Chapter 503 Sacrifice (Original)

In Ayanami Rei's inner world, she is suspended in a liquid similar to the LCL water of life in the EVA body.

Then, like Asuka, she saw another version of herself.

"who?"

But it was the first time she saw another Ayanami Rei, so she asked.

"I."

"Me in EVA."

Soon, she was the first to come up with the answer.

At this moment, her mental image, which was as messed up as Asuka's in the previous episode, suddenly appeared.

It means that Ayanami Rei seems to be very calm now, but in fact she has been completely psychologically confused like Asuka in the previous episode.

"No, I feel like she's not me."

Ayanami Rei denied it again, and then asked the other Ayanami Rei in the LCL who was standing in front of her, "Who are you?"

"apostle."

That Ayanami Rei looked at her and said, "The people we call apostles, do you want to become one with us?"

Her voice seemed to have an echo, echoing twice in a short period of time.

"No, this is definitely a scam!"

Zhou Wenwei suddenly said nervously, "Ayanami Rei! Don't promise her!"

Whether it is the remaining consciousness of the apostle "Adam" in Unit Zero, or the consciousness of the womb angel that invaded and peeked into Ayanami Rei's heart.

If you think about it carefully, you will know that it is not a good thing.

"No, I am me and you are you."

Ayanami Rei flatly refused.

"But it's useless, it's too late."

However, that Ayanami Rei responded like this.

Then a scene that horrified Zhou Wenwei and other Ayanami Rei party appeared, and traces of erosion appeared on Ayanami Rei's body in her inner world.

It seemed to imply that Ayanami Rei, who claimed to be an apostle, was right. Even if Ayanami Rei refused, it would be useless.

She is being eroded and fused by the apostles!

"I give you my heart, along with my feelings."

Apostle Ayanami Rei said again, "Look, it hurts, right?"

"It hurts? No."

Ayanami Rei still seemed to have no emotions of her own and said, "It should be said that you are lonely. Yes, you are very lonely."

"Lonely? I don't understand."

However, Apostle Ayanami Rei answered with some doubts.

"You must be lonely."

Ayanami Rei said, "Although we have many individuals, you can only be alone. This feeling is very uncomfortable."

This... Ayanami Rei said this. Could it be that this apostle "Ayanami Rei" is not the remaining consciousness of the apostle "Adam" in Unit Zero.

It wasn't some womb angel intruding into Ayanami Rei's inner consciousness.

But...the real Ayanami Rei?

It’s just that this Ayanami Rei is not the current Ayanami Rei, but the No. 1 Ayanami Rei who was killed by Ritsuko’s mother Ako in the past?

"Is that called loneliness?"

Apostle Ayanami Rei looked at Ayanami Rei with a smile and said, "That is your heart, your heart full of sadness."

A tear fell across her face, awakening Ayanami Rei who was immersed in her inner world.

It's Rei Ayanami...

she cried.

Ayanami Rei, who had always been emotionless, was actually crying now.

"Are these tears?"

Ayanami Reito felt very strange. She looked at herself and said in disbelief, "Am I crying?"

Then the next moment, heavy khaki substances spread out from the eroded body of Unit Zero. Take a closer look...

That turned out to be the appearance of all the apostles who had been killed before!

No one knows what is going on.

But at this moment, Ikari Yuantang, who was at the NERV headquarters, finally couldn't hold himself back.

"Korea!"

Ikari Yuantang seemed to become a little nervous and said, "The freeze of Unit 1 will be lifted immediately, and the attack order will be ordered immediately... to attack."

Although his tone was still very calm, you could clearly feel his nervousness.

Some spectators who liked the news felt that he was simply nervous about Ayanami Rei, and began to make jokes——

"This is my biological daughter!"

"My daughter is in danger! I can't control that much anymore!"

"Shinji Ikari: Thank you so much!"

"What do you mean by a biological daughter who is closer than a biological son?"

"Commander must be afraid!"

"The commander would only be so panicked when something happened to Ayanami Rei."

"I saw Ikari Yuantang's eyelids twitching."

"Just... is there a possibility that Ayanami Rei is not the commander's daughter, but the commander's wife..."

"That's right, Ayanami Rei is a clone created using Ikari Yui's genes."

"Kiss my daughter (×) my own wife (√)"

"It profoundly explains that a son is just an accident, but a wife is true love."

