Hawks from the Land of Light are calling me a dove and an undercover agent in the chat group.

The Angels and EVA units stood on the earth, weeping with joy. None of them felt panic or fear, for they had already come close to the Angels.

Although after leaving that abstract dimensional space, it is very difficult for ordinary people to understand any of the Angels except Kaworu Nagisa, as their languages ​​are different, even so, a newborn baby dares to crawl next to any of the Angels!

The apostles did not understand love, peace, or the weight of life; that was in the past. Having accompanied the giant of light through his profound life as the closest observers, even the most abstract apostles had already embarked on the path of coexistence.

They must continue to evolve, without completion or regression, without killing any of their cousins. In this desolate and vast universe, how precious it is to witness thirteen different evolutionary paths.

"what……"

Falling back to the ground, no longer in that abstract dimensional space, nor in NERV's underground headquarters, Gendo Ikari, having lost the glasses that concealed his true self, knelt on the ground, looking at this brand new world in a daze and with shock.

This is a brand new world that has eliminated the Second Impact and erased all the pain.

This is a brand new world where everything starts anew and there will be no more cycles of reincarnation.

This is a brand new world with him, Gendo Ikari, and his wife, Yui Ikari!

Gendo Ikari froze, forgetting even to breathe, staring at his wife, who was now a real, tangible being, still young, just a year after giving birth to Shinji.

Gendo Ikari stretched out his hand tremblingly, as if he were pleading and praying.

"--Mother?!"

Asuka, standing to one side, leaped up and rushed into her mother's arms with a voice filled with gratitude and surprise.

This is her real mother, who was not severed, who did not leave the part of her soul as a "mother" in EVA Unit 2, and who did not treat the doll as a child but ignore her. She is her complete, normal, healthy, real mother!

Shinji Ikari watched this scene with envy. He also saw his "mother," who resembled Rei Ayanami in her adult form. However, having been hurt too much by his father, he was hesitant to approach her.

This is not the wall of the heart, but the hesitation that a victim of many years would naturally possess. Shinji Ikari's first reaction was to look at Uncle Kassadin, who had returned to his human form, restrained his life essence, and left without a trace, only hoping that everyone could be happy.

He was closer to Uncle Casa than his mother, Asuka, Misato, or even his father.

But before he could do that, the mother, who resembled an adult version of Rei Ayanami, spotted her child in the crowd at a glance. Without the slightest hesitation, she walked over without saying a word, took her child's little hand, and led her poor child aggressively to her husband.

"only……"

Gendo Ikari was deeply shocked. He saw it with his own eyes, a living, moving creature, the real Yui who had been revived. It was no longer the illusion he had been longing for in his mind. It was real, it was real!

But why? Why did you hold Shinji's hand first, and not mine?

I really, really, really love you so much, Yui. I love you ten times, a hundred times more than Shinji. Come and hold my hand!

Trembling, almost fainting from the overwhelming joy, Gendo Ikari staggered to his feet, reaching out to embrace his wife, a wide grin spreading across his face, about to utter "I love you."

However, before all his actions came a resounding slap from Yui Ikari!

"Snapped!"

Even though the world was reshaped, Gendo Ikari's swollen cheeks, slapped by the Giant of Light, were not repaired and were preserved.

Faced with his wife's all-out slap, the tall and strong Gendo Ikari was triggered by a chain reaction of swelling and pain. His body, which was about to get up, was immediately suppressed and he knelt down on the ground again.

Gendo Ikari stared in disbelief. "Why? It's me, Yui, it's me, Gendo! I love you, it's Gendo who loves you!"

"It's because of you that I'm so angry!" Tears streamed down Yui's face, her words filled with love but also with hatred. "Gendou, what have you done all these years? How have you treated Shinji... how have you treated our children? Are you even a father, you bastard!"

As a girlfriend, a woman, and a wife, she deeply loves her husband, even at this very moment.

But as a mother, she will love her child even more than she loves her husband!

Clang!

