Apostle

Tao Yu had just driven Misato Katsuragi's car into the dedicated freight elevator leading underground when the metal doors behind them began to descend.

The entire city seemed to be shaking.

It was still the early hours of the morning, and the sun hadn't risen yet. Most people were still asleep.

But the piercing alarm blaring through the city was enough to trigger a conditioned response in people who had undergone countless evacuation drills.

By then, Tao Yu and Misato had already started their descent into the underground city.

Compared to coming down during the day, it seemed as though only the two of them were here now.

Tao Yu glanced to the side. The combat modules beneath the twenty-four layers of steel plates had begun making subtle adjustments to prepare for their ascent, while the civilian buildings above started sinking as a whole. The two layers moved past each other.

"What happened?"

Though he had already guessed, Tao Yu still asked in a grave voice.

"An Angel is attacking."

Misato Katsuragi gave a brief reply.

She didn't know NERV's ultimate purpose, but stopping the Angels had been her lifelong wish.

"An Angel..."

"According to the Dead Sea Scrolls... Forget it, there's no time to explain. Come with me."

As the elevator arrived, Misato Katsuragi quickly led Tao Yu toward headquarters.

"Uh, you're just bringing me to headquarters?"

Tao Yu followed beside Misato Katsuragi and asked tentatively.

Shouldn't she take him straight to get familiar with the EVA?

He had only just passed the preliminary screening. He hadn't even touched the unit yet, let alone received any training. Was this really appropriate...?

Shinji Ikari had indeed been thrown into the deep end, but that was because things had reached a true crisis. Wouldn't it be better to have as much