bloom america

"...As a result, the fifth apostle hasn't been found yet?"

In the conference room, Yuandu Ikari is currently reporting to SEELE.

"The fifth apostle's core is damaged, and it may take a long time to repair."

"The fifth apostle was not eliminated this time. It was outside the script. I hope this problem will not occur next time."

"Everything is under SEELE's control. This accident does not affect the script." Commander Ikari remained so calm.

"Hopefully something like this that we didn't expect won't happen next time."

"Hi."

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While Commander Ikari was in contact with SEELE, Catherine was also transforming Apostle No. 5.

In terms of transformation, Catherine naturally does not use the techniques used by ordinary people.

In this regard, because Catherine has very convenient and convenient space capabilities, the renovation speed is very fast.

What's more, Catherine had already made a plan before this.

This fifth apostle, named Day Angel or Eden Angel, is cannon fodder in every sense of the word, but in terms of the strength and ability of the apostle's own body, the existence of Day Angel is actually not much different.

At least, in terms of using AT force fields as the main means of combat, it is not much worse.

As for why Catherine did this, the reason is also very simple.

Although Catherine's own actions will cause a little change in the world, this is only limited to Catherine herself.

The existence of "apostles" is unique to this world.

If you use the creations of this world to transform this world, then the rejection and changes caused will naturally be smaller than the impact you cause.

This situation can easily help Catherine do the following work.

This is definitely a good thing not to be missed.

"Huh, that's almost it for today..."

A cave was cleared on the rock wall at the bottom of the sea, and then the water in it was emptied. Then, the remains of the apostle were placed on it. This is almost the end of today's work.

Although Catherine still had some energy left, the impact of using her ability on this side had reached a critical value, so Catherine temporarily stopped.

After finishing this matter, Catherine moved outside and got on the bus to NERV.

When Catherine arrived at the laboratory, she suddenly found a group of people staring at her eagerly.

"Uh, Dr. Akagi, what are you going to do?"

Catherine felt a little confused.

"Major Edson, please put on this helmet after changing into your combat uniform later." Ritsuko Akagi took out a helmet and placed it in front of Catherine.

"What's this?"

"A relatively portable scanning device. In your next actions, it will scan your brain to observe the operation of your brain in animal mode."

"...Okay. You NERVs are really weird. Why are you always interested in such wonderful places?"

Material! Do you know the material?

Although the AT force field is very powerful, compared with EVA, the application of tempered carbon nanotube fiber is indeed very important, right? In this case, what to do with the material!

Why do you always fail to grasp the key points?

"I don't think this is a weird thing. In fact, bionics has always been a very sophisticated and useful technology. From every sense of the word, bionics can be said to be very important."

"That's it."

Speaking of which, the structure of insects seems to be a natural exoskeleton mechanism. From this point of view, the application of bionics is really very useful... Thank you for your help!

Forget it, now is not the time to complain, Catherine decided to listen to Ritsuko Akagi for the time being.

At least for now, she feels that it is better for her to be as she is now.

What should we do for the sake of these people?

If you want some crooked technology trees, I can help you.

It can be said that Catherine is very interested in letting others make mistakes in the technology tree.

"Then, let the experiment begin."

After Catherine changed her clothes, she got on the No. 3 plane.

Unit No. 3 is now arranged at the indoor launch site.

This place seems to have been reinforced and looks very solid.

"Unit 3 has a total of four animal-like forms. The first one is the cheetah, which has been shown before. Let's start with the cheetah form later. The second type, the mantis, is also used for land combat. Wait a minute.

This aspect also needs to be tested. The third type is the water monster. I remember the information said that the water monster is for convenience in the water.

Designed to fight, right? The fourth form of mimicry is the crow, which uses the unfolded AT force field to form wings to perform flying movements. However, we will not test the latter two forms today, and will only let the three

It would be nice to make preliminary changes to Unit No. 3 so that we can see the movements of Unit No. 3."

Ritsuko Akagi was holding a tablet and talking.

Although this tablet is made in the United States, it is surprisingly easy to use. Even Ritsuko Akagi started using this thing out of convenience.

Of course, they had previously confirmed that there was indeed nothing similar to viruses in these devices.

If that thing existed, they would probably have thrown away all these weird things here.

"Then, let's start now."

"Okay, Dr. Akagi."

Catherine nodded to the communicator next to her, and then turned on the cheetah mode.

“The thinking area and scope of the brain begins to change!”

really.

It was really unbelievable to her that Catherine Edson could do this.

