Ultraman grunts? Call me Space Policeman outside!

"But I still want to see what the Evangelion that my father mentioned is." For some reason, he always felt that the name Evangelion had an inexplicable attraction for him.

Like the pull of fate.

“Hmm.” Xia Shu nodded; he was actually a little curious about this thing as well.

At the same time, he also needs to gather more intelligence on this side in order to launch an operation.

As they were talking, the door to the ward was suddenly opened.

"Shinji-kun, you're awake?" Misato Katsuragi walked in and said with delight when she saw that Shinji Ikari was awake.

As Shinji looked at the beautiful woman, a postcard flashed through his mind.

"Are you...Miss Katsuragi Misato?" he asked.

“You guessed right!” Misato Katsuragi replied with a smile.

"I am Misato Katsuragi, the Operations Chief of the First Section of the Tactical Operations Bureau at NERV Headquarters."

"And this is the NERV headquarters located underground in Tokyo-3, Japan. We are an organization dedicated to fighting against the Angels."

"By the way, the Apostle is the giant monster you saw before."

She gave a brief self-introduction, then looked at Shinji Ikari's face.

Surprisingly, Shinji's expression didn't change much after listening; he looked remarkably calm, as if he wasn't very interested in any of it.

"Huh? This isn't the reaction I expected." Misato Katsuragi put her hands on her hips. She thought that children this age would be quite interested in things like saving the world.

Shinji came here only because his father needed him; he really had little interest in saving the world.

Moreover, when communicating with strangers, he always deliberately keeps his distance, making it impossible for others to guess what he is thinking.

A typical sign of low self-esteem.

"It's not that I'm not interested..." Shinji felt it would be impolite not to respond, so he awkwardly replied with this sentence.

"Never mind," Misato Katsuragi said with a smile, not seeming too bothered. "You'll gradually understand after you join NERV."

"You can be discharged from the hospital now. I'll take you to buy some daily necessities in a bit, and you'll be living with me from now on."

Upon hearing this, Shinji's face instantly showed a look of surprise.

He remembered that outside the ward, his father had arranged for him to stay in the base dormitory.

“Don’t be shy. As your direct superior, I have an obligation to take care of your physical and mental health,” Misato Katsuragi said, pointing a finger at Shinji.

The dormitories at this base are all single-occupancy, and it would be too cruel for Shinji to live alone in a cold dormitory, so she took it upon herself to arrange for Shinji to live with her.

She still has that much power.

"Ah... um..." Shinji nodded, letting the other party do as they pleased.

At the same time, he was also thinking about tomorrow's test, Unit-01... what exactly is it?

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Thank you to [Salted Flying Fish Ball] for the generous donation and recognition! I'll be updating extra chapters starting in March!

Chapter 85 The Apostles Attack

Shinji's luggage had been left on the roadside before, and after the explosion, it was completely lost. Misato Katsuragi bought him some daily necessities and then officially let him move into her apartment.

Shinji felt a little uncomfortable living with a woman for the first time, but Natsuki chatting with him in the middle of the night relieved a lot of his tension.

It was in the middle of the night that Katsuragi Satomi woke up and was startled to hear Shinji Ikari talking to himself in his room. She thought Shinji had injured his head in the previous explosion, but he reassured her after explaining the situation to her.

......

The next morning, Misato Katsuragi drove Shinji to the base.

This is the day EVA Unit-01 begins its testing.

"This city was built specifically to fight against the apostles."

“When the Angels arrive, the buildings on the surface will be pushed back underground, while the facilities used for combat will be raised up,” Misato Katsuragi explained to Shinji as she drove through the city streets.

"Wow...this design is quite thoughtful." Xia Shu's illusory figure, sitting on the car roof, glanced at the steel skyscrapers after hearing these words and gave a compliment.

This design effectively solves the problem of citizens being affected by battles. The previous world did not have this kind of city design, which made him feel restricted in battle.

It seems that the technological level of this Earth is much higher than that of the previous Earth.

At the same time, he was increasingly looking forward to seeing what the mechs in this world would be like.

The vehicle drove into a hidden entrance to NERV headquarters on the ground and was transported deeper underground by tracks.

Unlike the route they took to leave yesterday, this time they saw the entire base as they entered.

"It's quite a large scale," Xia Shu said.

