Unlike Miss Soryu, Asuka's soul-and indeed her entire being-had fused with Unit-02.
During the encounter with Almaloz on the lunar surface, Asuka and Unit-02 had touched the Lunar Ark.
Shinji Ikari had helped her purge the excess information, but she, Unit-02, and the Angel component within her had become a single life-form as a result.
This new life-form looked more like a giant wearing armor.
Crimson A1-Unit-02 · Integrated Form was the scientific designation for her current state of existence.
Compared to a conventional EVA, she now looked like an enormous beautiful girl wearing bikini armor.
The crimson body displayed many human features, such as her partially covered, full breasts and pronounced hip curves.
The mouth exposed beneath her masked-lady-style faceplate had none of an EVA's ferocity and was perfectly in line with human standards of beauty.
There was also the one-piece leg armor resembling high heels and thigh-high stockings, with soft-looking pink thighs visible between it and the skirt armor.
Unit-02 · Integrated Form
Every detail reflected Asuka's firm conviction that she was an exceptionally beautiful girl.
She had a clear, distinct sense of self.
Asuka was sitting on Otwis, their hands locked together.
But this was certainly no warm, friendly exchange between blood sisters or mother and daughter. They were grappling like sumo wrestlers.
Otwis was clearly losing. Asuka's professional training and extensive combat experience certainly showed.
Miss Soryu had never piloted an EVA before.
The battles in Tokyo-3 had relied entirely on the Dummy System implanted with Asuka's personality.
That was why Asuka had so easily pinned her beneath her.
"Auntie Maki, they really are fighting. You called it," Shinji Ikari remarked.
"They're both strong-willed princesses, after all, and neither can stand the other." Maki chuckled.
"So even when their very survival is at stake, humans still