Meanwhile, at the NERV Command Center, the atmosphere was tense and filled with disbelief. The main screen showed the aftermath of the destruction as Adam's body was utterly disintegrated by Godzilla's atomic breath. The shockwave had sent ripples of power that their sensors barely understood.
Misato Katsuragi stared at the screen, her face pale. "He… destroyed Adam," she said quietly, her voice barely audible. "Completely wiped him out. We didn't even get a chance to recover anything."
Ritsuko Akagi stood beside her, tapping her fingers nervously on the console. "It's not just that he destroyed Adam," she muttered. "Godzilla knew exactly what he was doing. He targeted Adam before we could even begin retrieval. It's as if he knew… knew that we planned to use Adam's body for our own purposes."
Kouzou Fuyutsuki folded his arms, looking grim. "He's not just a monster. He's a force of nature, a guardian of some kind. But for what? And why protect us from the Angels, only to deny us Adam?"
In the corner, Gendo Ikari sat in his usual position, his fingers steepled before his face, eyes hidden behind his glasses. Unlike the others, he seemed calm, his mind working in overdrive as he processed the unexpected development. Godzilla had taken drastic action, interfering with their plans to retrieve Adam and use him for the Human Instrumentality Project.
But Gendo's thoughts were far from panic. Godzilla's interference had thrown a wrench into his grand design, yes, but it also revealed something else: a new, unpredictable factor in the equation. Something ancient and far beyond the Angels, even Adam, had come into play.
"We underestimated him," Gendo said, breaking the silence.
Shigeru Aoba turned his chair toward Gendo. "What are we supposed to do now? Without Adam—"
"We move forward," Gendo interrupted, his voice calm yet firm. "Godzilla may have set back our plans, but we still have the Evangelions, and Lilith is still under our control."
Ryoji Kaji, leaning against a wall, sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "But you can't deny the fact that Godzilla has made himself a player in this whole mess. He's not something we can control, and now he's taken the most valuable piece off the board."
"Perhaps," Gendo said coldly, his eyes never leaving the screen, "but Godzilla's actions tell us one important thing: he doesn't want the Angels to win either. As long as he continues to see them as a threat, we can use his presence to our advantage."
Fuyutsuki glanced at Gendo, a slight look of concern crossing his face. "And if he decides humanity is a threat?"
Gendo remained silent for a moment, then said, "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it."
The command center buzzed with activity as operators scrambled to analyze the fallout from Godzilla's attack. But deep down, everyone knew that things had changed. The plan to ascend humanity into a higher consciousness through Adam was gone. They would have to move forward without that key, and Godzilla had proven himself to be an unyielding force that could disrupt even the most carefully laid plans.
As Gendo leaned back in his chair, he knew that a new chapter had begun. Godzilla had made his move, and now it was time to adapt. The future of humanity's fate was still within his grasp—at least for now.
The question was, how long before Godzilla became an obstacle rather than an ally in this apocalyptic chess game?