Shinji returned home and started playing his cello
The song played was "Thoughts Across Time and Space" which Huang Zhetian wrote for him last time.
The deep sound of the cello was played gently by Shinji, and he did not notice that the door behind him was opened by Huang Zhetian and Asuka.
Two rounds of applause sounded and the music stopped playing
Shinji stopped playing, turned around and saw the two of them
"You're doing well~ Do you still have something like this?" Asuka praised
"I've been pulling it since I was five years old. To reach this level now is not considered a talent." Shinji said modestly, still a little embarrassed.
Asuka came in, pulled out a chair, sat down, and asked, "You need to persist. I'm a little impressed by you."
Huang Zhetian opened the refrigerator, took out Orange Juice, took a sip, and asked Shinji: "Who taught you this?"
"My teacher insisted on me doing it. In fact, it didn't matter if I gave up immediately." Shinji responded
"Who is your teacher?" Huang Zhetian has always been curious about Shinji's teacher. Neither Original Theatrical Version nor Rebuild of Evangelion has ever heard of his teacher.
Moreover, it is mentioned in the original work that the relationship between Shinji's teacher and Gendo Ikari is not simple and can be called familiar.
"My teacher? It's Teacher Fuyutsuki." Shinji said it without hesitation
"Kozo Fuyutsuki? Everything makes sense... You still can't let go of your favorite student's son. Fuyutsuki..." Huang Zhetian already has a rough idea in his mind
Huang Zhetian picked up Orange Juice on the table and entered the room, and said to Shinji, "You guys talk slowly first, I have something to do."
After that, he walked back to the room and closed the door.
Asuka cursed behind his back, "Tch! You idiot! He walked back to the room as soon as he came back, and he didn't want to stay with me."
Shinji acted as peacemaker. "Maybe Zhetian-kun has something he needs to do. Everyone has some secrets, and you and I are no exception."
Asuka was a little surprised and said, "When did you become so sensible? It's very rare. You always cater to other people's opinions when you first meet me."
Shinji smiled and said nothing. Then he played the cello
Asuka looked to see if there was anyone chatting with him, and then returned to the room.
After the activities here at Kaji, Misato and Akagi went to a bar to have some fun.
With only fluorescent lighting, the bar is still a bit dim.
Misato is wearing a low-cut dress this time, which makes her look more charming and mature
"It's already now, what are you still talking about? I'm going to the bathroom~" Misato chuckled and held up the skirt on her hips when she stood up.
Kaji joked, "Don't make excuses to run away."
Misato smiled and turned his head, then made a face and stuck out his tongue to taunt Kaji
Kaji gradually left while listening to the rhythmic sound of Misato's high heels
I feel a little emotional, time passes too fast
Suddenly I noticed that someone was looking at me, Kaji realized that I had just lost my composure.
He quickly changed the subject and told Akagi: "It has been many years since the three of us drank together..."
"Did Misato drink too much? I always felt that he talked a lot today." Akagi obviously didn't want to recall the past. After all, it was in the past and she had nothing to remember.
If you recall the past, you will only feel more lonely and helpless about your current life.
Once you get used to the current life, it's hard to pursue the life you had before.
Kaji is also a shrewd person and understands that the other party obviously does not want to talk about this topic anymore.
Also in response to Akagi's question
"Normally she would drink more in order to suppress her fluctuating mood, but today it was just the opposite." Kaji said at the end, she picked up the wine glass and took a sip.
"As expected of someone who once lived together, the depth of his words is different." Akagi liked it
Kaji held his chin with one hand. "Although we once lived together, that was before Katsuragi wore high heels."
Akagi also recalled those interesting stories of Misato: "When I was a student, that was unimaginable."
Kaji looked at himself reflected in the glass in front of him and the city outside the glass, and said helplessly, "At that time, I was just a kid. It's not so much living together. It's better to simply live together... just imitating."
"Real life is not that simple. By the way, this is for you."
"Give your cat a little fun"
Akagi was a little distracted listening to Kaji. He came back to his senses when he heard the call and looked down.
