An alternate take on the famous series! By now, Shinji, Rei, and Asuka thought they knew the drill, but they don't know this one — namely, the giant drill coming down from the even more gigantic eight sided . . . thingie . . . hanging over the streets of the virtual Tokyo-3! Who's behind this new menace — Doctor Akagi, her daughter, or the man who fascinates them both? Heck, who fascinates everyone!