"Country~roads~take~me~home~ To~the~place~I~belong~ West~Virginia~Mountain~Mama~ Take~me~home~country~road" At night, there is a crackling sound from time to time Beside the bonfire, Aoba Shigemasa played the guitar one after another, gently humming leisurely tunes that everyone was familiar with. Everyone was enjoying the quiet atmosphere, even the sounds of talking to each other. Unconsciously lowered a lot. But soon, Shinji Ikari¡¯s boyish voice, which had not yet begun to change, interrupted Aoye Shigeru¡¯s singing, and even startled the birds that were staying on the treetops nearby. "¡ª¡ªWhat! I, I, I, I, I want to live in a tent with Chu Xuan?" Shinji Ikari, who was talking about the tent allocation for tonight with Hinata Makoto, stood up from the folding chair with a "huh", his face burned by the fire. It looks red due to the exposure. Feeling everyone's surprised gazes, Shinji Ikari's face became even redder. He hunched over and sat down again. He lowered his voice and asked Hinata Cheng, who was looking at him with his mouth wide open: "That, that I want Living in the same tent as Colonel Chu Xuan? " "Of course, Colonel Chu Xuan's tent is only for his own use, but there are three of us in one tent, so I thought it was a matter of balance. " But I didn't expect you. I'm sorry for the big reaction, Shinji. Then you can stay with us tonight. Anyway, the tent we rented was originally for 2 to 4 people." Hinata apologized to Shinji for his inconsideration. Sorry, but Shinji Ikari shook his head vigorously. He poked each other with his two index fingers and said hesitantly: "No, I am not unwilling, I just feelscared. If, if Colonel Chu Xuan agrees, then, then I will bother you." Shinji Ikari's The wording was quite polite and formal. He was just living in a tent with Chu Xuan. He said it was like staying at Chu Xuan's house. This made Hinata Cheng scratch his head in confusion. "Ah I think Colonel Chu Xuan won't object" At this point, Hinata Cheng, who had been bearing the doubtful looks of others, simply stood up. Loudly asked Chu Xuan, who was quietly listening to the insects at night with the black cat and Ayanami Rei not far away: "Colonel Chu Xuan, is it okay to let Shinji live in your tent?" "No problem." No. To Hinata Cheng's surprise, Chu Xuan agreed directly without thinking about it. After all, he was not a beautiful girl disguised as a man, so there was no need to find various reasons to avoid being in the same room with other "same-sex" people. "G-I'm causing you trouble!" Although neither Hinata Cheng nor Chu Xuan cared about such trivial matters, Shinji Ikari still stood up nervously. Bowed to Chu Xuan. "Heythat guy Shinjiprobably projected part of his feelings towards his father onto Chu Xuan" Looking at Shinji Ikari who was behaving strangely from a distance, Misato Katsuragi's eyes flickered with something indescribable. The look on her face was not an expression of jealousy that Chu Xuan had easily established a relationship with her ward, but an expression of some kind of nostalgia but not simply nostalgia. Next to her, Misato Katsuragi looked at Shinji Ikari's face that was slightly imaginary to Commander Gendo Ikari's, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised. "What's wrong with this? Boys have to imitate a man's back in order to grow up." Neither Maya Ibuki nor Misato Katsuragi, who was sitting on the other side of Ritsuko Akagi, spoke. There is just a little pity in his eyes. It is no secret in the NERV base that Commander Ikari Gendo is indifferent to his son. Everyone does not know what happened to the father and son in the past to change. The relationship between them has become like strangers now. No one thinks this is Shinji Ikari¡¯s fault, but generally speaking, a stepfather comes only after a stepmother. For Commander Ikari Yuantang, who has never been involved in any scandals, what kind of considerations does he have. Why would he treat his biological son so coldly? "Shinji, we are going to the clearing in the forest to watch the stars next - the same clearing where we picked wild vegetables in the morning. Do you want to go with us?" When the bonfire was about to burn out, Chu Xuan took the initiative with Black Cat and Ayanami Rei. He walked over to Shinji Ikari, who was staying with Hinata Makoto and Aoba Shigeru, but had been plugging in his headphones to listen to music, and extended an invitation to stargazing. "Hey looking at the stars, it's such a nostalgic activity." Aoba