Looking at the furiously attacking eva unit-06, or rather, Gendo Ikari, Hansen said calmly, "Even if you abandon everything and gain qualifications close to that of a god, you are still a coward bound by the past who doesn't even understand the human heart."
"Sh- shut up!!!"
Gendo Ikari went completely insane, pouring all his power and obsession into the God-Slaying Spear!
"Get... out of my way!!!!"
Boom!!!
The lance of longinus erupted with unprecedented light, its shaft transforming into a blood-red thunderbolt piercing the heavens and earth, carrying the Power of Causality strong enough to fell any god, and stabbed fiercely towards Hansen's glabella!
This strike was the ultimate blow from the Demigod Gendo Ikari, staking everything he had!
However, Hansen did not even change his expression.
"Are you done making a scene?"
Crackle crackle crackle—!
Crisp sounds of shattering rang out.
With a gentle wave of his hand, the lance of longinus, which symbolized the Authority to Slay Gods, began to break apart inch by inch starting from its bifurcated tip, turning into nothingness!
"No... impossible!"
Fear sprouted in his heart, and Gendo Ikari subconsciously wanted to use the power of Katatante's Imaginary Manifestation to reshape the lance of longinus, but the Negative Universe gave him no response.
"There is nothing impossible."
Allowing the Longinus Spear, which had lost its divinity, to dissipate into light particles, Hansen raised his eyes and glanced at the frenzied flesh-and-blood eva unit-06 with his Platinum Eyes reflecting the birth and death of the universe.
"Your obsession is too heavy."
Following Hansen's words, the entire Negative Universe came alive!
Gendo Ikari's memory fragments across countless parallel timelines—
The flutter of meeting Yui for the first time in Fuyutsuki's class, the clumsiness and avoidance after Shinji was born, the despair after Yui vanished into the core... all of these things materialized, turning into countless incredibly heavy Chains of Causality, wrapping around the massive flesh-and-blood eva unit-06 from all directions, binding and confining it tightly in place!
No matter how Gendo Ikari tried to activate his power, he could not shake this cage constructed by his own past in the slightest.
"Tch, how pathetic." Asuka, standing far away, crossed her arms and curled her lips into a sneer. "He spent so much effort, yet he can't even compare to one of Teacher's fingers. What a useless man."
"He is just... in too much pain," Rei Ayanami whispered, her Silver-Blue Eyes reflecting Gendo Ikari's despair and revealing a complicated hint of pity.
"Hehe, Senpai is still the same as always, hasn't changed a bit," Mari Makinami said, pushing up her glasses, though the smile didn't reach her eyes. "But this farce should come to an end."
Hansen ignored Gendo Ikari's struggles; he simply waved his hand gently.
A scene unfolded before Gendo Ikari, like ripples on the water.
The scene showed Tokyo-3 in the Real World.
The sky was clear, and the sun was just right.
His son, Shinji Ikari, was standing on the apartment balcony that had returned to its original state, neither fleeing nor fearing the world's anomaly.
The youth looked up at the sky, and those clear eyes, once always filled with confusion and timidity, were now incredibly resolute and bright.
For some reason, Gendo Ikari inside the eva unit-06 was weeping profusely.
He had always believed he was taking revenge for Yui, correcting this flawed world.
He had always told himself that Shinji would understand him when he grew up.
But only at this moment did he suddenly realize the truth.
He wasn't saving; he was running away.
Running away from the pain of losing Yui, running away from his responsibility as a father, running away from the son... who needed his embrace and guidance.
In pursuit of a phantom of the past, he had personally strangled the only possibility of walking toward the future with his son.
"Ah... ahh..."
From inside the eva unit-06 came Gendo Ikari's uncontrollable, beast-like wails.
This cold man, who had plotted his entire life, finally completely broke down upon seeing his son's clear eyes.
Hansen looked down upon this pathetic man, thoroughly imprisoned by his own past, and delivered his final ultimatum:
"This world is about to restart."
"Gendo Ikari, as a Remnant of the Old Era, do you choose to continue going mad in the void..."
Hansen's voice paused, and a hint of amusement flashed in his Platinum Eyes, as if granting final pity to an ant.
"...or use your life to pave the final path for your son?"
When Gendo Ikari raised his head again, only an ash-like calm remained in the eyes that had previously burned with the fire of madness.
Controlling the half-finished flesh-and-blood eva unit-06, he slowly turned around, facing away from Yui's Spirit Body and away from Hansen.
"I..." Gendo Ikari's voice was hoarse, conveying a deep exhaustion. "I understand."
Yui in the air, whose face had been sad, now showed her usual gentle smile.
She did not speak, merely watching the man's back silently.
"Hansen... no, God Beyond the Boundary."
Gendo Ikari looked at Hansen, his tone carrying a hint of pleading, "To rewrite this world, a soul must be sacrificed."
"I am willing to be the Sacrifice, to completely erase all curses, but..."
"I have only one request: please treat... my wife and son kindly."
"That is natural." Hansen raised an eyebrow slightly, then nodded, the birth and death of the universe reflected in his Platinum Eyes. "Since you have reached enlightenment, then begin."
Without the slightest hesitation, the lance of longinus, crimson like blood, reappeared in the hand of the eva unit-06.
Under the shocked gazes of Asuka, Rei Ayanami, and Mari Makinami, Gendo Ikari controlled the eva unit-06 and plunged the lance of longinus, the spear representing despair and ending, fiercely into his own chest!
Puncture—!!!
"Let my body serve as the kindling to ignite the Old World."
Gendo Ikari's voice was accompanied by the crackling sound of his soul burning, and the body of the eva unit-06 began to disintegrate, turning into countless dazzling light particles.
"Yui, this time, I will follow your wishes..."
The man who always wore gloves to conceal his sight and always gave orders from on high finally shed all his pretenses in the last moments of his life.
"...and give Shinji a gentle world without EVAs."
Rumble—!!!
The entire Negative Universe began to shake violently.
Using Gendo Ikari's Demigod body as fuel, the Imaginary Vows accumulated by Katatante over countless years burned fiercely, forming a massive storm representing destruction and rebirth.
"Not bad. At least he wasn't hopelessly stupid."
Seeing this scene, Hansen lifted the corner of his mouth and chuckled softly.
Imaginary Divine Power activated!
With a raised hand, the Platinum Divine Power, which already possessed the Authority of Creation, burned and transformed into the outline of the lance of longinus.
But a second before it fully formed, the shape abruptly changed.
The bifurcated spear tip quickly elongated, forming a spirally connected composite structure.
Symbolizing miracles—
The Spear of Gaius.
The rotating Spear of Miracles was suddenly thrown, piercing the disintegrating soul.
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