Chapter 213 Isn’t EVA just about fighting monsters?

"So, Shinji, you finally decided to continue piloting Unit-1, right?"

On the way home from school, Carl drank Coke and asked Shinji Ikari next to him.

Shinji Ikari lowered his head guiltily and said "Ah..." in response.

Karl patted the other party's shoulder nonchalantly and said with a smile: "Why are you so dejected? Do you think I will be unhappy?"

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

As he spoke, his voice dropped again: "You obviously spent so much effort to help me get out of the quagmire, but I wasted your efforts on my own, so I always feel...very sorry.

"

Karl laughed and said: "Don't get me wrong, Shinji. What I help is just innocent people who should not have set foot on the battlefield and who have not become warriors in their hearts."

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

Shinji looked at Carl's smile without any grudge, and for a moment his right hand trembled slightly unconsciously.

It's hard not to be moved by this kind of support that only considers the mood of others.

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

He would not interfere with other people's decisions because of his own wishes. This is Karl's gentleness.

Shinji Ikari felt warm in his heart.

Is this what friendship feels like?

Even... it was even warmer and more powerful than the hug I felt from my mother that day in Unit 1.

Shinji Ikari clenched his fists hard, nodded, and said firmly to Carl: "Although the reason why I returned to the battlefield... my father told me that I must never tell it. But Carl, don't worry, I already have a reason to fight, and I will never

You will never be as weak as before!"

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

I……"

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

His back straightened subconsciously, he stared firmly into Karl's eyes, and his tone was more decisive than before: "I want to help you too!"

Karl was stunned for a moment, and then said happily: "That's it, that's great."

Although Carl didn't know what he did, he just allowed Shinji who didn't want to go to the battlefield to not go to the battlefield, and didn't stop Shinji who wanted to go to the battlefield again.

He really didn't understand why Shinji looked so changed. Carl had never seen this kind of determination in the CD his father showed him.

But in the end, this was a positive emotion, and Karl didn't want to delve too deeply into it.

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

Karl raised his head and saw a girl with orange hair, like a little orange that could make people lose their teeth, standing majestically on the right side of the sidewalk with her hands folded across her chest.

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, letting the bicycle behind her pass, and said sheepishly: "Ah! I'm very sorry, I forgot that traffic in Japan is on the right side!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the man on the bicycle had already gone away.

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

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

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

Asuka turned her head slightly and looked at the can that had accurately fallen into the entrance of the trash can. She was a little surprised. She didn't expect that this guy's body coordination was quite good. He was definitely not an outsider.

Then she turned around, folded her hands across her chest again, and said seriously to Karl: "Although I don't know what kind of organization your World Forge is, your Ultraman doesn't even have an AT field. No matter how powerful the machine's performance is, it will always be weak.

There will be apostles who cannot be dealt with. Their AT field strengths are different!"

Karl nodded and said indifferently: "That's right... Anyway, I really didn't see any difference in the few I killed."

"Don't say such unprofessional words. Being careless will not make you look handsome, it will only make people look down upon you!" Asuka dissatisfied.

Karl was stunned and scratched his head: "Ah? Is that possible? But I am telling the truth."

Asuka snorted, thinking that Karl was just being cool. She had seen this kind of boy too many times.

She held her head high and said with a proud look on her face: "In short, what I want to say is: don't look down on EVA! Even if you can look down on Unit 1, you will never underestimate the actual combat Type 2 with truly mature technology.

Machine! When the apostles invade next time, I will definitely not lose to you! Just wait and see!"

After saying that, he flicked his long braids and turned around to leave.

Shinji looked at the opponent's back innocently, intending to say that Unit-01 was not bad, but thinking about his past performance, he was really embarrassed to say anything.

Afterwards, a relatively peaceful time passed...except for Karl.

After the identity of Ultraman Carl's pilot was exposed, the atmosphere of the small 'foreigner' circle that he had vaguely formed due to hanging out with Bruce every day was shattered. The invisible two-way barrier was broken, and Carl had to spend a lot of time dealing with it every day.

The enthusiasm of the people around you.

Even if Asuka was there to share the firepower, it would not have much effect. Two handsome foreign men and women, one man and one woman, were surrounded by a lot of people every day. Every day when they went to school, they would receive a large number of love letters from the shoe cabinet, which made the two

They are all a bit uneasy.

