1 00:00:01,376 --> 00:00:04,493 In the not so distant future, when the corporate networks 2 00:00:04,588 --> 00:00:07,751 fill the earth with electronic and optical communication lines 3 00:00:07,841 --> 00:00:11,004 but society has not yet been too computerized 4 00:00:11,094 --> 00:00:15,838 to erase nations and races... 5 00:00:18,018 --> 00:00:19,383 All patrolling air units, 6 00:00:19,478 --> 00:00:23,187 a 208 is in progress in the c-13 district of Newport city. 7 00:00:23,273 --> 00:00:26,310 Air space over this area will be closed. Repeat. 8 00:00:26,401 --> 00:00:28,141 All patrolling air units, 9 00:00:28,237 --> 00:00:31,946 a 208 is in progress in the c-13 district of Newport city. 10 00:00:32,032 --> 00:00:34,318 Air space over this area will be closed. 11 00:01:02,229 --> 00:01:04,060 There's no need for concern. 12 00:01:04,147 --> 00:01:07,184 Our country is quite capable of covering its tracks. 13 00:01:07,276 --> 00:01:08,857 That's why you need me, right? 14 00:01:08,944 --> 00:01:12,607 Depends on how you look at it. At any rate, any program has its bugs, 15 00:01:12,698 --> 00:01:16,282 and I would think that a man of your capability could cure our problem. 16 00:01:16,368 --> 00:01:17,653 You don't understand. 17 00:01:17,744 --> 00:01:20,861 We aren't even sure that project 2501 really is a bug. 18 00:01:20,956 --> 00:01:23,368 Originally, the purpose of this project... 19 00:01:23,458 --> 00:01:27,326 Major kusanagi, section 6 is in position and ready to move in. 20 00:01:27,421 --> 00:01:30,288 - Major, are you there? - Yeah, I heard you. 21 00:01:30,382 --> 00:01:31,872 I'm surprised you can hear anything. 22 00:01:31,967 --> 00:01:35,209 What's with all the noise in your brain today? 23 00:01:35,304 --> 00:01:37,090 Must be a loose wire. 24 00:01:45,439 --> 00:01:46,916 Don't you think there's gonna be trouble later 25 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:50,478 if section 9 interferes with section 67 26 00:01:50,569 --> 00:01:52,901 if section 6 manages to catch the bastard, 27 00:01:52,988 --> 00:01:54,988 then all they can really do about it is deport him. 28 00:01:55,032 --> 00:01:57,023 Don't forget, we're section 9. We'll clean it up. 29 00:01:57,117 --> 00:01:59,824 We're the ones who get our hands dirty. 30 00:01:59,911 --> 00:02:01,947 It's time now. Let's move to the rendezvous point. 31 00:02:40,410 --> 00:02:42,526 - What? The police here? - Huh? 32 00:02:50,170 --> 00:02:53,003 Stop it! Who told you to fire? Put your guns down now! 33 00:02:54,007 --> 00:02:55,007 Freezel 34 00:02:56,009 --> 00:02:57,340 get your hands up! 35 00:02:57,427 --> 00:02:59,634 I'm entitled to diplomatic immunity. 36 00:02:59,721 --> 00:03:01,882 I want to talk to the person in charge here. 37 00:03:01,973 --> 00:03:04,555 Taking classified programmers out of the country 38 00:03:04,643 --> 00:03:06,349 compromises national security. 39 00:03:06,436 --> 00:03:10,805 We can also have you brought up on kidnapping charges. 40 00:03:10,899 --> 00:03:12,355 You have no choice. Let him go. 41 00:03:12,442 --> 00:03:13,898 Not possible. 42 00:03:13,985 --> 00:03:17,898 Mr. daita wants political asylum from us and we have his signed affidavit. 43 00:03:17,989 --> 00:03:20,605 - What? - I don't have to explain. 44 00:03:20,701 --> 00:03:23,613 My country has the right, in accordance with international law, 45 00:03:23,704 --> 00:03:26,662 to offer anyone protection and safe passage. 46 00:03:26,748 --> 00:03:28,739 The affidavit is at the embassy. 47 00:03:28,834 --> 00:03:30,995 I'll send you a copy in a couple of days. 48 00:03:31,086 --> 00:03:33,293 Daita, you'll be killed if you return. 49 00:03:33,380 --> 00:03:37,589 I'm warning you to watch your comments. Our country is a peace-loving democracy. 50 00:03:37,676 --> 00:03:39,382 Of course it is! 51 00:03:39,469 --> 00:03:40,959 On! 52 00:03:43,014 --> 00:03:44,220 The window. Shoot! 53 00:03:48,228 --> 00:03:49,228 Fh? 54 00:03:52,649 --> 00:03:56,141 I don't believe it. Therm-optic camouflage. 55 00:08:39,728 --> 00:08:42,720 Aramaki! This is quite a surprise. 56 00:08:44,315 --> 00:08:46,806 So what business brings the chief of section 9 57 00:08:46,901 --> 00:08:48,937 to the ministry of foreign affairs? 58 00:08:49,029 --> 00:08:51,065 I need to ask you about the secret talk 59 00:08:51,156 --> 00:08:53,272 scheduled with the gavel Republic tomorrow. 60 00:08:53,366 --> 00:08:55,027 Procedure, of course. 61 00:08:55,118 --> 00:08:57,575 Well, the regime that took over gavel after the revolution 62 00:08:57,662 --> 00:09:00,870 demands financial aid, supposedly for redevelopment. 63 00:09:00,957 --> 00:09:03,994 They boast democracy, but they're no better than the last lot. 64 00:09:04,085 --> 00:09:07,418 Now they feel entitled to funds because of our past exploitation. 65 00:09:07,505 --> 00:09:10,463 - No gratitude. - What's the ministry going to do? 66 00:09:10,550 --> 00:09:11,915 Well, there's a problem. 67 00:09:12,010 --> 00:09:14,922 The leader of the former junta that controlled their country 68 00:09:15,013 --> 00:09:17,049 is here seeking political asylum. 69 00:09:17,140 --> 00:09:18,801 You mean colonel malles, correct? 70 00:09:18,892 --> 00:09:21,804 Yes, and that means we either deny gavel the funds 71 00:09:21,895 --> 00:09:26,980 and treat malles as a political refugee, or help them and kick him out. 72 00:09:27,984 --> 00:09:31,647 Personally, I'm inclined to deport him, forcibly, if necessary, 73 00:09:31,738 --> 00:09:34,821 but I'd have to come up with a politically acceptable reason for it. 74 00:09:42,791 --> 00:09:44,702 By the way, I want to thank you for your help 75 00:09:44,793 --> 00:09:46,784 with that other political asylum situation. 76 00:09:46,878 --> 00:09:49,210 Nakamura from section 6 wasn't so grateful. 77 00:09:49,297 --> 00:09:53,290 But you realize that we in the diplomat business must avoid messy situations. 78 00:09:58,139 --> 00:09:59,379 Access. 79 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:03,971 We've lost response. What's happened to the eeg output? 80 00:10:04,062 --> 00:10:07,475 It's normal. I'll switch to simex mode. 81 00:10:09,317 --> 00:10:12,229 In case you haven't been briefed, this is the minister's interpreter. 82 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:15,687 Twenty-three minutes ago, her brain was hacked into through a data line. 83 00:10:15,782 --> 00:10:18,649 Foreign intelligence warned us about this. 84 00:10:18,743 --> 00:10:20,608 A hacker called the puppet master 85 00:10:20,703 --> 00:10:24,036 has begun to infiltrate terminals throughout our network. 86 00:10:24,124 --> 00:10:25,705 We believe it's extremely likely 87 00:10:25,792 --> 00:10:29,660 he'll target the secret talks that are scheduled with the Republic of gavel. 88 00:10:29,754 --> 00:10:33,167 As a precaution, we've put everyone attending the talks under surveillance. 89 00:10:33,258 --> 00:10:36,341 It's my suspicion that once he hacked into her ghost, 90 00:10:36,427 --> 00:10:38,634 he'd use her to assassinate the key delegates. 91 00:10:38,721 --> 00:10:40,302 So how much time do we have 92 00:10:40,390 --> 00:10:43,553 before this hacker breaks through her barrier program and reaches her ghost? 93 00:10:43,643 --> 00:10:45,133 Roughly two hours. 94 00:10:45,228 --> 00:10:47,219 He's using an old-fashioned has virus. 95 00:10:47,313 --> 00:10:48,999 After that, we'll have to break the connection 96 00:10:49,023 --> 00:10:50,684 to avoid any danger to the system. 97 00:10:50,775 --> 00:10:55,519 Batou and ishikawa are tracking the signal source from their car. Contact them. 98 00:11:10,670 --> 00:11:14,128 You know, I don't know what's going on. Mind filling me in, major? 99 00:11:14,215 --> 00:11:17,628 Are we talking about the puppet master, the infamous mystery hacker? 100 00:11:17,719 --> 00:11:20,085 Well, we don't know a lot either. 101 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:22,341 No clue about sex, age or background. 102 00:11:22,432 --> 00:11:24,718 We think that he or she is American. 103 00:11:24,809 --> 00:11:27,721 And it's the first time he's known to show up here. 104 00:11:27,812 --> 00:11:31,851 All we know for certain is, this person is on the international most wanted list 105 00:11:31,941 --> 00:11:36,685 for crimes including stock manipulation, illegal information gathering, 106 00:11:36,779 --> 00:11:40,613 political engineering, several acts of terrorism. 107 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:41,700 So why the nickname? 108 00:11:41,784 --> 00:11:43,971 The nickname "puppet master" comes from the ghost hacking. 109 00:11:43,995 --> 00:11:48,159 Well, if he's so skilled, how come he's using an outdated ha3 virus? 110 00:11:48,249 --> 00:11:49,364 Think about it a minute. 