Kaji's alliance with a higher authority is reviled and a feeling of betrayal and revelations erupt across NERV. Kaji finds out that Marduk is a fake group controlled by some familiar names. Kaji takes Misato to see the first Angel crucified under NERV in a top secret NERV hangar. New tests on Shinji show him beating Asuka's score. When the Angel attacks, Shinji tries to show up Asuka but instead is trapped inside. Inside the Angel Shinji's begins to loss his mind and has hallucinations that threaten his sanity. Ritsuko is in charge during the operation and if Shinji does not free himself in time, she will destroy him with the Angle, when she drops every N2 mine in the world inside the Angel. In the end he rips out and the Angel destroying it.