Chapter 826 - Chapter 826: Chapter 751: Descent

Chapter 826: Chapter 751: Descent

“Ayanami, what’s going on outside…”

In the EVA hangar, Shinji Ikari and Rei Ayanami had already changed into their combat suits and were sitting on the ground with their knees hugged.

They had no idea what had happened; Misato had suddenly rushed them over here.

“I don’t know.”

Rei Ayanami had a somewhat dazed look, although that was her usual demeanor, it seemed to have become more pronounced in the past few days.

And at this moment, Misato, who had told them not to move from their spot, quickly returned from outside, with a look of solemnity and anxiety on her face.

…

“We’re in trouble, a special forces team has invaded the underground area, we don’t have any effective means to respond, it looks like we’re going to need you to step in…”

The underground area of NERV was vast, even six times larger than the city above, with swathes of forest and man-made lakes.

NERV lacked a professional special operations team.

At such a time, there was no other option but to deploy the EVA…

Although the EVAs were designed to target the Angel Envoys, the convenience of neural connections meant they could also overwhelmingly overpower ground forces.

Especially in an open environment like the Underground World.

Forests are no cover for the EVA…

“We, what are we supposed to do?”

Shinji was somewhat bewildered, were they really expected to pilot the EVAs to kill people?

Given his personality, it would be tough for him to make such a decision, especially under these circumstances.

“Minato Namikaze is not here; we have no other option, and you don’t actually have to fight, just scare them off.”

Misato Katsuragi looked at Shinji and sighed.

Rei Ayanami might not feel much pressure to take action, but for Shinji, it would suffice just to bolster the situation…

After all, the intention was not to kill them.

“I wonder where that damn kid has gone…”

Thinking about how Tao Yu had been acting all mysterious lately, Misato Katsuragi was also curious.

For some reason, he seemed to have caught the attention of Commander Ikari, often being called for individual meetings.

But now wasn’t the time to dwell on that; they had to focus on resolving the issue at hand…

…

“Hmph, interesting.”

When Ou Ya was in the underground space, looking at the two EVA units standing next to the artificial lake, a delightful arc also surfaced on her pretty face.

Collaborating with SEELE, she now understood the situation of these Mecha.

Blessed with a talent for affinity with humans, Ou Ya had a unique advantage in extracting information.

It was also her doing that saw SEELE taking action together with her this time.

“Biomechanical Mechas, quite rare indeed, although I’d love to try them personally, but since my uncle’s situation is unclear, it would be better to let SEELE’s reserves take the lead…”

Ou Ya’s expression became serious as she looked at the EVA units over there.

But the captain of the special forces team next to her was displaying grave seriousness, taking up the walkie-talkie and constantly reporting.

As they had halted their advance, an announcement came through the underground space’s speakers.

“We have no intention of causing a bloodbath; lay down your weapons and surrender.”

However, the special forces team seemed deaf to this warning.

Only the captain, who had received some message, said to Ou Ya next to him.

“Miss Ou, you should retreat for now, things here might get unstable soon.”

“No worries, I’ll just observe your skills…”

Almost in conjunction with Ou Ya’s words, alarm bells suddenly rang out inside the NERV headquarters, quickly switching the screen to show thirteen giant silhouettes that resembled large birds circling in the sky!

And upon seeing these things, even the usually composed Gendo Ikari stood up, staring at the screen in disbelief.

“Mass Production EVAs? How could it be this fast! It’s impossible…”

Fuyutsuki by his side also had a serious expression.

“SEELE mentioned they had made some trade with those Outsiders, it’s very likely some core material for the Mass Production EVAs.”

Without cables and capable of long-distance combat, they were likely fitted with S2 Engine replicas!

Unit-04 had conducted related experiments, but then a terrible explosion occurred. Does this mean the technology is now mature?

So soon?

“It must be something those Outsiders traded, solving the critical material issue.”

“Indeed, without Minato Namikaze here, it’s troublesome…”

Fuyutsuki also realized the gravity of the situation, thirteen EVA Mass Production units!

If Minato Namikaze were here, even without piloting an EVA, there might be a way to deal with it, but he had gone to the sea in search of Adam’s egg, and now the situation was quite troublesome.

“I thought since Lilith had left, we wouldn’t have to worry about the Angel Envoys, but now something even more troublesome than the Angel Envoys has turned up…”

The camera zoomed in to show those figures with wings on their backs, continuously circling and descending; the white units looked grotesque.

Compared to the armored shell of the typical EVA mechs, these white Mass Production units looked crudely made, with hardly any metal and appeared fleshy.

The faces were unconstrained by armor, revealing disgustingly fiery red lips.

The wings on their backs did not resemble angels but rather some large bird, each holding a massive shield-sword-like weapon in their hands.

But Gendo Ikari’s eyes deepened as he looked at those weapons.

“They’re replicas of the Spear of Longinus, a big problem…”

“So what do we do now? Go into defense mode?”

“It’s useless, twenty-four layers of armor won’t hold for long, open the passage, let them come down.”

“What about Unit-00 and Unit-01…”

Fuyutsuki was a bit surprised by Gendo Ikari’s actions.

“They are EVA pilots, this is what they have to face.”

Gendo Ikari was showing remarkable coldness at that moment.

Lilith was no longer here, Yui Ikari’s soul had also been revived, and his duty was to conceal as much as possible the changes in Lilith.

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