All of Gendo Ikari's attempts at excuses crumbled in an instant. He opened his mouth, speechless, head bowed, too afraid to look at Yui, and murmured, "So, you're still alive, watching over us from inside Unit-01 all along..."

The previous speculation was confirmed, but Gendo Ikari gained no sense of accomplishment whatsoever.

He couldn't refute her, and he had no face to look at his wife. Even Shinji, whom he had previously regarded as a tool, was now burning like a flame, making it difficult for him to look at him directly.

If it were just his wife coming back to life, he would be overjoyed. Even if he were slapped like that, he would feel no remorse and would not change in any way. He would not care if his wife spoke ill of him.

But now, he can no longer do that.

He saw a faint fragment of the giant of light named Kasa, from being protected to becoming a guardian.

Imprisoned in jail, Ultraman Belial treated Kasa as his own son. As Kasa grew up, he protected his juniors, including Neos, Taro, and Mebius, from childhood to adulthood, acting as an iron wall to shield them from all dangers.

What is family affection?

All of Ultraman Kasa's actions had nothing to do with family, but through these deeds, the heartless and emotionless Gendo Ikari realized for the first time his dereliction of duty.

Even if Shinji were a complete stranger to him, he shouldn't have treated him as a mere tool and subjected him to cruel mental control from childhood until now, let alone his own child.

He is my and Wei's only biological child!

Given who I am and who I am, wouldn't it be justified for me to receive any punishment?

Gendo Ikari's heart sank heavily. He looked up sharply, bracing himself for a fierce attack from his wife and son.

But the expected storm did not materialize.

What appeared in his eyes was Yui, who was no longer just holding the child's hand, but tightly embracing Shinji.

This woman, who wanted her child to ultimately have the power to choose in the Instrumentality Project, knew beforehand that she would die and become the soul of Unit-01. Her initial intention was to protect her child in the final ending.

However, no amount of reasons can make up for the fact that she was absent from her child's life.

"You've worked so hard, Shinji... It's all my fault... My child, my child!"

Rather than punishing Gendo Ikari, Yui Ikari cared more about making amends to her child. Tears streamed down her face. Her love was so pure that the bewildered Shinji immediately accepted this mother who had long been lost in his memory.

"Ah..." Gendo Ikari knelt on the ground, his cheeks red and swollen as he watched this scene.

His wife still loved him, and his son still harbored secret feelings for him, but he was no longer their first choice.

For Gendo Ikari, this was undoubtedly the greatest and ultimate insult!

His belated repentance ultimately brought him the punishment he deserved.

Not far away, Vice Commander Fuyutsuki sighed softly. Although he hadn't personally done anything bad while following Gendo Ikari, he wasn't exactly a good person either.

The world has been reshaped, and he is still alone. Perhaps this is his retribution, different from that of Gendo Ikari.

This is a moment of reunion.

For the first time, 29-year-old Misato Katsuragi was able to openly say that she wanted to get back together with Ryoji Kaji, and introduced her boyfriend to her father, who had been resurrected after dying in the Second Impact.

After Yui Ikari reappeared, Ritsuko Akagi, who already knew that her relationship with Gendo Ikari was over, and her mother Naoko Akagi, who was also a loser, looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Everyone is reuniting, and no one is approaching the giant of light who has taken human form at this time.

It wasn't because they felt inferior and dared not approach, but because they understood—understood the giant of light, understood the creed and beliefs of the Ultra Warriors.

He came to reclaim people's happiness, not to gain their gratitude or thanks.

Rather than being worshipped and having people tremble as they repeat words of gratitude, Kasa prefers to see genuine smiles from people's hearts, nothing more.

Even though he may seem to be all alone, this great Ultra Warrior is never lonely; his heart is always full, transcending the entire multiverse.

This is Ultraman, this is Ultraman Kasa, this is the resolve that Ultraman Kasa had already embodied ten thousand years ago, and the purity of this resolve, all of them combined, could not even reach one ten-thousandth of his own!

The mountain is right there.

As for the filth that sometimes appears at the foot of the mountain, let the humans who are climbing the mountain take care of it!

