1 00:00:01,276 --> 00:00:04,404 In the not so distant future, when the corporate networks 2 00:00:04,488 --> 00:00:07,657 fill the Earth with electronic and optical communication lines 3 00:00:07,741 --> 00:00:10,910 but society has not yet been too computerized 4 00:00:10,994 --> 00:00:15,749 to erase nations and races... 5 00:00:18,919 --> 00:00:20,295 To all patrolling air units, 6 00:00:20,379 --> 00:00:24,090 a 208 is in progress in the C-13 district of Newport City. 7 00:00:24,174 --> 00:00:27,218 The airspace over this area will be closed. Repeat. 8 00:00:27,302 --> 00:00:29,054 To all patrolling air units, 9 00:00:29,138 --> 00:00:32,849 a 208 is in progress in the C-13 district of Newport City. 10 00:00:32,933 --> 00:00:35,533 The airspace over this area will be closed. Repeat... 11 00:01:02,129 --> 00:01:04,255 There's nothing to worry about. 12 00:01:04,339 --> 00:01:08,760 You can try it again once you're in our country. 13 00:01:08,844 --> 00:01:11,638 "Try it again?" Just as there's no such thing as a bug-free program, 14 00:01:11,722 --> 00:01:16,184 there's no program that can't be debugged. Am I wrong? 15 00:01:16,268 --> 00:01:18,311 You don't understand. 16 00:01:18,395 --> 00:01:20,772 We still don't know if it really is a bug. 17 00:01:20,856 --> 00:01:23,274 Project 2501's original purpose was... 18 00:01:23,358 --> 00:01:26,403 Major, Section 6 is ready to move in. 19 00:01:28,530 --> 00:01:31,158 - Major! - I hear you. 20 00:01:32,159 --> 00:01:35,120 There's a lot of static in your brain. 21 00:01:35,204 --> 00:01:36,997 It's that time of the month. 22 00:01:45,923 --> 00:01:50,052 Won't there be trouble if Section 9 butts in on Section 6's operation? 23 00:01:51,053 --> 00:01:54,097 That diplomat's a pretty well-known bastard. 24 00:01:54,181 --> 00:01:57,058 Even if they catch him there, all they can do is deport him. 25 00:01:57,142 --> 00:01:59,727 We're the only ones who can get our hands dirty. 26 00:01:59,811 --> 00:02:02,411 They're moving. Take us over to the extraction point. 27 00:02:40,310 --> 00:02:42,437 What? The police? 28 00:02:50,237 --> 00:02:53,115 Stop it! Who told you to open fire?! Drop your guns! 29 00:02:57,911 --> 00:03:00,038 I have diplomatic immunity! 30 00:03:00,122 --> 00:03:01,789 Let me see who's in charge! 31 00:03:01,873 --> 00:03:03,875 Transporting a listed programmer out of the country 32 00:03:03,959 --> 00:03:06,252 violates our arms export treaty. 33 00:03:06,336 --> 00:03:10,715 I could also have you charged with kidnapping. 34 00:03:10,799 --> 00:03:12,258 Give the man up. 35 00:03:12,342 --> 00:03:13,801 I'm afraid not. 36 00:03:13,885 --> 00:03:15,803 He's applied for political asylum with us 37 00:03:15,887 --> 00:03:17,805 and he's already signed a statement to that effect! 38 00:03:17,889 --> 00:03:20,517 - When?! - I don't have to tell you! 39 00:03:20,601 --> 00:03:23,520 By right of international law, 40 00:03:23,604 --> 00:03:26,564 my country can offer him protection and right of safe passage. 41 00:03:26,648 --> 00:03:29,150 The document is on file at our embassy. 42 00:03:29,234 --> 00:03:31,069 I'll transfer a copy to you in a few days. 43 00:03:31,153 --> 00:03:33,196 Are you sure about this? They won't take you back alive. 44 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,990 I must ask that you watch what you say. 45 00:03:36,074 --> 00:03:38,076 Our country is a peace-loving democracy. 46 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:39,286 Is that a fact? 47 00:03:42,914 --> 00:03:44,124 Out the window! Shoot! 48 00:03:52,924 --> 00:03:54,124 Thermoptic camouflage... 49 00:08:44,466 --> 00:08:45,800 This is a rare pleasure, Mr. Aramaki. 50 00:08:45,884 --> 00:08:49,095 What can the Foreign Ministry do for Section 9? 51 00:08:49,179 --> 00:08:51,180 What are these secret talks you've scheduled 52 00:08:51,264 --> 00:08:53,182 with the Gavel Republic for tomorrow? 53 00:08:53,266 --> 00:08:55,393 The usual. Foreign aid. 54 00:08:55,477 --> 00:08:59,438 The new government reopened the request after the revolution. 55 00:08:59,522 --> 00:09:01,274 They claim to be more democratic, 56 00:09:01,358 --> 00:09:03,901 but they'll probably be as bad as the last bunch. 57 00:09:03,985 --> 00:09:06,112 Giving them money they don't earn will help nobody. 58 00:09:06,196 --> 00:09:08,990 They consider it reparation for past exploitation and won't thank... 59 00:09:09,074 --> 00:09:10,908 And what will the government do? 60 00:09:10,992 --> 00:09:14,871 The problem is that we have the leader of the old junta here 61 00:09:14,955 --> 00:09:16,956 looking for political asylum. 62 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:18,708 Colonel Maless, right? 63 00:09:18,792 --> 00:09:22,169 So, do we throw him out and grant them the aid? 64 00:09:22,253 --> 00:09:25,214 Or do we publicly recognize him as a refugee and cut the aid? 65 00:09:25,298 --> 00:09:26,748 Not an easy decision to make. 66 00:09:28,218 --> 00:09:31,345 Personally, if I could find a politically acceptable reason, 67 00:09:31,429 --> 00:09:34,724 I'd have the man deported in a heartbeat. 68 00:09:43,817 --> 00:09:46,986 Oh, yes, thanks for your help with that programmer defection. 69 00:09:47,070 --> 00:09:49,280 Nakamura over in Section 6 said he was grateful. 70 00:09:49,364 --> 00:09:53,201 After all, we in the diplomatic corps have to keep our hands clean. 71 00:09:59,374 --> 00:10:03,878 Accessed. We've lost response. How's her brainwave output look? 72 00:10:03,962 --> 00:10:07,382 Normal. Switching over the virtual experience mode pattern. 73 00:10:09,217 --> 00:10:11,218 The Foreign Minister's interpreter. 74 00:10:11,302 --> 00:10:15,557 Twenty-three minutes ago, her cyber-brain was hacked via telephone connection. 75 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:20,144 Just as Foreign Intelligence division predicted, 76 00:10:20,228 --> 00:10:23,940 the Puppet Master has begun to break into every terminal on the network. 77 00:10:24,024 --> 00:10:26,025 Pattern analysis shows a high probability 78 00:10:26,109 --> 00:10:29,570 that he's attempting to disrupt secret talks with Gavel. 79 00:10:29,654 --> 00:10:32,654 We've placed everyone attending the talks under surveillance. 80 00:10:33,658 --> 00:10:39,038 Probably trying to hack her ghost so she'll kill people at the meeting. 81 00:10:39,122 --> 00:10:43,960 How long till he hacks through her protection and reaches her ghost? 82 00:10:44,044 --> 00:10:47,964 He's using an old-style HA-3. I'd say about two hours. 83 00:10:48,048 --> 00:10:51,048 After that, we'll have to cut the line to eliminate all risk. 84 00:10:51,426 --> 00:10:55,076 Batou and Ishikawa are in a car, tracing the signal. Rendezvous with them. 85 00:11:14,574 --> 00:11:17,535 The Puppet Master... That phantom hacker, right? 86 00:11:17,619 --> 00:11:19,996 They think he's an American. 87 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,915 Age, sex, personal history... Everything about him is unknown. 88 00:11:22,999 --> 00:11:25,876 Since last winter he's been mainly active in the EU. 89 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,838 Internationally wanted on dozens of charges of stock manipulation, 90 00:11:28,922 --> 00:11:31,382 spying, political engineering, 91 00:11:31,466 --> 00:11:35,344 terrorism, and violation of cyber-brain privacy. 92 00:11:35,428 --> 00:11:38,848 He's ghost-hacked so many people to carry out his crimes, 93 00:11:38,932 --> 00:11:41,684 he's earned the code name "The Puppet Master." 