The Collection of The End

—2016.5.1—

The Garden of Gathering, the Literary Society.

After training for about a month, Ikari Shinji returned to school. Asuka had to be hospitalized due to a severe overdraft. Kirishima’s real name was fine, but because he expressed his intentions too clearly that day, I heard that he came today. After going to school, she skipped club activities because she was too shy and failed to adjust her mentality. As for "Makibo", she did not join the literature club at all.

Therefore, there are only two people in the club classroom today, Ikari Shinji and Ayanami Rei.

The blue-haired, red-eyed girl sat by the window and read a book quietly. This almost unchanged scene gave people an inexplicable sense of peace of mind, Ikari Shinji thought while drinking the tea he poured.

Seriously, he has already reached a world line he has never seen before, but the surrounding environment looks almost the same as before.

This is mainly because the "third shock" occurred in the "closed space" and has little impact on the outside world, and there is no way to verify that "Eve" can no longer start the "planetary life reshaping program".

At the same time, the sixteenth apostle in the shape of a halo only appeared in the outside world for a moment, and almost no video data was left. It was rumored as a UFO for a while, and the popularity passed.

And to replace its number, a group of twelve EVA mass production machines, because the shape is too similar to the sixth apostle - it looks like a fish with hands and feet - no one doubts it.

Ordinary people will only sigh, well, NERV defeated the Apostle once again.

Ikari Shinji didn't know how to quarrel with NERV, and the other party's point of view seemed to be:

Making those mass-produced EVAs is just to avoid putting eggs in one basket, it is a backup plan to deal with the possible defeat of NERV by the Apostles, and there is no intention to attack NERV and replace it.

In addition, they gave the captured Aida Kensuke the hat of a mind-controlling "super-agent" cultivated in the assembly garden, and accused him of sneaking into the military's main plot to do evil.

Naturally, NERV will not admit it: it’s ridiculous, the so-called unscrupulous plot is to control the EVA mass production machine to attack its own base camp, right? If you didn't have an attack plan and a channel to quickly reach the Third New Tokyo City, how could a few people under the influence be able to launch an attack smoothly?

As for the overall negotiation situation, since the local alliance was indeed in a loss, and Ikari was making trouble internally, the NERV side was very dominant. In the end, it seemed that they signed a lot of cheap contracts according to the head of the local alliance, but this was not the case. That's what he knows as a driver.

As for the Earth Alliance military, it seems that for the purpose of preferring death rather than suffering losses, Aida Kensuke was detained and not allowed to leave, and the transfer procedures were completed. Don't think about it, those people must have taken a fancy to him. The ability to disappear in the sight of others" is ready to be cultivated as an agent.

As for Suzuhara Toji, who lost one friend... He turned out to be the first one out of the "Idiot Trio". During the period when Shinji Ikari was hospitalized and Kensuke Aida was detained, he somehow got along with the squad leader Toki. The light got together and went to the rooftop every noon to eat lunch together to show their affection.

If Ikari Shinji was to guess, Suzuhara Sakura definitely played a very big role in promoting this relationship.

I don't know if there is anything to help me... Ikari Shinji glanced at Rei Ayanami by the window again.

Not only does it not promote, but it even hinders it.

It is obvious that he is alone with the girl he likes, but he is not very excited. The main reason is that there is a third party.

The information integration missing body, because of Ling Ling's special identity, there is almost no possibility of getting rid of this thing, and because it can talk, it can't be treated as a kitten or a puppy. The most troublesome thing is that Ling wave seems to trust it very much. , and sometimes it's embarrassing to retell it if it's funny.

"That, Ayanami?" However, in any case, the rare alone time cannot be wasted, Ikari Shinji thought hard, and finally found the topic: "If you keep your memory, shouldn't you read all these books? "

"Some are," Ayanami replied, "some will have new content."

"Huh?" Ikari Shinji expressed incomprehension.

"Classical classics basically don't change. The ones that do change are modern and modern works, such as this 'Detective Conan'," Lingami Ayanami lit up the cover of the book she was holding: "Perhaps it's because the time in its story also changes. Because there has been no progress, every time the 'Three Rush' occurs, it will have some new content."

"That's really amazing, can its author also retain his memory?" Ikari Shinji asked.