"Shinji Ikari: Why do I feel like I'm even worse off!"

…

It's just that... some viewers who know that Rei Ayanami is a clone, and that there may be many clones, still find it strange.

If Ikari Gendo really cared about Ayanami Rei, even the death of the first Ayanami Rei should not have happened.

Obviously, Ayanami Rei, who was killed by Akako in anger, probably had a connection with Ikari Gendo.

After all, that Ayanami Rei was so young, even if she wasn't instigated by Ikari Gendo to say those words to Ako.

It was Ikari Gendo who really said those words, and Ayanami Rei heard them, and then told Ako.

Maybe this Ayanami Rei is special?

Anyway, Ikari Gendo shouldn't be so nervous about Ayanami Rei, who has many clones.

So maybe it was because he saw the scene where the Womb Angel invaded Unit Zero that he was so nervous?

Or was it simply that Unit 0 was eroded, Unit 2 was unable to fight due to Asuka, and NERV headquarters was in danger, so it felt the crisis and thawed Unit 1?

No matter what, in this critical situation where Unit 2 is unable to fight and Unit Zero is in danger.

Shinji Ikari was once again able to pilot Unit-1 into battle.

It's just that... the first time he piloted Unit 1 and came into contact with the Womb Angel, he was also immediately eroded by the Womb Angel.

Then, under the command of Misato, Shinji Ikari piloted Unit 1 and used a high-vibration particle knife to fight.

but……

When Shinji Ikari used the high-vibration particle knife to cut off the womb angel, he suddenly let out an extremely terrifying scream.

That's...

Ayanami Rei's voice.

Shinji Ikari couldn't help but look horrified at this, and then the erosion of his arm, which was still holding the womb angel, intensified.

"It hurts...it hurts so much, Shinji."

Ayanami Rei's voice even appeared in Shinji Ikari's ears.

Then, a pure white Ayanami Rei grew out of the rupture of the angel's body in the womb.

She stretched out her arms, as if she wanted to hug Shinji Ikari in Unit-1.

"Hehehehe——"

She also laughed horribly.

This is the real mental pollution.

Anyway, the audience looked at this scene and found it a bit scary.

Lin Shengjie found it very scary because he was watching it in bed on his mobile phone. Looking at this scene, he always felt goosebumps rising on his skin.

"Is this my heart?"

Ayanami Rei, who was in Unit Zero, explained at this time, "I want to be with Shinji..."

So...that is the true expression of the womb angel simulating Ayanami Rei's heart?

I saw the pure white Ayanami Rei hugging the neck of Unit-00.

"no!"

Ayanami Rei suddenly said firmly, as if she had made some kind of determination.

Then……

"Unit-1 has been eroded!"

"The A.T force field began to reverse! It was seriously eroded!"

Ritsuko and the command staff from NERV headquarters looked at the alarm instructions and said hurriedly.

"ah--!!"

Then I saw that the womb angels who were still eroding Unit 1, including the pure white Ayanami Rei who was hugging Unit 1, seemed to be pulled back by Unit Zero.

Unit Zero's body instantly swelled up, as if she was ten months pregnant and about to give birth.

"Is she trying to trap the apostle?"

Ritsuko suddenly said in disbelief.

"The force field has reached its limit! The core can no longer maintain it!"

Hearing this, Misato quickly shouted an order to Ayanami Rei, "Rei! Give up the machine and run away!"

However……

"no……"

Ayanami Rei's body was densely packed and seemed to have been completely eroded. "If I run away, the A.T. force field will disappear, so...it won't work."

A pull-tab mechanism popped up in front of her. After she finished speaking, she pulled the device without hesitation, and Unit Zero seemed to have been activated.

"Li...do you want to self-destruct?"

Misato said this immediately.

This is...the self-destruct program of Unit Zero!

Ayanami Rei is going to blow herself up with the womb angel and die together!

Then the No. 0 Unit's body, which had expanded, suddenly shriveled back and returned to its original state.

but……

"The core is about to collapse! Breaking through the critical point!"

Under this situation, Unit Zero was once again pushed by an unknown force and stood up.

But Rei Ayanami, who was still inserting the bolt into Unit Zero, suddenly turned around and saw Ikari Gendo.

But... soon, as if suggesting that the bond between the two was broken, Ikari Yuantang's illusion disappeared.

