Tokyo-3, Underground City.
While the humans fought fiercely on the surface, the battle between the EVA and the Angel underground had yet to end.
Looking at the enormous crater gouged into the earth by the impact of the AT Field, Maki could not help remarking, "You really are a terrifying monster."
After that brief exchange, she understood that her current unit could never defeat the Power Angel.
Maki rose from her pilot's seat and adjusted her glasses, her eyes fixed on the Power Angel still watching her menacingly in the distance. Her expression turned serious as she shouted:
"Switch modes. Passcode: THE BEAST."
Maki's face immediately twisted as her body began to tremble.
Immense pain swept through her entire body in an instant-the enormous physical and mental strain that activating Beast Mode placed on the pilot.
Unit-02's shoulder armor shattered, and more than a dozen cylindrical restraints rose along either side of its back, from its shoulders down the length of its spine.
"Hang in there, Unit-02. I'll hang in there too!" The agony made Maki's eyes widen, and she clenched her teeth as she trembled slightly.
The outside scene was no longer visible in the cockpit. Only darkness remained, before points of red light flickered and connected into lines.
In the command room, Maya Ibuki, who was holding a P90, also noticed the anomaly. Her eyes locked onto the console.
"The limiters are disengaging. All values have exceeded standard ranges. We can't display what's happening inside the Entry Plug."
"EVAs actually have a function like this?" Hyuga Kou stared at the main screen in disbelief.
"The Entry Plug depth is probably negative now. She actually chose to enter the Contamination Zone herself?" Maya Ibuki said. "No, this is too dangerous."
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained." Maki had not heard the