The Collection of The End

——2015.10.16——

Nerv staff dormitory.

Congratulations! Celebration party for Misato Katsuragi being promoted to Major! 】

Banners composed of exaggerated squiggles, randomly hanging balloons and ribbons, as well as various snacks, snacks and drinks placed on the coffee table made the already untidy and orderly dormitory look even more chaotic.

"Uh, what, I was promoted to major. I want to thank Commander Ikari, Deputy Commander Fuyuki, Dr. Akagi, all EVA pilots, Ibuki, and the rest of them." Misato Katsuragi, who was wearing a strange crown, held a quilt. He put the microphone into his hand and spoke a little incoherently.

"Hey! Why are the others waiting?" Qingye Shigeru protested loudly.

"That's right, every time Ms. Katsuragi gives an order, I'm the one conveying it, okay?" Hyuga Makoto followed.

"Maybe it's because he has a passerby's face." Ibuki Maya complained.

"Hahahaha!" Everyone laughed cooperatively, and the air was filled with joy.

"Congratulations." After the laughter stopped for a while, Shinji Ikari was the first to stand up and applaud.

"Congratulations." Asuka also clapped her hands.

"Congratulations." Ayanami replied expressionlessly.

"Congratulations." Qingye Shigeru.

"Congratulations." Hinata Cheng.

"Congratulations." Ibuki Maya.

"Don't be like this, don't be like this. It's so formal all of a sudden. I'll be embarrassed to exploit you in the future." Misato Katsuragi waved her hands repeatedly.

Doesn't it matter if you tell the truth?

Just when Shinji Ikari was about to complain further, the door to the dormitory opened loudly. Instead of wearing his usual white coat, Ritsuko Akagi walked in from the door wearing casual clothes: "Congratulations on the promotion, Misato."

Before Misato Katsuragi was about to say anything, Ryoji Kaji, dressed in casual clothes, walked in behind Ritsuko Akagi: "Oh my, I have been promoted to major. It seems I will have to call you sir in the future."

"Why are you two together!?" Misato Katsuragi glared at them with her hands on her hips.

"Ah... I just came back from investigating the cause of the previous power outage, and Ritsuko's work of analyzing the organization of the Ninth Apostle also came to an end, so we came together." Kaji Ryoji spread his hands.

"So suspicious." Misato Katsuragi narrowed her eyes and stared at the two of them.

"So suspicious." Asuka also stared with her hands on her hips.

Isn't it already suspicious? Shinji Ikari drank in silence and asked the instigator to investigate what he had done. It would be surprising if he could find out something.

Hmm... No, if nothing can be found, wouldn't dad have a reason to demote him and assign him to a new job? Therefore, for the sake of his own position, Kaji Liangzhi had to sell a few downlines.

Old treacherous, cunning, cough, I mean old and strong, old and strong, old and insecure... forget it.

When there was a quarrel over the wonderful triangle relationship, Ayanami Rei poked Shinji Ikari: "I'll cook, and you'll do the job."

"Huh? Huh? We are children, we can just wait and eat." Shinji Ikari asked doubtfully.

"Do you think anyone here can cook?" Ayanami Rei looked at him.

"Uh..." Shinji Ikari looked around: "Indeed, no matter how you look at it, they are all a group of people who are used to eating in the employee canteen, but..."

With nothing in Ayanami's dormitory, can she still cook?

"The furniture is all in the walls," Rei Ayanami said, "I usually cook by myself, obviously."

It’s not easy to show off!

Moreover... Ikari Shinji imagined the scene of Ayanami Rei carrying a basket to buy groceries...

——Give me two boxes each of this brand of instant noodles and that brand of quick-frozen dumplings.

I can only imagine this!

"This is prejudice." Ayanami Rei said.

Don't read minds casually!

"Didn't read it."

Shinji Ikari gave up thinking.

——

Chicken, green peppers, salted duck eggs, cauliflower, mushrooms, radish, soybean sprouts, beef, winter melon, spinach, pork liver, lotus root, red dates, peanuts, onions, kelp, cabbage, fungus, leeks, potatoes...

