Anti-invasion of the heavens: water drops in the beginning

Chapter 213 Isn't EVA Just Fighting Monsters?
"So, Shinji, you finally decided to continue piloting the first machine, right?"

On the way back from school, Carl drank Coke and asked Ikari Shinji beside him.

Ikari Shinji bowed his head guiltily, "Ah..." in response.

Karl patted the other person's shoulder nonchalantly, and said with a smile, "What are you looking down for? Do you think I'm unhappy?"

Shinji quickly raised his head and explained: "No, I know Karen is not such a person, but..."

As he said that, his voice lowered again: "It's obvious that you have spent so much effort to help me break out of the quagmire, but I wasted your efforts on my own, so I always feel... very sorry. "

Carl laughed and said, "Don't get me wrong, Shinji. What I'm helping are innocent people who shouldn't be on the battlefield and who haven't become warriors in their hearts."

He put his hand on Ikari Shinji's shoulder, gave him a firm smile, and encouraged him: "But if it's Shinji's decision to go back to the battlefield, then I will support you as always."

Shinji looked at Karl's completely innocent smile, and for a moment his right hand trembled unconsciously.

It's hard not to be moved by this kind of support that only considers other people's feelings.

Not to mention Shinji, a cowardly child who has been facing this world that doesn't welcome him at all since his mother left.

It is Carl's gentleness that he will not interfere with other people's decisions because of his own wishes.

Ikari Shinji only felt warm in his heart.

Is this what friendship feels like?
Even... It was even hotter and more powerful than the mother's hug that I felt in the No. [-] machine that day.

Ikari Shinji clenched his fists tightly, nodded, and said firmly to Karl: "Although the reason for me to go to the battlefield again... my father told me that I must never say it. But Karl, don't worry, I already have a reason to fight. Will be as weak as before!"

"And..." As he said that, Ikari Shinji was a little shy again, and even this time his face was a little red: "And every time the apostles invaded, you went to the battlefield alone. You helped me so much, so, I……"

Before saying this, the thin-skinned Shinji was embarrassed to say it, but after he really said it, an unprecedented sense of power filled his thin chest.

His back straightened subconsciously, he looked firmly into Carl's eyes, and his tone became more decisive: "I want to help you too!"

Carl was taken aback for a moment, and then he said with relief, "That's it, that's great."

Although Karl didn't know what he did, he just made Shinji who didn't want to go to the battlefield not to go to the battlefield, and he didn't stop Shinji who wanted to go back to the battlefield.

He really didn't understand why Shinji's appearance changed so much. Karl had never seen such a firm expression in the CD his father showed him.

But in the end, this is a positive emotion, and Karl didn't think too much about it.

At this moment, a girl with two ponytails blocked their way.

Carl raised his head, and saw a girl with orange hair, like a little orange that could make people lose their teeth, standing majesticly on the right side of the sidewalk with her arms folded.

But before she could speak, a car bell rang behind her: "Sorry, please give way."

Asuka quickly retreated to the other side of the sidewalk, let the bicycle behind her pass, and said embarrassedly: "Ah! I'm very sorry, I forgot that Japan is on the right side!"

As soon as the words fell, the person on the bicycle had already gone away.

So there were only three people left on the sidewalk again.

Asuka coughed to ease the embarrassment, then raised her finger and pointed at Carl, and said loudly: "In the classroom before, those guys were too annoying, so I didn't finish my sentence."

Carl finished drinking the Coke in his hand, threw it into the trash can behind Asuka, and said casually: "Oh, then tell me, I have plenty of time."

Asuka turned her head slightly to look at the soda can that fell into the entrance of the trash can precisely, and was a little surprised in her heart. She didn't expect this guy's body coordination to be quite good, and he was really not an amateur.

Then she turned her head, put her arms around her chest again, and said seriously to Carl: "Although I don't know what organization your world melting pot is, but your Ultraman doesn't even have an AT force field. There will be apostles that cannot be dealt with. There is a difference in the strength of their AT force field!"

Karl nodded, and said indifferently, "I see... Anyway, I really didn't see any difference between the ones I killed."

