Chapter 145 143. The Origin of the Headquarters Supercomputer
“Have the Apostles invaded?”

“There’s an invasion.”

The person who answered was Misato Katsuragi.

Shinji Ikari hadn’t seen her for several days, and he didn’t know what she was busy with, so her sudden appearance was a bit unexpected. The urban beauty was still as charming as ever, wearing beautiful light makeup and her signature rouge red coat. When she saw him and Rei Ayanami walking closely together, Misato Katsuragi showed an obvious expression of surprise on her face.

But she said absolutely nothing about it.

Instead, the female major began to explain the apostle invasion that had just happened:

“This time it was all thanks to Ritsuko. If it hadn’t been for her, we might have given up on the headquarters. Shinji-kun, you can’t guess what the Angel looks like this time. The EVA machine is of little use in this regard, because it is the same size as a bacterial microorganism and has invaded the internal database of the headquarters computer.”

Misato Katsuragi admired her friend’s reliability, “If Ritsuko hadn’t been here and the computer had been hacked by the Apostles, the headquarters would have been in danger this time.”

In other words.

The eleventh angel invaded the headquarters silently.

What’s more, it actually started from the computer aspect, so the three pilots only learned the news after the apostle was dealt with.

This was a direction that Shinji Ikari had never thought of before.

After all, creatures like apostles have nothing to do with technology. Generally speaking, apostles only have primitive instincts. Can they understand codes? He was completely confused about this.

But it is.

The EVA machine is only suitable for frontal offensive and defensive battles.

If it were a human computer, there would be nothing they could do with such a powerful fighting force. At most, they would tear this place apart. After hearing this, Rei Ayanami next to her quickly began to daydream, just like she did in class at school.

She was not interested in any of this.

“Computer? Does the Apostle have any new abilities this time?”

Shinji Ikari noticed this instead.

“Evolution.” Ritsuko Akagi said softly while drinking coffee, “It’s self-evolution, Shinji-kun. No matter what kind of environment it encounters, it can quickly adapt. At first it hated ozone, but soon it was able to absorb it. No matter what substance was used to eliminate it, it was useless. Finally, it noticed the core computer of the headquarters, and evolved into a form that can invade the computer, and invaded MAGI.”

“This is the first case where the EVA cannot deal with an Apostle. There is no doubt that the Apostle is evolving.”

she added.

And just at this moment, a voice came from a distance.

“I came all the way here, but I’ve already been defeated? Tsk.”

It’s Asuka.

Her expression looked unhappy.

The German lady was talking to Misato Katsuragi with her arms folded across her chest. Asuka, who arrived late, quickly lost her spirited look after hearing that the eleventh angel had been defeated and about its peculiarities.

She put on a disinterested expression and turned away.

This made Misato Katsuragi, who had just explained it to Asuka again, doubt her life for a moment, wondering if she had provoked her at some point.

Then the urban beauty looked towards Shinji Ikari.

Ikari Shinji: …

Even if you look at me with such a weird expression, it shouldn’t be my problem… right?

Has Asuka really moved on from her previous relationship?
Sometimes when he saw this girl, he couldn’t help but think so. Recently, this German lady seemed to be nonchalant, which was really worrying. At first, Shinji Ikari thought she had gotten over it, but recently he was a little uncertain. This kind of nonchalant behavior was totally inconsistent with Asuka’s character. But there were more important things waiting for Shinji Ikari right now.

He glanced worriedly at Ayanami Rei beside him. The girl was staring at Asuka’s back in a daze, and obviously had not given up that ridiculous idea yet.

“How was that resolved?”

Shinji Ikari had no choice but to ask about the eleventh angel.

“Just let it evolve until it destroys itself.”

Misato Katsuragi said.

Ritsuko Akagi next to her remained silent and drank her coffee quietly. It seemed that things were just as Miss Misato said.

I just don’t know how it is accomplished.

After figuring out how the eleventh angel was defeated, Shinji Ikari quickly lost interest in it. Although it was very dangerous according to Misato Katsuragi’s description, the pilot had never experienced it personally, and it was solved without relying on the EVA body, so it was inevitable that people would look down on it.

As long as the eleventh apostle is defeated.

It doesn’t matter who defeats him.

Shinji Ikari didn’t care about this. He had come here to “work overtime” after hearing the news of the Angel’s invasion. Now that he could get off work, he couldn’t wait to go back to the apartment.

But Ritsuko Akagi stopped him.

To be precise, she gave him a look, indicating that she had something to say.

After Ayanami Rei and Katsuragi Misato left first, Ikari Shinji stayed, and there were only two people left in the lounge.

The blonde beauty handed over a cup of brewed coffee. In the past, Ikari Shinji had always declined black coffee, and Akagi Ritsuko would not hand it over. This time, it seemed like a tea session before the conversation. He took it and reluctantly tasted it. He thought it would be bitter like black coffee, but it was not too bitter.

“That has nothing to do with it.”

Akagi Ritsuko suddenly said:
“This time, the Angels will be able to evolve quickly to adapt to the environment. Even I dare not guarantee that if I input a code into the computer that allows it to evolve infinitely to self-destruction, it will work. Shinji-kun, do you know? The supercomputer of our headquarters, MAGI, was actually made by my mother…”

Ms. Ritsuko’s mother?
To be able to develop such a technology, she must be a national-level talent at least. Shinji Ikari wondered, is Ms. Ritsuko’s job inherited from her mother? This was the first time he learned about Ritsuko Akagi’s family situation.

Ritsuko Akagi continued speaking.

She seemed to be recalling something.
“In order to create the intelligence of the computer, three personalities were implanted in the MAGI system: my mother’s personality as a scientist, a mother, and a woman. The final decision came from the discussion of these three personalities.”

Implanting a personality into a computer?

Shinji Ikari did not show any surprise. In another world, he had seen the academy’s artificial intelligence Norma. Based on his observations over the past few months, this supercomputer named MAGI did not show any aspects that were smarter than Norma. There was nothing to be surprised about.

“Shinji-kun, do you remember what I told you about MAGI’s computer type?”

“Biological computer.” Shinji Ikari replied.

“Yes.”

Akagi Ritsuko looked at the screen in front of her with a far-reaching gaze.

“Part of MAGI’s system is actually made of a simulated human brain. With the implanted personality, it’s not an exaggeration to call it my mother’s brain. This is the truth behind the so-called biological computer.”

Black Myth is so difficult. I haven’t finished it in two days.



(End of this chapter)