1 00:00:00,770 --> 00:00:03,100 MOTOKO! 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:08,700 So, do you mean to tell me that even if the flesh is lost, a person's thoughts can... 3 00:00:08,870 --> 00:00:12,570 ...wander the net and continue existing as a unique individual? 4 00:00:13,380 --> 00:00:14,850 I'm not so sure. 5 00:00:15,180 --> 00:00:17,550 It's hard to imagine that a will that's free of its shell... 6 00:00:17,550 --> 00:00:19,850 ...could maintain its individuality in the sea of the net. 7 00:00:20,450 --> 00:00:24,480 So, for someone who lives on, even as they continuously lose their individuality, 8 00:00:24,890 --> 00:00:26,550 this world is despair. 9 00:00:27,030 --> 00:00:29,360 I guess that depends on how you define despair. 10 00:00:30,230 --> 00:00:32,820 At any rate, there's always the option of giving death a try, right? 11 00:00:33,270 --> 00:00:34,730 I suppose there's always that option. 12 00:00:35,030 --> 00:00:38,400 Anyway, I'm in your debt. Thank you. 13 00:00:39,270 --> 00:00:42,900 The way you kept your promise was extremely charming. 14 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:55,290 "We don't have convenient excuses like team plays here at Section 9." 15 00:00:56,660 --> 00:01:00,850 "All we need is teamwork that comes about as a result of a grandstand play." 16 00:01:01,690 --> 00:01:07,290 That was the first bit of advice that the Chief gave us back in the early days of Section 9. 17 00:01:11,900 --> 00:01:16,860 When all that happened, did the Chief really throw us to the wolves? 18 00:01:18,010 --> 00:01:20,350 I was subjected to unproductive questioning, 19 00:01:20,350 --> 00:01:24,870 unable to contact my teammates, or even access any data from the outside. 20 00:01:25,750 --> 00:01:29,190 And then, 15 days later, I was suddenly released. 21 00:01:44,740 --> 00:01:46,840 Written in the orders I was handed then were two things. 22 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:50,140 The fact that Public Security Section 9 had already been disbanded, 23 00:01:50,510 --> 00:01:54,550 and orders from the security company that I worked for as my cover... 24 00:01:54,550 --> 00:01:57,210 ...saying that I was on indefinite home leave. 25 00:01:58,020 --> 00:02:01,820 But who was I supposed to wait to be contacted by? 26 00:02:04,860 --> 00:02:10,630 I ran around, trying to find out what had happened while I was arrested. 27 00:02:11,790 --> 00:02:12,040 243 Ruling Party Coalition Candidates in General Assembly Election 28 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:12,130 243 Ruling Party Coalition Candidates in General Assembly Election 29 00:02:12,130 --> 00:02:12,210 243 Ruling Party Coalition Candidates in General Assembly Election 30 00:02:12,210 --> 00:02:12,290 243 Ruling Party Coalition Candidates in General Assembly Election 31 00:02:12,290 --> 00:02:12,380 243 Ruling Party Coalition Candidates in General Assembly Election 32 00:02:12,380 --> 00:02:16,010 243 Ruling Party Coalition Candidates in General Assembly Election 33 00:02:44,260 --> 00:02:48,700 "Armed Coup Plot by Certain Radical Public Security Members Uncovered." 34 00:02:49,170 --> 00:02:52,900 That was how the incident was summed up and reported to the general public. 35 00:02:53,410 --> 00:02:58,340 Even the use of force by the Self Defense Army to foil the coup plot... 36 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,410 ...was given a positive spin in pretty much all the media. 37 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:14,660 The members of Section 9, 38 00:03:14,660 --> 00:03:17,330 made out as the plan's masterminds and charged with high treason, 39 00:03:17,330 --> 00:03:20,590 were captured by the military, arrested, and sent before the public prosecutors. 40 00:03:21,130 --> 00:03:23,530 Then a quick verdict after a summary trial. 41 00:03:24,170 --> 00:03:29,700 Their whereabouts after that, though, were put under a press blackout, claiming it was classified. 