Two days later.
Right under Shinji Ikari's nose, the people of this world began frantically discussing how to get through the crisis.
Some had already figured out that the things Shinji was making seemed to be meant to hatch something. After all, the human growth chambers had appeared in the country where Shinji was.
Across the entire planet, robot forces that humanity could not hope to defeat were now everywhere.
These robots drove the locals away, then immediately began dismantling buildings, mining minerals, and laying out construction plans.
A great many buildings sprang up at a visible speed. Based on their observations and deductions, many of the structures contained large numbers of glass jars, much like Petri dishes. Combined with the technology Shinji was now bringing out—technology far beyond what human civilization could currently achieve—
and the things Shinji had said!
Some people came up with a bold theory.
That the Shinji Ikari of today was no longer the Shinji Ikari of before. He had been taken over by aliens—or perhaps he had been an alien from the very beginning, an extraterrestrial from an unknown planet who had landed on Earth at some point.
He had disguised himself as Shinji Ikari to get close to Unit-01, then merged with it and devoured the Water Angel, gaining limitless energy and finally beginning his plan.
Going even further, Shinji Ikari might be an extraterrestrial life-form like Adam and Lilith, one who had come to this world a long time ago. For some reason, he had stayed hidden until now, when he had finally made his move!
It was also possible that Adam's or Lilith's soul was inside Shinji Ikari. The things they had found might be nothing but empty shells; the core, the intelligent core, was inside Shinji!
But this theory had