The Abyss

"Then, Commander Ikari, I'll wait for good news from you. If you run into any problems with the military support you need, you can come to me. An Origin-level item like that will probably need heavy security."

With that, their discussion temporarily settled, Tao Yu waved cheerfully at Gendo Ikari and left.

Gendo Ikari and Fuyutsuki made no move to stop him.

They were genuinely quite tempted by Tao Yu's proposal!

"What do you think?"

Gendo Ikari folded his hands, his expression composed.

"The odds of it working are fairly good."

They were willing to carry out even something as absurd as the Human Instrumentality Project. Tao Yu's proposal seemed much more peaceful by comparison.

As for making contact with Adam and Lilith, as long as the other party wasn't an Angel, it shouldn't be a major problem.

If something like this had suddenly appeared in their own world, they really would have needed to proceed with caution.

There was no telling whether it might actually be an Angel in disguise.

But now that they could confirm the other party came from outside their world, the situation was much better!

The risks involved were at least far preferable to the odds of their original plan succeeding.

"Then let's do that. We've already decided to transfer Adam's Egg from Europe, and Unit-02 will escort it. We may be able to arrange for him to meet it."

Gendo Ikari had some ideas of his own.

After Unit-01 had demonstrated such overwhelming dominance, they had sped up the transfer of Adam's Egg, which they had already been leaning toward bringing over. They wanted it here before the next Angel attack.

But given how important Adam's Egg was, Unit-02 would have to escort it the entire way. That ruled out air transport, leaving only