"Where did Shinji throw the Spear of Cassius?" Misato Katsuragi asked urgently.
"We're tracking the signal transmitter on the Spear of Cassius. Found it. It's in Europe."
"How is that possible? It's only been a minute. How could it have flown that far?"
"54°54′ north, 25°19′ east. Its location is Prūnė Village, on the northern outskirts of Vilnius, Lithuania. That's the geographical center of Europe!"
"The center of Europe? Is he really going to war? But they still have so many nuclear weapons and N2 Bombs. If this triggers a global nuclear war..."
Misato Katsuragi's heart clenched. If the European Union truly threw caution to the wind and used all those weapons, humanity might go extinct in this battle alone.
"It's an AT Field. With the Spear of Cassius at its center, Unit-01's AT Field has covered all of Europe. The entire European continental plate is registering a high-energy reaction."
"What!?" Misato Katsuragi's eyes widened.
0 hours, 0 minutes.
The morning mist had yet to disperse along the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, in Prūnė Village on the northern outskirts of Vilnius, Lithuania.
This place, certified by the French National Geographic Institute as Europe's geographical center, suddenly received a streak of light that tore across the sky.
Wreathed in golden energy, the Spear of Cassius plunged down at a speed exceeding the fourth cosmic velocity.
It was a speed that human technology, as it stood, could never achieve within the atmosphere.
The Creation Patterns engraved on the spear blazed with dazzling light the instant it touched the ground, as though a second sun had descended upon the plain.
"The energy reading has exceeded critical levels! It's an A.T. Field! Its coverage is expanding-it's already engulfed the Baltic Sea Three States!"
The monitoring officer at the European Union's Joint