"Aaaaaaaaaah!!!!!"
Shinji's eyes widened as he tore at his hair with both hands and screamed hysterically!
The scenes unfolding before him inflicted sudden, devastating wounds on his mind and psyche!
SEELE
Everyone: "Through the fractured ego of Unit-01's pilot, we shall bring humanity to completion! Even now, we remain in the midst of the third catastrophe!"
The EVA Mass Production Units surrounding Unit-01 flew away, moving behind Lilith and forming an orderly arrangement.
Their fields expanded, and white light shone from the backs of the EVA Mass Production Units, linking them together into a distinctive symbol.
The Command Room at NERV Headquarters
Aoba Shigeru: "The EVA Mass Production Units' AT Fields are resonating!"
Hyuga: "The amplification is still increasing!"
Kozo Fuyutsuki murmured to himself, "Have they already begun synchronizing with Rei?"
Sitting inside the Entry Plug, Shinji watched the sky outside change dramatically. Meanwhile, the Mass Production Units' heads became densely packed clusters of Rei Ayanami's heads, large and small.
Their giggling reached Shinji's ears, and their faces filled his vision.
Shinji stared with a twitchy, distorted expression. The next second, he frantically yanked the Soul Seat's control sticks and screamed!
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!"
Hyuga: "His mental image is weakening again! His urge to destroy is manifesting physically!"
Kozo Fuyutsuki knitted his brows. "The pilot's sense of self is about to collapse..."
"No... no... no... no..."
Shinji no longer dared to look outside. He buried his head against his thighs and kept muttering.
Prayers, pleas, helplessness...
"Shinji, are you all right?"
A familiar voice rang in Shinji's ears. Was that Kaworu Nagisa!?
Shinji looked up. The giant humanoid before him had changed from Rei Ayanami into Kaworu Nagisa.
Kaworu Nagisa still wore that same gentle smile for him. Relieved, Shinji slowly closed his eyes as a tear slipped from the corner of