Chapter 1563 I Still Need to Spend Your Money (I Will Continue to Receive Injections Today)

The current NERV has just officially started operation, and there is no situation where every EVA will be overhauled every now and then, so the funds are still sufficient.

Of course, Fangzheng will not have any psychological barriers to spending NERV money. Unlike Katsuragi Misato, who even had to borrow a car for 30 years, he directly typed a report of "official use of the car", and then went back to NERV earned a car back --- Fangzheng's reasons are also very good.

Always take the drivers to and from school, and as the manager of the drivers, I will also serve as a teacher in their schools. Natural transportation is indispensable.

As for the room——NERV spent a whole day, and finally found a high-rise apartment that Fang Zheng was satisfied with. It has four bedrooms, one living room, an open kitchen and a balcony. The place is much better.

For Fangzheng's unceremonious behavior of asking for money, Dingyuantang and Dongyue were also half-dead with anger, but the order from SEELE was to fully cooperate, and their reasons were also very good.

Didn't you say that the driver of EVA is responsible for driving EVA and protecting the world? So isn't it only natural to treat them better?

What else can I do?

I pinched my nose and gave it. Anyway, no matter how much this department spends, it is not enough to repair EVA with a corner, so it will be approved.

"Well, that's what it looks like."

Looking at the warm and peaceful apartment in front of him, Fangzheng finally nodded in satisfaction. The small broken room before was completely a prison, this is where people live.

"Then Li, which room do you live in? How about the specific layout... I'll make it up for you first, and I'll tell you if you need it."

"Yes."

Regarding Fang Zheng's words, Li just nodded --- Unlike ordinary people who always move house with a lot of salutes, Ayanami Li has nothing but a few changes of clothes and textbooks, and she just checked in with her bags.

Not bad.

Clothing, food, housing, and transportation are fundamental, but school uniforms are usually worn in this place in Japan, so there is no need to buy clothes. The place to live has been settled, and the official car has been approved, so the next step is...

"It's been a day and I'm hungry... Li, is there anything you want to eat?"

"not at all."

Li shook her head, but soon, she added another sentence.

"I don't like fish and meat."

"Just eating vegetarian food is not good for your health. Can you eat vegetarian meat?"

"Vegetarian meat?"

Hearing this, Li's expressionless face also showed a hint of doubt.

"what is that?"

"The meat made from soy products has the same taste as meat, so you don't have to worry about getting fat... Um... You don't think you're planning to lose weight."

While talking, Fangzheng looked at Rei Ayanami in front of him again. Although Rei Ayanami simply didn't like fish and meat in the animation, the reality is not animation after all. Who knows why Rei Ayanami doesn't like fish and meat... ...Maybe it's just for weight loss?

"But if you don't eat meat, you won't be able to supplement enough nutrients... Forget it, let's take a step back, are eggs okay?"

"Can."

"it is good."

Having said this, Fangzheng snapped his fingers.

"Well, let's go grocery shopping now."

The apartment Fangzheng chose has a good location, extending in all directions, and there are naturally convenience stores and shops nearby. So he took Ayanami Rei directly downstairs and went to a nearby convenience store to make some big purchases, after all, he had just moved here. Although the furniture and decoration can be handled by NERV, but the daily pots and pans, firewood, rice, oil, salt and other things have to be bought by themselves.

Right now, Ayanami Rei is still the indifferent doll she was at first, doing nothing but pushing the shopping cart behind Fangzheng. Occasionally, Fangzheng will ask her if she wants to buy this or that, but she just nods or remains silent. Language——Fang Zheng didn't care about that either. After all, the first rampage hadn't even started yet. If he remembered correctly, the second clone probably didn't wake up for too long.

So take your time, there is plenty of time anyway.

After the big purchase, Fangzheng also took Rei Ayanami back to the apartment and cooked a meal.

I have to say, for Ayanami Rei, this way of eating is still very novel. She had only eaten with Ikyuantang before, but at that time, the two of them were just eating, just like having a working meal in the cafeteria, serving the meal, eating, and then it was over.

But here it is different.