"..." Shinji Ikari looked at the pile of vegetables in Misato Katsuragi's kitchen in a daze: "Did you really carry a basket to buy vegetables?"

"No," Rei Ayanami handed him a kitchen knife: "After placing an order on the internal network, I asked Nerv staff to deliver it."

"Uh..." Shinji Ikari held the kitchen knife and was a little at a loss: "What should I do?"

Rather than dealing with these unfamiliar ingredients, he would rather deal with the apostles, even with his bare hands.

"Half of the chicken was cut into shreds, half was cut into large pieces, the beef was cut into small pieces, the green peppers were cut into strips, the carrots and potatoes were cut into cubes, the winter melon was cut into thin slices, and the yellow leaves of the rest were removed and shredded or broken apart by hand. , just wash it with water." Ayanami Rei said.

She must be reading according to the script of the Information Integrated Thought Body, right?

"Hmm... um..." Shinji Ikari suddenly discovered a blind spot in the pile of ingredients: "There seems to be no fish?"

"I don't eat fish," Rei Ayanami said, "and I don't plan to cook fish."

Hmm... This, combined with her statement that she hates the sea, there may be some reason.

"You prepare the dishes first, and I'll make the staple food." She produced a box of rice and a bag of raw dumplings from nowhere, and put on an apron and a mask.

"Actually, just give them fried noodles or curry rice." Shinji Ikari finally remembered what he should have said from the beginning.

"If you don't want to eat Chinese food, I can make curry instead." Rei Ayanami started washing rice.

"Well, let's give it a try..." Shinji Ikari quickly changed his mind.

It's not because I'm greedy, it's mainly because it's amazing that Ayanami can cook, and I want to see the results.

I'm really not greedy.

About an hour later, the participants at Misato Katsuragi's promotion celebration party were already tipsy, and those who couldn't drink had already let go of their reserve and started talking and laughing.

If it were an ordinary club, under normal circumstances, you should go out and find another home wine shop or roadside stall to renew your stall at this time. Although everyone is a member of the secret organization Nerv, it doesn't matter if you abide by this conventional workplace rule.

However, looking at the way each of them peeked towards the kitchen from time to time and their feet firmly planted in place, you knew what they were planning.

"Let, let, let, let..."

Although he didn't play a big role in the cooking process, when the dishes were served, Shinji Ikari still felt inexplicably proud.

Salted egg platter, cold lotus root, kelp with fungus, scrambled eggs with leeks, stir-fried cauliflower, shredded pork with green pepper, stewed beef with winter melon, spinach and pork liver soup, cabbage soup, peanut and red date porridge, curry rice, fried noodles and fried dumplings.

"I never thought you had such a skill!"

"Okay, Shinji-kun, keep it hidden."

"Let Shinji-kun take charge of the dinner from now on."

"Well, she will definitely be a good wife in the future."

That last sentence is dispensed with!

Being treated as a chef... Shinji Ikari was helpless.

These people don't just wait to eat. From time to time they sneak into the kitchen to take a look. In the eyes of a group of people who don't know how to cook, who is Rei Ayanami, the chef who has been motionless in front of the steamer and soup pot? Woolen cloth? Or does Shinji Ikari, who chopping vegetables and meat, running back and forth, washing, selecting and cooking, look like a chef?

In Ayanami Rei's words... No, that should be the information from the Information Integration Thought Body. In the Chinese cooking world, people who do the same thing as Ikari Shinji are called Chopping Board and Dahe, while Ayanami's position is Stove and Shangshi.

Although I didn't understand it, it was both head and up, which obviously gave him a higher status than him who was both a bat and a bat.

And they say it’s just different types of work, haha.

But, since I’ve done my best, it’s okay for everyone to praise me a little more, he thought, looking at the diners who were feasting.

"Eh? Zero, why don't you eat so many dishes?" Misato Katsuragi, who was happily eating a beer and a cold dish, suddenly turned her head.

ha? Shinji Ikari also turned around with a fried dumpling in his mouth.

