Chapter 542: Pack up and Leave

Duran put on makeup, just for the scene where he accidentally fell from a height and was pierced in the abdomen by a steel bar. Then he put on an old work suit of Neuron over his old coat. He played a person with noble character who was injured for his companions and didn't want to make them worry.

Life depends on acting. Duran washed his hands again, and washed his face with plasma. Then sweat splashed on his forehead and blood stains on his sleeves. Completely ready, he returned to Shinji Ikari.

"Eat, there is nothing to eat here, we have to leave as soon as possible." Duran said as he sat next to Shinji Ikari. The action was very hard, but Shinji Ikari didn't respond at all, and didn't even raise his head. So he didn't see Duran's pale face covered with cold sweat.

"Are you still troubled by the hallucination?" Duran asked, but didn't get a response, so he continued to talk to himself, "The hallucination is just because you are too lonely, so you must be strong. It's not easy to survive in this apocalypse." This is to pave the way for his own character's sacrifice.

Shinji Ikari picked up the food and ate it silently, not caring about his companions at all.

His father couldn't see Duran, so he stood alone in the corner hoping that someone could rescue him.

After eating, Shinji Ikari sat there and continued to worry secretly. This world is no longer worth loving, but he is still alive and has no courage to commit suicide.

Ikari Shinji didn't know how long he sat there when he suddenly felt his pants were wet. At this time, he lowered his head and glanced at the ground, and saw that the red liquid had surrounded him.

"Ah--" Shinji Ikari was startled. Isn't this blood? Then he looked at Duran reflexively and saw that Duran's clothes had been stained half red, and the blood was flowing from his abdomen.

"Mr. Du?" Shinji Ikari was shocked and hurried to help Duran check. He saw the wound under the clothes he was wearing outside. The three-finger-thick steel bar pierced Duran's internal organs in the abdomen.

"Sir, Duran?" Duran was already pale and lifeless, and Shinji Ikari was terrified.

Ikari Gendo saw his son yelling at the air like crazy, thinking that he was indeed a useless son, and stopped looking at him after a cold snort.

Duran seemed to be awakened by the voice of Ikari Shinji, squinting weakly, and his eyeballs moved randomly, as if looking for the shadow of Ikari Shinji, "I'm dying, boy."

"No, there should be medical equipment here, I'll take you there now." He was about to go up to help Duran.

But Duran stopped Ikari Shinji, "It's too late, boy, you have to live well." He took out a portable player from his trouser pocket, "This is what I found before, it will be useful to you, live well."

As he spoke, he was already gasping for breath, looking like he was dying.

"Mr. Du." Ikari Shinji took the thing, but found that Duran's hands were cold, and Duran was no longer breathing.

Perfect, Duran thought that his acting skills would be good if he didn't become a director but an actor.

"Ahhh——" Tears of regret could not be held back and flowed down. It was all his fault. He had killed Duran. The boy fell into deep self-blame and could not extricate himself. If he had discovered it earlier, he might have been able to save Duran. It was his own fault.

He pressed the button of the player with his strong hands accidentally. There was only one thing in it, which was the picture of Shinji Ikari's mother Yui Ikari disappearing when she first activated Unit-01.

Shinji Ikari was also present at the time, but his brain chose to forget this scene. But now it appeared in front of him again.

Shinji Ikari completely collapsed, his eyeballs bulged, and his entire expression was weirdly twisted and stretched, as if it was an image in a funhouse mirror.

Once again, he saw someone he knew die tragically beside him, and he was powerless. He recalled the scene of losing his mother. The boy had completely fallen into darkness and his brain had lost the ability to think.

At this time, if there was no external stimulation, Shinji Ikari would really blame himself to death.

"Shinji-kun." Shinji Ikari seemed to hear Kaworu Nagisa calling him, the protagonist's halo plus the gay friend effect. Shinji Ikari only felt that he was in a fantasy world. He had been escaping in his short life, again and again. The only effort he made did not succeed in saving Rei Ayanami.

Because everything was too late, the negative effects accumulated by escaping could not be completely eliminated by one effort. He failed, and it was all his own fault.

At this time, Duran's absolute isolation was suddenly shaken violently, and the source was actually Unit-01. The soul of Yui Ikari in Unit-01 felt that her son's vitality was weakening. In order to protect her son, it started itself and used the WUNDER system to expand the A.T. position.

Duran's skill of pretending to be dead was actually eroded by Unit-01, and everything was exposed to everyone. It turned out that Shinji Ikari's situation was unstable from the screen. Everyone had rushed here, but they couldn't find anything. But now everyone can see that the mysterious man fell in a pool of blood, and Shinji Ikari had a face full of snot and tears, his eyes were dull, as if he was in shock, and he didn't care about the outside environment.

"Stupid Shinji?" Asuka was the first to speak.

"Everyone, don't move. His synchronization rate with Unit-01 has exceeded 500% and is still increasing." Dr. Ritsuko said in disbelief.

"He is communicating with Unit-01 now. Don't disturb him." Duran suddenly opened his eyes, raised his upper body and said to everyone.

"..."

Speechless, too speechless.

So he was pretending to be dead. Duran was speechless for doing such a thing.

It was Misato who walked over and looked down at Duran, "Who are you?"

Duran immediately lay down. From this angle, he could see the scenery under Misato's absolute domain.

"I am a human, just a little stronger than ordinary people." Duran was even more modest, "Now Shinji Ikari is meeting her mother."

The touching scene is not mentioned for the moment.

However, Duran saw that the soul power of Unit-01 was rapidly consumed, and Unit-01 would not be able to be used normally. At this time, Kaworu Nagisa stood up and said that he was willing to replace Yui Ikari and continue to let Unit-01 exist proudly as a spacecraft power.

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Duran said that under the friendly consultation between the people of the two worlds, no problem could affect his script. At the same time, he called on Rei Ayanami to leave this world with him, because as a clone injected with apostle cells, there is a possibility that she will become a target of other countries.

Duran also pointed out that the WILLE organization headed by Misato should reach an agreement with various governments as soon as possible, urging them to exercise restraint and calmly deal with the contents recorded in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Duran said, 'The human beings in this world still have hope and are willing to live on Earth. Evil organizations such as Neuron or SEELE cannot represent the entire human beings on Earth. WILLE represents the interests of mankind and should restore production and rebuild order as soon as possible, and repair the earth's environment step by step. '

WILLE's Colonel Misato said that she would do everything she could to work hard to restore social production and construction. She would never go the old way or the wrong way. She also expressed her willingness to take care of Asuka, Zhen Xibo, and Ikari Shinji, so that they would be born in the new century and grow up under the red flag.

The two sides also discussed the fate of Rei Ayanami. Finally, Rei Ayanami voluntarily decided to leave this world and follow Duran on an adventure under fair, just and open conditions. At the same time, Duran signed a white paper to become Rei Ayanami's guardian.

After the friendly talks, Duran left, and Ikari Gendo was forgotten by him. He would live alone in this "end of the world", no one could see him, and he could not see anyone. And Ikari Shinji, after meeting his mother, might change, but in peacetime, it doesn't matter if he doesn't change, at most he will have no friends, but he won't die.

"Then goodbye everyone, I will come back to see you when I have the chance!" It was the first time to say goodbye in front of the boundless gate. With the system of recording coordinates, Duran can come and go freely in various worlds.