The sun rose in Massachusetts, the clouds were dyed a pale gold, and the towering crystalline tree was shrouded in golden light, reflecting a hazy halo.

The tail of the Fish Angel and the Musical Angel connected to the roots of the tree, and all those present saw with their own eyes the two Apostles, who had been destroyed, appearing in the second branch.

In addition to the troops and EVA No. 4 on the spot, the NERV headquarters and SEELE screens were also broadcasting the battle scenes of the Massachusetts branch in real time.

"Energy Reaction. The blue image confirms that it matches the Sixth Apostle and the Seventh Apostle."

Ritsuko Akagi looked at the data analyzed by MAGI in amazement.

"It took so much time and money for us to make EVA, but he restored the apostle in such a short period of time, and he was able to manipulate the apostle's actions!"

"How is it possible, there is obviously only one unrepaired S2 mechanism there, and it can't even support the actions of one apostle, let alone two, how did he do it!"

"Is this the power of 'heresy'?"

Ritsuko Akagi collapsed in her chair as if she had lost all her strength.

"What the hell are we fighting against?"

She is unable to use existing scientific theories to explain the phenomena that are currently happening, and EVA and the man are both in categories that humans do not understand.

At the same time, SEELE is also closely watching the outcome of this encirclement battle, and as far away as Gendo Ikari, who recovered the spear of Langnoukis in Antarctica, is forced to enter the meeting in the form of virtual images, they are directly connected to the NERV combat department, and can give orders to the driver and the army.

"What a heresy to bring back to life a dead messenger!" Speaker Keel slammed the conference table.

His right hand is a mechanical arm, and the modified mechanical prosthetic eye can clearly see the images that are being relayed.

"Dongyue, what are the odds of MAGI giving you to win?" Ikari Gendo asked Deputy Commander Dongyue.

"Dr. Akagi, explain it." Fuyutsuki connects Ritsuko Akagi's image to SEELE's conference room.

"MAGI believes that the win rate of machine 4 is only 0.000001, and the only chance of winning is an unexpected mistake in the S2 mechanism." Ritsuko Akagi said, "In other words, MAGI believes that it is impossible to win a frontal battle. ”

"Originally, the synchronization rate of the pilot of the first machine and the fourth machine was not high, and they faced the attack of the two apostles at the same time. I'm sure I'm going to lose it soon."

"The best solution given by MAGI is to let the army and the No. 4 retreat, and then drop N2 mines directly on the ground to minimize losses."

"It doesn't matter." Speaker Keel made the decision: "Let the number four and the army continue to fight, and if they lose, they will throw N2 mines." ”

"It doesn't matter if you can't win, at least you can get information about heresy."

"If we continue, we may lose the pilot of the first plane, and the pilot of the second plane will not be able to go into battle now, if the apostle attacks again," Ritsuko Akagi interjected.

She pursed her lips, and when she saw that Shinji Ikari was likely to sacrifice, she still couldn't bear it.

After all, she hadn't reached the point where she was hard-hearted, and she couldn't bear to see Shinji Ikari just send him to death.

For Bless Ryoji and Misato Katsuragi, she has a lot of old feelings.

The friendship between the three of them in college is still vivid, but I didn't expect it to be like this in the end.

A member of SEELE said lightly: "Aren't there many alternatives, the Marduk Mechanism was established for this purpose, and there is also a zero machine." ”

Ritsuko Akagi's heart fluttered, to say that there is indeed a substitute for the driver, the middle school where Shinji and Asuka attended, in fact, all the students in it were children who could become EVA drivers found by the Marduk agency, and the pilots of the third and fourth machines were ready to choose from those children.

ALTHOUGH RITSUKO AKAGI IS IN THE KNOW, IN SEELE'S MOUTH, THOSE CHILDREN ARE JUST LIKE PROPS, JUST NUMBERS.

"This" Ritsuko Akagi shifted her gaze to Commander Ikari's face.

Ikari Gentang's face was ugly and scary, and he didn't know much about the newcomer.

But Bless Ryoji actually concealed the existence of such a dangerous person, and now his plan was completely ruined.

IF HE DOESN'T DO WHAT SEELE SAYS HERE, HE MAY NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO KEEP THE HAT ON HIS HEAD.

NERV's appearance is so big, that he can't hold it anymore.

"Connect to the cockpit of the fourth plane, and I'll give the order." Ikari Gendo whispered.

"Commander." Ritsuko didn't expect Ikari Gendo to be so ruthless, no matter what, Shinji Ikari is his biological son.

"Do it, Ritsuko." Dongyue sighed.

"I see." Ritsuko gritted her teeth, tapped the keyboard, and threw Gendo Ikari's face into the cockpit of the fourth machine.

At this time, Shinji was in a stalemate with the two apostles.

The Apostle did not attack him while he was in a daze, but just waited quietly around the Crystal Tree, as if gazing at Shinji and Machine Four calmly.

"Still in a daze, attack immediately!" Ikari Gendo's deep voice made Shinji feel like falling into an ice cellar.