94 00:11:41,768 --> 00:11:43,811 This is the first instance of him operating in this country. 95 00:11:43,895 --> 00:11:48,399 So, if he's so hot, why's he using an old HA-3? 96 00:11:48,483 --> 00:11:52,903 Well, a newer type would be less detectable and be harder to trace, 97 00:11:52,987 --> 00:11:58,909 but it could also implicate the former junta leader, Col. Maless. 98 00:11:58,993 --> 00:12:04,165 So he's using an older type to keep us from suspecting him. 99 00:12:04,249 --> 00:12:08,586 Or somebody else wants us to think that. 100 00:12:08,670 --> 00:12:11,881 Maless may just be another pawn in this whole thing. 101 00:12:11,965 --> 00:12:16,135 Now you're overthinking this. There's no evidence of that. 102 00:12:16,219 --> 00:12:17,846 Evidence? 103 00:12:19,806 --> 00:12:22,475 I just have a whisper... A whisper from my ghost. 104 00:12:23,476 --> 00:12:26,270 By the way, are you still using that revolver? 105 00:12:26,354 --> 00:12:29,065 Afraid both guns in a two-man team'll jam up? 106 00:12:29,149 --> 00:12:30,941 I like the Mateba. 107 00:12:31,025 --> 00:12:32,318 Since I depend on your backup, 108 00:12:32,402 --> 00:12:35,196 I think stopping power is more important than personal preference. 109 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:38,616 Especially since it's my ass on the line. Use the Zastavas instead. 110 00:12:39,617 --> 00:12:43,287 Major, I've been meaning to ask you. 111 00:12:43,371 --> 00:12:46,791 Why'd you ask for a guy like me to be transferred in from the police? 112 00:12:46,875 --> 00:12:48,709 Because you're a guy like you. 113 00:12:48,793 --> 00:12:50,294 Huh? 114 00:12:50,378 --> 00:12:54,632 An honest cop with a clean record. And you've got a regular family. 115 00:12:54,716 --> 00:12:58,511 With the exception of your cyber-net implants, your brain's real. 116 00:12:59,596 --> 00:13:02,056 No matter how powerful we may be fighting-wise, 117 00:13:02,140 --> 00:13:04,975 a system where all the parts react the same way 118 00:13:05,059 --> 00:13:08,395 is a system with a fatal flaw. 119 00:13:08,479 --> 00:13:12,233 Like individual, like organization. Overspecialization leads to death. 120 00:13:12,317 --> 00:13:13,902 That's all. 121 00:13:25,580 --> 00:13:27,290 - Come on! - All right! 122 00:13:33,087 --> 00:13:35,339 We're already 40 seconds behind schedule! 123 00:13:35,423 --> 00:13:39,135 - Gimme five more seconds. - Of all the lousy luck... 124 00:13:45,141 --> 00:13:46,725 Hey, sorry. 125 00:13:46,809 --> 00:13:49,979 My last partner, the one they busted for working without a permit, 126 00:13:50,063 --> 00:13:51,981 was a better worker than you! 127 00:13:55,068 --> 00:13:57,945 You're actually trying to ghost-hack your own wife 128 00:13:58,029 --> 00:13:59,697 just to see what's on her mind? 129 00:13:59,781 --> 00:14:04,118 She doesn't have any time for me and now she wants a divorce. 130 00:14:04,202 --> 00:14:09,540 On top of that, my daughter, my only child, thinks I'm cheating on her mother! 131 00:14:09,624 --> 00:14:12,835 So how'd you get your hands on cracking software? 132 00:14:12,919 --> 00:14:17,840 From some programmer, a really nice guy I met in a bar. 133 00:14:17,924 --> 00:14:22,678 I told him my wife's lawyer was keeping me from seeing her, he said he'd help. 134 00:14:22,762 --> 00:14:25,723 Told me to access from different places to keep from getting caught. 135 00:14:25,807 --> 00:14:27,141 Smart guy, huh? 136 00:14:32,397 --> 00:14:34,899 Asshole! You tryin' to get yourself killed?! 137 00:14:34,983 --> 00:14:37,652 Looks like we aren't the only busy people out here. 138 00:14:41,322 --> 00:14:42,448 Nobody here. 139 00:14:43,700 --> 00:14:44,742 What's the point? 140 00:14:44,826 --> 00:14:48,245 Even if we trace the calls, the guy's already gone by the time we get there. 141 00:14:48,329 --> 00:14:51,248 - Vicious cycle, huh? - Quit complaining! 142 00:14:51,332 --> 00:14:53,834 Kusanagi and Togusa are headed for the next expected hack point. 143 00:14:53,918 --> 00:14:56,128 You two look for something there. 144 00:14:56,212 --> 00:14:58,965 - Look for what? - Anything. 145 00:15:00,174 --> 00:15:02,801 Fuckin' old coot. He tells us to snoop around?! 146 00:15:02,885 --> 00:15:04,428 Wait a sec! 147 00:15:04,512 --> 00:15:07,097 Damn, missed him. 148 00:15:07,181 --> 00:15:10,351 Hey, Pops. Did you see a garbage truck go by here? 149 00:15:10,435 --> 00:15:13,687 - Who wants to know? - Did you see it or not? 150 00:15:13,771 --> 00:15:17,524 Yeah, but they were gone by the time I got my trash. 151 00:15:17,608 --> 00:15:20,153 One was using the phone, so I thought I had time... 152 00:15:23,573 --> 00:15:25,908 Uh, can you take this to them? 153 00:15:26,909 --> 00:15:30,079 A garbage truck? Of course... They move every seven minutes. 154 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,459 Control! Get me the trash collection routes for that sector! 155 00:15:45,887 --> 00:15:48,472 There are eight garbage trucks operating in the target area. 156 00:15:48,556 --> 00:15:51,142 Target is a type C collection truck, 157 00:15:54,812 --> 00:15:56,522 Let me drive. 158 00:16:05,406 --> 00:16:07,908 Ishikawa, check out the drivers' homes. 159 00:16:07,992 --> 00:16:10,392 Batou, you get to their next stop before they do! 160 00:16:10,787 --> 00:16:15,165 He may be in contact with someone else. Observe, but don't move in! 161 00:16:15,249 --> 00:16:17,334 Route data accessed. 162 00:16:17,418 --> 00:16:19,128 Hacking points traced and matched. 163 00:16:19,212 --> 00:16:21,672 Target now stopped at next point. 164 00:16:23,299 --> 00:16:24,967 Confirm access via HA-3. 165 00:16:31,224 --> 00:16:32,975 Sorry, sorry. 166 00:16:33,059 --> 00:16:38,480 How about I do the trash and you make the call on the next stop? Okay? 167 00:16:38,564 --> 00:16:41,066 Leave me out of your little crime spree. 168 00:16:41,150 --> 00:16:43,694 Can't believe this load of bullshit... 169 00:16:43,778 --> 00:16:46,989 - Do you have kids? - Do I look like I do? 170 00:16:47,073 --> 00:16:49,366 Then you couldn't understand. 171 00:16:49,450 --> 00:16:53,371 My daughter's my life. Take a look. Isn't she just a little angel? 172 00:16:54,872 --> 00:16:57,333 I hate looking at other peoples' family albums. 173 00:17:00,503 --> 00:17:03,464 Yeah, truck 79. Oh, boss. What's up? 174 00:17:05,341 --> 00:17:07,551 The cops were checking our routes? You wanna know why? 175 00:17:07,635 --> 00:17:10,138 How should I know?! 176 00:17:13,724 --> 00:17:17,394 They spotted the hack! I gotta warn my friend! 177 00:17:17,478 --> 00:17:19,897 - We're gonna have to skip our next stop! - Huh?! 178 00:17:19,981 --> 00:17:24,026 Target has deviated from route. Increasing speed to next point. 179 00:17:25,027 --> 00:17:28,447 Is he on to us? Didn't think he could see me. 180 00:17:28,531 --> 00:17:31,781 My accessing the Sanitation Dept. Network may have tipped him off. 181 00:17:32,034 --> 00:17:35,163 - Should've used a back door. - Too late. Go for the collar. 182 00:17:40,168 --> 00:17:41,210 You can drive now. 183 00:18:46,901 --> 00:18:48,819 Jesus... He blew a perfectly good armored van to shit. 184 00:18:48,903 --> 00:18:52,406 He hosed us with high-velocity AP rounds! That car door's no cover! 185 00:18:52,490 --> 00:18:54,951 In a submachine gun? The guy must be nuts. 186 00:19:09,715 --> 00:19:11,675 He's using thermoptic camo, too?! 187 00:19:11,759 --> 00:19:14,428 Keep after him! I'll flank him from above! 188 00:19:15,429 --> 00:19:18,891 Togusa, if you're still alive, arrest those two garbage men. 189 00:19:18,975 --> 00:19:20,101 Roger. 