After saying "two sentences" with only three words in total, Chu Xuan shut his mouth quite faithfully, and Misato Katsuragi cast an understanding look at him. It seemed that she really regarded Chu Xuan as someone who was taciturn. They are "companions" who worry about communicating with their children, but in fact the daily conversations between Chu Xuan and Ayanami Rei are just that brief. "EVA Unit Zero, Unit 1, launch!" Misato Katsuragi, who moved her gaze from Chu Xuan's face back to the giant screen, gave an order, and two huge 40-meter-tall robots quickly launched through the dedicated launch line. The ground moved from the NERV headquarters located under the city of Neo-Tokyo 3 to the ground, and appeared at the EVA-only exit disguised as a building. "Can't escape, can't escape, can't escape" "Proceed according to the battle plan, is it okay? Shinji." Before taking the point, Misato Katsuragi asked someone worriedly, "Is it okay?" At this time, Shinji Ikari was like Nervously, he kept forcing himself to muster up courage, with an obvious tremor in his voice. When he was forced to board the No. 1 aircraft, he had been immersed in Chu Xuan's "murderous intent", and his brain was numb. His heart was as quiet as dead water, and he didn't even think of being afraid. But now he felt something A kind of terror that is different from Chu Xuan's "murderous intent". That is not the fear of "death", but the fear of "battle". Shinji Ikari's brain is actually blank now, and he can't even think about whether to die or not. But in his 14 years of "life experience" there has been no such thing as "combat", and he has never imagined that a loser like himself can actually drive a robot to fight, so his fear is the fear of himself, It is the fear of being able to defeat the enemy. However, when facing Misato Katsuragi, Shinji Ikari tried his best to suppress the shaking of his voice, and simply answered in a lower and darker tone than usual - "Yes." Robots are men's romantics, no matter how reluctant they are. Take EVA, but in the heart of every boy, there once was a heroic dream. Even Shinji Ikari, who has admitted that he is just a useless human being below the average level, does not really have no idea of ??becoming a hero and a "savior". "Shinji, is he really okay? He has only been training for half a month, and not all day long." After closing the communication with Unit-00, Misato Katsuragi stood not far from her. Chu Xuan muttered, but Chu Xuan did not answer her words, because it was actually just Katsuragi Misato talking to herself. But compared to Misato Katsuragi, Chu Xuan has more confidence in Shinji Ikari. Even if you don't consider the "protagonist halo" issue, that boy is actually not as useless as he appears on the surface. It's just that because of years of repression and lack of self-confidence, his potential can only be realized when facing a critical moment in his life. will explode. "Really If Unit 3 comes, I can also participate in the battle" The black cat, who had been quietly following Chu Xuan, looked at the fifth apostle displayed on the giant screen and stomped unwillingly. He moved his feet. Chu Xuan turned around expressionlessly, put his hand on the top of her head, and said to her calmly: "The battles you see here are actually no different from watching movies, and they are not as good as virtual reality games. "The feeling of fighting in a virtual reality game is very different from that of actually standing on the battlefield. You can only truly understand this after experiencing it yourself." "Huh do you think of me as a child?" The black cat pursed his lips in dissatisfaction and shook his head vigorously. Shaking off Chu Xuan's hand, he then jumped a big step to the side, raised his right hand and brushed his long black and smooth hair, then made a horizontal V shape with his right hand and placed it on his beautiful ruby-like eyes. In front of him, an evil and charming smile appeared on his lips. "You, have you forgotten that I am the 'Fallen Saint' who has fought side by side with you since my 'previous life' until the destruction of the world! Even though I have gone through countless reincarnations and your memory has been reawakened by you, I am not the same. Forget the scene when I fought with you. My soul, which has experienced hundreds of battles, can show off my gorgeous fighting skills at any time. Do you want me to demonstrate it to you here? " I haven't had the opportunity to show this for a long time. The black cat in the shape of a middle school student told everyone in the headquarters the biggest secret hidden between her and Chu Xuan without blushing. Unfortunately, everyone present regarded this as a delusion unique to the middle school girl. , which gave the black cat, who was secretly laughed at by them, sufficient reason to secretly laugh at them. "Okay, okay. Black Cat, just stay here quietly for training, wait "Idiot! The smoke of the explosion obscures the enemy.Got it! " Katsuragi Misato had no choice but to comfort the black cat. In any case, this middle school girl was also within her scope of responsibility. When she turned her attention back to the battlefield, she immediately looked nervously at the giant screen. Unit 1, which was shooting continuously at the fifth apostle, shouted angrily, but of course Shinji Ikari couldn't hear it. " After all the bullets in the EVA-specific automatic rifle in his hand were exhausted, Shinji Ikari let go of the trigger. While gasping for air, he opened his eyes wide and stared at the fifth apostle who had been completely obscured by the smoke. " Behind Unit 1, Unit 0, which had been holding an automatic rifle, never fired, but kept its aiming posture there, ready to support Unit 1. Although Ayanami Rei's character is more calm and accepting. The training time is much longer than that of Shinji Ikari, but the most critical data for driving EVA is the synchronization rate. If the synchronization rate is not high enough, the EVA's movements will not be flexible enough, and it will not be able to release the AT force field or neutralize the enemy's AT force well. "Click" Soon, the automatic rifle of Unit Zero also fired bullets, and Unit 1 sitting in front of it sat on the ground. At the critical moment, he dodged two tentacles that suddenly came out of the smoke. "Gulong" The automatic rifle of Unit 1 and the building behind him were struck cleanly by the fifth apostle's two tentacles that looked like thermal energy whips. Cut off, looking at the building slowly sliding to the side, the courage that Shinji finally summoned began to fade away quickly, and the feeling of panic that he had when facing the fourth apostle emerged in his heart. But No. Zero. The timely shooting of the machine caused the fifth apostle, who was waving thermal tentacles, to temporarily stop the idea of ????additional attacks on the No. 1 machine. Taking advantage of this moment, Katsuragi Misato immediately opened the communication line and shouted to Shinji Ikari: "The spare rifle has been sent. , go get it quickly! " Not far from Unit 1, a weapons building opened its side camouflage, revealing an EVA-specific automatic rifle placed on a huge shelf inside the building, but Unit 1 was still sitting on the ground motionless. The driver inside seemed to be frightened. "Shinji!" What are you still doing? Go get the gun! "Oh, oh" Misato Katsuragi roared at Shinji Ikari again. This ordinary young man who was only standing on the battlefield for the second time reacted and immediately ran towards the weapons building, crawling on the ground, and the fifth The apostle "saw" that the enemy in front of him had actually escaped, and no longer cared about the bullets of Unit Zero, which were not much more powerful than mosquito bites. He waved his tentacles and chased after Unit 1. "Shinji, be careful behind you!" " Misato Katsuragi in the headquarters quickly reminded Shinji Ikari. Although Shinji Ikari was still panicked after reacting, the fear in his heart was reduced a lot, and his escape and evasion movements became much more flexible. " Uh-huh! ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ah! " In the next minute, the headquarters could only hear various exclamations from Shinji Ikari. He was too busy dodging the two thermal tentacles of the fifth apostle chasing from behind. He had no time to use the power he had just obtained. The spare rifle fired at the fifth apostle. Although the No. 0 machine that shot behind the fifth apostle hit all the hits, they were all deflected by the carapace of the fifth apostle. It was unable to stop him and was determined to "pursue". The fifth apostle of Unit-01!