No one could resist these machines. All their technology was crushed by robots that looked structurally uncomplicated. Their networks, intelligent systems, Magi, supercomputers, and systems were seized and turned against them on the spot.
It was over. Everything was over. Humanity had been utterly defeated!
The machines hadn't even carried out a horrifying massacre. They had merely driven people out of their homes like wild animals. Resist? How could they resist? Resistance meant death. They could only obey the robots and leave the underground cities.
"It's over, it's over! How could this happen? Everything was fine before—how did things suddenly turn out like this? How did I become a savage? Is humanity really finished?"
Misato Katsuragi stood among the crowd, following the masses as the robots drove them outside. At that moment, she wasn't the only one—almost everyone was completely dazed.
Two days. Just two days!
It was all over!
They had been dragged out, all of them driven out by the robots. Like bandits, the machines had forced the original owners out of their homes, then begun dismantling and rebuilding the structures.
"But at least these robots don't kill many people! They just want to drive us away!"
Misato Katsuragi thought. Not far away, Gendo Ikari clenched his fists, his face livid and his mind in turmoil. Everything had completely slipped out of his control.
Incomprehensible. Completely incomprehensible!
Just two days ago, everything had been under his control. If things had proceeded according to his plan, he would have eventually completed it. Whether it was the Human Instrumentality Project or seeing Yui Ikari again, he could have made it happen.
But two days. Just two days!
Everything had changed! It was all over!
He regretted it—regretted it beyond measure. If he'd known things would turn out this way, he