Ryoji Kaji spoke. "We are Adjusters who possess memories of other worlds."
"You probably don't know what I mean by other worlds, so let me explain."
"You can think of this world as a leaf growing on a great tree."
"The Positive Universe and the Negative Universe are the two sides of that leaf. Earth is the stem where they meet, connecting it to the tree."
"And on this World Tree, there are many similar leaves."
"We are Lacewings from other leaves, here to tend to this one."
"Parallel universes, like in science fiction?" Misato Katsuragi recalled the books she kept by her bed to pass the time.
"You can think of it that way."
"Mr. Kaji, Shinji's Righteous Person, inherited our knowledge and will."
"To prevent this world's mistakes from continuing, we must intervene."
His voice echoed through the control room. Everyone's faces were filled with shock.
Ryoji Kaji could feel the complicated looks Misato Katsuragi and Ritsuko Akagi were giving him. They were grieving for their friend.
But his eyes held only calm, and there wasn't a ripple in his heart. It was as though he were looking at two strangers.
"So you took over Kaji's body?" Shinji Ikari narrowed his eyes.
"Actually, it wasn't supposed to be him, but this boy. Still, sacrificing himself was indeed the act of a Righteous Person."
Ryoji Kaji spoke casually.
As the camera pulled back, everyone finally noticed a boy wearing glasses standing beside Kaji.
"It was an accident!" Kensuke Aida shouted.
"Was it really? No. Kensuke Aida, Ryoji Kaji noticed that you wanted to become like this."
"So he used his own body to stop you before you could."
Ryoji Kaji exposed Kensuke Aida's lie outright.
"That idiot, Kaji." Misato Katsuragi let out a deep sigh.
Ritsuko Akagi nodded in