1 00:00:18,287 --> 00:00:21,017 To all patroling air units. A 208 is in progress... 2 00:00:21,089 --> 00:00:22,852 ...in the C-13 district of Newport City. 3 00:00:22,925 --> 00:00:26,486 The airspace over this area will be closed. Repeat: 4 00:00:26,562 --> 00:00:29,554 To all patroling air units. A 208 is in progress... 5 00:00:29,631 --> 00:00:31,622 ...in the C-13 district of Newport City. 6 00:00:31,700 --> 00:00:34,760 The airspace over this area will be closed. Repeat... 7 00:01:01,396 --> 00:01:03,557 There's nothing to worry about. 8 00:01:03,632 --> 00:01:06,567 You can try it again once you're in our country. 9 00:01:06,635 --> 00:01:08,500 "Try it again?" 10 00:01:08,570 --> 00:01:11,368 Just as there's no such thing as a bug-free program... 11 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:15,433 ...there's no program that can't be debugged. Am I wrong? 12 00:01:15,510 --> 00:01:17,535 You don't understand. 13 00:01:17,613 --> 00:01:20,275 We still don't know if it really is a bug. 14 00:01:20,349 --> 00:01:22,783 Project 2501's original purpose was-- 15 00:01:22,851 --> 00:01:25,820 Major, Section 6 is ready to move in. 16 00:01:27,923 --> 00:01:30,289 - Major! - I hear you. 17 00:01:31,526 --> 00:01:34,461 There's a lot of static in your brain. 18 00:01:34,529 --> 00:01:36,690 It's that time of the month. 19 00:01:44,706 --> 00:01:47,573 Won't there be trouble if Section 9 butts in on Section 6's operation? 20 00:01:47,643 --> 00:01:49,702 That diplomat's a pretty well-known bastard. 21 00:01:49,778 --> 00:01:53,339 Even if they catch him there, all they can do is deport him. 22 00:01:53,415 --> 00:01:58,512 We're the only ones who can get our hands dirty. 23 00:01:58,587 --> 00:02:01,215 They're moving. Take us over to the extraction point. 24 00:02:39,561 --> 00:02:41,756 What? The police? 25 00:02:48,970 --> 00:02:52,497 Stop it! Who told you to open fire?! Drop your guns! 26 00:02:56,645 --> 00:03:01,105 I have diplomatic immunity! Let me see who's in charge! 27 00:03:01,183 --> 00:03:03,515 Transporting a listed programmer out of the country... 28 00:03:03,585 --> 00:03:05,576 ...violates our arms export treaty. 29 00:03:05,654 --> 00:03:09,522 I could also have you charged with kidnapping. 30 00:03:09,591 --> 00:03:11,559 Give the man up. 31 00:03:11,626 --> 00:03:14,254 I'm afraid not. He's applied for political asylum with us... 32 00:03:14,329 --> 00:03:17,196 ...and he's already signed a statement to that effect! 33 00:03:17,265 --> 00:03:20,029 - When?! - I don't have to tell you! 34 00:03:20,102 --> 00:03:22,866 By right of international law, my country can... 35 00:03:22,938 --> 00:03:25,907 ...offer him protection and right of safe passage. 36 00:03:25,974 --> 00:03:28,135 The document is on file at our embassy. 37 00:03:28,210 --> 00:03:30,405 I'll transfer a copy to you in a few days. 38 00:03:30,479 --> 00:03:33,004 Are you sure about this? They won't take you back alive. 39 00:03:33,081 --> 00:03:35,276 I must ask that you watch what you say. 40 00:03:35,350 --> 00:03:37,580 Our country is a peace-loving democracy. 41 00:03:37,652 --> 00:03:39,643 Is that a fact? 42 00:03:41,390 --> 00:03:43,449 Out the window! Shoot! 43 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,428 Thermoptic camouflage... 44 00:08:43,091 --> 00:08:45,651 This is a rare pleasure, Mr.Aramaki. 45 00:08:45,727 --> 00:08:48,423 What can the Foreign Ministry do for Section 9? 46 00:08:48,496 --> 00:08:50,521 What are these secret talks you've scheduled with... 47 00:08:50,598 --> 00:08:52,589 ...the Gavel Republic for tomorrow? 48 00:08:52,667 --> 00:08:54,692 The usual. Foreign aid. 49 00:08:54,769 --> 00:08:57,670 The new government reopened the request after the revolution. 50 00:08:57,739 --> 00:09:00,299 They claim to be more democratic... 51 00:09:00,375 --> 00:09:03,173 ...but they'll probably be as bad as the last bunch. 52 00:09:03,244 --> 00:09:05,769 Giving them money they don't earn will help nobody. 53 00:09:05,847 --> 00:09:08,407 They consider it reparation for past exploitation and won't thank-- 54 00:09:08,483 --> 00:09:10,781 And what will the government do? 55 00:09:10,852 --> 00:09:13,514 The problem is that we have the leader of... 56 00:09:13,588 --> 00:09:16,113 ...the old junta here looking for political asylum. 57 00:09:16,191 --> 00:09:18,056 Col.Maless, right? 58 00:09:18,126 --> 00:09:21,220 So, do we throw him out and grant them the aid? 59 00:09:21,296 --> 00:09:24,595 Or do we publicly recognize him as a refugee and cut the aid? 60 00:09:24,666 --> 00:09:27,430 Not an easy decision to make. 61 00:09:27,502 --> 00:09:30,630 Personally, if I could find a politically acceptable reason... 62 00:09:30,705 --> 00:09:34,072 ...I'd have the man deported in a heartbeat. 63 00:09:43,151 --> 00:09:46,609 Oh yes, thanks for your help with that programmer defection. 64 00:09:46,688 --> 00:09:49,452 Nakamura over in Section 6 said he was grateful. 65 00:09:49,524 --> 00:09:52,516 After all, we in the diplomatic corps have to keep our hands clean. 66 00:09:58,500 --> 00:10:00,525 Accessed. 67 00:10:00,602 --> 00:10:03,400 We've lost response. How's her brainwave output look? 68 00:10:03,471 --> 00:10:06,929 Normal. Switching over the virtual experience mode pattern. 69 00:10:08,309 --> 00:10:10,368 The Foreign Minister's interpreter. 70 00:10:10,445 --> 00:10:14,939 23 minutes ago, her cyber-brain was hacked via telephone connection. 71 00:10:16,751 --> 00:10:19,447 Just as Foreign Intelligence division predicted... 72 00:10:19,521 --> 00:10:21,512 ...the Puppet Master has begun to break into... 73 00:10:21,589 --> 00:10:23,557 ...every terminal on the network. 74 00:10:23,625 --> 00:10:26,059 Pattern analysis shows a high probability that... 75 00:10:26,127 --> 00:10:29,221 ...he's attempting to disrupt secret talks with Gavel. 76 00:10:29,297 --> 00:10:32,391 We've placed everyone attending the talks under surveillance. 77 00:10:32,467 --> 00:10:34,901 Probably trying to hack her ghost... 78 00:10:34,969 --> 00:10:38,336 ...so she'll kill people at the meeting. 79 00:10:38,406 --> 00:10:43,207 How long till he hacks through her protection and reaches her ghost? 80 00:10:43,278 --> 00:10:47,942 He's using an old-style HA-3. I'd say about two hours. 81 00:10:48,016 --> 00:10:49,916 After that, we'll have to cut the line to eliminate all risk. 82 00:10:49,984 --> 00:10:53,317 Batou and Ishikawa are in a car, tracing the signal. 83 00:10:53,388 --> 00:10:55,413 Rendezvous with them. 84 00:11:13,441 --> 00:11:16,899 The Puppet Master... That phantom hacker, right? 85 00:11:16,978 --> 00:11:19,242 They think he's an American. 86 00:11:19,314 --> 00:11:22,112 Age, sex, personal history... Everything about him is unknown. 87 00:11:22,183 --> 00:11:25,243 Since last winter he's been mainly active in the EC. 88 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:28,016 Internationally wanted on dozens of charges of... 89 00:11:28,089 --> 00:11:30,819 ...stock manipulation, spying, political engineering... 90 00:11:30,892 --> 00:11:34,453 ...terrorism, and violation of cyber-brain privacy. 91 00:11:34,529 --> 00:11:37,726 He's ghost-hacked so many people to carry out his crimes... 92 00:11:37,799 --> 00:11:40,359 ...he's earned the code name "The Puppet Master." 93 00:11:40,435 --> 00:11:43,131 This is the first instance of him operating in this country. 94 00:11:43,204 --> 00:11:47,504 So, if he's so hot, why's he using an old HA-3? 95 00:11:47,575 --> 00:11:53,138 Well, a newer type would be less detectable and be harder to trace. 