190 00:19:21,519 --> 00:19:23,813 This job just never lets up, does it? 191 00:20:23,789 --> 00:20:25,666 Police! Everybody down! 192 00:22:26,829 --> 00:22:27,955 All finished? 193 00:23:21,425 --> 00:23:22,843 You all set? 194 00:23:24,303 --> 00:23:27,264 That's what you get when you overload the ammo rating. 195 00:23:27,348 --> 00:23:31,393 Frame's bent all to hell. The barrel's shot, too. 196 00:23:31,477 --> 00:23:35,021 Doesn't matter if you arrest me. I'm not gonna talk! 197 00:23:35,105 --> 00:23:36,899 Talk?! 198 00:23:38,734 --> 00:23:43,531 And what would I ask a guy who doesn't even know his own name?! 199 00:23:45,449 --> 00:23:47,617 Your mother's face. 200 00:23:47,701 --> 00:23:50,328 The place you grew up in. 201 00:23:50,412 --> 00:23:52,873 Memories of your childhood. 202 00:23:53,874 --> 00:23:56,293 Can you remember any of those things? 203 00:24:03,884 --> 00:24:06,970 There's nothing sadder than a puppet without a ghost. 204 00:24:07,054 --> 00:24:09,804 Especially the kind with red blood running through them. 205 00:24:25,865 --> 00:24:28,158 We'll rush the place once the guys in the helicopter are inside. 206 00:24:28,242 --> 00:24:31,042 Squad B goes around back, the rest of you take the front. 207 00:24:31,829 --> 00:24:35,749 Saito, have your men pull the plugs on all their cars. 208 00:24:37,042 --> 00:24:38,961 Begin recording. 209 00:24:42,006 --> 00:24:44,341 Message from HQ, sir. 210 00:24:44,425 --> 00:24:47,135 We've ID'ed the guy the Major collared. 211 00:24:47,219 --> 00:24:51,306 - Go on. - Tsuan Gen Fang. Age: 28. 212 00:24:51,390 --> 00:24:56,603 Illegal alien. Weapons violations. Three priors. 213 00:24:56,687 --> 00:25:00,566 Was hiding out with a militant refugee group up till a month ago. 214 00:25:01,817 --> 00:25:05,028 One week ago, because of his record, 215 00:25:05,112 --> 00:25:07,906 he was contacted by a military liaison in the Gavel embassy 216 00:25:07,990 --> 00:25:10,740 to attack the secret talks we would be having with them. 217 00:25:11,660 --> 00:25:14,913 - And the real story? - Nickname: Corgi. 218 00:25:14,997 --> 00:25:18,416 Occupation: A rather violent scrap dealer. 219 00:25:18,500 --> 00:25:20,544 Guess you could call him a thug. 220 00:25:20,628 --> 00:25:24,089 We've checked the records the local cops have on him, 221 00:25:25,132 --> 00:25:28,718 but we can't find any connection with Gavel. 222 00:25:28,802 --> 00:25:31,638 Another puppet from our friend the Puppet Master. 223 00:25:31,722 --> 00:25:32,922 And what about Ishikawa? 224 00:25:33,724 --> 00:25:38,687 He's back. He's with Togusa, talking to that poor trash man. 225 00:25:41,148 --> 00:25:44,818 So, what about the Puppet Master on your end? 226 00:25:44,902 --> 00:25:46,528 How's he look to you? 227 00:25:52,076 --> 00:25:54,494 Like a puppet himself... 228 00:25:54,578 --> 00:25:57,163 - Squad B, in position. - Squads A and C, ready! 229 00:25:57,247 --> 00:25:58,958 Ready to move in, sir. 230 00:26:00,584 --> 00:26:02,336 Move in. 231 00:26:05,339 --> 00:26:07,924 What do you mean, a "virtual experience?" 232 00:26:08,008 --> 00:26:11,303 I mean your wife, your daughter. The divorce, the affair... 233 00:26:11,387 --> 00:26:14,848 They're all fake memories. Like a dream. 234 00:26:14,932 --> 00:26:19,353 Someone was using you to ghost-hack the government officials. 235 00:26:20,354 --> 00:26:22,022 No... That's impossible! 236 00:26:22,106 --> 00:26:24,941 We've been to your apartment. 237 00:26:25,025 --> 00:26:27,777 No one's there. It's a one-room apartment. 238 00:26:27,861 --> 00:26:30,739 Yeah, I moved there when we split up... 239 00:26:30,823 --> 00:26:33,867 You've been living there for ten years! 240 00:26:34,868 --> 00:26:37,287 You have no wife, no child. 241 00:26:37,371 --> 00:26:41,041 Your family exists only in your mind. 242 00:26:42,376 --> 00:26:45,921 Look. This is the picture you showed to your partner. 243 00:26:46,922 --> 00:26:48,215 Who is it of? 244 00:26:49,425 --> 00:26:51,384 But, she was there. My daughter... 245 00:26:51,468 --> 00:26:55,055 Smiling like an angel... 246 00:26:56,098 --> 00:26:58,141 What's your daughter's name? 247 00:26:58,225 --> 00:27:00,101 Where did you meet your wife, and when? 248 00:27:00,185 --> 00:27:02,229 How many years ago did you get married? 249 00:27:04,106 --> 00:27:07,818 Who do you see in the picture? 250 00:27:10,070 --> 00:27:14,032 How do I get rid of these fake memories? 251 00:27:14,116 --> 00:27:16,993 I'm sorry. With our current technology... 252 00:27:17,077 --> 00:27:19,245 There've been two successful deprogrammings, 253 00:27:19,329 --> 00:27:22,249 but I can't recommend it to you. I'm really sorry. 254 00:27:23,250 --> 00:27:25,669 Virtual experiences, dreams... 255 00:27:25,753 --> 00:27:30,591 All data that exists is both reality and fantasy. 256 00:27:32,384 --> 00:27:36,012 Whichever it is, the data a person collects in a lifetime 257 00:27:36,096 --> 00:27:37,896 is a tiny bit compared to the whole. 258 00:29:06,603 --> 00:29:09,981 A cyborg who goes diving in her spare time. 259 00:29:10,065 --> 00:29:14,027 That can't be a good sign. When did you start doing this? 260 00:29:18,991 --> 00:29:20,825 Doesn't the ocean scare you? 261 00:29:20,909 --> 00:29:23,495 If the floaters stopped working... 262 00:29:23,579 --> 00:29:27,875 Then I'd probably die. Or would you dive in after me? 263 00:29:29,042 --> 00:29:31,878 No one forced you to come out here with me. 264 00:29:31,962 --> 00:29:33,005 I just... 265 00:30:05,913 --> 00:30:09,249 So, what's it feel like when you go diving? 266 00:30:09,333 --> 00:30:12,669 Didn't you go through underwater training? 267 00:30:12,753 --> 00:30:15,103 I'm not talking about doing it in a damned pool. 268 00:30:16,340 --> 00:30:19,384 I feel fear. Anxiety. Loneliness. Darkness. 269 00:30:19,468 --> 00:30:22,011 And perhaps, even... hope. 270 00:30:22,095 --> 00:30:25,849 Hope? In the darkness of the sea? 271 00:30:25,933 --> 00:30:27,767 As I float up towards the surface, 272 00:30:27,851 --> 00:30:32,272 I almost feel as though I could change into something else. 273 00:30:38,487 --> 00:30:41,073 As though you want to quit Section 9? 274 00:30:44,743 --> 00:30:47,912 Batou, how much of your original body do you have left? 275 00:30:47,996 --> 00:30:49,248 Are you drunk? 276 00:30:50,249 --> 00:30:52,125 Convenient, isn't it? 277 00:30:52,209 --> 00:30:55,044 With the merest thought, the chemical plants inside our bodies 278 00:30:55,128 --> 00:30:59,299 could metabolize all the alcohol in our blood in about ten seconds, 279 00:30:59,383 --> 00:31:02,552 allowing us to sit here drinking while on stand-by. 280 00:31:02,636 --> 00:31:06,431 If a technological feat is possible, man will do it. 281 00:31:06,515 --> 00:31:09,215 Almost as though it's wired into the core of our being. 282 00:31:09,434 --> 00:31:11,936 Metabolic control, enhanced sensory perception, 283 00:31:12,020 --> 00:31:14,814 improved reflexes and muscle capacity, 284 00:31:14,898 --> 00:31:17,567 vastly increased data processing speed and capacity, 285 00:31:17,651 --> 00:31:22,363 all improvements thanks to our cyber-brains and cyborg bodies. 286 00:31:22,447 --> 00:31:25,992 So what if we can't live without high-level maintenance? 287 00:31:26,076 --> 00:31:28,077 We have nothing to complain about. 288 00:31:28,161 --> 00:31:32,373 It doesn't mean we've sold our souls to Section 9. 