As Huang Zhetian searched for Shinji, every corridor and wall he saw was spattered with blood.
Congealed blood, the smell of rust and gore...
NERV personnel in pale brown uniforms lay in pools of blood and the wreckage left by explosions.
The destruction was no less severe than an Angel attack...
Red phenolic resin flowed from mechanisms in the corridor, slowly filling it and burying the bodies and wreckage together.
Huang Zhetian saw his own feet caught in it and felt irritated.
"No choice. I'll have to search one by one."
It was almost laughable. He had been at Headquarters so long, yet still hadn't learned NERV's layout or routes. Things had been different at the Chinese NERV Branch...
Put simply, Huang Zhetian couldn't be bothered to memorize the map. Kaji had even copied one for him before, but he hadn't looked at it.
Huang Zhetian had no choice but to use an item to locate Shinji and Misato so he could teleport to them.
When he opened his eyes again, his black pupils turned a deep blue. He could see NERV's entire structure clearly, along with everyone moving inside it, as though he were an X-ray scanner.
"There he is. Good. He's back too... Hopefully I can make up for their regrets this time. Even if I can only give them a little time..."
In one corridor, Huang Zhetian spotted someone familiar: Ryoji Kaji.
He had disguised himself as a Japan Defense Force member and infiltrated their ranks to carry out their plan-fish in troubled waters and slip past everyone unnoticed!
NERV Headquarters, second level.
"Respond if you copy!"
"The second level is completely secured! Send the signal!"
"We have yet to take control of the MAGI prototype at the Second Command Center! Fighting is ongoing on the lower