Shigeru put down the guitar in his arms, stretched hard, and then stood up. "Shinji, go ahead, this is rare"??Youth. "The artistic young man with shoulder-length hair patted Shinji Ikari on the shoulder, then showed his shining teeth and raised his thumb at him. "Then, okay, thank you" Shinji Ikari agreed with some embarrassment. After receiving Chu Xuan¡¯s invitation, he didn¡¯t know if he was saying thank you to Chu Xuan or Aoye Shigeru, or maybe he was thanking them both at the same time because ¡°adults¡± are too young for stargazing. They were no longer interested in other activities - or maybe it was just because they were embarrassed to get together with the children and take turns looking at the telescope. In short, the only ones who went to see the stars together in the end were Chu Xuan, Black Cat, Ayanami Rei and Ikari Shinji, but this wilderness There shouldn't be any dangers around the camp, and there won't be any wild animals. And probably no one remembers that Chu Xuan is actually only "18 years old"? "But he is indeed more than 18 years old." If you want to look at the stars you should be able to see P.L.A.N.T. and Macross with this telescope, right? ¡ª¡ªI just saw the lunar base. " After observing the moon, the closest satellite to the earth, and the earth's "neighbors" Venus and Mars, the black cat looking up at the starry sky suddenly thought of the "human miracle" unique to this world when Chu Xuan was looking for the next star. For Shinji Ikari, the rapid development of aerospace technology, various mechas, and the emergence of new humans are already part of "common sense." However, in the world where Black Cat lives, there is no such surreal "black technology" ¡ª¡ªOf course there are no Zentraedians or interstellar bugs. ¡°It¡¯s okay to watch. ¡± With his super computing power, Chu Xuan quickly and accurately aimed the telescope at the P.L.A.N.T. consisting of the colonial satellite and the space immigration ship Macross at the Lagrange L5 point, and then let the eyepiece out. Out of gentlemanly considerations (actually he didn't dare to compete with Black Cat for the right to be the first to watch), Shinji Ikari put his eyes in front of the eyepiece after both Black Cat and Ayanami Rei had finished watching, and saw it "with his own eyes" for the first time. In fact, the P.L.A.N.T. seen through the eyepiece of the astronomical telescope is not as beautiful as in the photo. It is just a series of ordinary steel spaceships or small steel satellites. However, something that can only be seen with one's own eyes was still born in Shinji Ikari's heart. The emotion that comes only when you see it. "That is the country of the new humanityis it also the frontline base of humanity, P.L.A.N.T" "Yes, P.L.A.N.T. is the frontline base that humans established in the universe in order to save energy that escapes the gravity of the earth. It is mainly composed of various industrial colonial satellites and a few agricultural colonial satellites. As for that part of Macrossperhaps the teachers at school have told you the truth. It is actually a space immigration ship built by humans. If humans cannot resist the invasion of interstellar bugs, they will have no choice but to embark on an escape journey together with the Zentraedi who have fled to the solar system. " Chu Xuan pushed down his reflective glasses expressionlessly and pointed out to Shinji Ikari the cruel future that no one was willing to mention. Then he raised his head and looked in the direction of P.L.A.N.T., as if he could see it directly with the naked eye. Like those artificial satellites that are too small compared to real "satellites". Chu Xuan's indifferent words made Shinji Ikari pause for a moment, and then he replied softly: "Well there was a teacher who once said something to us. Said. ¡± - Although the teacher did not say it explicitly, his words hinted at the still young Shinji Ikari and the other children. If they wanted to escape, those Macross would definitely not be able to hold all the humans on the earth, maybe not even ten percent of them. No human being can fit in. When the time comes, incompetent humans who don¡¯t study hard will have no choice but to be abandoned. Although the teacher¡¯s approach was cruel and made some children who didn¡¯t study well become more self-destructive, it also made other children more vulnerable. He studied harder, and before Shinji came to the NERV base, he always thought that he was the part destined to be abandoned.