"But. . . Daddy!" Shinji yelled, "Apostle. The apostles didn't attack me! ”

Ikari Gendo scolded: "That heretic has already killed people, fight!" ”

"Don't. Why do I have to drive the EVA? Shinji retorted to Gendo Ikari: "I don't want to drive EVA at all!" ”

"This kind of thing was originally forced by you to do it!"

"Then let the army fight the apostles!"

While the conversation was being held, several helicopters launched a suicide attack on the Crystal Tree.

But it wasn't the pilot's will, it was SEELE who took control of their system and sent the plane towards the crystalline tree.

Boom Boom!

The plane, along with the missile, crashed into the AT force field and exploded, and charred debris and black smoke fell to the ground.

Bless Ryoji and Ian, who were under the crystal tree, shook their heads, and they heard the screams of the pilot as the plane lost control.

"Let's break through quickly, those guys are disgusting."

"yes, now I'm more convinced that it was the right thing to do to leave NERV."

In the cockpit of the fourth plane, Gendo Ikari was still questioning Shinji.

"Do you do it or not?"

"That kind of thing. I can't do it. Why should you choose me?"

"If you don't drive the EVA, go back and let these people take care of the aftermath!" Ikari Yuantang scolded.

The debris of the explosion was relayed into the cockpit, the charred humanoid figure that wasn't even quite dead, and the arm moved slightly.

Shinji went into cardiac arrest and felt a churn in his stomach and covered his mouth.

A series of explosions were heard from the outside world, and the army launched a fierce attack on the crystal tree, missiles and guns fired towards the AT force field, but it was useless, and it was impossible to break through the absolute realm.

There were a lot of people who died, charred corpses, corpses with throats cut by crystalline puppets played in the video, and many dead people appeared in Shinji's eyes.

"There is no escape"

"There is no escape"

"There is no escape"

"Can't escape, can't escape, can't escape"

"————————————————!"

Shinji let out a heart-rending roar and pushed the lever in the cockpit.

Machine No. 4 ran forward, but it directly threw the music angel to the ground, and smashed its fists on the music angel's head one after another.

"Ahh

"Ahh

"Ah!!h

Shinji shouted like crazy, and the fourth machine attacked recklessly, out of order, but the sudden burst of great force also suppressed the musical angel and smashed the musical angel's head with his fist.

Ritsuko Akagi witnessed all this at the NERV headquarters in Japan, and she covered her chest, vaguely out of breath.

What would Misato do if she was here? Unbeknownst to her, Misato had been arrested and imprisoned.

Is this really the right thing to do?

Is that person, following him, really right?

Ritsuko Akagi looked at Ikari Gendo's unchanged face, and her mood sank to the bottom.

Machine Four continued to throw punches, but suddenly, the Music Angel, whose head shattered like glass, reached out and grabbed the fist that Machine Four was about to smash.

The Musical Angel began to split according to its original fighting instincts, cutting itself through the middle, splitting into two separate individuals.

The fish angel also leaned over, the land is not the home of the fish angel, its shape is completely generated for the life of the sea, it has no feet, on the ground without water, it cannot move freely at all.

However, the Fish Angel is much larger than the Musical Angel.

When the second machine fights with the fish angel, it can only lie on the back of the fish angel and climb up, it is a behemoth with a total length of nearly two hundred meters, only in terms of size, EVA looks like a kindergarten child in front of it.

"Ready to go, Mr. Bless."

"Let's go? Where to go? Is there a road? ”

"Follow me and you'll find out."

Ian took the hand of the blessed Ryoji and stood with him on top of the S2 mechanism, crystallizing and growing a transparent ball, and the two of them seemed to be villains in the crystal ball, wrapped in a circular barrier.

The Fish Angel finally moved and pounced in the direction of the four.

It had no legs to move, so when it fluttered on the ground, it caused a violent earthquake, as if an eight-magnitude earthquake had fallen, and the ground appeared undulating waves, birds and beasts fled in terror, and tanks and military vehicles were overturned.

The fish angel opened its mouth violently and bit it violently.

"Move! Move! Move on!! ”

Shinji pushes the joystick hard, but the fourth machine doesn't move, completely imprisoned by the musical angel.

EVA was helpless in the face of the two apostles' flanking attacks.

However, to Shinji's surprise, the fish angel did not swallow the fourth machine into the giant mouth and chew it, and it destroyed the huge crystal tree itself.

The Fish Angel's target is the S2 Trap at the bottom of the Giant Tree, and Ian manipulates the Fish Angel to swallow the S2 Trap into his stomach, including him and the blessed Ryoji.

"Wow, wow, wow!" Blessor Ryoji cried out as he rolled, his limbs fixed to the crystal ball, a feeling that reminded him of the time he had been dating Misato many years ago, when they had played with a big pendulum at an amusement park, and in an instant, the world was spinning and the world was desolate.

It was pitch black all around, and there was no light in the fish angel's belly, and he couldn't see anything.

But Ian can still see outside, and the souls of the Musical Angel and the Fish Angel are directly connected to him.

