Puppet System
Chapter 20 Puppet System
Ikari Shinji couldn't do it, but the Angel who had corrupted Unit-03 didn't have so many concerns.
He jumped into the air and used inertia and kinetic energy to kick Unit-01 several hundred meters away.
Ikari Shinji's senses were connected to Unit-01, and the pain that Unit-01's nerves could feel, Ikari Shinji could also feel.
After all, they had fought many times, and being kicked away was not a very painful thing for Ikari Shinji now.
Just when Ikari Shinji was hesitating, he saw the plug on Unit-03's neck that had not been ejected.
"Asuka is in there!"
Unit-03 flew forward again, and it was obvious that the Angel's extended arms were strangling Unit-01's throat.
The feeling of suffocation was transmitted to Ikari Shinji, and the will to survive made him control Unit-01 to pry open Unit-03's arms.
However, Ikari Shinji's resistance was quickly broken.
The armor on Unit-03's back was violently stretched open, and a pair of new arms popped out of it, strangling Unit-01's throat again.
As a biological weapon, strangling the throat is useless except for bringing the driver pain that can be overcome, but the purpose of the apostle has never been to bring pain, but to corrode Unit-01!
A dark blue substance similar to fungal blanket began to spread from Unit-01's neck.
In the command room, it was quickly confirmed that this apostle was an erosive apostle.
At this moment, Unit-01's life support system has already had problems due to erosion. If this continues, Shinji Ikari, the pilot, will be in danger!
Commander Ikari's deputy looked at the constantly disconnected body connections and ordered the connection to be maintained at a safe level.
However, Commander Ikari disagreed. The deputy's old man looked at Commander Ikari: "But Ikari, the pilot will die if this continues!"
"Shinji, why don't you fight." Commander Ikari ignored his deputy and asked Shinji Ikari.
"Because Asuka is still up there, Dad!" Feeling the suffocation in his throat and another more painful feeling, Shinji Ikari said with difficulty.
"It doesn't matter, that guy is an apostle, our enemy." Commander Ikari said.
"I can't do it! I can't kill anyone!" What's more, that's Asuka!
"Then you'll be the one to die!" Commander Ikari warned.
"It doesn't matter, it's better than letting me kill Asuka!"
In the EVA world, Asuka, who has not really seen Shinji Ikari, fell silent.
Why...what happened, is there such a complicated relationship. What
kind of relationship do I have with him, him with me, and the other one, Rei Ayanami?
How...why did I fall in love with such a hesitant and philandering idiot!
In the video, hearing Shinji Ikari's self-destructive remarks, Commander Ikari ordered to cut off the synchronous connection between Shinji Ikari and Unit-01, and to transfer the operation rights to the puppet system.
"But there are still many problems with the puppet system! There is no instruction from Dr. Akagi..." a subordinate said worriedly.
"At least it's more useful than the current pilots." The cold words made Shinji Ikari in the EVA world feel even more inferior.
Sure enough, I have always been weak and useless... Even if I became a giant weapon pilot like in the comics...
As the order was issued, the suffocating feeling that lingered around Shinji Ikari disappeared, and the surroundings fell into darkness.
Then, the red puppet system operating interface filled the entire cockpit.
"What did you do, Dad!" Shinji Ikari felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart.
But Commander Ikari did not understand that the focus now was on the actual combat of the puppet system.
As the puppet system began to operate, Unit-01 also opened its huge mouth, roaring and using its powerful force to resist the containment of Unit-03.
As a biological weapon, and a biological weapon controlled by a mechanical control system, even if the throat is still strangled, it does not interfere with Unit-01's physical strength.
Unit-01 struggled to shake off the restrictions of its hands and grabbed Unit-03's neck. Both sides were struggling to squeeze each other's cervical vertebrae, but Unit-03, with an extra pair of hands, was at a disadvantage in the wrestling.
In the command room, the staff who had fought with Unit-01 many times were shocked by the power of the puppet system.
Without fear, completely releasing the power of the body, this is such a... perfect weapon...
On the huge screen, the wrestling between Unit-01 and Unit-03 came to an end. With the crisp sound of bones breaking, Unit-03's eyes dimmed, and the hands that were strangling Unit-01's throat also fell down weakly.
At this moment, Unit-03 has completely lost the ability to resist.