42 00:03:30,110 --> 00:03:35,410 Having been stripped of all special privileges and reduced to a private citizen, 43 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:38,280 there was nothing I could do to access any further information. 44 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:42,250 But there were two things that I just wasn't able to swallow. 45 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:47,060 One was the fact that the very existence of the Chief, the heart and soul of Section 9, 46 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:50,220 had completely vanished from the public arena. 47 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,230 His name isn't in any press report, 48 00:03:53,670 --> 00:03:56,570 and he doesn't show up in the list of ringleaders, either. 49 00:03:57,340 --> 00:04:00,530 Did the Chief really abandon us, then? 50 00:04:01,070 --> 00:04:04,110 And the other thing is the fate of the Major, 51 00:04:04,110 --> 00:04:07,810 the one team member whose status after the attack was clearly spelled out. 52 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,240 Did the Major really die...? 53 00:04:15,220 --> 00:04:17,020 That was three months ago. 54 00:04:21,730 --> 00:04:25,090 Sometimes, carrying out your Public Security duties... 55 00:04:25,530 --> 00:04:29,000 ...is nothing more than an exercise in summoning up the force of will... 56 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,970 ...to endure investigations that seem as if they might go on forever. 57 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,930 But I never once suffered because of it. 58 00:04:36,380 --> 00:04:40,180 But in these three months, in this time that never stops flowing, 59 00:04:40,180 --> 00:04:43,740 why am I the only one left free, as if nothing had happened? 60 00:04:44,580 --> 00:04:48,210 These days, in which I keep playing the role of unemployed husband in my family's eyes, 61 00:04:48,420 --> 00:04:53,380 have brought with them an unbearable suffering, and crushed my spirit. 62 00:04:54,830 --> 00:04:57,820 Maybe it's about time I started looking for a new line of work... 63 00:05:02,470 --> 00:05:05,500 We have reports that the public prosecutor will be arriving shortly. 64 00:05:05,500 --> 00:05:08,210 Throngs of reporters are gathered here in front of ruling party headquarters, 65 00:05:08,210 --> 00:05:10,200 and the scene is surrounded by a tense atmosphere. 66 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,210 The MHLW scandal involving Serano Genomics that made the rounds... 67 00:05:14,310 --> 00:05:17,280 ...in certain tabloids before the Lower House elections... 68 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,320 ...implicated Secretary General Yakushima, and now, a week after the forming of a new Cabinet, 69 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:25,360 it has finally escalated into a full-scale investigation by the Public Prosecutors Office. 70 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,790 A full-scale investigation by the Public Prosecutors Office is underway, and... 71 00:05:32,930 --> 00:05:33,900 It's the D.A.! 72 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:38,540 A full-scale investigation has finally started, 73 00:05:38,540 --> 00:05:40,800 but will Yakushima be arrested before the day is out? 74 00:05:40,910 --> 00:05:44,310 What about the Serano stocks that are rumored to be here at ruling party headquarters? 75 00:05:44,740 --> 00:05:46,710 {\an8}We have reliable information. 76 00:05:47,250 --> 00:05:50,220 {\an8}We will probably ask the Secretary General to come with us for questioning. 77 00:05:50,220 --> 00:05:53,190 {\an8}Is there a chance that the cash in consecutively numbered bills... 78 00:05:53,190 --> 00:05:55,240 {\an8}...referred to in Mr. Serano's testimony is being stored here? 79 00:05:56,220 --> 00:05:58,880 {\an8}Everything will be made clear shortly, that included. 