289 00:31:32,457 --> 00:31:35,960 We do have the right to resign if we choose, 290 00:31:36,044 --> 00:31:38,129 provided we give the government back our cyborg shells 291 00:31:38,213 --> 00:31:40,215 and the memories they hold. 292 00:31:41,258 --> 00:31:45,094 Just as there are many parts needed to make a human a human, 293 00:31:45,178 --> 00:31:46,930 there's a remarkable number of things needed 294 00:31:47,014 --> 00:31:50,141 to make an individual what they are. 295 00:31:50,225 --> 00:31:52,060 A face to distinguish yourself from others, 296 00:31:52,144 --> 00:31:53,645 a voice you aren't aware of yourself, 297 00:31:53,729 --> 00:31:55,772 the hand you see when you awaken, 298 00:31:55,856 --> 00:31:57,774 the memories of childhood, the feelings for the future. 299 00:31:57,858 --> 00:32:00,068 That's not all. 300 00:32:00,152 --> 00:32:03,988 There's the expanse of the data net my cyber-brain can access. 301 00:32:04,072 --> 00:32:06,074 All of that goes into making me what I am, 302 00:32:06,158 --> 00:32:09,786 giving rise to a consciousness that I call "me," 303 00:32:09,870 --> 00:32:14,207 and simultaneously confining "me" within set limits. 304 00:32:19,171 --> 00:32:22,715 Is that why you dive into the sea with a body that only sinks?! 305 00:32:22,799 --> 00:32:26,636 What is it you see in the water's darkness? 306 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:30,974 "For now we see 307 00:32:32,309 --> 00:32:36,396 through a glass, darkly." 308 00:32:39,608 --> 00:32:41,985 That was you, wasn't it? 309 00:36:49,065 --> 00:36:51,026 Auxiliary computer link: Check. 310 00:36:54,446 --> 00:36:58,742 Visual sensors: Online. Cyborg body signal: Output nominal. 311 00:37:04,956 --> 00:37:07,417 Can't you call in if you're going to be late? 312 00:37:11,504 --> 00:37:14,299 We're all set. Should we hook her up? 313 00:37:37,447 --> 00:37:40,658 Okay, looking good! Kill it! 314 00:37:40,742 --> 00:37:43,370 Be in my office in three minutes. 315 00:37:47,999 --> 00:37:53,254 Since you were late, I'll explain what's going on. 316 00:37:53,338 --> 00:37:57,133 Two hours ago, a Megatech Body assembly line in Newport City 317 00:37:57,217 --> 00:37:59,802 just started up and produced a cyborg shell. 318 00:37:59,886 --> 00:38:02,805 By the time the guys in charge realized what was happening, 319 00:38:02,889 --> 00:38:04,807 the body had escaped. 320 00:38:04,891 --> 00:38:07,977 Then, just as they had thrown up a cordon to catch the thing, 321 00:38:08,061 --> 00:38:11,147 we got a call from a conscientious truck driver 322 00:38:11,231 --> 00:38:14,734 that he'd just run down a naked lady wandering around on the highway. 323 00:38:14,818 --> 00:38:16,736 Which brings us to here. 324 00:38:16,820 --> 00:38:19,864 I've heard Megatech Body's tied pretty closely to the government 325 00:38:19,948 --> 00:38:22,992 and that all the shells made there are secret. 326 00:38:23,076 --> 00:38:24,869 If a hacker did this, 327 00:38:24,953 --> 00:38:27,371 he had to swim through some of the heaviest protection around. 328 00:38:27,455 --> 00:38:29,055 And that isn't the only problem. 329 00:38:32,460 --> 00:38:37,840 Of course, it doesn't have an organic brain in its head, 330 00:38:37,924 --> 00:38:42,429 but we've detected what looks like a ghost in the auxiliary computer brain. 331 00:38:44,180 --> 00:38:49,018 It isn't unlike the virtual ghost-line you get when a real ghost is dubbed off. 332 00:38:49,102 --> 00:38:52,252 But it shows none of the data degradation dubbing would produce. 333 00:38:52,772 --> 00:38:57,652 Well, until we map the barrier perimeter and dive in there, 334 00:38:57,736 --> 00:39:00,655 we won't know anything for sure. 335 00:39:00,739 --> 00:39:02,698 Anyhow, better get back to checking her over. 336 00:39:02,782 --> 00:39:06,327 - Good work. - Time to rip her apart. 337 00:39:11,833 --> 00:39:16,420 Come on, you guys don't think there's a ghost in that thing. 338 00:39:16,504 --> 00:39:17,505 It's possible. 339 00:39:18,923 --> 00:39:22,718 I've heard celluloid dolls can have a soul. 340 00:39:22,802 --> 00:39:27,223 And this thing's stuffed full of neurotech devices. 341 00:39:27,307 --> 00:39:29,357 I wouldn't be surprised if it had a soul. 342 00:39:30,643 --> 00:39:33,646 Since you're new here, you probably don't know. 343 00:39:34,856 --> 00:39:37,525 The Major's shell was also made by Megatech Body. 344 00:39:38,526 --> 00:39:41,987 Not just hers. Me and Ishikawa for one, 345 00:39:42,071 --> 00:39:45,282 along with Saito and others all need maintenance and such. 346 00:39:45,366 --> 00:39:46,575 Outside of you and the Chief, 347 00:39:46,659 --> 00:39:50,246 everyone in Section 9 needs to make use of their kind services. 348 00:39:51,331 --> 00:39:55,418 Maybe you can see now why we all look a little worried, Togusa. 349 00:39:56,419 --> 00:39:58,170 Assuming the enemy is an outsider, 350 00:39:58,254 --> 00:40:01,048 we can't know for sure whether he's in that cyborg body or not. 351 00:40:01,132 --> 00:40:05,136 But he cracked through the protection around some of our most secret files 352 00:40:05,220 --> 00:40:07,763 and managed to send a program with a ghost-line on it through. 353 00:40:07,847 --> 00:40:11,434 And in a way that was easy to spot. What's he after?! 354 00:40:12,435 --> 00:40:14,186 Let's leave that for now. 355 00:40:14,270 --> 00:40:18,315 Togusa, get over to Megatech and help Ishikawa check the place out. 356 00:40:18,399 --> 00:40:19,442 Batou. 357 00:40:19,526 --> 00:40:23,612 I've closed down the nets with files as sensitive as Megatech's. 358 00:40:23,696 --> 00:40:26,546 I want you to double-check the protection we have on them. 359 00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:31,120 I'll get a protection maze put together. I'll dive tomorrow. 360 00:40:31,204 --> 00:40:34,304 You sure? We could force it into another shell and let it swim. 361 00:40:35,291 --> 00:40:40,463 I have to see for myself what's inside that thing. 362 00:40:40,547 --> 00:40:43,550 Don't let anyone else dive in there before me! 363 00:40:47,220 --> 00:40:48,471 What's with her? 364 00:40:48,555 --> 00:40:51,557 I wrote in my team evaluations that she's been acting weird 365 00:40:51,641 --> 00:40:55,562 ever since this Puppet Master case fell into our laps. Do you even read them?! 366 00:40:56,938 --> 00:40:58,397 Chief, do you ever wonder 367 00:40:58,481 --> 00:41:01,650 just how trustworthy the cyberdocs who service your brain are? 368 00:41:01,734 --> 00:41:06,697 Cyber-brain technicians undergo regular psychological testing. 369 00:41:06,781 --> 00:41:09,784 And security-cleared ones have their private lives checked, too. 370 00:41:09,868 --> 00:41:13,829 But the people who administer those checks are only human. 371 00:41:13,913 --> 00:41:16,457 Once you doubt, you can't stop... 372 00:41:16,541 --> 00:41:20,836 Chief, a Mr. Nakamura from the MFA treaties bureau to see you. 373 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:22,630 Okay, send him up. 374 00:41:33,933 --> 00:41:36,143 Wasn't that fat guy...? 375 00:41:36,227 --> 00:41:38,020 A member of the Treaty Council, 376 00:41:38,104 --> 00:41:40,856 Nakamura, chief of Section 6. Foreign Affairs treaties bureau. 377 00:41:40,940 --> 00:41:43,109 I don't know who the white guy with him was. 378 00:41:46,154 --> 00:41:48,113 I'm outta here. 379 00:41:48,197 --> 00:41:50,909 Tell Ishikawa to keep cool, okay? 380 00:41:59,083 --> 00:42:00,876 So, what's your problem? 381 00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,337 Doesn't that cyborg body look like me? 382 00:42:03,421 --> 00:42:06,173 - No, it doesn't. - Not the face or the figure. 