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"Miss Catherine?" Shinji strangely connected the line.

"Well, Shinji, I won't say much else. In short, just wait for me to come over." Catherine said.

"Waiting for you... to come here? But Miss Catherine, aren't you at Matsushiro's experimental site now?" Shinji asked in surprise.

Huh? Didn’t you look like you were dead-eyed just now?

"Anyway, wait for me to come over. Or does Shinji have a way to eliminate the apostles by himself?"

"..." Shinji fell into silence: "But isn't it the first time for Miss Catherine to drive EVA? Moreover, things like EVA... things like EVA..."

"——Listen up, Shinji. Your Unit-1 is not 'this kind of thing'. Feel the soul of Unit-1."

Although there is such a thing as a world line, there is also a "world line closing" thing. For example, Ikari Yui's entry into Unit 1 is an established matter that cannot be changed...

"The soul of Unit-1——?" Some words with unclear meaning. Do these monsters still have souls?

Anyway, my father asked me to come here just to activate EVA, so as long as I win, that's all.

"As long as I win, it will be fine." He said.

Well, Catherine has understood that this boy's second grade disease has occurred again.

"——Okay, as you like." Catherine simply hung up the communication.

Catherine has not yet dealt with the middle school boy.

The time is almost up, Apostle No. 5 has gradually moved towards NERV, and now it is time to attack.

Apostle No. 5 is a huge red insect-like apostle, but the two "whips" look a bit like a two-clawed octopus.

Shinji, the middle school boy, was already piloting Unit 1 to attack.

"Shinji, fight according to the training and wait as long as possible for Unit 3 to arrive. Is it clear?"

"Hi!"

Unit 1 had already been launched at this time.

After equipping the giant Gatling, Unit 1 quickly opened fire.

"——This idiot. The smoke has covered the enemy!" Katsuragi Misato's face changed drastically when she saw this situation.

Sure enough, the apostle used the smoke as a cover to quickly get rid of the lock of Unit 1, and stretched out a pink tentacle to rush towards Unit 1 in front!

"Well——"

The Gatling gun on Unit 1's hand was instantly cut in half!

"Quick, spare rifle!"

Misato Katsuragi made a prompt decision.

However, her order came too late.

Under the apostle's attack, Shinji was beaten and rolled over. What's more serious is that while Shinji was rolling, his cable was cut off.

"Oops."

After seeing this scene, everyone in the NERV control center was already excited.

At this time, Unit No. 1 was suddenly pulled up by the apostle and then violently thrown aside.

"Rumble--"

The huge EVA was thrown on the hill nearby.

The apostle obviously realized that the guy in front of him was the key to hindering him, so at this time, the apostle quickly moved towards the No. 1 machine.

"Where is Unit 3?!" Misato Katsuragi asked immediately.

"Unit No. 3 has been unchained and is on its way now!"

Now on the screen, the figure of Unit 3 happened to appear.

This black figure was like a running phantom at this moment. It was speeding rapidly.

Of course, along the way, the damage caused by Unit 3 was also very serious. Every step it took would create a big hole in the ground.

On Unit 3, an energy indicator is flashing.

"I hope I can catch up——"

Misato Katsuragi once again focused her attention on Unit 1 with a lot of thoughts.

"What happened to Unit 1? Why didn't you fight back?"

Unit No. 1 had already caught two of Apostle No. 5's tentacles at this time, but did not fight back.

"This is—Shinji-kun's classmate!"

Misato Katsuragi immediately noticed the two people on the screen, and their information was now displayed on the big screen.

"Why in this place?"

Ritsuko Akagi was also surprised.

Because of the relationship between these two people, Unit 1 is temporarily restricted at this moment.

"——Shinji-kun, open the insertion bolt, contain the two of them and then retreat!"

Misato Katsuragi started planning the retreat route while giving orders.

"Catherine! Change of plans. Now looking for the nearest return route!"

"——Ah, is something wrong?"

Catherine's voice came out.

