Having traversed countless realms, can you possibly be as clever as me?

"Shut up, you slovenly and hypocritical woman, yakkamashi!"

Ignoring Misato Katsuragi's wonderful expression, Tsugumi ripped off the annoying cable behind her. Looking at the boiling LCL solution around her and the three-hundred-second countdown, ignoring the burning pain, she reached out and grabbed the cross-shaped beam gun that was stabbing at her!

Unit-01, with its AT field attached to its hand, directly grabbed the energy weapon. Then, amidst a multitude of incredulous expressions, it broke the spear of light in half and held it in its hand!

The operator of Unit-01, holding a spear of light, appeared as holy as an angel in that instant, rising into the sky accompanied by the chanting.

"The one who attacks the nations is the messenger of the Lord, who scatters them and calls upon the ancient serpent, Satan, and Mag!"

Above the pitch-black Third New Tokyo City, a purple giant raised his spear of light, a scene straight out of a religious myth, deeply etched into everyone's eyes. And that prayer became more soul-stirring than any other sound.

"O sons of Adam, I hereby grant you freedom and liberation!"

On the road to godhood, you must kill, kill, kill! :250. [EVA] I am Shinji Ikari, but Shinji Ikari is not me.

World Quest: Destroy SEELE Completely

'Task Reward: 1 chance to win a random prize'

Upon entering this world and seeing what the mission was, Tsurugi immediately understood where she was.

Ribbit, a new-century money-making warrior!

Tsugumi had a vague understanding of the plot of this world. He was clear about the general outline and basic storyline, but he only had a superficial understanding of the overly complicated religious settings and other elements that the thugs added to maintain a sophisticated image.

Especially after the new theatrical version, the setting has changed a lot. There is no longer just one Adam, the world seems to have a loop setting, and something like a subspace has been added.

In particular, it remains unclear whether Adam and Lilith, the ill-fated couple who form the starting point of the story, are the original alien race's 'First Progenitor' or something from a higher dimension behind the Gate of Gaff in the new setting.

Ha! Maybe these things are even related to the mystery of sapphires?

Just leave it alone!!!

Let's complain about this random draw opportunity—is it lazy? I didn't know what I'd get right away, so I only thought about it later!

Tsurugi was too lazy to care about these messy plot issues. After arriving in this world, he immediately began his second attempt.

He chose the Holy Trinity, but this time he experienced not the all-knowing and all-powerful Father, but the noble and pure Holy Spirit.

Then, his Saint character card gained a brand new class.

Inscribed Class: Apostle (Temporary Class)

Skill Status: [All Spirits (Lv0)]

【Full Spirit (Lv0)】

'You are a multitude of spirits, bound by fate and companionship. Possessing this skill grants you absolute freedom as a spirit, the ultimate embodiment of faith and soul. You can freely traverse the thoughts and souls of others, connecting with them; you are omnipresent, yet also nonexistent.'

Mission: The Holy Spirit

'You have chosen the identity of the Holy Spirit within the Holy Trinity. You will establish your own correct faith and worship in this world, and your quest progress will be determined by the level of your faith and the world's corrections! Once this quest begins, your physical body will be sealed and unusable. Using it will result in quest failure. You can only choose whether to complete the quest after meeting the minimum requirements!'

Unlike the Father's simple and brutal input of power to obtain miracles, the Holy Spirit's skills consume no energy for Tsurugi. The full power of the spirit allows him to merge with any life form with a soul and leave his mark to enter at any time.

But this restriction is somewhat troublesome for him.

The inability to use his own body means he cannot use most of his direct combat abilities.

The power of jealousy cannot be used, the power of destruction is difficult to activate, the power of media is not a big problem, but the inability to form a demonic body means that direct combat is impossible.

In short, the option of solving the problem with direct violence is becoming increasingly difficult to implement.

It's so annoying!!!

But this is indeed the tendency represented by the power of the Holy Spirit, who is the least mentioned being in the Trinity. Unlike Jehovah the Father and Jesus the Son, the Holy Spirit is represented by the identity of the Comforter.