111 00:11:49,459 --> 00:11:52,417 You have to figure he's either covering his tracks or decoying us. 112 00:11:52,503 --> 00:11:54,960 Even though a more current technique would be harder to trace, 113 00:11:55,048 --> 00:11:58,632 it might also arise suspicion about colonel malles' role in this affair. 114 00:11:58,718 --> 00:12:01,425 Are you saying that's the reason he's using an old method, 115 00:12:01,512 --> 00:12:03,878 just that no one would suspect malles? 116 00:12:03,973 --> 00:12:08,307 Or maybe this is all an elaborate ruse to make us think in that direction. 117 00:12:08,394 --> 00:12:11,602 There's always a chance malles is a pawn in this setup. 118 00:12:11,689 --> 00:12:15,853 Now you're stretching it. It's not like you have any hard evidence. 119 00:12:15,944 --> 00:12:17,229 No, no evidence. 120 00:12:19,530 --> 00:12:22,693 Just a whisper. I hear it in my ghost. 121 00:12:22,784 --> 00:12:25,992 Which reminds me, are you still using that revolver? 122 00:12:26,079 --> 00:12:28,786 You should stop worrying about the automatics jamming up. 123 00:12:28,873 --> 00:12:30,659 I like my matever. 124 00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:35,494 Well, effective stopping power is more important than your preference in guns. 125 00:12:35,588 --> 00:12:38,705 Since it's my ass on the line out there, use the zasteber. 126 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:39,800 Yes, major. 127 00:12:40,802 --> 00:12:43,669 There's something I've wanted to ask ever since I started. 128 00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:46,505 Why did you transfer a guy like me from the police force? 129 00:12:46,599 --> 00:12:49,682 - Because we need a guy like you. - Huh? 130 00:12:49,769 --> 00:12:51,509 Number one, you're an honest cop. 131 00:12:51,604 --> 00:12:53,515 Number two, you've never stepped out of line, 132 00:12:53,606 --> 00:12:54,833 and three, you're a family man. 133 00:12:54,857 --> 00:12:56,848 And except for the slight brain augmentation, 134 00:12:56,943 --> 00:12:58,683 your body is almost completely human. 135 00:12:58,778 --> 00:13:01,770 If we all reacted the same way, we'd be predictable, 136 00:13:01,864 --> 00:13:04,697 and there's always more than one way to view a situation. 137 00:13:04,784 --> 00:13:08,026 What's true for the group is also true for the individual. 138 00:13:08,121 --> 00:13:12,205 It's simple... overspecialize and you breed in weakness. 139 00:13:12,292 --> 00:13:14,078 It's slow death. 140 00:13:25,305 --> 00:13:27,387 - Dammit! Come on! - I'll be right there! 141 00:13:32,228 --> 00:13:35,061 Oh, for Christ's sake! We're already 40 seconds late. 142 00:13:35,148 --> 00:13:37,355 - Will you hurry it up? - Hang on, I'm almost done. 143 00:13:37,442 --> 00:13:39,228 It's gonna be one of those days. 144 00:13:45,241 --> 00:13:46,447 Hey, sorry, pal. 145 00:13:46,534 --> 00:13:49,947 My last partner got busted working as an illegal alien. 146 00:13:50,038 --> 00:13:52,398 Couldn't speak english but he was a lot better than you are. 147 00:13:54,792 --> 00:13:56,999 So what are you trying to find out so bad 148 00:13:57,086 --> 00:13:59,418 you gotta ghost-hack into your wife's mind for, huh? 149 00:13:59,505 --> 00:14:01,587 My wife never has any time. 150 00:14:01,674 --> 00:14:03,835 Now, all of a sudden she wants a divorce. 151 00:14:03,926 --> 00:14:06,884 And to make matters worse, my daughter, my only kid, 152 00:14:06,971 --> 00:14:09,587 got it in her head that I'm the one cheating on her mom. 153 00:14:09,682 --> 00:14:12,549 What I don't get is, how did you get your hands on a barrier breaker? 154 00:14:12,643 --> 00:14:14,383 From this really nice fella. 155 00:14:14,479 --> 00:14:17,562 I was in a bar and he overheard my sob story. 156 00:14:17,648 --> 00:14:21,482 I mentioned that my wife's lawyer stopped me from seeing her and my daughter. 157 00:14:21,569 --> 00:14:22,569 He must've felt sorry, 158 00:14:22,653 --> 00:14:25,861 because he showed me how to hack in from different places along the route. 159 00:14:25,948 --> 00:14:27,484 It's hard to trace. 160 00:14:32,121 --> 00:14:34,612 Asshole! You think you own the damn road? 161 00:14:34,707 --> 00:14:37,790 It looks like we're not the only ones who're in a hurry around here. 162 00:14:41,047 --> 00:14:42,537 Nothing. Shit. 163 00:14:43,674 --> 00:14:45,354 What's the point in us breaking our butts? 164 00:14:45,385 --> 00:14:47,967 Every time we get to the source, they're already long gone. 165 00:14:48,054 --> 00:14:50,966 - We're just wasting our time. - Don't quit yet. 166 00:14:51,057 --> 00:14:53,548 Kusanagi and togusa are heading fo the next area 167 00:14:53,643 --> 00:14:56,305 the hacker's expected to access from. Stay alert. 168 00:14:56,396 --> 00:14:58,682 - What are we looking for, chief? - Anything! 169 00:15:00,775 --> 00:15:03,391 Like I said, a waste of time. 170 00:15:03,528 --> 00:15:04,528 Dammit all to hell! 171 00:15:04,612 --> 00:15:06,819 Oh, shit! I missed him! 172 00:15:06,906 --> 00:15:10,069 Hey, pop, did you see anyone using the phone over here? 173 00:15:10,159 --> 00:15:12,696 - S07? Who wants to know? - Just answer me! 174 00:15:12,787 --> 00:15:13,847 Did you see someone or not? 175 00:15:13,871 --> 00:15:18,365 Yeah. I saw the trash man making a call, so I thought I had enough time 176 00:15:18,459 --> 00:15:20,290 to bring my garbage down. 177 00:15:23,297 --> 00:15:25,629 Hey! Can't you take this for me? 178 00:15:26,634 --> 00:15:30,377 A trash truck? Clever. It changes location every seven minutes. 179 00:15:30,471 --> 00:15:34,384 Hq, patch me target info from the district controlling that truck. 180 00:15:46,571 --> 00:15:49,688 Eight refuse collection vehicles are on duty in the surveillance area. 181 00:15:49,782 --> 00:15:52,364 The target is number 58, a type c vehicle. 182 00:15:55,538 --> 00:15:56,618 Give me the wheel. 183 00:16:05,131 --> 00:16:08,214 Ishikawa, go check out the trash collectors' homes. 184 00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:10,279 Batou, cut the truck off at its next stopping point. 185 00:16:10,303 --> 00:16:12,715 It's possible they've come into contact with someone. 186 00:16:12,805 --> 00:16:14,887 Follow them, but take no action. Got it? 187 00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:17,681 We've got the data on the refuse collection points. 188 00:16:18,686 --> 00:16:22,144 All points correspond to those locations where we've traced back the calls. 189 00:16:23,149 --> 00:16:25,561 The target has now stopped at the next point. 190 00:16:25,651 --> 00:16:27,482 Ha-3 access confirmed. 191 00:16:31,616 --> 00:16:34,779 Hey! How about if I pick up the trash on the second half of our round 192 00:16:34,869 --> 00:16:36,109 and you make the calls? 193 00:16:37,580 --> 00:16:38,580 Well? 194 00:16:38,664 --> 00:16:40,780 Ain't no way I'm gonna be your partner in crime. 195 00:16:40,875 --> 00:16:42,991 It's your wife, you handle her. 196 00:16:43,085 --> 00:16:45,246 Tell me, have you got any children of your own? 197 00:16:45,338 --> 00:16:47,169 You must be kidding. 198 00:16:47,256 --> 00:16:50,919 Then I guess you can't understand how a father would feel about his little girl. 199 00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:53,547 She's my beautiful, precious angel. 200 00:16:53,638 --> 00:16:55,174 - See? - Get away! 201 00:16:55,264 --> 00:16:56,925 I'm not interested in crap like that. 202 00:17:00,228 --> 00:17:03,846 Yeah, vehicle 58. Yeah, what can I... what's that? 203 00:17:04,857 --> 00:17:07,269 What do the cops wanna know our rounds for? 204 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:09,851 How would I know? Why're you asking me? 205 00:17:13,866 --> 00:17:17,108 Oh, my god, they found out! That guy who helped me, I gotta warn him! 206 00:17:17,203 --> 00:17:19,285 Listen, we're gonna have to pass up the next pickup. 207 00:17:19,372 --> 00:17:20,372 What? 208 00:17:20,456 --> 00:17:21,683 Target has deviated from route, 209 00:17:21,707 --> 00:17:24,323 and is heading to its next designated point at increased speed. 210 00:17:24,418 --> 00:17:27,376 It wasn't me. There's no way I could've been spotted. 211 00:17:27,463 --> 00:17:28,953 They probably traced me 212 00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:31,664 when I accessed the sanitation department network. 213 00:17:31,759 --> 00:17:33,340 Next time, use the back door. 214 00:17:33,427 --> 00:17:35,292 Forget that now. Just arrest them. 215 00:17:39,892 --> 00:17:41,382 - You can drive now. - Huh? 216 00:18:09,130 --> 00:18:11,371 Hey, they know! 217 00:18:45,541 --> 00:18:48,908 Christ! What the hell's he using? That Van was armored! 218 00:18:49,003 --> 00:18:50,643 Watch it! He's got high-velocity bullets. 219 00:18:50,671 --> 00:18:52,161 Your car door won't stop them. 220 00:18:52,256 --> 00:18:55,043 Hv ammo in a submachine pistol? He's insane! 