Ikari Gendō was secretly depressed, while Ayanami Rei and the apostle were fighting back and forth. Although the previous battle of the National Alliance did not cause any damage to this little Shuishui, it at least exposed some of its abilities. For example, Ayanami Rei knew that Xiao Shuishui had a lightsaber in her palm that could be flexed at will, and her eyes could emit death rays. Therefore, she also took special measures to defend against this.

Now that Misato Katsuragi is not here, Rei Ayanami has to act strictly according to Fang Zheng's orders. The first thing is to prevent the Angels from getting close to the Third New Tokyo City, and then... then consider how to destroy it.

Rei Ayanami couldn't do anything to Xiao Shuishui for the time being, but Xiao Shuishui was very depressed. He just wanted to go to the Third New Tokyo City immediately, but this damn guy kept hindering him. Not only that, he was not as easily eliminated as the previous guys.

What made Xiao Shuishui even more crazy was that the opponent never came up to confront her head-on. Every time it was about to leave, it would come up to delay her, and then when she wanted to go over to fight it, it would run faster than anyone else and fire a volley of bullets at her.

Frankly speaking, although the damage these bullets cause to Xiao Shui Shui is very average, Xiao Shui Shui, who is hit by the AT force field, is still losing blood!

If its HP is assumed to be 3000, then Rei Ayanami can only inflict 30 points of damage in one round of attack.

But I couldn't stand the beating.

If we fight for a hundred rounds, won't he die?!

It was impossible for Xiao Shuishui to really let Rei Ayanami play kite for a hundred rounds. In fact, after Rei Ayanami had reduced one-fifth of her health, Xiao Shuishui made the decision immediately.

Get rid of this annoying guy first, then move on!

Then Xiao Shuishui immediately turned around, flew up suddenly, and pounced towards Unit 0.

If it were someone else, they would be somewhat caught off guard by the apostle's sudden counterattack. But Rei Ayanami strictly followed orders. Although the previous offensive and defensive battle was boring, it did not make Rei Ayanami lose her vigilance. When she saw the apostle rushing towards her, she hurriedly controlled Unit 0 to roll on the ground and avoid the apostle's attack.

"Go to cover immediately!"

Seeing this, Akagi Ritsuko immediately gave an order, but was stopped by Fang Zheng.

"No, no, no, no, your thing can't even break the apostle's skin, and it creates smoke and dust everywhere, obscuring the vision. Are you attacking the enemy or protecting the enemy?"

"So what do you say we should do?"

Faced with Fang Zheng's words, Akagi Ritsuko was speechless.

"Are there any melee weapons in EVA? Like swords and shields?"

"Sword and... shield?"

"Yes, anything similar will do, as long as it's a melee weapon. Do you have one?"

"Yes! But..."

"Take it out and send it to Ayanami immediately!"

"All right."

At this moment, Ritsuko Akagi had no other choice. Facing Fang Zheng's request, she nodded. After all, although NERV had made many plans for the attack of the Angels, this was the first battle after all. She was not sure whether it would work. Since Fang Zheng said so, Ritsuko Akagi had no choice but to give it a try.

"Let Unit 00 head to area E28! Prepare the weapons system!"

After receiving the order, Unit 0 immediately turned around and ran towards the edge of Tokyo-3. At the same time, the side of a nearby automatic interceptor building suddenly opened, revealing a sci-fi-style dagger. However...

"We really don't have a shield."

There was nothing Ritsuko Akagi could do. These days, the reason why the sword was made was to consider the melee combat needs of EVA when facing the apostles. It was a backup plan. As for the shield, who would think of making it?

"It's okay, Li, take down the planks on the building and use them as shields! Use your swords to chop them!"

"yes."

Hearing Fang Zheng's order, Ayanami Rei, who had already rushed to the predetermined target location, reached out her hand and grabbed the door panel and lifted it up. At the same time, she held the dagger that was ejected from the building in her right hand and turned to face the apostle. At the same time, Xiao Shuishui also flew into the air again, and stretched out her right hand towards Unit 0. Then a lightsaber immediately shot out from the center of the apostle's right hand and stabbed towards Unit 0.

