Teleporting to Central Dogma! The confrontation begins! Deception? No passage! All-out assault!

NERV Headquarters, Underground Base

Interrogation Room

NERV's logo lit up in the pitch-black Interrogation Room, and Ritsuko Akagi's figure appeared before Misato.

Ritsuko was still hanging her head in dejection, silently nursing her sorrow. Even when Misato came in behind her, she did not want to turn around.

Perhaps she had no idea what expression to wear when facing Misato. Not facing her at all was the best solution.

Misato folded her arms across her chest and said coldly to Ritsuko, "There's something I want to ask you."

Instead of her usual confidence, Ritsuko's voice held only exhaustion. "You actually managed to find this place. And watch what you say. Conversations here are recorded."

Misato looked at Ritsuko's forlorn back, her eyes holding nothing but seriousness, and said bluntly, "It doesn't matter anymore. The fact that I'm standing here tells you everything. Tell me, what's the Fifth Children's background?"

Ritsuko wasted no words and answered her question. "Kaworu Nagisa, right? His birthday falls on the same day as Second Impact probably because he was the final Angel born that day... in that place."

Misato's pupils instantly contracted in shock. She had never imagined that the final Angel would appear in human form, much less right beside them.

Misato continued, "Are you saying all the Angels were born from Adam? What did humanity do to Adam that day?"

Gendo Ikari had clearly broken Ritsuko's heart completely. She answered whatever Misato asked, no longer hiding anything.

"Humanity wanted to restore Adam to an egg before the other Angels awakened, but that triggered Second Impact. The readings extracted from your father's research showed signs that human genes had been used during the restoration process. Assuming the restoration had already been carried out in secret...

"Then, according to MAGI's calculations, the Angel born at