Unit-01 had yet to be fitted with a weapons system, but it did not really need so many flashy weapons.
The red spear burst out of the ground alongside them, hovering at their side.
At a hundred meters long, the spear looked rather small beside the hundred-and-eighty-meter white giant of light.
But the instant Shinji Ikari and Unit-01 grasped the Spear of Cassius, its spiraling shaft began to extend like intertwining roots.
Only when it reached three hundred and sixty meters did the Divine Spear stop growing.
Now it seemed too long. Rather than a battle spear, it looked more like a scepter or a ceremonial implement.
Shinji Ikari lowered his head and saw four EVA angels falling.
"Rebellious angels again. Traitors bear greater guilt than enemies."
Including Chief Angel, which had been the first to engage Unit-08, all five of the Sword of Damocles's Angel Type units had now arrived in Tokyo-3.
No one would believe this was merely a system malfunction anymore. According to Ritsuko, the probability of five units simultaneously malfunctioning and attacking the base was practically zero.
The white Unit-01 swept its spear, sending an invisible wave of energy spreading outward.
Midori Kitakami, assistant to the current Chief Technician, Maya Ibuki, called out, "Ma'am, take a look at this!"
Maya Ibuki glanced at the cute girl with the pink bowl cut, then turned back to find a new reading on her screen.
"It's the Child of God's synchronization rate. The reading is..."
Maya Ibuki's voice abruptly stopped halfway through. Behind her, Ritsuko Akagi leaned down and asked:
"What is it? How high? Four hundred percent? Five hundred? Don't tell me it's over a thousand percent?"
"It's zero percent!" Midori Kitakami answered.
"Impossible. Absolutely impossible! Anything below ten percent would cause a shutdown," Hyuga Kou exclaimed.
"Could