The Collection of The End

——2016.3.24——

The garden of assembly?

"No, best of seven games, let's play another game!"

After Shinji Ikari defeated Kaoru Nagisa, he was very dissatisfied and insisted on an extra match. First, he would win two out of three games, and then he would win three out of five games. If he kept going like this, he would probably get 12 wins in 23 games. Is this a card game? Play table tennis?

If those girls in the support club knew that their "His Royal Highness" was so cheating, they would probably...well...be ecstatic.

"No, didn't you notice?" Although Shinji Ikari had not played enough, he did not intend to bully others: "I will draw cards that can solve the current situation every time. This is the super power of qualified people. It is more pure than you. There are too many advantages to drawing cards based on luck.”

"Well, I roughly feel it," Nagisa Kaoru nodded: "In other words, you have to clear your field, hand, graveyard and exclusion zone, and then reduce all HP in one round to win. After all, there is no way to activate it from the deck. Effect."

It seems... that's what happened, but it's too difficult.

Shinji Ikari nodded hesitantly.

"Congratulations," Xiao Ayanami held her chin and said, "'Future Shinji Ikari' has been killed by you."

Um? Um……

Shinji Ikari touched his chin and thought for a moment, is that "Shinji Ikari who was trapped in LCL with Ayanami for fifteen years"? If his superpowers were the same as his own, Nagisa Kaoru would be able to take him away in one wave if he was prepared in advance.

"Future Kirishima Mana" wanted to rescue "Future Shinji Ikari", so he sent the humanoid apostle Nagisa Kaoru, who will appear fifteen years later, to the present to change the future. However, although she can jump on the "timeline", But they don't know the existence of "world line".

Normally, it's okay to have small fights, and the timeline can still be self-consistent, but at this time, Ayanami directly created a new world line to block the sixteenth apostle, such a major change, there is no doubt that her future has nothing to do with that side. In other words, whether Shinji Ikari and Ayanami can be rescued in the "future" can only depend on whether the information Nagisa Kaoru obtains from the "past" is sufficient.

An analogy is that I peeked at my answers before taking an exam, but the teacher changed the questions.

Although the Nagisa Kaoru in front of him comes from the future on the "time line", that is, fifteen years later on the calendar, he comes from the past on the "world line" because those things "have already happened."

In summary, the future of "myself at this time" is still blank, and there is no "answer" for reference at all.

However, there is no need to say this kind of thing. After all, Nagisa Kaoru appeared after asking for Kirishima's real name. With her personality, it is not easy to break free if she falls into self-blame.

"As you can see, I never lost a game just now," Shinji Ikari said: "If 'future me' loses to Nagisa Kaoru, it only proves that he is not me, so it has nothing to do with 'present me' .”

"You really dare to say..." Xiao Ayanami didn't seem to agree with this view, but she didn't refute it.

"Don't worry, Shinji-kun, no matter when, where, in what capacity or what position I meet you, I will never hurt you." Nagisa Kaoru curled his eyes.

"You mean you plan to win without causing any damage to your health?" Shinji Ikari glanced at him: "The Destiny Hero's deck should not include Exodia."

"Heh, who knows? Do you want to give it a try?"

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"Shuffle 'New Universe', 'Sky Hummingbird' and 'Water Wave Dolphin' back into the deck, and special summon 'Storm New Universe'! The round is over!" Shinji Ikari announced.

"Oh, don't you want to activate the effect of 'destroy all magic and trap cards on the field'?" Nagisa Kaoru glanced at a row of five cover cards on his field.

"In that case, it will definitely be invalidated by a certain trap that says 'Activate when the cover card is destroyed'," Shinji Ikari pointed at "Storm New Universe": "Now I activate its 'At the end of the turn, return to the deck' effect. , after this effect is activated, all cards on the field will also be returned to the deck. At that time, it will be in the deck, and any chain targeting this return effect will be invalid."

"Really? Then stay," Kaoru Nagisa turned over a magic card: "'Forbidden Holy Grail', which causes the attack of a monster on the field to increase by 400 before the end of the round. The effect is invalid."

A pitch black cup appeared above the head of "Storm New Universe", pouring black mud all over it, and the effect of returning to the deck was forcibly interrupted.

"...The round is over." Shinji Ikari raised his head and glanced at the nineteen small light balls suspended on the roof, and said helplessly.

That thing is the effect of the magic card that Nagisa Kaoru activated at the beginning of the duel:

The final countdown]

You need to pay 2000 life points when activating. After the 20th round after activating, you will win. 】

Because it was Kaoru Nagisa who made the first move, Shinji Ikari had no means of countering the cards in his hand. He could only watch helplessly as he played this magic card and then covered up a bunch of trap cards and magic cards.

