Angely i demony kruzhili nado mnoj, Angels and demons circle above me,
rassykhali ternii i vechnye puti. through the thorns to the stars.
Ne znaet shast'je tol'ko tot, Only those unable to perceive its call...
kto jevo zova ponjat' ne smog. ...do not know happiness.
Naljubuites', naljubuites'. Watch in awe, watch in awe.
Aeria gloris, aeria gloris.
Naljubuites', naljubuites'. Watch in awe, watch in awe.
Aeria gloris, aeria gloris.
I am calling, calling now,
spirits rise and falling.
Soboj ostat'sja dol'she. To remain myself longer.
Calling, calling, in the depths of longing.
Soboj ostat'sja dol'she. To remain myself longer.
Naljubuites', Watch in awe,
aeria gloris.
This city is haunted by a spectre...
The spectre of capitalism.
Standing by for non-burnable trash collection. How about you?
Yep, ready anytime you are.
You sure are a worrywart, Major.
Our comms won't get tapped even if we don't use encryption.
If you don't show a little more caution, you'll end up flat on your face.
Even if our intel is wrong, it doesn't change the fact that they're a group of smalltime thugs.
I don't see how we could possibly get taken out.
Tachikoma, what's your status?
Street blockading now complete!
Major, somebody threw away an old guy! What should we do with him?
Leave him. That's a job for the local authorities.
How about you?
I've finished loosening the spark plugs on every suspicious car.
Do you want me to pull the plug from that car, too?
Let's get started.
That's a Japanese model for you... It's really sensitive.
Sanitation department!
We're here to pick up your oversized garbage.
If there's been a mistake, I'll need your signature here.
Be good boys and stay put!
The authorities have intel from reliable source...
...that you're going to attack a financial institution.
Don't try anything stupid.
Didn't you hear the lady?
She said not to try anything stupid.
Okay, take them away!
Looks like our intel was right on the money.
They said the nastiest thing they've got is a little ol' shotgun.
You have to wrap up cases like this swiftly and cautiously.
Major!
You okay?
Looks like you're in one piece, more or less.
This isn't the least bit funny.
Togusa, bring the car around!
Good luck.
Yes, sir. There was one "Pioneer" model with them.
And?
The ringleader is a gangster from South China Province,
and was apparently planning revenge against the Interstar Co...
...for losses he incurred when they sold their own stock.
That's quite some getup.
Are you wearing that to try to get my attention?
Of course not. I didn't have much choice.
Did the intel from South China Province's Public Security Bureau prove to be useful?
There are two things about it that bother me.
First, the fact that there was an android mixed in with the gang that wasn't in the report.
But that wasn't a serious issue.
You don't say?
Second, even though their objective was supposed to be a hit on a financial institution,
for some reason, they had a data file on a personal investor with them.
Who is this?
Kanemoto Yokose.
A former mathematician, he's now one of the wealthiest men in the world.
He's a personal investor whose name is always linked to major stock trades.
Or maybe you could call him a new breed of corporate extortionist.
I've heard that name before...
He apparently got into stocks after he got bored...
...with fiddling around with mere numbers.
Looks like he had a gift for that, too.
But to him, e-money and stock manipulation were just a game.
They say that his real obsession is in collecting gold,
and that he's stockpiled a huge quantity of it.
But in spite of that, he hates anything ostentatious...
...and only rarely shows himself behind the scenes,
so he's earned himself the nickname "The Hermit Wizard of Wall Street".
Needless to say, I think he has a lot of enemies.
What a weirdo...
And I'm surprised you know so much about him.
You dabbling in the market?
No, I just happened to catch him on a show called "Mansions of the World" once, that's all.
Geez, you family men...
Chief, you have a call from Mr. Wang of the South China Public Security Bureau.
Right.
Double the safety protocols and patch him though.
Understood.
Mr. Aramaki, it's been a long time.
Not since the Asian Public Security Conference, yes?
We've put you to a great deal of trouble over this incident.
My country is mortified. Please accept my apologies.
Not at all. Thanks to your help, we were able to nip it in the bud.
So, what can I do for you today?
The thing is, we turned up an unmarked expenditure when we were checking...
...the bank accounts of the people who smuggled those gangsters their weapons.
Past experience leads me to believe this may be evidence that an underworld hitman was hired,
so I thought I should let you know, just in case.
Thank you for going to all this trouble.
We will take action with all due caution.
I hope I can be of further service.
Just to be safe, put Mr. Yokose under guard.
Batou, meet up with Ishikawa at the heliport with a Type-D3 loadout. Take a Tachikoma.
Togusa, you question those people again. Do whatever it takes.
From A-SIA to ¥€$?
I believe the yen exchange rate is more favorable.
I don't care.
One moment, please.
Mr. Ishikawa, let me have a turn playing that, too!
Major, I just can't seem to get in touch with Mr. Yokose.
That doesn't sound like you.
File a lawsuit to lure out his legal advisors.
You should be able to reel him in after that, right?