However, the puppet system did not shut down. The irrational puppet system, like a crazy predator, smashed Unit 03 to the ground, and forcibly tore off the armor connected to Unit 03's head, threw it aside, and smashed a building.
Then, it was cruelly dismembered with bare hands.
This scene, many people in the heavens and the worlds, like the staff in the command room, could not bear to watch.
Because they all knew that this biological weapon called EVA was connected to the driver's senses. The biological weapon might not have consciousness, but the driver could feel the pain of the flesh.
And the cute girl named Asuka was still inserting the plug! Unit 03 was unconscious, but she could feel the pain of her scalp being torn off and her body being dismembered!
Unit 01 roared to the sky, and the remaining consciousness of the apostle wanted to resist, but this body with a serious injury was no match for Unit 01.
Lowering its head, Unit 01 began to bite Unit 03's flesh, and the cruelty was like a hyena on a grassland that no one had ever set foot on.
The huge internal organs were torn and thrown onto the street, and private cars were crushed one after another. Unit 3 had completely stopped moving.
In the command room, the female operator who had just been responsible for turning on the puppet system covered her crying eyes, unable to bear to watch any more.
Once the puppet system was turned on, they could only wait until the power ran out. During this period, the staff could only watch in fear as Unit 01 tore Unit 3 apart.
The head was crushed, the limbs were thrown away, and the flood of blood flooded the streets of the town.
In the cockpit, Shinji Ikari looked around anxiously. It is conceivable that when he left the cockpit and knew that Unit 01, the one he was driving, had done something cruel to Unit 3, he would collapse to what extent.
"What's going on, Dad, what's going on... What did you do!" Shinji Ikari's voice rang out in the command room, but he didn't know anything now and couldn't do anything.
Unit 01 tore at the body of Unit 3, and finally, it held a plug covered with blue material in its mouth.
This is Asuka's cockpit.
The upper and lower jaws exerted force, and the sturdy plug made a metallic friction sound.
In the cockpit, Shinji Ikari was acutely aware of the sound: "What sound..."
Guessing something, Shinji Ikari shouted, "No!"
However, he could do nothing.
Unit-01 bit the insertion plug without hesitation.
Under the setting sun, the orange LCL liquid in the insertion plug looked like blood.
Hearing the sound of the insertion plug being bitten, Shinji Ikari collapsed and shouted "No".
It was at this moment that the puppet system ran out of power and stopped moving.
In the sunset, Unit-01 knelt between the mountains, surrounded by a rainbow. The originally beautiful rainbow seemed to be telling of endless cruelty and sorrow.
(End of this chapterangel attacks!
Chapter 21 Shinji refuses to drive EVA, the Angel of Power strikes!
At night, at the gathering place of the survivors of the temporary test site, Misato Katsuragi slowly woke up: "I'm still alive..."
"Kajji..." Turning her head, Misato Katsuragi saw the man waiting beside her.
"Great, Katsuragi."
"Where's Ritsuko?"
Kaji replied: "Don't worry, she's less injured than you."
Not far away, there was a huge explosion crater with a diameter of several kilometers.
Suddenly remembering something more important, Misato Katsuragi asked: "Where's Asuka, where's EVA Unit 3?"
"She was treated as an apostle and disposed of. Unit 01 did it." Kaji replied.
Hearing that she was treated as an apostle, Misato Katsuragi was just sad. Although she knew a little about the cause and effect, it was not difficult to guess that it was because the apostle had an accident.
But...being disposed of by Unit 01...
the pilot of Unit 01 was Shinji Ikari...
and Shinji Ikari...was the boy Asuka liked.
Asuka... is in such despair...
The scene changes, and in a huge space, EVA Unit-01 is standing on top of a huge metal pyramid, with traces of destruction all around.
The camera zooms out, and from the light from the top, it turns out to be a huge underground space, so huge that it is not inferior to the underground city in the Three-Body World!
In the command room, the female staff member who has calmed down reported: "Unit-01's linkage circuit has been cut off!"
"Where is the ejection signal?"
"The plug is locked inside!"
Another staff member on the side concluded: "This is to defend the city..."
"Stop it, Shinji! Do you know what you are doing!" A staff member who has a good personal relationship with Shinji Ikari advised.
