"I want to come out and get some air."

"Yeah, but be careful of catching a cold."

"It's fine."

As he spoke, Asuka sat on a chair, and Fangzheng put down the tea cup in his hand and poured Asuka a cup of tea.

"You did great today."

"Yeah?"

"Of course, after all, no one thought that the apostles would have that kind of ability, and the apostles in the past didn't show that kind of ability, right? Not to mention, in the end, you still eliminated the apostles, and that was enough."

Looking at the girl beside him, Fang Zheng said with a smile, but Asuka remained silent.

Fang Zheng somewhat understood Asuka's thoughts.

Among several EVA pilots, Asuka appears to be the strongest on the surface, but in fact is the most vulnerable.

For Ayanami Rei, driving the EVA is part of her job. She has not yet found any meaning other than "work" - this is normal, just like social animals always feel that without a job, the sky is falling. But once there is no job,

, then Ayanami Rei actually lives like this. Maybe she lacks the interest in life and has no romance, but she still has to live her life, right?

Although Shinji Ikari is introverted and autistic, at least one thing is that - he really doesn't care about driving EVA. There are several times in the animation when Shinji Ikari really makes up his mind to give up the job. At worst, I will go back and live my life.

Shut up your life, you love me to death and do my shit? Isn’t it good for my wife to stay at home and watch Paper Man every day?

But Asuka is different. For her, she can only exist if she drives the EVA.

Because of this, Asuka's demands for herself have actually reached a rather perverted level.

Take today's daytime battle against the apostles as an example. At that time, Fang Zheng issued an order, Ayanami Rei and Ikari Shinji both responded, but Asuka didn't answer. Fang Zheng immediately knew what the problem was.

On the surface, Asuka seemed indifferent to this, but Fang Zheng knew that deep down, Asuka was worried that she had messed up. After all, she split the apostle in half, so it became two. If

Therefore, a problem arises. If the battle fails, if everyone else feels that it is their fault...

Asuka didn't say anything, but Fang Zheng could see it. People can lie, but his reaction can't. Asuka's Unit 2 was helpless in fighting after the apostle was split into two and resurrected.

In the eyes of Misato Katsuragi, Ritsuko Akagi and others, they might only think that Asuka is being cautious, but Fangzheng, who rubs his hands with his hands, can see Asuka's emotions and thoughts at a glance.

For Asuka, driving EVA is her survival value. Once something happens, it won't be as simple as the sky falling apart, it will mean that she has no meaning of existence at all.

Because of this, Asuka is always critical of other pilots. In the anime, she has always disliked Ayanami Rei, which is actually normal. Asuka was officially selected to become a driver, but Ayanami Rei in the anime has nothing to do with it.

In terms of record, Shinji Ikari managed to kill a few apostles in the anime, and Reiko Ayanami was just the one doing it.

That's why Asuka sarcastically called Shinji Ikari and Rei Ayanami as "back door" and top students. Her top student was actually completely mocking Ayanami Rei for not being able to do anything well and being unable to defeat the apostles. She got the driving license entirely by being obedient.

member’s position.

This is simply a kind of blasphemy for Asuka, who regards driving EVA as the value of her life. She has worked hard and spent almost everything to obtain something, but for some people, just pretending to be good and obedient is enough - this

No one can bear this kind of thing.

Of course, Asuka is not as unruly as she was in the anime. This is not because her temper has improved, but because under the training and guidance of Founder, both Ayanami Rei and Ikari Shinji have achieved outstanding results - Ayanami Rei killed

Xiao Shuishui and Shinji Ikari killed Mosaic, and the two of them also worked together to eliminate Thunder Angel.

With such a record in front of her, Asuka would certainly not ridicule the two of them as they did in the anime because they only knew how to eat and not work, so the three of them got along quite happily.

But it involves some core issues...

"…………Fangzheng."

"Um?"

Asuka was never very polite when calling people and rarely addressed her, but Fang Zheng didn't mind either.

"What's wrong?"

"...Do you know my past?"

"It's not very clear, and I don't really care."

As he said this, Fangzheng reached out his hand and touched Asuka's head.

"No matter what happened in the past, at least you are here now, right?"

"………………"

Asuka silently patted Fang Zheng's hand away.

"I can almost guess what you are thinking. In fact, I have said similar things to Rei and Shinji before, and it is not too late to say it to you again - although you can only drive EVA now, in the future, you can still

He has his own future."

"…………Is there really such a future?"

"Of course, one day the apostles will be completely wiped out. After that, what are you going to do?"

"I……………"

Faced with Fang Zheng's inquiry, Asuka remained silent for a long time.

"I didn't think about it..."

"Married? What do you think of Shinji?"

"I'm not interested. I'm not interested in that idiot."

"Then you want to do scientific research? I heard that you have graduated from college now."

"If I wanted to do that, I wouldn't be driving the EVA."

"Um……………"

After hearing this, Fang Zheng thought for a moment.

"Then do you want to drive a robot to fight aliens?"

"Huh? Are you an idiot too?"

Facing Fang Zheng's proposal, Asuka was stunned.

"Where did the aliens come from?"

"Just because this world doesn't exist, doesn't mean there aren't other worlds. Maybe there are aliens in other worlds... What, are you interested?"

"...No, I just want to drive the EVA."

Regarding Fang Zheng's proposal, Asuka thought for a moment and finally shook her head.

"Yes, this is a bit troublesome, but... just take your time."

"yes………"

Hearing this, Asuka didn't say anything else. She just closed her eyes and leaned on Fang Zheng's shoulder.

Soon, with the sound of slight breathing, the girl fell into a deep dream.
Chapter completed!