Chapter 477 Human Instrumentality Project (Original)

However, Shinji Ikari fell behind during this sortie, and it was not considered a fall off.

After all, it can be seen that he has never received training in piloting the No. 1 aircraft before, so there is no talk of him falling behind.

And he is not a soldier. Before this, he was just an ordinary middle school student with no actual combat experience.

Then it really can't be said to be out of line.

On the contrary, it makes people wonder why Ikari Gendo and the researchers at NERV headquarters insist on Ikari Shinji piloting Unit 1 in the battle.

Theoretically speaking, if Rei Ayanami, the original pilot of Unit-00, was injured and unable to attack, then Shinji Ikari, who had no piloting experience, could pilot Unit-01 to attack.

Well, many well-trained soldiers at NERV headquarters also have no driving experience, but they are completely more qualified than Shinji Ikari to be the pilot of Unit 1.

But the audience recalled that before that, when Shinji Ikari piloted Unit 1 for the first time, Ritsuko and the others talked about the synchronization rate, harmonics, and whether there was any loss of control.

This should represent something.

Unit-00 should only be piloted by a specific group of people, and Rei Ayanami is the leader of this specific group.

The same is true for Shinji Ikari, and he may be a more suitable chosen one than Rei Ayanami.

After all... he is the protagonist.

It depends on how to decrypt it later.

Yet the fighting continued.

Even if Shinji Ikari learned how to control Unit-00 to walk, he still couldn't control Unit-00 to fight.

Then the apostle grabbed the left wrist of Unit No. 1 and pulled hard.

"ah--!!"

Shinji Ikari seemed to be in sync with the pain in the cockpit, grabbing his left hand and letting out a suppressed wail.

"Shinji! Calm down! Those are not your hands!"

Misato quickly gave instructions at the base.

But seeing the real pain coming from it, Shinji Ikari could not remain indifferent and treat it as something other than this hand.

Many commanders and researchers at the base were in a panic.

"How is EVA's defense system?"

Mu Luzi asked with cold sweat breaking out on his face.

"Signal not responding!"

"A.T's position has not been expanded!"

…

Mu Luzi panicked when he heard this. He looked at the scene of Unit 1 being manipulated by the apostle on the screen and said, "Isn't it still possible?"

Then I saw the left hand of Unit-00 being violently exerted by the apostle, and with a sound like the muscles and bones were breaking, the left hand of Unit-01 went limp.

"The left wrist is damaged!"

"The circuit is cut off!"

Shinji Ikari in the cockpit seemed to be immediately overwhelmed by the pain of breaking his wrist and passed out.

At least this is true from the perspective of Lin Shengjie, the audience.

Unit 1 no longer takes any action.

But the apostle on the opposite side is still attacking!

Not only did he throw Unit 1 several hundred meters away, he fell down in front of a building.

He also continued to fire the light spear hidden in his elbow, which penetrated the head of Unit 1.

Fortunately, according to the previous activation of Unit 1, Shinji Ikari's cockpit should not be at the head, but in the insertion bolt.

Unit 1's head was severely damaged, but...

After its head was penetrated, blood-red liquid that looked like blood spattered out.

"Is this still a mecha?"

Lin Shengjie was the first to notice this and said with some surprise, "Shouldn't the mecha be injured with sparks and lightning? Why is this No. 1 machine... still bleeding?"

Then, after Unit-001 became obviously incapacitated and Shinji Ikari passed out...

"Shinji!"

The scene changes.

The male protagonist, Shinji Ikari, has appeared in a pure white ward.

He sat up in the hospital bed.

"The male protagonist...has no choice. He has not received professional training. It is normal for him to lose in the first battle."

Lin Shengjie immediately thought that the battle had failed, but fortunately the male protagonist survived thanks to the halo of the protagonist.

Shinji Ikari didn't seem to feel very disappointed when he recalled the defeat.

In the end, he just lay back on the bed, looked at the ceiling, and suddenly said, "Unfamiliar ceiling..."

This sentence... really surprised Lin Shengjie.

But then the plot continued, and a scene of NERV personnel recovering the "wreck" of Unit 1 was inserted.