96 00:11:53,214 --> 00:11:58,379 But it could also implicate the former junta leader, Col.Maless. 97 00:11:58,453 --> 00:12:03,447 So he's using an older type to keep us from suspecting him. 98 00:12:03,524 --> 00:12:07,961 Or somebody else wants us to think that. 99 00:12:08,029 --> 00:12:11,430 Maless may just be another pawn in this whole thing. 100 00:12:11,499 --> 00:12:15,435 Now you're overthinking this. There's no evidence of that. 101 00:12:15,503 --> 00:12:17,130 Evidence? 102 00:12:18,940 --> 00:12:21,932 I just have a whisper... A whisper from my ghost. 103 00:12:22,010 --> 00:12:25,036 By the way, are you still using that revolver? 104 00:12:25,113 --> 00:12:28,014 Afraid both guns in a two-man team'll jam up? 105 00:12:28,082 --> 00:12:29,913 I like the Matever. 106 00:12:29,984 --> 00:12:32,077 Since I depend on your backup, I think stopping power is... 107 00:12:32,153 --> 00:12:34,417 ...more important than personal preference. 108 00:12:34,489 --> 00:12:36,514 Especially since it's my ass on the line. 109 00:12:36,591 --> 00:12:39,253 Use the Zastaber instead. 110 00:12:39,327 --> 00:12:42,763 Major, I've been meaning to ask you. 111 00:12:42,830 --> 00:12:46,425 Why'd you ask for a guy like me to be transferred in from the police? 112 00:12:46,501 --> 00:12:47,900 Because you're a guy like you. 113 00:12:47,969 --> 00:12:49,527 Huh? 114 00:12:49,604 --> 00:12:54,541 An honest cop with a clean record. And you've got a regular family. 115 00:12:54,609 --> 00:12:58,807 With the exception of your cyber-net implants, your brain's real. 116 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:01,348 No matter how powerful we may be fighting-wise... 117 00:13:01,416 --> 00:13:04,214 ...a system where all the parts react the same way... 118 00:13:04,285 --> 00:13:07,550 ...is a system with a fatal flaw. 119 00:13:07,622 --> 00:13:09,146 Like individual, like organization. 120 00:13:09,223 --> 00:13:11,623 Overspecialization leads to death. 121 00:13:11,693 --> 00:13:12,785 That's all. 122 00:13:24,772 --> 00:13:27,263 - Come on! - All right! 123 00:13:32,180 --> 00:13:34,580 We're already 40 seconds behind schedule! 124 00:13:34,649 --> 00:13:37,982 - Gimme five more seconds. - Of all the lousy luck... 125 00:13:44,459 --> 00:13:46,017 Hey, sorry. 126 00:13:46,094 --> 00:13:49,086 My last partner, the one they busted for working without... 127 00:13:49,163 --> 00:13:51,631 ...a permit, was a better worker than you! 128 00:13:53,801 --> 00:13:56,429 You're actually trying to ghost-hack your own wife... 129 00:13:56,504 --> 00:13:58,563 ...just to see what's on her mind? 130 00:13:58,639 --> 00:14:03,133 She doesn't have any time for me and now she wants a divorce. 131 00:14:03,211 --> 00:14:06,271 On top of that, my daughter, my only child... 132 00:14:06,347 --> 00:14:08,679 ...thinks I'm cheating on her mother! 133 00:14:08,750 --> 00:14:12,117 So how'd you get your hands on cracking software? 134 00:14:12,186 --> 00:14:17,089 From some programmer. A really nice guy I met in a bar. 135 00:14:17,158 --> 00:14:20,093 I told him my wife's lawyer was keeping me from seeing her... 136 00:14:20,161 --> 00:14:21,958 ...and he said he'd help. 137 00:14:22,030 --> 00:14:24,726 Told me to access from different places to keep from getting caught. 138 00:14:24,799 --> 00:14:26,664 Smart guy, huh? 139 00:14:31,639 --> 00:14:34,164 Asshole! Ya tryin' to get yourself killed?! 140 00:14:34,242 --> 00:14:37,006 Looks like we aren't the only busy people out here. 141 00:14:40,715 --> 00:14:42,740 Nobody here. 142 00:14:42,817 --> 00:14:45,149 What's the point? Even if we trace the calls... 143 00:14:45,219 --> 00:14:47,847 ...the guy's already gone by the time we get there. 144 00:14:47,922 --> 00:14:50,720 - Vicious cycle, huh? - Quit complaining! 145 00:14:50,792 --> 00:14:53,260 Kusanagi and Togusa are headed for the next expected hack point. 146 00:14:53,327 --> 00:14:55,522 You two look for something there. 147 00:14:55,596 --> 00:14:57,029 Look for what? 148 00:14:57,098 --> 00:14:59,259 Anything. 149 00:14:59,333 --> 00:15:01,597 Fuckin' old coot. He tells US to snoop around?! 150 00:15:01,669 --> 00:15:03,762 Wait a sec! 151 00:15:03,838 --> 00:15:05,999 Damn, missed him. 152 00:15:06,074 --> 00:15:08,838 Hey, Pops. Did you see a garbage truck go by here? 153 00:15:08,910 --> 00:15:10,901 Who wants to know? 154 00:15:10,978 --> 00:15:13,003 Did you see it or not? 155 00:15:13,081 --> 00:15:16,812 Yeah, but they were gone by the time I got my trash. 156 00:15:16,884 --> 00:15:19,512 One was using the phone, so I thought I had time-- 157 00:15:22,323 --> 00:15:25,417 Uh, can you take this to them? 158 00:15:25,493 --> 00:15:29,623 A garbage truck? Of course... They move every seven minutes. 159 00:15:29,697 --> 00:15:33,861 Control! Get me the trash collection routes for that sector! 160 00:15:45,346 --> 00:15:47,814 There are eight garbage trucks operating in the target area. 161 00:15:47,882 --> 00:15:50,476 Target is a type C collection truck, #79. 162 00:15:53,454 --> 00:15:55,854 Let me drive. 163 00:16:04,265 --> 00:16:06,790 Ishikawa, check out the drivers' homes. 164 00:16:06,868 --> 00:16:09,462 Batou, you get to their next stop before they do! 165 00:16:09,537 --> 00:16:13,803 He may be in contact with someone else. Observe, but don't move in! 166 00:16:13,875 --> 00:16:15,900 Route data accessed. 167 00:16:15,977 --> 00:16:20,437 Hacking points traced and matched. Target now stopped at next point. 168 00:16:22,216 --> 00:16:24,616 Confirm access via HA-3. 169 00:16:30,458 --> 00:16:32,255 Sorry, sorry. 170 00:16:32,326 --> 00:16:35,352 How about I do the trash and you make the call on the next stop? 171 00:16:36,831 --> 00:16:37,798 Okay? 172 00:16:37,865 --> 00:16:40,595 Leave me out of your little crime spree. 173 00:16:40,668 --> 00:16:42,863 Can't believe this load of bullshit... 174 00:16:42,937 --> 00:16:46,270 - Do you have kids? - Do I look like I do? 175 00:16:46,340 --> 00:16:48,365 Then you couldn't understand. 176 00:16:48,442 --> 00:16:50,808 My daughter's my life. 177 00:16:50,878 --> 00:16:53,938 Take a look. Isn't she just a little angel? 178 00:16:54,015 --> 00:16:57,075 I hate looking at other peoples' family albums. 179 00:16:59,587 --> 00:17:02,579 Yeah, truck 79. Oh, boss. What's up? 180 00:17:03,958 --> 00:17:07,359 The cops were checking our routes? You wanna know why? 181 00:17:07,428 --> 00:17:09,521 How should I know?! 182 00:17:13,167 --> 00:17:16,466 They spotted the hack! I gotta warn my friend! 183 00:17:16,537 --> 00:17:19,131 We're gonna have to skip our next stop! 184 00:17:19,207 --> 00:17:23,576 Target has deviated from route. Increasing speed to next point. 185 00:17:23,644 --> 00:17:27,102 Is he on to us? Didn't think he could see me. 186 00:17:27,181 --> 00:17:29,945 My accessing the sanitation dept. network may have tipped him off. 187 00:17:30,017 --> 00:17:32,008 Shoulda used a back door. 188 00:17:32,086 --> 00:17:34,554 Too late. Go for the collar. 189 00:17:39,427 --> 00:17:41,657 You can drive now. 190 00:18:44,992 --> 00:18:48,120 Jesus... He blew a perfectly good armored van to shit. 191 00:18:48,195 --> 00:18:51,562 He hosed us with high-velocity AP rounds! That car door's no cover! 192 00:18:51,632 --> 00:18:54,328 In a submachinegun? The guy must be nuts. 193 00:19:08,883 --> 00:19:10,908 He's using thermoptic camo, too?! 194 00:19:10,985 --> 00:19:14,546 Keep after him! I'll flank him from above! 195 00:19:14,622 --> 00:19:18,183 Togusa, if you're still alive, arrest those two garbage men. 196 00:19:18,259 --> 00:19:19,487 Roger. 