"The cable of unit No. 1 was cut off, and now we are encountering some unexpected situations."

On the other side, Shinji has also admitted two classmates.

"Shinji. Go to route 34 and retreat!"

Misato Katsuragi immediately shouted hurriedly.

"Can't escape...can't escape...can't escape..."

Shinji completely ignored Katsuragi Misato's voice.

"Hey, transfer student, they're telling you to retreat over there! Hey, transfer student!" In the cabin, Suzuhara Toji, who was admitted, was also shouting.

But, Shinji suddenly moved.

"High particle vibrating knife equipment!"

Everyone at NERV was shocked.

"This idiot - Catherine, can you still catch up now?!"

"One step at a time." Catherine had been listening to the conversation between the two.

"There are still thirty seconds before Unit 1 stops moving!"

"There are still...thirty-two seconds before Unit 3 approaches!"

The active time of Unit 3 is 500 seconds, which is a little more than eight minutes. Unit 3, which uses American technology, is relatively more powerful in terms of endurance.

Therefore, even though it was powered on earlier than Unit 1, the time it can be active now is longer than Unit 1.

But the more important problem is that - we can no longer keep up.

"Shinji!"

On the screen, the two tentacles of Apostle No. 5 have penetrated Unit 1, and Shinji screamed. All the feelings of EVA have been transmitted to the current Shinji's body at this moment.

“Think paradigm shift, use the Cheetah system.”

Over there, Catherine suddenly spoke.

"Cheetah Mode?!"

"The biological brain system equipped on Unit 3 can improve the action pattern, but I don't understand how ordinary people use that pattern."

Ritsuko Akagi explained.

Unit 3 itself can use the biological brain action mode. But this does not mean that humans can.

If you want to do such an action, then this means that this person must really think like a beast - no, it should be that only a real beast can do such an action!

Originally, in Ritsuko Akagi's opinion, this was just a stupid design by smart Americans.

But after hearing Catherine's order, Ritsuko Akagi was also shocked.

At this time, Unit 3 on the screen suddenly landed with both arms on the ground. At the same time, Unit 3's arms obviously began to grow and change.

The speed of the entire No. 3 machine suddenly accelerated!

"Hurry up and catch up!"

Misato Katsuragi's heart was lifted.

Once the activity time limit of Unit-1 is reached, the AT force field will disappear and Unit-1 will inevitably be torn into pieces.

Unit 1 and the apostles are currently in a stalemate, and no one knows what will happen next.

"Unexpectedly, the activity time limit of Unit 1 is still fifteen seconds!"

"Ten seconds!"

"Five seconds!"

Shinji's screams were endless, and Unit-01 was now close to the limit of movement. Almost everyone's heart was in their throats.

"Three seconds...two seconds...one second...Unit No. 1 has reached the limit of movement!"

"Boom——!"

The figure of Unit 3 suddenly appeared in front of Unit 1, and its other dagger also entered the core of the apostle.

"Full space isolation...begins."

This is not EVA's order, but Catherine's consciousness.

She wants to prevent Apostle No. 5, the Day Angel, from self-destructing.

Dissociate all the links of the other party from the high-dimensional level, and no matter how sudden the other party's self-destruction is, it can be stopped!

"Apostles...annihilate?"

NERV was also surprised by this scene.

Obviously the apostle is still standing there. But the reaction signal has disappeared, which means that the apostle is dead. It also means that this apostle is different from the previous apostle. His body... has not disappeared.

"Now that the control is complete...is this the limit?"

Catherine has already felt that the fluctuations caused by the interaction between the two worlds have reached the maximum value. If this continues, she will reach her limit.

"Core reconnection begins...that's it!"

On the screen, Apostle No. 5 was suddenly shaken. His originally broken core was now shining with a strange light.

"The fifth apostle starts again!"

Ibuki Maya was shocked by what happened suddenly.

At this time, the fifth apostle suddenly pulled out two vine whips, then threw Unit 1 and Unit 3 away, and quickly retreated.

