"All EVA units are running on external power."
"Connection to the New Gotemba Substation complete. Beginning power supply."
"Unit-00's internal charge has exceeded 105%."
"Backup power extension cables have arrived. Team Eight, please speed up the connection work."
"Unit-01 connection confirmed. No abnormalities. All pilots on standby. Breathing and heart rates normal. Final medical checks clear."
Shinji Ikari sat inside the Entry Plug, resting with his eyes closed. Even in such a dire situation, facing what might be the most destructive Angel in history, he was surprisingly calm.
Something feels familiar... a smell? Mom's smell? Is Unit-01 transmitting it to me through sensory synchronization in the neural link system?
Shinji Ikari was piloting Unit-01 in the highlands of Futago Mountain, Hakone. He had no idea why this place would smell like his mother. Or was the scent coming from the unit itself?
Come to think of it, his mother had died during an EVA experiment. He wondered whether she would consider him an unfilial son for being so fond of Unit-01 now.
Besides Unit-01, Unit-00 and Unit-02 had also reached the surface.
Unit-00 was stationed on the plains along Lake Ashi's northern shore, while Unit-02 was in Tokyo-3's bay area.
The three EVAs formed an equilateral triangle centered on Tokyo-3, establishing a triangular formation that covered the entire city and ensured that wherever Arael fell, it would be within interception range.
Because of MAGI's estimates of Arael's staggering destructive power and area of effect, this operation had the units intercept it directly on the surface.
But compared with the equally menacing Ramiel, this operation was not so complicated that it required the cooperation of all of Japan.
Put simply, the tactic was to use the EVAs' AT Fields to withstand Arael's first attack, then find an opening to destroy its