Chapter Summaries

With NERV’s power cut and the Eighth Angel approaching Tokyo-3, Huang Zhetian led Asuka, Rei Ayanami, and Shinji through emergency routes to the underground headquarters. They arrived as Gendo Ikari prepared the Evas for a manual launch, and the chapter ended with the four units launching to confront the Angel.

• NERV’s main, secondary, and backup power systems failed while the Eighth Angel made landfall near Old Atami.
• Huang Zhetian used an emergency handbook to guide Asuka, Rei Ayanami, and Shinji through Passage Seven toward the underground headquarters.
• As they crawled through a ventilation duct, Huang Zhetian revealed that the Angels and Evas were connected to humanity’s origins and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
• Asuka opened a door onto the surface and saw the enormous Angel, while Hyuga used a campaign van to reach NERV and warn the staff.
• Gendo Ikari and the staff prepared the Evas using manual labor and auxiliary engines, and the four pilots reached the command center.
• Akagi ordered the four Evas to launch as the Angel attacked the surface with corrosive liquid.

Huang Zhetian defeated the Rain Angel with a sword strike, then spent the evening with the pilots and gave Asuka a magical necklace. The chapter ended with Kaji preparing to leave on an assignment and Huang Zhetian and Asuka growing closer.

• Asuka, Rei Ayanami, Shinji, and Huang Zhetian retreated into the ventilation duct after acid from the Rain Angel damaged their Evas and cut their power connections.
• Asuka proposed a plan to defend one Eva while Shinji attacked, but Huang Zhetian jumped down and cleaved the Rain Angel in half with a sword strike infused with his A.T. Field.
• Misato and Kaji fell together as the elevator doors opened, and Akagi, Ibuki, and Hyuga caught them in an embarrassing position.
• Huang Zhetian spoke with Kaji about contacting the Chinese embassy during his trip to the United States, then gave Asuka a necklace that glowed and fastened itself around her neck after she put a drop of blood on it.
• Asuka kissed Huang Zhetian, and later she and the other pilots watched the city lights while Misato and Kaji discussed his upcoming assignment.

Huang Zhetian and Asuka spent a day shopping and boating, where Asuka realized she loved him and they promised to stay together. Asuka fell asleep in Huang Zhetian’s arms as he watched a leaf drift away and wondered if he, too, might disappear someday.

• Asuka woke Huang Zhetian and took him shopping, where they bought matching orange flip phones and left a restaurant because they preferred his cooking.
• Asuka asked Huang Zhetian to rent a small boat, and he teased her before rowing them out onto the lake.
• Asuka realized she loved Huang Zhetian, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked him to play his flute.
• Huang Zhetian played Splendid Weiyang as the fishermen listened, then he and Asuka shared orange juice and promised not to abandon each other.
• Asuka fell asleep against Huang Zhetian, who held the Oil-Paper Umbrella over them and wondered whether he would one day drift away like a leaf.

Misato brought Shinji, Asuka, and Huang Zhetian to NERV for mental resonance testing, where Shinji's results improved, though he remained unhappy about piloting Eva. On the drive home, Huang Zhetian encouraged Shinji to stop doubting himself, and Misato reflected on how hard it was to face the truth.

• Asuka returned to Misato's apartment while Toji and Kensuke were sheltering there, and Misato arrived in her work uniform to announce that the pilots had a mental resonance experiment that evening.
• Kensuke noticed Misato's new major insignia, and Huang Zhetian sent Toji and Kensuke to buy ingredients so they could celebrate her promotion.
• At NERV, Akagi tested the four pilots and reported that Shinji's mental resonance value had risen eight points, while Huang Zhetian maintained his strong results.
• Asuka dismissed Shinji's and Huang Zhetian's praise and left the testing area alone despite Huang Zhetian asking if she wanted to go home together.
• On the drive home, Misato told Shinji not to let other people's reactions define his feelings, and Huang Zhetian urged him to believe in himself and face reality.
• Shinji cheered up and agreed to do the dishes, while Misato listened to their conversation and wondered when she would be able to face things bravely.

Huang Zhetian hosted a celebration for Misato’s promotion, where Shinji asked why she had joined NERV and Kaji and Akagi arrived. In Antarctica, Gendo and Fuyutsuki discussed using Huang Zhetian before NERV reported an Angel in satellite orbit above the Indian Ocean.

• Huang Zhetian cooked eight dishes for Misato’s promotion celebration, and everyone toasted her while Rei stayed away.
• Shinji asked Misato why she had joined NERV, but she said she had long since forgotten her reason.
• Kaji arrived with Akagi, and Huang Zhetian stepped out onto the balcony as Asuka continued talking with the guests.
• In Antarctica, Gendo Ikari and Fuyutsuki discussed the Spear of Longinus and planned to use Huang Zhetian after a few more Angel battles.
• A staff member reported that an Angel had been detected in satellite orbit above the Indian Ocean, and Gendo said they had nothing to fear with Huang Zhetian there.

