The Collection of The End

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"Interesting, really interesting,]"

Nagisa Kaoru landed lightly, looking at the six Ikari Shinji in front of him, the smile in his eyes became more obvious:

"Are you actually selecting people based on the 'favorable route'?"

Indeed, Ikari Shinji glanced at the other prefixed Ikari Shinji. Because they liked different people, although they had been quarreling, they did not get into a fight.

However, when pursuing the same goal in different world lines, should we call them fellow travelers or sworn enemies?

At this moment, they didn't seem to care about the newly-appeared Nagisa Kaoru. Most of them were observing the "Earth" that appeared under their feet as the black mist dispersed. Only Shinji Ikari in school uniform was staring at Nagisa Kaoru thoughtfully.

"I remember..." Shinji Ikari ignored his steps, but stared at Nagisa Kaoru, whose appearance was incompatible with this place: "You call yourself alterego, his personality, but I don't think I will have plastic surgery in any world."

"Heh,]" Nagisa Kaoru glanced at Shinji Ikari one by one: "Is there a possibility that the person who had 'plastic surgery' was actually you?"

"No……"

"I am indeed an 'other personality' to you, but you——]"

Before Shinji Ikari could respond, Kaoru Nagisa continued without pause:

"When did you have the illusion that you are the 'master personality'?"

"..."

Because what Nagisa Kaoru said was too ridiculous, Shinji Ikari fell into a sluggish state. Although he subconsciously wanted to refute, he couldn't find any evidence for the moment.

"'Your' situation is a bit difficult to explain, so let's just look at the 'facts'," Nagisa Kaoru didn't seem to want to convince Shinji Ikari directly, and still maintained a smile and said: "Don't resist, you want to know too The result of 'Angel Fall', isn't it?]"

Shinji Ikari remained silent without speaking, and then he saw Nagisa Kaoru raise his hand and snap his fingers lightly.

Snapped.

At this moment, Shinji Ikari felt that some kind of barrier that separated him from the "huge earth" under his feet was about to disappear, but he seemed to be able to stop it easily.

He stared at Nagisa Kaoru, but the handsome boy just looked at him with a smile and said nothing.

It was clear that nothing would change if this was stopped, and a group of people could only continue to make noise in this place - which he called "the root".

Then, allow the "barrier" to disappear.

Huhuhu——

The next moment, Kaoru Nagisa and Shinji Ikari... simultaneously entered a state of rapid descent from high altitude, approaching the "Earth" under their feet at high speed. However, everyone maintained their distance and posture from each other, and were not affected by the wind. The influence of pressure or gravity, as if you were in... a rappelling orbital capsule?

Peng!

A few seconds later, everyone successfully "landed", but not on the ground, but on the rooftop of a skyscraper in New Tokyo City 3.

Shinji Ikari subconsciously looked around, and then discovered that the familiar skyscrapers of New Tokyo City had turned into ruins, with signs of collapse and collapse everywhere, just like a beach that had been slapped by a naughty boy. Like a castle.

"Now, let me introduce you to everyone,]" Nagisa Kaoru bowed slightly like the announcer of a performance, and then raised his hand to signal: "The eighteenth apostle, also the final apostle, the 'reaper'."

Everyone looked up to the sky and found an unusually huge "apostle" suspended there. It was completely black and made of metal. It looked like a jellyfish or a mermaid. It had a long and narrow body in the shape of an oblate cone and dozens of ribbons. Like tentacles, at the core is a huge red ball of light.

While Nagisa Kaoru was speaking, a red beam of light shot out from the red ball of light, sweeping across the ruins of New Tokyo City 3, triggering violent explosions along the way, like a... curtain performance.

"This is impossible!" Shinji Ikari's eyes widened: "We have made preparations. When 'Angel Falls' enters the 'Return' stage, it will be dealt with according to the standards of an apostle's attack. The city will go underground, and The EVA body will also attack in advance to intercept the 'Angel'!"

"It's a very good plan, but the prerequisite for its smooth execution is that you, Ayanami and Noah, are still 'in the world'," Nagisa Kaoru said: "Then where do you think you are 'now'?"

"..." Shinji Ikari lowered his head, looked down, and opened his mouth, but nothing came out.

Obviously, something went terribly wrong with the plan. He did drag down the "angel" and successfully drove it out, but at the same time, he was "squeezed" out of the world, and the situation of Ayanami and Noah was obviously not normal either. .

Jiao - boom boom boom!

While Shinji Ikari was thinking quickly, the apostle launched a second laser sweep, but this time, a black-painted EVA jumped high from another skyscraper in the distance, holding the Longinus gun, and struck fiercely. He stabbed the apostle hard on the spine.

Didn't that thing fly out of the satellite orbit?

"True name!" Battle-damaged Ikari Shinji exclaimed.

"Stop, that's not yours." Shinji Ikari in school uniform responded smoothly.

"Asshole! She doesn't deserve to be hurt in any world!"

"The one who hurt her the most is you! Scumbag!"

"..."

Shinji Ikari ignored his other self's quarrel and stared closely at the movements of Unit 3.

Regarding the surprise attack from Unit 3, which was much smaller than him, the apostle just waved his tentacles a few times casually. After being avoided by using his strength, he ignored it and then was accurately hit by the spear of Longinus. Carapace on back.

Zhizhizhi—boom!