80 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:04,100 {\an8}We have worked long and hard to prepare for this day with the aim of arresting Mr. Yakushima. 81 00:06:04,100 --> 00:06:05,560 Long and hard, he says... 82 00:06:05,230 --> 00:06:08,000 {\an8}This full-scale investigation is backed by confidence gained from that hard work. 83 00:06:06,430 --> 00:06:09,530 I don't know how the Public Prosecutors Office got their hands on all this information, 84 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:09,530 {\an8}You have every right to have high hopes. 85 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,200 but the information circulating in the tabloids and personal sites... 86 00:06:13,410 --> 00:06:16,970 ...was clearly the intel that the Major and the rest of us had uncovered. 87 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:19,670 Even the investigation into the money trail leading to Serano... 88 00:06:20,010 --> 00:06:22,950 ...was originally the work of those of us at Section 9. 89 00:06:23,450 --> 00:06:27,480 It's true that if Yakushima is arrested, our objectives will be accomplished. 90 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:32,120 Who actually carries out that arrest is a trivial matter. 91 00:06:33,230 --> 00:06:36,460 But in spite of that, what's this I'm feeling? 92 00:06:37,460 --> 00:06:39,330 The triumphant attitude of the public prosecutors... 93 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,830 Even the whiteness of the shirts that they're wearing pisses me off. 94 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:46,390 Is this how things should be...? 95 00:06:46,740 --> 00:06:49,110 These facts that the Major and my teammates pieced together, 96 00:06:49,110 --> 00:06:52,470 isn't this the real truth behind the Laughing Man incident that's tied into this from six years ago? 97 00:06:53,450 --> 00:06:56,410 Even if the Public Prosecutors Office successfully uncovers the whole MHLW scandal, 98 00:06:56,820 --> 00:06:59,720 Yakushima might not even resign from the assembly. 99 00:07:00,550 --> 00:07:03,280 How does this make the world a better place?! 100 00:07:26,010 --> 00:07:29,810 It's not like I ever wanted to be a hero or anything. 101 00:07:30,950 --> 00:07:36,510 But I'm convinced that we followed the justice we all believed in without ever compromising. 102 00:07:37,660 --> 00:07:38,650 Laughing Man... 103 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:44,090 You were the one who first tried to shed some light into the abyss of this case. 104 00:07:45,130 --> 00:07:49,160 Could it be that right now, you're feeling the same as I am? 105 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:54,340 No, you wouldn't. You're not the sort who cares about such things. 106 00:07:51,090 --> 00:07:51,170 The Catcher in the Rye 107 00:07:51,170 --> 00:07:51,300 The Catcher in the Rye 108 00:07:51,300 --> 00:07:51,420 The Catcher in the Rye 109 00:07:51,420 --> 00:07:51,550 The Catcher in the Rye 110 00:07:51,550 --> 00:07:59,350 The Catcher in the Rye 111 00:07:55,010 --> 00:07:56,580 You must've had a revelation about something, 112 00:07:56,580 --> 00:07:59,280 and are watching this situation with eyes that have a broader outlook than mine. 113 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,710 Isn't that right? I can tell. 114 00:07:59,350 --> 00:07:59,430 The Catcher in the Rye 115 00:07:59,430 --> 00:07:59,520 The Catcher in the Rye 116 00:07:59,520 --> 00:07:59,560 The Catcher in the Rye 117 00:08:03,380 --> 00:08:04,440 Major... 118 00:08:05,750 --> 00:08:09,150 If this plays out like I think it will... 119 00:08:34,180 --> 00:08:35,450 Hold it! 120 00:08:35,450 --> 00:08:37,750 Pull out your hands nice 'n slow, and turn this way! 121 00:08:46,220 --> 00:08:49,890 As bad as you are, you'd get caught way before you got anywhere near Yakushima. 