"This... just destroyed someone else's mecha as soon as it debuted?"

Lin Shengjie was dumbfounded. Seeing that the "head" of the No. 1 machine was removed, he said with some disbelief.

After causing such huge losses, the male protagonist probably won’t be able to fly Unit 1 anymore.

It is estimated that the hero encountered another crisis and was forced to take over again, but this time he avenged his past and became the driver again.

However, the scene once again cuts to a scene where Ikari Shinji's father, Ikari Gendo, seems to be having a meeting with a group of senior officials.

Instead, the big shots were discussing happily.

"Anyway, everything is just as you said."

"However, Gendo, you must make good use of NERV and EVA."

"Unit Zero and Unit 1 were destroyed the first time they went into battle. Their repair costs would bring down a country."

"I heard that you gave that toy to your son?"

"Manpower, time, and money... How much money do you and your son have to spend before you are willing to do this?"

"Besides, you have other jobs."

…

A lot of information was revealed in the words of the big shots.

For example, in addition to Unit 1, there was also a mecha called Unit Zero, but it was also destroyed the first time it went into battle.

At the same time, the cost of repairing mechas is expensive enough to bring down a country.

But the cost of repairing a country is actually not bad.

After all, it didn’t say what country it was. To overthrow a developed country and to overthrow a developing country that is still in poverty are completely different concepts.

So, the repair cost can exceed the sky-high price and reach tens of billions of dollars, or it can be relatively cheap by about hundreds of millions of dollars.

For ordinary people, these may be astronomical figures, but in fact there is still a big gap.

At this moment, they looked at Ikari Yuantang and said, "Humanity completes the plan... This is your current priority."

A document with the words "Human Completion Plan" appeared on the screen, and it was also marked that this plan had 17 consecutive intermediate reports.

Clearly this was an important plan that arose very early on.

This made Lin Shengjie and other viewers curious.

Humans...complete the plan?

What does this mean?

Complementing means to complete, to complete human beings?

No matter how you look at it, it looks like an evil plan to genetically modify humans.

What does this have to do with giant creatures like apostles?

What does it have to do with mechas like EVA?

"Yes, this plan is the only hope in the desperate situation we are currently facing."

A big shot also said in agreement.

"Anyway, even the Apostle appears again."

The old man wearing tactical goggles made a decision and said, "There can be no delays in our plan. I will distribute the funds to you."

"Then it's up to the committee."

"Gendo, thank you for your hard work."

Then the holographic projections of many big shots disappeared, leaving only Ikari Yuantang and the old man wearing tactical goggles.

"Gendo...we can no longer look back."

The old man said meaningfully to Ikari Yuantang.

In the end, he also disappeared in front of Ikari Yuantang.

"I see……"

Finally, Ikari Gendo put his hands together to cover the lower half of his face, his glasses reflecting white light in the darkness, and said, "Human beings have no time."

This operation of the Riddler made the audience even more curious.

What about humans completing the plan, and what about humans running out of time.

What do these words mean? Is it just because the apostles are coming that humans will run out of time?

That huge creature may look really powerful, but it can destroy humans...

Somewhat unlikely.

Then it cuts back to Shinji Ikari, who is walking out of the ward and seems to be in a daze in the hospital corridor.

Until the ward door in the corridor was opened, he turned to look at the short-haired girl Ayanami Rei who was pushed out.

She still had a bandage on her right eye and seemed to have not recovered yet.

The two just looked at each other, which seemed to mean something.

Ge Meili and Mu Luzi were at the scene watching the recovery work of Unit 1 and the reconstruction of the city.

"If EVA and this city can fully play their role, we might be able to win."

Misato said suddenly as she looked at the reclaimed and rebuilt city.

However, Ritsuko asked, "Do you think we can win? It's still the same...how optimistic."

She seemed to have doubts about whether humans could win against the apostles.

"Having hope for the future is a necessity for human survival."

Misato said without losing hope.

"That's right...your personality really makes people feel relaxed."

Then, Shinji Ikari was discharged from the hospital, and he also met his father Ikari Gendo.

