Chapter 3

Shinji, you shouldn't be troubling your lieutenant so soon after our reinstatement.

Get it together. You're setting a terrible example for the rest of them.

Shut up. Last night I was organizing my favorite vinyl records, and before I knew it, it was already dawn.

I don't even know when I ended up passing out. Nothing I can do about it now.

Still, I had no idea Captain Hirako was such a deep sleeper.

If you write an article about this, I'll never forgive you.

Momo woke him up today, but how did you guys wake him up in the past?

Hmm. I usually ended up waking Love, and Hyori would wake up Shinji.

She used to pull some pretty brutal stuff, didn't she?

Yup. Once she got the clippers and shaved off all of Shinji's hair while he was asleep...

What?! She shaved Captain Hirako's hair?

She sure did. Even just remembering that...

Captain Hirako's hair... Heh. I mean, uh, I'm sorry.

... Did you just laugh at me?

You've all been running your mouths saying whatever you want! Now give it a rest, all of you!

Ah, sorry about today, Momo.

Not at all. Now I know how to wake you up if you oversleep, Captain Hirako, so it's completely fine.

Please give me a break on that one...

If you hate it so much, just wake up on your own.

Man, you're cold. If I could do that, I wouldn't be having such a hard time!

Well, it just shows how much trust you have in her, doesn't it? Isn't it great that you've settled into your current squad so quickly?

Nah, that's not it. It's just that my current squad is way too laid-back.

I'm sure he'll be a handful, but please look after Shinji.

Yes! I look forward to working with him as well!