Boom-boom-bang!!!
The laser cannon fired from Unit-13's mouth struck Special Unit X's rotating disc, and the recoil sent Unit-13 flying backward.
The Dummy System made Unit-13 leap onto Lilith's remains.
Seeing this, Huang Zhetian made Special Unit X raise both mechanical arms into a beam-firing stance.
Crack-bzzzz!!!
The two floating spheres beside Unit-13 immediately returned in front of their host, deploying overlapping Replica A.T. Fields to block Special Unit X's beam.
Bang-bzzzz!!!
Inside Unit-13's Entry Plug.
Shinji Ikari desperately pulled at the control levers, trying to wrest back control of Unit-13.
In the adjacent Entry Plug, Kaworu Nagisa was stunned. As the First Angel, he had been demoted to the Thirteenth Angel.
Even his ability to control Unit-13 had been drastically weakened.
"I never imagined the Lilin would factor me into their calculations too..."
Shinji Ikari noticed something was wrong with Kaworu Nagisa and asked anxiously, "Kaworu! What's wrong with you?!"
Kaworu Nagisa gave Shinji Ikari a bitter smile. "I've been demoted to the Thirteenth Angel. Your father truly deserves the title King of Lilin. You and Huang Zhetian will have to walk the rest of the road together."
Alarm bells rang wildly in Shinji Ikari's mind. Dazed, he asked, "Kaworu... what... are you saying?"
Unit-13 crossed its hands and grasped the spears on either side. The two arms folded into an X across its chest also opened, each taking hold of a spear.
Then Unit-13 forcefully pulled out both spears!
Squish-whoosh!!!
Unit-13 raised the two spears high overhead, and they twisted and transformed into Spears of Longinus!
Special Unit X lowered its arms. Just as it was about to fly forward and stop the ritual, a spear shot out of the smoke from the explosion!
Bang-thud!!!
The Spear of Longinus pinned Special Unit X to the ground through its