"Aim and pull the trigger."

"Aim and pull the trigger."

Shinji sat in Unit 1, looking at the false Apostle No. 3 on the screen, constantly adjusting the huge assault cannon in his hand, aiming at the enemies he had unconsciously defeated, and numbly pouring out ammunition.

He came to participate in the training, not because he wanted to, but because Shinji's character was the type to obey other people's orders honestly.

If he were not Ikari Wei's son, he would probably have become a member of an ordinary company step by step when he grew up. He would have been hard-pressed to get promoted because he was too rigid. He would have been under great pressure every day. He would have to earn a meager salary to support his family and spend all his time.

A life without a sense of existence.

But if Shinji Ikari really had to choose, he would not hesitate for a second and would definitely choose such an ordinary life.

It's a pity that as Ikari Wei's son, he has no choice when his father is Ikari Yuantang.

However, during this numb training interval, a figure still appeared in Shinji Ikari's mind occasionally.

"If you feel scared, just shout for help."

What exactly does this mean?

It was hard for Shinji Ikari to understand that even though he didn't like it, he was still driving a giant robot tens of meters tall and participating in a race war with far greater intensity than conventional.

Under such circumstances...even if he really feels scared and shouts for help, what's the point?

No one will come to save you.

Shinji Ikari is very confident about his own value in the hearts of others.

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Two weeks passed quickly.

She verbally said that she would let Shinji Ikari live in her own home and take care of her. In fact, Misato, who had left all the cooking and hygiene to Shinji Ikari, found that Shinji had gone to school after getting up from her usual sleep.

She didn't take it seriously. Anyway, her working hours were very free when there were no apostles, and her workload usually only increased in the afternoon, so she casually picked up a can of beer on the cabinet.

With a "poof~" sound, the can was pulled down.

Miri poured alcohol into her mouth, but when she raised her eyes, she unexpectedly discovered that her cell phone that had been placed on the table was missing.

"Ah~ It's so rare."

After a pleasant belch, Misato put down her wine glass and said with emotion: "Shinji actually knows how to pick up his mobile phone and go out... He hasn't talked to anyone on the phone in the past two weeks. Could it be that he has made new friends?"

The mobile phone was given to Shinji by Misato. In this world where the ocean is completely polluted red, the construction of humanities cannot be said to have stagnated, but rather has retreated a lot.

Even in 2015, they were using purely functional push-button phones. Their only functions were to make calls, send text messages, and visit some text-only forums. There was no such thing as the flourishing mobile phone industry in other parallel worlds.

So Shinji, who had no one to contact, had no need for a mobile phone before...

And now, he finally has one more contact in his address book.

Carl Chen.

Does this count as making friends?

Shinji is actually not sure, because he even has a very vague definition of friend.

It's just that Carl knew that he was an EVA driver. Unlike the disdainful voices on the Internet, he praised himself and told himself not to put too much pressure on him. If he wanted to get rid of such responsibilities, he also respected his decision.

Although Shinji was very grateful, he did not have the power to leave or not, so he could only remain silent.

And when chatting, he would tell himself from time to time what part of his body he should respond to if he was attacked, which gave the illusion of additional combat training.

However, Karl did not come to school today.

Shinji rarely spoke to other students and asked about the whereabouts of Carl and his friends. Although the presence of the two foreign students had always been strong, Japan, with its strong clique atmosphere, felt that he could not fit into the atmosphere of those two people, so

There was actually a feeling of reverse isolation, so that other people knew almost nothing about the two of them.

After asking to no avail, Shinji could only return to his seat and wait for class.

Peaceful time is always short-lived.

"Emergency gathering."

After school that day, Ling Boli, who was always silent and whose presence was even weaker than Shinji's, suddenly came to Shinji.

But she just said these words softly, and then said: "Then, I'll leave first."

With that said, he trotted out of Shinji's sight.

Before Shinji could react, warning broadcasts sounded throughout Tokyo.

[An emergency warning is issued for the entire central Kanto region, centered on the Tokai region: all residents are asked to evacuate to designated evacuation centers immediately. 】

[Repeat again, for the East China Sea region as the center...]

With the sound of sirens, the entire city began to slowly sink.

Countless buildings, like taking an elevator, sank into the ground to prevent the battlefield from being attacked by the apostles.

And underground, as countless buildings sank, the reflection of a city seemed to slowly rise above the huge underground space.

But this kind of treatment is only limited to functional buildings built later.

Early residential buildings, tile-roofed houses, sidewalks and other old infrastructure can still only be placed alone on the surface, waiting for a new round of survival.

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"Did you actually attack while Commander Ikari was away? It came so fast."

