Ch. 182Shinji Ikari: Oh, Father, you're still alive!
Misato Katsuragi and the other survivors were forced to register and receive the Sacred Blessing Serum before entering the Empire's city as citizens. There, Shinji Ikari unexpectedly found Misato and Gendo alive, while Gendo realized his son had no concern for whether he lived or died.
- Robots herded the displaced humans into registration lines, killing those who tried to flee or take their own lives.
- Empire staff injected the survivors with the Sacred Blessing Serum, granting them citizenship, and Misato entered the transformed city.
- Shinji Ikari greeted Misato and said he had assumed the machines had beaten her to death.
- Shinji noticed Gendo Ikari and cheerfully said he had thought his machines had killed his father.
- Gendo silently walked away after recognizing that Shinji genuinely did not care whether he lived or died.