Chapter 504 Tree of Life (Original)

At first, Shinji Ikari didn't know that the original Ayanami Rei, the second Ayanami Rei, had actually died long ago.

So he was quite happy when he saw Rei Ayanami "recovering from her injuries" in the hospital.

It was only through the conversation with this new Ayanami Rei that he vaguely learned the news.

The new student No. 3 Ayanami Rei "recovered" from her injuries soon after and returned to Ayanami Rei's home.

It's just that although she doesn't have the memory of Ayanami Rei, she seems to have inherited her emotions, feeling "crying" something she has never tried before.

At the same time, the pair of glasses she left in Ayanami Rei's room looked like the ones Ikari Gendo had given her before, but she subconsciously cracked them.

Because it was familiar enough to her.

Ikari Gendo and Fuyutsuki were also talking about this matter. He directly planned to untie Ayanami Rei, and at the same time, he also untied the surveillance of Ikari Shinji and Asuka.

Fuyutsuki is worried that Ayanami Rei's matter will dissatisfy the Seele organization and Speaker Keir.

But Ikari Yuantang said it didn't matter, because he would give another thing to Seele and the others.

However, what he gave was...

On the other side, Ritsuko, who was actually naked, appeared in front of the old guys from SEELE.

This is a humiliation and interrogation of this female scientist, naturally because...

"However, it was no one else who handed you over to us..."

"It's Ikari Yuantang."

"He refused to hand over the qualified person of Unit Zero to us for questioning, but handed you over to us as an agent."

…

At this time, Ritsuko realized that she was also a substitute in the eyes of Ikari Gendo.

It is Ayanami Rei's replacement.

But her inner words and this scene made the audience feel somewhat familiar.

Isn't this... the same flavor as Ritsuko's mother Ako in the past plot inserted before?

Could it be that...

"No way, Ikari Gendo is so many years older than Ritsuko."

Zhou Wenwei's eyes widened and he said, "And both mother and daughter like the same man?"

"Yeah, this Ikari Yuantang is not handsome."

Ke Xinjie was a little surprised and said, "There aren't many emotional scenes between Ritsuko and Ikari Yuantang."

"By the way, don't you girls like domineering senior executives?"

Zhou Wenwei suddenly became curious and asked Ke Xinjie, "Issuing Yuantang said that he is exactly like this type..."

"Not at all."

Ke Xinjie said angrily, "The most important thing is to look good! Good-looking! You have to be handsome and mature. If you are mature, why are you trying to get him? Are you trying to get him to be unshaven?"

"So it's not necessarily certain. Maybe we understood it wrong."

Zhou Wenwei thought for a while and said.

However, the next plot told the audience that they were right!

When Ritsuko was being interrogated by Seele, Misato got the general information about the whole thing from the capsule deliberately left by Kaji Ryoji.

Then Misato took a gun and kidnapped Ritsuko who came out from the interrogation.

But before that, after Seele's people interrogated Ritsuko and released her, they began to talk about the follow-up plan——

"Eight Evangelions are ready..."

"There are only 4 movies left, right?"

"The destruction of the Third New Magic City will be a good sacrifice to promote the plan."

"Tell them to finish it as soon as possible!"

"The prophesied moment is set for the day of completion!"

…

This conversation almost revealed a lot of data and information that interested the audience.

The first thing is...

"Eight EVAs, 4 more to go? Does the twelve EVAs mean the twelve disciples of the Son?"

"But in mythology, they are the Thirteen Disciples of the Holy Son, right?"

"Hair-washer: A loaf of bread costs half a million marks!"

"So does this mean that... there will be an extra unit 13, and then the plan will fail?"

"These old guys are really not good people. They use New Magic City as a sacrifice? What are they thinking?"

"It's already red. I kind of want the apostles to destroy humanity."

"We can also compromise a bit and wipe out these old guys."

"Okay, okay! I'm the first to agree!"

