Immortal Soul of Steel

On the rooftop, a group of boys and girls made a fuss for a while. Everyone sat together in a circle and ate lunch.

But as the protagonist here, Shinji Ikari looked at Makiha on the left with a sinister smile. Then he looked at the angry Asuka on the right. He looked at the white-haired boy, Kaoru Nagisa, who was directly opposite him, feeling uneasy.

Shinji looked at Nagisa Kaoru expectantly: "Kaoru..."

Nagisa Kaoru smiled and shook his head: "No, Shinji-kun."

Makiha put Shinji on her shoulders and teased: "Ah, Shinji-kun, do you prefer being with Nagisa Kaoru-kun than Asuka and I?"

Asuka glanced up and down at Shinji with a look of disgust: "Idiot Shinji, are you gay?"

With that said, Asuka told Rei: "Rei, go back and talk to Aunt Yui. Idiot Shinji has become a gay guy."

Li nodded slowly: "Okay."

"What a ball, Rei, don't listen to Asuka's nonsense!" Shinji hurriedly retorted, looking at the two beautiful girls on the left and right, and sighed.

"Being with you guys, I just feel a lot of pressure."

"Obviously, such outstanding beautiful girls as you are, why do you insist on pestering an ordinary person like me?"

After listening to Shinji's words, Asuka pouted dissatisfiedly and snorted.

"Idiot Shinji, he is indeed an idiot..."

Mahibami secretly took a piece of vegetable from Shinji's lunch box, put it in his mouth and chewed it, holding his face with happiness. After a while, he replied.

"Is it possible that, from our perspective, we are just as ordinary as you?"

"Eh?"

Shinji looked at Makiha in surprise.

The smile on Nagisa Kaoru's face gradually turned into a bitter smile and he shook his head slightly.

"I'm afraid this will be difficult."

"If you are with Shinji-kun, not many girls will be jealous and target you."

"But when Shinji is with you, he will be targeted by boys who like you."

When Shinji heard this, his face was filled with emotion: "Nagisa Kaoru-kun..."

Seeing Shinji's face full of emotion, Nagisa Kaoru waved his hand: "However, I don't care about this."

"There is an old saying in Integration: A person who is not envied by others is a mediocre person."

"Being able to be targeted may, in a sense, prove that Shinji-kun is excellent."

Hearing this, Shinji not only was not happy at all, but his whole expression collapsed.

"Stop making trouble. Compared with you, Nagisa Kaoru-kun, I can't really do anything."

"As I grow up, I don't even know what else I can do. Or what else can I be suitable for?"

Shinji's dejected look made Asuka slap him on the back.

"Cheer up, you idiot Shinji. If you give up on yourself, then you are really a loser."

"Wow, it hurts. Asuka, please be gentle."

Shinji grinned after being slapped by Asuka, his eyes full of resentment.

Faced with Shinji's resentment, Asuka spoke categorically.

"There must be something that only you, Shinji, can do."

"It's just that you haven't discovered this yet."

"So, idiot Shinji will only be idiot Shinji until he discovers that thing."

Shinji's face was full of confusion: "What are you talking about? Why do you feel like the Riddler in the novel?"

Asuka didn't answer him, she just glared at Shinji, sat next to him, and ate her lunch in silence.

Makiha glanced at Asuka, her eyes full of cunning.

Nagisa Kaoru looked at the confused Shinji, put down his lunch box, and asked.

"Shinji-kun, how much do you remember about the things outside?"

Shinji raised his head, looked at the purely mechanical ceiling, and murmured.

"Outside? I probably... don't remember anything."

"Since that incident, I can't remember anything about the outside world at all."

Upon hearing this, everyone's movements stopped.

Only Nagisa Kaoru nodded slightly and responded: "That's it...it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what happened in the past. What matters is the present and the future."

Shinji looked at Kaoru Nagisa with a strange expression on his face: "Kun Kaoru, I always feel that there is something in your words."

Nagisa Kaoru smiled and said, "It seems that Shinji-kun has been learning Chinese quite well recently."

After being praised, Shinji scratched his head happily: "Eh? Really? I've really been studying hard recently."

…

On a building in the distance, a mature woman who looked slightly similar to Li but had yellowish-gray hair was wearing a white coat and put down the telescope in her hand. He turned around and looked at Ikari who appeared behind him at some unknown time.

"Gendo, do you really want Shinji to come into contact with EVA again?"

"Now Shinji is finally living happily with his friends."

"If Shinji comes into contact with EVA again, then his memory may be..."

Ikari Yuantang hugged the woman from behind and said in a serious tone.

"Sorry, Yui. We...have no other choice."

"If you don't, both Shinji and Rei will die."

"Those guys are here for Shinji."

"It's unfounded, but I'm pretty sure of it."

Ikari Gendo raised his head and looked in the direction of the school where Shinji Ikari was.

"Also, last time it was not so much Shinji who came into contact with EVA, but EVA reacting to Shinji."

"Shinji was able to make the EVA move without even getting on the EVA. Once Shinji is allowed to enter the EVA, something even more bizarre will definitely happen."

"Facing the current situation, I want to bet on the possibility of Shinji and EVA."

Ikari closed her eyes in pain and hugged her husband's arm.

"But, there is not only one EVA, and there is not only one candidate, Shinji. There is no need to let Shinji..."

Ikari Gendo returned: "So, I will not let Shinji take risks alone."

"I will not let Shinji take risks easily before I am fully prepared."

With firm eyes, Ikari Yuantang looked at the mechanical sky outside the window.

"If we want to regain the ground, just relying on Unit 1 may not be enough."

"So, I plan to activate all EVA!"

Ikari Wei was shocked: "Activate all EVA?"

Ikari Gendo nodded: "Yes, only by activating all EVA can Shinji's safety be guaranteed."

"I won't act rashly until I ensure that."

Ikari Wei held her husband's arm and said nothing.

Ikari Yuantang looked at the mechanical sky and whispered: "Now is not the time..."

…

"Now, isn't it time?"

In the canteen of White Trojan, Li Te looked at Lin Youde in surprise.

Looking at the surprised Li Te, Lin Youde waved his hand leisurely.

"Yes, now is not the time."

"We have just left the unified sea area. No matter how anxious the Liu family and Ma family are, they will not attack us at this time."

"If we really want to take action, we have to wait until we are farther away. So, Li Te, just rest peacefully."

"If the Liu family and the Ma family want to launch an attack on us, they will have to wait until 2 or 3 days later."