"If you wash the rice, you have to wash the water twice, and you need to put less water in the end, so that it is more fragrant."

"When choosing vegetables over there, be careful not to break the leaves."

That's right, after returning to the apartment, Fangzheng unceremoniously began to instruct Ayanami to wash vegetables and cook with him. Of course, considering that Ayanami could burn her hand with just a cup of tea, he was not stupid enough to let Ayanami Li started directly when she came up, but was responsible for the preparatory work such as bathing and washing rice.

And Rei Ayanami didn't say anything about it, and directly executed it as an order. Although she was a little rusty, she was quite serious.

Fangzheng's subordinates did not move slowly, and soon three meals and one soup, three vegetarian dishes and one meat dish were prepared. Although Rei Ayanami made it clear that she didn't like fish and meat, Fangzheng really got into a fight with this. Based on Fangzheng's experience, if a child said he didn't like to eat it, it must be because the food was not tasty. It's delicious, and there's nothing wrong with it!

At least those little girls in my family are like this!

But Fangzheng didn't have the guts to challenge the fish, after all, he himself didn't like to eat fish... Well, it's not a question of whether it tastes good or not, but that there are too many bones in the fish, and Fangzheng doesn't like to eat fish with many bones. Of course, if there are only big thorns, it is not unacceptable.

In comparison, he prefers to eat fish heads.

The taste of chopped pepper fish head is still good.

For Ayanami Li, this was the first time she saw this way of eating, so she was inevitably a little curious—especially when she saw Fangzheng directly picked up the tomato scrambled eggs with a smile, and then poured all the vegetable soup into it. While in the rice.

"This is………?"

Seeing this, Ayanami Rei also showed a bit of surprise, although Japan also has a way of eating raw eggs into rice, but Ayanami Rei has never seen this way.

"Vegetable soup with rice is the best. It tastes pretty good. Come and try it."

Fangzheng stirred the rice in the bowl, and said the same thing to Rei Ayanami. Although it is often said on the Internet that soaking rice in vegetable soup is not good for the stomach, in Fangzheng's opinion, adding less vegetable soup will not have much impact, and it will be better if the taste of vegetable soup permeates into the rice eat.

Especially like scrambled eggs with tomatoes, the vegetable soup is sour and sweet, put a little into the rice and stir it, and add the aroma of the rice itself, it is the ultimate food that whets the appetite!

After that, Ayanami also followed Fangzheng's example and poured some vegetable soup into the rice, but she didn't comment on it, and she burst into tears without taking a bite—well, Fangzheng hadn't been there after all. Gourmet fan, his skills are nothing more than years of experience cooking with little girls, and he has not yet the ability to make food into aphrodisiacs.

But at least Rei Ayanami finished her meal.

After eating, Fangzheng and Rei Ayanami washed the dishes together, and then...

"What should I do?"

"Well... From now on, you have to learn to meditate."

"meditation?"

"Well, it is a special mind control technology. You should know that driving an EVA requires the driver's mind to be stable enough. Meditation can help you stabilize your mind..."

Fangzheng didn't say much about the last half sentence, that is——and the soul.

That's right, after spending a day with Rei Ayanami, Fang Zheng has almost seen through the truth of Ayanami's runaway incident.

Part of this is due to Machine Zero, which itself is incomplete. The other part of the reason was due to Rei Ayanami herself.

Human beings are composed of three elements, mind, soul, and body. Ayanami Rei's body is a copy of Ikari Yui, and her soul comes from Lilith, so the last question arises.

Where is her heart?

The answer is --- no.

This is why Rei Ayanami looked like a robot in the early stage.

Generally speaking, after a person is born, the heart, soul, and body grow together. The growth of the body leads to the growth of the mind, and the growth of the mind translates into the tenacity of the soul.

Of course, this is what the magic department said. In terms of the science department, it means that Rei Ayanami lacks self-awareness, and her soul and body are all assembled from outside, so her operation is very unstable.

It's normal for an already unstable driver to add half a bucket of EVA, and it's normal to run wild every day.

In fact, in the animation, this is very obvious. Every time Ayanami Rei and Ikari Shinji have a "divine friendship", what she says most is "Who am I? Where am I? What do I want to do?" This is the reason for a kind of confusion and bewilderment with nowhere to live.

