Hansen, who had completed the audacious operation of cloaking the eva unit-01 with Susanoo, contentedly stretched his new, noticeably bulkier body.
He couldn't help but curl his lip at the shock of the NERV personnel.
To avoid misunderstanding, I even actively hid the pair of sky-obscuring Great Tengu Wings behind the 'Perfect Susanoo'!
If you uninitiated lot saw that, wouldn't you all just explode?
Amidst his thoughts, Hansen opened his right hand.
In his palm, the radiance of the AT Field intertwined and flowed, transforming into a massive light sword that emitted terrifying heat like the Earth's core!
Geocentric Light Sword!
In the distance, the battered Water Angel raised its head, its simple vision instantly completely filled by the huge shadow descending from the sky.
Boom—!!!
The massive dark blue demon god leaped high, transforming into a blue meteor, appearing directly above the Water Angel in an instant, then crashing down heavily.
The giant foot, clad in Susanoo, was like a meteor, precisely and brutally stomping the Water Angel's entire head into the ground!
The city ground cracked open like a spiderweb, centered on the impact point!
"Pfft!"
The instinct for survival caused the Water Angel, in a headfirst posture, to raise its not-yet-fully-repaired arms, thrusting out two dazzling Lance of Light in counterattack!
The AT Field, thick enough to make an Angel despair, unfolded, intercepting the Water Angel's piercing light spears halfway, only stirring up ripples of colorful force fields, suspended in mid-air.
At the same time, the light sword in eva unit-01's hand, emitting terrifying high temperatures, fell, cleanly severing the Water Angel's long arms along with its light spears!
Without the slightest pause, Hansen flicked his wrist.
A huge purple sword light drew a perfect arc in the air.
Whoosh—!
More than half of the Water Angel's head flew skyward, and before it could land, Hansen had already reversed the sword tip!
The Geocentric Light Sword, like an execution, plunged fiercely into the red core in its chest!
Crack—!!!
The sound of the core shattering was dull yet clear, and time seemed to stand still for a moment.
The next second.
Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!
World-destroying energy erupted with a roar!
A huge cross-shaped firelight, accompanied by a mushroom cloud, shot into the sky.
Around the Water Angel, the multi-colored ripples representing the AT Field rapidly dissipated into nothingness.
Accompanying this was a tsunami-like torrent of red liquid pouring out from the explosion's center, forming monstrous waves that instantly submerged the ruins of several surrounding blocks.
Having lost the absolute restraint of the force field, this quasi-ultimate lifeform could no longer maintain its colossal size and completely collapsed and disintegrated!
As the mushroom cloud dispersed, amidst the fire and blood waves, the massive dark blue demon god stood silently, completely unharmed.
Moments later, the majestic Susanoo armor and the enormous light sword transformed into specks of light, dissipating into the air.
The crimson light in eva unit-01's eyes slowly extinguished, and its massive body swayed slightly, as if all its strength had been exhausted, it knelt on one knee, falling silent.
The entire world was deathly quiet... On the night after the battle, NERV Headquarters was more chaotic and oppressive than when the Angel attacked.
The air was filled with a fervor and anxiety named "subversion".
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"
Chief Scientist Ritsuko Akagi, this blonde intellectual beauty who always maintained rationality and elegance, was now like a fanatical madwoman.
Her eyes were bloodshot, staring intently at the image on the main screen, frozen and magnified countless times—the dark blue energy armor covering the eva unit-01's body.
"Energy index exceeds measurement limits... spatial parameters are abnormally distorted... It's not a mere AT Field mimicry, but possesses an independent energy circulation system!"
She spoke rapidly, her fingertips clattering on the keyboard, while lines of red "ERROR" and "Unable to Parse" scrolled across the screen.
"Its structure... is too perfect, it's almost as if... it's armor personally crafted by a god!"
As one of the few people, besides the Commander and Deputy Commander, who understood the SEELE plan, and as the head of NERV's E Project, she knew very well.
This was not a power normally possessed by eva unit-01.
Misato Katsuragi next to her also watched with trepidation, recalling the scene of the blue demon god piercing the Water Angel's core with a single sword, a chill still running from her tailbone to the top of her head.
She had initially thought it was Shinji's potential bursting forth, but now it seemed the situation was far more bizarre and... terrifying than imagined.
On the high platform, Kōzō Fuyutsuki's forehead was covered in fine cold sweat. He looked at the silent man beside him: "Gendo, the plan seems to have hit a snag."
"Is there... something else residing in eva unit-01?"
"..."
Gendo Ikari crossed his hands in front of him, remaining silent.
"It's not time to draw conclusions yet. Perhaps, this is a new ability formed by the fusion of a human soul and eva unit-01, and..."
"At least the current situation has not deviated from SEELE's script."
"We must believe in... her power."
...Medical Department.
In the sterile ward, Shinji Ikari slowly awoke from a state of chaos.
"An unfamiliar... ceiling."
His last memory was the extreme pain of his eyeballs and brain being pierced by a light spear, and the fear that could tear his soul apart.
He instinctively touched his eyes; they were perfectly intact.
His body felt no pain, only a sense of exhaustion and weakness, as if all his strength had been drained.
"I... I'm alive?" he murmured to himself, his eyes vacant.
What happened after that battle?
Was the Angel... defeated?
Did I... do it?
No, it wasn't me.
In his mind, a blurry, majestic dark blue figure flashed, along with a gentle whisper he vaguely heard—
"You've worked hard. I'll take it from here."
It was Mr. Hansen... That thought had barely arisen before he himself stifled it.
How could that be?
Mr. Hansen is a special envoy from the United Nations; how could an ordinary person appear inside eva unit-01... It must be an illusion, a hallucination.
But that warm feeling of being saved and protected was so real.
Then he gave a self-deprecating smile. Mr. Hansen was no ordinary person; rather, he himself was indeed a useless ordinary high school student.
Just as Shinji Ikari was lost in thought, the ward door was pushed open with a "bang," and a bustling figure rushed in.
"Yo, kid! You're finally awake! You've been asleep for a whole day and night!"
Misato Katsuragi stood with one hand on her hip, a dazzlingly bright smile on her face. She quickly walked to the bedside and unceremoniously patted Shinji's shoulder.
"The battle is over, the Angel has been completely annihilated, and you did a fantastic job! You truly are the pilot I brought in!"
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