He understands Shinji Ikari's pain, but this is the most important place in the world, the headquarters of NERV, and it is really a place that cannot be disturbed.
"Don't mess with me anymore... Unit-01 has 285 seconds left, which is long enough to destroy half of the headquarters."
"Shinji, listen to me, if it wasn't for Commander Ikari's order, you might have died!"
"It has nothing to do with this..."
"But it's the truth!"
Shinji Ikari said angrily, "I told you I don't care! Dad... He killed Asuka! Or... by my hands!"
In a rage, Shinji Ikari drove Unit-01 and stomped hard on the pyramid-shaped command room.
"Why! Why! Why! Dad doesn't understand anything! I actually believed him... I'm such an idiot! I want Dad to often feel the loss of important people! Then he will understand!" Shinji roared.
However, even though the command room was shaking due to the destruction of Unit-01, Commander Ikari remained unmoved and ordered: "Adjust the compression concentration of the LCL liquid to the maximum. I don't have time to waste with children."
Here in Shinji Ikari, the concentration of the LCL liquid, which was the same deep-sea acceleration liquid used for breathing as in the human spacecraft in the Trisolaran world, suddenly increased. He choked on two mouthfuls of water, and the overly concentrated oxygen quickly made him lose consciousness.
Shinji Ikari woke up from his dream and saw a familiar ceiling in front of him.
Outside, the recycling and processing work for Unit-03 was underway.
In a dark room, a group of strange equipment emitted a strange red light.
"Although the traces of cell tissue erosion have disappeared, it is not certain whether she has been mentally contaminated by the apostles. We can only isolate her first." Ritsuko Akagi said from the observation window above the room.
The assistant behind her asked worriedly, "Shouldn't they get rid of her?"
However, Ritsuko Akagi's answer was very cold-blooded: "This is a precious research sample, no."
In another depressing huge room, Shinji Ikari was handcuffed with three handcuffs and stood in front of Commander Ikari.
"Violating orders, privately possessing EVA, childish intimidation, these are all crimes." Commander Ikari's voice echoed in the huge room: "Do you have anything to say about this?"
"Yes, I will never drive EVA again." Ikari Shinji replied.
"Really? Then get out." Commander Ikari replied coldly, without a trace of father-son affection.
Shinji Ikari turned around, and at this time Commander Ikari's voice came again: "Want to escape again?"
Whether in the video or Shinji Ikari, who had just started driving Unit-01 in the EVA world, they all frowned.
It seems that driving EVA was a responsibility imposed on me at the beginning, so how can I escape?
"In order to realize your wish, you must be prepared to sacrifice everything. You must use your own strength to achieve it, not rely on others to give it to you. Shinji, be more mature."
Ikari Shinji was silent for a while, and replied, "I don't understand what maturity is at all."
Under the scorching sun, Ikari Shinji was walking alone on the road. At this time, Commander Ikari had ordered that all his information be deleted. From now on, the use of Unit-01 will be based on the puppet system.
In the base, the staff who were familiar with the pilots were discussing that Rei Ayanami did not try to keep Shinji Ikari. They felt that she had changed a lot recently and had become more humane, but she did not take action.
"The relationship between children is really hard to understand~"
"But now, there is only one pilot left."
In a trash can, Rei Ayanami saw the Walkman that Commander Ikari gave him when he was a child, which was discarded by Shinji Ikari.
At Misato Katsuragi's house, Shinji Ikari had packed his things and stood at the door.
"I think you should know that even if you cancel your registration information with NERV, you will still be monitored and your actions will be restricted." Misato Katsuragi handed over a mobile phone: "You forgot to bring something."
"Suzuhara and Aida left you a message. They are very worried about you."
"I don't need it. I don't plan to take it with me." Shinji Ikari replied.
"Aren't you going to ask about Rei and Asuka?"
This time, Shinji Ikari was silent for a long time.
Misato Katsuragi continued, "To be honest, I don't care about humans or the world. Although I am still standing here in the end, I applied to join NERV in order to be close to my dead father, just like you wanted to get the approval of Commander Ikari to drive EVA... So I see myself in you. I know this may make you very tired, and I also understand that you are discouraged and don't want to drive EVA anymore."
Misato Katsuragi was already crying. As someone who lived with him, she knew how distressed the child in front of her was: "But I still hope you..."
