"You said there's no reason for this to happen. But there is. An idiot caused all of this. If you want to hit him, fight on. Fight and live."
Those words touched Midori deeply. On that day, in that moment she understood that her life would never be the same again.
That is why she trained so hard every day. Each day could be her last, and she vowed to herself to live driven by a single feeling that could be described in several words: justice, revenge, determination, hatred.
And exactly for that reason she could not understand why the rescue operation of Evangelion Unit 01 went that way.
Reports are that Shinji Ikari is alive.
And that means that nothing will ever be the same again.
Just like on the day when Infinity Failure's red blood had touched her brown hair, permanently turing her hair into this unnatural pinkish color, the return of Shinji Ikari will again change her life and the lives of everyone here at WUNDER.
And that's why Midori wanted to be there. To see Captain Shikinami personally deliver the death penalty for that genocidal.
But an anguish was also slowly taking over her thoughts.
On that day when the red blood of Infinity Failure that had touched her brown hair that day, permanently marking her, , Midori became the person she is today.
The representation of feelings and the constant struggle between two people. Asuka Langley Shikinami, the person who saved her that day and who has been fighting to save the world ever since. Shinji Ikari, the idiot who cursed her life and the entire planet. Father and mother, good and evil. Right and wrong.
In other circumstances, in some other universe, perhaps Shinji and Asuka could have impacted themselves the people around them in ways. They could have even had biological or non-biological children. Children of Love.
But that was not the case for her. She was the child of hatred. The one who will never forgive Shinji Ikari's sins and failures. And Captain Shikinami is the same as her. She will certainly have no mercy.
In fact, the Captain is on her way to the observation room right now, to meet the genocidal idiot face to face again after all this time.
Everything seemed perfect. But one thing bothered her.
During the last few hours, the Captain had been acting in a completely strange and disturbing way. She decided to wear an old plugsuit, all patched up, for an important mission. She lost focus and allowed herself to be surrounded by the enemy. And, at the peak of her moment of desperation, she uttered words that no one ever imagined would come out of her mouth.
"Do something, idiot Shinji!"
And, to everyone's amazement, the impossible actually happened. Evangelion Unit 01 awoke from its slumber and instead of trying to destroy the world, attacked the enemies of WILLE, with a fury and types of attacks never seen before.
Also, the Captain's reaction when she saw that that idiot really did something was...
No. Midori didn't want to think about that possibility. Justice will be served.
After all, Asuka Langley Shikinami has kept herself alive and fighting all this time driven by the hatred she harbors towards Shinji Ikari. There can be no other feeling or motive in the Captain's heart.
Otherwise... that would mean that Midori has got it all wrong over all these years. That what motivated Asuka during all this time wasn't hatred towards Shinji Ikari. But other kinds of feelings.
And that would be so... disgusting.