Chapter 571: Is this cheap?

Fu Qinghai used the large pit where the mass-produced machine fell as the center of the circle and continued to sweep dozens of kilometers in the direction of its escape. Finally, he found some temporary maintenance facilities in a hidden valley in the desert Gobi.

The entire temporary base was empty.

All that was left were some large equipment that had not been moved in time.

It seems that the Amaterasu has given up on Sugawara Mao.

Fu Qinghai thought to himself.

This temporary base is also very simple, just a bunch of basic equipment to assist EVA in starting and charging. After a careful search, it was discovered that the reincarnations of Amaterasu had taken away everything they could take away and destroyed everything they could destroy.

Nothing of value was discovered.

Fu Qinghai left here.

…

A mountain villa on the outskirts of Star City.

There were some gentle chirping of birds and cicadas outside the window.

Mao Sugawara slowly woke up from her coma.

Mao Sugawara felt as if she was sitting on a chair. She subconsciously tried to move her limbs, but found that her hands and feet were tightly tied with straps. Turning around, she found herself in an American country-style room.

There was a faint conversation outside the room.

A young male voice said:

"...This is what happened. The woman put on the helmet and instantly transformed into Doctor Fate in a blue suit and a gold cape. She killed the leader with one move!"

Another calmer male voice:

"Nabu helmet? Then this situation is not surprising. Doctor Fate is always entangled with Nabu, the Lord of Order. That player was too careless."

The noisy male voice continued:

"Although I didn't get Doctor Fate's helmet, I got Hawkman's armor. The armor has been distorted and deformed and its original appearance cannot be seen. But I think it must be something extraordinary to survive the explosion."

The familiar male voice said:

"Well done, Ron. We don't want the Naboo helmet because it has too many negative effects, but Hawkman's armor is pretty good. I heard that Hawkman and Hawkgirl's armor are made of something called 'N metal'. We can take it to the Order Alliance to identify its specific use."

The two people outside the room were naturally Ron and Qingshan. At this moment, they were curled up on the sofa, smoking cigars and talking about the battle that had just ended. Guiwa was also here. He stood on the coffee table, holding a bottle of whiskey, and then picked up some ice wine rocks and threw them in.

The three men were having a great time drinking and smoking.

Ron said that after the female reincarnation put on the Naboo helmet, she suddenly turned against her teammates and attacked them... Fu Qinghai was not surprised at all. Even if you haven't read DC comics, a detail in "Black Adam" clearly hints that Doctor Fate was originally a gentle gentleman who spoke softly, but after putting on the helmet, his voice suddenly became low and resonant, and his tone was harsh and even a little arrogant - it was like a different person.

In other words, Doctor Fate is a completely different person before and after putting on the helmet. Fu Qinghai is very suspicious: after putting on the helmet, it is always the Lord of Order Nabu who is controlling Doctor Fate to fight. It's just that the two have a good relationship, so he can take off the helmet at any time.

Ron had a very good habit. When he picked up items of unknown origin on the battlefield, he would never use them in combat immediately. Speaking of this, it reminded me of the Marvel (Earth-36) universe, where an idiot picked up Fu Qinghai's grenade launcher, but when he pulled the trigger, the recoil killed him.

"I'll go check on them both."

Fu Qinghai took a sip of wine and put out his cigar.

He stood up and walked towards the master bedroom on the top floor of the villa.

When they opened the door, Chen Xinxue and Chen Xinlu were lying side by side on the bed, looking sick and recuperating. After the explosion, they had only a slight concussion, but nothing else was wrong. Fu Qinghai protected them very well.

"Are you feeling better?"

Fu Qinghai walked over and asked.

"Yeah, much better, Qingshan."

Chen Xinxue raised her head and said softly.

Every time Fu Qinghai saw a patch of hair missing from the side of Chen Xinxue's head, exposing her scalp, he found it very funny and couldn't help but reach out to touch that small patch of smooth skin.

"Don't touch me!"

Chen Xinxue glared and slapped his hand away.

"It looks like it's healed."

Fu Qinghai said with a smile.

You just know how to bully me...

Chen Xinxue looked at Fu Qinghai and gritted her teeth.

"You guys lie down and rest for a while."

Fu Qinghai waved his hand and walked out of the room and said:

"I'll go check on the prisoner."

…

Fu Qinghai walked down the stairs and found that Zofia had also come. The pink-haired girl was curled up in the single sofa where he had just sat. She was wearing hot pants, a vest and Martin boots, like a rock girl who had just returned from a music festival. Her two snow-white legs were crossed on the coffee table, and she was holding his half-smoked cigar between her fingers.

Zofia glanced at Fu Qinghai sideways.

