On the surface, everything seemed peaceful.

Regarding the battle of the Sixth Apostle, everyone tacitly did not talk about it, and even on the surface, everything seemed normal. But in fact, beneath this strange calm, there was a crazy undercurrent.

SEELE, NERV, the United Nations, almost all organizations seemed to be crazy and used all the intelligence means in their hands to try to find the mysterious girl with red ponytail.

This is especially true for SEELE.

"The agreed time has not yet arrived, and yet such a mistake has occurred!"

In the dark space, the slates flashing bright red numbers showed no expression at all, but the angry tone proved how excited they were.

"Ikari, who is that girl?"

"I, like everyone here, want an answer to this question."

Sitting on the chair, Ikari Gendo folded his hands and spoke expressionlessly.

"I think everyone knows that there is no such record in the Book of Revelation..."

"The Dead Sea Scrolls are certain!"

However, at this moment, a sharp voice rang out.

"We must eliminate all obstacles, Ikari Gendou, you should understand that if that girl is found, then the existence of NERV will be meaningless!"

"I see."

Ikari Gendō certainly understood that once the League of Nations or other organizations connected with the red ponytail girl, it would mean that NERV would no longer be the only one in the world that could defeat the Angels. This might be good news for others, but it was definitely not good news for NERV.

Although SEELE and NERV have considered the possibility that the girl is from some other organization, to be honest, they now doubt whether this is true. Because the power displayed by the girl is far beyond the level that SEELE and NERV can understand.

Ikari Gendō even went to consult Ritsuko Akagi, and Ritsuko Akagi had only one opinion on this - that was definitely not a human being, even the apostles could not do it to this extent.

So, who is that girl?

What kind of organization is behind her?

No one knows.

"However, our current mission at NERV is to eliminate the Angels."

Ikari Gendō calmly pointed out the problem. Other organizations could put down their work and search for the girl like looking for a needle in a haystack, but NERV couldn't do that. After all, NERV was a military organization for the apostles and it was impossible for them to spend all their energy on this.

"I understand. SEELE will be fully responsible for this matter. You just need to do your job well."

At this moment, another cold and steady voice sounded.

"Ikari Gendou, don't forget your mission."

As the words fell, the light reappeared, and the dark space turned pure white. The black stone slab that was originally suspended here disappeared without a trace.

"It seems that the old people are already getting anxious."

Dongyue said in a low voice with his hands behind his back, and Ikari Gendo nodded. They certainly understood why SEELE was so anxious. You know, SEELE has always been secretly dominating the world, and even considered itself the supreme king in the darkness of this world. But now, they were surprised to find that in the shadow of this darkness, there was actually an even more mysterious organization. Even before they took the initiative to show up, SEELE actually knew nothing about the existence of such a force!

This is so scary!

I always thought I was the final boss, and now you tell me I'm just a mid-level boss?

This is going to be fatal, I tell you!

So now SEELE is like crazy, investing all his resources and energy to try to find clues about the girl with red ponytail, so as to figure out what kind of existence that mysterious force is. As the saying goes, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Everyone wants to be the oriole, but no one wants to be the mantis, right?

"I never thought that a girl could cause such a big stir."

Sitting in the chair, Katsuragi Misato couldn't help but sigh. As the operations director of NERV, she could feel the subsequent impact of this incident better than anyone else. In the past, other units and departments often cooperated with NERV, but now they began to delay. Some people even said in private, "Anyway, there will be people to eliminate those apostles even if there is no EVA, so why should we have NERV's good face?"

"That's not an ordinary girl."

Ritsuko Akagi spoke while typing on the keyboard in front of her.

"To be able to kill an apostle directly without relying on any machine... well, I even doubt whether she is human."

"Could it be aliens?"

"It's not impossible. After all, even the apostles have it, right?"

As she spoke, Ritsuko Akagi took off her glasses.

"But fortunately, we have solved at least one problem."

"question?"

"That's right."

Having said that, Ritsuko Akagi pressed the Enter key several times, and then, sheets of data appeared in front of her.

"Do you remember the mysterious barrier that suddenly appeared when we were fighting the Fifth Apostle?"

"Of course... did you find the reason?"

"That's right."

Having said this, Ritsuko Akagi's expression became more serious.

"Although the data is slightly different, from the state of formation, the barrier that appeared in front of Unit-00 at that time and the barrier created by the red-tailed girl to resist the attack of the Sixth Angel... at least in terms of spatial data, they are of a very similar type."

"So what you're saying is..."

Misato Katsuragi was no fool either, and she immediately understood what Ritsuko Akagi meant.

"Yes, it seems that our princess has been paying attention to us for a long time. Fortunately... she doesn't seem to intend to become our enemy."

"Yeah... this is the only good news at the moment."

