Deep beneath the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California, USA, the interior of the mountain has been hollowed out. It is more than 800 meters away from the ground expression, and in addition to the granite mountain, there are high-strength reinforced concrete as structural supports, and people with a little common sense know that it is enough to withstand any ground-penetrating bombs.

The shelter was expensive and was equipped with fully enclosed armored valves, as well as pressure relief valves in the passages. In addition, the cushion bracket composed of hydraulic presses and springs installed at the bottom layer will not kill the earthquake and overpressure shock wave caused by nuclear bombs even if it rains on the ground.

Apparently, this is a shelter built for the world's nuclear war, with a large storage of weapons, long-term food, water, and power generation, and a labyrinth of top-secret subway lines, even if the country is shattered, it will not be easy to be violently invaded from the outside.

"I didn't expect that after 16 years of dust, there would be a chance to open here. The hoarse voice of an old man came from the dreary air.

In the dim room, the 9 black stone tablets glowed with a strange red light, and countless strange runes surged on the surface, like living creatures. The triangular seven-eyed pattern above is a god that can see through everything, symbolizing insight into the past and the future. Under the stele sat nine old men with half their bodies in the ground.

Their eyesight has long since deteriorated, their teeth and hair have been lost, and their organs have failed, so they can only survive on expensive and sophisticated artificial organs.

SEELE - The Seat of Souls, including Lao Ika, has a total of 12 members, and now there are only 9 people present, and the reason can be imagined.

Now they are terrorists that everyone in the world shouts and beats, but thanks to the money and power that can affect the political situation of a big country, they can survive with a short tail and find someone to take the blame.

"No. 8 and No. 10 have completely lost contact, and according to intelligence, they have lost their personal freedom. ”

"No way, a government of that nature is also expected. ”

Speaker Kiel's face was very gloomy, and his stiff and pale face was as terrifying as a wax figure.

He looked around, his voice like a rusty knife rubbing against a whetstone: "Two weeks ago, we were in a great position to be passive because the ILL organization used the virus to release top-secret information about the committee on a large scale. Although after interference and misdirection, we gained some time and safely evacuated 9 production machines. However, because the leaked classified documents were so detailed that they could not be concealed, the governments led by the United States, China, and Russia were still determined to suppress the committee with all their might. Everyone, please report on the situation. ”

There was silence in the conference room for a while, and finally someone spoke: "This long-planned, unannounced, sudden, and comprehensive leak is a devastating blow to us. ”

"In less than half a month, the legislators and other dignitaries we sponsored to come to power were accused of endangering national security and other crimes, and even the students and citizens who were misled and brainwashed by us were arrested, monitored, detained, and even executed by the national intelligence agency for publishing several classified pictures and making radical remarks. Of these people treated, 1,789 directly served the organization, and more than 76,000 peripheral members were involved. Almost none of the core members were missed, none of them were left, and they were all caught!!"

An angry voice continued: "Obviously, if the other party doesn't make a move, it will be enough, and once it makes a move, it will be thunderous and almost cut the roots." ”

Speaker Kiel said: "It is infuriating that the Bureau of Investigation's report is so vague that it is not yet possible to determine whether there is a traitor within the organization. This leak of core secrets makes me suspect that some of you have defected. ”

There was silence for a while, and it took a while for a voice to sound.

"Does it have anything to do with Ikari?"

This possibility cannot be ruled out, however, the latest intelligence has confirmed his death. ”

Due to the collapse of the intelligence network, the old people did not know the news of the old man's corpse at this time.

"So, Misato Katsuragi, who is the person behind ILLE, is the source of all the chaos?"

Next, the elders discussed the information about Miri. After all, as a high-profile beneficiary, she can't escape SEELE's scrutiny.

"Misato Katsuragi, the chief of operations of the first section of the Tactical Operations Bureau of the NERV headquarters, has a very strong ability to plan strategies, and is the direct boss of the EVA pilot, as well as the direct boss of the first and second pilots.

During the second impact, her father, Kazuo Kazugi, saved her with his own sacrifice, so she was the only survivor of the Katsuragi expedition to Antarctica, and one of the few people who witnessed the "second impact". In revenge, she also joined NERV, intending to defeat the Apostles with her own power. As the top head of the combat command unit, she is the commander of the NERV when the chief and deputy commanders are not available. In addition, she also serves as the protector of Shinji and Asuka who live in her house......"

