With the destruction of the Fifth Angel, the crisis at NERV headquarters was temporarily resolved. For most people, they quickly returned to their normal lives.
But it was not the case for Akagi Ritsuko and the others. After that day, Akagi Ritsuko almost forgot to eat and sleep, wanting to find out what exactly blocked the attack of the fifth apostle at that time! !
That was not an AT force field, nor did it seem to be a phenomenon that could be explained by any currently known scientific means. Even after analyzing the observation data at that time again and again, Ritsuko Akagi could only come to a conclusion that she herself did not believe - that is, when the mysterious blue light shield appeared, all the matter around it seemed to have stopped changing, as if it had been forcibly solidified artificially, forming some kind of mysterious structure that could not be explained.
With this structure, let alone the attack of the Fifth Apostle, even if the power of that attack was multiplied tenfold, it would not be possible to destroy this protective barrier!
This is not scientific at all! Where does the mysterious energy come from? How does it work? Why can't it be observed?
Akagi Ritsuko was puzzled, and the technical department staff were almost losing their hair but still couldn't find the reason. As for Rei Ayanami, she was naturally kept at the headquarters for various investigations and physical examinations. However, the result did not change much. After all, everything Rei Ayanami did at that time was recorded. At least on the surface, Rei Ayanami did not do anything particularly strange, and the operation record of EVA was also normal...
At present, Rei Ayanami is still under investigation at the headquarters, but Fang Zheng is not worried about her safety. After all, Fang Zheng has put safety protection on Rei Ayanami. If those idiots are really stupid enough to dare to hurt Rei Ayanami, then Fang Zheng can just tear their faces off and kill them.
NERV is just a mere NERV. Even if all the fighting power of this world is added together, it is not as strong as one of Fang Zheng's fingers. The reason why Fang Zheng chooses to push from the dark is that it is easier to establish the order of the post-era. After all, if SEELE and NERV can be completely eliminated, then the earth in this world can still develop slowly in its own direction. In simple terms, it is easier to deal with the aftermath.
But if Fang Zheng were to take direct action, it would mean full-scale interference from the Tiandao Palace, just like aliens trying to rule the earth... and the aftermath would be somewhat troublesome.
To put it simply, Founder currently only wants to solve the current crisis in the world, but does not want to provide after-sales service for them.
But if NERV is looking for trouble, then Fang Zheng doesn't mind providing them with after-sales service as well.
It was for this reason that when Ritsuko Akagi was worrying about Rei Ayanami and a bunch of unspeakable data at the headquarters, Fang Zheng had already brought Shinji Ikari and Misato Katsuragi to the sky above the Pacific Ocean.
Here, they will meet up with the Pacific Fleet and then receive EVA Unit 2 to be sent to Japan.
Blue sky, white clouds and blue waves.
After getting off the helicopter and looking at the Pacific Fleet in front of him, Fang Zheng yawned, and Ikari Shinji also got off the helicopter at this time.
"Mr. Fang Zheng."
"Hmm? What is it? Shinji?"
"Um...Ayanami...Is she okay?"
"fine."
In response to Ikari Shinji's question, Fang Zheng smiled and waved his hand.
"Dr. Akagi provides her with good food and drink, and she doesn't have to worry about eating meat."
"Hahaha……"
Hearing Fang Zheng's answer, Ikari Shinji smiled bitterly. He also knew that what Fang Zheng said was right. At home, Fang Zheng also prepared a meat dish every day to entice Rei Ayanami to eat meat. What's more, it was delicious. Ikari Shinji didn't care about these problems. Anyway, no matter how much he ate, he would digest it completely in the subsequent exercise. He would be sorry for not eating.
And Rei Ayanami was obviously not so "cool". She really didn't like eating meat, but Fang Zheng kept tempting her to eat meat, which made Rei Ayanami speechless...
Now Fang Zheng is taking Ikari Shinji on a business trip, and Ayanami Rei doesn't have to worry about eating meat anymore, so everyone is happy.
Over there, Misato Katsuragi went to hand over emergency power to the commander of the Pacific Fleet, while here Fang Zheng brought Shinji Ikari to meet the second heroine in this work.
"Are you the third qualified person?"
