Shinji instinctively maneuvered Unit-01 to shield its chest with the damaged rifle.
Unit-02, Unit-00, and Pedanium Unit-03 were all too late to come to Unit-01's rescue.
"Bzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!"
Just then, an enormous electrical crackle rang out.
A blue, lightning-like beam swept across the three Replica Lances of Longinus, snapping them apart!
"What's going on?!" The Final Angel looked up in disbelief inside NERV's underground base.
Yui Ikari said, "Pull up the live footage!"
All four EVAs raised their heads.
A red-and-silver figure in a crimson cape floated majestically in the air.
On his chest, the Star Medals that represented his honors gleamed silver.
Yes! He was the eldest of the Ultra Brothers, the captain of the Space Garrison-Zoffy!!!
"Captain Zoffy!!!!" Shinji cried out in delight.
"Don't give up, children!!!" Zoffy's commanding voice rang in the four pilots' minds.
"It's not just me. All the Ultra Brothers have come!"
At that moment, ten red spheres of light suddenly appeared in the skies above places around the world where the Mass Production Models were wreaking havoc.
The darkness blanketing Earth was pierced in each of those places.
To protect the humanity they loved so dearly, to fulfill their promise to become its shield.
Across countless light-years, across the multiverse, across unimaginable distances!
They were the eleven Ultra Brothers!
Seeing this, Yui Ikari felt hope reignite in her heart.
"They're here..."
"Our Ultramen!"
"Damn it, it hasn't even been twenty-four hours!" After cursing, the Final Angel immediately left NERV's underground base.
"Zoffy, Ultraman, Ultraseven, Jack, Ace, Taro, Leo, Astra, Eddie, Mebius, Hikari." Ritsuko read their names from the Meteor Technology records.
Upon reaching this universe's solar system, the Ultra Brothers immediately noticed the extinguished sun and the black fog shrouding Earth.
And the Puppet Mass Production Models laying waste to its cities.
The Ultra