Seeing this, everyone in the NERV headquarters couldn't help but be nervous, but the next moment, what happened before their eyes surprised them.

When faced with the apostle's lightsaber attack, Unit 0 suddenly bent down, raised the shield inward, and pressed the lightsaber's blade at the moment of attack, breaking the attack trajectory. This also made the apostle lose his balance and fall backwards in embarrassment. At the same time, Unit 0 seized this opportunity, swung the dagger in its hand forward, and directly cut off the apostle's right arm!

Poor little Shuishui, when has she ever suffered such a big loss? You know, in the animation, her hand was twisted into a knot by the runaway Unit-01, so it was not unfair for her to die. But here, her hand was directly cut off by Unit-00 with one sword, which was really frustrating.

If Xiao Shuishui could speak, she would definitely shout "My King's Power!!"

But unfortunately, Unit 00 would not listen to its shouting. After cutting off Xiao Shuishui's right hand with a sword, it rushed forward directly, holding the shield in its left hand to block in front of itself, and the dagger in its right hand pierced straight into the red core in the third apostle's chest!

At this time, Xiao Shuishui also realized that the situation was hopeless, and suddenly his whole body bounced up like elastic mud, and then completely wrapped Unit 0 in it!

The next moment, a dazzling light shot up into the sky.

"……ah……"

Everyone was stunned upon seeing this scene. They just stared blankly at the beam of light rising into the sky before them, unable to speak for a long time.

"Where's Unit-0?"

Akagi Ritsuko reacted quickly and asked. However, before the staff could answer, a huge black figure slowly walked out from the flames and explosions. It raised its head, and a large green eyeball sparkled in the reflection of the fire...

“…”

Seeing this, Fang Zheng reached out his hand and pressed his forehead speechlessly.

How cool is this scene when Unit-01 walks out in the animation!

Why does Unit-0 look so funny?

It turns out that big eyes are not cool!

Wear a different helmet next time.

Although it looked a bit funny in front of Fang Zheng, the elimination of the third apostle still made the staff in NERV cheer. Except for Ikari Gendo who looked like he was owed 1.8 million, it was a great day.

After that, Unit-00 was also quickly recovered. Fortunately, although the last explosion of the Angel looked like that, it only caused some damage to the exterior of Unit-00, and did not damage the foundation. Ayanami Rei herself was only slightly injured, and because of the protection of the shield, it was not too much of a hindrance. However, she also needed to rest in the intensive care unit for a night. After all, this was her first battle with an Angel. Although it was not serious, she could not be careless.

So after accompanying Rei Ayanami to eat a boring hospital meal in the ward, Rei Ayanami fell asleep in a daze, and not long after, Fang Zheng received a call from Ritsuko Akagi.

"Hello? Dr. Akagi? What's going on? Hmm? Captain Katsuragi...? Oh, so that's what happened. Commander Ikari agreed? That's fine. If that's the case, I don't have anything else to say. Hmm, that's it."

After a brief conversation, Fang Zheng hung up the phone. The caller was Akagi Ritsuko, and Fang Zheng knew what she wanted to say.

Because of the activeness of Unit-0, Unit-01 had no chance to show off. So in fact, after Unit-00 destroyed the Angel, Misato Katsuragi brought Shinji Ikari to NERV. Although it was different from the plot, Fang Zheng was not sure what Gendō Ikari said, but in short, Shinji Ikari reluctantly agreed to stay.

Perhaps she and Ikari Shinji developed a feeling of mutual appreciation during the process of picking him up. When she learned that Ikari Shinji would not live with his father but would be sent to Fang Zheng, Katsuragi Misato suddenly had an idea and decisively called to ask to let Ikari Shinji live in her house, and Ikari Gendo had no objection to this.

Akagi Ritsuko was naturally furious about this, but there was nothing she could do. After all, she was a good friend of Katsuragi Misato, so she could only help her clean up the mess and call Fang Zheng to apologize. You know, this is considered an overstepping of authority, and if things go wrong, you don't know how they will be handled.

Fang Zheng was prepared for this. Unlike Rei Ayanami who had a "backup", Shinji Ikari played a very important role in Gendou Ikari's plan. And everyone in NERV saw and remembered Fang Zheng's methods. In less than a month after coming here, he had educated Rei Ayanami into a different person. It is conceivable that if Shinji Ikari fell into his hands, Gendou Ikari would be a million times worried.