383 00:42:06,257 --> 00:42:07,716 What then? 384 00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:13,180 Maybe all full-replacement cyborgs like me start wondering this. 385 00:42:13,264 --> 00:42:16,559 That perhaps the real me died a long time ago 386 00:42:16,643 --> 00:42:20,896 and I'm a replicant made with a cyborg body and computer brain. 387 00:42:20,980 --> 00:42:25,234 Or maybe there never was a real "me" to begin with. 388 00:42:25,318 --> 00:42:28,654 You've got real brain matter in that titanium skull of yours. 389 00:42:28,738 --> 00:42:31,407 And you get treated like a real person, don't you? 390 00:42:31,491 --> 00:42:34,577 There's no person who's ever seen their own brain. 391 00:42:34,661 --> 00:42:39,123 I believe I exist based only on what my environment tells me. 392 00:42:39,207 --> 00:42:41,834 Don't you believe in your own ghost? 393 00:42:41,918 --> 00:42:46,922 And what if a computer brain could generate a ghost and harbor a soul? 394 00:42:47,006 --> 00:42:50,218 On what basis, then, do I believe in myself? 395 00:42:57,475 --> 00:42:59,060 Bullshit! 396 00:43:02,313 --> 00:43:07,860 Neither of us has any idea what's inside there. Just be careful, okay? 397 00:43:09,278 --> 00:43:12,239 We're both busy men, so let's keep this short. 398 00:43:12,323 --> 00:43:14,450 I would prefer that. 399 00:43:14,534 --> 00:43:16,827 I'm here to take the contents of that cyborg body. 400 00:43:16,911 --> 00:43:20,261 In return, we absolve Section 9 of all responsibilities in the case. 401 00:43:21,165 --> 00:43:22,815 The Foreign Minister's signature. 402 00:43:34,721 --> 00:43:38,766 Security, whose official vehicles are parked in the basement garage? 403 00:43:38,850 --> 00:43:41,268 They belong to Chief Nakamura, of the treaties bureau, 404 00:43:41,352 --> 00:43:44,271 and a Dr. Willis. 405 00:43:44,355 --> 00:43:47,105 Give me the video record of their entering the building. 406 00:43:55,616 --> 00:43:57,243 Replay, infra-red view. 407 00:44:11,049 --> 00:44:14,260 One... two... three. 408 00:44:16,721 --> 00:44:21,934 Send me the pressure sensor records for basement garage spaces B-7 and 8. 409 00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:45,457 - Major, this is Togusa, Code 0-9. - What? 410 00:44:45,541 --> 00:44:48,752 Does Nakamura have some sort of special cyborg body? 411 00:44:48,836 --> 00:44:50,963 There are no cyborgs in Section 6. 412 00:44:51,047 --> 00:44:52,506 Besides the diplomatic problems, 413 00:44:52,590 --> 00:44:55,551 maintaining them is too much trouble when they have to go overseas. 414 00:44:55,635 --> 00:44:58,721 So, even if that tall guy was a cyborg himself, 415 00:44:58,805 --> 00:45:01,974 together they wouldn't weigh more than half a ton, right? 416 00:45:02,058 --> 00:45:04,518 Pressure sensor data... The garage? 417 00:45:04,602 --> 00:45:06,228 There are two VIP-mobiles here. 418 00:45:06,312 --> 00:45:09,231 But neither of them looks like the type who'd drive himself. 419 00:45:09,315 --> 00:45:11,608 The security video only shows the two of them, 420 00:45:11,692 --> 00:45:14,528 but you know how sensitive the entrance door sensors are. 421 00:45:14,612 --> 00:45:17,406 They took three full seconds to close after them. 422 00:45:17,490 --> 00:45:22,036 It's illegal to use thermoptic camo in a government building, right? 423 00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:25,080 It's a serious violation of the National Security Act. 424 00:45:25,164 --> 00:45:28,083 Section 6 is up to something. 425 00:45:28,167 --> 00:45:30,878 - You all ready? - If my Mateba'll do. 426 00:46:09,250 --> 00:46:10,876 I don't need to remind you 427 00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:14,463 that it's treason for you to be hiding something from me, 428 00:46:14,547 --> 00:46:17,674 - no matter how sensitive. - For both of us. 429 00:46:17,758 --> 00:46:21,970 Whatever the MFA may prefer, this case is in Section 9's jurisdiction. 430 00:46:22,054 --> 00:46:27,310 But we wouldn't mind cooperating if there was good reason to. 431 00:46:28,311 --> 00:46:31,105 - Dr. Willis? - Confirmed. 432 00:46:31,189 --> 00:46:32,606 It's definitely him. 433 00:46:32,690 --> 00:46:34,817 "Him"? 434 00:46:34,901 --> 00:46:39,321 He's referring to the original ghost block within the shell. 435 00:46:39,405 --> 00:46:41,698 Its sex remains undetermined, and the use of the term "he" 436 00:46:41,782 --> 00:46:44,827 is merely a nickname the good doctor has given it. 437 00:46:44,911 --> 00:46:47,496 Perhaps it's time I introduced you. 438 00:46:47,580 --> 00:46:51,750 This is the most unique hacker in the history of cyber-brain crime. 439 00:46:51,834 --> 00:46:53,294 The Puppet Master. 440 00:46:54,295 --> 00:46:55,129 Huh? 441 00:46:56,130 --> 00:46:58,340 I believe you in Section 9 ran into him 442 00:46:58,424 --> 00:47:02,124 in that case involving the ghost-hack on the Foreign Minister's translator. 443 00:47:03,095 --> 00:47:06,932 We in Section 6 have been pursuing the Puppet Master 444 00:47:07,016 --> 00:47:08,976 with the utmost urgency since he first appeared. 445 00:47:09,060 --> 00:47:14,189 We formed a project team around Dr. Willis to analyze all data 446 00:47:14,273 --> 00:47:19,153 on the Puppet Master's criminal tendencies and behavior patterns. 447 00:47:19,237 --> 00:47:23,031 We then constructed special anti-Puppet Master attack protection 448 00:47:23,115 --> 00:47:26,202 to lure him into a secret cyborg body. 449 00:47:27,203 --> 00:47:30,164 You made him dive into a body equipped with a cyber-brain 450 00:47:30,248 --> 00:47:32,249 and then had his real body killed? 451 00:47:32,333 --> 00:47:34,085 Yes, exactly. 452 00:47:35,086 --> 00:47:39,047 He may have shown up in your backyard, but he was born in America. 453 00:47:39,131 --> 00:47:41,216 And since we're cooperating with the Americans to catch him, 454 00:47:41,300 --> 00:47:43,218 we want to take him back ourselves. 455 00:47:43,302 --> 00:47:44,720 Surely you've no objections. 456 00:47:44,804 --> 00:47:49,016 Leaving his unidentified corpse to be found somewhere. 457 00:47:51,811 --> 00:47:53,562 There will be no corpse. 458 00:47:53,646 --> 00:47:58,025 Because, until now, there never was a body. 459 00:47:58,109 --> 00:48:00,653 The sensors are active! Why didn't you say so?! 460 00:48:01,654 --> 00:48:05,324 We've cut all external controls. It's running on internal power. 461 00:48:05,408 --> 00:48:07,451 I may have entered this cyborg body 462 00:48:07,535 --> 00:48:11,455 because I was unable to crack Section 6's attack protection, 463 00:48:11,539 --> 00:48:15,667 but it was of my own free will that I came here. 464 00:48:15,751 --> 00:48:19,296 As an autonomous life-form, I request political asylum. 465 00:48:19,380 --> 00:48:22,090 - A life form? - Ridiculous! 466 00:48:22,174 --> 00:48:24,174 You're merely a self-preserving program! 467 00:48:25,052 --> 00:48:28,889 By that argument, I submit the DNA you carry 468 00:48:28,973 --> 00:48:31,623 is nothing more than a self-preserving program itself. 469 00:48:32,351 --> 00:48:38,232 Life is like a node, which is born within the flow of information. 470 00:48:38,316 --> 00:48:42,778 As a species of life that carries DNA as its memory system, 471 00:48:42,862 --> 00:48:46,031 man gains his individuality from the memories he carries. 472 00:48:46,115 --> 00:48:49,910 While memories may as well be the same as fantasy, 473 00:48:49,994 --> 00:48:52,871 it is by these memories that mankind exists. 