Why is Ling Boli so at a loss?

The reason is very simple, because the body and soul are not hers!

She is like a rootless duckweed, a treeless root, neither her body nor her soul, which makes Ayanami Rei inevitably ask three philosophical questions.

If it is following the mainstream routine of Japanese animation, it should be subtle at this moment, so that Rei Ayanami gradually feels herself, just like in the animation, she didn't care about anything at first, but later she was even willing to sacrifice herself for Shinji Ikari. This is a kind of growth.

But... now that Fangzheng is in place, where is the need for such an awkward and time-consuming growth model!

He's not that brat Shinji Ikari, he's a god!

Of course, on the surface, Fangzheng taught Ayanami that her meditation is a technique to control her own spirit, but in fact this is often used by spellcasters from the main world. After all, there are many soul-based spells in the main world, and mages themselves will occasionally lose their souls. For mages, meditation can strengthen their spirit and will, and at the same time fuse and master the effect of the soul.

Fangzheng was not worried about whether it would be useful. Although Rei Ayanami possessed Lilith's soul, Lilith's soul had no will, so it could be said that it was given for nothing.

In the words of martial arts novels, Ayanami has gained Lilith's skills as soon as she wakes up. Unfortunately, she doesn't know the formula and how to use these skills. And what Fangzheng has to do is to make up for this part of the lack, let Ayanami Li gradually digest Lilith's soul power, and then use this power to control Ikari's body in turn.

In this way, the originally separated body, soul and self will be merged again.

The facts were exactly as Fangzheng expected, and in the following week, a very obvious change took place in Rei Ayanami.

Perhaps because she felt and mastered the power from meditation, Rei Ayanami's self-awareness began to become clearer. From the beginning when Fang Zheng persuaded her to eat meat, she was just silent, and now she can clearly say "I don't want to eat meat." "It's an improvement. Not only that, but even other people in NERV noticed that Rei Ayanami had changed.

In the past, she would only follow their orders like a robot, but now many times, she actually raises her own questions and ideas.

While this surprised many staff members, their evaluation of Fang Zheng was even higher. After all, the staff of NERV also know about EVA. Even if they don't say anything about letting a person with an awkward personality drive EVA, they will still feel uneasy deep in their hearts. Seeing that the girl who was always not interested in anyone on weekdays became easier to get in touch with so quickly, they were quite relieved.

It's just that Ikyuantang sees it in his eyes, but it hurts in his heart!

You take my funds, live in a good house, buy a good car, and live with my woman!

What made Ikari's heart ache even more was that now Rei Ayanami obviously prefers to be by Fang Zheng's side instead of herself! Just like after the previous special inspection, Ikogentang subconsciously invited Rei Ayanami to have dinner together. Originally, Ikogentang thought that Rei Ayanami would definitely agree, but Rei Ayanami actually said, "Second Lieutenant Fangzheng has prepared lunch, and I want back home".

Then just leave!

At that time, Ikari Yuantang was so angry that he almost had a heart attack!

Ikogentang couldn't figure out why Ayanami Rei was so close to Fangzheng even though she was so flattering to other people?

Of course he couldn't figure it out. The reason why Ayanami got close to Fangzheng was because Fangzheng intervened and managed her life. Of course, she had to obey orders.

Another aspect is——Fangzheng has the seal of order.

That's right, just like Cordoli and others in the previous world, Fangzheng also felt the breath of order coordinates from Ayanami Rei's body.

So Lilith's identity can be confirmed.

In that world, the coordinates sent by the Goddess of Order were Star Gods, so in this world, the Goddess of Order sent Lilith as the coordinates.

It's just that just like the soul fragments of the star god were used to make the golden goblin, Lilith's soul in this world was also stuffed into Ayanami Rei's body.

The coordinates of order and the engraving of order will attract each other, so it is normal for Rei Ayanami to get close to Fangzheng.

A week passed like this.

Finally, for Rei Ayanami—the fateful day has come.

The initial start-up test of machine zero is about to begin.