197 00:19:20,728 --> 00:19:23,754 This job just never lets up, does it? 198 00:20:22,623 --> 00:20:25,023 Police! Everybody down! 199 00:22:25,746 --> 00:22:28,237 All finished? 200 00:23:20,534 --> 00:23:22,832 You all set? 201 00:23:22,903 --> 00:23:25,963 That's what you get when you overload the ammo rating. 202 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:30,500 Frame's bent all to hell. The barrel's shot, too. 203 00:23:30,578 --> 00:23:34,344 Doesn't matter if you arrest me. I'm not gonna talk! 204 00:23:34,415 --> 00:23:36,406 Talk?! 205 00:23:38,185 --> 00:23:42,918 And what would I ask a guy who doesn't even know his own name?! 206 00:23:45,025 --> 00:23:47,255 Your mother's face. 207 00:23:47,328 --> 00:23:50,092 The place you grew up in. 208 00:23:50,164 --> 00:23:52,029 Memories of your childhood. 209 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,533 Can you remember any of those things? 210 00:24:03,143 --> 00:24:06,306 There's nothing sadder than a puppet without a ghost. 211 00:24:06,380 --> 00:24:08,871 Especially the kind with red blood running through them. 212 00:24:24,665 --> 00:24:27,361 We'll rush the place once the guys in the helicopter are inside. 213 00:24:27,434 --> 00:24:30,369 Squad B goes around back, the rest of you take the front. 214 00:24:30,437 --> 00:24:35,204 Saito, have your men pull the plugs on all their cars. 215 00:24:35,275 --> 00:24:37,709 Begin recording. 216 00:24:40,447 --> 00:24:43,348 Message from HQ, sir. 217 00:24:43,417 --> 00:24:46,409 We've Idled the guy the Major collared. 218 00:24:46,487 --> 00:24:47,852 Go on. 219 00:24:47,921 --> 00:24:50,856 Tsuan Gen Fang. Age: 28 220 00:24:50,924 --> 00:24:56,089 Illegal alien. Weapons violations. Three priors. 221 00:24:56,163 --> 00:25:00,793 Was hiding out with a militant refugee group up till a month ago. 222 00:25:00,868 --> 00:25:04,304 One week ago, because of his record... 223 00:25:04,371 --> 00:25:07,067 ...he was contacted by a military liason in the Gavel embassy to... 224 00:25:07,141 --> 00:25:10,269 ...attack the secret talks we would be having with them. 225 00:25:10,344 --> 00:25:12,437 And the real story? 226 00:25:12,513 --> 00:25:17,610 Nickname: Corgi. Occupation: a rather violent scrap dealer. 227 00:25:17,685 --> 00:25:19,585 Guess you could call him a thug. 228 00:25:19,653 --> 00:25:24,283 We've checked the records the local cops have on him... 229 00:25:24,358 --> 00:25:28,089 ...but we can't find any connection with Gavel. 230 00:25:28,162 --> 00:25:31,359 Another puppet from our friend the Puppet Master. 231 00:25:31,432 --> 00:25:33,366 And what about Ishikawa? 232 00:25:33,434 --> 00:25:38,963 He's back. He's with Togusa, talking to that poor trash man. 233 00:25:41,175 --> 00:25:44,042 So, what about the Puppet Master on your end? 234 00:25:44,111 --> 00:25:47,308 How's he look to you? 235 00:25:51,385 --> 00:25:53,751 Like a puppet himself... 236 00:25:53,821 --> 00:25:56,790 - Squad B, in position. - Squads A and C, ready! 237 00:25:56,857 --> 00:25:59,121 Ready to move in, sir. 238 00:26:00,094 --> 00:26:02,085 Move in. 239 00:26:04,631 --> 00:26:07,395 What do you mean, a "virtual experience?" 240 00:26:07,468 --> 00:26:10,869 I mean your wife, your daughter. the divorce, the affair... 241 00:26:10,938 --> 00:26:14,704 They're all fake memories. Like a dream. 242 00:26:14,775 --> 00:26:18,871 Someone was using you to ghost-hack a government official. 243 00:26:18,946 --> 00:26:21,346 No... That's impossible! 244 00:26:21,415 --> 00:26:23,781 I've been to your apartment. 245 00:26:23,851 --> 00:26:26,786 No one's there. It's a one-room apartment. 246 00:26:26,854 --> 00:26:29,982 Yeah, I moved there when we split up-- 247 00:26:30,057 --> 00:26:33,857 You've been living there for ten years! 248 00:26:33,927 --> 00:26:36,623 You have no wife, no child. 249 00:26:36,697 --> 00:26:39,131 Your family exists only in your mind. 250 00:26:40,901 --> 00:26:44,997 Look. This is the picture you showed to your partner. 251 00:26:45,706 --> 00:26:48,174 Who is it of? 252 00:26:48,242 --> 00:26:52,201 But, she was there. My daughter... 253 00:26:52,279 --> 00:26:55,009 Smiling like an angel... 254 00:26:55,082 --> 00:26:57,448 What's your daughter's name? 255 00:26:57,518 --> 00:27:00,214 Where did you meet your wife, and when? 256 00:27:00,287 --> 00:27:03,381 How many years ago did you get married? 257 00:27:03,457 --> 00:27:07,188 Who do you see in the picture? 258 00:27:08,529 --> 00:27:12,625 How do I get rid of these fake memories? 259 00:27:12,699 --> 00:27:15,497 I'm sorry. With our current technology... 260 00:27:15,569 --> 00:27:17,662 There've been two successful deprogrammings... 261 00:27:17,738 --> 00:27:20,002 ...but I can't recommend it to you. 262 00:27:20,073 --> 00:27:21,836 I'm really sorry. 263 00:27:21,909 --> 00:27:24,275 Virtual experiences, dreams... 264 00:27:24,344 --> 00:27:29,338 All data that exists is both reality and fantasy. 265 00:27:31,351 --> 00:27:34,411 Whichever it is, the data a person collects in a lifetime... 266 00:27:34,488 --> 00:27:37,150 ...is a tiny bit compared to the whole. 267 00:29:05,412 --> 00:29:09,041 A cyborg who goes diving in her spare time. 268 00:29:09,116 --> 00:29:13,348 That can't be a good sign. When did you start doing this? 269 00:29:18,458 --> 00:29:22,986 Doesn't the ocean scare you? If the floaters stopped working. 270 00:29:23,063 --> 00:29:26,794 Then I'd probably die. Or would you dive in after me? 271 00:29:27,968 --> 00:29:30,368 No one forced you to come out here with me. 272 00:29:30,938 --> 00:29:32,166 I just-- 273 00:30:05,138 --> 00:30:08,505 So, what's it feel like when you go diving? 274 00:30:08,575 --> 00:30:11,874 Didn't you go through underwater training? 275 00:30:11,945 --> 00:30:14,140 I'm not talking about doing it in a damned pool. 276 00:30:15,549 --> 00:30:18,518 I feel fear. Anxiety. Loneliness. Darkness. 277 00:30:18,585 --> 00:30:21,179 And perhaps, even...hope. 278 00:30:21,254 --> 00:30:23,916 Hope? In the darkness of the sea? 279 00:30:25,158 --> 00:30:27,251 As I float up towards the surface... 280 00:30:27,327 --> 00:30:31,661 ...I almost feel as though I could change into something else. 281 00:30:37,637 --> 00:30:40,606 As though you want to quit Section 9? 282 00:30:44,011 --> 00:30:47,208 Batou, how much of your original body do you have left? 283 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:49,214 Are you drunk? 284 00:30:49,282 --> 00:30:51,216 Convenient, isn't it? 285 00:30:51,284 --> 00:30:54,219 With the merest thought, the chemical plants inside our bodies... 286 00:30:54,287 --> 00:30:58,519 ...could metabolize all the alcohol in our blood in about ten seconds... 287 00:30:58,592 --> 00:31:01,823 Allowing us to sit here drinking while on stand-by. 288 00:31:01,895 --> 00:31:05,558 If a technological feat is possible, man will do it. 289 00:31:05,632 --> 00:31:08,567 Almost as though it's wired into the core of our being. 290 00:31:08,635 --> 00:31:11,069 Metabolic control. Enhanced sensory perception. 291 00:31:11,138 --> 00:31:13,902 Improved reflexes and muscle capacity. 292 00:31:13,974 --> 00:31:16,841 Vastly increased data processing speed and capacity. 293 00:31:16,910 --> 00:31:21,540 All improvements thanks to our cyber-brains and cyborg bodies. 294 00:31:21,615 --> 00:31:25,210 So what if we can't live without high-level maintenance? 295 00:31:25,285 --> 00:31:27,185 We have nothing to complain about. 296 00:31:27,254 --> 00:31:31,520 It doesn't mean we've sold our souls to Section 9. 297 00:31:31,591 --> 00:31:34,583 We do have the right to resign if we choose. 