After learning that the Super Beasts had been dealt with by Ultraman, Gendo Ikari and Fuyutsuki, who had previously contacted the base to direct operations remotely, boarded a flight back.
On board, Fuyutsuki whispered to Gendo Ikari:
"Excluding Kaworu Nagisa, whom Zero vouched for, there's only one Angel left."
"You've finished your preparations, haven't you?"
Gendo Ikari adjusted his glasses.
"Everyone who needed to be informed has already been notified in secret. Now we wait to see what they do."
"Dragon Country has already begun covert operations. They have suffered the least infiltration by SEELE. The other countries have also begun preparing."
Fuyutsuki said worriedly, "Unfortunately, we can no longer stop the production of the mass-produced units. This battle is probably still unavoidable."
"We clearly aren't the only ones with technology from outside this world. The technology SEELE possesses will most likely introduce quite a few more variables."
"Even with the Lance of Longinus, a weapon capable of killing gods, in our hands, nothing is guaranteed..."
Gendo Ikari scoffed. "What use is that thing now?"
"Why do you think I didn't have Unit-03 take it along to fight the Fifteenth Angel last time?"
"According to our calculations, even if the Lance of Longinus hit the Fifteenth Angel, it would only temporarily suppress the generation of its AT Field. If we sent Unit-03 into battle with it, the lance would probably just end up snapped in half."
Gendo Ikari was right. Under the present circumstances, the Lance of Longinus was not even as powerful as Pedanium Unit-03. If it had not been needed to seal Lilith, Gendo Ikari could have simply given it to Zero.
"Who was it who worried that thing would become an obstacle to his plan?" Fuyutsuki could not help retorting.
"What plan? I have no idea." Gendo