It doesn't exist as a concrete entity, but rather, whenever anyone resolves to truly believe, the Holy Spirit enters into the believer's life, becoming their highest standard of conscience, protecting them, and guiding them on the right path.

This is also why the physical body is not allowed; the Holy Spirit should not have a physical body.

It was a bit of a hassle, but he didn't really care.

After all, the worst that can happen is that we have to abandon the mission and leave the world; we won't lose anything!

But when Tsugumi activated the Holy Spirit, the first thing she came into contact with wasn't the protagonist of this world, but rather—

The stench of sin was endless, so strong that he couldn't hide it even if he covered his nose.

The people of this world are just as pure in their evil deeds as black bullets!

"Mother......"

Shinji Ikari, his eyes red, looked at his mother whom he had longed for day and night, murmured her name, and sniffed.

"Shinji..." Seeing her son, Yui Ikari's tender heart could no longer think of anything else, and she stepped forward and embraced him tremblingly.

"Mother, you really are here, just as He promised..." Shinji Ikari trembled as he tightly embraced his mother.

Shinji, I...

"Don't worry, Mom." Shinji Ikari gently pushed his mother away, his eyes red as he looked at Yui Ikari, and said in a hoarse voice.

"I will rescue you, Mother! I will atone for your sins, and for Father's sins! And Seele and Nerv, I will destroy them all!!"

Yui Ikari: ?!

"Everyone in Seele deserves to die!" Shinji Ikari said sorrowfully, his eyes red.

"Father...he did it too. The second impact was intentional, wasn't it, Mother?"

"Even you, Mother, know about Nerv's plan and the truth about Human Instrumentality, right?"

He sobbed, and said in a muffled voice...

"Mom, you sacrificed yourself for me, so your sins are my sins too. I will atone for all of this, I will!"

"Me too, I too must atone for my 'original' sins. He descended from heaven to be with me, together redeeming the sins of this world. Only a true angel can save this world!"

Yui Ikari's mouth dropped open. She didn't understand, but she was deeply shocked—Gendou Ikari! What kind of charlatan have you turned my good boy into?!

In his shock, Yui Ikari quickly realized something and hurriedly grabbed Shinji Ikari's shoulder.

"That man—who is he? What did he do to you?!"

“I showed him the ‘truth’.” Tsugumi’s voice rang out beside Yui Ikari. She shoved him away as if electrocuted. Before her stood Shinji, wearing gleaming silver glasses. As his smile blossomed, the 'angel' had taken his place.

“There is no such thing as selfless love. Selfless love is the reward that leads to heaven. This is actually a line I copied from a priest, but you, my wife, do have selfless love for your son.”

"Mrs. Ikari, your love is truly selfless and great. But have you ever considered that it is this very selfless love that has created another tragedy?"

With a gentle wave of his hand, a crimson beach instantly covered the blank world of his mind.

356

"Where...is this?" Yui Ikari was bewildered and terrified. She didn't know where she was, but as a soul, she felt an almost instinctive fear.

"Ah, this is the outcome he would have achieved, the future that you, my wife, would have led to with your extraordinary wisdom."

Tsugumi raised her head and glanced at the enormous 'cross' standing in the crimson sea, pressed her hand to her chest, and laughed.

“Mrs. Ikari, you and your husband, and the old folks behind them, you really deserve to die a thousand times over to atone for your sins.”

The organizations in the EVA world, Nerv and Seele, are essentially one entity, and they can be said to be truly heinous!

The Second Impact was explained by those in the know as a failure of the Adam Separation Experiment conducted by the Katsuragi Expedition, led by SEELE, in Antarctica. Adam's awakening triggered a massive explosion, causing Antarctica to melt, the Earth's axis to twist, and the global population to be halved.

But in reality, this whole thing was initiated by Seele. These elderly people who wanted to complete the instrumental system obtained the necessary data and technology after studying the S2 mechanism, and then they took the initiative to awaken Adam and destroy half the world!

They did this for two reasons: first, to bring Adam into a controllable state, and second, to experimentally verify the authenticity of the shock described in the Dead Sea Scrolls; and third, to throw the world into chaos, step into the limelight, and fully implement their Human Instrumentality Project, thus manually initiating the script for the return of the Apostles.

