EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from Tiga

Chapter 21 The defeat of the Thunder Angel is completed!

Just when the sixth angel's particle cannon was about to destroy EVA Unit-01 and the shelter from this world.

The light appeared.

As the light shone, a silver giant dotted with red and blue appeared in the light.

With his hands crossed, facing the purple-brown death light that was so close, a ray of colorful light spread from the colorful timer that was flashing red fire.

——Ultra Barrier!
The particle cannon, which was powerful enough to melt NERV super alloy steel plates in seconds, silently penetrated the rainbow shield and disappeared without a trace.

Like a drop in the ocean, the shield of hope drawn by Tiga's hands completely swallowed up the purple-brown light of disaster in an instant, without even a trace of a ripple.

"Special wavelength reaction! It's neither blue! nor orange...! It's exactly the same as the Giant of Light from the time of the Fourth Angel!!!!"

At this moment, all the data detectors at NERV's operational headquarters simultaneously emitted an explosion of unknown signal.

"The optical pattern has been confirmed! Red and blue stripes, a silver background, a chest crystal gleaming red... all the features! They match the Titan from the last time! It's Him! The Titan that defeated the Third Angel... has appeared again!! He's also protecting Unit-01 and the general public!"

There was a hint of excitement and joy in the voice of operator Qingye.

Because this information is not made public, but is known to everyone within NERV. If the first time could be a coincidence... then the second time it appeared, and this kindness towards humanity, really ignited a fire of hope in his heart.

"The Sixth Angel's particle cannon! Completely vanished! The rainbow-colored light in the Giant of Light's hand... is a brand-new energy never before observed! It easily devoured the Angel's particle cannon completely!"

While the operators Hinata and Aoba were shouting happily, Kaji Ryoji came to Hinata with a gloomy face at some point.

"Hinata-kun, could you help me check the status of Asuka and Shinji-kun?"

"Oh... um, okay. Asuka... Unit 2 was knocked away by the Sixth Angel's attack. Judging by her brainwave readings, she's still unconscious. However, her heart and lung functions are normal, so she's not in danger of death.

As for Shinji-kun, Unit-01 took direct hit from the particle cannon, causing the LCL solution in the plug to boil. The high temperature destroyed all the equipment in the plug, making it impossible to detect the current situation..."

"That's it..."

Ryoji Kaji looked at Unit-01 which had fallen into complete silence, and then looked at the Giant of Light who was holding the Rainbow Ultra Shield and walking towards the Sixth Angel with a particle cannon... His face gradually became gloomy.

At the same time, as if realizing that his current firepower was not enough to break through Tiga's defense, the Sixth Angel's appearance changed again.

Similar to the first one, but... even stronger than the first one.

Abandoning all defensive capabilities, it completely exposed its main core, and all its organizational structures transformed into particle accelerators... and began to accumulate its largest and most powerful ray of death.

Faced with the challenge letter from the Sixth Angel, Tiga naturally would not be the slightest bit cowardly - behind him, he could still feel the eager and surprised eyes of the child [Suzuhara Sakura].

Crossing his arms, a purple halo, like a boundary separating heaven and earth, converged on Tiga's arms. Pure and flawless light spread from the colored timer to Tiga's arms, and then—

Use this light that can purify the deepest darkness, the light that melts the energy of Zapelio in the whole body, to meet the launch of the Sixth Angel's particle cannon head-on!
"…!?"

Surprisingly, we've reached a stalemate...!
Looking at the white light that was confronting the purple disaster in front of him and was in a stalemate for a while, Shinji Ikari gave a bitter smile.

For Ultraman, the enemy Apostle is not that strong. If it were in the previous world... any powerful enemy he defeated would be far more dangerous than the Apostle.

In his prime, a single Zaperion ray, fused with all the light energy in his body, should have been enough to instantly obliterate the Particle Cannon and the Sixth Angel. But… at this moment, Tiga was far less powerful than he had been in his prime—the white and purple rays collided in mid-air, devouring each other… neither could prevail.

"Well, that's only natural, I guess."

Shinji Ikari naturally knew the reason... because, at this moment, Ultraman Tiga had already burned out all the energy of light.

All his strength and light were completely burned out in the final battle with Gatanjea. In the end, it was only with the light of humanity that he was able to stand up again and defeat the ancient evil god.

And after that, he came to this world - because of the desolation and sadness of this world, Tiga's light energy has never been effectively restored... or it is in an extreme state after the battle with Gatanjea.

The people of this world have become numb with despair and have given up hope for the future... But that's not all—

Feel…the gaze and the smile.

Right behind him, the girl who called his name... who gave him light and allowed him to appear again, was smiling innocently.

No matter how broken the world is, how tragic the fate is, or how hopeless the darkness is... there will always be children who are passionate about the future and make wishes to the light.

Whether as... a human elder who paves the future for children - or as... an Ultra Warrior who protects peace for mankind!
I absolutely cannot allow myself to——let down! This eager gaze——! And this happy smile!!!

"Zapelio! Light——————!"

With the resonance of Shinji Ikari's will and awareness, Ultraman Tiga unleashed a power beyond his limit.

The pure and beautiful stream of light completely defeated the unclean light of death, instantly defeating the particle cannon... and also hitting the core of the Sixth Angel.

In an instant, the Sixth Angel twisted and squirmed again and again...trying to defend against the attack of Zapelion's rays...trying to reproduce a second core to survive.

But... before the Light of Tiga, all this was in vain. With a shrill wail... the core exploded, and the entire cube collapsed, vanishing without a trace in an instant.

"The Sixth Angel... Completely silent! The wavelength response has completely disappeared...!"

Even without Hinata's announcement, everyone had already realized that the Sixth Angel had been completely destroyed.

Furthermore, they were not destroyed by humans... but by this mysterious giant—

Last time it was okay because they evacuated early and no more than ten people witnessed the Giant of Light, making it easy to control the intelligence.

But this time... it was in the center of Tokyo-3, and at least thousands of people witnessed this giant.

This is not something that can be handled by public opinion manipulation...

Just as Shinji Ikari defeated the Sixth Angel and was about to leave, suddenly... a sudden collapse sound was heard behind him.

"Eh…?"

Suzuhara Sakura, who was still dancing and celebrating that the Giant of Light was real, could only stare blankly... The ceiling of the shelter collapsed completely and fell towards her mercilessly.

(End of this chapter)