It's just that the look between father and son seemed full of contradictions, and neither of them said anything.

Misato saw all this in her eyes, and she even asked her superiors why they did not let Shinji Ikari and Gendo Ikari live together, but instead let Shinji Ikari live alone in a room in the NERV headquarters.

But the chief said that this would be a good thing for the father and son, Shinji Ikari and Yuantang Ikari.

Faced with the indifferent attitude of father and son, and unable to bear Shinji Ikari, a high school student, living alone, Misato asked Shinji to live with her.

Shinji Ikari moved into Misato's home, and the two got along quite harmoniously, and even had some hilarious surprises.

In this way, Shinji Ikari stayed at Misato's house that night.

But while taking a shower, he stared blankly at the light on the bathroom ceiling, thinking to himself, "Miss Misato doesn't seem like a bad person, but taking a shower reminded me of some unpleasant memories."

A picture flashed through his mind, his father Ikari Gendo and... the short-haired girl Ayanami Rei.

"Father and Rei Ayanami."

He finally said in a daze.

At this time, the screen cut to Ikari Yuantang, who was talking with Mu Lüzi in an abandoned laboratory.

Not far from them, there was a number "0" painted on a huge tattered mecha.

This quickly reminded people of the "Unit Zero" mentioned in the previous meeting of the big shots.

"What happened to Rei?"

Mu Luzi asked Ikari Yuantang, "Have you been to the hospital this afternoon?"

"It will be fine in 20 days."

Ikari Yuantang said, "At that time, let's activate the frozen Unit Zero again."

"Those children must be suffering."

Mu Ritsuko said sympathetically.

What does this mean?

Does it mean that only children can drive mechas like EVA?

"Only they can operate EVA."

Ikari Gendo seemed to have confirmed this setting and said, "So as long as they are alive, they have to continue doing it."

In this process, a comprehensive perspective of Unit-0 outside is given.

"Regardless of the children's own wishes?"

Ritsuko's voice finally echoed in the laboratory where Unit-0 was located.

And then it returned to Shinji Ikari again.

He had returned to the bedroom that Misato arranged for him to rest.

However, he lay on the bed in the bedroom, listening to music with his mobile phone, but couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

Misato was taking a bath in the bathroom at this time, but she was also talking on the phone with her friend Ritsuko.

"That's right, after encountering that kind of thing."

Misato said, "I wonder if he is willing to drive again."

Drive again?

Didn't Shinji Ikari fail in the battle with Unit-01?

In this case, would he still be allowed to drive Unit-01?

Or, EVA can only be driven by very special users.

So special that only Shinji Ikari and the short-haired girl Rei Ayanami are qualified in the world?

"It's your job to take care of him, right?"

Ritsuko said with a smile on her face.

"I'm scared, and I don't know how to approach him."

Misato said.

But after hanging up the phone, she stared at the water in a daze.

Because...

"At that time, I also thought that I was just using Shinji as a tool, just like Ritsuko."

Misato felt a little guilty and thought to herself.

Then she said something that the audience didn't expect.

"I've defeated the Angel, but I'm not happy at all."

Misato said a little discouraged.

What?

The Angel was defeated?

No... Because Shinji Ikari had no training and no combat experience, he was knocked down by the Angel when he first drove Unit-01?

Could it be that the subsequent military dispatched and defeated the Angel?

That's why Shinji Ikari didn't die in battle.

But the military is so powerful, so there shouldn't be any need for EVA.

Anyway, the audience is very curious about what happened.

What happened when the hero "fell into a coma" later?

However, Shinji Ikari was looking at the ceiling of the bedroom and still couldn't fall asleep.

He even said something in a daze again, saying, "This is also a strange ceiling..."

Then he said, "There's nothing strange, there's no place I'm familiar with in this city."

"Why am I... here?"

The next moment, there was a strange roar.

Then... Shinji Ikari recalled the scene when he drove Unit-01 into battle that day.

After the giant apostle used the light gun of his elbow to pierce Unit-01's head, a large amount of liquid like blood splashed out.

"Head damage, unknown damage!"

Alarms sounded continuously in the base.