Neon Genesis Evangelion: Forever Intertwined

Episode 19

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Greetings, people. Not much to say here other than the disclaimer that Gainax/Anno owns Neon Genesis Evangelion and this is just for entertainment. So, enjoy.

Episode 19: True Desire

The scene starts off with Kaji appearing in front of a small, brick house situated in the middle of a forest. It's around 4 PM as the gentleman rests his posterior against the wall that's next to the house's main entrance. The door then opens up enough to reveal a man in his late 40s, looking pretty worn out. This fellow is represented as one of Kaji's sources, although nobody would have guessed from his appearance.

The individual plainly gazes at Kaji as he utters with a mildly agitated tone, "What is it now, Ryoji? I gave you all the information I had on NERV the last time you came here. Why don't you ask my sister for what you need? She usually knows about the same intel I do."

Kaji looks at the man out of the corner of his eyes, smirking. "It isn't about NERV this time. Anyway, I already spoke to her. She gave me everything she could scrounge up. She suggested to ask you for more, if anything."

The man raises his left eyebrow while curiosity arises. "Who's on the docket then?"

Kaji turns his attention away from the man to focus in front of himself and says in a serious tone, "SEELE."

The man conduct maintains itself. "SEELE, huh?" He smiles, completely opens the door and steps outside. Following that, the guy sits upon the doorstep amidst eyeing the ground. "That's an interesting topic. What do you want to know?"

Kaji resets his concentration onto the male. "I need their location. I already ruled out Antarctica as an obvious one, which confirms four out of six Continents not hiding them. I can thank your sister for that intel." He grins.

The middle-aged character navigates his head to Kaji with piercing brown eyes. "What options do you have left?"

Kaji pulls out a pack of cigarettes from his shirt pocket via his left hand, refraining from deviating his sight. Once he places a cigarette in his mouth and lights it up with a silver lighter by the use of his left hand, the former double agent nonchalantly answers amidst expelling some smoke. "The last two Continents are North America and Asia. I just finished searching through South America and found no leads."

The man smirks before turning his attention towards the terrain as his eyes become a bit dull. "Then let me help you out. Don't bother searching through Russia. They no longer have any ties with SEELE since they were always left in the dark by them. That seriously pissed them off."

Kaji smiles while nodding as he's looking in front of himself. "If you say so. It sure helps that they aren't going to be a factor. It would've been a pain searching for SEELE in Russia."

The man calmly comments, "Start with China if you intend on going to Asia. They're likely connected with SEELE. They always were their biggest supporters."

Kaji grows concerned, steering his body accordingly to confront the informant. "What makes you think that?"

The middle-aged guy replies with no change to his focus. "Keel, in specific, has a solid relationship with them. I doubt they would ever reject him." He smirks, glancing at Kaji in the process.

Kaji emits confidence, gently planting his left side against the wall, and interlocks his arms. "Then I know where to go next."

The man quips in a slightly teasing tone, "Don't get too ahead of yourself. There's still North America you have to consider."

Curiosity dwells within Kaji. "I wouldn't think North America would be involved anymore. They even abandoned the 1st Branch to show they don't want to stick their nose in the battle between Japan and SEELE."