“I need to simultaneously understand the research and development progress and equipment plans of all weapons, as the combat commander I cannot not understand my own warriors.” Katsuragi Misato spoke coldly.
“Then you have to ask Commander Ikari.” Akagi Ritsuko was noncommittal and did not refute.
Anyway, they couldn’t make the decision, and how to do it still required asking the Commander-in-Chief boss of this base.
Therefore, her gaze turned again to the large screen, admiring how Ikari Shinji perfectly manipulated her masterpiece.
The Angel of Day was indeed worthy of being a complete lifeform possessing the Fruit of Life; even though He lost half of His body, He still maintained exuberant vitality.
He even had the spare energy to rise into the air again, floating high in the distance, and whipped out high-heat light whips at the purple rainbow-colored mech on the ground.
But Ikari Shinji didn’t dodge.
Unit-01 was seen reaching out its left hand, which was not equipped with a weapon, to grab the two glowing tentacles rushing straight for its face, intending to pierce through its head.
The terrifying heat released by the sun-like light whips tightly pressing against the palm was just a violent wave of heat, mercilessly impacting Unit-01’s hand armor.
The metal gradually softened and melted under such blazing high temperatures.
Ikari Shinji felt a boiling burning sensation coming from his palm; his senses were synchronized with Unit-01.
Moreover, due to the ultra-high synchronization rate, not only could he maximize Unit-01’s combat power, but the pain feedback synchronized from the mech to his body was also several times that of an ordinary pilot.
I am empathizing with Unit-01.
This was Ikari Shinji’s only thought; only until this moment did he fully feel the sensation of being of one mind and body with Unit-01.
This heart-rending pain caused a terrifying smile to surface on Ikari Shinji’s face, and an AT Field of ultra-high soul density instantly covered Unit-01’s body.
The Fifth Angel’s light whips were an application of highly concentrated and form-changing AT Fields, originally still capable of continuing to extend when grabbed, but at this moment they were blocked by an even stronger field.
“The synchronization rate broke through, reaching 369%!”
“What?”
In the command room, both Katsuragi Misato and Akagi Ritsuko were startled hearing Ibuki Maya’s report, while Ikari Shinji on the battlefield had already grabbed the Fifth Angel’s tentacles and thrown Him away.
“My connection with you has become even tighter, Unit-01.
Ikari Shinji on the battlefield was like a God of War possessed, completely disregarding the scorching intense pain brought by the light whips on his left hand, grabbing the two tentacles in his hand and dancing them frantically.
The Angel of Day in the sky was like a kite let off its string, constantly tumbling and spinning, drawing round after round of flawless perfect circles in the air.
After spinning a few times, Unit-01 suddenly let go, and the Angel of Day flew backwards following the inertia.
Suzuhara Touji and Aida Kensuke in the distance were dumbfounded with shock.
They looked up at that massive lifeform flying over their heads at extreme speed; the heavy body crashed onto the mountain like a meteorite.
The Angel of Day, whose body was embedded into the mountain, let out an extremely mournful wail, and countless balls of flesh swelled at the injured parts all over His body.
At this time, Ikari Shinji began to envy the vitality of these Angels; he and Unit-01 still had to rely on the cable on their back to move.
Having lost this “umbilical cord”, the time they could fight side by side together was only five minutes.
However, Ikari Shinji did not get his wish fulfilled this time; no matter what, Unit-01 could not conjure up an infinite energy source, It truly could not do it, roaring once as if venting its dissatisfaction.
“It’s okay, having you by my side is enough.” Ikari Shinji didn’t know why he went to comfort an unconscious biological weapon, but he just wanted to do so.
He was not greedy; a qualified god must learn to tolerate the shortcomings of what they love.
The Fifth Angel floated up from the tomb-like mountain body, and amidst the throbbing of the swelling sarcomas, the rudimentary form of parts of the body could already be seen.
But the moment He raised His head, what He saw was scarlet light flickering in the purple giant’s eyes; that existence seemed to have gotten angry for some unknown reason.
“Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.
So be earnest and repent.”
The burning pain in his palm was reminding Ikari Shinji that he must punish this Angel who had turned His back on the god.
And in the eyes of that Angel of Day, that Unit-01 with scarlet light flickering in its eyes had absolutely no divinity to speak of, but rather looked more like Satan crawling out from hell.
The long knife constantly slashed and cut Shamshel’s body, and the Absolute Domain was shredded time and time again amidst the blade’s edge, relying solely on Unit-01’s extreme performance and AT Field under Ikari Shinji’s manipulation.
The command room on the other end of the communicator was completely silent; before Ikari Shinji appeared, it would have been impossible for anyone to associate the Angels with the evaluation in Ikari Shinji’s mouth.
Finally, the flesh and blood remaining on the Fifth Angel grew less and less with the passage of time, gradually completely exposing the red spherical organ.
Slash!
The long knife fell vertically from the middle, the warm yellow light curtain making its final resistance, and then was cut apart together with that red core organ.
Scarlet blood flowed out, and the massive cross once again stood tall in the sky above Tokyo-3.
A torrential rain of scarlet blood triggered by the death of the Angel poured down, like sweet dew sprinkled by a god, carrying endless affection and compassion, evenly watering every corner of the earth.
Amidst this rain of blood, the purple giant stood tall, and Ikari Shinji looked towards the city; they walked towards the place where humanity resides in the rainbow.
…
Half an hour later, NERV Headquarters.
“Basal metabolic rate is abnormally active, comparable to top athletes, but his core body temperature stably remains at a level slightly lower than normal values.”
“Cardiopulmonary function is excellent, maximum oxygen uptake far exceeds his peers, the cardiovascular system shows no signs of hardening, as elastic as a newborn’s blood vessels.”
“Cellular telomere length shows signs of slowing down its shortening, and no abnormally active telomerase was detected, the maintenance mechanism is completely unknown.”
“DNA methylation analysis shows that his biological age is only 60% of his chronological age, the biological age is severely disconnected from the chronological age.”
“Growth hormone and sex hormone levels…”
Having achieved another victory, the NERV Headquarters was full of rejoicing and encouragement.
Only the medical department couldn’t rest; they still had an important task.
Ikari Shinji underwent his physical examination here as usual; this routine task was carried out simultaneously with Unit-01’s maintenance work.
Akagi Ritsuko stood in front of Ikari Shinji, her hands stuffed in her pockets, her gaze intently staring at the professional analysis reports successively delivered before her eyes.
For NERV, the pilots’ physical health condition is equally important to ensuring the EVA’s performance.
Even compared to humanity’s decisive battle weapons that determine the life and death of humanity, the confidentiality requirements for these data are even stricter.
Of course, what truly made this physical examination report exceptionally sensitive was not just simply because it involved the pilot’s personal information.