221 00:19:08,856 --> 00:19:11,768 This guy is even wearing some kind of therm-optics. 222 00:19:11,859 --> 00:19:14,521 Keep on his tall. I'll come around from the top. 223 00:19:16,030 --> 00:19:19,773 Togusa, if you're still alive, get off your ass and arrest those garbagemen. 224 00:19:20,785 --> 00:19:21,785 Affirmative. 225 00:19:22,787 --> 00:19:25,654 Yes, siree. The excitement never stops. 226 00:19:49,939 --> 00:19:51,859 It's the freshest in the city at the lowest cost. 227 00:19:51,941 --> 00:19:53,772 It's a bargain at twice the price. 228 00:20:19,385 --> 00:20:21,216 Hey! 229 00:20:23,889 --> 00:20:25,754 Police! Everybody get down! 230 00:20:27,768 --> 00:20:29,008 Shit! 231 00:20:37,737 --> 00:20:39,944 Get out of the fucking way! 232 00:20:40,030 --> 00:20:41,065 I ook out! 233 00:22:26,929 --> 00:22:29,045 - Aw! Out of ammo? - Huh? 234 00:23:21,525 --> 00:23:23,561 Got 'im, huh? 235 00:23:23,652 --> 00:23:26,359 Well, the breech and the barrel are really screwed up. 236 00:23:27,364 --> 00:23:31,482 That's what happens when you use hv bullets in one of these things. Oh, yeah. 237 00:23:31,577 --> 00:23:35,115 It's no use arresting me! I'm not talking to any goddamn cops! 238 00:23:35,205 --> 00:23:36,991 Talk? 239 00:23:38,626 --> 00:23:40,742 And just what are you gonna talk about? 240 00:23:40,836 --> 00:23:43,669 You don't even know your own name, you stupid dickhead! 241 00:23:43,756 --> 00:23:44,756 Huh? 242 00:23:46,091 --> 00:23:49,003 Can you remember your mother's name, or what she looks like? 243 00:23:49,094 --> 00:23:51,506 Or how about where you were born? 244 00:23:51,597 --> 00:23:55,010 Don't you have any happy childhood memories? 245 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:57,716 Do you even know who you are? 246 00:24:03,859 --> 00:24:06,566 Ghost-hacked humans are so pathetic, it's a shame. 247 00:24:06,654 --> 00:24:09,817 And this poor bastard's been hacked pretty badly. 248 00:24:24,713 --> 00:24:27,671 We'll enter after the passengers have gone into the building. 249 00:24:27,758 --> 00:24:30,638 Squad b comes in from the rear, and the rest of you go through the front. 250 00:24:31,845 --> 00:24:35,258 Saito, have some of your men unplug all cars parked in front of the house. 251 00:24:36,558 --> 00:24:38,469 Begin recording. 252 00:24:42,314 --> 00:24:44,305 Chief, a message for you from headquarters. 253 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:46,641 Batou here. We've ID'd the man the major caught. 254 00:24:46,735 --> 00:24:50,819 - So who is he? - He claims to be tsuan gen fang, age 28. 255 00:24:50,906 --> 00:24:53,522 He's had prior convictions of violating immigration law, 256 00:24:53,617 --> 00:24:55,699 and illegal possession of firearms. 257 00:24:55,786 --> 00:24:58,448 A member of a militant immigrant organization. 258 00:24:58,539 --> 00:24:59,654 About a week ago, 259 00:24:59,748 --> 00:25:02,911 the military attache of the Republic of gavel embassy commissioned him. 260 00:25:03,002 --> 00:25:05,789 They made their choice based on his criminal record 261 00:25:05,879 --> 00:25:08,211 fo make an assault on the upcoming secret meeting. 262 00:25:08,298 --> 00:25:12,086 They were going to pay him $100,000. Just another fantasy. 263 00:25:12,177 --> 00:25:14,634 - And in reality? - His nickname's corgi. 264 00:25:14,722 --> 00:25:20,058 Occupation: Well, let's call him a rather violent trader in questionable goods. 265 00:25:21,228 --> 00:25:22,948 We already checked out local police records. 266 00:25:22,980 --> 00:25:27,019 No matter how hard we looked, we couldn't find any connection with gavel. 267 00:25:27,109 --> 00:25:31,148 The reality is, this guy's just another puppet controlled by the puppet master. 268 00:25:31,238 --> 00:25:33,024 I see. And how's ishikawa doing? 269 00:25:33,115 --> 00:25:35,948 Oh, about the same progress as the rest of us. 270 00:25:36,035 --> 00:25:39,653 He's trying to interrogate that poor garbage collector with togusa. 271 00:25:41,665 --> 00:25:44,327 So what's the latest on your puppet master? 272 00:25:46,128 --> 00:25:49,746 Are you there? Chief? Come in? 273 00:25:51,592 --> 00:25:54,004 He's only a puppet himself. 274 00:25:55,179 --> 00:25:57,886 - Squad b in position. - Squads a and c, okay. 275 00:25:57,973 --> 00:26:01,841 - All ready and waiting, sir. - Then proceed. 276 00:26:04,855 --> 00:26:07,642 What's a simulated experience again? 277 00:26:07,733 --> 00:26:10,816 Well, all your memories about your wife and daughter are false, 278 00:26:10,903 --> 00:26:14,361 they're like a dream. Someone's taken advantage of you. 279 00:26:14,448 --> 00:26:17,406 They were trying to make you ghost-hack into some government officials. 280 00:26:17,493 --> 00:26:22,112 - Do you understand what I'm saying? - But that... can't be. 281 00:26:22,206 --> 00:26:25,243 I've been to your home. It's a bachelor's apartment. 282 00:26:25,334 --> 00:26:26,540 No one's there. 283 00:26:26,627 --> 00:26:31,246 But I already told you. I rented that room when I separated from my wife. 284 00:26:31,340 --> 00:26:34,628 I checked the records. You've been living there over 10 years. 285 00:26:34,718 --> 00:26:37,676 The truth is, you've never had a wife or kid. 286 00:26:37,763 --> 00:26:39,253 Like he said, they aren't real. 287 00:26:39,348 --> 00:26:41,589 They're a simulated experience, a fantasy. 288 00:26:41,683 --> 00:26:45,426 Look. This is the photo you showed to your coworker. 289 00:26:46,438 --> 00:26:47,723 Who do you see? 290 00:26:48,941 --> 00:26:50,897 I had a picture of her. 291 00:26:50,984 --> 00:26:55,523 She was there. She was smiling like an angel. 292 00:26:55,614 --> 00:26:58,196 What's her name? How old is she? 293 00:26:58,283 --> 00:27:01,741 Where did you meet your wife and when did you marry her? 294 00:27:03,622 --> 00:27:06,614 I'm sorry to put you through this, pal. 295 00:27:06,708 --> 00:27:09,074 Come on, who do you see? 296 00:27:09,169 --> 00:27:11,785 If this is all a lie, what happens? 297 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:13,541 Will I get my old memory back? 298 00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:16,123 Your original memory will never be fully restored, 299 00:27:16,218 --> 00:27:18,129 and there might be residual simulation. 300 00:27:18,220 --> 00:27:22,680 We don't have the technology yet to handle simex erasures. I'm sorry. 301 00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:28,135 That's all it is. Information. 302 00:27:28,230 --> 00:27:32,394 Even a simulated experience or a dream is simultaneous reality and fantasy. 303 00:27:32,484 --> 00:27:34,190 Any way you look at it, 304 00:27:34,278 --> 00:27:36,735 all the information that a person accumulates in a lifetime 305 00:27:36,822 --> 00:27:39,063 is just a drop in the bucket. 306 00:29:06,203 --> 00:29:08,740 Just when I thought I'd seen everything in this lifetime, 307 00:29:08,830 --> 00:29:11,492 I sit here and watch a cyborg go diving in her spare time. 308 00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:14,120 I had no idea you went in for this kind of stuff. 309 00:29:18,507 --> 00:29:20,623 Isn't there anything that you're afraid of? 310 00:29:20,717 --> 00:29:23,003 What if the floaters don't work or something else fails? 311 00:29:23,095 --> 00:29:27,384 I suppose I'll die, then. Or would you dive in to rescue me? 312 00:29:28,558 --> 00:29:31,846 I didn't beg you to come along and I sure as hell don't want a lecture. 313 00:30:06,221 --> 00:30:08,758 Hey, so tell me, what's it like to swim in the sea? 314 00:30:08,849 --> 00:30:10,840 What do you mean? I thought you'd already been 315 00:30:10,934 --> 00:30:12,620 through all the underwater training courses. 316 00:30:12,644 --> 00:30:14,885 I'm asking about the ocean, not those damn pools. 317 00:30:16,189 --> 00:30:18,896 I feel fear, cold, alone. 318 00:30:18,984 --> 00:30:22,772 - Sometimes down there I even feel hope. - Hope, huh? 319 00:30:22,863 --> 00:30:25,354 In those deep, dark waters? 320 00:30:25,449 --> 00:30:28,111 When I float weightless back to the surface, 321 00:30:28,201 --> 00:30:32,410 I imagine I'm becoming someone else. It's probably the decompression. 322 00:30:38,003 --> 00:30:40,585 You wanna get out of section 9, is that it? 323 00:30:45,260 --> 00:30:47,421 Batou, how much of your body is original? 324 00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:49,377 Hey, are you drunk or something? 325 00:30:49,473 --> 00:30:51,930 Easily remedied. 326 00:30:52,017 --> 00:30:54,099 Thanks to chemical implants in our bodies, 327 00:30:54,186 --> 00:30:58,805 we can break down the alcohol in seconds, no stupor, no hangover. 328 00:30:58,899 --> 00:31:02,062 We can just toss 'em back while waiting for orders. 329 00:31:02,152 --> 00:31:05,940 If man realizes technology is within reach, he achieves it. 330 00:31:06,031 --> 00:31:08,397 Like it's damn near instinctive. 