Ultraman grunts? Call me Space Policeman outside!

The firepower from behind them grew increasingly fierce.

Fortunately, the monster did not continue in their direction.

It seems they have a good chance of surviving.

......

However, on the other side...

The NERV headquarters command room is located in the underground of the Third New Tokyo City.

"Damn it...ordinary weapons are completely useless against apostles."

"We must use even more firepower!"

"Lead the apostles to the mountains and prepare to detonate the N2 landmines there!"

When the UN defense forces realized that conventional missiles were ineffective against the Apostles' defenses, they immediately opted to use a weapon of mass destruction with the destructive power of a nuclear bomb.

After the order was given, all fighter jets and tanks on the battlefield changed their attack paths, luring the apostles to the other side.

Shinji Ikari, on the battlefield, quickly noticed the Angel's movements.

"We're heading towards the mountains."

"call......"

He finally breathed a sigh of relief; as long as the two sides involved in the fighting stayed away from the city center, they would be safe.

"No... Whew... I'm alright now." Shinji Ikari, who had run a long distance carrying the girl, finally stopped. He felt his arms and legs were aching terribly. He put the girl down for the time being and gasped for breath.

He was almost at his physical limit, and collapsed to the ground, forcing a smile as he comforted the girl.

"Mmm...mmm...!" The girl nodded gratefully, her hand still clutching Shinji Ikari's collar.

The two had only rested for less than half a minute.

The monster that stepped into the mountain area was immediately attacked by even stronger firepower. All the landmines buried in the mountain area were detonated, and a dazzling fire erupted in an instant. Its power was comparable to a small nuclear explosion. After the fire, there was a deafening sound!

"Boom!!"

The mountain was instantly leveled, flames continued to shoot into the sky, and the intense shockwave spread rapidly into the distance!

"Oh no!" Shinji Ikari's pupils contracted sharply upon seeing this, realizing that death was imminent.

He only had time to pull the girl beside him into his arms before instinctively curling up.

Chapter 82 Giant

"Did it work!?"

In the NERV headquarters command room, three high-ranking UN defense forces officers saw the Angels engulfed in flames and smoke from the explosion and immediately clenched their fists and shouted.

No living thing on Earth could withstand a landmine of such immense power.

The mountainside was even blasted flat; it must have been a success!

"Wh...what!?"

However, after the smoke cleared, the apostle had only suffered minor injuries and was recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This was an enemy completely beyond their comprehension.

There is an invisible force field around the opponent's body that can disable all their missiles. Even the N2 landmines that explode close to them only slightly slow down their movement speed and do not cause any substantial damage.

Enemies of this caliber would likely be impossible to kill completely even with nuclear weapons, not to mention that nuclear weapons cannot deliver a concentrated strike like N2 landmines.

Their trump card failed to work, which undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to their morale.

"It seems... we have no choice but to leave it to you." One of the senior executives sighed after accepting the reality, stood up, and looked at the middle-aged man who was waiting beside him.

The Japanese man was wearing a black jacket, brown sunglasses, and white gloves. He had a thick beard and exuded a unique and imposing aura.

The other party is the true commander of this base, and according to the information they have, this base was specifically built to fight against the Apostles.

They had intended to prove that these people weren't needed to fight the Angels, but the fact was that ordinary troops were completely ineffective against the Angels. For now, they could only trust NERV.

"Gendo Ikari, I hereby declare that I am handing over complete command of this operation to you," the high-ranking officer said to the man. "Let me see your strength."

After saying that, he gave up his command position.

Upon hearing this, Gendo Ikari smiled and said, "Don't worry."

They possess massive, versatile humanoid combat weapons called Evangelion (EVA) for use against the Angels.

He has already ordered Misato Katsuragi, the operations director of the First Section of the Tactical Operations Bureau at NERV headquarters, to pick up their pilots. Once the pilots are brought back, they can activate the EVA to fight the Angels.

And that driver was his own son, Shinji Ikari.

Before that, he needed to check on the status of EVA Unit-01 one more time. There could be absolutely no mistakes in this operation.

