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

Tsugumi can even erase the name 'Shinji Ikari' from everyone's memories, turning them into Tsugumi, and then completely taking over everything about them!

But he wouldn't do that; Shinji Ikari is not a sinner. On the contrary, he is a young saint worthy of Tsugumi's praise and protection, the saint she chose to undergo the trial!

But he had to accept this trial from the saint!

"He will be my sword of judgment, my apostle, my Escarius. His future is bleak, for only through constant killing and battle can he glimpse the coming of heaven at the end!"

"What a brave soul! Though cowardly, it is precisely because he knows your selfless dedication as a mother that he has completely accepted me. He is willing to sacrifice himself so that you can go to a carefree heaven after death, and at the same time offer his soul so that he can be me!"

Tsugumi smiled as she looked at the furious Yui Ikari.

"What a filial son! You, as his mother, should be happy!"

"I kill you!!!"

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

P.S.: After watching EVA again, I have to say that Gendo Ikari and Yui Ikari are a pair of crazy people with super strong initiative, especially the latter, who single-handedly destroyed all of SEELE's initiative.

Even on the path to godhood, there must be killing! Chapter 251: The Destroyer of the World and the Savior

Yui Ikari is undoubtedly a mother who is extremely biased towards her son; she loves her son more than anything else.

She was a combination of extreme selfishness and extreme selflessness—a selfishness that loved her son more than anything, and a selflessness that sacrificed everything for him.

But the irony of this complicated story lies precisely here: the mother who sacrificed herself for her son's safety created the most obsessive and fanatical father, and the obsessive father, in turn, created an uneasy...

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"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.

Tsugumi can even erase the name 'Shinji Ikari' from everyone's memories, turning them into Tsugumi, and then completely taking over everything about them!

But he wouldn't do that; Shinji Ikari is not a sinner. On the contrary, he is a young saint worthy of Tsugumi's praise and protection, the saint she chose to undergo the trial!

But he had to accept this trial from the saint!

"He will be my sword of judgment, my apostle, my Escarius. His future is bleak, for only through constant killing and battle can he glimpse the coming of heaven at the end!"

"What a brave soul! Though cowardly, it is precisely because he knows your selfless dedication as a mother that he has completely accepted me. He is willing to sacrifice himself so that you can go to a carefree heaven after death, and at the same time offer his soul so that he can be me!"

Tsugumi smiled as she looked at the furious Yui Ikari.

"What a filial son! You, as his mother, should be happy!"

"I kill you!!!"

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

P.S.: After watching EVA again, I have to say that Gendo Ikari and Yui Ikari are a pair of crazy people with super strong initiative, especially the latter, who single-handedly destroyed all of SEELE's initiative.

Even on the path to godhood, there must be killing! Chapter 251: The Destroyer of the World and the Savior

Yui Ikari is undoubtedly a mother who is extremely biased towards her son; she loves her son more than anything else.

She was a combination of extreme selfishness and extreme selflessness—a selfishness that loved her son more than anything, and a selflessness that sacrificed everything for him.

But the irony of this complicated story lies precisely here: the mother who sacrificed herself for her son's safety created the most obsessive and fanatical father, and the obsessive father, in turn, created an uneasy...

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Son, and in the end, this family created the most disastrous ending for all of humanity.

While the ending of Air: The True Story of Evangelion is a classic, it can still be considered the worst possible outcome across all parallel universes of Evangelion.

Humanity did manage to complete the restoration and return to Lilith, but Shinji Ikari, who denied all of this, rejected this outcome. Therefore, none of humanity's souls passed through the Gate of Gaff.

Lilith falls. Earth is on the verge of destruction. Even if humanity manages to climb back out of the Sea of ​​Life one by one, how many of them will survive in a world already destroyed?

No one is more suitable to be the executioner than Shinji Ikari, after all, if we're talking about sin, the burden he carries is far more suffocatingly heavy.

