NERV Headquarters, Technical Development Department, EVA containment area.
"Release Unit-02's restrictions!"
Though there was no one at the consoles in the control room, the massive alloy gate sealing away Unit-02 had already opened automatically.
Orange-red light slowly streamed through the gate.
At that moment, a mechanical arm holding an Entry Plug slowly came to a stop above the gate bearing the IPEA insignia.
On the small standing platform beside the Entry Plug, the girl in glasses stripped off her signature British-style school uniform.
"It's so cold." Maki exhaled a cloud of warm breath as she pulled on a pink pilot's Plugsuit.
There wasn't much else wrong with this place, but it was far too cold. She was shivering all over.
As she pressed the button on her wrist, the loose, oversized Plugsuit immediately contracted into a skintight outfit.
"Just what you'd expect from a new-model suit. It even fits nicely around the chest. Feels great."
Maki stretched a little. With the suit on, she no longer felt so cold and quickly warmed up.
"All right, the substitute finally gets her turn. Shinji, feast your eyes on the charms of a mature woman."
Maki licked her lips and looked at the red machine rising from underground.
She could hardly wait to play the hero, rescue her beauty, win him over, and snuggle up with that adorable pretty boy.
Maki
Meanwhile, the Fifth Eligible, who had been dispatched directly by SEELE to NERV Headquarters, had also put on a black combat suit.
The silver-haired, red-eyed boy gazed at the sun, his eyes filled with nothing but compassion and resolve. The instant he pressed the button on the back of his hand, the suit tightened, outlining his slender frame.
"It's time."
He was not at NERV Headquarters, however. He stood on the