But he had only taken half a step when he heard the technician's panicked voice: "The Apostles are recovering very quickly and are expected to continue heading towards the base after they recover. Also... an unidentified flying object has broken through the atmosphere and is falling at several times the speed of sound!"

"At the same time, an extremely strong energy level was detected!"

"The predicted landing point... is precisely in the direction where the Apostle is located!"

"What!?" Upon hearing this news, the high-ranking officers of the UN defense forces immediately widened their eyes and stared intently at the large virtual screen in front of them.

Even Gendo Ikari lost his confident expression and quickly moved closer.

The old man behind him opened his eyes, which had been narrowed: "An unexpected situation...?"

"The unidentified flying object slowed down after approaching the ground!"

"One thousand meters away from the apostle... five hundred meters... one hundred meters!"

"The two sides have made contact!"

As the technician explained, they also saw a red orb of light rapidly falling from the sky on the screen, crashing directly into the apostle standing in the hillside after the explosion.

The crash of the unidentified flying object caused a violent tremor and kicked up a cloud of dust.

"The unidentified flying object has landed... We cannot analyze its body composition, but it appears to be a giant with a humanoid form." The technician could only make a rough judgment through the billowing dust.

"Where are the apostles?"

"How is the apostle?" Gendo Ikari asked the technician, his eyes glued to the screen.

"The Apostle...we cannot detect any vital signs in the Apostle!" the technician replied in disbelief.

At this moment, Gendo Ikari's composed expression turned deeply solemn.

This was completely unexpected.

As the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, they could see clearly that it was a giant with a body made of red and silver, long limbs, and a blue round crystal embedded in its chest.

'Adam!?'

'No...it couldn't be Adam.'

'That's a special life form that we haven't yet come to understand...'

Gendo Ikari initially mistook it for Adam, the god who created life, but the other party was clearly different from Adam.

His brows were furrowed.

Everything so far has been within his plan, including the appearance of the Apostles, the ineffectiveness of human weapons, and even everything that will happen afterward.

But after the mysterious giant appeared, he realized that his plans were likely to undergo a major change.

"What is he planning to do...?" Gendo Ikari looked at the giant, trying to guess its intentions.

But after the smoke and dust completely dissipated, the giant's figure vanished into thin air.

Only the apostle's shattered corpse remained.

"Disappeared?"

"Find it quickly! We must locate this giant, and at the same time contact the personnel on site to conduct a search!" Gendo Ikari shouted to the technicians.

"Yes!" the technicians answered in unison.

Gendo Ikari's intuition told him that the appearance of this giant was definitely not a good thing for him.

......

The edge of the city affected by the N2 landmine explosion.

A blue car sped through the ruins-like streets.

"Where did they go!?"

"Damn it... I've been looking for ages and still can't find it." Inside the car, a young woman dressed in a stylish black fitted mini-dress muttered to herself, her gaze sweeping across the damaged buildings as if searching for something.

"You absolutely can't get hurt... Shinji-kun."

She clearly remembered her superior's orders, but she never expected the Angels to attack at this time, which just happened to coincide with Shinji Ikari's arrival in Tokyo-3 on the same day.

"Oh no... what are we going to do now?"

Shinji Ikari was their designated pilot for EVA Unit-01. What would she say if something happened to him?

Just as her heart was growing cold, she suddenly noticed a familiar figure huddled on the ground in a ruin that had been leveled by the explosion.

"Found it!" She recognized it at a glance, stepped on the gas, and sped off in that direction.

Upon approaching, she drifted to a stop, leaving tire marks, and then shoved open the car door.

"Shinji-kun!"

"You are Prince Shinji, aren't you?"

Misato Katsuragi came to Shinji Ikari's side on the ground and carefully helped him up.

"There's another girl?"

After helping Shinji Ikari up, she also noticed the girl being protected in her arms.

The girl seemed unharmed, her breathing was steady, while Shinji Ikari's clothes were torn in large areas, making him look miserable, but strangely, there were no injuries on his exposed skin.

"We need to get them all to the hospital quickly..." Misato Katsuragi couldn't assess their injuries with the naked eye, so she quickly carried them into the car.

They sped towards the NERV base.