Chapter 2725 Return to the Classroom

"Classmates, today Mr. Watanabe is not feeling well, so I will teach the history class. Today we will learn about 'faith'." Duran returned to the Third New Tokyo City again, standing on the podium in a dignified manner, not afraid of Seele coming to catch him.

The students were all stunned, and then cheered. Their favorite teacher was back.

Duran smiled and pressed his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and said, "Let's go to class first."

"Classmates, do you know what faith is?"

Everyone expressed their opinions in a variety of ways. Some said that believing in God is faith, and some said that believing in anything can be called faith.

"What you said is all right, but you didn't get to the essence. The so-called faith is something that allows you to contribute your interests for free. This thing can be a serious thing or an absurd thing. And the group of people with the same faith is people with the same distribution relationship." "On the contrary, people without faith are people who are unwilling to contribute their interests under any circumstances. They only accept exchanges, not free contributions." Duran is still the same as before, and his shocking words make the students stunned.

It is different from the education received on weekdays, but it makes sense.

From the perspective of interests, faith means that you will give up your own interests for free at certain times. And without faith, you will only accept exchanges, and will never give up for free, and you will give priority to protecting your own interests. So people who think they have faith will be afraid of people without faith, because they will think that people without faith only live for themselves, and it is impossible to be friends with people without faith, because people without faith will sell out their friends at any time for their own interests.

Faith means believing in something and being willing to give up your own interests for free. This thing can be a god, a moral code, serving the people, family affection, or even the Flying Spaghetti God Cult and the Earth Cat Cult...

The key point is that for this matter, even if there is no return, you are willing to give. If you think about the return, it is not faith, but a transaction.

And the transaction is a manifestation of not being able to harm your own interests, which is a manifestation of having no faith.

"The reason why different beliefs are full of contradictions is that they all regard their own beliefs as the only ones, and hope that others will also accept this belief. But obviously this is impossible, because belief can only be something that a person devotes to. If you extend it to others, it is forced, just like reaching into our wallets to rob money to pay for other people's beliefs, which is wrong." "The teacher has been deeply touched during this period, because there are such a group of people in this world who clamor for belief, but reach into our wallets and ask us to pay for their beliefs. It is really wrong." Duran almost named Seele directly.

The students also knew that it must be the group of guys standing in the middle of the altar. Seele didn't know what the hell he believed in, not only hiding it from everyone, but also asking everyone to pay. The students instinctively didn't want to, after all, they didn't believe what Seele believed in, and they didn't even know what Seele believed in.

"Teacher, then how can we prevent our wallets from being emptied?" A classmate raised his hand and asked.

Duran said: "Good question, the best way is to find a belief for yourself, as long as it is different from them, then we can fight unswervingly. We live in this chaotic world, what do you say is worth our dedication?"

"To make the earth better." A classmate said so.

Ikari Shinji was very happy to see Duran back, but now he had to think about what they could do. During this period, he also thought about a lot of things, humans and apostles, people and people, people and technology... but he didn't have a result yet.

Asuka looked at Duran with squinted eyes. She had heard that Duran defeated the Thunder Angel in an incredible way by driving Unit 0, and also trained Ikari Shinji in an even more incredible way. This made her dislike Duran very much, because she felt that Duran was really deserting his competitors.

As a survivor who stood out from the Asuka model clones, she was full of competition and crisis awareness, because if she couldn't do her best and couldn't prove her value, then her life would not be guaranteed, so she had to show her teeth and claws, and had to grin, all to cover up her inner uneasiness and anxiety. In fact, she envied Shinji Ikari for having a commander father, such a strong synchronization rate, and even a teacher who gave him special treatment. There are so many people supporting Shinji Ikari, but she has nothing. She can only rely on herself and try her best to survive.

Under such survival pressure, Asuka seems cheerful and arrogant, but in fact, she is highly nervous, and a slight accident can make her collapse.

All she can rely on is Unit 2, and she can only prove herself through fighting. So Asuka is really pitiful. Shinji Ikari at least has a father, and Rei Ayanami has no feelings and does not know how to be afraid. Only Asuka has no sense of security.

So Duran asked what beliefs are worth everyone's dedication. Asuka didn't know at all, because she felt empty and could not give anything to the world, so naturally she couldn't find a belief.

Faith is definitely a free and expensive luxury. After all, only those who have the ability to contribute are qualified to believe. Sometimes many people don't even know what they have, they can only see that they don't have anything.

Asuka is like this. The only thing she knows is that she has the identity of the pilot of Unit 2, and nothing else. So she doesn't know what she can believe in, and she doesn't know what she can spend on her belief. Sometimes she even feels that everything in this world is so ruthless, taking away everything from her without giving her any choice. This world is so disgusting, and nothing left for her is what she needs.

And belief requires choice, and Asuka knows that she can't choose. She looks at Shinji Ikari, the second-generation official, who has a place to stay even if he leaves the neuron. She looks at Rei Ayanami again. Although they are both clones, Rei Ayanami's emotions are suppressed, so she goes with the flow. And herself? The neuron gave her emotions, but didn't give her the power to choose. It's better not to have emotions.

Belief? This kind of thing is not for her.

"This new classmate, why don't you speak? Don't you understand the island language?" Duran said that he had been away for a while, and there was a new classmate, so it was natural to find her to speak at this time.

"I'm not interested in this kind of thing." Asuka used indifference to protect herself. After all, it's much easier to say that she's not interested than to say that she has no choice, and it won't make people see that she's strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

"Then I recommend that you believe in 'The Apostle's Life is Life'. You don't have to make any special sacrifices. Just let it go during the battle." Duran said that this belief is very easy for drivers to achieve, and there is no need for extra sacrifices.

"Why should I listen to you?" Asuka said that she only listens to herself.

Ikari Shinji thought that Asuka was really too fierce, and didn't understand the horror of Teacher Duran at all. He would drive a jeep and hit people.

Duran narrowed his eyes and thought that he was a difficult teenager. So he said: "After school today, you stay and don't leave. Join Ikari Shinji for extracurricular training."

Ikari Shinji smiled unconsciously when he heard it. I don't know if he was happy that the training resumed, or happy that someone finally had to suffer with him. Anyway, he smiled.

And Asuka knew nothing about this.