Thump, thump.
Just as the beam capable of piercing the Earth's crust was about to consume eva unit-01, a dull heartbeat sounded from within eva unit-01.
"Roar————!!!"
eva unit-01, which had already shut down and stopped, suddenly let out a low, beast-like roar.
The extinguished eye lamps lit up again, raging like fresh blood, and the previously closed facial armor split open to reveal a massive mouth, spewing hot white steam.
"Berserk?! No... that's not right!" Ritsuko stared fixedly at the readings. "Synchronization rate... 400%?! No, it's still rising! What kind of value is this?!"
The armor originally used to restrain its power emitted a teeth-grinding squeal, and a terrifying, visible [AT Field] erupted, centered on eva unit-01!
Boom!!!
The surrounding skyscrapers were instantly blown away, and even the air seemed to be twisted by this force.
Ramiel's lethal strike arrived with a roar.
But this time, eva unit-01 did not dodge or block, simply raising one hand.
The high-energy particle stream, capable of vaporizing steel in an instant, was blocked and consumed by the heavy [AT Field] the moment it touched that purple palm, unable to advance even an inch!
The next moment, eva unit-01 exerted force, closing its five fingers.
Crack!
The thick beam was actually crushed by its bare hand! It turned into scattering specks of light filling the sky, like brilliant fireworks.
Ramiel emitted a shrill buzzing sound, its body rapidly reverting to a regular octahedron, and more beams poured down like a torrential rain.
However, eva unit-01 was no longer the unit that could only passively defend itself.
It tilted its body slightly, and the asphalt road beneath its feet instantly shattered.
The next instant, a sonic boom cloud exploded.
Swish!
The purple figure turned into an afterimage, crossing thousands of meters in an instant and appearing above Ramiel!
"Flashy but useless."
Hansen, embodying eva unit-01, let out a cold snort and raised his right arm high.
There were no complex techniques, no need for leverage.
In the face of absolute power, all techniques are superfluous.
eva unit-01's fist was wrapped in palpitating red and black lightning; it was the manifestation of the force field compressed to the extreme.
[AT Field · Conqueror's Haki Coating]!
Ora ora ora ora ora ora!!!
The shadows of fists filled the sky, pouring down like a storm.
Every punch carried the terrifying power to shatter the void.
In this instant, Ramiel's [AT Field] was like fragile glass, ruthlessly shattered into pieces.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The force field collapsed, and the terrifying fist slammed solidly onto Ramiel's mirror-smooth surface.
The seemingly indestructible surface of the perfect geometric body instantly cracked with countless spiderweb-like fissures.
The tremendous Impact caused Ramiel to emit a buzzing sound similar to a scream, and its entire body was slammed toward the ground like a meteorite.
"Is... is this the true power of an EVA?" Misato stared at eva unit-01 on the screen, frantically beating the Angel, and she was completely stunned.
Rumble!
Accompanied by the final heavy punch, Ramiel's proud geometric body completely collapsed.
The regular octahedron deformed, its originally smooth geometric faces rapidly caving inward, spreading out radially like bristling fur.
On every piece of the shattered prismatic body, a red angel core emerged.
Then, shattered!
Ramiel's core exploded completely, and the entire massive body burst into a brilliant rain of blood in the sky, dyeing the sky of Tokyo-3 blood-red.
Countless streams of red blood gushed out, staining eva unit-01's purple armor red.
The Sixth Angel, Ramiel...
Annihilated!
The battlefield fell silent instantly.
eva unit-01 hovered amidst the rain of blood, roaring toward the sky; its posture was like a demon god descending upon the world.
In the command center, a deathly silence lasted for a full minute.
It was not until the roar gradually subsided that people seemed to regain the ability to breathe.
"Won... we won?"
"Beat an Angel... to death with bare hands?"
Misato slumped in her chair, watching that arrogant, massive figure on the screen, her eyes filled with shock.
"Battle ended."
Hansen cut the connection, and the pleasure of controlling everything receded like a tide.
He leaned back in the chair, but the corners of his mouth couldn't stop curling upward.
[Ding! Successfully killed the Sixth Angel, extracting origin points...]
[Congratulations to the host for acquiring new abilities!]
[[Light Manipulation (SSR)]: Can refract and reflect energy with ultra-high precision, automatically locking onto targets for light-speed strikes.]
[[Geometric Construction (SSR)]: Can construct the [AT Field] into any form at will, with greatly improved physical and energy resistance.]
As Ramiel's abilities were instantly refined, the strength of the [AT Field] increased once more.
A few minutes later, the rescue team arrived.
When Shinji was lifted out of the entry plug, he was in a state of exhaustion, but his eyes were exceptionally bright.
Asuka and Rei Ayanami stood to the side.
Watching the boy surrounded by staff, Asuka bit her lip, but eventually walked over and awkwardly handed him a towel.
"Hmph, I'll give you this one."
She turned her face away, her ears slightly red: "But next time... this young lady will definitely not lose to you!"
Shinji Ikari took the towel, and although his body was tired, he still showed a gentle smile: "Yeah, let's do our best together, Shikinami."
The next moment, Asuka strode over to Rei Ayanami again, taking a deep breath very reluctantly.
"Just now... thank you."
Rei Ayanami blinked calmly, then recalled Hansen's previous teaching, and the corners of her mouth lifted, revealing a sweet smile that made the sky lose its color.
The setting sun went down, dyeing all of Tokyo-3 in gold and red.
A crisis capable of destroying the city had thus come to an end.
NERV Central Command Room.
Deathly silence.
It was not until the blood-red sunset and the frozen image on the screen solidified the air as well.
On the big screen, the posture of the purple giant bathing in the Angel's rain of blood and roaring toward the sky was like a demon god returned from hell.
Beneath it lay the scarlet ocean of the Sixth Angel, Ramiel, falling apart; this Angel, born for destruction, didn't even have scraps left.
The red warning of a synchronization rate exceeding 400%, the unheard-of flowing form on the [AT Field] waveform graph, and the final, barbaric combat footage of purely crushing everything with violence...
Every piece of data was mockingly laughing at the science humanity was so proud of.
"No, that's not right."
Ritsuko Akagi stared fixedly at the data analysis chart, the cigarette between her fingers having gone out at some point, her eyes deep in thought.
"The brainwave pattern in a Berserk state should be chaotic and violent, but... combined with the data from the last Berserk, eva unit-01's brainwaves remained quite calm throughout."
"It seems we still know very little about the EVA."
As she spoke, she looked back at the command seat above.
There, Gendo Ikari remained in his immovable posture, hands clasped, the gaze beneath his lenses as deep as an abyss.
But only he knew that the fingernails of the hand hidden beneath the desk had long since dug deep into his palm.
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