At NERV headquarters, everyone finally came to their senses as they watched Zero vanish where he stood.
Hyuga stared in disbelief at Tokyo-3, drenched in a rain of blood on the screen, and the chunks of EX Black King scattered throughout the city.
"Everything that just happened... was it a dream?"
Aoba's face was also filled with fear and disbelief. "Why did Ultraman Zero become like that?"
From despair to hope, then finally to terror-their emotions had been on a roller coaster today.
"Urgh!" The sound of vomiting interrupted their thoughts.
The scene had made Ibuki throw up. Until now, they had never seen Zero deal with an enemy so brutally.
In their eyes, Ultraman Zero had been like a god descending from the heavens, humanity's guardian deity.
But after everything that had happened today, if Zero had not refrained from attacking humans, they might have struggled to tell which one was the monster.
Fuyutsuki's expression was grave as he slowly spoke.
"Perhaps he was simply too angry..."
In the commander's office, Gendo Ikari watched the entire battle without a word.
Only after the battle ended did he speak.
"Those two... must have acted that way because anger overwhelmed them."
Yui Ikari covered her face in distress.
"Shinji and Zero really suffered this time..."
"We know the truth, but what about the citizens...?"
"They only became like that because they wanted to protect everyone..."
Gendo Ikari said, "All we can do for now is wait and see..."
"Hopefully, the newly arrived Ultraman will improve the citizens' impression of Ultra Warriors..."
"But we'll have to wait until Shinji returns to learn his name..."
In the city, Shinji had returned to his original form.
He knelt on one knee on the ground.
He felt something wet beneath him. Looking down, he saw