Misato Katsuragi wanted to go forward and hold Ikari Shinji, but Ikari Shinji walked out of the house.
"That day, Rei invited Commander Ikari. She hoped that you could get along well with your father and hope to see you laugh together." Misato Katsuragi said in a low voice.
"I can no longer smile at anyone." Ikari Shinji replied.
The door closed, and Ikari Shinji really left here.
On the light rail, Shinji Ikari was alone in this carriage. Suddenly, a red warning light came on: "An emergency announcement is now being issued! According to the emergency regulations, this train will stop at the nearest evacuation station. After getting off the train, please go to the designated location as soon as possible to take the evacuation cable car."
On the moon, 380,000 kilometers away from the earth, a person stood on an unknown EVA without wearing any space protective suit, looking at the earth from afar.
Aliens? Cyborgs? Robots?
There was too little information, and the heavens and the worlds could not guess who this mysterious boy who could adapt to the vacuum environment was.
Inside the NERV base, the alarm sounded incessantly.
"All personnel activate the first level combat readiness! Prepare for a ground-to-air attack!"
"The target is still moving forward! The old Odawara defense line has been breached!"
Outside, many advanced fighters were firing continuously, but the giant creatures flying out from behind the mountain were unmoved. The machine guns that could easily tear apart the main battle tanks were intercepted by a layer of force field and could not hurt the body at all.
On the distant mountain, the dense defense array was enough to block any air attack force in a normal technological world, but the huge monster just flashed a light in its eyes, and these air defense arrays were completely destroyed.
Just one blow sank the armed city that had been built at great expense into the underground space.
Such a powerful force has never been demonstrated even by the human warships in the Three-Body World. Many worlds have begun to analyze the data of this huge monster and find ways to destroy it.
"The surface armor system is completely destroyed!" In the command room, the war damage was jaw-dropping.
"The 24-layer special armor was destroyed with one blow..."
Next to Commander Ikari, the deputy looked at the monster on the screen that even disdained to react to the surrounding attacks and said: "The Tenth Apostle, the strongest rejection type, the destructive power is beyond imagination."
Compared with the apostle who previously eroded and occupied EVA Unit 3, this so-called Tenth Apostle completely refreshed the understanding of the world in the heavens and all worlds.
I thought it was a robot war, then it turned into a biological weapon fight, and now you tell me that there are at least ten of these monsters that are underestimated by mobile nuclear bombs, although they are not uniform?
Your technology tree doesn't seem to be very advanced, how did you defeat these monsters with such giant biological weapons? ?
In the underground elevator, Misato Katsuragi was issuing combat orders over the phone. On another track behind her, huge shells as big as trucks were being transported quickly.
Looking back, Misato Katsuragi saw the huge humanoid weapon being transported synchronously behind those bullets.
"EVA Unit 2?! Who is driving it?!"
"I don't know, we didn't give the order to attack!" Misato Katsuragi's question was not answered.
On the lake, the Tenth Angel floated calmly, and several high-explosive missiles the size of intercontinental missiles hit the force field around it. The shock wave generated by the powerful explosion formed a huge pit on the lake surface, and then formed a huge wave that spread out in all directions.
"Permission to use N2 missiles for the third wave of attack, switch to cover!"
At this time, Misato Katsuragi opened the door of the command room and rushed in: "It's too late to send EVA to the ground to fight back. Request assistance from Europe to deploy Unit 2 in the underground city!"
After arranging this, Misato Katsuragi immediately asked: "Where is Unit 00!"
"The left arm has been repaired urgently, and it can barely attack!"
"Go to support Unit 2 after the repair is completed. It's dangerous to act alone!"
Turning her head, Misato Katsuragi looked at the staff in charge of Unit 01: "Where is Unit 01!"
"The puppet system is being activated now!"
"Hurry up!"
The eyes of the Tenth Apostle flashed with light, and everything in front of him was destroyed by a powerful force. The huge explosion formed a cross-shaped beam of light under the action of an unknown force.
Looking at the numerous crosses, many believers in the world doubted their doctrines. The
so-called angels...shouldn't they be handsome men and beautiful women with wings?
Why, would they be such terrible monsters? !
Some people doubted the doctrine, and naturally some people took the opportunity to do mischief, but these were all things that the top leaders of those worlds needed to worry about.
(End of this chapter