Misato's expression was calm, but she still sounded a little impatient. "Go to the Isolation Room. This isn't the place to talk."
Shinji Ikari took a small step back and hid behind Huang Zhetian.
"Fine. But let me make something clear first. Stop acting like everyone owes you something. Shinji Ikari has been pushed into everything from beginning to end. By his father, by you, and by them! So..."
He looked toward everyone in the control room, sweeping his gaze over them one by one.
Midori Kitakami couldn't meet his eyes. She gritted her teeth and turned away.
Ritsuko Akagi was embarrassed enough to be angry, but she forced herself to swallow it.
Misato nodded and pointed to the pale blue scarf tied around her right arm. "Huang Zhetian, I've never forgotten what Kaji and you told me back then. I remember all of it."
Huang Zhetian turned away, refusing to look at her. "You haven't forgotten what we said, but you've forgotten what you said yourself. Or rather, you remember and deliberately choose to forget. I don't want to keep repeating myself. You know perfectly well. You'd all better watch yourselves..."
Clang-bang!!!
The iron door shut, and everyone in the control room breathed a sigh of relief.
It was rare to see the Special Unit Pilot this furious. Neither the new members nor the veterans had expected it.
The last time he had lost his temper was ten years ago, when Ritsuko Akagi talked back to Misato. Huang Zhetian had berated her for a full ten minutes, speaking Japanese but using Chinese turns of phrase, until he actually made her cry.
The incident had left veterans like Koji Takao utterly dumbfounded.
For a long time afterward, a saying circulated among WILLE's veteran members: "I'd rather be chewed out by