122 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:51,960 Big...man? 123 00:08:55,700 --> 00:08:59,400 You're an idiot, you know that? Come with me. 124 00:09:18,460 --> 00:09:19,920 And the star arrives! 125 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:21,990 What took you so long? 126 00:09:21,990 --> 00:09:24,120 So, where did you tail him to? 127 00:09:24,260 --> 00:09:26,960 Just like we figured, he went to ruling party HQ. 128 00:09:27,530 --> 00:09:28,730 Are you serious?! 129 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,630 Hey, what's up with you? Are you crying? 130 00:09:33,270 --> 00:09:34,740 Get real! 131 00:09:35,340 --> 00:09:37,340 So, how did things go on your end? 132 00:09:37,340 --> 00:09:39,210 Seems like the Secretary General has given in. 133 00:09:39,210 --> 00:09:43,110 That's an ex-military guy for you. Looks like he's fully cooperating with their questioning. 134 00:09:43,950 --> 00:09:47,090 I suppose the Public Prosecutor folks are gonna get the hero treatment for a while over this. 135 00:09:47,090 --> 00:09:48,250 You got that right... 136 00:09:48,750 --> 00:09:50,620 But is this okay with you guys? 137 00:09:50,620 --> 00:09:52,520 The credit for tracking down Yakushima... 138 00:09:52,790 --> 00:09:55,950 "Should go to us here at Section 9," you want to say? 139 00:09:57,260 --> 00:09:59,400 Well, it ain't like I don't understand how you feel, 140 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,630 but this is exactly what that devious old ape had planned all along. 141 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:05,570 Planned? 142 00:10:05,570 --> 00:10:06,230 Yeah. 143 00:10:06,910 --> 00:10:10,070 The old ape realized that the Prime Minister was going to avoid... 144 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,140 ...a Secretary General shakeup before the elections. 145 00:10:13,410 --> 00:10:17,070 So he boldly chose to make Section 9 out as the bad guys. 146 00:10:18,150 --> 00:10:22,420 At the point when the Major disguised herself as the Laughing Man and got the truth out of Serano, 147 00:10:22,750 --> 00:10:24,810 Section 9's existence was leaked to the mass media, 148 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:27,920 making us unable to do our thing in secret like we had before. 149 00:10:28,460 --> 00:10:31,260 So the Chief's plan was to make a deal with the PM, 150 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:36,590 forcing the Public Prosecutors Office to take action by ostensibly sacrificing Section 9. 151 00:10:37,740 --> 00:10:40,000 Sacrificing Section 9... 152 00:10:42,070 --> 00:10:47,780 Even if that's the case, do you have any idea what it was like for me these past three months?! 153 00:10:47,780 --> 00:10:51,510 Hey, don't take it so hard. Think of it as a special vacation. 154 00:10:52,020 --> 00:10:55,540 It's not like we were filled in on this little op beforehand, either. 155 00:10:56,090 --> 00:10:59,890 The Chief believed that we'd all survive and come together again to regroup, 156 00:11:00,390 --> 00:11:02,860 and made the tough decision to go ahead with his plan. 157 00:11:03,430 --> 00:11:06,660 Hell, even your being arrested and confined first was the Chief's way... 158 00:11:06,660 --> 00:11:10,930 ...of keeping you alive by getting you clear of the Section 9 mop-up operation. 159 00:11:11,870 --> 00:11:14,310 For one thing, you're all-natural and had just gotten out of the hospital. 160 00:11:14,310 --> 00:11:17,570 Plus, you're a married man, so manipulating information would be more difficult, 161 00:11:17,940 --> 00:11:21,380 so you had to be kept away from Section 9 until all his preparations were in place. 162 00:11:21,810 --> 00:11:26,980 Don't take it personally. The records say that I'm spending the rest of my days up the river. 163 00:11:27,350 --> 00:11:29,390 "More profit, less honor." 