Fortunately, in the end, these commotions gradually subsided due to the two people's persistent refusal.

Fortunately, Carl is a boy and the driver of Ultraman. In EVA, an era full of depression and despair, he is one of the few characters who is closest to the word hero.

Even if those students who posted him to chat had no other purpose, chatting with him and posting on the Internet can still gain a sense of presence and attention that they didn't have before, so his popularity is still not low.

As a girl, Asuka's situation is slightly worse.

The public did not know much about the details of Unit 1 and Unit 2, let alone that she was also a fighter mecha pilot. Therefore, after rejecting so many love letters, she was privately labeled as "unapproachable".

Labels such as 'eccentric character' are gradually being vaguely ignored.

Having said that, Asuka herself has a carefree personality and doesn't care about these little things at all. Even her way of thinking from Germany is not in line with the atmosphere and culture here in Japan. She doesn't pay attention to these details at all, and everything goes smoothly.

Nothing happened.

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

"ah?"

Karl was stunned and quickly tried to persuade him to stay: "Wait a minute, Bruce, I'm the one driving Ultraman these few times. I'm really embarrassed. I'll let you do it next time..."

Bruce rolled his eyes helplessly: "That's not the problem, okay? I'm no longer interested in driving a giant robot."

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

Karl took Bruce's design draft, flipped it over, and said uncertainly: "It's about the same... That's all it depends on?"

Although Bruce's design draft is brilliant, Karl can see that any ordinary person wearing it will definitely gain individual strength close to that of a modern fighter jet.

But to be honest, if you want to compare yourself with yourself, that seems to be a bit pointless.

Bruce said lightly: "The main part of its energy contains kryptonite material, which can directly emit kryptonite radiation waves if I choose."

Carl was immediately silenced.

And Bruce hasn't let him go yet: "And the backs of its hands can also emit red solar radiation at any time."

Karl exclaimed: "There's no need to target me like this, right? I just robbed you of several opportunities to drive Ultraman..."

Bruce sighed: "I told you, it has nothing to do with that. This arrangement is just to prevent you from fighting me next time and I won't be able to fight back. To be honest, I'm still thinking of ways to make this attack more effective with

Even if they can match your speed, even if they are useful to you, there is no point in catching up."

Carl suddenly realized it and thought, Oh, you are right, I can still hide, Bruce is so smart.

And Bruce continued: "But if I want to produce mechas, I need Wayne Enterprises' production line, so I'm going back."

As he spoke, he looked out the window at the buildings in Tokyo and said calmly: "I have fully understood the technology in this world that I can master now. There is no need to stay any longer...Besides, I don't want to be with someone who is about to be destroyed.

world, there are too many connections.”

Karl blinked, feeling that he heard wrongly: "Wait, what is the world about to be destroyed?"

Who knew that Bruce also showed a surprised look: "Don't you know? Haven't we all seen the plot of EVA at that time? Human beings here will become extinct, and then the teacher will smelt the residue of this world into X metal

, to save other universes.”

The people in Karl were all dumbfounded: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, why are humans going extinct?! Isn't the plot we are watching just a simple story of monsters appearing and then fighting them? In the last two episodes, didn't the protagonist also successfully save the world?

?Although the editing was a bit messy, I didn’t quite understand it..."

Bruce was speechless: "When I read the plot when I co-wrote it, you just fought for the protagonist and watched the mecha monsters fight. Didn't you read the content at all?"

He shook his head, omitting all branches and analysis, and directly used the most concise words to ruthlessly spoil the story: "In short, the highest level of this world wants to destroy mankind. The goal that the protagonist's father wants to achieve requires destroying mankind first, and then the protagonist ends up almost

I have completed the great cause of destroying mankind. I won’t explain it to you in detail, for fear that your mind will be more confused. Anyway, it’s almost like this.”

After finishing speaking, leaving Karl dumbfounded, Bruce waved his hand and said: "Then I will apply to the teacher to go home. It has been almost more than a year since I left home. I don't know how my parents are doing. You have fun, wait.

Come back when you are tired of playing."

Bruce's figure disappeared behind the door, and the sirens throughout Tokyo rang in Carl's ears.
To be continued...