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

After all, they had no other choice.

Just recently, the United Nations suddenly declared all 'Isgaro' religions in various countries to be illegal terrorist organizations, and NERV was directly banned.

Those members who left NERV are probably in grave danger.

Just a day ago, they were heroes who resisted the apostles and saved humanity. But in the blink of an eye, they were forced to become enemies of the world.

Even so, Shinji Ikari showed no fear whatsoever.

He firmly believed that this was a trial arranged for him by Dongjiang, and that his God would surely pave a path for him to the right one.

He doesn't need to think about what is right or wrong.

Just do what you believe is right!

It was this attitude and confidence that successfully inspired everyone, leading them to believe in everything Shinji said and to face the war and trials to come.

And their god, Tsurugi, has finally discovered the hidden truth.

Italy, Rome, Vatican City

When this place was found in Dongjiang, it was clear that everything here had been hollowed out and taken away.

The experimental data, equipment, and results were all taken away, leaving only the corpses of the researchers who had been used and then discarded, piled up in the ruins of the former St. Peter's Basilica with bullet holes all over their bodies and unseeing expressions.

But what Tsurugi, who ventured deeper into the area, saw was nothing more than an empty shell, heavily bound together.

Looking at the lifeless corpse in front of her, Tsurugi's expression was complicated.

He had initially thought that the one imprisoned here was truly an angel, like Uriel, an angel with boundless love for humanity—but he never expected that it was someone else entirely.

He had already decided that if the imprisoned creature was an angel, he would give up the mission and apply for a mass extermination.

But now, he no longer needs to do so.

Although everything of value had been looted, Tsurugi could still sense everything that had happened there through its remaining 'spirit'.

At the same time, they also know the origin of this story.

He truly hadn't expected that this world could actually connect to that tokusatsu (special effects) worldview.

However, considering that EVA is a major player in crossover collaborations, and that Hideaki is addicted to creating a worldview completely different from the main series, it's not surprising that he interfered.

However, Tsurugi felt that he should still come from the worldview of serious dramas. After all, this great love that almost only exists in the world of fairy tales is closer to that more traditional country that favors and spoils humans to an excessive degree.

The story begins here.

This giant of light entered this world at the end of his own story. He was on the verge of death and was swept into a black hole, but he appeared in a world he shouldn't have been in. After arriving in this world, he sensed a distress signal from Earth.

Earth in the EVA universe is truly incredibly unlucky. Not only was it served by the two aliens of the First Ancestor in turn long ago, but after humans came to power, it was bombed by this group of lunatics every few days.

After experiencing his own story, this giant, upholding his great love for the planet and humanity, even though he was seriously injured and almost killed by the cosmic dinosaurs, still went to Earth to support and protect the humans there and the planet.

Even if the origin of humanity in this world is from outer space, the giants' love for humanity is not about its origin, but about humanity itself.

Then he stumbled upon Adam being lured by SEELE's people to detonate the anti-AT force, welcoming him to the infinite fantasy continent. Naturally, this giant of light could not tolerate such 'loving' behavior and immediately went down to stop it.

In terms of fighting, even if they were all severely injured, ten Adams tied together wouldn't be a match for this Giant of Light! But stopping the anti-AT stance is not something that can be solved by mere violence.

After all, the human structure in this world is too unique, and the consequences of leaking the anti-AT stance of instrumentality would be catastrophic!

He had to expend a great deal of effort to stop the spread of anti-AT sentiments while simultaneously sending out appeals to humanity for help.

Hackish people, help me!

The giant believed that the humans of his world, though flawed and erroneous, still deserved their trust because of their reverence for the Giant of Light.

But this giant of light clearly did not expect that the humans in the EVA world, especially those damned Jews like SEELE, would be such a realistic and abstract group of characters, whose level of madness far exceeded that of those Showa-era advisors.

At a critical moment, the Giant of Light was stabbed in the back by the N2 bomb. Unable to maintain his suppression of Adam's anti-AT stance, he collapsed on the spot due to being attacked from both sides, running out of energy, and suffering from his own serious injuries.

But if that's the case, he could easily run away.

But at this very moment, he bumped into Dr. Katsuragi Takumi, who had just sent his daughter away and was about to be drawn into the anti-AT stance and turned into orange juice.

So the giant gave up the chance to leave, choosing instead to merge with him and save the father's life. Although he fainted, as long as he could recover after some time, he could still turn this story into another legend of the giant of light saving the world.

But he still didn't expect that the humans here betrayed him not because of any 'those who are not of our kind must have different hearts' reason, but because this was purely SEELE's plan from beginning to end.

SEELE gave him no time at all. Those who rushed to retrieve Adam's remains immediately discovered this unexpected boon. After being pulled from the water, he was immediately imprisoned. When he awoke, it was too late.

Imprisoned deep underground, he receives insufficient stellar energy. The deranged SEELE, to ensure he doesn't recover, not only severed part of the Spear of Longinus's tissue to cultivate a Tree of Life-like structure to imprison him, but also used his kindness to torment the body of his symbiotic partner, Takumi Katsuragi, forcing him to constantly restore her by consuming his power.

His shameless actions were remarkably effective. He was trapped in a state where he could not recover his energy, and no one knew about it. Even if he woke up, he would have to spend his remaining strength to repair his body. He was imprisoned like this for a full fifteen years!