Kaji took a small red package and slid it across the bar counter to Akagi
"Thank you, you are so attentive." Akagi thanked him. He also knew that he had a cat at home.
"Only for women, work is so-so." Kaji said those bohemian words again
Akagi obviously didn't agree with him, so he asked Misato: "Who knows if it's true? What about Misato?"
Kaji is not afraid of stage either. "I have already lost once. My principle is not to fight a battle that has no chance of winning."
But that's not what he had in mind...
"I think you have a chance of winning..." Akagi took out the kitten neck tag inside the little red package and held it in his hand to admire it
"What about you Ritsuko?" Kaji asked back
Akagi said calmly and cunningly, "My principle is not to talk about my own affairs, because there are no interesting topics."
Kaji In order to avoid embarrassment, I changed the topic again
"Katsuragi is so slow. Could it be that you are going to touch up your makeup?"
Akagi doesn't want to talk about his own affairs, but he wants to talk about other people's affairs
Somewhat passed
"What were you doing at Kyoto?" Akagi asked
"This souvenir is from Matsushiro" Kaji said it without hesitation, but said it very quickly
He was also shocked, how did Akagi know
"Don't pretend to be confused with me. If you go too deep into the investigation, you may get burned. This is my advice as a friend."
"And..."
"That Huang Zhetian, send a message to him for me"
"Don't play too much. After defeating all Angel, just go back to your hometown. Don't worry about too much..."
"I'm all ears, okay." Kaji didn't want to continue talking, so he picked up a glass of wine and drank.
"If you want to play with fire, I would like to play with you." Kaji joked, trying to ease the situation
Suddenly I heard Misato's voice coming from far behind. "Then should I buy you some fireworks?"
"Are you back?" Kaji wants to avoid this joke
But Misato didn't want to let him go and scolded him, "Your frivolous feeling has really not changed at all!"
"No, I have changed! Being alive means changing," Kaji explained, obviously indicating to Akagi that he is living well now.
Akagi put away the small gift and responded with a code word, "Just like self-balance and transient balance."
Misato was confused and asked Akagi: "What do you mean?"
"The power to maintain the status quo and the power to change the status quo, at the same time, have these two contradictory properties" Akagi explained to another
"It's like a man and a woman." Kaji gave an example next to him
Akagi felt that it was almost done and stood up to leave. "It's almost time for me to leave. I still have work to do."
In fact, leaving is also a space for these two people. After all, these two people have not spent time together for a long time.
I hope Kaji will cherish it...
"What a pity..." Kaji also felt a little pity. I don't know when the three of them will be together in the future.
Maybe there will be no chance again
"Goodbye~"
Watching his good friend leave, Misato leaned over and approached Kaji...
"Drink, you won't have time anymore." Misato raised the glass, clinked it, and then drank it.
Kaji also let her do it. Yes, she is very busy with her own time.
Three-faced spy, can you stop being busy? I wonder when it was exposed? Maybe it was exposed from the beginning...
Don't think about these things now, drinking is the only way to be happy
After a long time...Misato obviously couldn't drink anymore.
Kaji paid the bill and helped her out of the bar
Before walking very far, Misato couldn't help but bend over and vomit.
"Ouch... well, vomit..." Misato After vomiting for a while, not long after he took a break, he vomited all over the floor again...
Kaji squatted down and patted her back to help Misato spit it out better.
"It's still the same... but I feel like there's still something missing... Is it me? Or is it her?" Kaji looked at the woman in front of him, he was a little confused.
The starry sky at night is so bright orchid
The sound of crickets makes this road seem very quiet
Kaji Misato, with bare feet, walked slowly on the way back to her home
Misato lay on his back, burying his head inside and greedily inhaling the unique smell of this man.
Kaji teased Misato: "You're not young anymore, don't drink until you vomit."
Misato put his arms around Kaji's neck, and a muffled voice came from behind. "I'm so embarrassed to be so old."
"In terms of age, we are evenly matched" Kaji comforted Misato
"Yeah..."