He turned his head and continued to puff out smoke.

"Are they both okay?"

Zofia looked ahead and said calmly.

"Not dead."

Fu Qinghai said casually.

He patted Zofia's head and said,

"Come with me to interrogate that guy."

"Um."

Zofia put her feet down and stood up.

…

"Crack…"

The door was pushed open.

Mao Sugawara saw Fu Qinghai and Zofia.

"Qingshan."

Sugawara Mao looked at the man and said softly.

At this point, Sugawara Mao no longer had the indignation he had during the battle, and calmly accepted the fact that he was defeated and captured.

"I've been awake for quite some time."

Fu Qinghai pulled a chair and sat down.

"It seems that you have prepared yourself psychologically. Are you ready to start the interrogation?"

Fu Qinghai crossed his arms and said calmly.

"What do you want to know, Qingshan?"

Sugawara Mao asked.

"A lot."

Fu Qinghai leaned back in his chair, raised his chin slightly, and looked down at Sugawara Mao with an indifferent look:

"You Amaterasu, that mass-produced machine, everything."

"Mass production machine?"

Mao Sugawara interrupted him directly:

"What makes you think my EVA is a mass-produced machine? Who told you it's a mass-produced machine?"

"Um?"

Fu Qinghai raised his eyebrows slightly.

Why, isn't it?

When I first saw the EVA, the pure white paint, the pair of wings on the back, and the Spear of Longinus... all these features were consistent with the characteristics of a mass-produced machine, so Fu Qinghai firmly judged that it was a mass-produced machine from the beginning.

But now looking back, the mass-produced machine has no pilot, but that EVA does. The mass-produced machine will not run wild, but that EVA will...all these characteristics are actually inconsistent with the definition of a mass-produced machine. This EVA is more like a mecha between a mass-produced machine and a serial machine.

"That's not a mass-produced machine, Qingshan, you are a little too conceited. You are not the only one in this reincarnation world who can build a mecha that belongs to you. We can do it too. I guess you have never been to the EVA universe, right?"

Sugawara Mao looked at Fu Qinghai and asked back.

Then he announced the answer without any hesitation:

"That's Unit 14."

Unit 14?

While Mao Sugawara was in a coma, Fu Qinghai also looked up some information about the anime from the Order-Maintaining Alliance. According to the information, NERV originally planned to manufacture 22 EVA sequence machines, but due to various reasons, perhaps the sequence machine went out of control and became unstable, or perhaps there were too few qualified pilots to match the mecha, in the end only 13 sequence machines were manufactured. In other words, the last number of the EVA sequence machine should be the 13th machine.

Many sci-fi works of mecha wars have similar settings: the mecha driven by the protagonist is often not the most advanced, otherwise how can the protagonist appear to be more powerful than other pilots? It is precisely because the mecha is weak that the protagonist is strong. For example, in Pacific Rim, the most advanced mecha hunter is not the "Avenger Ranger" driven by the protagonist, but the "Saber Athena". Similarly, in Neon Genesis Evangelion, the most advanced serial machine is not the protagonist Shinji Ikari's Unit-01, but Unit-011.

Although Shinji Ikari is also one of the pilots.

Like the "Pojun Jinjia", Unit 13 has four arms, and is equipped with the Lance of Longinus and the Lance of Carius, double insertion bolts, two pilots, and shoulder support accessories that can generate AT force fields... Only in this way can it serve as a key mecha for implementing the Human Completion Plan.

In the original anime, whether it is the movie version or the TV version, Unit 14 is always shown as "planned construction" and has never actually appeared. The Amaterasu Society must have changed the plot of EVA to allow the legendary "Unit 14" to be successfully released as Mao Sugawara's vehicle.

"So, Unit 14 combines all the advantages of both mass-produced and serialized units, right?"

Fu Qinghai stared at Sugawara Mao and asked:

"Unfortunately, there are not enough assimilation points, or some other technical reasons, resulting in the lack of S2 mechanism?"

The reason for asking this is that Fu Qinghai puts himself in the perspective of the Amaterasu Samsara. If he were the chief designer of Unit 14, he would definitely find a way to combine all the advantages of the two types of mechas and overcome their respective shortcomings. It would be best if this EVA could have an AT force field like a serial machine, and an S2 mechanism like a mass-produced machine, and could fly.

"You are still as sharp as ever, Qingshan."

Sugawara Mao admitted it in a disguised way.

Could you please not use that "old friend" tone?

Fu Qinghai thought, do I know you well?

"I want to know all the technical details of this 'Unit 14', as well as all the internal information of your society, including the members of the society, the layout of the reincarnation world, and the specific plans and arrangements. If you can tell me all this truthfully, you can avoid a lot of unnecessary physical pain."

