The Ninth Angel lashed out with its long arm, clamped down on Unit-02's head, and pushed it down. Inside Unit-02's Entry Plug, Asuka cried out in pain and instinctively grabbed the Ninth Angel's wrist.
The Ninth Angel used the momentum to slam Unit-02 to the ground, then lifted it into the air with an arm protruding from its shoulder.
Whoosh-thud!!!
"Unit-02's head is being contaminated! The contamination is now spreading to the pilot inside the Entry Plug!"
"The synchronization rate between the pilot and Unit-02 is steadily dropping!"
Inside Unit-01, Shinji Ikari panicked at the sight before him. Just as he moved forward to help Unit-02, the Ninth Angel hurled it at Unit-01!
Thud-crash, crash!!!
Unit-02's four green eyes flickered a few times, then slowly went out, turning dull.
NERV Headquarters Base
Command Room
Aoba Shigeru: "The neural connection between Unit-02 and its pilot has been severed! The pilot's head has been contaminated by the Angel! They are no longer capable of fighting!"
Inside Unit-02's Entry Plug, Asuka frantically pushed the control levers on either side of the Soul Seat back and forth.
Her left eye burned with pain, as though something was crawling into her eyeball.
No matter how Asuka worked the Soul Seat's control levers, Unit-02 did not respond. Finally, the lights in the Entry Plug went out, plunging her into darkness. A virtual panel appeared before her-neural system malfunction! Warning! Warning! Warning!
"Damn it! You think something like this will stop me from taking you down? What a joke... ugh... cough!!"
Thud-ding!!!
Asuka's vision went black, and she collapsed unconscious in the Soul Seat.
In the final moment before she passed out, she was still wondering whether she would ever see Huang Zhetian again.
Having finished dealing with Unit-02, the Ninth Angel staggered toward Unit-01, which was