Chapter 53
"General Ikari, report?"
General Asuka Langley Soryu Ikari stepped up to the podium, at the UN in New York City, speaking to a group of delegates. The Japanese Prime Minister and the President of the United States were seated in the room. .
Dressed in her full black dress uniform, she put her glasses on and placed the folder she had been carrying onto to the podium as she spoke.
"Operation Sandstorm was successful in its endeavor:
The identities of SEELE were concealed from the general public and their positions within the United States Senate, the United States Army, the London Parliament, The Japanese Parliament, The Russian Congress, the Chinese Republic, among others, have been turned over to the appropriate governments for further investigation.
UN Peacekeeping forces found SEELE's base and all material has been confiscated or destroyed.
The SEELE member who orchestrated most of these diabolical plots having been confirmed by several captured operatives, as the supposed ringleader, is former Joint Chief of Staff of the US Army, Nathaniel Harris. General Harris executed all eleven SEELE members. This happened prior to Harris' arrest by Commander Dell and myself.
Harris is currently awaiting trial for his crimes including treason. Further investigation showed that Harris deliberately supplied false information and sacrificed the lives of 3,557 US military personnel.
Harris is also being charged with 85 counts of espionage, 2,145 counts of first-degree murders, including the murders of Judge Thomas Kozi, Mr. Shinji Ikari, Major Isao Katsumoto, Major General Robert F. Tully & two US Supreme Court justices. Harris has also been charged with twelve counts of extortion, attempted genocide, seventeen counts of theft, and one hundred counts of illegal drug trafficking.
Hsino Ushida, his accomplice, has been arrested and detained. His license to practice medicine has been revoked and he is now awaiting trial. In custody, Ushida did supply us with crucial evidence explaining in detail how several biohazards were introduced into targets of elimination and how Harris engineered these plots."
Asuka paused for a moment as she took a deep breath and read the next part of her report, taking another deep breath she read while her voice shook.
"Dr. Ushida was found to have engineered the toxin and device that was introduced into the body of Mr. Shinji Ikari which caused him to develop pancreatic cancer and later die from complications arising from. General Harris has been charged with the murder of Mr. Shinji Ikari."
She cleared her throat for a moment and then continued with a firm voice.
"Ushida has been cooperating with authorities in several unexplained cases where key figures in government have become suddenly ill or vanished. Dr. Ushida's assets have been seized and his medical data has been confiscated for further research.
Documents showed that SEELE had indeed found a way to construct the 20th Angel, code named Angel-20. We have destroyed said documents and we have also destroyed the Dead Sea Scrolls that they had within their custody thus, Fourth Impact will never occur.
All data concerning Evangelion has been summarily erased.
The organization known as NERV, designed for observation and implementation of the Evangelion Units, will be dismantled. All personnel will be debriefed and reassigned.
The last Evangelion Unit in active service, Unit 1, was lost in battle with SEELE's artificial entity code named Angel 20. Unit 1 destroyed Angel 20. Unit 01 was completely destroyed during the attack due to a discharge of a large AT field that engulfed Angel 20 and vaporized it. Major Hope Ikari, pilot of Unit 01, successfully ejected herself from the cockpit before Unit 1 was destroyed.
Commander Sawyer Dell of NERV was credited with pinpointing the secret base of SEELE and leading apprehending General Harris..
Commander Dell has been discharged from NERV and he has resigned his position in the CIA. Currently, he resides in Northern Japan, outside of Nagano, where he has started a small business.
Major Hope Ikari is credited for leading a successful attack against Angel 20 and destroying it.
Major Hope Ikari has been discharged from NERV and reposted to the Japanese Air Force base in Nagano, Japan where she will promoted to Lt. Colonel due to the enormous valor displayed by her in a time of war.
Major Ikari sustained no physical or psychological injuries. She was discharged from the hospital under perfect health.
Effective immediately, I have decided to retire as Major General in the Japanese Army and from this committee.
I have valued my time here but now my life is now elsewhere.
Thank you all for your time and attention.
Your briefings contain the data that was just relayed to you.
This data is classified until further notice."
With that, Major General Asuka Langley Soryu Ikari stepped away from the podium and exited the area, walking out of the room.