Then, Unit Zero suddenly transformed into the pure white Rei Ayanami, and exploded completely the next moment!

The explosion wave spread, even seeming to submerge an entire urban community.

The NERV headquarters was immersed in sadness, but Misato immediately issued the calmest command order and everyone was on alert.

Not only NERV headquarters, but also the audience were immersed in sadness watching the plot here.

Ayanami Rei...did she really die together with the apostle?

Even the hero's invincible Unit 1 was unable to do anything to this 16th apostle, the Womb Angel, and was almost destroyed as well.

In the end, it could only be Ayanami Rei... This heroine was forced to die together with the womb angel.

This is really sad.

After all, this is the heroine.

Perhaps the audience didn't like Ayanami Rei as the heroine at first, but later on, Ayanami Rei's firm character and her interactions with Shinji Ikari made the audience completely fall in love with this "three-no girl" .

Just like Aki Hayakawa in "Chainsaw Man".

Not to mention that now he chose to die with the womb angel for the sake of the male protagonist Ikari Shinji.

Maybe it’s okay for older viewers like Zhou Wenwei and Ke Xinjie.

But those younger viewers.

"Ahhhhhh——!! Old thief Qingshan!"

Lin Shengjie hid in the bed, gnashing his teeth and crying loudly, "Ayanami Rei! My Ayanami Rei is gone like this! Old thief Qingshan, you are really not a human being!"

His pillow was wet with tears.

Many young viewers shed tears at the scene, and also angrily scolded Lin Qingshan for not being a human being.

After the war, NERV headquarters searched the explosion site. In addition to rescuing Shinji Ikari, they also seemed to have discovered...

Ayanami Rei's body.

Ritsuko ordered it to be recovered, but temporarily listed as top secret and the relevant "parts" were disposed of.

And next, there is a flashback with the serial number and name of each apostle that was eliminated.

It's just that starting from the third apostle and ending with the sixteenth apostle, there are no serial numbers and names of the first apostle and the second apostle.

The sound of Seele agency meeting and discussing appeared.

They lamented that they finally defeated so many apostles and paid a huge sacrifice.

The Gun of Longinus was lost on the moon, and Unit Zero was destroyed.

But for them, Ayanami Rei's sacrifice seemed to be nothing.

In other words, human life is not considered a sacrifice in the eyes of these big shots.

The Gun of Longinus is of great significance, and Unit Zero spent a huge amount of money to build it.

These sacrifices are greater than a hundred lives.

At the same time, they began to decide to step down from Ikari Yuantang.

On the grounds of these huge "sacrifice", Ikari Yuantang was dismissed from his post.

In this way, it seems that Ikari Yuantang's position is coming to an end.

The camera turned to Ritsuko again. She suddenly tapped the computer, and a group photo appeared on the computer screen.

That was...a photo of mother Ako, her and Ikari Gendo.

It's just that she seemed to be still in school at that time, and her hair was the same deep burgundy color as her mother's, instead of the blonde it is now.

It seems that the positions of the three people in this group photo hint at something.

Then Ritsuko said nothing.

But the screen changed again, and Shinji Ikari appeared lying on the bed, with a pair of headphones beside him.

There was unknown music playing in his headphones, but he didn't put them on. He just lay on the bed as if he was confused.

Because... Ayanami Rei died.

It's just that although Shinji Ikari looked numb at the moment, he was not sad or crying.

At this time, Misato suddenly came here and sat on the bed with him.

"Sister Misato, I can't cry."

Shinji Ikari finally spoke, and said numbly, "I feel sad, but I can't cry..."

Misato wanted to comfort Shinji Ikari, but Shinji Ikari flatly refused.

Ayanami Rei's sacrifice had a great impact.

Not only Ikari Shinji but also Misato, and even Ikari Gentang. At this time, he and Fuyutsuki, who had been released by Seele, stood in the empty transparent cabin.

The two of them looked up at the training cabin where Ayanami Rei once was, and were stunned.

"Li...she is the product of my despair."

Dongyue immediately said, "It is still your hope."

It turns out that Ayanami Rei's appearance was his handiwork, because Yui Ikari was actually his student.

So when Ikari Wei had some kind of accident, he helped Ikari Yuantang make a copy of Ikari Wei.

And just then...

Ayanami Rei appeared again.

only……

This is the clone of Ayanami Rei, the "third generation" Ayanami Rei.