The worm in the virus leak incident is extremely high-tech and has an extremely long incubation time, so SEELE speculates that it must be a professional team backed by the state. Therefore, Misato Katsuragi is just an agent who has been elected on the surface. Representatives of SEELE's opposition.

At a critical moment, SEELE was disrupted by a hoax virus that disrupted the entire human race's plan to complete the replenishment, and almost overturned the red boat in the gutter, and the old people were discouraged and of course extremely depressed.

Boom!

Speaker Kiel slapped the table hard, and the crowd stopped arguing.

"Things have happened, and there's no point in arguing about these. The first problem now is that when the 9 production machines were evacuated, only one of them was equipped with a puppet system, and the other 8 EVAs were in a state of relapse activation. So ......"

He looked around and continued: "We have no way out but to use the Outer Codex, abandon the shackles of the body, and use the soul as a sacrifice to launch the mass production machine. ”

The old people were silent for a while, and finally made up their minds and came to their senses. After all, this is their last hole card.

With a slight shake on the tabletop, a large black stone slab slowly rose from the groove.

Everyone finally saw the whole picture of this ancient artifact, the stone tablet was about two meters high, 60 centimeters wide, and the surface was covered with dense and extremely complex red runes, swimming like a living thing.

This stele is known as the Outer Codex, or Dead Sea Papers, and contains the true secrets of EVA.

It is precisely by using the mysterious black technology of the Dead Sea Document Outer Dictionary that SEELE's black stone tablet can contact Kaoru Nagisa outdoors in broad daylight, which is obviously out of the realm of holographic technology.

Now, the old people stood up and gathered in a circle, their faces reflecting a strange and ominous red light.

Then they sang a hymn in unison.

"God-given grace, so sweet.

My sins are so great that they are forgiven.

I was lost, but now I know it.

I have fallen into darkness, and now I have light

……

”

SEELE intends to use the power of the Waiden to sacrifice itself and transform into a non-physical existence, replacing the puppet system of the mass production machine, and launching the final completion plan.

Rumble!

There was an explosion, and the steel gate was blown away. A squad of heavily armed and well-armed special forces rushed in.

The old people were fixed motionless in their chairs, connected by many pipes to the central stone monument.

The ceremony was not interrupted.

The leader of the group opened his hood, revealing a face with strong lines. The scene in front of him was extremely strange, and it made him feel uneasy for a while.

He raised his assault gun and pulled the trigger without hesitation, "Stop them!"

Under the random gun, the old people's flesh and blood flew everywhere, but they did not let out a scream, and fell to the ground like dead pigs.

"Oops, am I late?" Blessing's heart sank, according to the inside information he knew, SEELE must have unknown hole cards.

"It's you, bless Ryoji!" Suddenly, Speaker Kiel roared behind the stele.

Blessing was taken aback, looked at Speaker Kiel, who had a wonderful face, and suddenly smiled: "You don't have a chance, let's die." ”

"How did you get in?"

"Hehe, because I have the key. The blessing said casually, while waving his hand to let people control Kiel.

A strange smile suddenly appeared on Kiel's face: "You can't destroy an organization that has existed for more than a thousand years!"

After saying this, his face turned red, like a machine with no power on the table.

The subordinates hurriedly rushed forward, probed the breath of life, and shook their heads at the blessing.

"Dead?" the blessing was a little incredulous.

"Captain, he seems to have something in his hand. ”

Bless was about to take a closer look, when suddenly the world spun around, and the whole room began to tremble violently.

Damn, did you trigger the self-destruction device? Being cheated by the intelligence department, the blessing frowned, and resolutely ordered: "Quickly withdraw! Leave through the secret passage 701!"

Half an hour later, two grizzled men emerged from an abandoned pipe in a forest.

The shaking of the ground had not stopped, and the blessing was pale, desperately breathing in the fresh air, and his heart was terrified.

Thankfully, the underground installation was in disrepair, and they were able to escape. Of course, the others who are unlucky will never come out.

The blessing gave him time to look at what he had in hand, which he had dragged from Speaker Kiel's hand.

It's like a delicate syringe, sealed in an orange-yellow plastic material, and the needle "grows" a miniature human nervous system, like amber. There are also black fixtures on the exterior with red runes engraved on them.

A label in the lower left corner with cuneiform characters printed on it.

"Ni-cloth--A-Niza?" said the blessing.