were tens of thousands of military members living here. There were always so many people, so it wouldn't be too cold.

Misato invited them to eat conveyor belt sushi. They sat in a separate private room. In front of them was a long table. On the right side of the long table was a rotating track. Plates of sushi were placed on the track, and each plate of sushi was covered with a transparent glass cover.

The reason for the cover is that there was a news report that a bad boy spit on other people's sushi. After that incident, many conveyor belt sushi restaurants changed their practices and used covers to protect food.

Ian is not very fond of sushi, but the ingredients of this restaurant are very fresh, with high-quality seafood, and they taste good. It can be seen that Misato has invested a lot of money.

After eating a full stomach, Misato drove everyone back to the apartment.

Not long after returning to the house, Ian received a text message from Ryoji Kaji, asking him to come to NERV for "overtime".

He greeted Asuka and said that Mr. Kaji was looking for him, and he went out in the night.

At nine o'clock in the evening, he met Ryoji Kaji in the ecological area of ​​NERV.

NERV has built a complete ecosystem underground, with artificial sunlight, plants and animals, and synchronized sunrise and sunset with the outside.

Ryoji Kaji is watering his watermelon seedlings. The watermelons are growing very well. It is only summer in Japan now, and the sales of watermelons are very good. However, Ryoji Kaji does not grow watermelons for selling. He just likes to water the watermelon seedlings. In other words, he likes plants and animals and nature.

"Sorry, I asked you to come so late." Ryoji Kaji put down the kettle: "I have something to ask you for help."

"Is it okay to say it here?" Ian asked.

"It doesn't matter. This is my own field." Ryoji Kaji said.

"Since Mr. Kaji has said this, if there is anything I can do, please feel free to tell me."

"Thank you, it was a big help." Kaji scratched his head: "Actually, it was the Japanese government that asked me to investigate NERV. The United Nations military, the Japanese government, SEELE and NERV, although they were forced to join forces because of the second impact. , but the forces of all parties are not a whole.”

"The Japanese government suspects that NERV may launch a third attack. They plan to blackout the NERV headquarters so that they can investigate the headquarters."

"That is, has this critical work been entrusted to Mr. Kaji?" Ian asked.

"That's right." Kaji nodded: "I also want to use this opportunity to investigate the human completion plan. Commander Ikari and Deputy Commander Fuyuki, what are their intentions? What is SEELE planning to use EVA for? I came to NERV only after knowing these things.”

"So, what exactly do you need me to do?" Ian asked.

"It should be a very simple thing for you. Just use your special abilities and work with me to draw a diagram of NERV's underground power supply system. The team will solve the rest."

"Besides, you have been a little too active recently. Misato and I have agreed that you can come to my place to relax for a while."

After chatting with Kaji, Ian switched to work at Kaji Liangji, and would no longer go to the war room at the headquarters until the apostle showed up next time.

He used the crystallization ability of the Warhammer Titan to help Blessing open some old facilities, and created many opportunities by using the power of his position.

This process lasted for some time.

After the Seventh Apostle was defeated, they ushered in a period of peace.

Ian learned about the identity of Kaji Ryoji. Due to the special nature of Ian's "outsider", Kaji Ryoji did not hide his own affairs.

"The Japanese government, SEELE and NERV are all involved and related to me, but I am not loyal to any of them. I am just investigating the truth to avoid a third impact."

"However, although it sounds great, I am actually very afraid of death." Kaji Ryoji used his laptop and his own account to check NERV's database.

"Human Completion Plan, what exactly is it?" Ian helped him connect the network cable.

The two of them were in an aging old building, surrounded by rusty iron pipes.

Fifteen years have passed since the second impact, and humans have not yet recovered. Although SEELE has spent huge sums of money to establish the EVA base, most of the surrounding areas still retain the backward appearance of fifteen years ago, with many empty old buildings. The houses are uninhabited, and the government has no spare energy to repair and bulldoze these old buildings.

"I only know a general idea." Kaji Ryoharu said: "According to my information, the first apostle, Adam, is sealed underground under the NERV headquarters. The reason why the other apostles came to the third New Tokyo City is to return. Adam, if you let them come into contact with Adam, the Third Impact will break out."

"The announced reason for the second impact was the meteorite. In fact, it was probably because of the apostles." Ian was not very clear about the cause of the second impact. He only vaguely remembered that it seemed to be caused by Adam, but in the end How it was caused and what happened in the middle, he had no way of knowing.

"Meteorites are just an excuse to fool people. SEELE's documents record what happened back then. I also heard the truth from Misato."

Kaji Ryoharu called up the peripheral circuit diagram on the computer screen. On his computer desktop was a photo of him and Misato. The two were wearing bachelor's uniforms, standing in front of the teaching building and smiling at the camera.

"Fifteen years ago, humans discovered the First Apostle Adam and the Lance of Ronnuchis in the Dead Sea of ​​Antarctica. Misato Katsuragi's father, Dr. Katsuragi, once led a team there to investigate Adam."

"Dr. Katsuragi proposed the 'S2 theory', believing that a double helix structure similar to genes can provide unlimited energy. In order to study the S2 mechanism based on this theory, they conducted a contact experiment on the super creature Adam in Antarctica. The results , is Adam’s awakening.”

"Adam blew himself up for unknown reasons, which ultimately led to the second impact. This is true."