Fu Qinghai looked at Sugawara Mao seriously.

"If I told you everything..."

Sugawara Mao tilted his head and asked:

"Will you let me go?"

"Won't."

Fu Qinghai shook his head and said.

"So what are you going to do? Are you going to kill me?"

Sugawara Mao asked immediately.

"Yes."

Fu Qinghai nodded affirmatively.

"Why?"

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Judging from the expression on Sugawara Mao's face, it seems that she is not afraid of this answer, but just simply curious.

"It's a sign of respect for the enemy."

Fu Qinghai thought for a while and said so.

Respect for the enemy...

Sugawara Mao chewed over these words in his mind.

Therefore, choosing to kill the enemy instead of letting him go is a kind of respect for the enemy. In Qingshan's heart, I am an opponent worthy of respect. No matter whether I cooperate with him to reveal the information or not, he will kill me in the end.

"Thank you, Qingshan."

She raised her head and looked at Fu Qinghai seriously:

"I'm really happy to get your recognition."

"Tsk, don't try that on me."

Fu Qinghai crossed his legs, waved his hands and said:

"How could I let you die so easily? Don't you have the slightest awareness of being captured? Have you seen the "Secret Infiltrator" series? Have you played the "Taimanin Asahime" series? If you don't confess, that's what you're about to go through. Be prepared, Ms. Mao."

Sugawara Mao's eyes lit up when he heard that:

"Ah, is it bondage, training, rap and Muzan? If it's Aoyama-kun, then I can do it."

Fu Qinghai: "???"

Zofia: "???"

Fu Qinghai and Zofia looked at each other.

Zofia's expression seemed to say:

You didn't tell me she's still your fan?

Fu Qinghai's expression said:

How the hell do I know what's going on!

Human expressions naturally can't convey such rich information, but Fu Qinghai and Zofia once achieved 100% synaesthesia. A famous sequelae of the Pons bridge device is that after the pilot disconnects the synaesthesia link, they still maintain a state of telepathy, and can guess each other's inner thoughts with just a glance.

The two carefully observed Sugawara Mao's expression and found that her expression was extremely serious and did not seem fake at all - the key point was that she did not need to fake it. She had already been captured, and Fu Qinghai had clearly told her that he would not let her go. What good would it do for her to flatter the enemy at this time? Would Fu Qinghai let her go if he was happy with the flattery?

There are two reasons why Fu Qinghai was so frank and told Mao Sugawara clearly that he would kill her after the interrogation: first, Mao Sugawara probably still has a chance to reincarnate, so there is little point in lying to her; second, even if Mao Sugawara refuses to confess, Fu Qinghai still has one last trump card - Qingming can transform her into the Terminator T-3000.

Qingming is still tracking the fungus queen Moira Robinson, and will call her back if necessary. The key is that the process of humans transforming into Terminators is too intense, and the brain tissue will be greatly damaged - Amanda Waller can't remember many things now. Fu Qinghai is unwilling to use this trick unless it is absolutely necessary, as a lot of intelligence will be missed.

Sugawara Mao saw the expressions of the two people.

But she didn't care, and said softly:

"In fact, there is not so much deep hatred between us, right, Qingshan? You may not know that when I said that you were a real man who single-handedly fought against perfect humans, I was not being sarcastic, but was sincere... The fall of Amaterasu had a lot to do with perfect humans."

"Although Awakening Lion was the one who contributed the most in the battle to disband Amaterasu, it doesn't mean that other large societies just stood by and watched. Perfect Humanity, the Fifth Dimension, the Songtsewo Brotherhood... they all participated in it and got a piece of the pie. So I really admired you at that time."

There seemed to be a gleam in Sugawara Mao's eyes:

"If I were a newcomer in the reincarnation world, and if I were wanted by the perfect humans in the reincarnation forum, I would have changed my appearance and lived in anonymity. But you didn't. I heard that you took the initiative to cause trouble for the perfect humans. You even killed the Queen of Fungi and the King of Viruses once."

Oh my god, is she really your fan?

Zofia looked at Fu Qinghai.

I wondered if she was a bitch. Although Zofia also liked to play some role-playing games with Fu Qinghai, such as "little dog", that was in bed. It was a natural physiological reaction after a certain degree of happiness and satisfaction, which produced a sense of obedience and excitement. Now Sugawara Mao said it seriously in front of another woman...

Doesn't she feel ashamed?

The enemy of my enemy is my friend?

Fu Qinghai shook his head in his heart.

That logic doesn't apply here.