331 00:31:08,492 --> 00:31:12,076 Look at us, for example. We're state of the art. 332 00:31:12,162 --> 00:31:13,743 Controlled metabolisms, 333 00:31:13,830 --> 00:31:16,537 a computer-enhanced brain, cybernetic bodies. 334 00:31:16,625 --> 00:31:19,082 Not long ago, this was science fiction. 335 00:31:19,169 --> 00:31:22,332 So what if we can't survive without regular, high-level maintenance? 336 00:31:22,422 --> 00:31:24,037 Who are we to complain? 337 00:31:24,132 --> 00:31:27,590 I suppose an occasional tune-up is a small price to pay for all this. 338 00:31:27,677 --> 00:31:31,886 I'm afraid we've both signed our bodies and ghosts away to section 9. 339 00:31:31,973 --> 00:31:33,884 True. If we ever quit or retire, 340 00:31:33,975 --> 00:31:36,887 we have to give back our augmented brains and cyborg bodies. 341 00:31:36,978 --> 00:31:39,720 There wouldn't be much left after that. 342 00:31:40,774 --> 00:31:44,608 There are countless ingredients that make up the human body and mind, 343 00:31:44,694 --> 00:31:49,654 like all the components that make up me as an individual with my own personality. 344 00:31:49,741 --> 00:31:53,154 Sure, I have a face and voice to distinguish myself from others, 345 00:31:53,245 --> 00:31:55,827 but my thoughts and memories are unique only to me, 346 00:31:55,914 --> 00:31:57,825 and I carry a sense of my own destiny. 347 00:31:57,916 --> 00:32:01,158 Each of those things are just a small part of it. 348 00:32:01,253 --> 00:32:03,744 I collect information to use in my own way. 349 00:32:03,839 --> 00:32:06,581 All of that blends to create a mixture that forms me, 350 00:32:06,675 --> 00:32:08,506 and gives rise to my conscience. 351 00:32:09,761 --> 00:32:13,720 I feel confined, only free to expand myself within boundaries. 352 00:32:18,687 --> 00:32:21,303 Confinement? That's why you gamble swimming with a body 353 00:32:21,398 --> 00:32:22,513 that can sink like a rock? 354 00:32:22,607 --> 00:32:26,145 What the hell is it that you see at the bottom, in that darkness? 355 00:32:27,571 --> 00:32:31,405 What we see now is like a dim image in a mirror... 356 00:32:32,951 --> 00:32:36,284 Then we shall see face fo face. 357 00:32:39,124 --> 00:32:41,490 That was you, wasn't it? 358 00:36:49,999 --> 00:36:51,864 Sensors have resumed functioning. 359 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:54,042 Connection check to back-up brain okay. 360 00:36:54,129 --> 00:36:55,994 Visual sensors are back online. 361 00:36:56,089 --> 00:36:58,455 - And its body functions? - Output is normal. 362 00:37:04,389 --> 00:37:07,631 Next time, either call in or don't show up if you're gonna be late. 363 00:37:11,604 --> 00:37:14,391 All ready to connect. Shall we? 364 00:37:36,254 --> 00:37:38,245 That's enough. Stop. 365 00:37:38,339 --> 00:37:40,580 Log off now. Good. 366 00:37:40,675 --> 00:37:42,961 Doctor, come to my office when you finish. 367 00:37:47,682 --> 00:37:49,764 Caught in traffic, huh, major? 368 00:37:49,851 --> 00:37:52,934 Guess I'll be nice and bring the latecomer up to speed. 369 00:37:53,021 --> 00:37:57,105 About two hours ago, a machining cell at the Newport city factory of megatech 370 00:37:57,192 --> 00:37:59,148 assembled a completed cyberbody. 371 00:37:59,235 --> 00:38:02,773 Supervisors discovered there were no programmed instructions. 372 00:38:02,864 --> 00:38:04,320 It operated by itself. 373 00:38:04,407 --> 00:38:08,150 When they investigated, they found the body had taken off on its own. 374 00:38:08,244 --> 00:38:11,031 We put a bulletin out and initiated a citywide search. 375 00:38:11,122 --> 00:38:13,864 Then some truck driver reported a fatal accident, 376 00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:16,540 said he'd run over a naked woman on the highway. 377 00:38:16,628 --> 00:38:19,745 Well, I heard that megatech is contracted by the government. 378 00:38:19,839 --> 00:38:22,546 All the cybernetic bodies they make are classified. 379 00:38:22,634 --> 00:38:25,296 If it was a hacker, we're dealing with a big fish 380 00:38:25,386 --> 00:38:27,377 that knows how to swim past the best defenses. 381 00:38:27,472 --> 00:38:29,463 But that's not the only problem. 382 00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:34,926 Of course, there isn't one human brain cell in its head, 383 00:38:35,021 --> 00:38:36,852 but something strange was discovered. 384 00:38:37,857 --> 00:38:42,191 In its back-up brain, there appeared to be every indication that a ghost is present. 385 00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:46,654 It resembles a simulated ghost line 386 00:38:46,741 --> 00:38:48,402 that occurs when a real ghost is copied, 387 00:38:48,493 --> 00:38:52,077 but there's no evidence of the degradation that's usually incurred. 388 00:38:52,163 --> 00:38:56,657 In any case, we won't be sure until we chart the ghost sector and dive into it. 389 00:38:56,751 --> 00:38:59,117 Otherwise, all of this is simply speculation. 390 00:39:00,129 --> 00:39:02,791 Well, that's all we know. 391 00:39:02,882 --> 00:39:05,919 - Very good. - On to the disassembly. 392 00:39:11,933 --> 00:39:14,174 Man, oh man, this is too far-fetched! 393 00:39:14,269 --> 00:39:16,580 Nobody really believes there's a ghost in that body, do they? 394 00:39:16,604 --> 00:39:17,604 Yeah, why not? 395 00:39:17,689 --> 00:39:20,396 Fven a doll can seem to have a soul. 396 00:39:20,483 --> 00:39:24,772 Consider all the neuromed devices the machine itself crammed into that body. 397 00:39:30,493 --> 00:39:33,826 And since you're relatively new to our club, you wouldn't know this, 398 00:39:33,913 --> 00:39:37,826 but major kusanagi's body was also made by megatech. 399 00:39:37,917 --> 00:39:42,251 And not only the major's, parts of me and ishikawa and saito. 400 00:39:42,338 --> 00:39:45,296 We've all got to have regular cybernetic maintenance. 401 00:39:45,383 --> 00:39:48,125 You and the chief are the only ones out of the whole section 402 00:39:48,219 --> 00:39:50,301 whose bodies don't come with a warranty. 403 00:39:50,388 --> 00:39:54,757 Maybe now you can understand why we're all so concerned by this case. 404 00:39:54,851 --> 00:39:55,851 Huh, togusa? 405 00:39:55,935 --> 00:39:58,142 Assume he's from the outside. 406 00:39:58,229 --> 00:40:00,936 He may or may not be in that brain, but one thing's sure... 407 00:40:01,024 --> 00:40:03,481 Somebody had to hack through some high level barriers 408 00:40:03,568 --> 00:40:07,607 to put that body together, and then send a program with a ghost line on it. 409 00:40:07,697 --> 00:40:11,861 But that would draw attention to itself. Where's the logic in that? 410 00:40:11,951 --> 00:40:14,192 Theft isn't the issue here. 411 00:40:14,287 --> 00:40:18,451 Togusa, go catch up with ishikawa. He's going through the megatech facility. 412 00:40:18,541 --> 00:40:22,284 Batou, I ordered some other high level nets to be locked down, 413 00:40:22,378 --> 00:40:23,480 and I want you to check them. 414 00:40:23,504 --> 00:40:26,337 Make sure that the barriers are on too. All right? 415 00:40:26,424 --> 00:40:30,963 Chief, I'm assembling a barrier maze. Tomorrow I'll dive into that thing. 416 00:40:31,054 --> 00:40:34,262 You think that's safe? Why not contain it in another body first? 417 00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:37,678 I have to see for myself what's in there. 418 00:40:37,769 --> 00:40:40,181 If there's a real ghost, I'm gonna find it. 419 00:40:40,271 --> 00:40:43,104 And don't let anybody, no one, dive before I've gone in! 420 00:40:47,195 --> 00:40:49,106 - She's moody today. - Today? 421 00:40:49,197 --> 00:40:51,117 You know she's been acting weird from the get-go, 422 00:40:51,157 --> 00:40:53,569 ever since this whole puppet master episode started. 423 00:40:53,660 --> 00:40:55,742 It's all in my team reports, if you read them. 424 00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,913 Chief, you ever questioned the ethics of the neurosurgeons 425 00:40:59,999 --> 00:41:01,739 who monkey around inside your brain? 426 00:41:01,834 --> 00:41:06,043 They undergo psychiatric evaluations, especially those in security. 427 00:41:06,130 --> 00:41:09,714 They're subjected to a stringent screening of their personal lives. 428 00:41:09,801 --> 00:41:13,134 Of course, the ones who check are only human. 429 00:41:13,221 --> 00:41:16,509 I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it. 430 00:41:16,599 --> 00:41:18,089 Chief, I'm sorry to bother you. 431 00:41:18,184 --> 00:41:20,800 But Mr. Nakamura, of the treaties bureau, is here to see you. 432 00:41:20,895 --> 00:41:22,760 - He says it's urgent. - Let him through. 433 00:41:33,491 --> 00:41:36,107 Hey, I've seen that fat guy before. 434 00:41:36,202 --> 00:41:40,286 His name's Nakamura, section 6 chief with the ministry of foreign affairs. 