Gendo Ikari is guilty, but although his plan would sacrifice all of humanity, thankfully it hasn't come to that point yet. The only people he has wronged to the point of being deserving of death are his son Shinji Ikari and his lover Naoko Akagi.

He can live as long as these two people are unwilling to sentence him to death.

However, only Gendo Ikari was able to escape the death penalty.

As for the other members of SEELE, there's no need to even think about it. Every single one of the other members of SEELE has taken far too many innocent lives, too many to count. Although only a portion of these cases have been revealed in the dimensional space, they are already extremely heinous!

Not to mention, he even tried to harm Ultraman Kasa, who saved the world!

This is a moment of reunion, but the SEELE elders will never be among those opening the champagne.

The subordinates who were once unconditionally driven by their power have now turned against their superiors, binding every old man in SEELE, waiting to gather all the evidence, contact other clean-living seniors, carry out a power transition, and hold a globally recognized trial to impose the most extreme death penalty.

The members of SEELE deserve this treatment.

Rei Ayanami gazed at this harmonious world with a bright smile, and quietly came to Kassadin's side. She was no longer a clone, but a girl named Rei Ayanami, and even vaguely remembered some of the feelings from her first reincarnation.

"What should I do?" Although she was still rather speechless, her voice was already filled with emotion. "From now on, how should I proceed?"

Kasa pointed to his heart. To this girl who had already taken shape, he had only one piece of advice: "Listen to your heart."

Listen to your heart, right?

Rei Ayanami, seeking advice from a mature adult, was momentarily bewildered and subconsciously glanced at Shinji and Yui not far away.

She felt neither rejection nor resentment towards Shinji's mother, whom she had never met, and who could be considered her "clone," but she simply didn't know how to get along with her.

However, if she were to truly follow her heart, she would find herself unable to bypass this woman no matter what.

Then let's do it this way.

Rei Ayanami took a step forward, her expression relatively taciturn, and quietly approached Shinji and Yui. At the moment the mother and son parted, she opened her mouth and said, "I like Shinji."

"Huh?" Shinji Ikari was dumbfounded. He had indeed awakened some of the emotions and fragments from his first time in the loop, but no matter when, he had never dared to confess to a girl. He never expected that Rei Ayanami would confess to him first this time!

Yui Ikari didn't seem surprised at all. She patted Rei Ayanami's head and hugged the pitiful girl, saying, "Good girl."

Although she bears a face very similar to Rei Ayanami in her youth, Yui Ikari doesn't believe that Rei is another version of herself. Physical cloning is one thing, but the soul is completely different. Physical resemblance can also serve as proof of motherhood, can't it? There are mothers and children who look very alike.

She treats Rei Ayanami as her daughter, and at the same time, she can also treat Rei Ayanami as her daughter-in-law.

"what?!"

Asuka, who had just finished wiping away her tears with her mother, suddenly jumped up and down, "You made the first move, what about me?"

Asuka got impatient. Of course, she had also vaguely awakened some of the feelings and fragments from her first reincarnation. She originally wanted to be a bit arrogant and reserved, and let the idiot Shinji take the initiative this time, so that she wouldn't always be the one to ask Shinji for a kiss.

To everyone's surprise, this arrogance and reserve were all it took for the idiot Shinji to be doomed!

Help, Uncle Kassa!

Asuka looked at Kassadin with sobs. It was obvious, even without looking, how ridiculously high Kassadin's importance was to that idiot Shinji.

Even if Shinji's mother decides, it won't matter. As long as Uncle Gaza intervenes, that idiot Shinji will immediately follow Uncle Gaza!

With Uncle Kassa's support, everything will be alright!

Kassa, who was being looked at by Asuka, was amused by her gaze. He shrugged, indicating that he couldn't help her. When it comes to love, it's best to rely on your own feelings to pursue it, okay?

"Ahhh!"

Asuka's brain was trembling. She couldn't get Uncle Casa's support. If she didn't go straight for him now, she would lose to that hateful good girl. How hateful!