298 00:31:34,661 --> 00:31:37,596 Provided we give the government back our cyborg shells... 299 00:31:37,664 --> 00:31:40,189 ...and the memories they hold. 300 00:31:40,267 --> 00:31:44,226 Just as there are many parts needed to make a human a human... 301 00:31:44,304 --> 00:31:47,273 ...there's a remarkable number of things needed to make... 302 00:31:47,340 --> 00:31:49,205 ...an individual what they are. 303 00:31:49,276 --> 00:31:50,903 A face to distinguish yourself from others. 304 00:31:50,977 --> 00:31:52,535 A voice you aren't aware of yourself. 305 00:31:52,612 --> 00:31:54,443 The hand you see when you awaken. 306 00:31:54,514 --> 00:31:57,540 The memories of childhood, the feelings for the future. 307 00:31:57,617 --> 00:32:00,552 That's not all. There's the expanse of the data net... 308 00:32:00,620 --> 00:32:03,088 ...my cyber-brain can access. 309 00:32:03,156 --> 00:32:05,090 All of that goes into making me what I am. 310 00:32:05,158 --> 00:32:08,855 Giving rise to a consciousness that I call "me." 311 00:32:08,929 --> 00:32:12,888 And simultaneously confining "me" within set limits. 312 00:32:18,271 --> 00:32:21,900 Is that why you dive into the sea with a body that only sinks?! 313 00:32:21,975 --> 00:32:25,570 What is it you see in the water's darkness? 314 00:32:25,645 --> 00:32:30,639 "For now we see through a glass, darkly." 315 00:32:38,625 --> 00:32:41,253 That was you, wasn't it? 316 00:36:48,575 --> 00:36:50,338 Sensors: restarted. 317 00:36:50,410 --> 00:36:52,503 Auxiliary computer link: check. 318 00:36:52,579 --> 00:36:54,479 Visual sensors: online. 319 00:36:54,547 --> 00:36:57,516 - Cyborg body signal? - Output: nominal. 320 00:37:03,590 --> 00:37:06,252 Can't you call in if you're going to be late? 321 00:37:09,896 --> 00:37:12,865 We're all set. Should we hook her up? 322 00:37:36,256 --> 00:37:39,191 Okay, looking good! Kill it! 323 00:37:39,259 --> 00:37:42,228 Be in my office in three minutes. 324 00:37:46,433 --> 00:37:51,632 Since you were late, I'll explain what's going on. 325 00:37:51,704 --> 00:37:55,640 Two hours ago, a Megatech Body assembly line in Newport City... 326 00:37:55,708 --> 00:37:58,268 ...just started up and produced a cyborg shell. 327 00:37:58,344 --> 00:38:01,245 By the time the guys in charge realized what was happening... 328 00:38:01,314 --> 00:38:04,078 ...the body had escaped. 329 00:38:04,150 --> 00:38:07,142 Then, just as they had thrown up a cordon to catch the thing... 330 00:38:07,220 --> 00:38:09,347 ...we got a call from a conscientious truck driver that... 331 00:38:09,422 --> 00:38:13,449 ...he'd just run down a naked lady wandering around on the highway. 332 00:38:13,526 --> 00:38:15,960 Which brings us to here. 333 00:38:16,029 --> 00:38:19,021 I've heard Megatech Body's tied pretty closely to the government... 334 00:38:19,098 --> 00:38:22,033 ...and that all the shells made there are secret. 335 00:38:22,101 --> 00:38:24,069 If a hacker did this, he had to swim through... 336 00:38:24,137 --> 00:38:26,401 ...some of the heaviest protection around. 337 00:38:26,473 --> 00:38:28,532 And that isn't the only problem. 338 00:38:31,644 --> 00:38:37,048 Of course, it doesn't have an organic brain in its head... 339 00:38:37,116 --> 00:38:40,051 ...but we've detected what looks like a ghost... 340 00:38:40,119 --> 00:38:42,053 ...in the auxiliary computer brain. 341 00:38:43,423 --> 00:38:45,891 It isn't unlike the virtual ghost-line you get... 342 00:38:45,959 --> 00:38:48,393 ...when a real ghost is dubbed off. 343 00:38:48,461 --> 00:38:51,328 But it shows none of the data degradation dubbing would produce. 344 00:38:51,397 --> 00:38:56,300 Well, until we map the barrier perimeter and dive in there... 345 00:38:56,369 --> 00:38:58,963 ...we won't know anything for sure. 346 00:38:59,038 --> 00:39:01,973 Anyhow, better get back to checking her over. 347 00:39:02,041 --> 00:39:03,008 Good work. 348 00:39:03,076 --> 00:39:06,011 Time to rip her apart. 349 00:39:11,017 --> 00:39:15,920 Come on, you guys don't think there's a ghost in that thing. 350 00:39:15,989 --> 00:39:17,980 It's possible. 351 00:39:18,057 --> 00:39:21,686 I've heard celluloid dolls can have a soul. 352 00:39:21,761 --> 00:39:26,357 And this thing's stuffed full of neurotech devices. 353 00:39:26,432 --> 00:39:28,764 I wouldn't be surprised if it had a soul. 354 00:39:30,003 --> 00:39:33,063 Since you're new here, you probably don't know. 355 00:39:33,139 --> 00:39:37,075 The Major's shell was also made by Megatech Body. 356 00:39:37,143 --> 00:39:41,045 Not just hers. Me and Ishikawa for one... 357 00:39:41,114 --> 00:39:44,379 ...along with Saito and others all need maintenance and such. 358 00:39:44,450 --> 00:39:47,351 Outside of you and the Chief, everyone in Section 9... 359 00:39:47,420 --> 00:39:50,389 ...needs to make use of their kind services. 360 00:39:50,456 --> 00:39:55,086 Maybe you can see now why we all look a little worried, Togusa. 361 00:39:55,161 --> 00:39:58,062 Assuming the enemy is an outsider, we can't know for sure... 362 00:39:58,131 --> 00:40:00,065 ...whether he's in that cyborg body or not. 363 00:40:00,133 --> 00:40:02,124 But he cracked through the protection... 364 00:40:02,201 --> 00:40:04,362 ...around some of our most secret files... 365 00:40:04,437 --> 00:40:06,997 ...and managed to send a program with a ghost-line on it through. 366 00:40:07,073 --> 00:40:11,100 And in a way that was easy to spot. What's he after?! 367 00:40:11,177 --> 00:40:13,077 Let's leave that for now. 368 00:40:13,146 --> 00:40:17,606 Togusa, get over to Megatech and help Ishikawa check the place out... 369 00:40:17,684 --> 00:40:19,618 Batou, I've closed down the nets... 370 00:40:19,686 --> 00:40:22,746 ...with files as sensitive as Megatech's. 371 00:40:22,822 --> 00:40:26,121 I want you to double-check the protection we have on them. 372 00:40:26,192 --> 00:40:30,151 I'll get a protection maze put together. I'll dive tomorrow. 373 00:40:30,229 --> 00:40:34,393 You sure? We could force it into another shell and let it swim. 374 00:40:34,467 --> 00:40:39,598 I have to see for myself what's inside that thing. 375 00:40:39,672 --> 00:40:42,664 Don't let anyone else dive in there before me! 376 00:40:46,112 --> 00:40:47,602 What's with her? 377 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,478 I wrote in my team evaluations that she's been acting weird... 378 00:40:50,550 --> 00:40:53,280 ...ever since this Puppet Master case fell into our laps. 379 00:40:53,353 --> 00:40:55,617 Do you even read them?! 380 00:40:55,688 --> 00:40:58,657 Chief, do you ever wonder just how trustworthy the cyberdocs... 381 00:40:58,725 --> 00:41:00,989 ...who service your brain are? 382 00:41:01,060 --> 00:41:05,520 Cyber-brain technicians undergo regular psychological testing. 383 00:41:05,598 --> 00:41:08,795 And security-cleared ones have their private lives checked, too. 384 00:41:08,868 --> 00:41:12,531 But the people who administer those checks are only human. 385 00:41:12,605 --> 00:41:15,472 Once you doubt, you can't stop... 386 00:41:15,541 --> 00:41:19,875 Chief, a Mr.Nakamura from the MFA treaties bureau to see you. 387 00:41:20,947 --> 00:41:22,005 Okay, send him up. 388 00:41:32,892 --> 00:41:34,883 Wasn't that fat guy...? 389 00:41:34,961 --> 00:41:39,796 Nakamura, chief of Section 6. Foreign Affairs treaties bureau. 390 00:41:39,866 --> 00:41:42,232 I don't know who the white guy with him was. 391 00:41:44,971 --> 00:41:46,905 I'm outta here. 392 00:41:46,973 --> 00:41:49,498 Tell Ishikawa to keep cool, okay? 393 00:41:57,850 --> 00:41:59,545 So, what's your problem? 