"——Escaped?"

NERV was immediately relieved.

"...Will the apostles also run away?" Misato Katsuragi was also startled, but then she finally felt relieved. It would be better for the current situation to run away.

"It's a little different from the script..." Dongyue frowned when she saw this scene.

"It doesn't matter. Just confirm that the apostles have been repelled. If the apostles are more difficult to deal with, we can also obtain more resources." Commander Ikari also looked indifferent.

"That's true. But it seems like those SELEE guys are going to have a headache."

Developments and changes that do not fit the script.

On the other side, the limit of activity of Unit 3 has also been reached, and Unit 3 has finally stopped its final activities at this moment...

"Can't the activity be maintained for too long even if the core is forcibly connected...?"

On the other side, these people did not know the limits of Catherine's activities at this moment.

All the sweat on her head was taken away by LCL.

After barely hiding the fifth apostle, the destroyed core finally reached the edge of collapse, leaving only the core of the fifth apostle.

"Phew... finally done."

Forcibly taking over Day Angel's body and then controlling it, Catherine felt as if she was walking on a tightrope.

After barely hiding the apostle's body under the sea, Catherine breathed a sigh of relief.

…

"Thank you for your hard work, Catherine. Thank you so much for protecting Shinji-kun in the end." As soon as Catherine came down, Misato Katsuragi came over.

"It's okay. But in the end, the apostle ran away."

It wasn't that Catherine caught up, but that Shinji had already eliminated the apostles.

"Now that we have severely damaged the apostle, this is already pretty good."

Misato Katsuragi glanced at Unit 3, which had almost transformed into a beast.

This special mode can actually be used by the person in front of me?

Complete animalization...

"How is Shinji-kun doing?"

Catherine asked.

"..."

Katsuragi Misato did not answer, but fell into silence.

"Really, it seems that the situation is not good."

Catherine looked at Unit 1 from a distance, but those who came down with Unit 1 were two of Shinji's classmates.

That’s it for now!

Catherine had no better way to comfort her. Because Catherine knew Shinji's current situation.

Class A of the second year is really worthy of the name of second grade.

But speaking of it, it seems that a fourteen-year-old boy will have psychological problems to some extent, right?

Sometimes Catherine really thinks this is weird.

"I really didn't expect this to be the case."

Misato Katsuragi shook her head.

"Yeah. Yeah, that's pretty much it. But Unit 3 was recycled in advance." Catherine said with a smile.

"...If this counts...do you know how much damage Unit 3 caused along the way?" Ritsuko Akagi walked up.

"Ah, Dr. Akagi?"

"It's very interesting, the animal transformation system. I didn't expect it to be really useful." She really didn't expect this system to be useful.

According to her, Unit 2 also has a similar mode, but it is fundamentally different from this method.

After changing his thinking mode, the actions of Unit 3 suddenly became very terrifying. That kind of strange running and that kind of terrifying coordination ability are not something ordinary people can achieve.

And more importantly: the mind of a beast.

How is this done?

Of course Ritsuko Akagi would not know that Catherine would be like this, because the biological brain system is simply something from another world.

"Dr. Akagi, what's the matter?"

Catherine asked again.

"I'm very interested in the condition of Unit 3. As far as I know, Unit 3 can have multiple forms, right? But I remember that ordinary people don't seem to be able to control it like this, right?" she asked.

"Of course, except for me, everyone else can barely fly Unit 3 at most."

In fact, the animalization project is nothing at all.

The most troublesome thing is the tempered carbon nanotube fiber. That thing is actually the key point, but it seems that these people don't notice it at all now.

Materials are the most important thing. Everyone!

Materials are very important, why don’t you understand?

"Next, we may need to continue a series of tests on the No. 3 machine. Major Edson, please be prepared."

"Um."

It seems that these people are really more interested in EVA itself.

After Ritsuko Akagi left, Misato Katsuragi also left with deep thoughts.

Catherine did not intend to disturb Shinji-classmate who was now miserable.