The spear, which was as small as a toothpick, hit the apostle's back and was delayed for a short time, triggering a violent red thunderstorm. The huge explosion directly lifted the No. 3 machine out, and the apostle froze in mid-air for a moment, and finally fell with a crash, stirring up Large swaths of dust.

"Win, did you win?" asked Shinji Ikari in pajamas.

"You're afraid it'll die, aren't you!" Shinji Ikari in school uniform turned around and said angrily.

"Obviously, the red ball is the apostle's weakness, but it is not only the main attack method, but also under the protection of those tentacles. If it were me..." Shinji Ikari, the pilot suit, habitually began to plan tactics.

squeaking - squeaking -

After the aroused smoke and dust dissipated, Shinji Ikari could clearly see that the apostle had changed from a "jellyfish" to a "crab". The very flexible tentacles that were originally floating freely became thicker and larger, covering the carapace, and finally became a support. The limbs of the body.

Afterwards, as if dissatisfied with being knocked to the ground, the apostle began to bump around, waving his limbs that were not used as transportation tools and were still in tentacles, cutting off the surrounding buildings one after another.

In other words, the No. 3 aircraft at least lost its ability to fly, so now we only need to destroy the ball, but in terms of volume...

Da da da--

There were rapid footsteps coming from the side of the building.

"It's Xiangxiang!" Shinji Ikari in hospital uniform cheered.

"Anta Baga!?" Shinji Ikari in school uniform scolded directly: "That's not your Xiangxiang!"

"sorry!"

Shinji Ikari looked down and saw the red-painted Unit 2 charging towards the giant apostle with a low body. Unexpectedly but not too unexpectedly, Unit 2 was still holding her "Utility Knife".

Tsk-

After evading the apostle's claw attack in no time, Unit 2 cut the huge red ball in half from top to bottom. The apostle twitched twice and collapsed suddenly.

"Here, he must be dead now..." Shinji in pajamas glanced at Shinji in school uniform.

"It's not that simple." Shinji Ikari in school uniform frowned, and then looked at Nagisa Kaoru.

"I didn't do anything, um... although the reason for this situation is probably because I didn't do anything.]" Nagisa Kaoru said something with unclear meaning.

"Xiangxiang, be careful!" Shinji Ikari in the hospital gown screamed.

Buzz—! 】

With the strange sound effect, a dazzling golden light suddenly bloomed from the cut scar of the red ball, and then separated to both sides, revealing the deep darkness inside. Then, the originally frozen red ball began to rotate again, and then blinked. one time.

That was not the core of an apostle, but an eyeball with a cold and erect look.

The next moment, Unit 2, which was performing finishing work in front of the eyeball, was enveloped by the light emitted by the giant eyeball, and was sucked in in less than half a second.

"Ah——!!" Shinji Ikari, who was in a hospital gown, roared wildly and suddenly jumped forward, but was blocked by something transparent, and then began to scratch at the air crazily.

"Tsk..." Shinji Ikari in school uniform took two steps back: "It seems that this guy is wearing this for no reason."

"..." Seeing this situation, Shinji Ikari subconsciously raised his hand to touch his left forearm, but found nothing.

"This is exactly the accidental result of your 'Angel Falls' plan," Nagisa Kaoru said: "You, Ayanami and Noah 'left the world', and the world without you cannot cope with the '18th Apostle'. But because 'Eve' has left, she will be the 'final apostle'. After making huge sacrifices, the world will still exist... Do you accept this ending?】"

"Of course not," Shinji Ikari stared at him: "Should I 'owe you twice' or 'write it off in one go' now?"

"Of course..." Nagisa Kaoru snapped his fingers: "Write it off."

Curry Curry! ! 】

The winged chestnut ball jumped out of the void and hugged Shinji Ikari's head directly.

"..." Shinji Ikari patted the chestnut ball and turned to look at the other Shinji Ikari: "'I' need 'our' help now."

"Of course." "Yes." "No problem." "I haven't heard that split personality can heal on its own. That's outrageous." "bluff--"

With brief responses, complaints and inhuman roars, Shinji Ikari turned into balls of light, surrounding the original Shinji Ikari.

Curry Curry! 】

The winged chestnut balls rotated around them at high speed, and reproduced the green halo of light when Shinji Ikari first piloted the EVA, passing through all the light balls one by one.

d! 】

boom--!

The blazing white light pillar rising into the sky made a huge cross sign on the red sky, causing the 18th Apostle who was wreaking havoc on the surface to raise his head.

The beam of light dispersed, and Shinji Ikari, whose appearance was almost the same as before, came out. He glanced at Kaoru Nagisa, who was standing aside with his arms folded, showing an expression that was half-smiling, and then jumped off the tall building.

Kaka - angry -

During the rapid fall, a huge phantom began to appear around Shinji Ikari, which quickly solidified, and finally turned into Unit-01 wearing purple armor.

The size of this No. 1 machine was obviously no different from the No. 3 and No. 2 machines that had just been blown away and swallowed up, but the 18th apostle ran away as if he had seen some natural enemy.

But, it's too late.

The falling Unit 1 suddenly accelerated midway, and directly pushed the 18th Apostle to the ground with a force that was disproportionate to its size, and then punched it into its huge "eyeball".

On the battlefield that was almost in ruins, angry roars echoed:

"Give Asuka! Return to me!]"