Gendo Ikari frowned, seeming to consider the possibilities contained in Xiao Ran's words. But he soon shook his head. "That possibility is unlikely. Every EVA will be under absolute control, with restraint devices as an added safeguard. We can sever all the neural connections at any time, rendering the mass-produced EVAs incapable of movement. Besides, every mass-production model will have a final failsafe."
Gendo Ikari was certainly confident in the mass-produced EVAs, but he could not be completely at ease about them. Otherwise, he would not have frowned and pondered after hearing Xiao Ran's words. Still, he had handled the mass-produced EVA project personally from start to finish. He merely trusted the safeguards he had put in place.
Xiao Ran said nothing more after hearing Gendo Ikari's words. The so-called final failsafe was nothing more than installing something inside the mass-produced EVAs that could grind the machines directly into scrap, like a nuclear bomb. Gendo Ikari was actually quite self-centered. Since he believed the mass-produced EVAs were safeguarded, Xiao Ran had no desire to say more. There was no need to argue with Gendo Ikari over something that had not yet happened.
But once the new EVAs became Angelized, Gendo Ikari would learn that his so-called safeguards were utterly useless. In any case, by then Gendo Ikari himself would no longer continue the mass-produced EVA project. Xiao Ran remained highly confident about how things would develop afterward.
"Since you already have plans and preparations, I won't say any more. Still, be more careful. Angels are impossible to guard against. Who knows what kind of accident they might cause?"
Though Xiao Ran no longer discussed whether mass-produced EVAs should exist, that did not stop him from giving Gendo Ikari a warning.
Gendo Ikari nodded to show that he understood. After glancing