After that, he didn't attack at all, and all the monsters were on the inside, focusing on dealing with Shinji's attacks, and his attitude was obviously to delay.

This kind of card goes to the grave after being activated, but its effect remains on the field. Even with Shinji Ikari's "no-shuffle card draw", there is nothing you can do.

Although there are big monsters with 3000 attack on his field and there are cover cards in the back field, Nagisa Kaoru does not attack at all and has no chance to activate them. After this round, it will be the 20th round. He must kill them within one round. The high life value added by Nagisa Kaoru's artistic conception to 6000 points is cleared, otherwise the end of the round means failure.

In this case, the only option is to summon God...

During Nagisa Kaoru's turn, he set down a monster, activated "Double Summon" to set up another one, and finally added another set card. He obviously made up his mind to set up the turtle formation.

And just when Shinji Ikari thought Nagisa Kaoru was going to end the round, he stopped.

"Oh, it's so dangerous," the young apostle said with a smile: "If it comes to your turn, I will probably be hit by the 'god', and that won't be good."

"You want to say you want to win this round?" Shinji Ikari raised his eyebrows.

"It can't be done, you still have two cover cards," Nagisa Kaoru sat down and crossed his arms: "So I am going to 'buy time'."

Are you cheating? Although this is a private match without a referee and such behavior will not be punished, it is still a bit outrageous.

"No, no, no problem. As long as the game is interrupted by 'force majeure', I still have a huge advantage in the endgame." Nagisa Kaoru shook his finger.

"Where does the force majeure come from..." Shinji Ikari asked halfway, turned to look out the window, and then looked back at the ring-shaped "Final Time" floating in the room.

The circle-like body of the sixteenth apostle, if you are far away and your eyesight is not good, it is indeed easy to see it as a ring composed of balls of light.

Is that also the countdown to the end?

La la la la la la la la】

La la la la la la la】

As if to confirm Shinji Ikari's thoughts, music sounded from all directions in the gathering garden in the dark night. At the same time, the sixteenth apostle, who had not moved for a long time, began to emit bursts of soft white light.

"Ode to Joy?" Shinji Ikari turned to look at the halo in the sky: "Last time the Fifteenth Apostle played Hallelujah. Is there something wrong with their heads?"

"Songs are the closest expression to the soul," Nagisa Kaoru said with a smile: "For example, even if there are many people talking in a messy manner in the classroom, it will be difficult to affect people with a strong mind to study and study, but if the voices are much lower, If he sings like this, he won’t be able to learn it anymore.”

"Simple and easy to understand..." Shinji Ikari looked at the light ball suspended on the roof and put his hand on the card pile: "Is it a draw this time?"

"Of course, it is 'force majeure' after all." Nagisa Kaoru made the same move.

Following their actions, the monsters and Gaika, as well as the final timer in the sky disappeared at the same time, but the sixteenth apostle outside the house became brighter and brighter.

"Based on the visual effects of this card, I have reason to suspect that you are really delaying time," Xiao Ayanami said: "Delay until the 'Sixteenth Apostle' has passed twenty turns."

"How is that possible?" Nagisa Kaoru spread his hands and replied, "The longer it takes, the weaker the Sixteenth Apostle will be. This is something that has been confirmed, right?"

"That's right." Shinji Ikari turned to look at her, "There won't be a referee to declare it a 'win'."

"..." Xiao Lingbo's eyes twitched: "Yes."

"How could..."

La la la la la la la】

Boom boom boom——

Accompanied by the very unexpected "Ode to Joy", the Sixteenth Apostle began to rise rapidly.

No, not "raised", but "raised" - as "decorated".

Directly below the Sixteenth Apostle, the city's buildings were in ruins. At this time, the earth under the ruins was torn apart, with broken eaves and broken walls. Mud and stones were suspended in the air and rising in a gravity-defying manner.

However, this phenomenon that does not conform to common sense is not worth mentioning in the face of other wonders:

A super huge girl is slowly rising from the ground. The originally huge 16th Apostle is suspended above her head, looking like a small angel halo.

The appearance of this giant girl is exactly the same as Ayanami Rei, with short blue hair, red eyes, a sleeveless pure white dress, eight pairs of prismatic flaky wings made entirely of golden light spread out from her back, her arms hang down naturally, and she faces Looking up at the sky expressionlessly, it continues to rise from the ground.