…

In short, Seele's follow-up conversation revealed a lot of information.

Then after Ritsuko came out, she came to the underground part of NERV headquarters and planned to open the door and go in.

But she found that the door she could pass through could not be opened at this time.

At this moment, Misato had already held her hostage with a pistol.

The good friends of the past met again in this way.

"Are these the hands and feet done by Kaji?"

Ritsuko suddenly understood and said.

"Let me see the secret here with my own eyes."

Misato said noncommittally.

Ritsuko did not refuse at this time, but directly brought Misato and Shinji Ikari who were also here together.

The three of them went deep into the underground of NERV headquarters and passed through a wall similar to a cell wall.

Then Ritsuko took Misato and Shinji Ikari to a room.

The room was quite messy, but it felt somewhat familiar to Shinji Ikari.

"It's just like Ayanami Rei's room."

He said in a daze.

"This is where that child was born and has lived ever since."

Ritsuko immediately admitted and said.

"That's not what I want to see."

But Misato denied it at this time.

So, they walked out again and came to... a huge cross cemetery.

But there are many pits in it. These are not crosses, but the Kabbalah Tree of Life.

The principles of Kabbalah's thought come from the "Old Testament Genesis", "New Testament Revelation" and "The Book of Creation" in the "Bible" of the apocalyptic religion, which appeared from the third to sixth centuries AD.

The study of Kabbalah thought is said to be able to see the "mysterious cause and effect of the universe". The "Glorious Book" compiled in the thirteenth century occupies an important position in the prototype of Kabbalah thought.

The Kabbalah thought uses the "Tree of Life" growing in heaven to symbolize the entire universe, and its meaning is difficult to understand.

It is generally believed that the Tree of Life means the vast universe, the human body as a microcosm, and the spiritual traversal that reaches the realm of God.

Human beings are in individual kingdoms, and they go through 22 diameters to ten circles on a journey of meditation until they reach the crown.

In addition, it is said that each circle has an archangel who guards and guides people.

The Tree of Life can be roughly divided into three pillars, ten elements, four worlds, and twenty-two paths.

At the same time, the Kabbalah Tree of Life is also known as the path that can make people become gods, which seems to have something to do with the ideas of the bigwigs in Seele before.

It even makes people wonder if all this is because humans want to...

become gods.

And this tree of life is composed of ten circles and 22 paths, just like the huge cemetery in the picture.

But this huge cemetery that appears in the image of the Kabbalah Tree of Life, the bones in it look like human bones, but they are not human bones.

Because these bones are too huge.

"EVA?"

Ikari Shinji said uncertainly.

Ritsuko gave a positive answer at this time, saying, "It's the first one. These are all failed works. They were abandoned here ten years ago."

"EVA's cemetery..."

Ikari Shinji said incredulously.

"It's just a garbage dump."

Ritsuko suddenly said, "But this is also the place where your mother disappeared. You may not remember it, but you should have seen the moment when your mother disappeared."

Ikari Shinji seemed to have been opened by Ritsuko's words, and his face was sad.

He actually did not forget or know why his mother disappeared, but he was too sad in the past, so he didn't want to face it.

That's why he pretended to know nothing.

"Ritsuko!"

At this time, Misato couldn't help it and gestured.

Ritsuko smiled meaningfully.

Then they finally came to... the transparent culture chamber where Ikari Gendo and Fuyutsuki had come before.

"Is this the prototype of the puppet insertion plug?"

Misato immediately looked at the scene here and asked.

"Let you see the truth."

But Ritsuko suddenly said.

She pressed the remote control in her hand directly, and immediately showed the true appearance of the so-called puppet insertion plug in front of them.

All around, there was a culture fluid that looked like LCL water of life, just like an aquarium, but the creatures inside were not marine life.

But...

"Ayanami Rei!"

Shinji Ikari said in disbelief.

Yes, there was Ayanami Rei inside, and not just one.