A massive Space Angel attacked from orbit, forcing Misato to evacuate Tokyo-3 and plan a desperate attempt to catch its falling body with the Evas. The pilots agreed to face the operation together, and the chapter ended as they prepared to stop the Angel.

• The Space Angel destroyed NERV's monitoring satellites and dropped a duplicate toward Earth, correcting its aim after the first impact missed.
• Misato ordered a civilian evacuation after NERV determined the Angel could destroy Tokyo-3, and she took command while communications with Commander Ikari remained blocked.
• Misato revealed a plan for the Evas to catch the falling Angel with their A.T. Fields, despite the extremely low odds of success.
• Asuka, Rei Ayanami, Shinji, and Huang Zhetian declined to write last words, and Huang Zhetian abandoned his own after his friends encouraged him.
• Asuka learned that Huang Zhetian had sent Rei Ayanami food and angrily promised to confront him after the operation.

Misato positioned the four Evas to intercept the descending Space Angel, and the pilots destroyed it after Shinji and Huang Zhetian struggled to hold it back. After Gendo praised Shinji, the group celebrated over ramen, while a shooting star hinted that something would be lost.

• Misato deployed the Evas around the predicted impact zone based on her intuition, and Huang Zhetian urged the pilots to believe they could overcome fate.
• Asuka, Shinji, Rei Ayanami, and Huang Zhetian shared why they piloted Evas, while Misato told Shinji and Huang Zhetian about her father and her reasons for joining NERV.
• The four Evas sprinted toward the Space Angel, and Unit-01 and Special Unit combined their A.T. Fields to hold it back as it descended.
• Rei Ayanami cut through the Angel's A.T. Field, and Asuka stabbed its S² Engine, destroying it in a massive explosion.
• Misato apologized to Gendo Ikari for the damage, and Gendo praised Shinji for his actions.
• The pilots and Misato celebrated over ramen, where Shinji said he had realized he piloted Eva hoping for his father's praise, and Huang Zhetian raised his orange juice in a toast.

Huang Zhetian learned that his actions could lead to Asuka's death, so he secretly linked her necklace to himself to transfer her injuries to him. As Asuka treasured the necklace and planned a gift for him, Huang Zhetian went to sleep unaware that it had already begun protecting her.

• Huang Zhetian activated the incomplete Sword God Domain and gained limited divine power, then learned that its powerful abilities came with only two chances to use them.
• The system's prediction showed Asuka dying because of Huang Zhetian's actions, leaving him shaken and determined to prevent it.
• Huang Zhetian discovered that Asuka's legendary Transfer Chain could redirect harm to a second person, so he added his blood to the necklace while she was in his room.
• Misato and Shinji barged into the room after overhearing Asuka scream, interrupting the awkward scene before Asuka returned to her room with the now-red necklace.
• Asuka found that a cut on her hand healed and cherished the necklace, while Huang Zhetian later received the transferred injury and went to sleep.

Akagi’s MAGI autopilot test began smoothly, but corrosion spread through NERV Headquarters and caused Rei’s simulation body to move on its own. The contamination was identified as an Angel, and the chapter ended with the test area flooded behind sealed doors while Huang Zhetian prepared to have someone else kill it.

• Akagi and Ibuki completed MAGI’s self-diagnostic checks and began the autopilot test with Rei Ayanami, Shinji, and Asuka inside the entry plugs.
• Akagi, Misato, and Huang Zhetian noticed conflicting MAGI components as staff reported corrosion in the 87th Protein Wall.
• Akagi ordered the test aborted and the affected pipes sealed, but the corrosion spread into Unit-00’s simulation body.
• Huang Zhetian sensed an Angel as Rei’s test body twisted, and Akagi ejected all three entry plugs before the test body’s A.T. Field deflected the lasers.
• Akagi identified the intruder as an Angel, and Fuyutsuki ordered Central Dogma and the Sigma Unit sealed off.
• Misato pulled Akagi away as the observation glass shattered and water flooded the area, while Huang Zhetian decided he would use someone else to kill the Angel.

NERV faced an Angel that contaminated the facility, evolved in response to ozone, and infiltrated MAGI. Huang Zhetian proposed forcing the Angel’s evolution toward extinction, while Akagi’s team held off the intrusion; he also received an Infinity Gauntlet and considered returning to Guangdong.

• Gendo Ikari concealed the contamination report, ordered Unit-01 launched without its pilot, and prioritized it over the other Evas.
• Akagi and Misato’s team tried to stop the Angel with ozone, but it absorbed the gas, evolved, and resumed spreading.
• The Angel infiltrated MAGI, and Huang Zhetian urged Akagi’s team to exploit its evolution until it destroyed itself.
• Akagi changed MAGI’s logic mode to slow the intrusion, buying the team roughly two hours to act.
• Huang Zhetian received an Infinity Gauntlet with all six stones and decided to consider leaving Japan for Guangdong.