But this wasn't his fault; it was the responsibility and burden imposed on him by his mentally unstable parents.

Tsugumi found this timid thirteen-year-old boy living under someone else's roof and entered the depths of his soul. She became one with Shinji Ikari's soul in the guise of a holy spirit.

Then, Tsurugi forced him to train without giving him a chance to refute, showing him the pain and struggle of the three billion dead souls, and showing him the countless tragedies and atrocities caused by resource shortages that still exist today.

Shinji Ikari's outwardly cowardly self, stemming from his childhood, crumbles time and again under Tsugumi's cruel display, yet he is pulled back time and again.

Under such relentless tempering, Shinji Ikari's inherent resilience was unleashed, becoming even more resilient and capable of enduring greater pain.

Even under Tsugumi's ruthless yet caring iron-fisted education, Shinji Ikari developed a dependence on her and truly offered her the worship of a believer.

Shinji Ikari, when he's out in the world, is often just an outward manifestation of Tsugumi—especially when he wears his glasses. Every time he wavers, it's usually Tsugumi who makes the decision, and when he goes to fight, he always fights alongside her, guided by her faith and imprint.

"I turned him into my sword, and I set him on a path of atonement for your sins. He will judge all the sinners of this world in my place!" Tsugumi laughed wildly, raising her blood-stained hand.

"I will make him kill everyone in Seele! I will make him destroy these evil nations on earth! I will make him trample on Nerv, including his father!"

"Don't accuse me of any cruelty or anything. It's you guys, all you think about, doing big things and all that nonsense about love, that have made this world into this mess!"

"Because you fucking deserve to die, because you fucking deserve to be judged by humanity, by the planet, by me, the Holy Spirit descended from heaven!!"

"I kill you!!!"

Tsugumi's words thoroughly enraged a mother. In this world of the mind, Yui Ikari, who had merged with the Lilith clone Unit-01, instantly transformed into a giant of light, roaring as she lunged at Tsugumi, trying to tear him apart and devour him!

But Tsurugi simply looked at her and smiled slightly.

Endless light burst forth like a blazing sun, instantly dispelling the giant formed by light. Unit-01's power was shattered in an instant, exposing Yui Ikari's fragile mortal soul.

"Who are you? What are you?"

Suppressed by the overwhelming holy light, Yui Ikari couldn't believe it. Unit-01's AT field seemed as thin and fragile as paper before the person in front of her! Who was he? Why had the Dead Sea Scrolls never recorded such an 'Apostle'?

"I am Alpha, I am Omega! I am a fallen angel, I am the Holy Spirit who loves the world, I am the devil who punishes the wicked."

Tsugumi's arms were parallel, like a cross ascending to heaven. Looking at the terrified Yui, she overstepped her bounds.

"I am also the revelation, I am also the Antichrist, I will be the destroyer of this world, and also its true...savior!"

When Shinji Ikari regained consciousness, he found himself inside Unit-01. (Book Club Forum Latest Update: Traveling Through Dimensions, Can You Be Smarter Than Me?)

Ahead of Unit-01 lay a smooth road, with Angels crawling at its feet and the Gun of Light gripped tightly in Unit-01's hand.

"I'll take your place the first time and leave the final blow to you, but from now on, you'll have to rely on yourself more."

The echo of the Holy Spirit in his mind gave Shinji Ikari direction and guidance. His glasses had been removed at some point. He took a deep breath and stabbed heavily into the blood-red core of the apostle at his feet!

"Lord, leave it to me!"

He wanted to atone for his sins, for his father, for his mother, and for his future self!

As the core shell shattered, in an instant, dazzling energy transformed into a cross-shaped pillar of light, tearing through the clouds and engulfing both sides! The scorching heat destroyed the EVA armor while searing Shinji Ikari's body, yet amidst this excruciating pain, Shinji Ikari merely closed his eyes and murmured a prayer.

"Lord, if my suffering can save those who persecute me, then please do not stop your rod against me."