EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 207 205. Word Spirit Advancement and the Unknown Apostle from the Moon
Could it be that Unit-01’s teeth are sharper than the particle knife?
Such doubts arose in Shinji Ikari's heart.

If you want to eat the core, at least you have to have teeth to chew it, but the particle knife didn't cause much damage before, could Unit-01's teeth do it? He suppressed his thoughts. If there was no other way, maybe he could try it, but this was not his first choice at the moment.

He asked the command room;
"Ms. Ritsuko, the particle knife cannot cause effective damage to its core. Does the headquarters have any other weapons?"

...Of course.

Ritsuko Akagi thought.

——The Spear of Longinus.

The spear stuck in the body of the Angel in the Dogma District in the center of the underground city can be called the most powerful weapon in the world. If Unit-01 was holding it right now... no, even if Asuka's Unit-02 was holding it, the Fourteenth Angel would have been annihilated long ago.

But this gun was currently sealing the apostle in the underground city. If it was pulled out... she had to look at Commander Ikari on the podium.

Misato Katsuragi, who was standing next to her, noticed her friend's unusual behavior.

At this time, someone spoke up and answered Shinji Ikari's question.

"…The EVA itself is the best weapon."

Fuyutsuki Kozo said in a calm tone.

When he heard the old man's voice, Shinji Ikari was still wondering where the stranger came from.

After all, the deputy commander never spoke on the communication channel.

But the familiar tone of the old man still made him quickly recognize who was speaking. Deputy Commander Fuyutsuki's words seemed to hint at something. The body of Unit-01 itself... was it referring to its teeth? Did he misunderstand? Is it really okay to let Unit-01 eat the core of the Angel?
The situation on the battlefield is quite serious right now. Time is running out, so we are not concerned about whether Unit-01 will eat the core or not.

Let’s deal with the apostles first and then talk about other things.

Take a gamble?
Fortune and wealth are sought through risk?
Shinji Ikari thought that if it was really dangerous to him, Unit-01 would not want to eat the core. He believed in the soul of his mother in Unit-01.

Think of this.

He then carefully released the restrictions on Unit-01.

Kaka-

The golden pupil of Unit-01 lit up, and there seemed to be the sound of something shattering. Unit-01, which had been restrained for a long time, immediately broke free like a wild horse. The giant in purple-green armor opened its huge mouth to the sky, like a bottomless black hole, and then it bit towards the core of the Fourteenth Angel with a bloody wind.

This abnormal situation is totally unlike the usually steady Unit-01.

Misato Katsuragi was watching the battle in the command room, and she had a bad feeling in her heart. What did Vice Commander Fuyutsuki mean by that sentence just now?
Click——

The red core of the Apostle could only leave a crack even with the particle knife.

The moment the teeth collided with Unit-01, a cracking sound was heard and countless cracks appeared on the mirror surface. No matter how strong the apostle's recovery ability was, it was too late.

Are your teeth so good?
The sound is like eating a strawberry cookie.

At this critical moment, Shinji Ikari still had time to think in his mind.

The next moment, the fishy-sweet S2 mechanism slid into his throat, as if falling into a bottomless pit. Does Unit- have a stomach? Ikari Shinji was a little confused, but in the cockpit, he seemed to be able to feel the delicious taste of the Angel Core. Well, it tasted pretty good.

He couldn't help but be stunned.

Although Unit-01 is connected to the pilot's nerves and the five senses are synchronized, does it even have a sense of taste?

And Unit-01 was still swallowing the "food" in front of it.

No need to even chew.

The horrible biting sound was like a top predator enjoying the carcass of its prey in the African savannah. The apostle under it struggled hard, struggling with its two arms to escape from the grasp of Unit-01. However, this struggling movement sounded like its last wail.

Beng Beng Beng——

The sound echoed in the vast underground city. As it ate, Unit-01's eyes emitted a dazzling golden light.

The fourteenth apostle.

Annihilate!

The apostle no longer struggled, and the high-energy reaction stopped.

But Unit-01 hasn't stopped eating yet.

The purple-green giant stopped moving only after it had completely devoured the core, but its eyes were still rolling around as if possessed by a demon. Its neck was stiff and twisting in an uncoordinated manner, reminiscent of the demons from hell in horror movies that needed to be exorcised by a priest with holy water, or the living dead in zombie movies who wanted to infect humans.

Everyone who was stared at by its golden eyes felt as if their hearts were being squeezed. The terrifying pressure intimidated everyone in the headquarters. Their breathing stopped, their pores trembled, and their pupils shrank. They wanted to kneel down and worship it. Only in this way could they relieve the inexplicable feeling of oppression.

Just like humans in ancient times, they held bloody sacrifices for it, cut open the hearts of the sacrifices, sang crazy prayers, and burned everything with flames as if to destroy the entire world.

Misato Katsuragi broke out in a cold sweat.

Why did she think of this?

It seemed to be looking for where the second core was... Shinji Ikari could even sense that Unit-01 was still unsatisfied. Fortunately, there was no second Angel here. Although its eyes swept past Unit-0 and Unit-02, it did not have any appetite for them.