164 00:11:29,390 --> 00:11:33,950 This means that we're back to being an offensive organization that doesn't officially exist. 165 00:11:34,990 --> 00:11:36,890 That's what all this was about? 166 00:11:37,530 --> 00:11:39,430 But, hey... What about the Major? 167 00:11:42,730 --> 00:11:45,830 Who cares? I don't give a damn about that bitch. 168 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:55,180 That reminds me, Batou, weren't you bawling your eyes out back then? 169 00:11:55,510 --> 00:11:56,710 Aw, screw you. 170 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:58,120 Oh, really? 171 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:01,090 In that case, what say I grab the satellite footage from the scene? 172 00:12:01,290 --> 00:12:03,420 Hey, and send it to the Major, too! 173 00:12:03,420 --> 00:12:04,420 Hey, cut it out! 174 00:12:04,420 --> 00:12:06,460 "Motoko!" Was that what you said? 175 00:12:06,460 --> 00:12:07,480 You bastard! 176 00:12:08,060 --> 00:12:09,220 - I said to stop it! - Okay, I give! 177 00:12:11,300 --> 00:12:12,760 - Say goodnight! - Hey, cut it out! 178 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:19,900 It's all over, I see. 179 00:12:22,570 --> 00:12:25,010 The rest can be left to the attorney general. 180 00:12:25,710 --> 00:12:27,870 My work is done here now. 181 00:12:28,250 --> 00:12:31,650 The Public Prosecutors Office will be able to hold their heads high to the public thanks to this. 182 00:12:31,650 --> 00:12:34,280 But what do you have left now? 183 00:12:34,590 --> 00:12:38,320 I was able to see to it that justice was served in my own way. 184 00:12:38,660 --> 00:12:40,350 That's enough for me. 185 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:45,190 So, what will you do now? 186 00:12:46,500 --> 00:12:49,470 You can't keep playing war with guns and tanks forever. 187 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:52,860 What do you say? How about joining up with us? 188 00:12:53,340 --> 00:12:57,040 I've always thought that you were better suited to the judicial world. 189 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:58,630 I'm not so sure about that. 190 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:01,770 It will take more than a trivial matter like this to finish Section 9. 191 00:13:02,180 --> 00:13:07,210 I'm on my way to scout a prospective new member with the aim of rebuilding Section 9. 192 00:13:46,290 --> 00:13:47,450 Now I get it... 193 00:13:49,860 --> 00:13:52,990 You're really aren't the Laughing Man, that's for sure. 194 00:14:34,410 --> 00:14:35,670 Welcome. 195 00:14:35,940 --> 00:14:38,040 You took longer than I expected. 196 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:42,070 Don't give me that. You didn't even send me an invitation. 197 00:14:42,410 --> 00:14:45,780 If you stand still, people will come to you. 198 00:14:46,620 --> 00:14:48,380 Who said that? Doisneau? 199 00:14:48,790 --> 00:14:49,580 Yes. 200 00:14:49,890 --> 00:14:55,050 Well, part of it was that I spent a lot of time thinking about what we should do about you. 201 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,030 I was little worried that you were going to decide... 202 00:14:58,030 --> 00:15:00,900 ...to stay floating around like that and die. 203 00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:03,260 I'm not really looking forward to death just yet. 204 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:07,700 Though I did get a nice little near-death experience... 205 00:15:08,140 --> 00:15:10,610 ...when my fully-remote prosthetic cyberbrain got destroyed. 206 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:15,110 So your brand-new body was destroyed, and you still haven't done a prosthetic swap... 207 00:15:19,780 --> 00:15:21,080 You've got a sharp eye. 208 00:15:21,490 --> 00:15:23,280 Well, peeking is my hobby. 209 00:15:23,690 --> 00:15:26,450 So anyway, what's the deal with this place? 