"I can't get used to it." Ayanami Rei, who had changed out of her chef's equipment, was taking a small bite of a bowl of boiled noodles.

"Really, how did Commander Ikari become a guardian!" Misato Katsuragi probably drank too much and started talking nonsense: "Move in with me! You can let Shinji cook every day!"

"Then I'll come here to eat every day!" Asuka raised her hand.

"Oh, no, I, the guardian, have been despised." Kaji Ryoji covered his face.

"I don't mind it," Ritsuko Akagi said from the side.

"Ritsuko, you guy! Don't run away!" Misato Katsuragi activated her radar and immediately turned around and shouted angrily.

No, she is confirming my identity as a chef, okay? How can a chef not eat the food he cooks?

Really, most people have a seriously skewed view of Rei Ayanami, even his father. If he hadn’t happened to bump into her taking a bath and was struck by the Holy Light before his eyes, he would probably have been kept in the dark. .

Shinji Ikari was cursing, but he saw Rei Ayanami glance up at him.

terribly sorry! I won't think about that again!

Shinji Ikari immediately looked away.

Well? Perhaps it was the light distortion caused by the heat of the noodle soup. Did the corners of Ayanami's mouth turn up just now?

Before Shinji Ikari wanted to turn around to confirm, a duel disk appeared on his left arm, and at the same time, a new card suddenly appeared blocking his sight.

Mysterious Chinese Pot: Eat a monster on your field and restore its health equal to its current attack or defense value. 】

We just ate ordinary meals, right?

……Right?

——

Buzz, buzz, buzz——

Before Shinji Ikari could break free from that terrible suspicion, three mechanical monsters with "X"-shaped bodies suddenly appeared in front of him.

Satellite Cannon: Attack Power: 0, Defense Power: 0,]

It will not be destroyed by monster battles that cannot enter space, and its attack power increases by 1000 points each round. 】

Fighting status? Didn't you even drive the EVA yourself?

This can only prove that it can launch an attack on itself now, just as it was within the attack range of the third apostle at that time.

Shinji Ikari looked at Ayanami Rei with wide eyes, and received a slight squeeze of his glasses frame and a slight nod in response.

The tenth apostle? It's really stuck, and judging from the name and appearance, it seems to be in space.

Shinji Ikari looked at the noisy crowd around him and quietly drew a card.

Change of Heart: Gain control of a monster on the opponent's field. 】

Almost at the same time, the attributes of the three-headed monster on the opposite side were refreshed:

Satellite Cannon: Attack Power: 1000】x3

This magic card is a bit strong.

Shinji Ikari decisively used "Change of Heart" to control one of the cannons, and then commanded two "satellite cannons" with exactly the same attack power to blast each other. As expected, both were turned into scrap metal.

And just when he started thinking about how to deal with the remaining cannon, a magic card stood up on the opposite side:

Debris configuration: When one 'Satellite Cannon' is destroyed, throw the other two 'Satellite Cannons' from the field or hand into the graveyard, and special summon 'Laser Satellite x06s Balsam'. 】

Laser satellite x06s Balsam, attack power: 0, defense power: 2000]

It will not be destroyed by monster battles that cannot enter space, and its attack power increases by 3000 per round. 】

Hiss... Shinji Ikari's hand preparing to draw the card became extremely heavy.

Didi, didi, didi.

At this moment, starting from Misato Katsuragi, the cell phones of all Nerv staff members rang one after another.

"Hello? Commander Ikari? Are you okay in Antarctica? Have you eaten?" When Misato Katsuragi answered the phone, she was still a little confused about the situation and answered very casually.

"What? An apostle appeared in the satellite orbit over the Indian Ocean? Destroyed nearby surveillance satellites? Able to bombard directly below it? Moving towards the third New Tokyo City?" She stood up suddenly, looking like she was completely sober.

"Everyone, the celebration is suspended!" Misato Katsuragi announced loudly: "Emergency gathering! Return to the headquarters! Prepare to attack!"

"yes!"

"Kill the tenth apostle!" She continued to announce: "We will come back and drink more!"

