With the destruction of the Fifth Apostle, the crisis at NERV headquarters was temporarily resolved. For most people, they soon returned to their original, peaceful, and normal lives.
But for Ritsuko Akagi and others, it was not the same. After that day, Ritsuko Akagi almost worked tirelessly, trying to figure out what exactly blocked that strike from the Fifth Apostle!!
It wasn't an AT Field, nor did it resemble any phenomenon that current scientific methods could explain. Even after analyzing the observation data from that time again and again, Ritsuko Akagi could only reach a conclusion that she herself couldn't believe—that when that mysterious blue light shield appeared, everything around seemed to stop changing, as if forcibly solidified by human intervention, forming an inexplicable mysterious structure.
Under this structure, let alone the Fifth Apostle's attack, even if the attack's power were multiplied tenfold, it wouldn't be able to destroy this protective barrier!