"Not only can't it, but also forgetful," Ayanami's tone showed a rare dissatisfaction, and a bit of murderous intent appeared in her red eyes: "Even if the characters are too long, the characters are facialized, the tools are humanized, and the background is flattened, The basic settings can never be changed.”

"Comparative, like?" Ikari Shinji swallowed.

"For example, Hattori Heiji and Toyama and Ye are childhood sweethearts, but after falling off a cliff, even if the back of their hand is stabbed with a knife, they will not let go, but they are stabbed by a passerby who came out of nowhere, the most hateful thing. This is not a tool to promote the relationship between the two, but Heiji Hattori is really moved." Rei Ayanami tapped the spine of the book with his fingers and glanced at Shinji Ikari: "This is the extra content of this reincarnation, I was thinking about it originally. Next time, I will throw an apostle at the author's house in the next reincarnation, and now I can only give up."

Sending a blade can't express the reader's anger anymore, can it? The unknown author, do it yourself.

In other words, she should...not connoting me...

Guess what?

Oppose, you can't use the sword of the previous dynasty to kill the officials of this dynasty!

You are not very good at this morning. If Asuka or Kirishima's real name takes the initiative to confess to you, can you refuse it immediately?

That's not possible...

Oh man.

It's like you're not the same!

Huh? Wait, now there is a new question. If there is an information-integrated thinking body on Ayanami's side that is making trouble, what do you think of these messy personality splits on your own side? Out of respect for Ayanami, why should I find a psychiatrist to kill all these guys before I officially confess?

…

…

It's no use pretending to be dead!

Ikari Shinji didn't have time to worry about the chaos in his mind hall for the time being, because Rei Ayanami raised an extremely sharp and deadly question.

"Uh, throwing an apostle at the author's house?" Ikari Shinji struggled to change the subject: "Can something like an apostle be controlled? Except for Nagisa Kaoru."

Ling wave Ling blinked, and changed back to the dissatisfied expression that had just revealed a little: "No."

"That's it?" Ikari Shinji wiped sweat in his heart. It was obvious that Ayanami saw his intention to change the subject, but he didn't intend to delve into it for the time being.

"If you're well prepared, you can influence where they show up to some extent."

Rei Ayanami stood up, flipped through the large bookcase beside him, and took out a thick black-covered notebook and handed it to Shinji Ikari.

"Uh... what is this?" Ikari Shinji took the book and tried to identify the curly characters on it: "DEATH..."

"[Dead Sea documents.]"

"!"

Ikari Shinji shook his hand and almost threw it out.

According to NERV, this is a "prophecy book" that came at the same time as "Adam" and predicts the fate of human destruction, but in fact, it was stuffed in the bookcase by the incarnation of "Eve", which does not seem to be so important.

Is this something I can watch?

"You can see, because it has already happened." Ling Ayanami, who had returned to the window, replied.

"..." Ikari Shinji looked up at her.

Okay, because this is the first time I entered the world line, so I can't read minds?

"Because you have questions written on your face."

Fine…

After all, there is the guy with the information integration missing body, so it is still easy to read an expression.

Ikari Shinji lowered his head and opened the notebook in his hand.

He thought he would see some vague prophecies on it, and expressed them in grammar and vocabulary that ordinary people couldn't understand.

But in fact, the things in the notebook are very simple and easy to understand, and it looks like a running account of a primary school student:

【2015,

5/1-5/6 The Third Apostle (SACHIEL)

5/22-5/27 The Fourth Apostle (SHAMSHIEL)

6/12-6/17 The Fifth Apostle (RAMIEL)

6/26-7/1 Sixth Apostle (GAGHIEL)

8/5-8/11 The Seventh Apostle (ISRAFEL)

9/11-9/13 Eighth Apostle (SANDALPHON)

9/25-9/30 The Ninth Apostle (MATRIEL)

10/16-10/21 Tenth Apostle (SAHAQUIEL)

11/11 Eleventh Apostle (IREUL)

11/27-12/2 The Twelfth Apostle (LELIEL)

2016,

1/11 Thirteenth Apostle (BARDIEL)

1/13 Fourteenth Apostle (ZERUEL)

2/18 The Fifteenth Apostle (ARAEL)

3/24 Sixteenth Apostle (ALMISAEL)

3/29 The Seventeenth Apostle (TABRIS)

4/1 Human Completion]

After reading the whole article, Shinji Ikari's first reaction was that the apostle even had a name?