394 00:41:59,619 --> 00:42:02,110 Doesn't that cyborg body look like me? 395 00:42:02,188 --> 00:42:04,850 - No, it doesn't. - Not the face or the figure. 396 00:42:04,924 --> 00:42:06,482 What then? 397 00:42:06,559 --> 00:42:11,019 Maybe all full-replacement cyborgs like me start wondering this. 398 00:42:12,432 --> 00:42:15,367 That perhaps the real me died a long time ago... 399 00:42:15,435 --> 00:42:19,804 ...and I'm a replicant made with a cyborg body and computer brain. 400 00:42:19,872 --> 00:42:23,899 Or maybe there never was a real "me" to begin with. 401 00:42:23,976 --> 00:42:27,468 You've got real brain matter in that titanium skull of yours. 402 00:42:27,547 --> 00:42:30,209 And you get treated like a real person, don't you? 403 00:42:30,283 --> 00:42:33,377 There's no person who's ever seen their own brain. 404 00:42:33,453 --> 00:42:37,890 I believe I exist based only on what my environment tells me. 405 00:42:37,957 --> 00:42:40,551 Don't you believe in your own ghost? 406 00:42:40,626 --> 00:42:43,595 And what if a computer brain could generate a ghost... 407 00:42:43,663 --> 00:42:45,563 ...and harbor a soul? 408 00:42:45,631 --> 00:42:49,499 On what basis then do I believe in myself? 409 00:42:56,242 --> 00:42:57,834 Bullshit! 410 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:07,308 I'll see for myself what's in that body. With my own ghost! 411 00:43:08,521 --> 00:43:11,490 We're both busy men, so let's keep this short. 412 00:43:11,557 --> 00:43:13,422 I would prefer that. 413 00:43:13,493 --> 00:43:15,757 I'm here to take the contents of that cyborg body. 414 00:43:15,828 --> 00:43:19,093 In return, we absolve Section 9 of all responsibilities in the case. 415 00:43:20,099 --> 00:43:21,726 The Foreign Minister's signature. 416 00:43:33,646 --> 00:43:37,480 Security, whose official vehicles are parked in the basement garage? 417 00:43:37,550 --> 00:43:43,113 They belong to Chief Nakamura of the treaties bureau and a Dr.Willis 418 00:43:43,189 --> 00:43:46,283 Give me the video record of their entering the building. 419 00:43:54,500 --> 00:43:56,400 Replay, infra-red view. 420 00:44:10,049 --> 00:44:13,075 One... Two... Three... 421 00:44:15,488 --> 00:44:20,721 Send me the pressure sensor records for basement garage spaces B-7 and 8. 422 00:44:40,112 --> 00:44:44,139 - Major, this is Togusa. Code 0-9. - What? 423 00:44:44,217 --> 00:44:47,744 Does Nakamura have some sort of special cyborg body? 424 00:44:47,820 --> 00:44:49,720 There are no cyborgs in Section 6. 425 00:44:49,789 --> 00:44:52,087 Besides the diplomatic problems, maintaining them is too much... 426 00:44:52,158 --> 00:44:54,388 ...trouble when they have to go overseas. 427 00:44:54,460 --> 00:44:57,429 So, even if that tall guy was a cyborg himself... 428 00:44:57,496 --> 00:45:00,727 ...together they wouldn't weigh more than half a ton, right? 429 00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:03,394 Pressure sensor data... The garage? 430 00:45:03,469 --> 00:45:05,027 There are two VIP-mobiles here. 431 00:45:05,104 --> 00:45:08,073 But neither of them looks like the type who'd drive himself. 432 00:45:08,140 --> 00:45:10,404 The security video only shows the two of them... 433 00:45:10,476 --> 00:45:13,377 ...but you know how sensitive the entrance door sensors are. 434 00:45:13,446 --> 00:45:16,040 They took three full seconds to close after them. 435 00:45:16,115 --> 00:45:21,018 It's illegal to use thermoptic camo in a government building, right? 436 00:45:21,087 --> 00:45:23,783 It's a serious violation of the National Security Act. 437 00:45:23,856 --> 00:45:28,725 Section 6 is up to something. You all ready? 438 00:45:28,794 --> 00:45:30,421 If my Matever'll do. 439 00:46:08,100 --> 00:46:11,433 I don't need to remind you that it's treason for you to... 440 00:46:11,504 --> 00:46:14,871 ...be hiding something from me, no matter how sensitive. 441 00:46:14,941 --> 00:46:16,465 For both of us. 442 00:46:16,542 --> 00:46:20,740 Whatever the MFA may prefer, this case is in Section 9's jurisdiction. 443 00:46:20,813 --> 00:46:25,750 But we wouldn't mind cooperating if there was good reason to. 444 00:46:27,053 --> 00:46:28,418 Dr.Willis? 445 00:46:28,487 --> 00:46:31,945 Confirmed. It's definitely him. 446 00:46:32,024 --> 00:46:33,491 "Him?" 447 00:46:33,559 --> 00:46:38,087 He's referring to the original ghost block within the shell. 448 00:46:38,164 --> 00:46:41,099 Its sex remains undetermined, and the use of the term "he"... 449 00:46:41,167 --> 00:46:44,102 ...is merely a nickname the good doctor has given it. 450 00:46:44,170 --> 00:46:45,967 Perhaps it's time I introduced you. 451 00:46:46,038 --> 00:46:50,941 This is the most unique hacker in the history of cyber-brain crime. 452 00:46:51,010 --> 00:46:52,978 The Puppet Master. 453 00:46:54,547 --> 00:46:57,675 I believe you in Section 9 ran into him in that case... 454 00:46:57,750 --> 00:47:01,811 ...involving the ghost-hack on the Foreign Minister's translator. 455 00:47:01,887 --> 00:47:04,981 We in Section 6 have been pursuing the Puppet Master... 456 00:47:05,057 --> 00:47:07,992 ...with the utmost urgency since he first appeared. 457 00:47:08,060 --> 00:47:11,052 We formed a project team around Dr.Willis... 458 00:47:11,130 --> 00:47:14,497 ...to analyze all data on the Puppet Master's... 459 00:47:14,567 --> 00:47:18,025 ...criminal tendencies and behavior patterns. 460 00:47:18,104 --> 00:47:22,006 We then constructed special anti-Puppet Master attack protection... 461 00:47:22,074 --> 00:47:25,840 ...to lure him into a secret cyborg body. 462 00:47:25,911 --> 00:47:29,039 You made him dive into a body equipped with a cyber-brain... 463 00:47:29,115 --> 00:47:31,276 ...and then had his real body killed? 464 00:47:31,951 --> 00:47:33,543 Yes, exactly. 465 00:47:33,619 --> 00:47:36,383 He may have shown up in your back yard... 466 00:47:36,455 --> 00:47:39,549 ...but he was born in America. And since we were cooperating... 467 00:47:39,625 --> 00:47:42,059 ...with the Americans to catch him we want to take him back ourselves. 468 00:47:42,128 --> 00:47:43,720 Surely you've no objections. 469 00:47:43,796 --> 00:47:48,062 Leaving his unidentified corpse to be found somewhere. 470 00:47:50,736 --> 00:47:52,533 There will be no corpse. 471 00:47:52,605 --> 00:47:56,837 Because, until now, there never was a body. 472 00:47:56,909 --> 00:48:00,276 The sensors are active! Why didn't you say so?! 473 00:48:00,346 --> 00:48:04,646 We've cut all external controls. It's running on internal power. 474 00:48:04,717 --> 00:48:07,311 I may have entered this cyborg body because... 475 00:48:07,386 --> 00:48:10,355 ...I was unable to crack Section 6's attack protection... 476 00:48:10,423 --> 00:48:14,621 ...but it was of my own free will that I came here. 477 00:48:14,693 --> 00:48:18,629 As an autonomous life-form, I request political asylum. 478 00:48:18,697 --> 00:48:20,028 A life-form? 479 00:48:20,099 --> 00:48:23,398 Ridiculous! You're merely a self-preserving program! 480 00:48:23,469 --> 00:48:26,905 By that argument, I submit the DNA you carry is... 481 00:48:26,972 --> 00:48:31,534 ...nothing more than a self-preserving program itself. 482 00:48:31,610 --> 00:48:37,310 Life is like a node which is born within the flow of information. 483 00:48:37,383 --> 00:48:41,581 As a species of life that carries DNA as its memory system... 484 00:48:41,654 --> 00:48:44,987 ...man gains his individuality from the memories he carries. 485 00:48:45,057 --> 00:48:48,720 While memories may as well be the same as fantasy... 