Shining Zero used the Shining Star Drive, successfully restoring Tokyo-3 and reviving the companions killed by Dark Lops EVA, along with Rei Ayanami and the hundreds upon hundreds of citizens who had died horribly in the Sixteenth Angel's explosion.
The star obscured by the black sphere vanished completely.
"This is... unbelievable. It's utterly impossible..." Ibuki felt as though everything she had learned had been turned on its head, including everything else she had later learned under her mentor.
Reversing time-even science fiction only spoke of time travel, not turning time backward.
To these scientists, this was not science fiction. It was fantasy, or even pure make-believe.
This was the Ultimate Form born when Zero used the Paraghi Shield as a key to unleash his true power.
By controlling the movement of celestial bodies, he could control time. It was a technique even Zero himself dared not use lightly.
Once, Belial's soul had taken over his body and hurt his companions. Cornered and desperate, he had unleashed his Shining Form and used this technique to revive them, but his inability to control its range had brought Belial back to life as well...
Fortunately, through his many trials afterward, Zero had gradually mastered his Shining Form, so this time he had not revived the Sixteenth Angel along with everyone else.
Mirror Knight awoke, got to his feet, and looked up at Shining Zero floating in the sky.
"You saved me again, Zero..."
Asuka and Kaworu Nagisa woke up as well.
"Rei!" Kaworu Nagisa connected to Unit-00's comms, anxious to know how Rei Ayanami was doing.
After seeing Rei Ayanami's true feelings through the Sixteenth Angel, his concern for her had only grown stronger.
"Kaworu, I'm back..." Rei Ayanami's words made Kaworu Nagisa let out a great sigh of relief.
The three EVAs'