But there were many, too many to count.

Sure enough, Ayanami Rei was a clone, and there were many clones.

But just when Shinji Ikari called out Ayanami Rei's name, all the Ayanami Reis turned their heads and looked at him, as if asking for help.

"Could it be... EVA's puppet insertion plug is..."

Misato also reacted at this time and said in disbelief.

"Yes, this is the core part of the puppet system."

Ritsuko's expression now seemed intriguing, and she answered directly, "Its production workshop."

"This is..."

"All the puppets here are puppets."

Ritsuko then answered Misato's doubts and said, "They are just parts prepared for Ayanami Rei."

When these words came out, people couldn't help but shudder.

Originally, these Ayanami Reis might be clones, or even consumable "drivers" inserted into the puppet plugs.

But now that it is said, people can't help but wonder if they will be used to replace "parts" when Ayanami Reis is injured before.

This reminds people of a science fiction movie - "Escape from the Island of Clones".

It tells that in the future, rich people will prepare a clone of themselves to be used as a "backup" to replace their parts when they are sick.

These Ayanami Reis, after being said by Ritsuko, it is hard not to think of this.

But Ritsuko continued, "Humans were overjoyed because they picked up the gods, and they actually wanted to take the gods for themselves."

"Therefore, they were punished by God, which happened 15 years ago."

"The gods that were picked up with great difficulty disappeared."

"But this time they tried to revive the gods with their own power, and this is Adam!"

"Then use Adam to create humans in the image of gods, that is EVA!"

"Human...human?"

Ikari Shinji did not expect that EVA was also human.

"Yes, it's human."

Ritsuko replied, "EVA, which originally had no soul, hosts human souls. They are all the products of soul salvage."

"Rei is the only container with a soul, and only that girl produced a soul."

She continued, her tone a little unbelievable, "The House of Souls is already empty. Things like Li here have no souls. They can only be regarded as containers."

The Ayanami Rei clones here... all have no souls, can they only be regarded as containers?

This sentence is unexpected.

However, the audience thought of No. 2 Ayanami Rei and No. 3 Ayanami Rei not long ago. It seemed that... Ayanami Rei was not actually dead, but her soul was transferred to a new container.

When thinking of this, the audience didn't know whether to be happy or not, but felt even sadder.

There has always been only one Ayanami Rei. Although the memory no longer exists, the soul is actually the same.

It's just that this kind of life journey always feels a bit difficult to accept.

At this moment, Ritsuko suddenly said, "...So I want to destroy them because I hate them."

Then she pressed another button on the remote control in her hand again, and then the Ayanami Reis in LCL actually...

One by one they suddenly dismembered and died.

This scene is quite bloody, making it even more horrifying to watch.

But the laughter of the "Ayanami Rei" came from the screen.

It was as if he was happy, happy that he was finally free.

Just like that, all these Ayanami Rei were bloody and shattered into corpses.

Younger viewers like Lin Shengjie felt a little psychologically shadowed when they saw this scene.

However, he is a fan of Lin Qingshan's comics, so when he watched "Chainsaw Man", "Edge Walker" and "The Strange One" before, his psychological resistance was already very high.

But there are still some new viewers who feel numb after seeing this scene, which has become a lingering psychological shadow in the future.

"You...know what you are doing?"

Misato couldn't stand it, so she pointed the gun at Ritsuko and asked loudly.

"I know very well..."

Ritsuko had an intriguing smile on her face and said, "I am destroying them. They are not people, they are just things in human form, but...I lost to such a thing."

"I can't beat them! As long as I think about that person... I can endure any and all insults."

"I don't care what happens to me..."

"But...but that person...that person, he clearly knows..."

"I am such a fool, and we, mother and daughter, are both fools!"

Ritsuko...just like her mother Ako, she fell in love with Ikari Gendo, a sinful man.

But now she repented earlier than her mother.