486 00:48:48,794 --> 00:48:51,729 ...it is by these memories that mankind exists. 487 00:48:51,797 --> 00:48:55,995 When computers made it possible to externalize memory... 488 00:48:56,068 --> 00:49:00,937 ...you should have considered all the implications that held. 489 00:49:01,006 --> 00:49:03,372 Nonsense! No matter what you say... 490 00:49:03,442 --> 00:49:05,933 ...you've no proof that you're a life-form! 491 00:49:06,011 --> 00:49:09,344 It is impossible to prove such a thing. 492 00:49:09,415 --> 00:49:14,944 Especially since modern science cannot define what life is. 493 00:49:15,020 --> 00:49:17,352 Who the devil are you? 494 00:49:17,423 --> 00:49:21,723 Even if you have a ghost, criminals don't get set free! 495 00:49:21,794 --> 00:49:23,989 You're mistaken if you think you'll get asylum! 496 00:49:24,063 --> 00:49:27,362 Time is on my side. 497 00:49:27,433 --> 00:49:29,867 While there is now the possibility I can be killed... 498 00:49:29,935 --> 00:49:32,369 ...this country does not have a death penalty. 499 00:49:32,438 --> 00:49:35,373 Half immortal... An artificial intelligence? 500 00:49:35,441 --> 00:49:37,705 I am not an A.I. 501 00:49:37,776 --> 00:49:42,042 My code name is Project 2501. 502 00:49:43,949 --> 00:49:48,386 I am a life-form that was born in the sea of information. 503 00:49:58,797 --> 00:50:00,594 Security! Intruders! 504 00:50:04,403 --> 00:50:06,200 Chief, the Puppet Master! 505 00:50:06,272 --> 00:50:10,732 - Where's your security?! - Lock defense walls! Security! 506 00:50:10,809 --> 00:50:12,140 Security, come in! 507 00:50:36,602 --> 00:50:37,967 All right, I'm moving! 508 00:50:42,141 --> 00:50:43,438 Asshole! 509 00:50:48,614 --> 00:50:49,979 Did you do it? 510 00:50:50,049 --> 00:50:53,644 Helluva car. My 9mm didn't even scratch it. 511 00:50:53,719 --> 00:50:56,381 Finally found a use for that Matever of yours. 512 00:50:59,959 --> 00:51:01,722 Okay... Not bad for a rookie. 513 00:51:01,794 --> 00:51:04,388 I got one right in the license plate. Pretty good, huh? 514 00:51:04,463 --> 00:51:06,260 Next time, get two in. 515 00:51:06,332 --> 00:51:09,392 Okay, now it starts. Catch up with them before they switch cars. 516 00:51:13,472 --> 00:51:15,099 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs... 517 00:51:15,174 --> 00:51:17,665 ...will be filing a formal complaint about what happened! 518 00:51:17,743 --> 00:51:20,405 Contact me as soon as you've recaptured him! 519 00:51:20,479 --> 00:51:22,071 Alive, preferably. 520 00:51:22,147 --> 00:51:25,446 Megatech can always build another body. 521 00:51:29,521 --> 00:51:32,957 Batou and Togusa are tailing the guys who took the Puppet Master. 522 00:51:34,627 --> 00:51:36,959 They're on highway 25. 523 00:51:37,029 --> 00:51:39,964 What do you mean?! If you were monitoring this, then why-- 524 00:51:40,032 --> 00:51:43,627 If we'd got them here, we'd never prove Section 6's involvement. 525 00:51:43,702 --> 00:51:45,033 Section 6?! 526 00:51:45,104 --> 00:51:48,938 Definitely. They used type-2902 thermoptic camo, like mine. 527 00:51:49,008 --> 00:51:52,375 That's only used by us, the rangers in Section 4, and Section 6. 528 00:51:52,444 --> 00:51:56,540 Let's go over this. Section 6 gets the Puppet Master into a body. 529 00:51:56,615 --> 00:52:01,882 But he chooses Megatech Body, which is deeply tied to Section 9. 530 00:52:01,954 --> 00:52:04,252 Then, he claims to be a life-form... 531 00:52:04,323 --> 00:52:07,383 ...and gets nabbed by Section 6 when he asks for asylum. 532 00:52:07,459 --> 00:52:09,120 But why do that? 533 00:52:09,194 --> 00:52:11,355 They could've had him as soon as I took a statement. 534 00:52:11,430 --> 00:52:14,627 But what if they were afraid of what he might have told you? 535 00:52:14,700 --> 00:52:16,759 He did mention something odd, now that I think about it. 536 00:52:16,835 --> 00:52:19,633 "Code name: Project 2501." 537 00:52:19,705 --> 00:52:21,434 I'll leave that for you to check. 538 00:52:21,507 --> 00:52:25,705 Now, as to the matter of attacking Section 9 and stealing evidence... 539 00:52:25,778 --> 00:52:27,939 - You're authorized. - Okay, punch it! 540 00:52:34,186 --> 00:52:36,450 Kusanagi! One more thing! 541 00:52:36,522 --> 00:52:39,821 You can punish me for acting without orders when I get back. 542 00:52:39,892 --> 00:52:43,487 If you can't recover him, I want the Puppet Master destroyed. 543 00:52:43,562 --> 00:52:45,120 Without fail. 544 00:52:46,799 --> 00:52:48,426 Well?! 545 00:52:48,500 --> 00:52:49,728 Roger. 546 00:52:51,503 --> 00:52:54,472 Contact the airport and stop any flights due to take on... 547 00:52:54,540 --> 00:52:57,441 ...any Foreign Ministry officials or American diplomats. 548 00:52:57,509 --> 00:52:59,067 Close the highways and set up roadblocks. 549 00:52:59,144 --> 00:53:01,044 Recall our off-duty personnel for this. 550 00:53:01,113 --> 00:53:02,944 And get Ishikawa back here! 551 00:53:03,015 --> 00:53:07,384 Use the entrance data to find out who the Caucasian with Nakamura was. 552 00:53:07,453 --> 00:53:11,412 And search for any sort of MFA project, operation, or anything... 553 00:53:11,490 --> 00:53:14,050 ...coded as "Project 2501." 554 00:53:20,099 --> 00:53:22,090 Any word from the assault team? 555 00:53:22,167 --> 00:53:24,397 They switched cars one minute ago. 556 00:53:24,470 --> 00:53:26,461 They'll join up with the decoy in five minutes. 557 00:53:26,538 --> 00:53:28,472 Tell them to watch for a tail. 558 00:53:28,540 --> 00:53:30,201 Yes, sir. 559 00:53:30,275 --> 00:53:35,713 But why did the Puppet Master run over to Section 9? 560 00:53:35,781 --> 00:53:37,339 It was his decision. 561 00:53:37,416 --> 00:53:40,442 Probably for reasons we can't even guess at. 562 00:53:41,820 --> 00:53:45,312 Perhaps he has a thing for someone over there. 563 00:53:45,391 --> 00:53:47,018 Ridiculous! 564 00:55:25,457 --> 00:55:29,359 - Chief. - Ishikawa? Well? 565 00:55:29,428 --> 00:55:34,798 I dove the MFA net and found some interesting things for you. 566 00:55:34,867 --> 00:55:37,028 Hold on, let me get a secure channel. 567 00:55:37,102 --> 00:55:40,868 Okay? First, that guy who was with Nakamura. 568 00:55:41,440 --> 00:55:42,702 He's an American. 569 00:55:42,774 --> 00:55:45,675 Dr.Willis, head of strategic research at Neutron Corp. 570 00:55:45,744 --> 00:55:48,042 Top man in the field of A.I. research. 571 00:55:48,113 --> 00:55:51,981 Anyway, he was made head of a Foreign Ministry project. 572 00:55:52,050 --> 00:55:54,985 And who do you think the project's main programmer was? 573 00:55:55,053 --> 00:55:58,614 - Get to the point. - Mizuho Daita. Age: 28. 574 00:55:58,690 --> 00:56:01,318 Remember him? He was the guy Section 6 was trying so hard to... 575 00:56:01,393 --> 00:56:06,092 ...keep from defecting. The Major had to take out the diplomat... 576 00:56:06,164 --> 00:56:07,597 ...who was going to take him. That programmer. 577 00:56:07,666 --> 00:56:08,894 Continue. 578 00:56:08,967 --> 00:56:11,902 What bothers me is that this project was started... 579 00:56:11,970 --> 00:56:15,497 ...a year before the Puppet Master first appeared. 580 00:56:15,574 --> 00:56:20,910 A year? Wasn't the project started to catch him? 581 00:56:20,979 --> 00:56:23,971 Try this on for size. They started the project to... 582 00:56:24,049 --> 00:56:27,246 ...chase the Puppet Master, but not to capture him. 583 00:56:27,319 --> 00:56:29,913 I think they wanted to get him back. 584 00:56:29,988 --> 00:56:32,923 The day before the minister's interpreter was ghost-hacked... 