Katsuragi Misato sighed and picked up the coffee cup again. As she said, this was the only good news at the moment.

Misato Katsuragi knew only too well how miserable NERV was now.

As the saying goes, the tallest tree in the forest will be blown down by the wind. As the only military organization against the Apostles, NERV has great power, but on the other hand, this has become the reason why they are hated.

Apart from face, relationships, organization, power and other virtual things, just talking about the most practical point is enough to make other organizations and NERV fall out.

That's money!

The maintenance and repair of EVA require huge amounts of money. Even if Unit-01 is deployed once, the money spent on overhauling it is enough to bankrupt a small country!

It has only been more than a decade since the Second Impact, and now everything needs to be rebuilt, and money is needed everywhere, and repairing EVA is the most expensive. Countries have long complained about this, but the problem is that only EVA can defeat the apostles, so even if they are unhappy, they can only hold their noses and pay the money.

But in this way, NERV got the money, and other places were naturally empty. There was even a case where the construction of EVA caused financial difficulties in a small country and tens of thousands of people starved to death - in this situation, who would be nice to NERV?

But in the past they had to endure it even if they didn't want to, after all, NERV was related to the future of mankind.

But now...

The situation is different!

The appearance of Red Ponytail gave other organizations a glimmer of hope. To put it bluntly, even if they worshipped Red Ponytail like a queen and gave her the best treatment in the world, it would probably not cost one-tenth of the money for a major overhaul of EVA!

What's the point of EVA?

It costs less money, and it can still stop the apostles... Isn't it much better than those messy and pretentious things now? Besides, EVA is just a rechargeable toy, and many people don't like it. If it weren't for the fact that only EVA can break through the apostles' AT force field, they would have started to criticize it long ago!

Oh, it’s not too late now.

Fang Zheng didn't care about NERV's predicament.

Although he fought against the Angels to protect humanity, from a standpoint, Fang Zheng and NERV were naturally hostile. After he killed the Angels, the first thing he did was to turn around and kill Ikari Gendō. So he had no psychological burden at all for causing trouble for NERV, and Fang Zheng's position did not require him to worry about these things. Akagi Ritsuko could lose her hair over data, and Katsuragi Misato could sulk over complaints from the Propaganda Department and the higher-ups, but as for himself...

Just keep these little brats under control.

"Alright! Run one more lap!!"

Looking at the figure running breathlessly in front of him, Fang Zheng pressed the stopwatch and then shouted. Hearing Fang Zheng's voice, Asuka, Ayanami Rei and Ikari Shinji also gritted their teeth and continued to run forward.

After Asuka came to Japan, Fang Zheng quickly stuffed her into Spartan training. At first, Asuka was very reluctant, but it was not the first time Fang Zheng had dealt with such a tsundere little girl. Shana was much more tsundere than Asuka, but she was still completely subdued by him, so for Asuka, Fang Zheng chose the simplest and most brutal method - beat her into submission!

Facts have proved that Fang Zheng's approach is very effective. After the two sides had a "cordial exchange", Asuka obediently lowered her head.

In fact, Fang Zheng found that Asuka was very similar to Touma in some ways. On the surface, she looked sullen and acted as if everyone in the world owed her money and that they should stay away from her. But if you really ignored her, she would sulk in a corner by herself...

So to deal with this kind of person, you can't just give in to her. The more you give in to her, the more she will be offended. You have to beat her to run away. As long as she feels that "I didn't do this because you forced me to do it, so I didn't take the initiative", the rest will be much easier.

The saying "say no with your mouth but obey with your body" refers to this kind of people.

"Okay! Stop!!"

Following Fang Zheng's order, the three people who were sprinting at the end quickly stopped. Then Asuka grabbed the water bottle next to her, looked at the other two people proudly, and made a V sign.

"Hahaha, I'm first again this time! The first qualified person, the third qualified person, none of you can do it!"

“Hoo…Hoo…”

In response to Asuka's words, Ayanami Rei remained silent, while Ikari Shinji smiled helplessly and shook his head.

"I really don't understand where you got the strength to run so fast..."

"Because I am gifted."

"Okay, rest for five minutes, and then start combat adaptation training."

At this time, Fang Zheng also came over and took a few weapons. Using weapons for combat training is also one of the compulsory courses for these children every day. After all, as of now, except for the pervert like the Fifth Apostle, other apostles can basically be dealt with in close combat.

Therefore, weapons training is naturally necessary.

but……

"Asuka, are you sure you don't want to change your weapon?"

Looking at Asuka triumphantly spinning around with the spear in her hand, Fang Zheng sighed helplessly.

"Of course, this is so cool, why would you change it?"

"Because...never mind, as long as you like it."

What else can Fang Zheng say about this?

Anyway, nothing has happened yet... just let her do whatever she wants.