Chapter 146 144. Body swap experiment
Talk about it.

It was only then that Shinji Ikari noticed a problem:
“Ms. Ritsuko’s mother now?”

“He died three years ago.”

There was not much sadness in her tone, as if she was talking about an insignificant person.

When introducing the specific origin of MAGI just now, Ritsuko Akagi was full of emotion, but when she mentioned her mother, she looked quite calm. It seems that the relationship between mother and daughter is not very good.

Shinji Ikari wisely stopped the topic and said “sorry”.

Just like himself and Ikari Gendō, not all families in this world are harmonious, and he has no intention of touching other people’s sad stories. If the father and son continue to maintain such a stiff relationship, and Ikari Gendō dies one day in the future, to put it in a rather harsh but common sense way, Ikari Shinji feels that he should not be too sad at that time.

“it does not matter.”

Ritsuko Akagi took another sip of coffee out of habit.

Shinji Ikari also took a big sip, and the coffee in the cup was gone in an instant. Ayanami Rei should still be waiting for him outside. As this thought crossed his mind, he felt a little strange about the current conversation. Although Miss Ritsuko had kept him here, the information she had learned, such as the origin of MAGI, was not important to him, and he could probably talk about it during a normal chat.

Obviously.

Miss Ritsuko just wanted to find someone to talk to.

Although Shinji Ikari was not clear about the specific details of the defeat of the Angel this time, looking at the appearance of Miss Ritsuko, she must have been thinking of some sad things in the past, which was related to her mother.

MAGI.

The headquarters’ supercomputer controls many parts of the underground city…

At this time, Akagi Ritsuko said:

“You’ve been a bit slack in your studies lately.”

Shinji Ikari couldn’t help but smile awkwardly at this. After learning those heavyweight news, he had not been focusing on biology and computers in recent days. Some of the book lists recommended by Miss Ritsuko had also come to a halt. Besides, when he was with Ayanami, his mind was often empty, so he had no time to think about study-related matters.

“I can understand how you feel recently, but you can’t stop studying. Take a few days off and then continue.” Ritsuko Akagi gave some advice.

“Well, I will.”

He nodded.

As the two talked about this, Akagi Ritsuko finally noticed the time issue. She raised her eyebrows and glanced at Shinji Ikari’s empty coffee cup. She didn’t make any move to refill his cup, but suddenly smiled and said,
“I’m sorry to bother you.”

“It’s fine.”

Said Shinji Ikari.

Ritsuko Akagi obviously didn’t believe it, but she didn’t care. She just waved her hand to drive him away, so Shinji Ikari slowly turned around and left. After leaving the lounge, he changed his pace and strode towards the cable car exit of the headquarters.

The cable car is a bit slow.

Ikari Shinji thought.

When he arrived at the gate, Rei Ayanami was waiting for him.

She leaned against the wall and kept looking at the exit, her beautiful red eyes never blinking, and Shinji Ikari felt sorry for his slowness. When she saw him come out, she smiled like a barely perceptible arc of light reflected in the snow.
“Ikari-kun.”

“Have you been waiting for a long time?”

He also showed the girl his usual smile, then walked over and took Ayanami’s soft hand, and walked towards home. Yes, for Ikari Shinji, it was no longer a temporary apartment, but a place that could be called home. When I received the call, I thought there would be a fierce battle today, but I didn’t expect that I just came to listen to a lot of words.

The eleventh apostle.

I was defeated without any sense of reality.

It didn’t even leave any wreckage behind. It was completely destroyed after failing to invade the computer, which was quite anticlimactic. Shinji Ikari thought it was not bad. It was rare that he didn’t have to fight, and he had more time with Rei Ayanami. If the apostles behind him could do the same… But such an idea was just a fantasy.

When will the twelfth apostle arrive?

As he walked, he took a look at the gradually desolate Tokyo-3 in the night that was about to fall. It should have been a busy time, but the neon lights were only lit in some major urban areas. Ayanami Rei beside him stopped and waited considerately. Ikari Shinji sighed and continued walking without saying anything.

Let’s go home.

And in the next few days, nothing unexpected happened.

It’s a pretty peaceful life again.

Shinji Ikari runs back and forth between school and headquarters. Before, there were girls in school who showed some interest in him, but after he and Rei Ayanami showed that they were dating, such signs disappeared. The love letters in his shoe cabinet were almost gone, and only occasionally one or two love letters appeared without any signature or location marked.

and.

Asuka’s side was also a little quiet.

Although he has been with Rei Ayanami recently, Shinji Ikari has not closed off the sources of information in the school. It is said that recently, several boys who sent love letters to her confessed their love, but Asuka tore up the love letters in front of her and scolded them. With her hot temper, she immediately gave up the boys’ ideas in the school.

“If I were rejected like that, I would definitely not be able to stay in school. I would definitely have to transfer.”

Suzuhara Touji, who witnessed the whole process, said this.

“Is Soryu such a bad-tempered guy?”

This is what Kensuke Aida said.

Shinji Ikari, who didn’t see the whole process, could only piece together the scene from other people’s words. Besides, he didn’t have the extra energy to care about Asuka’s affairs at the moment.

For Shinji Ikari now, things one year from now seem very far away.

But sometimes he did wonder what would happen if Ayanami left him one day. Those days would be very dark and unbearable. But life span was a problem that could not be solved at all, so he could only cherish every day and spend the rest of his life.

Preparations for the school’s general cleaning are already underway.

After the teacher mentioned that we would have a general cleaning tomorrow, he announced the end of get out of class.

Today was the day for the unit swap experiment to begin. That afternoon at the headquarters, Shinji Ikari, who had put on his combat uniform and was about to enter Unit 0, learned some unexpected news.

“I want to participate too.”

Asuka said.

At the door of the hangar, the German young lady, wearing a fiery red combat uniform, looked very excited. It was the first time in a long time that she looked so energetic.

Restore the status

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(End of this chapter)