210 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,420 It's like an information graveyard. 211 00:15:29,930 --> 00:15:33,390 Did you seriously think you could change the world from a place like this? 212 00:15:34,030 --> 00:15:35,860 At first, I kinda did. 213 00:15:36,130 --> 00:15:38,970 So, how do you feel about it now? 214 00:15:39,470 --> 00:15:42,100 I'm not burning with satisfaction or anything. 215 00:15:42,710 --> 00:15:48,840 The truth is, maybe it all ended for me the instant I shared my memories with you. 216 00:15:49,350 --> 00:15:52,250 I figured that you would probably be able to take it from there. 217 00:15:52,550 --> 00:15:55,310 Of all the...You're one hell of a liar, you know that? 218 00:15:55,750 --> 00:15:57,850 What was that bit about me standing back and doing nothing? 219 00:15:58,260 --> 00:15:59,490 I'm sorry. 220 00:15:59,490 --> 00:16:04,630 But the instant you've shared and synchronized all your information, you lose your uniqueness... 221 00:16:04,630 --> 00:16:07,790 ...and become absorbed into the unconscious maliciousness of a third party with no motive, 222 00:16:07,900 --> 00:16:10,490 Or perhaps into the will of someone who has a motive. 223 00:16:13,300 --> 00:16:16,400 Are those your words? Something derived from hard-earned experience? 224 00:16:16,810 --> 00:16:17,810 Yes. 225 00:16:17,810 --> 00:16:21,910 Because the fact is, in the end, you yourself played the role of Laughing Man Copycat, too. 226 00:16:22,380 --> 00:16:24,850 I'll admit that it was a fascinating phenomenon. 227 00:16:25,650 --> 00:16:30,380 At any rate, what was your motive for triggering such a huge incident in the first place? 228 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:35,920 "To you, everything that's going on in the world looks phony, doesn't it?" 229 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:38,650 J.D. Salinger? 230 00:16:38,930 --> 00:16:39,900 Yes. 231 00:16:41,870 --> 00:16:45,700 Of course, I'm pretty much the poster boy for cyberization, 232 00:16:46,370 --> 00:16:51,330 so at the very least, I might have felt something like terror at the thought of cyberbrain sclerosis. 233 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:58,780 It was a piece of mail that I stumbled across in the net that began it all. 234 00:17:00,490 --> 00:17:05,180 That piece of blackmail that had probably been sent to Serano Genomics... 235 00:17:05,820 --> 00:17:08,360 ...was armed with a thesis that was a comparative study... 236 00:17:08,360 --> 00:17:12,730 ...of the ineffectiveness of Serano micromachines versus the efficacy of the Murai Vaccine. 237 00:17:14,270 --> 00:17:17,030 The writer was the original Laughing Man? 238 00:17:17,670 --> 00:17:19,640 If you want to put it that way. 239 00:17:20,070 --> 00:17:24,010 "I am the machine that shows you the world as I alone see it." 240 00:17:24,340 --> 00:17:27,580 Dziga Vertov. Was he a film director? 241 00:17:27,580 --> 00:17:28,440 Yes. 242 00:17:28,650 --> 00:17:32,380 I deluded myself into thinking that it was my personal mission to prove and circulate... 243 00:17:32,820 --> 00:17:35,310 ...the information that I alone had stumbled upon. 244 00:17:35,850 --> 00:17:37,510 And failed spectacularly. 245 00:17:37,860 --> 00:17:41,460 The pure, innocent mediator grew dejected at the base nature of the social system, 246 00:17:41,460 --> 00:17:42,720 and he turned mute. 247 00:17:43,060 --> 00:17:46,830 Yes. And I became the vanishing mediator. 248 00:17:47,430 --> 00:17:49,700 Just like an author whose existence is emphasized... 249 00:17:49,700 --> 00:17:52,430 ...by the fact that he rarely puts out new works. 250 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:56,670 In other words, "By disappearing," 251 00:17:56,670 --> 00:17:59,400 "it acts as a regulating medium for the dynamism of the social system." 252 00:17:59,810 --> 00:18:05,340 "In the end, it vanishes, leaving traces of its existence neither inside nor outside the system." 