Their plan can be described as very successful. Not only did they use this technology to create Adam clones of the EVA series, but they also confirmed the necessary conditions to trigger the shock they wanted, bringing the world under their control and beginning to push forward their anti-human project at will.

As for the three billion people who died, they were merely sacrifices offered by Seele to achieve their grand Human Instrumentality Project.

It can be said that the loss of these three billion people and countless lives was entirely due to the sacrifice of these elderly people in order to achieve their own plans!

But the sacrifices were not limited to these three billion people.

In the aftermath of this disaster, the world descended into turmoil, war, and chaos.

The extinction of the ocean and the severe damage to the ecosystem have led to countless famines, which in turn have given rise to countless human tragedies and appalling scenes!

When people exchanged children to eat each other, when a ten-year-old girl was forced to sell herself for a piece of bread, when fishermen at sea took their whole families and jumped into the scarlet ocean to commit suicide.

What is Seele, who proclaims that humanity should complete the restoration of Lilith and calls itself the savior, doing?

They hoarded goods and manipulated the market; they expanded their power through economic means and the advanced technology they acquired through the Dead Sea Scrolls!

While their fellow citizens in the same country began killing each other due to hunger, these self-proclaimed prophets of humanity, under the banner of so-called 'necessary evil,' condoned or even fueled such disasters, all in order to later emerge as saviors and consolidate power.

They do not crave pleasure, nor do they revel in trampling on the blood and tears of their compatriots like those powerful and wealthy people. But the evil they commit under the guise of so-called righteousness is even worse!

They slaughtered half the world's population with a single disaster, and in the ensuing chaos, they continued to amplify the disaster, creating countless tragedies with their own hands, and then using this to expand their power.

Every EVA, every penny of funding for the NERV project, is stained with blood that can never be washed away.

"The most incurable evil is that which is completely unaware of its own evil and yet calls itself right and just!"

Tsugumi looked down at Yui Ikari with disdain, her pure and handsome face filled with the purest malice and mockery.

"You too, Mrs. Ikari, you've always known about Human Instrumentality, haven't you? Your maternal love is truly great, it's just a pity that in this sinful Tower of Babel, you're also among the top."

Yui Ikari is the most selfless yet most selfish person in the entire EVA series. Her heart is only for her son, Shinji Ikari. This maternal love is great, but also extremely selfish.

However, it can also be said that there is nothing that can be done. After all, the Human Instrumentality Project could not be stopped after the Second Impact. SEELE's power has become so great that it controls all countries of all mankind behind the scenes. It is even possible that the Human Instrumentality Project has already been known to the leaders of these major powers.

Driven by their desire for immortality, they had long since colluded with Seele. Otherwise, they wouldn't have allowed Seele to freely allocate the combined forces and resources of various countries to clone Adam and Lilith in just over a decade. Faced with such a behemoth, what could a single researcher possibly change?

Because she was powerless to change the situation, she selfishly hoped to give her son the last chance to survive.

"What on earth did you do to Shinji?!" Yui Ikari hissed angrily.

"What did you do? It's very simple." Tsugumi looked at her angry mother and smiled happily.

“I chose him, the protagonist of this world. It is because the sins he bears are no less than those of anyone else. If Seele is a demon who killed three billion people, your son’s future will surpass them all.”

"Therefore I became his teacher, his father, his prophet, his... Holy Spirit."

He placed his hand on his heart and chuckled softly.

"And he, Shinji Ikari, became my follower, became my sword. I made him atone for his future sins. I want him to take my place and judge all the sinners of this world!"

"His soul merged with my mark, so his personality and character were imbued with my holy seal. It can be said that a large part of the 'Shinji Ikari' that appears later is controlled by my impression, but I will always be myself."

Yes, this is Tsugumi's fate in this world. Acting in the form of a Holy Spirit, he chose Shinji Ikari, so it can be seen that all Shinji Ikari who appear have elements of Tsugumi, and are in a state of receiving his power and being influenced by him.

This state is marked by a kind of psychological suggestion; when he does it, Shinji Ikari is no longer just Shinji Ikari.