After she changed out of her combat uniform and finished the aftermath, she left NERV and headed in the direction where the apostles were hiding.

In fact, everything along the way has been blocked by NERV, but for Catherine, it is very simple to get through these people's defenses. She doesn't even need to use special abilities - in fact, she doesn't dare.

For the sake of future work, Catherine now simply does not dare to do this. The space shock she has caused has not stopped yet. If she uses her power forcefully, she may be ejected.

So it's obviously not possible now.

After quietly avoiding these people, Catherine came to the coastline. These people probably didn't know that the apostle was hiding in this place, so although they searched in the distance, they did not search in this sea area.

This is probably the legendary dark under the lamp.

Catherine waited here for about half an hour before taking out a communicator.

"Hey, Jenny, can you hear me?"

"...Ah, it's Kate!"

The voice from over there finally came.

"Well, I think you should know about the apostle's situation, right?"

"Well, I really didn't expect that things like apostles actually exist. But this is probably because the rules of the two worlds are different. After all, even Planck's constant is somewhat different."

Planck's constant is the cosmological constant.

It was the subtle difference in this small constant that made Catherine realize that this world was different from the original world.

As for Catherine's original world, Planck's constant was equal before and after her. This means that the two worlds are the same, or that the two worlds have the same rules.

However, the world of EVA is different.

In a more strict sense, it should actually be that there is something extra in the world of EVA. It is precisely because of this extra number that everything has changed.

However, although some situations were different, they did not affect Jenny's research on the apostles.

Although they are separated by a world, since Catherine can interfere here, it is also okay to let the other side provide some support.

Just like now.

"Kate, you talked about the apostles. Have you obtained a tissue sample of the apostles as you said?"

"Yeah. That's right. After all the hard work, I finally caught up. Now, I'll send you a tissue sample first."

Because the shock wave had passed, Catherine used her ability again to enter the seabed.

At the bottom of the ocean, the remains of the apostle are sitting there quietly.

Catherine extracted a piece of the apostle's remains, and then transferred the item to the other world through the high-dimensional space.

"——!!!"

During the transfer process, the piece of apostle meat in Catherine's hand actually exploded.

"Kate...what's wrong?"

The signal on the communicator seems to be interfered with.

"It seems that I found something extra."

The extra AT force field is not only there, but even the apostle's organization can't send it through.

This is not a good thing for Catherine.

"Ah, this is such a pity."

Jenny looked very sorry.

"Well, we have actually foreseen this result. Now it is obvious that plan A is not feasible."

"Okay, now let's switch to plan B. You first transfer all the information of the current apostles."

Although the entity will be affected, the information itself will not, so if the apostle's scanning signal is transferred to the other side, all work can begin there.

"The Holy Grail has been connected. Data transmission is being prepared." The voice of the Holy Grail supercomputer began to sound.

Catherine nodded. Now, it's almost done.

With the help of the Holy Grail, the following list of plans to completely transform the Apostles into EVA will not be a problem.

...Yes, this is Catherine's plan.

Although Catherine covets Unit 4, Unit 4 seems to have become a tragedy in every work, so Catherine has another plan, which is to transform the apostle into an EVA.

This is not easy to say, nor difficult to say.

To put it simply, it is because Catherine had interfered in this world ten years ago, so she got some of the original concepts of EVA. Although the two worlds are different, under the simulator of the Holy Grail supercomputer, the two worlds can still be processed

Very subtle aid.

During this time, Catherine also asked the Holy Grail to make several plans, and continued to transform the more than thirty kinds of apostle corpses in her mind.

...Well, including games, TV, comics, etc., there are indeed so many "apostles".

This is one of the reasons why Catherine finds the current world a headache.

On the other hand, if it is difficult to say, it is because of time issues. This transformation is destined to not be supported by the majority of the world, so it can only be done by Catherine herself.

Catherine didn't care, but because it would cause shock to the two worlds, the work that Catherine could do every day was limited.