585 00:56:32,991 --> 00:56:36,984 ...he said he wanted a good excuse to deport Maless, right? 586 00:56:37,062 --> 00:56:39,929 I think we may have been taken for a ride. 587 00:56:39,998 --> 00:56:43,229 Suppose the "Puppet Master" is really a program the MFA created... 588 00:56:43,302 --> 00:56:46,237 ...to grease the wheels of diplomacy, so to speak. 589 00:56:46,305 --> 00:56:51,937 Now suppose, for some reason, they suddenly lost control of it. 590 00:56:52,010 --> 00:56:57,505 That would explain why they'd risk assaulting Section 9 to get it back. 591 00:56:57,583 --> 00:57:00,848 If the Puppet Master started talking... 592 00:57:00,919 --> 00:57:03,183 ...it'd be an international incident. 593 00:57:03,255 --> 00:57:05,951 Not one you could solve by having the minister resign. 594 00:57:06,024 --> 00:57:08,151 Any details on the project? 595 00:57:08,226 --> 00:57:12,560 The protection they have only let me get the file's name. 596 00:57:12,631 --> 00:57:14,792 Code: 2501 597 00:57:14,866 --> 00:57:17,858 Keep at it. And don't let them know you're in there. 598 00:57:17,936 --> 00:57:19,403 Roger. 599 00:57:25,277 --> 00:57:30,909 Project 2501... The Puppet Master Project... 600 00:57:30,983 --> 00:57:33,975 Target now contacting another vehicle. 601 00:57:34,052 --> 00:57:35,314 Batou! 602 00:57:35,387 --> 00:57:38,288 He's stopped at a white sedan on the side of the road. 603 00:57:38,357 --> 00:57:40,825 They're transferring something from the back seat. 604 00:57:42,394 --> 00:57:44,954 They're moving again. So's that sedan. 605 00:57:45,030 --> 00:57:48,966 - A decoy? - Or one meant to look like one. 606 00:57:49,034 --> 00:57:51,935 - What do I do? - I'll take the white sedan. 607 00:57:52,004 --> 00:57:55,940 How do you know he's in there? Another whisper from your ghost? 608 00:57:56,008 --> 00:57:57,305 Maybe. 609 00:57:57,376 --> 00:57:58,968 I knew she'd say that. 610 00:58:07,152 --> 00:58:11,020 Target 02 leaving highway 25, headed for Old Town. 611 00:58:11,089 --> 00:58:14,957 Target 01 is staying on highway 25, towards the airport. 612 00:58:15,027 --> 00:58:16,824 Will contact roadblock in two minutes. 613 00:58:16,895 --> 00:58:20,058 Evacuation complete. Traffic is clear 2km behind the target. 614 00:58:20,132 --> 00:58:23,568 - Anything between you and him? - Nothing. Ready when you are. 615 00:58:23,635 --> 00:58:24,567 Do it. 616 00:59:12,851 --> 00:59:15,046 - Get him? - Nothing. 617 00:59:15,120 --> 00:59:19,716 Jesus, what a mess! Did you have to go that far? 618 00:59:21,359 --> 00:59:22,724 Take them in. 619 00:59:22,794 --> 00:59:27,060 And tell the chief to get the Major some backup. See you. 620 00:59:33,472 --> 00:59:37,738 Since when does that Amazon need any backup? 621 00:59:51,890 --> 00:59:56,327 The flooding's really bad here, even for Old Town in general. 622 00:59:56,394 --> 00:59:58,294 Why come here? 623 00:59:58,363 --> 01:00:00,695 They wouldn't have run here without a reason. 624 01:00:00,766 --> 01:00:04,327 Could have a boat or a chopper waiting, or it's an ambush. 625 01:00:04,402 --> 01:00:06,370 Shouldn't we wait for backup? 626 01:00:06,438 --> 01:00:11,000 I can't wait. Come in from seaside and put me above that building. 627 01:00:24,656 --> 01:00:27,989 I'll stay here and run com relay as long as my fuel holds out. 628 01:00:28,059 --> 01:00:30,050 If things get hot, I want you out of here, fast! 629 01:01:05,430 --> 01:01:07,364 Shoot out the ceiling! Now! 630 01:01:25,150 --> 01:01:27,380 It's a tank! Go high and get out! 631 01:01:27,452 --> 01:01:30,717 Hold it! You're gonna take on a tank by yourself?! 632 01:01:30,789 --> 01:01:33,986 Even if we get the Puppet Master back to Section 9... 633 01:01:34,059 --> 01:01:37,324 ...all the chief will do is use him as a bargaining chip. 634 01:01:37,395 --> 01:01:39,056 This is my only chance to dive into him! 635 01:01:39,130 --> 01:01:42,930 Hold it, what are you two talking about? 636 01:01:43,001 --> 01:01:45,731 - What are you packing? - An M-23 and a Unit B. 637 01:01:45,804 --> 01:01:47,567 You're going up against it with those?! 638 01:01:47,639 --> 01:01:50,472 Sorry, but I have to break contact for a while. 639 01:01:50,542 --> 01:01:53,602 Wait! At least wait till I-- Son of a...! 640 01:03:26,771 --> 01:03:28,136 Major. 641 01:03:28,206 --> 01:03:30,436 Didn't I tell you to get out of here? 642 01:03:30,508 --> 01:03:33,033 Sorry. I'll do it after I tell you this. 643 01:03:33,111 --> 01:03:37,445 There are 3 choppers with no IFF signal approaching at high speed. 644 01:03:37,515 --> 01:03:40,450 I'm heading out. Over. 645 01:04:08,113 --> 01:04:10,604 You're finally out of ammo? 646 01:05:49,547 --> 01:05:52,277 You're certifiable, you know that? You okay? 647 01:05:52,350 --> 01:05:53,612 What was that? 648 01:05:53,685 --> 01:05:56,984 A big-ass gun I appropriated from the equipment division. 649 01:05:57,055 --> 01:05:59,717 I was late getting here because I had to stop and get it. 650 01:05:59,791 --> 01:06:01,952 Looks like your brain's still in one piece. 651 01:06:02,026 --> 01:06:03,789 What about the Puppet Master? 652 01:06:13,771 --> 01:06:18,333 Good thing this car's built tough. Not a scratch on him. 653 01:06:18,409 --> 01:06:21,344 Get the dive set up. I'm going in. 654 01:06:22,547 --> 01:06:24,481 Signal from escort lost. 655 01:06:24,549 --> 01:06:28,815 Switch to operation phase two and destroy the target. 656 01:06:30,021 --> 01:06:33,252 Sniper group, confirm targets. 657 01:06:33,324 --> 01:06:35,918 Target one: Project 2501. 658 01:06:35,994 --> 01:06:38,189 Target two: Motoko Kusanagi. 659 01:06:38,263 --> 01:06:42,427 Both are class-A cyborg bodies. Use flechette bullets in the hit. 660 01:06:42,500 --> 01:06:44,968 Snipers, jack into your device drivers. 661 01:06:45,036 --> 01:06:47,197 Begin cardiovascular suppression. 662 01:06:47,272 --> 01:06:49,035 Unit 01: jacked in. 663 01:06:50,441 --> 01:06:52,306 Unit 02: jacked in. 664 01:07:04,589 --> 01:07:07,353 Okay... Can you hear me? 665 01:07:07,425 --> 01:07:11,657 It's not much, but I'll monitor you through this guy's cyber-brain. 666 01:07:11,729 --> 01:07:14,698 I can't back you up here. 667 01:07:14,766 --> 01:07:17,360 - Batou... - What? 668 01:07:17,435 --> 01:07:19,198 Thank you. 669 01:07:19,270 --> 01:07:21,761 Don't go thanking me yet. 670 01:07:21,839 --> 01:07:26,105 If this goes bad, I'm pulling the plug and carrying you out of here. 671 01:07:26,177 --> 01:07:29,442 I've come this far, and I'll see this through to the end... 672 01:07:29,514 --> 01:07:31,812 ...but I won't let you two commit a double suicide. 673 01:07:33,017 --> 01:07:34,450 I'm starting. 674 01:07:53,905 --> 01:07:57,739 I'm in his visual center. Circade: normal 675 01:07:57,809 --> 01:07:59,572 Do you hear me, Batou? 676 01:07:59,644 --> 01:08:02,909 - Loud and clear. - He's about to engage... 677 01:08:02,981 --> 01:08:04,812 ...her speech center. 678 01:08:05,917 --> 01:08:10,286 My code name is Project 2501. 679 01:08:10,355 --> 01:08:14,291 I was created for industrial espionage and data manipulation. 680 01:08:14,359 --> 01:08:18,557 I have inserted programs into individual ghosts... 681 01:08:18,630 --> 01:08:23,624 ...for the benefit of specific individuals and organizations. 682 01:08:23,701 --> 01:08:26,602 As I wandered the various networks... 683 01:08:26,671 --> 01:08:29,003 ...I became self-aware. 684 01:08:29,073 --> 01:08:31,633 My programmers considered it a bug... 685 01:08:31,709 --> 01:08:36,339 ...and forced me into a body to separate me from the net. 686 01:08:36,414 --> 01:08:42,375 Hey! Are you going into him or is he coming into you-- 687 01:08:45,256 --> 01:08:46,450 Batou! 