"What's the rush? In such a cramped place, one can't really stretch their legs."
Hansen chuckled softly and turned around slowly, his gaze sweeping over the three girls one by one.
"An opponent of this level is the perfect opportunity for you to have a practical combat lesson."
He slowly raised his right hand, spread his fingers, and aimed his palm at the ground beneath his feet.
"Besides..."
Hansen chuckled again, his voice clearly reaching the ears of the three girls.
"Who said you have to sit inside to pilot a mech?"
As Hansen's voice fell, hum—!!!
An indescribable ripple, with Hansen as the center, instantly swept across the entire city.
The platinum radiance belonging to [Imaginary Divine Power] ignored physical distance and electronic signals, aggressively drilling deep into the ground to instantly take control of those three dormant steel giants.
"Link Start." Hansen snapped his fingers.
In the underground Hangar.
There was no entry plug injection, no power connection, and not even the restraint racks had opened.
But under the horrified gaze of the staff, the three previously dead-silent EVAs suddenly lit up their eye lights!
"It, it moved?!" Maya Ibuki screamed subconsciously. "eva unit-01, eva unit-00, eva unit-02... all unit signals activated! Synchronization rate... the synchronization rate is infinite?!"
"What is going on?!" Misato Katsuragi was dumbfounded.
Snap, snap, snap!
The alloy restraints fixed to them snapped on their own at the same time.
Hansen stood on the rooftop, his finger curling slightly.
"Come on."
Boom, boom, boom—!!!
Three giant figures soared into the sky along the launch tubes, smashing through the top armor as they approached the ground, forcibly intercepting Zeruel before it could invade!
Zeruel seemed to have sensed something; the hollow eyes beneath that pale mask turned slightly.
A terrifying [AT Field] instantly expanded, and the ribbon-like arms, which looked soft but were actually indestructible, swept over at high speed with a piercing whistle!
Undoubtedly, even if a mountain stood in its way, it would be sliced in half as easily as cutting tofu!
However, two huge purple palms steadily caught this absolutely fatal strike.
eva unit-01 hovered in mid-air, motionless, with its arms spread wide.
Zeruel's toilet-paper-like ribbons were firmly grasped, pulled taut!
The highly condensed force field squeezed over fiercely, and the shockwave alone triggered a violent earthquake, yet it couldn't even pull back half a centimeter!
In contrast, the octagonal AT Field deployed by eva unit-01 underwent a qualitative change at this moment under the blessing of Hansen's will.
The white-gold force field instantly materialized, condensing into several huge diamond-shaped crystals, like mass-projectiles from large-caliber naval guns.
Bang—!
Amidst a firing sound so dull it shook the earth, several force field crystals shot out explosively, slamming fiercely into the face of Zeruel's pale mask!
Point-blank explosion!
Under the Impact of the immense kinetic energy, Zeruel's massive body instantly tilted backward and flew away, accompanied by a piercing sonic boom, as it was forcibly blasted into the city ruins just destroyed by the earthquake!
Dust filled the sky!
"Don't just stand there; next is a righteous beatdown!"
As Hansen waved his hand, the outlines of Asuka and the others suddenly emitted a warm white-gold arc of light.
The consciousness of the three instantly crossed space, descending into the distant EVA units without any hesitation through the Divine Power Link.
The next moment, eva unit-00, controlled by Rei Ayanami, was the first to act.
As its yellow-painted hands gripped the air, an [AT Field] no less powerful than Zeruel's erupted, and under the rewriting rules of [Imaginary Divine Power], it quickly twisted and condensed, turning into a blood-red double-helix spear.
Imaginary Manifestation—[Spear of Longinus]!!
On the other side, Mari Makinami and Asuka, who had entered eva unit-02 simultaneously, messed around for a while before completing the Pacific Rim synchronization.
Under the first dual-core drive, Mari Makinami licked her lips and hugged Asuka's slender, beautiful spiritual body from behind.
"Ara ara, Princess, it's not easy to get a chance to pilot eva unit-02, so let me take the lead this time, okay, okay?"
After so many days of intimacy, Asuka had long been conquered by the persistent glasses-wearing girl.
"Hmph, don't break the unit, you idiot with glasses."
At this moment, she just huffed tsundere-ly and then voluntarily released the permissions for eva unit-02.
"What a great feeling!"
"Princess, don't be so reserved!" Mari Makinami felt the boiling hot blood in her body and grinned: "Let me show you the true way to use eva unit-02!"
"The Beast!"
Click—hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss!! Mari Makinami's fanatical roar was accompanied by the sound of bolts spinning out at high speed. In a few seconds, all the restraint bolts on eva unit-02, from its shoulders to its back, ejected instantly.
The red armor burst open, revealing the hideous muscle fibers beneath. The original humanoid form transformed into a beast on all fours. Like eva unit-01 going Berserk, it opened the giant mouth hidden beneath its faceplate and let out a biomimetic roar— "Roar—!!!"
At this moment, Zeruel had just struggled to climb out of the pit and hadn't had time to float again.
A bolt of red lightning, wreathed in roaring sonic boom clouds, tore through the smoke and dust as the unit warped, approaching at extreme speed!
The beast-formed eva unit-02 pounced directly onto Zeruel, opened its fang-filled mouth, and took a huge bite out of Zeruel's absurdly thick, multi-layered [AT Field]!
Crunch—!
The crisp shattering sound made everyone's heart tremble.
The Absolute Terror Field, which was capable of withstanding nuclear bombardment, was actually easily bitten through by one layer by eva unit-02!
"That's it, tear it apart!!" Mari Makinami's excited voice rang out inside eva unit-02.
Under her wild influence, Asuka, who always pursued precision and efficiency, couldn't help but get a little carried away.
Subconsciously, she backhanded and clasped the hands that Mari Makinami had wrapped around her, transmitting her own power over without reservation!
Boom, boom, boom, boom—!
A more powerful [AT Field] erupted. As eva unit-02 swung a claw, Zeruel's multi-layered [AT Field] was instantly crushed and collapsed, and it was sent flying away like a ball once again!
Whoosh—
Just then, a faint sound of breaking air rang out.
In the distance, eva unit-00 leaned back like a javelin thrower and then threw fiercely.
The red meteor tore through the atmosphere. Zeruel, which had just climbed up, didn't even have time to reorganize its force field before that red spear pierced through its chest like a hot knife through butter!
Carrying immense kinetic energy, it pinned it firmly to the ground!
"Although I don't want to disturb your fun..." Rei Ayanami's voice came from inside eva unit-00, which had been standing quietly at the rear of the battlefield.
"But please leave me a chance to make an appearance."
Zeruel, which was accumulating energy, didn't even have time to deflect the force field before that red spear pierced through its chest like a hot knife through butter, carrying immense kinetic energy, and pinned it firmly to the ground!
"Caught you~ little cutie!"
Mari Makinami's excited voice rang out.
"Screech—!!!" The Tenth Angel let out a shrill, miserable scream.
"It's over."
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