The Heist

Inside Evangelion Unit-01, Tao Yu's eyes had completely turned seven-colored.

Now that Lilith had merged with it, Evangelion Unit-01 was practically an extension of his own body!

When Yui Ikari had been inside it, she could still interfere to some extent. Tao Yu had even needed to persuade her by saying, "Ma'am, surely you don't want to..."

But now, he could use brute force to try to squeeze Yui Ikari's soul out directly!

And Tao Yu himself had ways to protect souls, such as herding, so there was no risk of anything going wrong.

A figure of light resembling Rei Ayanami gradually began to emerge from the cockpit, its entire body enveloped in holy light that made it look utterly sacred.

Its closed eyelids trembled faintly, as if they were about to open.

"After being nurtured by Lilith for so long, the essence of her soul is already extremely powerful. You could say she's practically a half-human Apostle..."

Tao Yu figured that if Yui Ikari were placed back into a cloned body of Rei Ayanami, she would probably be able to form an AT Field of her own, just not a very powerful one.

Besides, the soul was strong enough to be visible to the naked eye, which saved Tao Yu a lot of trouble.

As the seven-colored light in his eyes gradually faded, Evangelion Unit-01 stopped trembling.

Outside, Gendo Ikari and Fuyutsuki, who had been waiting anxiously, were growing impatient.

Then Yui Ikari's soul passed straight through Evangelion Unit-01's body and floated out. The two men were instantly overcome with excitement.

There was no mistake. That was Yui Ikari. They couldn't have mistaken her!

He really had kept his promise!

"Fuyutsuki! We did it!"

"Yes. It went far better than we'd originally planned!"

They had essentially been gambling everything.