This is an extremely spacious area where natural light from the ground shines down onto the shimmering lake, abundant greenery, and mountains, making the space appear almost indistinguishable from the ground.

Cables leading to the ground intertwine within this vast space, and the building at its base, resembling a steel pyramid, serves as their headquarters.

"We're almost there, let's get off." After the transport vehicle's tracks stopped, Misato Katsuragi was the first to push open the door, holding a map in her hand as she walked towards the steel corridor.

Shinji Ikari followed closely behind.

"I remember it's this way... then turn left..." The design of this base is so huge and complicated that even though Misato Katsuragi has been here for a while, she still often gets lost.

Without a map, they would probably have taken a lot of detours.

"Hmm... this direction is definitely the right one."

Just when Shinji and Natsuki felt that she was unreliable, Misato Katsuragi finally found the right direction and led the way.

......

Meanwhile, on the sea outside the city, a gigantic figure is hurtling toward Third Tokyo.

Resembling a horseshoe crab from the deep sea, but with a more elongated and purple body, a pair of round, mimicking eyes above a flat head, a red core below the head, and multiple legs on its abdomen.

The Fourth Apostle, the Angel of the Day

“The Fourth Angel…” Gendo Ikari said in a deep voice after seeing the Angel in the command room.

"The attacks are happening much earlier than we expected," Professor Fuyutsuki frowned.

Although they did not know where the apostles would appear from, they knew the approximate frequency of their attacks, and this was yet another event that exceeded their expectations.

Yesterday it was a mysterious giant, today it's an apostle who appeared ahead of schedule... Has something unexpected happened in this world that they are unaware of?

"No matter what, we must eliminate them first." Gendo Ikari also realized that something was wrong, but their most important task at the moment was to eliminate the Angel.

Only by eliminating all the apostles can he proceed with his subsequent plans.

"Activate Level 1 combat readiness. Have the pilot of Unit-01 proceed to the hangar and await orders," Gendo Ikari ordered.

......

Misato Katsuragi, who was leading Shinji, suddenly stopped.

"Om - hum -"

A piercing alarm sounded, and the entire base began to shake.

"Huh? What happened?" Shinji walked through the steel corridor and felt the slight tremor. He quickly asked Misato Katsuragi.

"This is... an enemy attack." Misato Katsuragi's expression instantly turned serious.

At the same time, she was also wondering why another enemy had appeared the very next day after she had just dealt with one yesterday.

Is this frequency of occurrence really accurate?

Her phone suddenly rang in her pocket, and she answered, "It's me."

“That’s right, I’m with Shinji now.”

"Huh? Should we head to the hangar again?"

"Fourth Apostle... I understand!"

Misato Katsuragi understood the situation. After hanging up the phone, she grabbed Shinji Ikari's arm and ran forward.

“It’s urgent, we have to hurry!” she said.

However, Shinji Ikari was still completely bewildered at this moment.

"Wait... slow down, Misato!" Shinji Ikari was being dragged forward, unaware of what awaited him.

......

Take the elevator all the way to the deepest part of the EVA Unit-01 hangar.

The elevator doors opened with a ding.

The first thing the two saw was a beautiful woman with short blonde hair, wearing a white lab coat. She looked capable and intelligent, standing on the steel corridor bridge.

Ritsuko Akagi, 30 years old

"Is he Shinji?" Ritsuko Akagi asked Misato Katsuragi, the two seemingly very familiar with each other.

"Hmm." Misato Katsuragi nodded, then asked, "How are things going with the Angels?"

"Still moving, we'll be arriving in the third Tokyo city soon."

"Commander Ikari's intention is for Shinji to immediately pilot Unit-01 into battle," Ritsuko Akagi said.

"Isn't this... a little too hasty?"

"Shinji just arrived at the base. Are we going to let him pilot it without any preparation?" Misato Katsuragi expressed her incomprehension at such an order.

Synchronization rate test... startup test... operation training... nothing has been done, how could Shinji possibly start up EVA Unit-01 successfully?

Besides, this is a battle where lives are at stake. How could we send a 14-year-old child to the battlefield without knowing anything about it?

Shinji was also stunned.

He looked at the enormous robot in front of him, most of its body submerged in red liquid. The steel bridge he was standing on was level with the robot's shoulders. He had no idea what it was.

Unit-01 in the hangar

Are you going to pilot this thing yourself to fight monsters?