The girl in the beige dress raised her head proudly, looked at Ikari Shinji in front of her, and raised her chin proudly.
"I am the second qualified candidate, Soryu Asuka Langley, please give me your guidance."
"Hello."
Even though he has undergone Fang Zheng's hellish Spartan training, Shinji Ikari is still essentially an autistic otaku. Facing the spirited girl in front of him, he is somewhat uncomfortable.
"I'm Shinji Ikari."
"Um……"
Looking at Shinji Ikari in front of her, Asuka frowned and examined him carefully.
"It looks like the real deal, much better than in the photo."
This is of course. It has been almost a month since Shinji Ikari "fell into" Fang Zheng's hands. The fourteen-year-old boy is in the period of growing up, and is being polished by Fang Zheng's Spartan training every day. At this moment, Shinji Ikari is already different from the skinny and autistic boy in the original animation.
Originally in the anime, although they were the same age, Ikari Shinji was the shortest of the three, which was why Asuka often called him a "little devil". But now, after Fang Zheng's "teaching", Ikari Shinji's height has jumped to 1.6 meters, the tallest of the three, and his figure has also changed. Although he is not as exaggerated as the eight-pack abs, at least he looks like a strong man, and he no longer walks hunched over, but straightens his body... If nothing else, at least he has momentum.
"Hello, Asuka."
Fang Zheng also came over at this moment and greeted Asuka.
"I'm NERV's Founder. As you may already know, from today on, I will be responsible for managing your life... Well, please give me your guidance."
“…”
Looking at Fang Zheng, Asuka was slightly stunned for a moment, then she snorted lightly, didn't say much, just nodded.
"Well, I'll go take care of Katsuragi's business first. Shinji, you should get along well with her."
"Ah, yes..."
Although Ikari Shinji looked at Fang Zheng for help, Fang Zheng didn't care. He just laughed and turned away. He had already transformed Ikari Shinji's external hardware. Whether he could grow internally from now on depended on himself, right?
As for how Ikari Shinji and Asuka would get along, Fang Zheng didn't care for the time being. He just walked straight to the captain's room. Fang Zheng had just opened the door of the captain's room when he heard Katsuragi Misato's screams from inside.
"Why are you here?!"
Um?
Hearing this voice, Fang Zheng stuck his head out and looked inside. He saw that Misato Katsuragi looked like she had seen a ghost, staring fiercely ahead. In front of Misato Katsuragi stood a bearded, unkempt man. At this moment, he was smiling as he picked up the document that Misato Katsuragi had dropped on the ground and returned it to her.
"Really? Are you so surprised to see me?"
"It's worse than I thought! If I had known you were here, I wouldn't have come!"
Katsuragi Misato took the document handed over by the man and sighed helplessly. At this time, the man also saw Fang Zheng coming in from the door, and stretched out his hand to him with a smile.
"Hello, my name is Kaji Ryoji. Nice to meet you. I guess you must be the Third Lieutenant of NERV."
"Yes, hello, Mr. Kaji, nice to meet you."
Looking at Ryoji Kaji in front of him, Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows slightly, then smiled and held the hand that Ryoji Kaji extended.
Fang Zheng naturally knew something about the man in front of him. He was Katsuragi Misato's ex-boyfriend and also a member of NERV's Internal Affairs Department. But in fact, he also worked for the Japanese government. To use the more popular term nowadays, Kaji Ryoji was a double agent.
But Ryoji Kaji was not a bad guy. In fact, he had been investigating the secrets of NERV and the Human Instrumentality Project for the Japanese government. If Ryoji Kaji could have found strong evidence to prove that NERV was trying to destroy the world, then the ending might have been different. Unfortunately, Ryoji Kaji ultimately failed and died at the hands of Gendō Ikari, which was a bit of a pity.
In fact, from several aspects in the animation, it can be seen that there are people in the United Nations who have been paying attention to and vigilant against SEELE. Obviously, they are also suspicious of SEELE's plan. But they have no way to act. After all, no matter what SEELE and Ikari Gendō are doing behind the scenes, it is undeniable that only NERV and EVA can resist the apostles and save the world.
So these people could only observe, investigate and look for clues.
