"Huh?"
Kidate Shinji could not believe his ears when he heard the voice from the phone.
"There was an explosion at Matsuyo? Then … what about Mr. Asuka and Mr. Fangzheng? "
"There's no news about them yet."
"… … ….."
Hearing this, Shinji felt his heart beating violently, but very quickly, he forced himself to calm down.
After all, Fangzheng's Spartan Hell training was no joke.
"I got it! What do you need me to do? "
Kidate Shinji raised his head and clenched his fists.
The dilapidated elevator collapsed with a loud crash. Fangzheng stood up amidst the flying dust.
"F * ck me … I knew this stupid EVA wasn't safe … Thank goodness I'm smart …."
While muttering to himself, Fangzheng looked at the unconscious Asuka in his arms. Although he had blocked the impact in time, Asuka was a pure human being after all. It was not surprising that she fainted.
In short, let's get out of this damn place first … .and I wonder how the others are doing.
When Fangzheng came to the underground command center with the unconscious Asuka in his arms, he found that the place was also in a mess. Fortunately, because it was far from the center of the explosion, it was not directly affected. In fact, Akagi Reiko had already woken up and was directing the rescue work.
Akagi Reiko was surprised to see Fangzheng and Asuka.
"You're fine?"
"We were lucky to escape. We were lucky not to be blown to ashes."
Fangzheng put Asuka aside and replied with a cold snort. Hearing his words, Akagi Reiko didn't know what to say for a moment. In fact, the activation test was indeed a little rushed, and just as Fangzheng said, Space Shuttle No. 3 hadn't been fully inspected. Of course, no one would have thought of the Apostle Erosion Eva, but the biggest problem wasn't that they didn't think of it, it was that they didn't follow the procedures.
Just like in the first Alien movie, no one thought they would encounter a monster like the Alien in space, but if they had strictly followed the sterilization procedure and isolated it for observation, the Aliens would not have run around the spacecraft.
"Where's Asuka?"
"It's nothing serious. He just fainted. How's Ge Cheng?"
"She's unlucky."
Glancing at Ge Chengmeili who was not far away, Akagi Reiko shook her head. Ge Cheng Meili was really unlucky. When the ceiling exploded, it broke her arm, and she was still unconscious at the moment. Maybe she got a concussion.
"What about Plane 3?"
"We are currently moving toward the headquarters. We have already reported it. NERV's headquarters will send reinforcements."
"Then I'll bring Asuka back first. Let headquarters remove the lockdown on Plane Two."
"I understand."
Hearing Fangzheng's request, Akagi Reiko nodded without hesitation. After all, Ge Chengmeili was unconscious, and Fangzheng's responsibility was to manage and protect the pilot. Since the Eva couldn't be used anymore, there was no point in the pilot staying here.
"I will send a helicopter immediately."
Soon, a helicopter arrived at the Matsushiro No. 2 test site. After receiving Fangzheng and Asuka, it quickly took off and headed for NERV's headquarters. The doctor also performed a physical examination on Asuka and confirmed that she was fine. She was just unconscious because of the impact.
"Woo …."
Not long after the helicopter took off, Asuka frowned and slowly opened her eyes.
"Yo, you're awake? How do you feel? "
Looking at Asuka beside him, Fangzheng reached out his hand with a smile and patted her head. Asuka looked confused, as if she had no idea what had happened.
"We … .this is …."
"We're returning to the headquarters. Let's leave Matsushiro to the scene. How do you feel? The doctor says you're fine. "
"Matsushiro …."
Hearing this, Asuka seemed to wake up a little. Her eyes suddenly lit up.
"By the way, where's Eva …. Eva 3?"
"It's heading to the headquarters. It's been confirmed that the other party is an Apostle. The Americans are really daring. They're done for this time."
Fangzheng had no sympathy for the North American branch. The fact that Eva had been corrupted by an Apostle meant that this matter would not end here. Perhaps there would be all kinds of revenge after autumn. But that would have to wait until after autumn. For now, it was better to let autumn pass first.
Thinking of this, Fangzheng immediately took out his phone and opened the communication channel.
"Hey, Li, Shinji, can you hear me?"
"Mr. Fangzheng!"
Hearing Fangzheng's voice, Shinji, who was in the cockpit, was quite excited.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. Asuka is with me. We're lucky to have escaped this disaster."
"That's great …. That's really great …."
Shinji finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. It had to be known that when he'd rushed to the headquarters and learned that the Eva had been corrupted by an Apostle, he'd jumped in fright.
Because Fangzheng had decided not to let Asuka enter Eva 3 on the spur of the moment, it was just a test run for Akagi Reiko, so the NERV headquarters did not know what happened at that time. Because the insertion pin was indeed inside, everyone thought that Asuka had already entered the pin.
Although the sensor showed that there was no one inside, it was still an Eva that had been corrupted by an Apostle. It was not surprising that something had happened to it, right?
Because of this, Shinji was a little worried. Now that he knew that Fangzheng and Asuka were fine, he relaxed.
"Okay, you should know that our goal this time is an Apostle that looks like an Eva, or an Eva that looks like an Apostle …. Li, Shinji, finish it as soon as possible. We can still go home for dinner!"
"Yes!"
"Wait!"
However, this time, just as Shinji and Rinbori finished talking, Asuka suddenly sat up.
