In the office, where the atmosphere seemed to have returned to three years ago, the plan to modify Unit-01 was settled just like that.
Of course, they would not be using a name like Super Unit-01. The new Unit-01 would temporarily be designated F-Type Unit-01, or Unit-01 for short.
While ANIMA busied itself preparing Shinji Ikari's new unit, he headed to the hangar where the EVAs stood on standby, with Asuka and Rei Ayanami as his guides.
After Shinji Ikari awakened, Unit-01 had been housed here. The Technical Department had worked overtime to finish modifying the hangar.
Whenever he had time, he would come to see her. They still could not communicate, but at least they had the feeling of being together.
ANIMA had been waiting for him to return, but no one had expected that wait to last three years, or for Unit-01 to grow to 180 meters during that time.
When reconstruction of the hangar began, no one had imagined it would need to accommodate a unit 2.25 times the height of the other EVAs.
Her overall size was nearly twelve times that of the other units. Putting them together was like comparing a giant to dwarfish giants.
"Is that a model? Did Asuka find herself a model boyfriend? Nice face and figure."
"Idiot, that's the Child of God. Don't talk about him like he's one of the people you pick up for fun every night. Show some respect and apologize, you bastard."
Despite the less-than-polite wording, Shinji Ikari could still hear the devotion in those words.
The Gospel Church did not have many rules. Aside from listening to God, there were few taboos.
Their approach was "authenticity": being sincere with God and sincere with themselves.
In everyday life, that more or less meant mouthing off when it