"Shinji!" Misato nearly cried out as she watched Zero dissolve, hastily clapping a hand over her mouth.
"That idiot... No... This can't be..." Asuka couldn't accept what she had just witnessed and stared fixedly at the screen.
By the time she came to her senses, tears were streaming down her face.
"Shinji, you idiot! If anything happens to you, I'll never forgive you!" she roared.
"Ikari... will come back alive..." Only Rei remained relatively calm.
After Zero disappeared, Galactron MK2 turned toward everyone and began broadcasting again.
The mechanical female voice rang out again, devoid of any emotion.
"This planet originally established a way for its creations to survive."
"However, while destroying this planet, its creations have also attempted to become life-forms superior to other species by sacrificing themselves and other life."
"This is a grave violation of the laws of the universe."
"I will terminate this primitive civilization that seeks to threaten the universe and other life."
"Execution will commence in ten hours."
With that, MK2's eyes went dark, and it fell silent.
MK2 stood on the land it had devastated.
Worse still, MK2 had actually hacked into most countries' television stations and networks to broadcast this message. Panic had already begun breaking out in some countries.
At SEELE's base, Chairman Ghir flew into a rage at the sight.
"How does that white machine know any of this?!"
SEELE felt an unprecedented sense of panic. It wasn't just the possibility of the Human Instrumentality Project being exposed; MK2's terrifying ability to overpower an Ultraman frightened them even more.
Fortunately, other countries cut the signal on the grounds that their stations had been hijacked. Since this world's internet wasn't particularly developed and was relatively easy to control, widespread panic had been avoided for the time being.
Just then, a ray