Not to mention that I am also a special employee of SEELE.

Fang Zheng could imagine that even if Katsuragi Misato hadn't intervened, Ikari Gendō might have found other ways to keep him away from Ikari Shinji... Of course, from the very beginning, he didn't let himself pick up Ikari Shinji, which showed that Ikari Gendō obviously didn't intend to let him touch his precious son.

But...

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng chuckled.

If you say you won’t touch me, then I won’t touch you. Wouldn’t that be embarrassing?

Even to contact Ikari Shinji, Fang Zheng didn't need to use any special means, because...

"Hello, Ikari Shinji."

Looking at the young man in front of him, Fang Zheng smiled and stretched out his hand.

"My name is Fang Zheng. I'm the head of NERV's Special Personnel Management Division, and I'm also currently a teacher at this school."

"Ah, hello..."

Facing Fang Zheng in front of him, the autistic boy Ikari Shinji was obviously a little uneasy, but he still stretched out his hand and shook hands with Fang Zheng.

"If you have any troubles or worries, you can always come to me. I'm in the health room."

That's right, as the leader of the pilots, Fang Zheng had to stay in the school, but this time he didn't take on any troublesome duties, but served as a health doctor. After all, when the apostles came, Fang Zheng had to go with them, and it was impossible for him to take care of the affairs of a class. As for the health doctor, it was obviously much easier and freer.

Since Shinji Ikari didn't fly Unit-01, he naturally avoided being beaten up by a middle school boy, but even so, his environment in the class was not much better. Originally, Shinji Ikari was the kind of person who didn't do anything and was not very active in the class.

Although I wasn't excluded, but... it was just average.

In the next few days, everyone had some rare leisure time.

Fang Zheng naturally took Rei Ayanami to and from school every day, and of course, he would occasionally pick up Shinji Ikari. Because Shinji Ikari and Rei Ayanami had not met in front of Unit-01, Shinji Ikari kept a distance from Rei Ayanami. Although Rei Ayanami gradually began to learn to communicate with others, she was not as outgoing as Asuka, so naturally she would not say much to Shinji Ikari.

In addition, Fang Zheng also took the time to attend the combat meeting of Ritsuko Akagi and Misato Katsuragi and put forward his own opinions.

In Fang Zheng's opinion, neutralizing the AT force field and launching attacks is obviously a normal way of fighting, so the effect of long-range weapons is not very good, so he suggested using melee weapons instead. In fact, this is also the result of Fang Zheng's teaching. During the days with Rei Ayanami, in addition to meditation, Fang Zheng taught Rei Ayanami how to use swordsmanship.

Of course, it was impossible for Rei Ayanami to learn Wolf Swordsmanship with her body. This was not to say that her physical attributes were not up to standard, because EVA's physical attributes were sufficient. But the problem was that Wolf Swordsmanship was a large sword after all, and if it was put into the size of EVA, it would reduce speed and reaction from the perspective of aerodynamics. Therefore, Fang Zheng only taught Rei Ayanami the simplest shield-sword tactics, holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, which could be used for attack and defense, advance and retreat. It should be enough to deal with these apostles...

In fact, the animation also proves that the best way to deal with the apostles is with melee weapons, but the problem is that you have to choose the right weapon...

NERV still had enough funds, not to mention that the shield and sword tactics did perform well in the battle against the third angel, so Ritsuko Akagi and Misato Katsuragi did not refuse Fang Zheng's request.

Not long after this, the fourth apostle finally appeared.

However, this time when Fang Zheng brought Rei Ayanami to the headquarters, they were told that because Unit 0 had not been repaired yet, Shinji Ikari could only drive Unit 01 alone.

Yoho.

Upon hearing the news, Fang Zheng just laughed.

Ikari Gendō really went to great lengths to make Unit-01 look impressive. Although Unit-00 was slightly injured by the self-explosion during the battle with Mizuki, it was not serious. It would not take that long to repair, so it is clear that someone was behind this.

But Fang Zheng didn't care.

Let me see what you can do.