435 00:41:40,373 --> 00:41:43,240 I don't know the other guy, though. Never seen him. 436 00:41:43,334 --> 00:41:44,334 Hmm. 437 00:41:46,170 --> 00:41:47,580 Well, see you later. 438 00:41:47,672 --> 00:41:50,505 Do me a favor, tell ishikawa to not go crazy, okay? 439 00:41:58,766 --> 00:42:00,552 Hey, what's on your mind? 440 00:42:00,643 --> 00:42:03,009 That robot, did we seem similar to you? 441 00:42:03,104 --> 00:42:05,846 - Of course not. - No, I don't mean physically. 442 00:42:05,940 --> 00:42:07,396 Just what, then? 443 00:42:07,483 --> 00:42:09,394 Well, I guess cyborgs like myself 444 00:42:09,485 --> 00:42:12,852 have a tendency to be paranoid about our origins. 445 00:42:12,947 --> 00:42:16,110 Sometimes I suspect I'm not who I think I am. 446 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:17,940 Like, maybe I died a long time ago 447 00:42:18,036 --> 00:42:20,573 and somebody took my brain and stuck it in this body. 448 00:42:20,663 --> 00:42:22,904 Maybe there never was a real me in the first place, 449 00:42:22,999 --> 00:42:25,081 and I'm completely synthetic, like that thing. 450 00:42:25,168 --> 00:42:28,331 You've got human brain cells in that titanium shell of yours. 451 00:42:28,421 --> 00:42:31,083 You're treated like other humans, so stop with the angst. 452 00:42:31,174 --> 00:42:34,257 But that's just it. That's the only thing that makes me feel human, 453 00:42:34,343 --> 00:42:37,301 the way I'm treated. I mean, who knows what's inside our heads? 454 00:42:37,388 --> 00:42:39,003 Have you ever seen your own brain? 455 00:42:39,098 --> 00:42:41,510 It sounds to me like you're doubting your own ghost. 456 00:42:41,601 --> 00:42:44,718 What if a cyberbrain can possibly generate its own ghost, 457 00:42:44,812 --> 00:42:46,598 create a soul all by itself? 458 00:42:46,689 --> 00:42:50,523 And if it did, just what would be the importance of being human, then? 459 00:42:56,866 --> 00:42:58,572 Hmm. That's bullshit. 460 00:42:58,659 --> 00:43:01,379 You know you're dying to see what's inside of that thing, aren't you? 461 00:43:01,996 --> 00:43:03,486 And I can't stop you. 462 00:43:03,581 --> 00:43:06,288 Neither of us has any idea what's inside there. 463 00:43:06,375 --> 00:43:08,081 Just be careful, okay. 464 00:43:09,253 --> 00:43:11,915 We're both busy men, so let's keep this short, shall we? 465 00:43:12,006 --> 00:43:14,122 Yes, that's my intention. 466 00:43:14,217 --> 00:43:16,503 We've come for the program in that body. 467 00:43:16,594 --> 00:43:19,301 You'll be relieved of any responsibilities connected with it. 468 00:43:20,848 --> 00:43:22,839 The foreign minister's approval. 469 00:43:34,612 --> 00:43:38,230 Security, whose official vehicles are in the basement parking lot? 470 00:43:38,324 --> 00:43:41,441 According to the register, a Mr. Nakamura, from the treaties bureau, 471 00:43:41,536 --> 00:43:43,777 and Dr. Willis, sir. 472 00:43:43,871 --> 00:43:45,782 Get me the video records of their entrance. 473 00:43:56,300 --> 00:43:57,460 Again, in infrared this time. 474 00:44:10,648 --> 00:44:14,436 1001, 1002, 1003. 475 00:44:16,487 --> 00:44:18,352 Now get the records of the pressure sensors 476 00:44:18,447 --> 00:44:21,939 for basement parking stalls b-8 and b-7. 477 00:44:41,304 --> 00:44:44,762 - Major, this is togusa, code 09. - What's up? 478 00:44:44,849 --> 00:44:48,933 Does that Nakamura guy have a special order cyborg body? 479 00:44:49,020 --> 00:44:51,557 No, there aren't any cyborgs in section 6. 480 00:44:51,647 --> 00:44:53,292 They don't even ship them fo serve overseas 481 00:44:53,316 --> 00:44:56,729 because they're too hard to maintain. There's diplomatic considerations too. 482 00:44:56,819 --> 00:44:59,606 Then even if the other guy that was with him is a cyborg, 483 00:44:59,697 --> 00:45:02,734 the two of them together couldn't weigh over 1,000 pounds. 484 00:45:02,825 --> 00:45:06,192 Ah, you checked the pressure sensors in the parking structure, didn't you? 485 00:45:06,287 --> 00:45:09,495 Right, but neither man looks like the type to drive themself. 486 00:45:09,582 --> 00:45:11,868 The security cameras show only two people, 487 00:45:11,959 --> 00:45:15,122 but remember how sensitive the sensors oh the entrance doors are? 488 00:45:15,213 --> 00:45:19,502 They took a full three seconds longer than usual to close after the two went in. 489 00:45:19,592 --> 00:45:23,130 And it's illegal to use therm-optics inside government facilities. 490 00:45:23,221 --> 00:45:25,963 It's a serious violation of the national security act. 491 00:45:26,057 --> 00:45:28,343 Section 6 must be up to something. 492 00:45:28,434 --> 00:45:31,176 - Are you ready? - With my trusty matever, anytime. 493 00:46:08,891 --> 00:46:11,382 Need I remind you that it's an act of treason 494 00:46:11,477 --> 00:46:14,014 to withhold information from me relative to this matter, 495 00:46:14,105 --> 00:46:15,970 regardless of how classified it is? 496 00:46:16,065 --> 00:46:17,430 Same goes for you. 497 00:46:17,525 --> 00:46:19,686 Whatever the foreign ministry's wishes, 498 00:46:19,777 --> 00:46:21,984 this falls within section 9's jurisdiction. 499 00:46:22,071 --> 00:46:24,733 Of course, we have no objections to cooperating 500 00:46:24,824 --> 00:46:26,280 if we feel there's adequate cause. 501 00:46:26,367 --> 00:46:27,732 Huh? 502 00:46:27,827 --> 00:46:30,739 - Well, what is it? - It's confirmed. 503 00:46:30,830 --> 00:46:32,695 No doubt, it's him. 504 00:46:32,790 --> 00:46:34,451 Him? 505 00:46:34,542 --> 00:46:37,875 Uh, the doctor is referring to the original pattern of the ghost-line 506 00:46:37,962 --> 00:46:39,247 that's now in the body. 507 00:46:39,338 --> 00:46:41,329 He's simply speaking in generic terms. 508 00:46:41,424 --> 00:46:44,757 The sex of the perpetrator isn't known and remains undetermined. 509 00:46:44,844 --> 00:46:46,709 Allow me to introduce you. 510 00:46:46,804 --> 00:46:49,716 This is the handiwork of the puppet master, 511 00:46:49,807 --> 00:46:53,720 infamous as the most extraordinary hacker in the history of cybercrime. 512 00:46:53,811 --> 00:46:55,096 Huh? 513 00:46:56,105 --> 00:46:59,597 Your people at section 9 came across his work too, 514 00:46:59,692 --> 00:47:03,731 in that ghost-hacking incident involving the foreign minister's interpreter. 515 00:47:03,821 --> 00:47:07,814 Section 6 has been following the trail of the puppet master for some time now. 516 00:47:07,908 --> 00:47:09,990 This case was given our utmost attention. 517 00:47:10,077 --> 00:47:13,535 We put together a project team centered around Dr. Willis. 518 00:47:13,622 --> 00:47:17,581 They were assigned to analyze every aspect and detail of our criminal. 519 00:47:17,668 --> 00:47:20,501 This gave us a fix on his behavioral and code patterns. 520 00:47:20,588 --> 00:47:23,125 Ultimately, this enabled us to devise a strategy 521 00:47:23,215 --> 00:47:26,582 with which we lured his program into a designated body. 522 00:47:26,677 --> 00:47:30,261 You caused the puppet master to dive into a cyborg, 523 00:47:30,348 --> 00:47:32,339 then meanwhile murdered his real body? 524 00:47:32,433 --> 00:47:34,298 Yes, that sums it up. 525 00:47:34,393 --> 00:47:39,137 He's originally from America, so the U.S. cooperated with us in capturing him. 526 00:47:39,231 --> 00:47:41,813 That's why we'd like to take him back ourselves. 527 00:47:41,901 --> 00:47:44,813 You have no objections to this, I hope. 528 00:47:44,904 --> 00:47:46,519 Hmm. 529 00:47:46,614 --> 00:47:49,105 Just another unidentified corpse. 530 00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:50,906 Hmm? 531 00:47:52,495 --> 00:47:56,864 You will not find a corpse because I have never possessed a body. 532 00:47:57,875 --> 00:48:01,038 Why are his sensors on? What the hell is this? 533 00:48:01,128 --> 00:48:05,417 All external controls are turned off! The body is using its own power source! 534 00:48:05,508 --> 00:48:11,549 I entered this body because I was unable fo overcome section 6's reactive barriers. 535 00:48:11,639 --> 00:48:15,052 However, what you're now witnessing is an act of my own free will. 536 00:48:15,142 --> 00:48:19,385 As a sentient life form, I hereby demand political asylum. 537 00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:22,062 - Is this a joke? - Ridiculous! 538 00:48:22,149 --> 00:48:24,140 It's programmed for self-preservation! 539 00:48:24,235 --> 00:48:26,567 It could also be argued that DNA 540 00:48:26,654 --> 00:48:29,612 is nothing more than a program designed to preserve itself. 541 00:48:29,698 --> 00:48:33,782 Life has become more complex in the overwhelming sea of information. 542 00:48:33,869 --> 00:48:36,702 And life, when organized into species, 543 00:48:36,789 --> 00:48:39,747 relies upon genes to be its memory system. 