The Poor Little Angel Gets Beaten Up

"Unexpected, yet somehow expected..."

Tao Yu sensed the tenacious, powerful soul inside Evangelion Unit-01 and couldn't help sighing.

Yui Ikari being devoured by Evangelion Unit-01 had been an extremely important turning point in the entire story.

Her disappearance had shaped Gendo Ikari, Kouzou Fuyutsuki, Shinji Ikari, and many other important characters.

Unit-01's rampages, from the Water Angel to the Power Angel, had also largely been because of Yui.

It wasn't wrong to think of Unit-01 as Shinji's cheat code. That was Mother's Protection, after all.

When you couldn't win, you sent someone else to fight for you.

Unit-01 had also been made directly from Lilith's body.

The whole thing was like a kid losing a fight and running to get their parents, only for the parents to join in themselves and play dirty.

So Tao Yu wasn't too surprised that he could sense Yui Ikari's soul.

But...

"She's lost consciousness, leaving only instinct behind? That does seem to be the case. For a mortal soul to control a god's body, it's impressive that even her instincts remain..."

Tao Yu could sense that the spirit within Unit-01 was extraordinarily powerful. Its purity and quality were astonishing even to someone as well-traveled as him!

Unit-01 had been made directly from a piece of Lilith's body. In essence, it surpassed every other EVA.

"So Unit-01 only needs an S2 Engine to have the potential to become a god..."

He'd originally planned to blow up the Angel and grab its skills, then see if he could get his hands on Lilith, Adam, and the Spear of Longinus.

But now Tao Yu had suddenly become a little interested in the Dead Sea Scrolls, too.

Perhaps the Dead Sea Scrolls in this world were a little different...

Tao Yu sensed Yui Ikari's dormant soul, but the