Chapter 1604: Finally Able to Fight
With several A-Class Pilots like Basak, Cruze, Nalo, and Graham, along with Ryoma Nagare and Kouji Kabuto, two people whose rank was impossible to judge—guys who could erupt whenever they wanted and perhaps display S-class Pilot-level strength across ranks within minutes—Basak took the lead. Powerful attacks shot in from every direction, shattering the already distorted AT Field in an instant. Countless attacks struck Ray Angel directly.
In that single instant, Ray Angel's transformed special armor completely shattered and split apart. Countless cracks appeared across its blood-red core before it finally burst apart with a clang. A red light emerged from the blood-red core, illuminating the entire sky at once and forming a massive cross that stood over Tokyo-3 for a long time before finally dispersing.
Shinji Ikari was still stunned when he saw the powerful Ray Angel swiftly perish under everyone's combined efforts. Before he could react, Ryoma Nagare's voice rang out in the cockpit. "Kid, don't forget what I taught you. Focus. Get into a fighting state. Stay calm, stay fired up. What are you waiting for? Why are you spacing out? Your companions are still waiting for your help! Go, kid! Show them what you've learned!"
Shinji Ikari nodded somewhat blankly, then turned his head slightly toward Unit 2, which was fighting another Angel. Although Unit 2 had suppressed that Angel the moment it appeared, the Angel, resembling a pendulum on a frame, could extend countless long, thin whip-like appendages. In only a short time, the barrage of whipping strikes had forced Unit 2 into constant evasive maneuvers.
He took a deep breath. The earnest guidance Ryoma Nagare and the others had given him earlier surfaced in his mind, and his eyes immediately filled with resolve. Wanting to imitate Ryoma Nagare's fiery