EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from Tiga

Chapter 185 NERV VS Self-Defense Forces (Part 1)

"Tell me, why should we attack this place?"

Settled in the silent night... only the faint murmurs of the Self-Defense Force soldiers, fully equipped and ready to go, could be heard.

"Isn't this NERV...? Every time the Angels attacked... they sent out that robot called EVA... to fight the Angels..."

Although chatting was forbidden before the operation, perhaps because this battle was too bizarre, the young soldier couldn't help but ask a few more questions.

"........."

As the elderly squad leader placed plastic explosives on the gate under the command of his squad, he casually waved to the talkative soldier.

"...?"

With a sense of doubt, the young soldier approached his squad leader.

"Bagya Road!"

"Mmm!"

As a result, he was mercilessly struck in the face by a potato-sized fist. The powerful punch sent the poor newcomer sprawling to the ground... His nose seemed to be broken, and blood was oozing out uncontrollably.

But compared to his own injuries... the soldier hurriedly stood up, chin held high, and waited respectfully for the squad leader's next punch.

"Yes! I'm sorry!"

“We are soldiers… Since we are soldiers, don’t ask why… understand? No matter what kind of NERV or robot the enemy is… as long as there is an order from above, you must carry it out! Even if the order is to kill all the civilians in the entire Third New Tokyo City! You still have to do it! If you can’t even do that… then get out of my ranks!”

"Yes! I'm sorry!"

The soldiers, who were completely terrified, could only tremble under the sergeant's roar, and had no chance to resist at all.

Even though such a farce was unfolding on the front lines, at the gates of the enemy base, no other officers stepped forward to stop it.

First, this new recruit truly expressed the sentiments of many soldiers... Many soldiers harbor a certain degree of respect for NERV, which aims to defeat the Angels and protect humanity.

Secondly, the difference in skill level in this battle was enormous... How many permanent personnel could NERV, a mere intelligence agency, possibly have?
Two hundred people? Three hundred people? If you take away the clerical staff... the number of people who can actually take up arms and go to the battlefield is probably no more than one hundred, even if you estimate it at a high level.

This time, under the cover of night, the Self-Defense Forces Special Operations Division, which completely surrounded NERV, numbered a full two thousand.

They even equipped themselves with armed helicopters and main battle tanks... just to suppress a base with only a hundred or so armed personnel.

If NERV wants to hold out... they can only rely on that robot called EVA... Indeed, with the conventional strength of a division, it's certainly insufficient to eliminate those machine monsters that have transcended reason... but...

"how's it going."

Inside the forward command post, the division commander in charge of this operation, with a grave expression, asked his secretary, who was in charge of electronic warfare intelligence, a question.

"We've already suppressed 88%... At this rate, we can completely suppress the enemy MAGI in less than five minutes!"

For this special operation... SEELE directly coordinated five MAGIs from around the world to assist... as long as they could suppress the enemy's central control console through information warfare.

Let alone EVA, even opening a warehouse door is a pipe dream... Of course, the division commander has also heard of it... MAGI, as the highest-performance military artificial intelligence central processing unit... is definitely not something that the Self-Defense Forces' technology level can handle.

The fact that they could suppress them so easily without causing any disturbance... there must be a conspiracy behind this operation that goes far beyond the level of a single nation...

But none of that mattered to him anymore.

He was just a soldier... and as a soldier, he had to obey orders... regardless of whether the gun was pointed at civilians or heroes who saved the world.

"action!!"

With the MAGI at NERV headquarters completely suppressed... the division commander coldly gave the order: "Any bystanders, kill without mercy!"

He issued a kill order to his soldiers, instructing them to leave no survivors...

With a series of sharp roars, all the doors of NERV headquarters collapsed.

"…go ahead!!"

Well-equipped and well-trained Self-Defense Force soldiers swarmed into NERV headquarters in an orderly fashion, like a locust plague.

Because MAGI has been suppressed and the power system is completely paralyzed, even the lights have gone out.

The Self-Defense Force soldiers skillfully fired blind shots at each sentry post; clearly... even the internal structure diagrams of NERV had long been distributed to the squad leaders of every basic operations unit.

If Shinji Ikari hadn't already evacuated all personnel to the underground Final Dogma area... it's estimated that the intelligence department and the guard's armed forces alone...

This was just a one-sided massacre and could not possibly constitute any resistance.

"...Class A reporting! The passage has been suppressed! No enemy sighted..."

"...B-class report! The passage has been suppressed! No enemy sighted..."

"...Class C reporting! Suppression of the central gate complete! No enemy sighted!"

"...?"

Listening to his subordinates' report, the division commander's expression turned somewhat displeased... Although he knew that the combat strength of the two sides was far too disparate... the fact that the progress was so smooth still gave the shrewd and calculating man a very ominous feeling.

Because... even the command center didn't see any resistance, which means...

"Legion Commander!"

Suddenly, a scream came from the communicator.

"What's wrong?!"

So there really was an ambush? But with such overwhelming military power, what can you do?

"Helps are coming! Quite a few... and... judging by the markings! They belong to reporters from New Tokyo TV!"

"What did you say!??"

The legion commander was taken aback. When the order was given, there was no mention of reporters coming to broadcast live!
Furthermore, the fact that the military forces besieged an organization that protects the world... if this got out, it would be a huge scandal for the military.

Putting aside those old fogies for now, once things escalate... they'll definitely push the person in charge on-site to take the blame!

"Tsk! Open fire on them! Use anti-aircraft machine guns!"

"...What...what did you say?!"

"Are you deaf?! This is a military operation! How can we let those idlers cause trouble! First, give them a scare scare! If they don't leave, shoot one down! Make an example of them!"

"But...but they are civilians..."

"You want me to shoot you, don't you...?"

However, just as the legion commander roared... a boy's voice quietly rang out from behind.

"I'm sorry, but they are my guests... I can't let them get away so easily."

(End of this chapter)