In the direction in which she rose, the Sixteenth Apostle had twisted and deformed, opening a circular passage in the air with a dark interior.

"What is that..." Shinji Ikari asked subconsciously.

"It's 'Eve'." Xiao Ayanami gave a completely unexpected answer.

"Why is she here?" Shinji Ikari already knew the answer when he asked the question.

"In order for her to activate the 'Third Impact'," Xiao Ayanami put her chin in her hands: "Each time after defeating the apostle, Eve will accumulate some... let's call it the 'Final Timing', which has a different effect from that card. , as long as we accumulate fourteen here, we can launch the third attack, no matter whether any apostles encounter her or not."

Fourteen, but this is the sixteenth... Oh, the first two are Eve herself, so they don’t count as quotas, right?

"'Can'?" Shinji Ikari confirmed the key words.

"Yes, it's not 'must', but 'can'," Xiao Ayanami raised an eyebrow: "Although the other me can suppress it, it may be triggered accidentally, so I took this opportunity to let her in this 'closed space' Launch the third impact and then bring it back, that way, there won't be any problems for at least fifteen years."

"Well... something went wrong..." Shinji Ikari looked at Nagisa Kaoru.

He is probably the problem fifteen years from now.

"I guess you haven't thought about a problem?" Nagisa Kaoru smiled at him: "The 'Future Kirishima's True Name' can send me to the past, but the 'Present Kirishima's True Name' cannot send me back to the future. oh."

It seems...that's true...

"I'm sorry." Kirishima bowed his head and apologized.

It's none of your business!

"I actually considered drinking a bottle of rejuvenation medicine or freezing myself to go to the future, but those things don't seem to be of any use to the apostles," Nagisa Kaoru shrugged: "With the help of the 'world reset' during the 'Third Impact' Returning strength is a backup plan after the mission fails, but I didn’t expect it to be used now.”

"What kind of strange medicine is that..." Shinji Ikari suddenly reacted mid-sentence, "Wait? What are you going to do?"

"Go back to my own world line," Nagisa Kaoru's body began to emit blue light: "The 'Future Kirishima True Name' is still waiting for the 'Future Shinji Ikari' to wake up. Also, you have not forgotten that I am a genuine 'Apostle' 'Well, touching Eve will directly trigger the 'Fourth Impact'."

"This, then..." Shinji Ikari didn't know what to say for a moment.

"The other me asked me to bring you a message, and she said 'thank you'." Xiao Ayanami said.

"Uh-huh," Nagisa Kaoru responded casually, "We will meet again."

Following the words, his whole body turned into a blue ball of light again, flew out through the window, and rushed straight towards the "black hole" in the sky.

"Well... is it okay for us to stay here?" Shinji Ikari didn't turn his head to look at Xiao Ayanami until he couldn't see the ball of light anymore.

"The 'Club Classroom' and the 'outside' are different worlds. You are hiding here to avoid being affected by the 16th Apostle, and my mission is to ensure that the 'Third Impact' does not go wrong," Xiao Ayanami said : "If the other me pays even a little attention when it happens, the 'real world' will have a third impact simultaneously."

"..." Shinji Ikari didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Look good," Xiao Ayanami said again: "Seeing with your own eyes that you can survive the third impact is a very rare experience."

It seems useless, this experience.

La-la-la]

As "Eve" touched the black hole in the sky, "Ode to Joy" came to an abrupt end.

After a brief pause, the endless darkness spread rapidly in all directions with Eve as the center. Wherever the "black tide" passed, the still intact city buildings fell to the ground and shattered like sandcastles destroyed by children, and were then engulfed in darkness.

This kind of terrifying power, even though Ayanami-chan had clearly said that nothing would happen if she stayed in the club classroom, Kirishima's real name still screamed in surprise when the Kuroshio rushed towards him.

Soon, the surroundings became dark, and only the breathing of a few people could be heard faintly.

"How long will it take?" Kirishima asked weakly in the darkness.

"I don't know, I haven't experienced it, but time is meaningless now," Xiao Ayanami's tone was not very sure: "How about taking a nap first?"

Huh...buzz...

In the darkness, a light suddenly lit up. When several people looked through the light, they were shocked to find that the originally huge "Eve" appeared in the club classroom in the shape of a normal person. She was wearing a shining weapon on her left arm. Duel plate, holding five cards in his hand, staring at Shinji Ikari expressionlessly.

She didn't speak at all, but she expressed her meaning clearly.

If you lose, I'll kill you. 】

This... Shinji Ikari suddenly remembered a certain conversation between himself and Ayanami.

——Who gave me super powers?

——Eve.