"Thinking like a beast?"

At the test site, Unit 3, which was originally in human form, also began to climb down, and its arms began to twist and change. Gradually, Unit 3 seemed to have turned into a four-legged monster.

"The synchronization rate of Unit 3 has increased to...81.55%!"

In this mode, even the synchronization rate has been improved!

It is indeed an existence that cannot be underestimated.

"In Cheetah mode, the body of Unit 3 has undergone significant changes that ordinary weapons and equipment cannot. However, the strength of the forelimbs has increased, the bite force has increased, and the way the AT force field is deployed has changed... It's amazing, it's completely different, this is

Transformed into a beast?" Ibuki Maya sighed while looking at the relevant data.

"Sure enough, very big changes have taken place."

Ritsuko Akagi was also watching the changes ahead at this time.

"The AT force field has even been specialized. Because it is generated in front of you, it can reduce the resistance when running, and even produce very strange changes."

"According to previous data, in cheetah mode, the current Unit 3 can possess 300% of the performance in humanoid mode."

Although 300% speed is very powerful, it is nothing more than that.

In this state, although Unit 3 can increase the speed a lot, the duration it can last is limited.

A speed of 300% is also a very big burden for EVA.

Unfortunately, it's not the red horned triple speed.

"The data of this body shape has been obtained last time. After verification this time, that's about it. Let's start testing the second mode."

Ritsuko Akagi began to issue orders.

"OK."

The second mode begins to unfold.

At this time, Unit 3 continued to undergo changes.

At this moment, Unit 3 started to stand up from its original position of lying down.

"roar--!!"

At this time, Unit 3 began to let out a huge wail, and at this time, Catherine also gritted her teeth.

"The neural connections are beginning to change! What is happening?!"

Ibuki Maya was also surprised.

"Major Edson, how are you?"

"It's okay. Because in this state, the nerves will undergo some subtle changes, so a little pain is needed..."

It's just a little rough.

Unit 3 has a 60-degree standing posture, and for balance, there is a strange tail behind Unit 3.

"It seems to be a very energy-consuming mode. If it is a fully loaded EVA, one change can consume about two-thirds of the energy."

The changes are huge. And the energy required to support the changes is even greater.

"Although it is said to be a praying mantis, relatively speaking, it is not very similar to a praying mantis." Someone beside him muttered.

"The Mantis here is just for borrowing. Unit 3 in this mode has the strongest melee attack capability. It should not be underestimated."

This is the capability of Unit 3.

"Is this the true face of Unit 3? I didn't tell SEELE about its existence just now." Dongyue and Commander Ikari also came here after finishing the meeting, but they happened to see Unit 3 changing into its second form.

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"Ah, and now this card is in our hands." Ikari Gento pushed up his glasses.

"It's really unexpected that Unit 3 is so powerful. But why didn't the Americans explain it clearly to us? Or what do they want to do?"

Dongyue actually didn't know that Americans didn't understand Unit 3's animal mode either.

The beast form possessed by Unit 3 is actually more of technology from another world.

The experiment continues.

Unit 3's arm had undergone drastic changes at this time.

"The AT force field is specialized and strengthened. Is this... turning absolute defense into 'absolute attack'?!"

The AT force field can still be used in this way. The Americans' idea is indeed strange.

...Well, Ritsuko Akagi doesn’t understand either. What’s strange is actually the existence of another world.

As for the Americans, in addition to their application in manpower, they also use technology to a greater extent.

Relatively speaking, Unit 4 does not have these beastly modes.

This is not because of the flaws of the No. 4 unit, but because the No. 4 unit itself has a super powerful power source, so there is no need to rely on changing the shape to enhance the output. This is the current No. 4 unit.

The reason why Catherine is looking forward to Unit 4 is also because of this.

Of course, if Machine No. 5 can be completed, this machine made by the real apostle will definitely be more powerful than copies like EVA.

"Is there a special application of the AT force field..." Commander Ikari suddenly became thoughtful.

"It seems that Americans really have some incredible technology."

"It's a pity, no, it's probably a good thing that they don't understand the true meaning of EVA. For them, EVA is always just a weapon."

Commander Ikari is right, for them, these EVAs are just weapons.

Beyond that, they simply don't understand the true power of EVA.

Of course, whether it is Commander Ikari's script or SEELE's script, the EVA used to complete it is not Unit 3 at all.

"It's just that Unit 3 is unplanned. Is it really okay to continue like this?" Dongyue expressed concern about this.

