T · B from Ikari. The shadow created by the scaffolding is forming a cross.
IKARI:“That's right.
The path to godhood that none have ever succeeded in before.
The Human Instrumentality Project.”
Editor's Note: Translator notes that this scene is inherently highly ambiguous and that Gendo's original Japanese phrase kami e no michi (rendered here as "path to godhood") leaves a lot of room for interpretation.