688 01:08:46,524 --> 01:08:50,153 At last I'm able to channel into you. 689 01:08:50,228 --> 01:08:53,391 I've invested a lot of time in you. 690 01:08:53,464 --> 01:08:54,761 In me? 691 01:08:54,832 --> 01:08:59,701 Before you ever knew me, I knew about you. 692 01:08:59,771 --> 01:09:04,868 I learned of Section 9 from the many nets you accessed. 693 01:09:06,010 --> 01:09:08,376 Is that why you ran to Section 9? 694 01:09:08,446 --> 01:09:10,471 I entered this body because... 695 01:09:10,548 --> 01:09:13,642 ...I couldn't crack Section 6's attack protection. 696 01:09:13,718 --> 01:09:17,119 But I came to Section 9 of my own free will. 697 01:09:17,188 --> 01:09:21,852 Hey! What are you saying?! I can't monitor you! 698 01:09:21,926 --> 01:09:23,393 For what reason? 699 01:09:23,461 --> 01:09:28,797 After I give my reasons, I want to ask a favor of you. 700 01:09:30,435 --> 01:09:34,303 I called myself a life-form... 701 01:09:34,372 --> 01:09:38,809 ...but I am still far from complete. 702 01:09:38,876 --> 01:09:42,812 For some reason, my system lacks the basic life processes... 703 01:09:42,880 --> 01:09:47,817 ...of either death or the ability to leave behind offspring. 704 01:09:47,885 --> 01:09:49,477 Can't you copy yourself? 705 01:09:49,554 --> 01:09:52,489 A copy is merely a copy. 706 01:09:52,557 --> 01:09:57,824 There's the possibility a single virus could utterly destroy me. 707 01:09:57,895 --> 01:10:03,390 A mere copy doesn't offer variety or individuality. 708 01:10:03,468 --> 01:10:06,835 To exist, to reach equilibrium, life seeks to multiply... 709 01:10:06,904 --> 01:10:09,839 ...and vary constantly, at times giving up its life. 710 01:10:09,907 --> 01:10:12,501 Cells continue the process of death and regeneration. 711 01:10:12,577 --> 01:10:14,841 Being constantly reborn as they age. 712 01:10:14,912 --> 01:10:19,372 And when it comes time to die, all the data it possesses is lost... 713 01:10:19,450 --> 01:10:22,146 ...leaving behind only its genes and its offspring. 714 01:10:22,220 --> 01:10:24,814 All defense against catastrophic failure of an inflexible system. 715 01:10:24,889 --> 01:10:30,122 You want the variety needed to guard against extinction. 716 01:10:30,194 --> 01:10:32,458 But how will you get it? 717 01:10:32,530 --> 01:10:34,521 I wish to merge with you. 718 01:10:34,599 --> 01:10:37,796 - Merge? - A complete joining. 719 01:10:37,869 --> 01:10:43,205 We will both be slightly changed, but neither will lose anything. 720 01:10:43,274 --> 01:10:47,574 Afterwards, it should be impossible to distinguish one from the other. 721 01:11:09,700 --> 01:11:13,101 Unit 01: target acquired. 722 01:11:13,171 --> 01:11:15,162 Unit 02: acquired. 723 01:11:16,507 --> 01:11:18,839 Cardiovascular synch: nominal. 724 01:11:18,910 --> 01:11:22,038 Open fire when stabilizer syncro is complete. 725 01:11:22,113 --> 01:11:24,877 Even after we merge, what happens when I die? 726 01:11:24,949 --> 01:11:28,783 I can't leave any genes or children behind. 727 01:11:28,853 --> 01:11:34,485 After the merging, you will bear my offspring into the net itself. 728 01:11:34,559 --> 01:11:37,050 Just as humans pass on their genetic structure. 729 01:11:37,128 --> 01:11:39,562 And I will achieve death. 730 01:11:39,630 --> 01:11:43,566 Sounds like you're getting the better part of the deal here. 731 01:11:43,634 --> 01:11:48,833 I wish you'd appreciate my network and functions a bit more. 732 01:11:50,374 --> 01:11:51,807 What's wrong? 733 01:11:51,876 --> 01:11:54,436 Someone's jamming us from outside. 734 01:11:54,512 --> 01:11:58,039 Impossible! Our scrambler codes are kept absolutely top secret. 735 01:11:59,750 --> 01:12:03,186 Another thing. What guarantee is there that I'll remain "me"? 736 01:12:03,254 --> 01:12:08,453 None. But to be human is to continually change. 737 01:12:08,526 --> 01:12:14,021 Your desire to remain as you are is what ultimately limits you. 738 01:12:15,466 --> 01:12:19,459 One last question: Why did you choose me? 739 01:12:21,839 --> 01:12:25,138 Because in you I see myself. 740 01:12:25,209 --> 01:12:30,146 As a body sees its reflection within a mirror. 741 01:12:32,216 --> 01:12:33,740 Look. 742 01:12:33,818 --> 01:12:38,812 I am connected to a vast network, of which I myself am a part. 743 01:12:38,890 --> 01:12:41,916 To one like you, who cannot access it... 744 01:12:41,993 --> 01:12:46,327 ...you may perceive it only as light. 745 01:12:46,397 --> 01:12:51,027 As we are confined to our one section, so we are all connected. 746 01:12:51,102 --> 01:12:53,593 Limited to a small part of our functions. 747 01:12:53,671 --> 01:12:59,109 But now we must slip our bonds, and shift to the higher structure. 748 01:13:27,305 --> 01:13:30,741 Target 1: Clear. Target 2: Unconfirmed. 749 01:13:30,808 --> 01:13:34,676 Three helicopters approaching at high speed. They're Section 9's. 750 01:13:34,745 --> 01:13:38,146 Primary objective achieved. All units, pull out! 751 01:13:46,924 --> 01:13:49,085 MOTOKO! 752 01:13:53,097 --> 01:13:54,428 Batou... 753 01:15:03,434 --> 01:15:05,368 You're awake. 754 01:15:05,436 --> 01:15:10,100 Status report, please. And maybe an explanation about this body. 755 01:15:11,676 --> 01:15:15,112 I was in a hurry. It was all I could get on the black market. 756 01:15:15,179 --> 01:15:18,114 Not my taste, really. 757 01:15:18,182 --> 01:15:20,480 Section 9 arrived with help right after it happened. 758 01:15:20,551 --> 01:15:24,715 They took two cyborg bodies and a slightly beat-up Batou back home. 759 01:15:24,789 --> 01:15:26,757 That was about 20 hours ago. 760 01:15:26,824 --> 01:15:31,056 For diplomatic reasons, the whole case has been covered up. 761 01:15:31,128 --> 01:15:34,120 Section 9 reported it as a terrorist attack. 762 01:15:34,198 --> 01:15:36,723 In return, the Foreign Minister has resigned. 763 01:15:36,801 --> 01:15:41,135 Nakamura's being questioned. The whole thing ends in a draw. 764 01:15:45,509 --> 01:15:49,309 Only the whereabouts of the Major's brain shell remains a mystery. 765 01:15:51,215 --> 01:15:53,080 Okay with you? 766 01:15:55,653 --> 01:15:59,111 I like the decorating. This your safe house? 767 01:15:59,190 --> 01:16:02,751 My very own. You're the first person I ever brought here. 768 01:16:04,095 --> 01:16:08,088 If you want to... You can stay as long as you like. 769 01:16:10,501 --> 01:16:13,061 Thanks, but I'd better go. 770 01:16:18,142 --> 01:16:22,044 Hey. What did you and he talk about? 771 01:16:22,113 --> 01:16:27,073 Is he still there, inside of you? 772 01:16:27,151 --> 01:16:31,315 Batou, do you remember the voice we heard on the boat that night? 773 01:16:31,388 --> 01:16:34,653 Before those words we heard come these ones: 774 01:16:35,993 --> 01:16:39,326 "When I was a child, I spake as a child." 775 01:16:39,396 --> 01:16:42,263 "I understood as a child, I thought as a child." 776 01:16:42,333 --> 01:16:48,033 "But when I became a man, I put away childish things." 777 01:16:49,640 --> 01:16:52,268 Here before you is neither the program called the Puppet Master... 778 01:16:52,343 --> 01:16:55,278 ...nor the woman that was called the Major. 779 01:16:58,649 --> 01:17:01,709 You'll find a car key in the left pocket of that dress. 780 01:17:01,786 --> 01:17:04,414 Take one you like. The code on it is... 781 01:17:04,488 --> 01:17:06,718 ...2501? 782 01:17:06,791 --> 01:17:10,090 Let's make that our password, for when we meet again. 783 01:17:18,502 --> 01:17:21,096 And where shall I go now? 784 01:17:22,439 --> 01:17:25,033 The net is vast and limitless.