"Okay, based on the information you scanned, we will design it based on the previous plan in the next two days. Now it's up to you, Kate."

"Yeah, no problem."

"It's such a pity. If possible, I actually want a creation from that world..."

It's a pity that because of these small problems, they can't do this for the time being. This small change is a barrier that prevents them from entering here.

"I'm looking forward to it."

…

The next day, when Catherine came to school, Shinji Ikari was not in the classroom.

From Misato Katsuragi, Catherine already knew that Shinji was now "running away from home".

However, this "running away from home" is somewhat unreliable.

Because Shinji Ikari ran away from home, there was a group of NERV agents protecting him.

I'm afraid Shinji Ikari himself understands this, right?

After all, there are so many bodyguards, not just one person.

In some versions, Asuka calls Shinji Ikari the "Second Generation of Power", which is truly worthy of the name.

"The following words should be the reconciliation between Suzuhara Toji and Ikari Shinji, then the textbook overthrow of Ikari Shinji-san, and finally...Thunder Angel!"

The Sixth Apostle Thunder Angel.

Absolutely powerful and arrogant, in Catherine's opinion, among the apostles, only this Thunder Angel and the future Power Angel can be considered serious and powerful.

Relatively speaking, the other apostles are more chopping melons and vegetables.

Although there are some strange apostles, in terms of power, these two are the ones that cannot be ignored.

The famous "Operation Yashima" was because of Thunder Angel.

Thunder Angel is a huge octahedral blue apostle, equipped with powerful absolute fields and particle cannons. It is an aerial fortress with both offensive and defensive capabilities. There is also a photon drill protruding from the bottom of the body. It uses absolute fields to defend against all physical attacks and uses particle cannons to attack.

Fight back.

The Angel of Power is known as the strongest apostle. As far as the situation is concerned, both of them are very powerful.

"Should we take down the Thunder Angel as well?"

Thunder Angel's high-energy reaction was very strange. After thinking about it for a while, Catherine chose to give up.

First of all, the cost of this thing is too high, and secondly, Catherine is afraid that her identity will be exposed.

Unable to do these two things, Catherine felt that the current Angel of Day, or Angel of Eden, was enough.

"Although the day angel is not that good, among all the angels, it can be said that the day angel has the most special application effect."

Although it is not very good, the transformability is indeed the strongest. Catherine thinks this is also very important. Therefore, although the current wreckage of the fifth apostle is not very good, Catherine has not given up.

"Hey, classmate Catherine, do you know how Shinji-kun Ikari is doing?"

Just after class ended, Suzuhara Toji ran over to Catherine.

"It's nothing, I'm just feeling a little unwell." Of course it was impossible for Catherine to tell him that Shinji-kun had run away from home.

"Is that so... What a pity."

Suzuhara Toji also looked very hesitant at this moment.

It can be seen that you are also a standard middle school boy.

Catherine has issued a second grade card to more than one person.

But it’s actually understandable.

Grade 2 Group A... This class itself is a Grade 2 class!

Put it this way, there is actually no problem at all~

"Well, the following is almost done."

Catherine looked at the new ID card she got.

Shinji Ikari has not received this card because he ran away from home, but Rei Ayanami's card is still placed there. According to the "script", Shinji will be allowed to contact Ayanami Rei at that time.

However, Catherine is obviously an unplanned product. In this regard, Catherine, as a light bulb, is conscious.

Catherine had never had any expectations for NERV.

She doesn't have much feelings about this world either.

If possible, Catherine would like to find out the slightest "difference" in this world.

After fully realizing the difference between the two, Catherine has the opportunity to truly bring things from this world back.

This is what Catherine cares about most.

For Catherine now, SELEE's script and Ikari Gento's script are all obstacles.

"It's just a pity that for the time being, I can only watch you do things from the sidelines."

If possible, Catherine would like to intervene on a large scale.

But that's obviously not possible now.

"But I still have a chance...well, the new fifth apostle...Seraph."

Yes, that's it.

…

This time it’s a three-in-one, I’m working hard.