Well, it looks like he's not fully awake yet.

——

eva preparation yard.

"The Tenth Apostle can detach a part of his body to carry out ultra-high-intensity bombardment on the ground, but it stopped after a few test fires. Obviously this kind of attack consumes a lot of money on itself. It has stopped bombarding now and is in the process of firing. Moving towards the third New Tokyo City, it should be preparing for a big one - that is, the main body's whereabouts. If its action is successful, a disaster no less than the second impact will occur.]" Katsuragi Misato is informing the apostles of the information. and battle plans.

No, every time it attacks, its attack power will be reset to zero, so it is attracted but not fired. Shinji Ikari glanced at the "Apostle Incarnation" that was always floating in front of him.

Laser satellite x06s Balsam, attack power: 156000, defense power: 2000]

When the attack power exceeds the defense power of the defending monster, damage exceeding the value will be caused to the enemy's health. 】

Forcibly dragging people into the battle, and then increasing the attack power by 3000 every 60 seconds, isn't this a scam?

Curry Curry! 】Li Ziqiu deeply agrees.

Misato Katsuragi's current plan is to use the at force fields of three EVAs to prevent it from hitting the ground when it falls, and to wait for an opportunity to destroy the core.

Although the Apostle exploded in mid-air and caused more damage, it would not do that as it would not help save Eve.

Shinji Ikari did not doubt the success rate of this plan, but was not sure what would happen if the real apostle was eliminated but his opponent was not eliminated.

After taking down these hundreds of thousands of damage... my poor 8000at force field might turn into ashes in an instant.

For now, the only benefit of this super long combat stage is that it made him realize how deep his card pool is. He drew nearly 60 cards without repeating them at all, and saw a lot of new cards.

But the disadvantage is that the first few cards have no possibility of defeating the enemy, and there are only 6 cards in the hand, so they can only be discarded. In the face of the increasingly terrifying attack power of the satellite, even those two gods can only Forced to give up, as for the "sealed Exodia" that had high hopes, not even a shadow was seen.

"The apostles begin to fall! All attack!]"

Forget it, there may be other optimal solutions, but the winning equation has already unfolded.

Shinji Ikari directed Unit-0 to act according to the predetermined plan while playing cards.

Summon the elemental hero Skyman].

Elemental hero Skyman, attack power: 1800, defense power: 300,]

When summoned successfully, add a 'hero' to your hand. 】

Choose to draw the elemental hero Clayman].

Activate fusion], fuse "Skyman" and "Clayman", and summon the elemental hero Earthman],

Elemental Hero: Earthman, attack power: 2200, defense: 2600. When summoned successfully, the attack power of an enemy monster is halved, and the halved value is added to Earthman. 】

Although the attack power of Earth Man has exceeded that of the laser satellite, the opponent will not be destroyed by the battle of monsters that cannot enter space. The opponent can even not attack at all and continue to wait for the attack power to accumulate.

Bang! Bang!

The three EVAs arrived at the spot where the tenth apostle fell in time and deployed their AT force fields to prevent it from continuing to fall.

But, it has no chance.

Activate the second fusion], fuse the elemental hero·Oceanman] and the elemental hero·Forestman] in your hand, and summon the elemental hero·Earthman].

Elemental Hero·Earth Man, attack power: 2500, defense power: 2000, can liberate a 'hero' on the field and add its current attack and defense to himself. 】

Liberate the "Earth Man".

Elemental hero Earthman, attack power: 82700. 】

Laser satellite x06s Balsam, attack power: 78000]

The attack power difference has exceeded 4000, then——

"Oh oh oh - go to hell! You bastard who disturbed our meal!]" Asuka picked up her wave ion knife and stabbed the tenth apostle's big eye-like core.

Open the trap card Earth Gravity].

All monsters on the opponent's field must attack 'Earth Man'. 】

Zizzi—boom!

As the image of the laser satellite shattered, the tenth apostle, which was almost touching the ground, instantly exploded into a cross beam of light reaching into the sky.

"Okay! Continue the stall!" cheers came from the channel.

Enough!