253 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:07,320 Fredric Jameson. 254 00:18:07,850 --> 00:18:11,720 Yes. And no. That last bit was Masachi Ohsawa. 255 00:18:12,090 --> 00:18:16,190 Even though I knew the words, I didn't believe it until I saw it with my own eyes. 256 00:18:16,660 --> 00:18:20,620 Who knew that the absence of an original would produce copies without an original? 257 00:18:21,430 --> 00:18:24,230 If you had to give this phenomenon a name, what would you call it? 258 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:27,830 Stand Alone Complex. 259 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,900 Yes. Stand Alone Complex. 260 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:35,080 From the beginning, the very nature of our current social system... 261 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,710 ...has contained the mechanisms to trigger such a phenomenon. 262 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:42,420 Personally, I have to feel that it is the beginning of despair, 263 00:18:43,020 --> 00:18:44,360 but what about you? 264 00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:47,020 I don't know. It's impossible to say. 265 00:18:47,930 --> 00:18:51,730 But I have found one thing capable of restoring your individuality... 266 00:18:51,730 --> 00:18:53,750 ...after all your information has been synchronized. 267 00:18:54,370 --> 00:18:56,270 And what is that? 268 00:19:00,810 --> 00:19:02,770 Curiosity, I think. 269 00:19:04,180 --> 00:19:07,630 Oh, I see. You know, that never occurred to me. 270 00:19:08,310 --> 00:19:10,750 My brains have already started to harden. 271 00:19:12,420 --> 00:19:14,380 So, what's going to happen to me now? 272 00:19:15,020 --> 00:19:19,510 Arrest for kidnapping? Or for inciting multiple, simultaneous terrorist acts? 273 00:19:19,860 --> 00:19:23,760 Beats me. That little matter is completely at his discretion, 274 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:25,520 so why not ask him directly? 275 00:19:27,670 --> 00:19:29,220 I've been listening in for a while, 276 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:33,260 but without an external memory device, I can't follow your conversation at all. 277 00:19:34,340 --> 00:19:36,500 Have you read all the books in here? 278 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:38,740 Not quite that many. 279 00:19:39,310 --> 00:19:44,370 Allow me to introduce you. This is my boss, Daisuke Aramaki, chief of Section 9. 280 00:19:45,350 --> 00:19:46,340 Nice to meet you. 281 00:19:47,790 --> 00:19:52,360 Are you planning to go on with this dull work of preserving printed works... 282 00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:56,050 ...that are only published out of force of habit now? 283 00:19:57,430 --> 00:19:59,560 If I'm allowed to. 284 00:19:59,930 --> 00:20:03,100 As far as this case is concerned, it will probably be concluded... 285 00:20:03,100 --> 00:20:05,900 ...that the original Laughing Man never legally existed. 286 00:20:06,670 --> 00:20:08,230 So I have a proposal to make. 287 00:20:08,910 --> 00:20:11,980 What do you say? How would you like to put your skills as a hacker to good use... 288 00:20:11,980 --> 00:20:15,100 ...and join Section 9 as our ninth regular? 289 00:20:17,450 --> 00:20:21,080 This is a surprise. Are you trying to scout me? 290 00:20:21,590 --> 00:20:22,550 That's right. 291 00:20:23,490 --> 00:20:24,890 I don't know what to say... 292 00:20:25,820 --> 00:20:30,190 It does sound like it would be interesting, but I think I'll have to pass. 293 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:33,860 As much as I hate to say it, I'm terrible at baseball. 294 00:20:43,510 --> 00:20:46,170 You've been shot down. What will you do now? 295 00:20:46,510 --> 00:20:47,670 Not a thing. 296 00:20:48,110 --> 00:20:50,810 Section 9 will continue as an anti-crime offensive organization... 