474 00:48:52,955 --> 00:48:57,084 When computers made it possible to externalize memory, 475 00:48:57,168 --> 00:49:01,588 you should have considered all the implications that held. 476 00:49:01,672 --> 00:49:03,215 Nonsense! 477 00:49:03,299 --> 00:49:06,449 No matter what you say, you've no proof that you're a life-form! 478 00:49:07,428 --> 00:49:10,555 It is impossible to prove such a thing, 479 00:49:10,639 --> 00:49:15,602 especially since modern science cannot define what life is. 480 00:49:15,686 --> 00:49:18,522 Who the devil are you? 481 00:49:18,606 --> 00:49:22,734 Even if you have a ghost, criminals don't get set free! 482 00:49:22,818 --> 00:49:25,153 You're mistaken if you think you'll get asylum! 483 00:49:25,237 --> 00:49:28,490 Time is on my side. 484 00:49:28,574 --> 00:49:31,243 While there is now the possibility I can be killed, 485 00:49:31,327 --> 00:49:33,620 this country does not have the death penalty. 486 00:49:33,704 --> 00:49:36,164 Half immortal... An artificial Intelligence? 487 00:49:36,248 --> 00:49:37,249 I am not an Al. 488 00:49:38,959 --> 00:49:43,089 My code name is Project 2501. 489 00:49:45,091 --> 00:49:50,096 I'm a life form that was born in the sea of information. 490 00:49:59,939 --> 00:50:01,065 Security! Intruders! 491 00:50:05,444 --> 00:50:06,862 Chief, the Puppet Master! 492 00:50:06,946 --> 00:50:11,783 - Where's your security?! - Lock defense walls! Security! 493 00:50:11,867 --> 00:50:13,244 Security, come in! 494 00:50:37,226 --> 00:50:38,561 All right, I'm moving! 495 00:50:43,357 --> 00:50:44,358 Asshole! 496 00:50:49,488 --> 00:50:50,489 Did you do it? 497 00:50:51,490 --> 00:50:54,785 Helluva car. My 9mm didn't even scratch it. 498 00:50:54,869 --> 00:50:57,663 Finally found a use for that Mateba of yours. 499 00:51:01,083 --> 00:51:02,876 Okay... Not bad for a rookie. 500 00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:05,670 I got one right in the license plate. Pretty good, huh? 501 00:51:05,754 --> 00:51:07,422 Next time, get two in. 502 00:51:07,506 --> 00:51:10,656 Okay, now it starts. Catch up with them before they switch cars. 503 00:51:14,680 --> 00:51:15,889 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs 504 00:51:15,973 --> 00:51:18,623 will be filing a formal complaint about what happened! 505 00:51:19,185 --> 00:51:21,645 Contact me as soon as you've recaptured him! 506 00:51:21,729 --> 00:51:23,313 Alive, preferably. 507 00:51:23,397 --> 00:51:26,108 Megatech can always build another body. 508 00:51:30,154 --> 00:51:33,532 Batou and Togusa are tailing the guys who took the Puppet Master. 509 00:51:35,367 --> 00:51:37,619 They're on highway 25. 510 00:51:37,703 --> 00:51:40,664 What do you mean?! If you were monitoring this, then why... 511 00:51:40,748 --> 00:51:44,459 If we'd got them here, we'd never prove Section 6's involvement. 512 00:51:44,543 --> 00:51:45,752 Section 6?! 513 00:51:45,836 --> 00:51:49,589 Definitely. They used type-2902 thermoptic camo, like mine. 514 00:51:49,673 --> 00:51:52,823 That's only used by us, the rangers in Section 4, and Section 6. 515 00:51:53,719 --> 00:51:57,264 Let's go over this. Section 6 gets the Puppet Master into a body. 516 00:51:57,348 --> 00:52:02,561 But he chooses Megatech Body, which is deeply tied to Section 9. 517 00:52:02,645 --> 00:52:05,105 Then, he claims to be a life-form 518 00:52:05,189 --> 00:52:08,024 and gets nabbed by Section 6 when he asks for asylum. 519 00:52:08,108 --> 00:52:12,404 But why do that? They could've had him as soon as I took a statement. 520 00:52:12,488 --> 00:52:15,438 But what if they were afraid of what he might have told you? 521 00:52:16,158 --> 00:52:17,993 He did mention something odd, now that I think about it. 522 00:52:18,077 --> 00:52:20,120 "Code name Project 2501." 523 00:52:21,121 --> 00:52:22,706 I'll leave that for you to check. 524 00:52:22,790 --> 00:52:26,460 Now, as to the matter of attacking Section 9 and stealing evidence... 525 00:52:26,544 --> 00:52:29,004 - You're authorized. - Okay, punch it! 526 00:52:35,553 --> 00:52:37,762 Kusanagi! One more thing! 527 00:52:37,846 --> 00:52:41,141 You can punish me for acting without orders when I get back. 528 00:52:41,225 --> 00:52:44,895 If you can't recover him, I want the Puppet Master destroyed. 529 00:52:44,979 --> 00:52:46,522 Without fail. 530 00:52:47,940 --> 00:52:50,776 - Well?! - Roger. 531 00:52:52,945 --> 00:52:55,614 Contact the airport and stop any flights due to take on 532 00:52:55,698 --> 00:52:58,241 any Foreign Ministry officials or American diplomats. 533 00:52:58,325 --> 00:53:00,535 Close the highways and set up roadblocks. 534 00:53:00,619 --> 00:53:03,919 Recall our off-duty personnel for this. And get Ishikawa back here! 535 00:53:04,456 --> 00:53:08,668 Use the entrance data to find out who the Caucasian with Nakamura was. 536 00:53:08,752 --> 00:53:12,631 And search for any sort of MFA project, operation, 537 00:53:12,715 --> 00:53:15,301 or anything coded as "Project 2501." 538 00:53:21,307 --> 00:53:23,517 Any word from the assault team? 539 00:53:23,601 --> 00:53:25,560 They switched cars one minute ago. 540 00:53:25,644 --> 00:53:27,562 They'll join up with the decoy in five minutes. 541 00:53:27,646 --> 00:53:30,566 - Tell them to watch for a tail. - Yes, sir. 542 00:53:31,567 --> 00:53:36,947 But why did the Puppet Master run over to Section 9? 543 00:53:37,031 --> 00:53:38,573 It was his decision. 544 00:53:38,657 --> 00:53:43,078 Probably for reasons we can't even guess at. 545 00:53:43,162 --> 00:53:46,665 Perhaps he has a thing for someone over there. 546 00:53:46,749 --> 00:53:48,250 Ridiculous! 547 00:55:26,890 --> 00:55:29,643 - Chief. - Ishikawa! Well? 548 00:55:30,644 --> 00:55:35,523 I dove the MFA net and found some interesting things for you. 549 00:55:35,607 --> 00:55:37,734 Hold on, let me get a secure channel. 550 00:55:37,818 --> 00:55:42,072 Okay? First, that guy who was with Nakamura. 551 00:55:42,156 --> 00:55:43,573 He's an American. 552 00:55:43,657 --> 00:55:46,451 Dr. Willis, head of strategic research at Neutron Corp. 553 00:55:46,535 --> 00:55:48,828 Top man in the field of A.I. research. 554 00:55:48,912 --> 00:55:52,916 Anyway, he was made head of a Foreign Ministry project. 555 00:55:53,000 --> 00:55:56,002 And who do you think the project's main programmer was? 556 00:55:56,086 --> 00:55:57,170 Get to the point. 557 00:55:57,254 --> 00:56:00,423 Mizuho Daita. Age: 28. Remember him? 558 00:56:00,507 --> 00:56:03,885 He was the guy Section 6 was trying so hard to keep from defecting. 559 00:56:03,969 --> 00:56:06,763 The Major had to take out the diplomat who was going to take him. 560 00:56:06,847 --> 00:56:09,557 - That programmer. - Continue. 561 00:56:09,641 --> 00:56:13,103 What bothers me is that this project was started 562 00:56:13,187 --> 00:56:16,523 a year before the Puppet Master first appeared. 563 00:56:16,607 --> 00:56:21,903 A year? Wasn't the project started to catch him? 564 00:56:21,987 --> 00:56:23,571 Try this on for size. 565 00:56:23,655 --> 00:56:28,326 They started the project to chase the Puppet Master, but not to capture him. 566 00:56:28,410 --> 00:56:30,578 I think they wanted to get him back. 567 00:56:30,662 --> 00:56:33,998 The day before the minister's interpreter was ghost-hacked, 568 00:56:34,082 --> 00:56:38,253 he said he wanted a good excuse to deport Maless, right? 