It is obvious at a glance that Unit-01's unusual behavior is not controlled by the pilot.

...Where did the evil spirit come from? ?
"Shinji-kun! What's going on?!!"

"I don't know." said Shinji Ikari.

He really didn't know what was going on, and he wasn't lying.

The dragon gene, Unit-2, and S mechanism, together, seemed to have formed some wonderful chemical reaction. Unit- stopped looking for "food", but the golden light in its eyes suddenly became stronger and stronger, as if a sun rose in the dim underground city, blooming to its heart's content.

The light was not blazing, but it carried a terrifying aura.

Everyone saw the light.

At the edge of heaven and earth, it seems to illuminate the entire underground city.

Ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--

Unit-01 suddenly roared. It seemed like it was roaring so hard for the first time, as if it wanted to roar out the rest of its life.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh——

The giant's voice was like a roar, like a howl, so powerful that the purple-green armor broke apart inch by inch, revealing the pale humanoid skin underneath, fingers, arms, torso... until the cockpit of the human pilot at the neck was reached, and then the breaking stopped. Although Misato Katsuragi already knew that it was a living organism, not a robot, she was still dumbfounded after seeing this horrific scene.

Unit-01 is now more like an apostle than an apostle.

If the command center said at this moment that Unit-01 was parasitized by an Angel, I'm afraid no one would doubt it. Asuka and Ayanami Rei subconsciously wanted to prepare for battle, but when they realized that the pilot inside was Shinji Ikari, they stopped.

"Hey Shinji, are you okay?"

"Ikari-kun?"

"Probably... okay?"

This was the only answer Shinji Ikari could give.

"—Eject the cockpit immediately!"

Misato Katsuragi shouted.

No matter what the situation of Unit-01 is now, the first thing to do is to save the pilot. At the very least, nothing can happen to Shinji. But as soon as she gave the order, someone immediately refuted her.
"Cancel the ejection command, Unit-01 will be fine." It was Gendo Ikari.

"…Commander Ikari?"

"It's decided." He said coldly.

The confrontation in the command room was faintly transmitted to the communication channel. But Shinji Ikari didn't hear it, because at this moment he felt his vision was a little blurry, his cheeks were a little hot, his throat was dry, and cold sweats broke out all over his body. Did he have a fever? But he was a mixed-blood, and fever should not be something he had. Shinji Ikari was in a trance, and at a certain moment, he suddenly realized what had happened.

——His Word Spirit activated uncontrollably.

Ghost wins.

...Is it a ghost victory?
Although it was such a familiar word spirit, Shinji Ikari was a little unsure at this moment. He felt that his spirit was rising higher and higher in a trance, rising higher and higher, leaving his body, leaving Unit-01, as if it was going to rise to the sky, escape the earth's gravity, and enter space. Could this be related to Oni-sama?

Even in this trance, Ikari Shinji knew clearly that the ability of his words was only to suppress the pain and unlock the "gene lock".

him at the moment.

The spirit is hanging high in the sky, like a god above.

He could see from the sky what was happening below, the Unit-01 roaring towards the sky, and the two machines in the distance not knowing what to do.

Shinji Ikari subconsciously closed his eyes - if he still had eyes at this moment, anyway, he made the "closed eyes" action, and then, white dots that were enough to make him have a trypophobia appeared in his mind, one by one, small dots were scattered around, and his mind stretched out snail-like tentacles, as if he could connect these small dots and control them. However, the tentacles could only reach a limited distance, and could only connect to those small dots that were close.

There are two slightly larger dots in it.

Those are Unit 0 and Unit 2... The other small dots must be the spirits of the densely packed human race.

Could it be that he had entered the spiritual world?

It seems that there are still quite a few people in the Third New Tokyo City. He thought to himself, and from this perspective, there seems to be no difference between humans and apostles... Ikari Shinji was startled, and his brain seemed to be pricked by a needle and became more sober at this moment. He didn't know why he had such a strange idea.

This... is a field?

Guisheng's advancement?
Shinji Ikari recalled the research on his own Word Spirit that he had read in the academy library. It was said that this Word Spirit had the potential to be upgraded. After the upgrade, all creatures in the area would forget the pain due to the will of the releaser and instinctively obey the releaser and become his friends. This legend seemed to be true. Shinji Ikari confirmed the fact at this moment. But why did he suddenly advance?

He was puzzled.

Maybe it was the mixture of Unit-2, S mechanism, and dragon genes that gave him this gift?

At this moment, Shinji Ikari suddenly felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up, and he felt like he was being watched. This should be impossible. Shinji Ikari knew that he might be in a spiritual world, not reality. In such a world, someone was watching him. It was too incredible.

Who is the owner of this sight?
--people?

--apostle?
Shinji Ikari had a guess in his mind. He thought that this gaze must be related to the apostle. It couldn't be that a human was looking at him, right? Other people in this world didn't have the same dragon genes as him.

He glanced at the sky above his head.

The source of that sight.

…is the moon.

Could it be that an apostle is currently on the moon?
(End of this chapter)