In fact, during this period, SEELE's research progress on him was very slow. Although he was maintaining Katsuragi Takumi's life, the Titan's power system and the First Progenitor Biotechnology that SEELE had mastered were ultimately not on the same path or at the same level.

Although their use of the Kabbalah Tree of Life to restrain and imprison the Titan prevented him from reviving and from leaving Katsuragi Takumi's body to free him, they also made it impossible for them to study even the slightest detail about his body.

In fact, if the delay is long enough, the Giant of Light, who has been slowly accumulating energy, will still find a chance to escape this place; otherwise, he wouldn't have chosen to endure it for so long.

But—all of this changed a year ago.

A year ago, the giant, who had been sleeping for a long time, awoke and began sending distress signals to the world without stopping.

After fifteen years of developing the technology to clone Adam and Lilith, SEELE's biotechnology has become vastly different. Through fifteen years of research, they have also discovered methods to exploit and control the power of others.

That is to cut the flesh and blood containing their power from the vessel through torture and harm.

In fact, if he had remained isolated, they might not have been able to study anything at all until the SEELE project was completed. But who told him to send out a distress signal?

But he wasn't trying to save himself, or rather, to save...

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My own actions were merely incidental; my primary purpose was to save humanity and the world.

Hmmm, could it be that he sensed the beginning of the Human Instrumentality Project?

Or is the disaster that this giant is guarding against—could it be him?

Was it the aura of Tsurugi's arrival that startled the giant, or did he glimpse some future in his dream?

The tragic end he witnessed for humanity forced him to wake up and he has been relentlessly issuing warnings to mankind ever since!

He even found Shinji Ikari, but unfortunately, Shinji Ikari had already turned into the shape of Tsugumi.

Yes, yes, that must be it.

After all, besides ourselves, what other external thing could be more dangerous to humanity?

Tsurugi pouted, somewhat displeased. "What? Am I some kind of terrifying demon?!"

That's right, that's me!

A pleasant smile appeared on Tsugumi's face. He knew this was definitely not the scene that the Giant of Light who loved humanity wanted to see, but Tsugumi didn't care about that!

I can't stand seeing good people suffer! I can't stand seeing good people suffer while bad people go unpunished!

Anyway—this damn world is also incredibly sinful. Since you love humanity so much, it wouldn't be right if I didn't punish them severely.

How can a stage play only have protagonists and no villains?

"Ah, do you love humans that much? Yes, I do too, but I will only save my love for those who are worthy of it."

Tsugumi laughed so happily, and then crawled into Katsuragi Takumi's corpse.

"You chose to pursue humanity worthy of your love, leaving behind this body filled with hatred. So let this body you possess, and the humanity you love, decide how to repay these flawed humans."

Then he put down that cruel machine.

Like iron, Beelzebub's engine slowly started, its dark interior leading to an abyss of oppressive suffering.

Then, Tsurugi controlled the mangled corpse, tore off the iron hooks binding her and the countless restraints on her body, and slowly climbed into Beelzebub's machine.

Pain, endless pain!

The pain that Katsuragi Takumi had endured for fifteen years was completely released inside the machine!

Mentally, he was imprisoned for fifteen years, unable to move, unable to see his daughter, and unable to leave this hellish abyss.

Physically, even though the pain was shielded by the Giant of Light, they were still forced to constantly experience the pain of their mutilated bodies.

Unable to escape, unable to end it, only a last glimmer of hope remained. And now, Tsurugi gave him a choice.

Transform this rage, this abyss of pain, into a tangible miracle, and then use this miracle to slaughter and torment all the enemies who have brought him to this point!

Is it to choose love and forgiveness, or to choose pain and torment? Tsugumi respectfully gave this unfortunate person the right to choose.

“...Kill!!!” Katsuragi Takumi’s corpse screamed. He chose the latter, choosing to release this hatred and pain!

He could not be as selfless as the Giant of Light; his hatred for humanity outweighed his love for them!

"it is good!"

Dongjiang laughed loudly, pouring all his pain into the instrument, which revealed a deep red crown.

And all that's left to do is wait.

The world awaits humanity to continue committing those barbaric and unforgivable sins.

On the road to godhood, there must be killing, killing, killing! Chapter 271: Attack on NERV Headquarters (Sixth Update!)

Third New Tokyo City, NERV Headquarters.

After NERV was targeted by the United Nations, almost the entire city was emptied out.

Even the utopia established by Shinji Ikari has lost many people.

Most people still instinctively obey the pronouncements of authority. After the United Nations labeled them as terrorists, whether out of fear or some other psychological reason, they kept their distance from them.

But Shinji wouldn't blame them.

They help whoever wins. Although such a standard sounds very cold and mercenary, it is simply the wisdom of ordinary people living at the bottom of society.

Shinji stood in front of a floor-to-ceiling window of a tall building. Outside the window was darkness, with only a few faint, moving points of light visible on the distant horizon.

That's the army.

It wasn't a few tanks, nor a few battalions of soldiers, but—

"The UN forces' 3rd, 5th, and 7th Mechanized Infantry Divisions have reached their designated positions." Ritsuko Akagi's voice came through the communicator, carrying a strange, mocking tone towards the absurd reality.

"The Pacific Fleet's 1st and 2nd Carrier Strike Groups have entered the coastal waters, and a large number of missiles have locked onto us. There are also—"

She paused.