"Katsuragi You are already wearing high heels. Time flies so fast." Kaji couldn't help but sigh. She used to wear high heels when she was a student, but now she wears high heels again. The meaning is different.
"Go ahead and shave off your stubble~" Misato's hand touched Kaji's chin and felt prickly. He knew that this idiot didn't tidy up properly.
"Okay, okay." Kaji responded repeatedly
"I can walk the rest of the way by myself, thank you."
After a while, Misato felt that he had almost recovered, so he asked Kaji to put him down.
Under the halo of the street lamp, Misato is still walking barefoot
The two of them walked slowly together like this
"Kaji, have I changed?" Misato walked in front and asked Kaji abruptly
Kaji pretended to be stupid and replied to her, "She has become beautiful"
"I'm sorry, that was my unilateral request to break up. I said I fell in love with someone else. That was actually a lie to you."
"Did you see that?"
Misato Use a normal tone first, and then use a pretending relaxed tone in the last sentence
"No"Kaji'Answer truthfully'
"Because I discovered, Kaji, you are very much like my father." Misato looked at Kaji's face and continued.
"I actually looked for my father's shadow in other men."
"When I found out about this, I was so scared... so scared."
Kaji listened quietly to Misato, with no emotion or expression on his face
"The thing about being with Kaji is that even the fact that I am a woman scares me."
"I hated my father, but I fell in love with a man who looked like him. Later, I wanted to cut off everything, so I chose to join NERV... but this was also an organization that my father had participated in."
"In the end, I was just using the excuse of revenge against Angel to prevent myself from thinking about other things."
"Ha... huh"
Having said this, Misato lowered his head and stopped.
Kaji also stopped and turned sideways to look at Misato
Explain to her, "Katsuragi This is your own choice, you don't need to apologize to me."
Misato heard him say this, his emotions became excited and his tone became urgent. "No! This is not my choice, it is to escape. I just want to escape from the curse of my father."
"Same as Shinji..."
Misato covered his face with his hands, feeling a little ashamed
"They are all cowards. I'm really sorry. Now I'm still saying these things while I'm drunk." Misato let go of his hand, his tone was a little choked, and there were tears in his eyes.
"That's enough!" Kaji interrupted Misato with a serious expression.
Misato didn't listen, and continued, "I'm such a child, I have no right to say Shinji."
"That's enough!" Kaji interrupted again
"And I'm a... cunning woman who only wants to rely on men when she needs it!"
"Maybe I was just using Kaji at that time!"
"How disgusting!!!"
Misato The further he spoke, the more hysterical his tone became.
Kaji couldn't bear to hear Misato's self-blame, and said in a gentle and angry tone, "That's enough! Stop talking."
"I feel so desperate for myself!!! Hmm??!!"
Before I finished speaking, I was interrupted again...
This time the interruption is no longer the same as before;
kiss
Misato also didn't expect Kaji to be like this
She was hugged and kissed by Kaji
She was stunned...
But the trauma and self-blame in my heart were released
The pair of high heels in Misato's hands slowly let go and fell off as Kaji kissed her passionately.
Then both parties hugged and kissed each other
Under the light, the two seemed to have been redeemed
No matter which one, everyone has been comforted psychologically and spiritually
Asuka This way
Asuka asked Shinji: "What did your father say to you on the anniversary of your mother's death?"
Shinji was wearing headphones and was reading a book without hearing anything. He watched Asuka waving to him and quickly took off his headphones.
Ask: "What happened?"
Asuka asked again
Shinji was silent for a moment and said, "Nothing. Although I have talked with him, it is no different than not talking."
"Ah? Your father is so irresponsible. I have never seen him treat you well. Being with that Honor Student is better than his own son. It's unbelievable" Asuka complained
"My dad has always been like this, I'm used to it. Haha..." Shinji said with a fake smile on his face, using his usual spoken language.
"Same as me..." Asuka looked at Shinji in front of him, feeling like he was in the same boat.
At this time, Huang Zhetian came out of the room
Asuka asked in a somewhat unfriendly tone, "What are you doing in there for so long? Could it be..."