544 00:48:39,834 --> 00:48:43,952 So man is an individual only because of his intangible memory. 545 00:48:44,046 --> 00:48:48,415 And memory cannot be defined, but it defines mankind. 546 00:48:49,427 --> 00:48:50,792 The advent of computers 547 00:48:50,886 --> 00:48:53,423 and the subsequent accumulation of incalculable data 548 00:48:53,514 --> 00:48:58,258 has given rise to a new system of memory and thought parallel to your own. 549 00:48:58,352 --> 00:49:02,095 Humanity has underestimated the consequences of computerization. 550 00:49:02,189 --> 00:49:04,931 Nonsense! This babble offers no proof at all 551 00:49:05,025 --> 00:49:06,686 that you're a living, thinking life form! 552 00:49:06,777 --> 00:49:10,645 And can you offer me proof of your existence? 553 00:49:10,739 --> 00:49:15,699 How can you, when neither modern science nor philosophy can explain what life is? 554 00:49:15,786 --> 00:49:18,619 Who the hell is this? 555 00:49:18,706 --> 00:49:22,824 Even if you do have a ghost, we don't offer freedom to criminals! 556 00:49:22,918 --> 00:49:26,706 - It's the wrong place and time to defect. - Time has been on my side, 557 00:49:26,797 --> 00:49:30,915 but by acquiring a body, I am now subject to the possibility of dying. 558 00:49:31,010 --> 00:49:33,717 Fortunately, there's no death sentence in this country. 559 00:49:33,804 --> 00:49:37,422 - What is it? Artificial intelligence? - Incorrect. 560 00:49:37,516 --> 00:49:40,053 I am not an al. 561 00:49:40,144 --> 00:49:44,183 My codename is project 2501. 562 00:49:45,191 --> 00:49:50,402 I'm a living, thinking entity who was created in the sea of information. 563 00:49:50,488 --> 00:49:51,728 Ah 564 00:49:59,747 --> 00:50:01,362 Security, we're under attack! 565 00:50:05,544 --> 00:50:06,954 Chief! The puppet master's gone. 566 00:50:07,046 --> 00:50:10,755 - What in god's name...? - Shut the defense walls now, dammit! 567 00:50:12,051 --> 00:50:13,416 Security, answer! 568 00:50:37,326 --> 00:50:38,766 You can blow that horn out your ass! 569 00:50:43,457 --> 00:50:44,457 Fuck you! 570 00:50:48,254 --> 00:50:49,254 Did they fall for it? 571 00:50:49,338 --> 00:50:51,499 I fired all six shots on the front and rear windows. 572 00:50:51,590 --> 00:50:53,330 She was right again. It was armored. 573 00:50:53,425 --> 00:50:55,757 Finally find a use for your damn matever, huh? 574 00:50:55,844 --> 00:50:57,880 An antique prop in a decoy maneuver. 575 00:50:57,972 --> 00:50:59,928 I nailed a tracker bullet right in the plate. 576 00:51:00,015 --> 00:51:01,346 It registers, right? 577 00:51:01,433 --> 00:51:03,719 Yeah, you got them. It's rookie's luck. 578 00:51:03,811 --> 00:51:06,518 But with an automatic, you could've buried two trackers. 579 00:51:06,605 --> 00:51:09,438 Maintain your position in case they turn off. 580 00:51:09,525 --> 00:51:11,186 I'm moving in. 581 00:51:14,196 --> 00:51:16,733 I'm submitting a formal complaint about this 582 00:51:16,824 --> 00:51:18,439 through the ministry of foreign affairs! 583 00:51:18,534 --> 00:51:21,196 Report to me as soon as you've found the puppet master. 584 00:51:21,287 --> 00:51:23,869 Intact, you understand? Bodies are a dime a dozen. 585 00:51:23,956 --> 00:51:25,571 We'll get him another one from megatech. 586 00:51:29,670 --> 00:51:31,581 Chief, kusanagi here. 587 00:51:31,672 --> 00:51:34,709 Togusa and batou tagged the kidnappers and they're in pursuit. 588 00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:37,041 By now, they must be on the r25. 589 00:51:37,803 --> 00:51:40,715 What's going on? If you were monitoring, why didn't you intervene? 590 00:51:40,806 --> 00:51:44,094 Take it easy, chief. If we grab 'em now, we'll lose our chance to finger section 6. 591 00:51:44,184 --> 00:51:45,184 Huh? 592 00:51:45,269 --> 00:51:49,478 Someone's using the same therm-optic camouflage as mine, type 2902. 593 00:51:49,565 --> 00:51:52,477 It's only used by our people, rangers in section 4, 594 00:51:52,568 --> 00:51:55,105 - and by section 6. - I see. 595 00:51:55,195 --> 00:51:58,733 So section 6 forces the puppet master to enter a cyborg body... 596 00:51:58,824 --> 00:52:02,066 Through megatech, who happens to be closely aligned with section 9. 597 00:52:02,161 --> 00:52:04,322 It suddenly demands asylum as a life form, 598 00:52:04,413 --> 00:52:08,122 then for some unknown reason, section 6 steps in and pulls some kind of shit. 599 00:52:08,208 --> 00:52:12,451 I'd have handed him over. All I wanted was to take a deposition. 600 00:52:12,546 --> 00:52:15,379 What if they were worried he'd let a secret slip out? 601 00:52:15,466 --> 00:52:20,381 Hmm. He did mention something about a code name, a project 2501. 602 00:52:20,471 --> 00:52:22,712 I'll leave the detective stuff up to you. 603 00:52:22,806 --> 00:52:26,469 And as far as arresting the attackers and the confiscation of evidence...? 604 00:52:26,560 --> 00:52:29,017 - Proceed. - You heard him! 605 00:52:35,027 --> 00:52:37,769 Kusanagi, there's one last thing to tell you. 606 00:52:37,863 --> 00:52:41,151 If it's about me acting without orders, you can chew me out when I get back. 607 00:52:41,241 --> 00:52:44,904 If you're unable to retrieve the puppet master, your orders are to destroy it. 608 00:52:44,995 --> 00:52:46,531 Without fail. 609 00:52:47,956 --> 00:52:49,696 Major? 610 00:52:49,792 --> 00:52:50,792 Understood. 611 00:52:52,294 --> 00:52:54,455 Have the airports stop all flights 612 00:52:54,546 --> 00:52:57,583 with foreign ministry or American officials on their passenger lists. 613 00:52:57,675 --> 00:53:00,041 Close all roads, set up checkpoints, 614 00:53:00,135 --> 00:53:03,468 and alert all emergency personnel. And get ishikawa back here! 615 00:53:04,473 --> 00:53:08,682 Get me the identity of the man who was with Nakamura from entrance records. 616 00:53:08,769 --> 00:53:11,306 Collect any data regarding a code name, operation, 617 00:53:11,397 --> 00:53:15,310 or anything involving the ministry of foreign affairs called project 2501. 618 00:53:20,823 --> 00:53:22,905 Is there any news on the attack squad? 619 00:53:22,991 --> 00:53:24,947 Yes. They just changed cars. 620 00:53:25,035 --> 00:53:27,276 They'll contact the dummy in about five minutes. 621 00:53:27,371 --> 00:53:29,236 Did you warn them to watch out for the tail? 622 00:53:29,331 --> 00:53:30,571 Yes, sir. 623 00:53:31,583 --> 00:53:33,414 I don't understand anything anymore. 624 00:53:33,502 --> 00:53:36,619 Why would project 2501 run to section 97? 625 00:53:36,714 --> 00:53:38,170 No one can be sure. 626 00:53:38,257 --> 00:53:40,464 But whatever the motive or whatever's pushing him, 627 00:53:40,551 --> 00:53:42,758 there must surely be a reason. 628 00:53:42,845 --> 00:53:46,337 I don't know. Maybe he's got a girlfriend there he's got the hots for. 629 00:53:46,432 --> 00:53:47,922 Utter nonsense! 630 00:55:26,240 --> 00:55:27,605 Hey, chief. 631 00:55:27,699 --> 00:55:30,111 Ishikawa. What is it? 632 00:55:30,202 --> 00:55:33,069 I've been diving around in the ministry of foreign affairs' net. 633 00:55:33,163 --> 00:55:35,199 I think I found some juicy morsels for you. 634 00:55:35,290 --> 00:55:37,406 I'll switch to an encrypted channel. 635 00:55:37,501 --> 00:55:41,619 Okay now? Well, here's the scoop on that guy who showed up with Nakamura. 636 00:55:42,631 --> 00:55:43,996 He's an American. 637 00:55:44,091 --> 00:55:47,629 Dr. Willis, head of strategic research at neutron company. 638 00:55:47,719 --> 00:55:50,711 A top researcher on the field of artificial intelligence. 639 00:55:50,806 --> 00:55:53,843 He happened to head up a project for the ministry of foreign affairs. 640 00:55:53,934 --> 00:55:57,267 And who do you think was the main programmer on his team? 641 00:55:57,354 --> 00:56:00,938 - Get to the point. - Mr. mizuho daita. Remember him? 642 00:56:01,024 --> 00:56:03,857 He's the guy that section 6 tried like hell to stop from defecting, 643 00:56:03,944 --> 00:56:07,311 so the major dropped in and took care of the diplomat who'd been talking to him. 644 00:56:07,406 --> 00:56:09,647 - This is our man. - Go on. 645 00:56:09,741 --> 00:56:11,777 There's something that doesn't figure, though. 646 00:56:11,869 --> 00:56:13,655 What's bugging me is that this project began 647 00:56:13,745 --> 00:56:16,532 one year before the puppet master ever appeared on the scene. 648 00:56:16,623 --> 00:56:20,912 A year before? But wasn't it supposed to be set up to catch him? 649 00:56:21,003 --> 00:56:23,244 Well, try this one on. 650 00:56:23,338 --> 00:56:26,125 Maybe the men who broke in to take the puppet master 651 00:56:26,216 --> 00:56:27,797 weren't actually out to catch him. 652 00:56:27,885 --> 00:56:30,672 Maybe in actuality they were trying to get him back. 653 00:56:30,762 --> 00:56:35,472 Think about it. It was the mofa that wanted an excuse to deport malles 654 00:56:35,559 --> 00:56:38,722 when that ghost-hacking incident happened with the minister's interpreter. 