"Betrayal? You think far too highly of yourself. Kaworu Nagisa was never yours."
Ritsuko Akagi sneered. Naturally, she had no idea what tangled thoughts were running through SEELE's mind.
"According to him, he was born to meet Shinji."
The lights in the underground command center cast a cold blue glow.
Ritsuko Akagi leaned against the console, her fingertips drifting idly across a screen filled with data. It was broadcasting footage from the Final Dogma Area in real time.
Kaworu's Unit-06 hovered within the Black Moon, both hands gripping the shaft of the Spear of Longinus. Its warm yellow AT Field intertwined with the Red Spear's crimson light.
"They always cross paths in other worlds, too. Have things between them already progressed that far in this world?"
SEELE still wore the same flippant smile as Ryoji Kaji, and his tone retained that inexplicable undertone.
"Then you've misunderstood. They aren't in that kind of relationship, nor could they ever be."
Ritsuko Akagi spoke with absolute certainty. No one knew the Child of God's preferences better than she did.
"Really? What a shame. I was hoping to ask the Child of God out on a date." SEELE shrugged.
"Could you stop imitating Kaji? It's rather disgusting," Ritsuko Akagi said scornfully.
"All right." SEELE spread his hands, and his flippant demeanor instantly turned serious.
"You're sending the First Angel to pull out that Divine Spear. Are you planning to have him fight Armaros?"
Ritsuko Akagi raised her eyes, her lenses reflecting the screen's white light. "I really envy SEELE's wealth of information. Anything we do gives you ideas."
"You don't need information to suspect that possibility," SEELE said.
"Armaros is the enforcer of the World Tree's rules, an existence beyond the category of Angels."
"The Spears of Longinus can seal Adam and Lilith because