In the combat command room of NERV, Misato Katsuragi, the chief of operations who belongs to the first section of the Tactical Operations Bureau of the headquarters, used a disdainful smile to fill her nerves with confidence.

The war room operator in charge of intelligence analysis, Hyuga Minoru frowned and said: "The last time the apostles invaded, it was 15 years, but this time it was only three weeks."

Misato Katsuragi looked at the fourth apostle who looked ridiculous in the picture, looking like a giant crab from the front and a giant Pipi Shrimp from above. She said casually: "It doesn't give people any time to breathe. This is...

The type that girls hate the most.”

Artillery fire, countless artillery fire poured on the apostles from the hillside and from the unlimited firing positions on the cables without reservation.

These conventional firepower were naturally issued by the United Nations troops.

Although the ordinary ammunition was defeated by the Third Apostle last time, the United Nations is obviously not willing to accept it. It even thinks that it may be just the specialness of the Third Apostle, so it is still making its own efforts.

"Really, another waste of tax dollars."

Fuyutsuki Kozo, the deputy commander of NERV and the commander-in-chief when Ikari Gendo was away, said with a smile.

Those firepower are outside the AT force field on the fourth apostle, releasing purely ornamental fireworks. There is no need for the law of smoke and no harm. This is really useless.

The only one who can fight against the apostles is the humanoid mecha EVA, which also has an AT force field.

"Listen up, Shinji. After neutralizing the enemy's AT field, use the machine gun to fire, just like usual training. Do you understand?"

Shinji, who was in the cockpit of Unit 1, wanted to take a deep breath, but only the orange liquid of LCL entered his lungs... Fortunately, this liquid, which is full of all the nutrients needed by humans, is not uncomfortable when it enters the lungs.

"Understood."

Shinji tightened his grip on the control stick nervously and responded.

Fortunately, this time, he was not bullied by his classmates because he failed to protect the public while driving EVA, so Shinji's resistance to piloting Unit-01 again was not as severe as it was at first.

But if Ikari Gendo were to look at it, he might not think this is a good thing... because the essence of the AT force field is a strong wall between spirits, just like the strong nuclear force that prevents the atoms of two objects from fusing.

But now, Shinji's power is obviously slightly inferior to the state in the original work.

Misato Katsuragi in the command room nodded, and then loudly said: "Attack!"

The suppression bolt was released and the safety lock was in contact. The position where Unit No. 1 was standing seemed to be ejected from the ground to the surface at an extremely fast speed as if the trigger had been pulled.

"Aim at the target... turn on the mixer, aim at the target, turn on the mixer..."

Shinji nervously muttered to himself and reassured himself: It's okay, it's okay, it's just like the training. There's nothing scary about the apostle. I'm well protected by this giant robot, and I still have a gun in my hand, so there's nothing scary.

When Unit No. 1 came to the surface along the ascending passage, he used the "elevator" he stepped out of as a cover, aimed at the fourth apostle from behind, and activated the mixer.

Unfortunately, Shinji's accuracy was so poor that nearly half of the ammunition of the mixer that was pushed directly to the bottom hit the ground nearby, raising a large amount of dust that blocked the view between the two giant beasts.

Misato Katsuragi scolded anxiously in the command room: "Idiot! Smoke and dust will lose the enemy's vision!"

However, Shinji, who had not received any training in this area, just mechanically and numbly held the mixer. The child who only had two weeks of training was completely unable to process redundant information when faced with a complex real battlefield.

The next moment, a purple light whip broke through the smoke and whipped in the direction of Unit 1!

Shinji quickly tried to retreat, but due to improper operation, he fell backward. At the same time, the whip was like a sharp lightsaber, cutting the machine gun in the hand of Unit-0 into two pieces.

The extra length crossed the side of the steel elevator used to raise the No. 1 machine, directly cutting the giant steel block like a building in half, and landed with a crash, causing the ground to buzz and raise a lot of smoke and dust.

Katsuragi Misato ordered one after another: "Quick! Shinji, there is a rifle prepared nearby. It is in the large cargo hold not far from you. Go and get it!"

However, Unit-00 was just lying on the ground, motionless. Misato Katsuragi said anxiously: "Shinji? Shinji!?"

Shinji inside Unit 1 was so terrified that he couldn't move.

He looked at the huge monster standing in front of him in the picture in front of him.

It originally looked ridiculous, but when it stood upright, it looked like a purple-red towering pillar embedded in the ground. It didn't look like a human being at all, and was more like the hilt of a giant sword that could cut through the continent.

On the two jaws of the sword hilt, the long purple light whip trembled wildly like a creature. The next second, it suddenly cut through the air in the direction of Unit 1, cutting!

"don't want!"
To be continued...