"Don't say such unprofessional words, if you don't care, it won't make you look handsome, it will only make people look down on you!" Asuka said dissatisfied.

Carl was taken aback and scratched his head: "Huh? Could it be like this? But I'm telling the truth."

Asuka snorted, only thinking that Karl was playing handsome, she had seen many such boys.

She held her head up and said proudly: "In short, what I want to say is: don't underestimate EVA! Even if you can underestimate the No. [-] machine, you will never be allowed to underestimate the actual combat type No. [-] with truly mature technology. Opportunity! When the next apostle invades, I will never lose to you! Just watch!"

After finishing speaking, he flicked the two long braids, turned around and left chicly.

Shinji looked at the opponent's back innocently, and thought that the first machine was not bad, but thinking about his performance in the past, he was really embarrassed to say anything.

Then, there was a fairly peaceful time...except for Karl.

After the identity of the driver of Altman Karl was exposed, he was mixed with Bruce every day, and the atmosphere of the "foreigner" small circle vaguely formed was broken, and the invisible two-way barrier was broken, so that Karl had to spend a lot of time every day coping with it. The enthusiasm of those around you.

Even if there is Asuka to share the firepower, it won't help much.A man and a woman, two foreign handsome men and beautiful women, are surrounded by a lot of people every day, and they can receive a lot of love letters from the shoe cabinet every day when they go to school, which makes the two of them a little overwhelmed.

Fortunately, in the end, these riots gradually subsided as the two persisted in their refusal.

But Karl is okay, he is a boy and the driver of Ultraman. In EVA, an era full of oppression and despair, he is one of the few characters who is closest to the word hero.

Even if those students who posted up to talk to him had no other purpose, chatting with him and then posting on the Internet, they could still get a sense of presence and attention that they didn't have before, so their popularity was still not low.

As for Asuka, as a girl, the situation is slightly worse.

People don't know much about the details of the first machine and the second machine, and they don't even know that she is also a fighter mech pilot.Therefore, after rejecting so many love letters, she was still labeled as 'difficult to approach' and 'eccentric' in private, and was gradually vaguely ignored.

Having said that, Asuka herself has a carefree personality and doesn't care about these small things at all. Even the way of thinking from Germany has not been connected with the atmosphere and culture here in Japan. She didn't pay attention to these details at all, and everything was fine. nothing.

One day, the limelight was completely taken away by Karl, so Bruce, who had been living a comfortable life, suddenly said to Karl, "I'm going back."

"what?"

Carl was taken aback, and quickly asked to stay: "Wait, Bruce, I've been driving Ultraman these few times, I'm really sorry, next time it's up to you..."

Bruce rolled his eyes helplessly: "The problem is not here, okay, I am no longer interested in driving giant robots."

As he said that, he showed his design draft to Carl, and said proudly: "I didn't rely on the teacher, I completely relied on my own design. In this way, my combat effectiveness can be on par with yours."

Carl took Bruce's design draft, flipped through it, and said uncertainly: "It's about the same... that's all?"

Although Bruce's design draft is brilliant, Carl can see that any ordinary person can definitely obtain the individual strength close to modern fighter jets in one leap.

But to be honest, it seems almost meaningless to compare yourself with yourself.

Bruce said lightly: "Its main energy part contains kryptonite material, which can directly emit kryptonite radiation waves when I have a choice."

Carl fell silent for a moment.

And Bruce has not let him go: "And the backs of its hands can also emit the radiation of the red sun at any time."

Karl screamed, "There's no need to target me like that, right? I just robbed you of a few chances to drive Ultraman..."

Bruce sighed: "I've said it all, it has nothing to do with that, this arrangement is just to prevent you from fighting me next time and I have no power to fight back. To be honest, I'm still trying to find a way to make this attack comparable to How about your speed, even if they are useful to you, it doesn't make sense if they can't catch up."

Carl suddenly realized, and he said yes, I can still hide, Bruce is so smart.

And Bruce continued: "But if I want to produce mechs, I need the production line of Wayne Enterprises, so I have to go back."

As he said that, he looked at the buildings in Tokyo outside the window, and said lightly: "I have already grasped the technology in this world. There is no need to stay for a long time... Besides, I don't want to be with someone who is about to be destroyed. world, with too many connections."

