"Well? Have you made up your mind? The dimensional rift isn't going to wait for you."
The Final Angel looked down arrogantly at Zero, who lay on the ground, and waited for him to choose.
"You... bastard..." Zero barely even had the strength to curse anymore.
Watching the dimensional rift spread and devour everything, Zero knew he couldn't wait any longer.
Although he could barely use Ultra Psychokinesis to actively sense anything, his passive senses could still detect the dimensional rift's immense power. That bastard wasn't lying.
Neither the humans nor his comrades in Ultimate Force Zero could seal this dimensional rift. Only his beam could do it.
But with his body in its current condition, firing a beam to stop the dimensional rift could lead to only one outcome-death.
Whatever came afterward would have to depend on his comrades and reinforcements from the Land of Light...
But he would never allow this dimensional rift to destroy Earth. For a true Ultra Warrior, that required no consideration.
And so, filled with bitter reluctance, he began the last thing he had to do before facing death.
"Shinji... Shinji..."
"Zero..."
Within a space of light suffused with red, the unconscious Shinji slowly opened his eyes. He heard Zero's voice echoing.
He found himself surrounded by a red space and realized that the pain and discomfort in his body had vanished.
He managed to lift his head a little and saw Zero standing there.
Zero's weak voice carried a sadness he couldn't hide.
"Shinji, you did great, holding on for so long..."
"But it looks like our time fighting side by side has to end here..."
"End? Zero, are you going to-?!" In his shock, Shinji realized what Zero intended to do.
Zero's voice trembled. "I'm sorry, Shinji. I have to break my