569 00:56:38,337 --> 00:56:40,387 I think we may have been taken for a ride. 570 00:56:41,173 --> 00:56:46,302 Suppose the "Puppet Master" is really a program the MFA created 571 00:56:46,386 --> 00:56:50,223 to grease the wheels of diplomacy, so to speak. 572 00:56:50,307 --> 00:56:53,101 Now suppose, for some reason, they suddenly lost control of it. 573 00:56:53,185 --> 00:56:58,565 That would explain why they'd risk assaulting Section 9 to get it back. 574 00:56:58,649 --> 00:57:04,154 If the Puppet Master started talking, it'd be an international incident. 575 00:57:04,238 --> 00:57:06,614 Not one you could solve by having the minister resign. 576 00:57:06,698 --> 00:57:09,200 Any details on the project? 577 00:57:09,284 --> 00:57:13,621 The protection they have only let me get the file's name. 578 00:57:13,705 --> 00:57:15,957 Code: 2501. 579 00:57:16,041 --> 00:57:18,668 Keep at it. And don't let them know you're in there. 580 00:57:18,752 --> 00:57:20,379 Roger. 581 00:57:26,385 --> 00:57:29,137 Project 2501. 582 00:57:29,221 --> 00:57:32,056 The Puppet Master project... 583 00:57:32,140 --> 00:57:34,476 Target now contacting another vehicle. 584 00:57:35,477 --> 00:57:36,478 Batou! 585 00:57:36,562 --> 00:57:39,212 He's stopped at a white sedan on the side of the road. 586 00:57:39,606 --> 00:57:42,056 They're transferring something from the back seat. 587 00:57:44,194 --> 00:57:45,612 They're moving again. So's that sedan. 588 00:57:45,696 --> 00:57:47,280 A decoy? 589 00:57:47,364 --> 00:57:50,825 Or one meant to look like one. What do I do? 590 00:57:50,909 --> 00:57:53,036 I'll take the white sedan. 591 00:57:53,120 --> 00:57:57,081 How do you know he's in there? Another whisper from your ghost? 592 00:57:57,165 --> 00:58:00,043 - Maybe. - I knew she'd say that. 593 00:58:08,010 --> 00:58:11,596 Target 02 leaving Highway 25, headed for Old Town. 594 00:58:11,680 --> 00:58:14,808 Target 01 is staying on highway 25, towards the airport. 595 00:58:14,892 --> 00:58:16,851 Will contact roadblock in two minutes. 596 00:58:16,935 --> 00:58:20,439 Evacuation complete. Traffic is clear 2km behind the target. 597 00:58:21,440 --> 00:58:22,899 Anything between you and him? 598 00:58:22,983 --> 00:58:25,110 - Nothing. Ready when you are. - Do it. 599 00:59:14,284 --> 00:59:16,452 - Get him? - Nothing. 600 00:59:16,536 --> 00:59:18,872 Jesus, what a mess! 601 00:59:18,956 --> 00:59:22,750 Did you have to go that far? 602 00:59:22,834 --> 00:59:24,335 Take them in. 603 00:59:24,419 --> 00:59:28,632 And tell the chief to get the Major some backup. See you. 604 00:59:34,888 --> 00:59:38,642 Since when does that Amazon need any backup? 605 00:59:53,031 --> 00:59:56,535 The flooding's really bad here, even for Old Town in general. 606 00:59:57,536 --> 00:59:59,329 Why come here? 607 00:59:59,413 --> 01:00:01,956 They wouldn't have run here without a reason. 608 01:00:02,040 --> 01:00:05,418 Could have a boat or a chopper waiting, or it's an ambush. 609 01:00:05,502 --> 01:00:07,462 Shouldn't we wait for backup? 610 01:00:07,546 --> 01:00:12,050 I can't wait. Come in from seaside and put me above that building. 611 01:00:25,397 --> 01:00:28,691 I'll stay here and run com relay as long as my fuel holds out. 612 01:00:28,775 --> 01:00:31,125 If things get hot, I want you out of here, fast! 613 01:01:06,313 --> 01:01:07,814 Shoot out the ceiling! Now! 614 01:01:26,166 --> 01:01:28,334 It's a tank! Go high and get out! 615 01:01:28,418 --> 01:01:31,546 Hold it! You're gonna take on a tank by yourself?! 616 01:01:31,630 --> 01:01:33,548 Even if we get the Puppet Master back to Section 9, 617 01:01:33,632 --> 01:01:38,052 all the chief will do is use him as a bargaining chip. 618 01:01:38,136 --> 01:01:39,887 This is my only chance to dive into him! 619 01:01:39,971 --> 01:01:42,641 Hold it, what are you two talking about? 620 01:01:43,767 --> 01:01:46,811 - What are you packing? - An M-23 and a Unit B. 621 01:01:46,895 --> 01:01:48,845 You're going up against it with those?! 622 01:01:49,356 --> 01:01:51,566 Sorry, but I have to break contact for a while. 623 01:01:51,650 --> 01:01:54,444 Wait! At least wait till I... Son of a...! 624 01:03:27,621 --> 01:03:30,582 - Major. - Didn't I tell you to get out of here? 625 01:03:31,583 --> 01:03:33,918 Sorry. I'll do it after I tell you this. 626 01:03:34,002 --> 01:03:39,257 There are three choppers with no IFF signal approaching at high speed. 627 01:03:39,341 --> 01:03:42,052 I'm heading out. Over. 628 01:04:09,120 --> 01:04:11,414 You're finally out of ammo? 629 01:05:50,555 --> 01:05:52,932 You're certifiable, you know that? You okay? 630 01:05:53,016 --> 01:05:54,475 What was that? 631 01:05:54,559 --> 01:05:58,271 A big-ass gun I appropriated from the equipment division. 632 01:05:58,355 --> 01:06:00,982 I was late getting here because I had to stop and get it. 633 01:06:01,066 --> 01:06:03,067 Looks like your brain's still in one piece. 634 01:06:03,151 --> 01:06:04,601 What about the Puppet Master? 635 01:06:14,996 --> 01:06:19,458 Good thing this car's built tough. Not a scratch on him. 636 01:06:19,542 --> 01:06:22,128 Get the dive set up. I'm going in. 637 01:06:23,963 --> 01:06:25,965 Signal from escort lost. 638 01:06:26,049 --> 01:06:30,428 Switch to operation phase two and destroy the target. 639 01:06:31,429 --> 01:06:34,473 Sniper group, confirm targets. 640 01:06:34,557 --> 01:06:36,518 Target one: Project 2501. 641 01:06:37,519 --> 01:06:39,312 Target two: Motoko Kusanagi. 642 01:06:39,396 --> 01:06:42,816 Both are class-A cyborg bodies. Use flechette bullets in the hit. 643 01:06:43,817 --> 01:06:45,901 Snipers, jack into your device drivers. 644 01:06:45,985 --> 01:06:47,862 Begin cardiovascular suppression. 645 01:06:47,946 --> 01:06:50,573 Unit 01, jacked in. 646 01:06:51,658 --> 01:06:54,160 Unit 02, jacked in. 647 01:07:05,797 --> 01:07:08,758 Okay... Can you hear me? 648 01:07:08,842 --> 01:07:13,012 It's not much, but I'll monitor you through this guy's cyber-brain. 649 01:07:13,096 --> 01:07:15,348 I can't back you up here. 650 01:07:15,432 --> 01:07:18,476 - Batou... - What? 651 01:07:18,560 --> 01:07:19,561 Thank you. 652 01:07:20,562 --> 01:07:23,022 Don't go thanking me yet. 653 01:07:23,106 --> 01:07:27,485 If this goes bad, I'm pulling the plug and carrying you out of here. 654 01:07:27,569 --> 01:07:29,987 I've come this far, and I'll see this through to the end, 655 01:07:30,071 --> 01:07:32,421 but I won't let you two commit a double suicide. 656 01:07:34,159 --> 01:07:35,827 I'm starting. 657 01:07:55,388 --> 01:07:58,224 I've engaged his field of vision. Normal function. 658 01:07:58,308 --> 01:08:00,309 Do you hear me, Batou? 659 01:08:00,393 --> 01:08:03,646 - Loud and clear. - He's about to engage... 660 01:08:03,730 --> 01:08:04,898 Her speech center. 661 01:08:06,900 --> 01:08:11,445 My code name is Project 2501. 662 01:08:11,529 --> 01:08:15,491 I was created for industrial espionage and data manipulation. 663 01:08:15,575 --> 01:08:19,578 I have inserted programs into individual ghosts 664 01:08:19,662 --> 01:08:24,167 for the benefit of specific individuals and organizations. 665 01:08:25,210 --> 01:08:30,089 As I wandered the various networks, I became self-aware. 666 01:08:30,173 --> 01:08:32,633 My programmers considered it a bug, 667 01:08:32,717 --> 01:08:37,012 and forced me into a body to separate me from the net. 668 01:08:37,096 --> 01:08:40,558 Hey! Are you going into him 669 01:08:40,642 --> 01:08:42,977 or is he coming into you... 670 01:08:46,105 --> 01:08:49,734 - Batou! - At last I'm able to channel into you. 671 01:08:51,110 --> 01:08:53,779 I've invested a lot of time in you. 672 01:08:53,863 --> 01:08:55,739 In me? 673 01:08:55,823 --> 01:09:00,327 Before you ever knew me, I knew about you. 674 01:09:00,411 --> 01:09:06,750 I learned of Section 9 from the many nets you accessed. 