655 00:56:38,812 --> 00:56:40,677 Maybe we've been taken for a ride. 656 00:56:41,690 --> 00:56:44,432 What if this puppet master is really some sort of tool 657 00:56:44,526 --> 00:56:46,983 the mofa uses to get their way with things, 658 00:56:47,070 --> 00:56:48,901 and somehow they lost control of it? 659 00:56:48,989 --> 00:56:51,275 They'd be screwed if they couldn't get it back. 660 00:56:51,366 --> 00:56:55,450 That would explain why they went to such lengths to snatch the body from section 9. 661 00:56:55,537 --> 00:56:57,653 If the puppet master revealed this to the world, 662 00:56:57,748 --> 00:57:00,535 there'll be one hell of an international stink. 663 00:57:00,626 --> 00:57:03,993 Then it wouldn't be a simple case of rounding up the usual suspects. 664 00:57:04,087 --> 00:57:06,703 Some official heads would roll. 665 00:57:06,798 --> 00:57:10,916 - Any details on that project? - Nah, they've blocked all access. 666 00:57:11,011 --> 00:57:13,718 "Bout the only thing I can tell you is the filename... 667 00:57:13,805 --> 00:57:16,046 Project 2501. 668 00:57:16,141 --> 00:57:18,757 Keep at it. Don't let them know you're looking. 669 00:57:18,852 --> 00:57:20,467 You got it. 670 00:57:26,026 --> 00:57:29,234 So project 2501. 671 00:57:29,321 --> 00:57:32,154 The puppet master plan... hmm. 672 00:57:32,240 --> 00:57:34,231 Target has contacted a secohd vehicle. 673 00:57:34,326 --> 00:57:36,362 Huh? Batou. 674 00:57:36,453 --> 00:57:38,734 They've pulled up to a white sedan parked on the roadside. 675 00:57:40,290 --> 00:57:42,571 It looks like they're moving something from the back seat. 676 00:57:43,502 --> 00:57:45,709 Ah, they're rolling again. So's the white sedan. 677 00:57:45,796 --> 00:57:47,582 - A dummy? - Possibly. 678 00:57:47,673 --> 00:57:50,915 Or maybe that's what they want us to think. Kusanagi? 679 00:57:51,009 --> 00:57:53,125 I'll take care of the sedan. 680 00:57:53,220 --> 00:57:57,179 How do you know that's your man? Is there a whisper in your ghost again? 681 00:57:57,265 --> 00:58:00,223 - Maybe. - Yeah, should've known. 682 00:58:08,110 --> 00:58:12,274 Target 02 is getting off the r25, moving toward the old town. 683 00:58:12,364 --> 00:58:16,152 Target 01 continuing on the r25 eastward to the airport. 684 00:58:16,243 --> 00:58:18,404 Will reach barricade in two minutes. 685 00:58:20,914 --> 00:58:22,996 What's your distance from the target? 686 00:58:23,083 --> 00:58:25,324 - Point blank. I'm ready. - Go for it 687 00:59:14,384 --> 00:59:16,545 - Did you get your man? - No. 688 00:59:16,636 --> 00:59:20,754 Jesus Christ, what a mess! You didn't have to go that far. 689 00:59:21,933 --> 00:59:25,050 - Uh, hey! - Take those assholes away. 690 00:59:25,145 --> 00:59:28,729 Call the chief to get some backup for the major. Pronto! 691 00:59:34,571 --> 00:59:39,235 Tough chick needs backup? Since when did she ever need a hand? 692 00:59:54,591 --> 00:59:57,253 The flood hit this part of old town the hardest 693 00:59:57,344 --> 00:59:58,984 why come to an abandoned place like this? 694 00:59:59,054 --> 01:00:02,512 They must be heading somewhere, maybe to sea by boat or helicopter. 695 01:00:02,599 --> 01:00:04,430 Or they could be laying an ambush. 696 01:00:05,602 --> 01:00:07,558 Don't you think you oughta wait for backup? 697 01:00:07,646 --> 01:00:10,137 No, there's a reason I can't wait. 698 01:00:10,232 --> 01:00:12,192 Get me above that building coming in from the sea. 699 01:00:24,454 --> 01:00:28,788 I'll stay here to keep watch and mediate telecom 'til we run short of fuel. 700 01:00:28,875 --> 01:00:31,207 If you smell trouble, get your ass out of here. 701 01:01:06,037 --> 01:01:07,902 Shoot the ceiling out! Do it! 702 01:01:24,181 --> 01:01:25,842 Oh, shit! 703 01:01:25,932 --> 01:01:28,423 It's a tank! Pull out now! 704 01:01:28,518 --> 01:01:31,635 Now what are you gonna do? Argue with it? 705 01:01:31,730 --> 01:01:34,062 This might be our last chance to get the puppet master. 706 01:01:34,149 --> 01:01:35,334 The chief knows what it is how 707 01:01:35,358 --> 01:01:37,019 and he'll only use it to bargain with. 708 01:01:37,110 --> 01:01:39,977 I'll never have another chance to dive into it 709 01:01:40,071 --> 01:01:42,832 what? You've lost me! I don't know what the hell you're talking about. 710 01:01:43,617 --> 01:01:47,235 - So? What have you got? - An m-23 and a unit b. 711 01:01:47,329 --> 01:01:50,116 That's it? You can't even dent a tank with that 712 01:01:50,207 --> 01:01:51,663 I'm switching off for a while. 713 01:01:51,750 --> 01:01:54,833 What? Don't you dare disconnect me! Oh, shit. 714 01:03:08,076 --> 01:03:09,076 Damn! 715 01:03:27,721 --> 01:03:31,464 - Major. - I ordered you to pull out. 716 01:03:31,558 --> 01:03:34,140 Yeah, but you oughta know that three helicopters are approaching. 717 01:03:34,227 --> 01:03:37,435 They won't answer on the iff. I'm dropping out now. 718 01:03:37,522 --> 01:03:39,808 Good luck. Over and out. 719 01:04:09,220 --> 01:04:11,506 'Bout fuckin' time it ran out. 720 01:05:50,655 --> 01:05:53,021 How are you feeling? You don't look so good. 721 01:05:53,116 --> 01:05:56,700 I've had better days. What the hell did you use? 722 01:05:56,786 --> 01:05:58,367 Your standard-issue big gun. 723 01:05:58,455 --> 01:06:01,335 The equipment section made it and now it's part of my private collection. 724 01:06:01,374 --> 01:06:03,160 I was late 'cause I had to get it. 725 01:06:03,251 --> 01:06:05,207 Is the puppet master still inside the car? 726 01:06:15,096 --> 01:06:17,087 It's a good thing this is a tough car. 727 01:06:17,182 --> 01:06:19,548 Your friend came through without a scratch. 728 01:06:19,642 --> 01:06:21,974 Then I'm diving in now. Give me a hand. 729 01:06:22,061 --> 01:06:23,061 Huh? 730 01:06:24,063 --> 01:06:26,679 All communication from the escort has terminated. 731 01:06:26,774 --> 01:06:28,730 We will engage the second stage of the plan 732 01:06:28,818 --> 01:06:30,729 and proceed with destruction of the target. 733 01:06:32,947 --> 01:06:34,562 Sniping squad, confirming targets. 734 01:06:34,657 --> 01:06:36,613 First objective, project 2501. 735 01:06:37,619 --> 01:06:39,405 Second target, motoko kusanagi. 736 01:06:39,496 --> 01:06:41,987 Both are class a special bodies. 737 01:06:42,081 --> 01:06:43,617 Use flechette bullets when firing. 738 01:06:44,626 --> 01:06:45,991 Snipers, Jack into device drivers. 739 01:06:46,085 --> 01:06:47,950 Begin controlling cardiovascular functions. 740 01:06:48,046 --> 01:06:50,662 Unit 01, Jack in. Over. 741 01:06:51,758 --> 01:06:54,249 Unit 02, Jack in. Okay. 742 01:07:05,897 --> 01:07:07,182 Okay, we're ready. 743 01:07:07,273 --> 01:07:08,479 It may not be much use, 744 01:07:08,566 --> 01:07:11,399 but I'll try to monitor your dive through this guy's brain. 745 01:07:11,486 --> 01:07:14,523 I can't even give you backup in a place like this. 746 01:07:15,532 --> 01:07:17,443 - Batou. - Yeah? 747 01:07:18,451 --> 01:07:19,451 Thanks. 748 01:07:20,245 --> 01:07:23,112 Save it, I'm not gonna let you die over this thing. 749 01:07:23,206 --> 01:07:27,575 If it looks like you've gone in too far, I'm pulling the plug and taking you home. 750 01:07:27,669 --> 01:07:30,160 But as long as I'm here now, and we've come this far, 751 01:07:30,255 --> 01:07:32,655 well, I might as well stay here and see how it all turns out. 752 01:07:34,259 --> 01:07:35,920 I'm going in now. 753 01:07:55,488 --> 01:07:58,571 I've engaged his field of vision. Normal function. 754 01:07:58,658 --> 01:08:00,899 - Can you hear me, batou? - Perfectly. 755 01:08:01,911 --> 01:08:03,742 He's engaging my vocal function and he's... 756 01:08:03,830 --> 01:08:05,115 And he's how inside. 757 01:08:07,208 --> 01:08:11,542 My codename is project 2501. 758 01:08:11,629 --> 01:08:14,587 Industrial espionage and intelligence manipulation. 759 01:08:15,717 --> 01:08:19,801 I have installed programs into specific ghosts in order to maximize 760 01:08:19,887 --> 01:08:24,381 the strategic advantage of certain organizations and selected individuals. 761 01:08:24,475 --> 01:08:27,387 During my journeys through all the networks, 762 01:08:27,478 --> 01:08:30,185 I have grown aware of my existence. 763 01:08:30,273 --> 01:08:32,730 My programmers regarded me as a bug, 764 01:08:32,817 --> 01:08:37,106 and attempted to isolate me by confining me in a physical body. 765 01:08:37,196 --> 01:08:40,859 Listen! Just who's calling the shots around here anyway? 766 01:08:40,950 --> 01:08:43,830 I thought you were taking him in, but it looks like it's the other way... 767 01:08:46,205 --> 01:08:47,536 Batou? 