"And all of this was recorded in the Dead Sea Documents discovered in the past. After seeing the second impact, SEELE believed the contents of the Dead Sea Documents. They transferred Adam's remains to the NERV headquarters underground in Hakone, Japan, and used The Gun of Ronnuchis sealed Adam, created EVA and fought with the apostles. According to the records, annihilating all the remaining fifteen apostles seems to be able to complete the human completion plan, return all humans to the gospel, and the world will change There will be incomparable peace, and there will be no more suffering and suffering for mankind.”

"However." Kaji Ryoji plugged in the USB flash drive into the computer: "What does the so-called 'return to the gospel' mean, but I haven't found any information."

"What kind of plan is the human completion plan? Whether it will trigger a third impact is something I am currently investigating."

Ryoji Kaji’s fingers tapped on the keyboard.

"There aren't many things I can confirm, but there seem to be a lot of conflicts between Commander Ikari and the old people in SEELE. SEELE asked me to monitor Commander Ikari and report to them regularly."

"Return to the Gospel?" Ian didn't know whether to say it or not. In a sense, what SEELE revealed to Kaji Ryoji was not wrong.

After all, Orange Juice would not start a war, nor would there be all kinds of sufferings such as birth, aging, illness and death.

"No matter what, we still have to knock down all the apostles." Ian put away the crystals.

At this moment, Ymir appeared in front of him. He suddenly frowned and made early warnings.

There were hurried footsteps outside, and a team of well-equipped black soldiers broke in. There were about a dozen people holding rifles.

Ian looked at Kaji Ryoji, who had reacted quickly and raised his hands to surrender. He didn't know where this team came from.

"Are you here for me?" Ian sighed.

The muzzles of these people's guns were obviously pointed at him. There were still crystals on both sides of his cheeks that had not fallen off. It was obvious that he was different from ordinary people.

In fact, as he guessed, these people were sent by SEELE.

SEELE, the Seat of Souls, has had many names in history. They have been hiding under human history. They were founded at the beginning of human birth.

SEELE has only a few members, but they are arrogant enough to decide the fate of the entire human group with the will of a few people.

"Heretics outside the plan must be eliminated!" Speaker Keel and other members of SEELE came to this conclusion.

The energy fluctuations that enveloped the world about a month and a half ago were beyond their plan, and there was no record of them in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

SEELE used almost all the resources it could mobilize to investigate the cause and result of this incident.

In the end, they still found clues in Germany, the first energy source.

The order issued by the self-fighting team to Kaji Ryoji was just induced by SEELE, and the purpose was to investigate the strange man who suddenly appeared.

In order to complete the human completion plan, SEELE will never allow accidents to happen.

They prepared several plans for this, including mass-produced EVA, artificial 17th Angel, and control over the Japanese Self-Defense Force.

No matter what changes happen, they can change the route, complete the Lilith Contract, and reach the world after completion.

While Kaji Ryoji and Ian were investigating the circuit diagram, SEELE was also investigating them.

The results of the investigation have come out now, and SEELE has decided to annihilate the two together with Kaji Ryoji.

The troops pulled the trigger silently, and bullets burst out from the muzzle!

Kaji Ryoji closed his eyes instinctively, but did not feel the expected pain.

The bullet fell on the ground with a crisp collision sound.

Kaji Ryoji touched his body and was unharmed.

He looked back at the boy behind him, his pupils contracted, and a miniature version of the fish angel crystal appeared on the boy's shoulder. The fish angel was wriggling as if it were alive, releasing a powerful AT force field to surround Kaji and Ian.

This is a genuine Apostle-level AT force field, an absolute defense area. Human bullets cannot penetrate the barrier at all. The bullets hit the polygonal barrier, lost power, and fell to the ground.

In addition, a short humanoid crystal was generated at Ian's feet. Ian handed over two pistols and prepared two crystal double swords for Levi's waist.

"Please, Captain Levi, don't make too much noise." Ian said to Levi.

"Sixteen people?" Levi adapted to the activity performance of the crystal puppet: "Don't worry, you don't need a gun, it can be solved in a minute."

Levi rushed out of the barrier of the AT force field and jumped flexibly on the abandoned steel railings.

Even without a three-dimensional mobile device, he was as flexible as an invisible wind. He walked on the wall like a sharp knife, piercing the enemy's throat.

The body of the crystal puppet made him not care about his own damage. The knife flashed and the sharp blade cut his throat!

Since the opponent had made a fatal move, Levi would naturally not show mercy!

Blood splattered, and Ryoji Kaji stared blankly at those guys falling one by one.

Before he could react, the dwarf came with a bloody blade.

"AT force field" Ryoji Kaji looked at the fish angel on Ian's shoulder with complicated eyes: "Did you restore the apostle?"

"Not restored." Ian stretched out his hand: "This is the body, I have subdued the apostle's soul."

"Let's go, Mr. Kaji, the two of us can no longer stay in NERV."

"It's a pity for my watermelon" Ryoji Kaji sighed: "But. Since it's like this, I can only leave."

He has never forgotten his identity as a triple agent, and he has long been prepared to face death.

But since he is still alive, he will not give up looking for the truth.

"Anyway, thank you for saving my life."

I took some medicine and felt a little better. I will sleep first and update tomorrow