"Let me go! I want to kill that guy with my own hands! "
"Haha, I knew you would think that. I've already asked Akagi Reiko to remove the lock on Eva 2. We can go back and prepare."
Fangzheng naturally understood that with Asuka's personality, there was no way she would take this lying down. Moreover, one had to understand that if it wasn't for him stopping her, the one sitting inside the apostle right now would most likely be her. Asuka could not remain calm when she thought of this.
I'm the pilot of an Eva, and I was almost tricked by an Apostle. Don't I want to lose face?!
I didn't want to drive Eva 3 in the first place. I have my own Eva 2. In order to drive Eva 3, I even sealed Eva 2. Do you think it's easy for me?
Why did you play this trick on me?
If I can't get back at you, I'll write my name backwards!
So, Fangzheng did not care about Asuka's reaction. He patted Asuka on the shoulder, then turned around to talk to the staff next to him in a low voice. When Fangzheng turned around, Asuka was stunned when she saw what was behind him.
The uniform behind Fangzheng had been blown into tatters. Some white bandages could even be seen in the middle. This was not because Fangzheng was injured. After all, his skin as a Time Dragon was so thick that even Longinus' Spear could not scratch his skin. But Fangzheng and Asuka had come out from the center of the explosion, so it would be impossible for them to be alive and kicking without any injuries. So, Fangzheng just wrapped the bandages casually.
As for the clothes … Fangzheng really didn't care. After all, it was a NERV uniform, not his dragon scales. He could just change it after tearing it up.
However, the expression in Asuka's eyes suddenly changed when she saw this scene.
There was nothing much to say about the process of dealing with Eva 3. Without the pilot's worries, it was easy to deal with a guy that could do nothing but Erosion.
But …
"What's wrong with Asuka?"
Fangzheng was left at a loss as he watched Robot No. 2 press Robot No. 3 to the ground and beat him up as though he wanted to dismember Robot No. 3 alive. He was not surprised that Asuka would fight actively, but this was the first time she had gone berserk after seeing the enemy.
"She's not going berserk, is she? Is the data normal?"
"Everything is normal. The pilot's spirit hasn't broken through the threshold."
Hearing Fangzheng's question, Ibuki Maya, who was in charge of monitoring the scene, hurriedly replied.
"Maybe … Asuka just wants to vent."
"Maybe."
Looking at Robot No. 2, who had lifted Robot No. 3 up and directly twisted its spine … Fangzheng was speechless.
Forget it, I'm fine with anything.
As long as they could make it in time for dinner.
There would be no problem if they could make it in time for dinner.
To be honest, when they returned home, Shinji felt a little awkward. In his opinion, Fangzheng and Asuka had barely escaped death, and he still had to hold a banquet. Was that a little inappropriate?
But Fangzheng obviously didn't think so.
"Asuka and I survived. Aren't you guys going to hold a celebration party now that we're back?"
"That …."
Shinji was speechless when he heard this.
The party was very successful. Ikari Shinji invited the other two members of the idiot trio, and Asuka invited the class leader. Rinbori didn't have many friends, but that was normal. Her only friends were Asuka and Ikari Shinji. Since they were already here, there was no need to invite anyone else.
"Congratulations to Shinji Ibuki's birthday, and to Asuka and I for surviving. Cheers!"
As Fangzheng raised the glass of juice in his hand, the lively banquet began.
Under the pitch-black night sky, everything went on.
It was the same even in the darkness.
In the following days, everything went smoothly.
At least on the surface. Shinji, Rinbori, and Asuka's lives were getting closer and closer to the daily lives of the protagonists in many Japanese anime. Shinji gradually became more cheerful, Rinbori also learned to greet others, and Asuka's relationship with the class monitor improved by leaps and bounds. They became best friends.
Everyone occasionally quarreled in class, chatted, and argued with others. After class, they would do homework and receive training. When the apostles came, they would beat up the apostles. If life could continue like this, then it would be nice.
But Fangzheng knew that things weren't that simple.
On the surface, NERV's development was normal. Red Ponytail didn't appear after that, and the struggle between various organizations seemed to have temporarily come to a standstill. It began to show a lively scene of everyone being good to each other and united against the apostles.
However, as the apostles were eliminated one by one, NERV, SEELE, the United Nations, and other organizations gradually began to sprint toward the final finish line.
It was like a marathon. From the starting point to the halfway point, everyone could ignore each other's progress, but when the finish line appeared in front of them, it was a different story.
And in this atmosphere, for Shinji and the others, the most powerful enemy appeared.
"The target has broken through the final defense line!"
Looking at the apostle on the screen in front of him, Fangzheng's expression was solemn. The next moment, he saw a flash in the apostle's eyes. Then, the armour of the entire underground city was completely pierced through. The city buildings that were originally hanging upside down in the sky fell and smashed to the ground.
"Amazing! Twenty-four layers of armour were pierced through in an instant!"
That's right, the one who appeared here was the famous Toilet Paper Angel among all the apostles … Well, the angel looked a little funny from the outside.
But its strength was still obvious to all.
"Eva, attack immediately. Arrange all three robots into the underground cave and prepare for battle!"
Ge Chengmeili's expression was solemn. She could see how powerful this apostle was. This would probably be the toughest battle in NERV's history.
As for Fangzheng …
It seemed that he had no choice but to wear a red ponytail.
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