Sugawara Mao seemed to guess what he was thinking:

"I'm not saying this to change your opinion of me, Aoyama. The number of times Amaterasu has suffered at your hands is no less than that of perfect humans. We paid a huge price to obtain the crystallized spines of Planet Godzilla. You also killed Maeda Yuta and Bando Tetsuo, who were the few high-level fighters in our club. It was only after we became your enemy that we felt how difficult you were... However, now that things have come to this, there is no point in saying more. You and I are destined to be enemies."

"so what?"

Fu Qinghai spread out his hands and asked back.

"I just have a little regret, that's all."

Sugawara Mao shook his head.

"Speaking of your teammate Yuta Maeda."

Fu Qinghai suddenly sneered and said:

"I have to state in advance that I did not take the initiative to kill him. He provoked me and was seeking death."

Fu Qinghai's words were sincere. Just like Sugawara Mao said, Fu Qinghai didn't think he had any personal grudges with the Amaterasu gang at first. The last time the Monster Movie Universe was divided into camps, each for its own leader. Sugawara Mao deceived Fu Qinghai, but Fu Qinghai didn't care. Could it be that they were not as skilled as others and still held a grudge?

When Fu Qinghai saw Maeda Yuta transformed into a member of the Shazam family, he didn't want to fight - at least he had to wait until the camp was confirmed before fighting, otherwise killing a member of the Shazam family for no reason would not bring any benefits, and a lot of assimilation points would be deducted, which was not cost-effective. But I didn't expect that guy Maeda Yuta to say that this was a personal grudge.

He is seeking death.

Then it's not Fu Qinghai's fault.

"Ah? This..."

After listening to Fu Qinghai's brief retelling.

Sugawara Mao was visibly stunned.

Obviously, she only knew that Yuta and Tetsuro Bando were probably dead the day before yesterday, but she didn't know exactly how they died - originally Tetsuro Bando went there to investigate how Yuta Maeda was captured. Even if they still had reincarnation lives to be resurrected, that would be a matter for the next reincarnation world.

"I might know what's going on."

Sugawara Mao smiled bitterly and said:

"Maeda Yuta is the youngest member of our club. He is not yet an adult. At that time, we needed to find a real child to replace the Korean orphan and become a member of the Shazam family, so we sent him. Yuta, maybe he is..."

Sugawara Mao didn't say it in the end.

It is possible that Yuta Maeda has a crush on me.

Fu Qinghai didn't know that in the major plot event of the Monster Movie Universe, Sugawara Mao once made a sharp comment, saying that because the Amaterasu Society always lost, the club members had the temperament of losers, while Aoyama always won, so he had the temperament of winners - these remarks reached the ears of other players in the Amaterasu Society, causing many people to be dissatisfied with Fu Qinghai, a stranger they had never met before.

If Fu Qinghai knew about this, he would definitely feel very wronged. What does Sugawara Mao's dog-licking remarks have to do with me? He didn't know Sugawara Mao's status in the Amaterasu Society. Even if the members of the society were angry, they didn't dare to vent it on her. Putting aside the strategy and command, Sugawara Mao is the only qualified person in the Amaterasu Society. Apart from Sugawara Mao, no reincarnation in the Amaterasu Society can drive EVA.

"So, have you thought about it?"

Fu Qinghai didn't want to talk about the past anymore.

He looked into Sugawara Mao's eyes and said seriously:

"Die quickly, so you don't have to suffer so much."

While Sugawara Mao was in a coma, Fu Qinghai had carefully examined her teeth and found no poison sacs that could be used for suicide, so he was not worried that she would commit suicide.

"I won't tell you."

Sugawara Mao raised her chin and said:

"Unless you teach me yourself."

Zofia: →_→

Fu Qinghai: ...

Fu Qinghai regretted a little bit for letting Zofia come along.

Zofia was watching nearby.

How could he discipline her?

"Forget it, I'll ask Qingming to come back..."

Fu Qinghai said helplessly, rubbing his forehead.

"Why, you can't do it anymore?"

Zofia asked, glancing at him sideways.

"I made a promise to Ogedei... Oh, Ogedei is my old boss, you don't know him. The key is that this will ruin my Daoxin, you know? Do you know what Daoxin is? You haven't practiced it, so you don't know. Originally, our regiment had someone who was dedicated to doing the dirty work for me, but he didn't come."

Fu Qinghai talked on and on.

He hugged Zofia and walked out.

"Qingshan."

Mao Sugawara was still calling from behind:

"I'm a little thirsty."

"Just shut the fuck up!"

"Bang!"

The door was slammed shut.

Sugawara Mao looked at the door quietly.

I don't know what's going on in my mind.

...

　1. I'm not very satisfied with the writing of this chapter. I finished it yesterday and revised it over and over again.

(End of this chapter)