Carl blinked, feeling that he heard it wrong: "Wait, what is the world about to be destroyed?"

Who knows that Bruce also showed a surprised look: "Don't you know? Didn't we all watch the plot of EVA at that time? Humans here will be extinct, and then the teacher will smelt the residue of this world into X metal , to save other universes."

The people of Karl were dumbfounded: "Wait, wait, why is the human race going extinct?! Isn't the plot we watched just a simple story about monsters appearing and then fighting monsters? In the last two episodes, didn't the protagonist also successfully save the world? ? Although the editing is a bit messy, I don't understand it well..."

Bruce was speechless: "When you were co-authoring the plot, you just fought for the protagonist and watched mecha monsters fight. You didn't read the content at all?"

He shook his head, omitted all branches and analysis, and directly used the most concise words to ruthlessly spoil the spoiler: "In a word, the highest level of this world wants to destroy human beings, and the purpose that the protagonist's father wants to accomplish needs to destroy human beings first, and then the protagonist is almost the same. Completed the great cause of destroying human beings. I won’t explain to you the deeper ones, I’m afraid your head will be more confused, anyway, it’s almost like this.”

After finishing speaking, leaving Carl who was stupid in place, Bruce waved his hand and said: "Then I will apply to go home with the teacher. It has been more than a year since I left home. I don't know how my parents are. You have fun, wait Come back when you're tired of playing."

Bruce's figure disappeared behind the door, and the sirens of the entire Tokyo city sounded in Carl's ears.

Seventh Apostle, incoming.

----

"Is that guy Carl very good? After telling him that he will meet an apostle who can't be solved by brute force, he won't come this time."

Listening to the information that Ultraman did not appear in the NERV headquarters, Asuka was not only not angry, but nodded in satisfaction.

Immediately, she started the communication with Unit No. [-], and shouted: "Let's talk about it first, two-on-one is too useless, you don't want to make a move!"

Asuka, who has never experienced Shinji's departure and return, does not have any special emotions about fighting with the first machine that was originally active, and understands that this is just a matter of course.

Standing on the shore with the No. [-] machine holding a huge high-frequency long spear, looking at the seventh apostle gradually emerging from the sea, he was quite eager to try.

And Shinji Ikari, who felt the warmth of the first machine, showed a serious expression this time: "No, we are not in a duel, but in the battlefield. The most important thing is to be able to win with the advantage of numbers and at the lowest cost. .”

This is what he originally planned to say to Carl, and it is also a language that has been organized for a long time.But Karl didn't stop him from going to the battlefield, so it was useless, who knew he could tell Asuka.

And his purpose of saying this is also very simple - Shinji doesn't want the first machine to be injured.

In order to protect the body, Shinji will drive the body to fight.

This sounds contradictory, but Ikari Gendo did not allow Shinji to drive the first machine for no reason at ordinary times.

'This is a battlefield weapon, and if you want to board the cockpit, you must have permission. '

Therefore, in order to be able to spend more time with his mother, Shinji could only devote 12 points of attention on the battlefield.

All his energy and thinking were spent thinking about how to preserve the No. [-] machine, so there was no room for him to be timid and afraid.

Asuka was slightly taken aback when she heard the words: "I didn't expect you to refute, I thought you were the kind of obedient baby who would listen to what others say."

Then she said dissatisfiedly: "Hmph, of course I know about this kind of thing! I'm a mature tactician."

As she said that, Asuka waved the high-frequency spear in her hand, and rushed towards the seventh apostle: "Then you should cover me well!"

Shinji understands, so he can start to control the first machine, and use the giant assault gun in his hand to harass and attack the Seventh Apostle in the distant sea.

Countless bullets similar to artillery fire bombarded the Seventh Apostle's AT force field, almost completely covering the opponent's upper body.

Seeing this, Asuka yelled, "Well done!"

Then the No. [-] machine was like a huge agile athlete, with the flexibility and explosive power of biological power, stepped on the reefs and ruins protruding from the sea, leaped high, and swung the high-frequency spear in its hand towards the seventh apostle. !

(End of this chapter)