But this is also normal. The apostles are enemies after all. NERV can only number them, instead of giving each apostle a name like a typhoon, and it is impossible for the apostles to shout "My name is so-and-so, NERV's rats are quick. Go forward and lead to death" or something.

Also... hisss...

After complaining, Ikari Shinji took a closer look, and could not help but take a deep breath.

If it is said that this is an after-the-fact record, it is fine, but it is a "prophecy" in advance.

It clearly records which apostle will appear on which day, and how many days it will take to destroy it.

Although he couldn't remember it clearly because it was too long, but since it was written in the [Dead Sea Document], there must be no mistake.

The whole is too simple, but it is not a problem for Ling Ling. She has the "information integration thinking body" to help her. In fact, she only needs to know a date.

On the premise of understanding the apostles, it is not impossible to arrange in advance at the corresponding date and place to lead the apostles to the author's home.

Of course, that should just be her angry words. With what she knows about her, she shouldn't really do such a thing...

No, wait, the horror of this prophecy is not only that, Ikari Shinji looked at the Dead Sea document again.

This time, he paid special attention to the records of the "Sixth Apostle" and "Eighth Apostle". You must know that they are not conventional "attacks". One was intercepting the fleet halfway, and the other was NERV's discovery of apostle embryos. After the active attack, if even this can be accurately predicted...

Even though he is now out of the world line of constant reincarnation, Shinji Ikari still feels a little cold sweat in his palms. When these items and what happened in reality are realized one by one, what kind of mood does Lingami have in mind?

Perhaps, she was originally a girl who could express her emotions normally, but after going through reincarnations and discovering that she couldn't get rid of her predetermined fate no matter what, she finally became this calm and peaceful appearance for everything.

If she continued to talk about this topic, she might suddenly say, "Do you like the past me or the present me?"

If you didn't notice the pitfalls in it, you'd definitely say "I like them all".

However, this is a sending proposition.

Her previous appearance, isn't that the little Ayanami who goes by the pseudonym Makibo!

Ikari Shinji doesn't know and doesn't want to know what the consequences will be if he says that, but as the first mover to reach this world line, he must strive for "clearance with one life".

Of course, she couldn't be the first one who had a good impression of Lingami Ayanami among so many world lines, and maybe there were others who had already confessed directly, but she was the only one who made a clear response. Because she brought back Xiao Ayanami from the turbulent flow of time and space, so that she can reach this world line where "the world still exists after the three clashes occur" without disappearing.

At present, I don't have the confidence to solve the unknown things like life, equipment, and whispers beautifully. It may cause Ayanami to have to reincarnate again, but there is only one chance for her to agree to be her girlfriend. .

After all, to reach this world line, the condition is to let the "future real name of Kirishima" throw himself into the crack of time and space, and the probability of such an uncertain attempt to succeed must be touchingly low.

In the process of Ayanami's repeated attempts to enter this world line, the good feelings that she has worked so hard to cultivate will definitely fall to the bottom, and there is no possibility to lift it up again... Unless this world line has to be interrupted, she is stalked. She insisted that Ayanami bring herself.

However, there is a more fatal problem here.

He is a guy with 40%, 30%, and 20% of his previous convictions. If he keeps his memory, can he really keep his current thoughts in endless reincarnation?

If you can't keep it up and change your mind halfway, wouldn't it be an instant exposure in front of Ayanami who can "read your mind"?

This is more terrifying than slowly losing goodwill. Referring to her views on the relationship between Hattori Heiji and Toyama and Ye, once the "self of this world line" dares to change his mind, then no matter how many world lines there are in the future, she will never be the same again. I have any emotional involvement.

In addition, Ayanami made it clear at the time:

[Don't get carried away when you see the truth of the world, you have something to say after you successfully save the world. 】

Although now he can pretend that he has saved "the world that was destroyed by the third shock", but that is not what a responsible man should do.

Therefore, I must not fail, I must defeat all those guys with weird names who want to destroy the world, and let this world continue to exist.

I want to save this world!