Unfortunately, these people didn't expect SEELE to be so decisive and turn all of humanity into orange juice. They didn't even have time to take action. In fact, the same thing happened to the United Nations Army that was misled by SEELE in the movie. Their goal was correct, but they didn't know who their enemy was.
In the movie, the Allied Forces launched an attack on NERV because they learned from SEELE that NERV was trying to destroy humanity (this news was absolutely correct), so they wanted to forcibly occupy NERV. However, they did not expect that the mastermind behind all this was not NERV, but SEELE.
So SEELE sold NERV to attract other people's attention, and then took the opportunity to start his own human completion plan...
To put it bluntly, the entire movie is about SEELE and Ikari Gendo betraying each other, and finally seeing who is more capable... But in vain, both sides are finished in the end, and no one's plan succeeds.
From this we can see that man proposes, God disposes.
So many thoughts flashed through his mind, but Fang Zheng showed no expression on his face. He just shook hands with Kaji Ryoji and then withdrew his thoughts.
"Third Lieutenant Fang Zheng, you'd better stay away from this man. He is not a good person."
At this moment, Misato Katsuragi also came over and glared at Ryoji Kaji with dissatisfaction, while Kaji gave a wry smile.
"Really? You shouldn't say that to me, right? Or... is this your new love?"
"Captain Katsuragi and I are just work colleagues."
Fang Zheng certainly would not associate himself with Misato Katsuragi. He had no interest in Misato Katsuragi at all.
"Really? I thought Misato was so nervous because she must have a new lover."
"After all, there's no one worse than you in this world!"
Fang Zheng had no interest in participating in the quarrel between Katsuragi Misato and Kaji Ryoji. Instead, he leaned against the window and looked at the blue sea outside. But then again, if I remember correctly, there should be an apostle this time...
"boom!!"
However, before Fang Zheng could finish this thought, he heard an explosion in the distance, and then he saw a column of water rising into the sky in the distance.
“What happened!”
At this moment, the captain also rushed over and shouted.
"We are under attack from an unknown enemy!"
As expected, it came.
Looking at the chaotic command room, Fang Zheng just watched the excitement silently. If he guessed correctly, the attacker should be the Sixth Angel, and then all I had to do was Ikari Shinji and Asuka took Unit 2 to show off their power...
"Mr. Fang Zheng!"
Immersed in the memories of the animation, Fang Zheng was so absorbed in the thoughts that he didn't react for a moment. When he looked at Ikari Shinji and Asuka standing in front of him, Fang Zheng was stunned.
"Why are you here? You didn't board Unit 2?"
"Too late!"
Asuka reached out and slammed the table hard.
“We didn’t make it!”
"Missed it? Where's Unit 2?"
"This...has sunk into the sea..."
“…Huh?”
Hearing Shinji's helpless answer, Fang Zheng was also stunned.
Is there such an operation?
What about the agreement that the two of them would attack in Unit 2 and then open the mouth of the apostle for a close-range bombardment?
Now that Unit 2 has sunk, there’s no way we can fight it!
Fang Zheng looked away, and then he realized that the commander and Misato Katsuragi had been arguing in the command room. Misato Katsuragi strongly requested to retrieve Unit 2 and then attack, but the commander clearly said that this monster was too scary and the Pacific Fleet could not win at all. If this continued, the whole army would be annihilated, so he asked to retreat immediately and retrieve Unit 2 after the apostles retreated - anyway, that thing would not run away by itself!
Although the commander's words were certainly correct, the apostle was clearly planning to wipe out the entire Pacific Fleet. With the firepower of the Pacific Fleet, they could not penetrate the AT force field, and they could not stop the apostle's attack. If this continued, they would probably be wiped out before they could evacuate completely.
Having lost their EVA, the two pilots were helpless, and Asuka was furious. It was her bad luck. She had wanted to follow the original story and take Shinji Ikari to see her EVA No. 2, but before Asuka could board the ship, the ship carrying EVA No. 2 was sunk by a surprise attack by the Angel, so Asuka could only watch her EVA No. 2 sink into the sea...
What else can I say? I can only say it was bad luck. Who told the Apostles to first attack the ship where Unit 2 was?
There is no way.
Looking at the quarrel between Misato Katsuragi and the commander, Fang Zheng shook his head helplessly.
It seems that I have to do it myself this time.
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