Or a large-scale bank should have someone assigned personally to its clients. Try that.
No, I tried that trick and didn't get anywhere.
The fact of the matter is that this is one mysterious guy.
Not only hasn't he been cyberized, there's no contact info for him anywhere.
Not on his chief manager's portable terminal, or even his computer.
What about the producer of that "mansions" show?
Wouldn't he know how to reach him?
I tried that, too.
He said that Mr. Yokose contacted them when they did the interview segments for the show.
So, all we know is where his house is?
Camouflage yourself and follow me in.
Roger!
What kind of answer is that?
Batou, status?
Crawling with bugs and in position behind the mansion.
Major, I hit paydirt.
Like we thought, they hired a hitman.
Codename, Fem.
She's a combat cyborg affiliated with the South Seas Mafia, and is wanted internationally.
I dug through the bank accounts and got confirmation there, too.
Looks like the guys at the Chinese restaurant were just there to distract the investigators.
Okay, I'll read the rest in your report. Hop in a chopper and get over here, too!
Roger.
Guess I made the right call...
Major, I found an appointment for him with Kouhoku Maintenance.
I doctored the time and ID, so you should be able to walk in through the front door.
Copy that. Good work.
Stay put and continue monitoring the systems inside the mansion.
What a crying shame...
Maybe I'll borrow one for the trip back.
That was close...
This could be a problem.
That's it, huh?
Bankers...
I don't like the timing of this.
Tachikoma, check out that van.
And who might you be, ma'am?
Major!
It looks like they've already been killed.
She's one step ahead of us, huh?
If you do not have an appointment, I will have to ask you to leave.
Kouhoku Maintenance. I'm here for your regular inspection.
Thank you for your services.
Isn't there anybody here but Ghostless dolls?
Batou, I've disabled the security. Get in here and take Mr. Yokose into custody.
Fem is probably inside the mansion already.
Sorry, but I think I'll be a little late.
Hurry it up. Tachikoma, come with me.
And who might you be, sir?
Me? I'm Tachikoma.
This isn't good at all...
It doesn't look like they can jump up here,
but picking 'em off one at a time seems a bit...
That's the worst they've got, huh?
I guess I'll make a break for it.
Person exhibiting suspicious activity detected.
What the hell am I doing?
Tachikoma, why weren't you watching my back?
Major, none of these people have barriers in their brains. The assassin is now...
Have you forgotten your job as my "suit"?
I don't really think of myself that way...
Mr. Yokose is resting at the moment,
so please wait until he wakes up.
I won't wake him.
What are you doing, Big Man?
I finally figured out what makes dogs tick.
Are you listening?
Sit, boys!
Good boys!
Let's move!
What the hell?
How content you must be, surrounded by the gold you fleeced from the poor.
Kanemoto Yokose... Die by your beloved gold!
That's far enough, Fem! We're the police.
Make it easy on yourself. Come along peacefully.
Damn it!
Looks like you should have shot Mr. Yokose right away.
Where have you been? What took you so long?
Stay focused!
I ran into a little trouble.
Still, this is pretty amazing! Talk about a feast for the eyes.
Too good a feast, if you ask me.
This guy must have nerves of steel to sleep through all this racket.
I'd say he died three or four months ago.
There are some records left here.
Looks like he made arrangements in the event of his death.
You're saying that no one knew Yokose died...
...because this "Moneymaker Program" kept running even after he died?
Looks that way. What should we do about this?
We need to contact his legal advisors and his surviving relatives.
You know, tell them their employer has died.
He probably doesn't have any relatives.
I'm pretty sure I heard him mention that in the interview.
Speaking of which, you seem to know a lot about Yokose, don't you?
Maybe we can leave the cleanup to you, then.
Good idea.
Wha...?
If no heirs turn up, I suppose the state will collect all that gold bullion.
It hardly seems fair, does it?
But isn't it even less fair for one person to hoard all this?
What's that you've got there?!
He should've known that you can't take it with you...
Wait a minute.
Use that to pay the ferryman.
As far as the flow of money utilized by the Moneymaker Program is concerned,
it's so vast that it'll be hard to make a detailed report until we extract the Al.
Dig through it as fast as you can. By the way, where's the Major?
Having a chat with Ishikawa about our own troublesome Al.
I understand that, but can't we input the perception of a warning or punishment?
Well, I'm not sure...
When you get down to it, the problem is that...
...the Tachikoma don't understand the concept of "labor."
I'm back.
Oh, hi, honey.
Look, look!
I made 100,000 yen off of our Meditech stocks today!
You actually bought those? I totally forgot about that.
Of course! E-trading is how housewives pass the time.
Dinner's ready.
Sure.
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She's so cold and human
It's something humans do
She stays so golden solo
She's so number nine
She's incredible math
Just incredible math
And is she really human?
She's just so something new
A waking lithium flower
Just about to bloom
I smell lithium now
Smelling lithium now
How is she when she doesn't surf?
I wonder what she does when she wakes up?
When she wakes up?