When the Apostles were alive, they existed as a single being, their souls were wrapped in their own bodies, using the AT force field to isolate themselves from the outside world, and Ian was unable to establish a connection with the living Apostles.

But after the death of the apostles, their souls became vulnerable things that Ian could touch, and the souls of Ian and the two apostles had become connected, as if they had become a whole, and could no longer be simply divided into "you and me".

He can see the outside world through the vision of the fish angel and the music angel.

"Shinji-kun, you're suffering there."

The split Musical Angel set up Machine Four, one on the left and one on the right, each with a whip leg, so that Machine Four knelt on the ground with both legs, and the silent mask of the Music Angel seemed to be an executioner who was about to send Machine Four to the execution table.

The fish angel was facing the front of the four, and Shinji felt great fear: "Don't. Don't don't !! ”

Speaker Keel shook his head and gave the order without emotion: "It's already okay, let the army retreat, prepare to drop N2 mines." ”

SEELE cut off the connection with NERV, and the next command, without the involvement of NERV, is up to them to give orders directly to the army.

However, Ritsuko Akagi can still see the images of the scene, and the musical angel makes the fourth machine lower its head and forcibly makes it expose its neck.

"That's . Do you want to solve the driver's problem directly with the position of the plug inserted?"

"Don't come here. Don't come, don't come!! ”

"Help, save me, help me."

"Mom. Misato Asuka."

"Mr. Ian."

"Who comes. Help me."

Shinji's eyes were bloodshot, and his hand left the joystick, closing his eyes instead, holding his head, sobbing slightly.

Ritsuko can see the video in the cockpit, but she can't do anything, she can't even say words of comfort, the person driving the EVA is not her, and at this time, whatever she says is like mockery.

Sitting inside the EVA was nothing more than a fourteen-year-old child, who didn't understand anything and was asked to sit down and fight the apostle to the death.

Shinji curled up in a ball, his heart completely broken, but the fish angel didn't stop for him, and the mountain-like giant leaped up, revealing the sharp fangs in its mouth.

The AT position of machine four has been neutralized by the two apostles.

This moment seems to have become an eternity.

Ritsuko Akagi covered her mouth and only glanced at it, not daring to look at it again, but the image was deeply imprinted into her mind.

The fish angel bit off the head of the fourth machine.

To be precise, the parts above the chest of the fourth machine were bitten down and swallowed by the fish angel.

Blood sprayed out, EVA itself is a biological weapon, and the restraint device is nothing more than a prop used to disguise itself as a robot, which is a forbidden thing made by imitating the "god".

Machine No. 4 fell weakly to the ground, blood gushing like a spring, staining the ground red, and you could almost smell the sickening smell of blood at the scene.

"Unit 4 loses signal connection"

"The driver's vital reaction cannot be detected."

"MAGI judged that the driver's survival rate was zero."

"The Ninth Apostle, Annihilate the Fourth Machine"

The members of the command room analyzed the data and gave this reply.

"Shinji-kun" Ritsuko Akagi held her breath.

"It's . The energy image of the Seventh Apostle is disappearing! "The man with glasses has the data of MAGI printed in the mirror.

It can also be seen on the screen that after the fourth machine is destroyed, the musical angel stops moving, and does not move like a toy that has lost its power.

Ritsuko returned to her post, and the energy reaction of the Seventh Apostle vanished without a trace in a matter of seconds, and the massive body fell, turning into steam and rapidly evaporating.

But the fish angel is still there, and the fish angel is starting to flee the scene!

It jumps up and down on the ground, not slowly, it can jump hundreds of meters at a time, leaving a huge hole in its wake.

"The goal of the Sixth Apostle is the sea! It wants to escape to the sea! ”

"The second branch is only one hundred and twenty kilometers away from the Pacific Ocean, and at this speed, in ten minutes, the Sixth Apostle will dive into the sea and can no longer be tracked!"

"The rest of the matter has nothing to do with us." Ritsuko sighed.

NERV is nothing more than an affiliate of SEELE, and now that they have lost Aircraft Four, they can no longer provide any help in this operation.

Ritsuko could only watch as the fighter dropped the N2.

Rumble!!!

A mushroom cloud erupts, but the fish angel is unaffected by N2, and soon it jumps out of the black smoke.

It can be seen that there are some melted parts of its body, but it was quickly repaired and does not affect its movement.

"The AT position of the Sixth Apostle was detected to have changed in the last explosion! Evolve into a form that is more adapted to thermal explosions! ”

"This form. Is it to let the position of the Seventh Apostle cover the Sixth Apostle? Or evolution," Ritsuko gasped.

The power displayed by the heresy was unprecedented, and she was terrified from the bottom of her heart.

"Ian-kun, is what I know just your disguise?"

"Blessings. Miri"

Ritsuko remembers the young man's sunny smile as she stared at the screen without saying a word, until ten minutes later, the fish angel burrowed into the sea and completely disappeared from the detection range.

The heretical annihilation war was the complete defeat of SEELE and NERV.

(End of chapter)