Huang Zhetian knocked Asuka on the head angrily and said, "What are you thinking about? What are you thinking about? Who taught you bad things?"
Asuka gave him a fierce look and said, "Isn't it you?"
"Okay, stop talking to you. Shinji, come here. I'll give you something." Huang Zhetian doesn't want to talk to Asuka now. He has other things to do.
"What?" Shinji walked over curiously and asked
"Here, here you go." Huang Zhetian handed over a disk. The patterns on it were complex, diverse and very regular.
"What is this?" Shinji didn't understand.
Huang Zhetian explained to him, "This is a one-time simulator, which simulates the life of a dead person. Remember, this is a one-time use."
Shinji didn't understand what was going on at first, but he understood it later
"Is this... this... really okay?" Shinji was stunned, came back to his senses, and asked ecstatically
"But you must have the relics of your loved ones before they were alive, you know?" Huang Zhetian gave him a prompt after confirmation.
Asuka was also shocked when he heard it. Although he was not a real relative, the simulation...
Asuka hurriedly came to Huang Zhetian with an anxious tone. "Zhetian, can you give it to me? I need it too! Can you?"
Huang Zhetian sighed and said, "Sorry, there is only one. And it is a one-time use, because today is the death anniversary of Shinji's mother. I didn't think of it until now..."
"I don't care! I want it! Can you give it to me? Give it to me! Please?" Asuka was a little crazy, grabbing Huang Zhetian's hand and shaking it desperately
Shinji Holding that disc in his hand, it doesn't matter whether he walks or not.
Huang Zhetian is true and I didn't expect Asuka to be here. I can only comfort Asuka: "Is it okay next time? Next time... ah!"
Before I finished speaking, my hand suddenly felt a sharp pain.
Huang Zhetian took a look and saw that his arm was cut open by Asuka's nails. Although there was no blood dripping, there was blood flowing from the scar.
Asuka was also stunned, and came to his senses instantly. He looked at Shinji first, and then at Huang Zhetian. His eyes were red, but he did not shed tears.
Asuka left without looking back, rushed back to the room and closed the door.
Shinji looked at the disk in his hand and handed it back to Huang Zhetian: "How about you give it to Asuka... I don't need it."
Huang Zhetian wiped the scar with a hand towel, and there was blood on 2/3 of the paper.
Huang Zhetian said indifferently, "No, today is the anniversary of your mother's death, I just remembered it. I should give it to you, Asuka I'll give it to you when the time comes. Besides, your hands are scratched, so it's not worth it if you don't look at it."
Shinji After hearing what he said, he also took back the disc in his hand.
"The disk in your hand is called Simulation Disc. You need to get the relics of the deceased. Put it on it and a holographic projection of your mother will be projected. You will have five minutes to talk to her. I hope you have a sweet dream tonight..." Huang Zhetian finished speaking and went back to the room.
This is his plan... in the later stages
You need to pay some price
Asuka, Sorry
When he returned to the room, he glanced at the door of Asuka
So he walked over and knocked on the door and said, "Don't worry about it. I'll find one for you next time. Okay?"
In Asuka's room. "..."
"Reply me, okay?"
"Let's break up..."
"Okay... ah?! No!"
Asuka opened the door and stared at him with red eyes. "I don't need anything! I have always been alone! I have always been alone now and in the future!! Get out!"
With a bang, the door was pulled hard and there was a crashing sound.
Huang Zhetian felt cold, so he said he always wanted to break up, but his heart really hurt.
It really hurts
But when he thought about the needs of the plot, he endured it.
"Okay... I agree." After Huang Zhetian said this, I felt relaxed, but something was missing.
Shinji looked at everything in front of them and understood that even if they were given Yuanpan, they would not be able to go back to the past.
Shinji blames himself a bit, but there is nothing he can do.
No one is having a good time tonight
The stars in the sky have also lost their ornaments, and the night is no longer orchid, turning back to the darkness before.
Asuka, Sorry
forgive me