They traveled through time at the same time, but the villainous scientist

Chapter 187 Broken

Ultimate Dogma
The crimson LCL sea spread out silently, like the blood of a god that had run dry, and in its deepest part, a white giant was nailed to a huge cross.

EVA Unit-02 stood silently, its enormous hand imprisoning the silver-haired boy within.

Footsteps sounded, unhurried and calm, carrying an air of complete control.

Gendo Ikari emerged from the deep shadows, his white gloves impeccably applied, his glasses reflecting the faint light of the LCL sea, concealing all his emotions behind that cold white light.

“Unlike you, the only thing we humans can rely on is the wisdom we received from Lilith.”

Gendo Ikari spoke calmly, his voice completely flat, as if stating a given fact. His gaze pierced through his glasses and landed on Kaworu Nagisa, who was being held in his palm.

This is a victor's declaration, an absolute confidence in one's own wisdom.

Despite being gripped by a gigantic hand, Kaworu's face showed no fear, but rather a faint sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a feeling of deep emotion or感慨).

"According to your fabricated myths, the ancestors of mankind were banished by God and left Eden because they ate the fruit of wisdom."

"That's why we strive to gain God's power and return to Eden."

Gendo Ikari said, looking at Lilith.

"Heh...that makes sense."

"However, all of this was actually right..."

Having already gained wisdom beyond that of ordinary life forms, they still desire power beyond that of humans.

Humans are truly insatiable creatures!

He responded softly, his ruby-like eyes reflecting Gendo Ikari's cold figure.

that person?
Those three words were like an invisible needle, instantly piercing through Gendo Ikari's flawless shell of confidence.

His pupils contracted almost imperceptibly behind his glasses, and a strong sense of foreboding gripped his heart without warning.

How could that be? All of this should have been within his calculations.

He already knew about SEELE's script in advance through spies.

They sent the last apostle, Kaworu Nagisa, into NERV so that he could penetrate the ultimate doctrine.

When Kaworu discovers that the giant underground is Lilith and not Adam, as the vessel of Adam's soul, he will inevitably refuse to merge with her, because that would not trigger the Third Impact he desires, which would destroy humanity.

This is the first layer of the SEELE plan.

The moment Kaworu refuses to merge, SEELE's true killing move will be revealed.

Nine mass-produced EVAs equipped with artificial S2 engines will cooperate with the UN forces to forcibly invade NERV, seize Lilith with lightning speed, and then use the useless Kaworu Nagisa as a sacrifice to complete their own "Human Instrumentality Project".

His plan, Gendo Ikari, was to turn the tables on them.

He knew that Unit-02 was a replica of Adam, and that Kaworu Nagisa, as Adam's soul, could directly control it from the source.

But so what? He had already implanted his improved puppet system into the core of Unit 2.

That system could completely overturn the connection between Adam's soul and body, seizing ultimate control with cold data streams and simulated souls.

When SEELE thought victory was assured, he activated the system, making Kaworu Nagisa his pawn, and using Unit-02 and Lilith to initiate the Instrumentality Ritual, a ceremony that belonged only to Gendo Ikari and allowed him to reunite with Yui Ikari.

Who is "that person" that Kaworu Nagisa is talking about?

"According to that person..."

"Whether we are apostles or you humans, we are all imperfect beings."

Perhaps they simply wanted to test which kind of life has the value to continue existing in this world...

Those creators are truly cruel…

Kaworu's voice carries a transcendent philosophical quality, as if he were reciting an ancient poem.

His gaze passed over Gendo Ikari, as if he were recalling something.

"Unlike us, humans, though fragile and without eternal life, are able to create such wonderful things."

Kaworu's voice held a hint of genuine admiration.

"For example, music, painting... These are things we... cannot possess; they are expressions based on the self."

"Even though we already have this, we still want to discard it..."

"enough."

Gendo Ikari coldly interrupted him.

The longer the night, the more dreams you have.

This sudden, unknown variable made him feel more agitated than ever before.

Whoever "he" is, as long as the apostle in front of him is eliminated and the control of the ritual is taken into his own hands, everything will return to normal.

His thoughts, transmitted through neural connections, transformed into a cold command that reached the insertion plug of Unit 2.

Crush him!
The instruction has been issued.

Time seemed to stretch out at that moment.

one second.

two seconds.

……

Time passed, but in the end nothing happened.

The red giant that should have become the most loyal executioner to crush Kaworu still stood quietly, holding Kaworu's hand tightly, motionless.

"why?"

A crack finally appeared on Gendo Ikari's icy expression, and a hint of surprise crept onto his face.

impossible!
He had clearly made complete improvements to the puppet system since the last time.

He severed the soul connection port located in the central core and reconnected it to the simulated soul circuit he had personally written.

Theoretically, this is a perfect closed loop, and there is no possibility of interference from external souls!

But now, why...

"Ah……"

A soft laugh, tinged with undisguised mockery, rang out from an unexpected corner, echoing through the deathly silent underground temple.

"You haven't forgotten who developed this system, have you, Commander Ikari?"

That sound!
Gendo Ikari suddenly looked in the direction of the sound, his pupils contracting sharply!

In a corner not far away, the deep shadow began to twist, writhe, and change in a way that defied the laws of physics.

The space seemed to transform into a soft curtain, torn open by an invisible hand, revealing the unfathomable, pure "nothingness" behind it.

This is……

Upon seeing this all-too-familiar scene, Gendo Ikari's face instantly turned deathly pale.

Controlling imaginary space... This is the power of the twelfth apostle, the Night Angel!
But how could this be? Shouldn't the last apostle be Kaworu Nagisa right before our eyes?! Is the information recorded in the Dead Sea Scrolls wrong?

Did Adam father more than sixteen apostles?

The next moment, in that distorted imaginary space, a figure walked out step by step, unhurriedly.

He stepped out of the shadows, and the light of the entire Ultimate Dogma seemed to dim.

The ability to move across space using imaginary space is precisely the ability he derived from the Night Angel.

"It's you?!"

Upon seeing the newcomer, Gendo Ikari looked utterly incredulous.

Because the person in front of him was actually Zhang Qi, who should have died in that accident...

(End of this chapter)