After NERV defeated the Horror Angel, Huang Zhetian arranged a two-week trip to China, with Asuka joining him and Misato planning to keep Shinji company. As everyone prepared for the trip, Gendo Ikari reflected that his plan to see Yui had moved another step forward.

• Akagi told Misato that MAGI contained three conflicting versions of her mother, and Huang Zhetian noticed that Gendo Ikari had received the Adam Embryo implant.
• Huang Zhetian asked Misato for leave to return to China for two weeks, and she approved it after asking him to wait two days for the paperwork.
• Asuka begged Huang Zhetian to take her to China, and he agreed as long as Misato approved.
• Misato agreed to arrange Asuka's trip and said she would take Shinji and Rei Ayanami out together while Huang Zhetian and Asuka were away.
• Asuka packed the gift box with a pocket watch, while Shinji felt lonely about staying behind and Rei Ayanami received Gendo Ikari's message to spend time with him.
• Gendo Ikari privately told Yui that his plan had advanced and that he would soon see her again.

Huang Zhetian and Asuka traveled by ship from Japan to Guangdong, where he hoped to revisit his hometown and family. Asuka gave him her late mother's pocket watch and asked him not to leave her, while Huang Zhetian silently feared he might have to part from her.

• Huang Zhetian woke Asuka, and the two prepared to leave while Misato got ready to drive them to the pier.
• Misato drove Huang Zhetian and Asuka to the pier, where she said goodbye and hoped they would bring back local specialties.
• Huang Zhetian and Asuka arrived in Guangdong at dusk, and Huang Zhetian felt that the shore was both familiar and strange.
• Asuka gave Huang Zhetian her late mother's pocket watch and asked him to treasure it as he would protect her.
• Huang Zhetian embraced Asuka, promised to make her happy, and kissed her while silently wondering whether he would have to leave her someday.

Huang Zhetian took Asuka to his former hometown, where he found his old home empty and learned that his family was gone. As they explored the lively night market, Asuka comforted him, then shared her own grief over her mother’s death, and they left promising to support each other.

• Huang Zhetian showed Asuka his former home, but found no one there and realized his family was gone.
• Huang Zhetian and Asuka explored the bustling night market, sampled local food, and spoke with a sweet-soup vendor who treated them kindly.
• Asuka asked Huang Zhetian about his family, and he admitted that he had lost them and could barely remember them.
• Asuka told Huang Zhetian that her mother had died in front of her, and he held her while she cried.
• Huang Zhetian and Asuka comforted each other and promised to build a future together.

Huang Zhetian and Asuka bought the house where he had lived in his previous life and discovered a diary describing its former owner’s losses, illness, and recruitment by a mysterious organization. The discovery deepened Huang Zhetian’s suspicions about his identity and NERV and SEELE, while he and Asuka began preparing the house as a future home.

• Huang Zhetian read the system’s warning that the real Spear of Longinus had replaced its replica, mass-production Spears were ready, and seven Angels remained, including humanity.
• Huang Zhetian and Asuka bought his former home for two hundred thousand and found that it had been left empty since its previous owner died.
• Huang Zhetian found a childhood photograph with his parents and sister, but it vanished as soon as he touched it.
• Asuka found the former owner’s diary, which described his family’s deaths in the disaster, his later cancer diagnosis, and mysterious visitors who recruited him for an experiment.
• Huang Zhetian told Asuka to keep the diary secret and wondered whether his body was a clone, while deciding to return to NERV headquarters to investigate his records.
• Huang Zhetian noticed someone watching him and said NERV and SEELE would not expose one another while they could still use each other.

Huang Zhetian and Asuka restored their building and shared a cheerful meal as he considered Gendo Ikari’s role in the dangerous events around them. In Japan, Shinji and Misato reflected on how he and Rei Ayanami had changed, while Shinji noted that his father had not.

• Huang Zhetian and Asuka finished cleaning and repairing the building, restoring its water and electricity.
• Asuka cooked Chinese food, and she and Huang Zhetian ate together and laughed.
• Huang Zhetian reflected on the system’s revelations that the original Huang Zhetian’s soul was in the Special Unit and that Gendo Ikari had likely orchestrated the events.
• Shinji thanked Misato for supporting him, and Misato told him he had become more sensitive and better at getting along with people.
• Shinji and Misato observed that Rei Ayanami had become more proactive, while Shinji said his father had not changed.

Huang Zhetian and Asuka spent their last day in Guangdong enjoying Riverside Island before returning to Japan to prepare for the approaching Angel. They left their home and a photo album behind, along with letters Huang Zhetian secretly placed there.