"Yeah. No problem." Commander Ikari glanced at Unit 3. Then he continued: "Unit 2 is coming soon. We also have enough checks and balances for Unit 3."

"Really? In this case, we will have four EVAs by then. It's really hard for the Americans to mobilize so much force to amend the Vatican Treaty."

What's even more embarrassing is that they were able to get several other major countries to agree.

This is an even rarer situation.

Even SEELE. failed to suppress the Americans, which is somewhat surprising.

Although SEELE is an organization with huge influence, once a big country wants to use its power, SEELE has no way to stop it.

"It is said that SEELE made great efforts to deal with the Americans at that time, but for some reason, they just insisted on going their own way. The subsequent defection of the four major countries also caught SEELE off guard." Commander Ikari suddenly thought of the previous intelligence.

"So in the meeting just now, was SEELE a little sensitive to unplanned situations? Although everything is going according to the prediction, human beings themselves are the biggest uncertainty. Speaking of which, human beings are really strange.

Here." Dongyue didn't know what she was thinking of, and there was a look of nostalgia on her face.

"……yes."

Ikari Yuandu also murmured his agreement, and then focused his attention on the experiment.

"The long-distance mobility has dropped to 80% of the original, but the agility and short-distance movement have become more agile. This is really a surprising change. Each form is specialized in a certain aspect to obtain powerful

Combat strength? From that perspective, the current situation will also be very helpful for our next battle."

When Ritsuko Akagi looked at the current Unit 3, it was as if he had discovered a brand new world.

"I don't know if the capabilities of Machine No. 3 can be transplanted to other machines?" That strange thinking mode is a peculiar system, but this system...can it be used on other machines?

"Major Edson, Shinji, please prepare a little. We will start the interchange driving test later."

"Um."

"...Eh? But Catherine...Major Edson isn't here?"

Shinji Ikari was a little surprised by Ritsuko Akagi's order.

Because the experiments of Unit 1 and Unit 0 were in another place, the experiments of Unit 3 were completely conducted in isolation.

Although he didn't quite understand the current situation, it was an experiment of interchangeable driving with Catherine. In fact, Shinji Ikari was not opposed to it.

"Major Edson, keep Unit 3 in close combat mantis mode and come out like this."

"Well, okay."

Catherine probably already understood what Ritsuko Akagi wanted to do.

But unfortunately, the answer is already there: It is impossible for Shinji Ikari to activate Unit 3 in this state.

"Okay, Catherine, you also go to Unit 1 to prepare."

"Um."

Isn't it an honor to be able to pilot Unit 1?

This is really interesting.

Getting off the driver's seat, Catherine put on a coat.

When she just came out of the LCL liquid, the combat uniform on her body was still transparent. It would take a few minutes for the combat uniform to return to its original black appearance.

"What is that?"

Catherine suddenly noticed that there was a strange machine that was larger than a human being placed in the laboratory here, but this machine did not seem to be completed.

"This is a bionic robot. It was originally going to be equipped with a machine gun and then used as a micro-robot for combat on the battlefield. However, after some temporary modifications, it can also be used as an exoskeleton." Ritsuko Akagi explained.

"Exoskeleton? So it's for me to use?" Catherine probably already knew.

"It's not finished yet, but I'm very interested in your brain. Just now, the reaction of your brain was almost exactly the same as that of a cheetah, which is incredible. You... are not an ordinary person.

"

"Of course I am not an ordinary person. All EVA pilots...are not ordinary people."

What did she find?!

Ritsuko Akagi was a little surprised.

"We are all beings 'cursed' by EVA, whether it's Shinji-kun or Rei-san, or the other pilot of Unit 2 who hasn't come over yet and the other two qualified people... between us

, has been entangled with the curse of EVA."

"Really... Let's continue the experiment now." Ritsuko Akagi skipped the topic.

Catherine, on the other hand, headed towards where Unit 1 was.

"...It seems that the Americans have some incredible intelligence. Now it's Unit 3, and later there will be Unit 4... It's hard to say that they don't have any intentions."

Dongyue expressed concern about this.

"..."

Even Commander Ikari's expression became strange after hearing what Catherine said.

"The curse of EVA... The Americans do know something, so what is their purpose..."

From this moment on, the United States, or North America as a whole, is no longer an ordinary chess piece. What do they want to do secretly?

However, none of these conspiracy theorists know that the United States is actually just shooting for no reason.

They are innocent.

real.

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Two chapters in one.

Today is also full of integrity~