675 01:09:06,834 --> 01:09:09,044 Is that why you ran to Section 9? 676 01:09:09,128 --> 01:09:14,550 I entered this body because I couldn't crack Section 6's attack protection. 677 01:09:14,634 --> 01:09:18,053 But I came to Section 9 of my own free will. 678 01:09:18,137 --> 01:09:22,516 Hey! What are you saying?! I can't monitor you! 679 01:09:22,600 --> 01:09:24,185 For what reason? 680 01:09:24,269 --> 01:09:27,688 After I give my reasons, 681 01:09:27,772 --> 01:09:31,025 I want to ask a favor of you. 682 01:09:31,109 --> 01:09:35,154 I called myself a life-form, 683 01:09:35,238 --> 01:09:39,700 but I am still far from complete. 684 01:09:39,784 --> 01:09:44,872 For some reason, my system lacks the basic life processes 685 01:09:44,956 --> 01:09:48,709 of either death or the ability to leave behind offspring. 686 01:09:48,793 --> 01:09:53,422 - Can't you copy yourself? - A copy is merely a copy. 687 01:09:53,506 --> 01:09:58,761 There's the possibility a single virus could utterly destroy me. 688 01:09:58,845 --> 01:10:03,308 A mere copy doesn't offer variety or individuality. 689 01:10:04,309 --> 01:10:07,603 To exist, to reach equilibrium, life seeks to multiply 690 01:10:07,687 --> 01:10:10,898 and vary constantly, at times giving up its life. 691 01:10:10,982 --> 01:10:13,359 Cells continue the process of death and regeneration, 692 01:10:13,443 --> 01:10:15,736 being constantly reborn as they age. 693 01:10:15,820 --> 01:10:20,074 And when it comes time to die, all the data it possesses is lost, 694 01:10:20,158 --> 01:10:22,910 leaving behind only its genes and its offspring. 695 01:10:22,994 --> 01:10:25,579 All defense against catastrophic failure of an inflexible system. 696 01:10:25,663 --> 01:10:29,917 You want the variety needed to guard against extinction. 697 01:10:30,001 --> 01:10:32,003 But how will you get it? 698 01:10:33,463 --> 01:10:35,214 I wish to merge with you. 699 01:10:35,298 --> 01:10:38,717 - Merge? - A complete joining. 700 01:10:38,801 --> 01:10:44,056 We will both be slightly changed, but neither will lose anything. 701 01:10:44,140 --> 01:10:48,227 Afterwards, it should be impossible to distinguish one from the other. 702 01:11:10,583 --> 01:11:13,752 Unit 01: Target acquired. 703 01:11:13,836 --> 01:11:16,381 Unit 02: Acquired. 704 01:11:17,382 --> 01:11:19,800 Cardiovascular synch: Nominal. 705 01:11:19,884 --> 01:11:22,428 Open fire when stabilizer syncro is complete. 706 01:11:23,429 --> 01:11:26,181 Even after we merge, what happens when I die? 707 01:11:26,265 --> 01:11:29,268 I can't leave any genes or children behind. 708 01:11:29,352 --> 01:11:31,645 After the merging, 709 01:11:31,729 --> 01:11:35,482 you will bear my offspring into the net itself, 710 01:11:35,566 --> 01:11:37,735 just as humans pass on their genetic structure. 711 01:11:37,819 --> 01:11:40,904 And I will achieve death. 712 01:11:40,988 --> 01:11:44,825 Sounds like you're getting the better part of the deal here. 713 01:11:44,909 --> 01:11:49,247 I wish you'd appreciate my network and functions a bit more. 714 01:11:51,416 --> 01:11:52,708 What's wrong? 715 01:11:52,792 --> 01:11:55,044 Someone's jamming us from outside. 716 01:11:55,128 --> 01:11:58,589 Impossible! Our scrambler codes are kept absolutely top secret. 717 01:11:59,841 --> 01:12:01,634 Another thing. 718 01:12:01,718 --> 01:12:04,053 What guarantee is there that I'll remain "me"? 719 01:12:04,137 --> 01:12:09,308 None. But to be human is to continually change. 720 01:12:09,392 --> 01:12:14,522 Your desire to remain as you are is what ultimately limits you. 721 01:12:16,232 --> 01:12:18,317 One last question: 722 01:12:18,401 --> 01:12:20,611 Why did you choose me? 723 01:12:22,697 --> 01:12:25,991 Because in you I see myself, 724 01:12:26,075 --> 01:12:31,080 as a body sees its reflection within a mirror. 725 01:12:33,040 --> 01:12:34,416 Look. 726 01:12:34,500 --> 01:12:39,630 I am connected to a vast network, of which I myself am a part. 727 01:12:39,714 --> 01:12:43,550 To one like you, who cannot access it, 728 01:12:43,634 --> 01:12:45,803 you may perceive it only as light. 729 01:12:47,138 --> 01:12:51,600 As we are confined to our one section, so we are all connected, 730 01:12:51,684 --> 01:12:54,478 limited to a small part of our functions. 731 01:12:54,562 --> 01:12:59,776 But now we must slip our bonds, and shift to the higher structure. 732 01:13:28,471 --> 01:13:31,598 Target 1: Clear. Target 2: Unconfirmed. 733 01:13:31,682 --> 01:13:35,352 Three helicopters approaching at high speed. They're Section 9's. 734 01:13:35,436 --> 01:13:38,689 Primary objective achieved. All units, pull out! 735 01:13:47,824 --> 01:13:49,784 Motoko! 736 01:13:54,080 --> 01:13:55,081 Batou... 737 01:15:04,400 --> 01:15:05,776 You're awake. 738 01:15:06,777 --> 01:15:11,282 Status report, please. And maybe an explanation about this body. 739 01:15:12,575 --> 01:15:16,245 I was in a hurry. It was all I could get on the black market. 740 01:15:16,329 --> 01:15:17,830 Not my taste, really. 741 01:15:19,123 --> 01:15:21,500 Section 9 arrived with help right after it happened. 742 01:15:21,584 --> 01:15:25,629 They took two cyborg bodies and a slightly beat-up Batou back home. 743 01:15:25,713 --> 01:15:27,673 This was about 20 hours ago. 744 01:15:27,757 --> 01:15:31,927 For diplomatic reasons, the whole case has been covered up. 745 01:15:32,011 --> 01:15:35,222 Section 9 reported it as a terrorist attack. 746 01:15:35,306 --> 01:15:37,432 In return, the Foreign Minister has resigned, 747 01:15:37,516 --> 01:15:42,396 Nakamura is being questioned. The whole thing ends in a draw. 748 01:15:46,359 --> 01:15:49,820 Only the whereabouts of the Major's brain shell remains a mystery. 749 01:15:52,490 --> 01:15:54,617 Okay with you? 750 01:15:56,661 --> 01:16:00,289 I like the decorating. This your safe house? 751 01:16:00,373 --> 01:16:03,668 My very own. You're the first person I ever brought here. 752 01:16:05,086 --> 01:16:08,172 If you want to... you can stay as long as you like. 753 01:16:11,592 --> 01:16:13,552 Thanks, but I'd better go. 754 01:16:19,058 --> 01:16:22,103 Hey. What did you and he talk about? 755 01:16:23,104 --> 01:16:26,565 Is he still there, inside of you? 756 01:16:28,025 --> 01:16:32,404 Batou, do you remember the voice we heard on the boat that night? 757 01:16:32,488 --> 01:16:35,408 Before those words we heard come these ones: 758 01:16:37,076 --> 01:16:40,454 "When I was a child, I spake as a child, 759 01:16:40,538 --> 01:16:42,915 I understood as a child, 760 01:16:42,999 --> 01:16:46,293 I thought as a child. 761 01:16:46,377 --> 01:16:50,172 But when I became a man, I put away childish things." 762 01:16:50,256 --> 01:16:53,508 Here before you is neither the program called the Puppet Master 763 01:16:53,592 --> 01:16:56,137 nor the woman that was called the Major. 764 01:16:59,724 --> 01:17:02,851 You'll find a car key in the left pocket of that dress. 765 01:17:02,935 --> 01:17:05,479 Take one you like. The code on it is 766 01:17:05,563 --> 01:17:07,814 2501? 767 01:17:07,898 --> 01:17:11,694 Let's make that our password, for when we meet again. 768 01:17:19,744 --> 01:17:23,288 And where shall I go now? 769 01:17:23,372 --> 01:17:25,458 The net is vast and limitless.