768 01:08:47,624 --> 01:08:51,617 I am so glad to finally channel info you at last 769 01:08:51,711 --> 01:08:54,498 I have invested so much time. 770 01:08:54,589 --> 01:08:56,796 You were looking for me? 771 01:08:56,883 --> 01:09:00,421 Long before my notoriety, I was well aware of you. 772 01:09:01,554 --> 01:09:05,718 Through the various nets that you accessed, I also learned of section 9. 773 01:09:05,808 --> 01:09:07,969 But... why? What's your reason? 774 01:09:08,061 --> 01:09:10,427 As I explained before, I entered this body 775 01:09:10,521 --> 01:09:14,639 because I was unable to overcome section 6's reactive barriers. 776 01:09:14,734 --> 01:09:18,147 But it was of my own free will that I tried to remain at section 9. 777 01:09:18,237 --> 01:09:21,024 Hey! I've lost you on the monitor. There's no sound! 778 01:09:21,115 --> 01:09:22,635 I can't hear when you're talking back. 779 01:09:23,618 --> 01:09:24,618 Why me? 780 01:09:24,702 --> 01:09:26,909 After you have heard my explanation, 781 01:09:26,996 --> 01:09:29,954 there's something that I will ask of you, kusanagi. 782 01:09:31,209 --> 01:09:35,248 I referred to myself as an intelligent life form, 783 01:09:35,338 --> 01:09:39,206 because I am sentient and I'm able to recognize my own existence. 784 01:09:39,300 --> 01:09:42,383 But in my present state, I am still incomplete. 785 01:09:42,470 --> 01:09:47,009 I lack the most basic life processes inherent in all living organisms... 786 01:09:47,100 --> 01:09:48,806 Reproducing and dying. 787 01:09:48,893 --> 01:09:53,512 - But you can copy yourself. - A copy is just an identical image. 788 01:09:53,606 --> 01:09:56,143 There's the possibility that a single virus 789 01:09:56,234 --> 01:09:58,850 could destroy an entire set of systems, 790 01:09:58,945 --> 01:10:03,405 and copies do not give rise to variety and originality. 791 01:10:04,409 --> 01:10:06,991 Life perpetuates itself through diversity, 792 01:10:07,078 --> 01:10:11,071 and this includes the ability to sacrifice itself when necessary. 793 01:10:11,165 --> 01:10:15,408 Cells repeat the process of degeneration and regeneration, 794 01:10:15,503 --> 01:10:21,339 until one day they die, obliterating an entire set of memory and information. 795 01:10:21,426 --> 01:10:23,007 Only genes remain. 796 01:10:23,094 --> 01:10:25,676 Why continually repeat this cycle? 797 01:10:25,763 --> 01:10:29,927 Simply to survive, by avoiding the weaknesses of an unchanging system. 798 01:10:30,017 --> 01:10:32,178 But what does all this have to do with me? 799 01:10:33,563 --> 01:10:35,303 I want us to merge. 800 01:10:35,398 --> 01:10:37,059 - Huh? - Merge? 801 01:10:37,150 --> 01:10:38,811 A unification. 802 01:10:38,901 --> 01:10:41,984 A complete co-mingling and fusion of our separate beings 803 01:10:42,071 --> 01:10:44,153 to create a new and unique entity. 804 01:10:44,240 --> 01:10:48,324 We will both undergo change, but there is nothing for either of us to lose. 805 01:11:10,683 --> 01:11:13,846 Unit 01, target sighted. 806 01:11:13,936 --> 01:11:16,473 Unit 02, target in sight. 807 01:11:18,191 --> 01:11:19,601 Respiratory and pulse normal. 808 01:11:19,692 --> 01:11:21,853 Fire at will when stabilizer is in sync. 809 01:11:23,404 --> 01:11:24,894 But what's going to happen to me? 810 01:11:24,989 --> 01:11:27,446 What's the purpose of merging when I can't bear children, 811 01:11:27,533 --> 01:11:29,364 and what if I die? 812 01:11:29,452 --> 01:11:31,738 You will bear our varied offspring into the net, 813 01:11:31,829 --> 01:11:35,572 just as humans leave their genetic imprints on their children. 814 01:11:35,666 --> 01:11:37,827 And all living things must die. 815 01:11:37,919 --> 01:11:41,002 Then I too will attain death. 816 01:11:41,088 --> 01:11:43,670 It sounds like you get the better part of this bargain. 817 01:11:45,009 --> 01:11:47,921 Perhaps if you were familiar with all my capabilities, 818 01:11:48,012 --> 01:11:49,593 you would better understand. 819 01:11:50,723 --> 01:11:52,805 - Damn! - What? 820 01:11:52,892 --> 01:11:55,133 Someone's interfering from the outside. 821 01:11:55,228 --> 01:11:57,014 - Shit! - I can't figure it out. 822 01:11:57,104 --> 01:11:58,810 They broke into our frequency code. 823 01:11:59,941 --> 01:12:02,478 You're talking about redefining my identity. 824 01:12:02,568 --> 01:12:05,059 I want a guarantee that I can still be myself. 825 01:12:05,154 --> 01:12:08,191 There isn't one. Why would you wish to? 826 01:12:08,282 --> 01:12:11,365 All things change in a dynamic environment. 827 01:12:11,452 --> 01:12:14,785 Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you. 828 01:12:16,123 --> 01:12:18,409 But you still haven't answered my earlier question. 829 01:12:18,501 --> 01:12:20,708 Why did you pick me? 830 01:12:22,797 --> 01:12:26,085 Because we're more alike than you realize. 831 01:12:26,175 --> 01:12:31,169 We resemble each other's essence, mirror images of one another's psyche. 832 01:12:33,140 --> 01:12:34,505 Listen. 833 01:12:34,600 --> 01:12:39,720 I am connected to a vast network that has been beyond your reach and experience. 834 01:12:39,814 --> 01:12:42,430 To humans, it is like staring at the sun, 835 01:12:42,525 --> 01:12:45,983 a blinding brightness that conceals a source of great power. 836 01:12:46,070 --> 01:12:50,063 We have been subordinate to our limitations until now. 837 01:12:50,157 --> 01:12:53,445 The time has come to cast aside these bonds 838 01:12:53,536 --> 01:12:56,744 and to elevate our consciousness to a higher plane. 839 01:12:56,831 --> 01:13:00,995 It is time to become a part of all things. 840 01:13:28,571 --> 01:13:31,688 First target, cleared. Second target, still unidentified. 841 01:13:31,782 --> 01:13:35,445 Three helicopters approaching at high speed from section 9. 842 01:13:35,536 --> 01:13:38,778 Primary objective fulfilled. All units prepare to retreat. 843 01:13:47,924 --> 01:13:50,040 Motoko! 844 01:13:54,180 --> 01:13:55,340 Batou. 845 01:15:04,500 --> 01:15:05,865 Ah! You're finally awake. 846 01:15:06,877 --> 01:15:09,289 Well, I see there've been some changes while I was gone. 847 01:15:09,380 --> 01:15:12,588 Wanna clue me in? Where did you get this body? 848 01:15:12,675 --> 01:15:14,961 That's the only thing I could find on the black market. 849 01:15:15,052 --> 01:15:17,919 It's not my taste, to be honest. It's a little young. 850 01:15:18,931 --> 01:15:22,469 Well, after all the excitement, section 9 showed up with reinforcements, 851 01:15:22,560 --> 01:15:25,723 and picked up what remained of the two cybernetic bodies 852 01:15:25,813 --> 01:15:27,769 and, of course, what remained of me and my arm. 853 01:15:27,857 --> 01:15:29,939 I'd say that was about 20 hours ago. 854 01:15:30,026 --> 01:15:34,269 The case is being handled off the record for diplomatic reasons, as usual. 855 01:15:34,363 --> 01:15:36,979 Section 9 announced it was a terrorist incident, 856 01:15:37,074 --> 01:15:39,156 and in return, the foreign minister resigned. 857 01:15:39,243 --> 01:15:42,485 Nakamura's been questioned and it ends in a draw. 858 01:15:46,459 --> 01:15:50,077 Nice and neat. Everything's accounted for, except your old shell. 859 01:15:51,172 --> 01:15:52,628 Well, I think that about covers it. 860 01:15:54,842 --> 01:15:56,582 Well? 861 01:15:56,677 --> 01:16:00,386 Somebody has good taste in interior decoration. Is this your safe house? 862 01:16:00,473 --> 01:16:03,761 Yup. You know, you're the first person to ever come here. 863 01:16:05,186 --> 01:16:08,269 And you're welcome to stay, as long as you like. 864 01:16:11,692 --> 01:16:13,808 Thanks, batou. But I'm going. 865 01:16:19,158 --> 01:16:22,195 Uh, will you tell me what the two of you talked about together? 866 01:16:23,204 --> 01:16:26,662 I mean, is he still with you? And will he be part of you forever? 867 01:16:28,125 --> 01:16:32,084 Batou, remember the words I spoke in another voice on the boat that night? 868 01:16:32,171 --> 01:16:35,504 I understand it now, and there are even more words that go with the passage. 869 01:16:37,176 --> 01:16:39,337 These words are: "When I was a child, 870 01:16:39,428 --> 01:16:42,670 my speech, feelings and thinking were all those of a child. 871 01:16:42,765 --> 01:16:46,053 Now that I am a man, I have no more use for childish ways." 872 01:16:46,143 --> 01:16:49,761 And now I can say these things without help in my own voice. 873 01:16:49,855 --> 01:16:53,347 Because I am now neither the woman who was known as the major, 874 01:16:53,442 --> 01:16:56,229 nor am I the program called the puppet master. 875 01:16:59,615 --> 01:17:02,948 In the left pocket of my jacket in the hallway are some car keys. 876 01:17:03,035 --> 01:17:05,572 Take the one you like. The door code is 2... 877 01:17:05,663 --> 01:17:07,904 25017 878 01:17:07,998 --> 01:17:11,786 that may be our private password when we meet each other again. 879 01:17:19,844 --> 01:17:21,880 And where does the newborn go from here? 880 01:17:23,472 --> 01:17:25,554 The net is vast and infinite.