• Huang Zhetian received Misato Katsuragi's message about the approaching Angel and reflected on the risks of changing the story and the challenge of defeating Night Angel.
• Huang Zhetian and Asuka shared breakfast and affection before he took her to Riverside Island to enjoy their final day away.
• Asuka and Huang Zhetian explored the island, tried snacks, took photos together, and planned to make a keepsake album.
• Huang Zhetian told Asuka they had to return to Japan that afternoon, and they agreed to meet Misato's helicopter at the pier.
• Huang Zhetian and Asuka tidied the house, left the camera and album behind, and departed with their luggage; Huang Zhetian secretly placed letters on the album.

Gendo Ikari and Fuyutsuki discussed Seele’s impatience, their projects, and how they would handle Kaji and Huang Zhetian. Kaji investigated a Marduk-linked shell company in Kyoto, while back at school Asuka tried to call him and Huang Zhetian made a mysterious phone call.

• Fuyutsuki told Gendo Ikari that Ghil Lorenz had complained about delays and threatened to dismiss him, while Gendo cited progress on the Adam Project and Dummy Plug.
• Fuyutsuki questioned Gendo Ikari about Zero and Huang Zhetian, and Gendo said Kaji and Huang Zhetian should be left alone for now.
• Kaji met an informant in a Kyoto warehouse and learned that Shannon Bio was among 108 companies connected to the Marduk Institute, with Gendo Ikari, Kozo Fuyutsuki, and Ghil Lorenz listed as directors.
• The informant told Kaji that the Fourth Children had returned to China and was now traveling back to Japan with the Second Children, then asked Kaji to watch him for anything unusual.
• At school, Asuka repeatedly tried to call Kaji while Huang Zhetian watched, and Shinji was unsettled by the sight of Rei Ayanami wringing out a towel.
• Huang Zhetian went to the rooftop and called a shop, asking whether its watermelons were guaranteed ripe.

Shinji struggled with the thought of seeing his father and visited his mother’s grave with Gendo, hoping for a meaningful conversation. Gendo left by helicopter, and Shinji was glad they had spoken but remained confused about his feelings.

• At Headquarters Base, Misato and Akagi discussed what Misato would wear to a wedding while the pilots completed Dummy Entry Plug tests.
• In an elevator, Shinji asked Rei Ayanami what his father was like, and told her that her way of wringing out a cloth reminded him of his mother.
• Misato encouraged Shinji to face his father, while Huang Zhetian met Kaji and warned him to stay careful as events drew closer to the real plot.
• At the wedding, Kaji arrived late and Misato straightened his tie as Akagi teased them about looking like a married couple.
• Shinji visited Yui Ikari’s grave with Gendo, who explained that the grave held no remains and that he kept Yui in his heart.
• Before Gendo boarded the helicopter with Rei Ayanami, Shinji called out that he was glad they had talked; Gendo left, and Shinji walked away still confused.

Huang Zhetian gave Shinji a single-use Simulation Disc that could project his deceased mother, while Asuka desperately wanted one too. After Asuka wounded Huang Zhetian and demanded that he leave, he agreed to her call to break up, leaving all three of them distressed.

• Shinji played his cello for Asuka and Huang Zhetian, then revealed that Kozo Fuyutsuki had taught him.
• Kaji and Akagi talked at a bar about Misato, and Akagi warned Kaji to tell Huang Zhetian not to get too involved after defeating the Angels.
• Kaji carried a drunken Misato home, where she confessed why she had left him, and they kissed.
• Huang Zhetian gave Shinji a one-use Simulation Disc that could project his deceased mother for five minutes, but Asuka begged for it and scratched Huang Zhetian's arm.
• Huang Zhetian promised to find Asuka another disc, but she told him she had always been alone and demanded that he leave; he agreed to break up, and Shinji realized their relationship could not return to how it was.

Kaji took Huang Zhetian aside to discuss Akagi’s orders, Asuka, and Misato before handing him a ring for Kaji to give Misato. The next day, Kaji led Misato into Terminal Dogma and revealed Adam, while Huang Zhetian sensed that events had begun to unfold.

• Kaji helped the drunken Misato into her room, then invited Huang Zhetian outside to talk privately.
• Kaji told Huang Zhetian that Akagi had ordered him to stop sending information and return after finishing his work, and Huang asked for Asuka to be sent back when her work was done.
• Huang Zhetian gave Kaji a pale blue ring for Misato and asked him to handle Misato’s plans, then returned to the apartment.
• The next day, Shinji noticed Rei Ayanami’s empty seat, while Rei awoke in an LCL tank as Gendo Ikari watched her.
• Misato confronted Kaji at Terminal Dogma, but he opened the restricted door and showed her Adam, the First Angel.
• Huang Zhetian sensed the events beginning from beside the classroom window and worried that matters would become complicated.