297 00:20:51,150 --> 00:20:54,170 ...as long as you and I want it to stay that way. 298 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:56,080 That's all. 299 00:21:16,310 --> 00:21:19,480 Mr. Serano, it's finally the first day of the trial. 300 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:23,670 {\an8}Angely i demony kruzhili nado mnoj, Angels and demons circle above me, 301 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:20,440 Right. 302 00:21:23,410 --> 00:21:26,380 Now I can finally keep the promise I made to him. 303 00:21:24,380 --> 00:21:29,210 {\an8}rassykhali ternii i vechnye puti. through the thorns to the stars. 304 00:21:29,750 --> 00:21:34,950 {\an8}Ne znaet shast'je tol'ko tot, Only those unable to perceive its call... 305 00:21:35,590 --> 00:21:41,730 {\an8}kto jevo zova ponjat' ne smog. ...do not know happiness. 306 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:38,500 That's all right, I'll get it. 307 00:21:41,730 --> 00:21:47,500 {\an8}Naljubuites', naljubuites'. Watch in awe, watch in awe. 308 00:21:43,700 --> 00:21:46,440 You have to be flexible to survive. 309 00:21:46,870 --> 00:21:50,710 Bestow a sound sleep unto the inflexible, righteous man... 310 00:21:47,500 --> 00:21:52,870 {\an8}Aeria gloris, aeria gloris. 311 00:21:53,210 --> 00:21:58,580 {\an8}Naljubuites', naljubuites'. Watch in awe, watch in awe. 312 00:21:58,980 --> 00:22:03,650 {\an8}Aeria gloris, aeria gloris. 313 00:21:59,420 --> 00:22:02,920 Major! Call everyone together with an A2 loadout! 314 00:22:03,650 --> 00:22:09,920 {\an8}I am calling, calling now, 315 00:22:03,650 --> 00:22:05,390 You copy that, Batou? 316 00:22:08,890 --> 00:22:10,260 You need a lift? 317 00:22:10,260 --> 00:22:15,890 {\an8}spirits rise and falling. 318 00:22:13,030 --> 00:22:13,930 Togusa! 319 00:22:16,270 --> 00:22:17,670 I'm already on my way! 320 00:22:16,830 --> 00:22:21,630 {\an8}Soboj ostat'sja dol'she. To remain myself longer. 321 00:22:17,970 --> 00:22:19,400 Ishikawa! Saito! 322 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,630 I'll take a separate route and meet up with you guys! 323 00:22:21,970 --> 00:22:33,540 {\an8}Calling, calling, in the depths of longing. 324 00:22:25,580 --> 00:22:27,210 All ready on this end. 325 00:22:28,250 --> 00:22:29,480 Paz! Borma! 326 00:22:29,810 --> 00:22:30,920 Just give the word. 327 00:22:31,450 --> 00:22:33,610 We gotta get lucky sometime! 328 00:22:34,050 --> 00:22:39,220 {\an8}Soboj ostat'sja dol'she. To remain myself longer. 329 00:22:39,220 --> 00:22:44,590 {\an8}Naljubuites', naljubuites'. Watch in awe, watch in awe. 330 00:22:44,590 --> 00:22:52,240 {\an8}Aeria gloris, aeria gloris. 331 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,010 Stand alone. 332 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:08,350 Where was life when it had meaning? 333 00:23:09,770 --> 00:23:11,920 Nothing's real anymore... 334 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:18,730 Beskonechnyj beg Endlessly running... 335 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:24,010 Poka zhiva ya mogu As long as I live, all I can do... 336 00:23:24,010 --> 00:23:31,030 starat'sya na letu ne upast' ...is keep flying without falling, 337 00:23:31,580 --> 00:23:39,430 Ne razuchit'sya mechtat' and not forget how to dream... 338 00:23:39,430 --> 00:23:43,490 lyubit' ...and not forget how to love. 339 00:23:43,490 --> 00:23:46,550 Beskonechnyj beg Endlessly running... 340 00:23:46,550 --> 00:23:52,020 Calling, calling now, 341 00:23:52,020 --> 00:23:57,700 for the place of knowing. 342 00:23:58,570 --> 00:24:03,640 There's more than what can be linked. 343 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:15,350 Calling, calling, in the depths of longing. 344 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:21,110 Soboj ostat'sja dol'she. To remain myself longer. 345 00:24:21,110 --> 00:24:23,910 Naljubuites', Watch in awe, 346 00:24:23,910 --> 00:24:27,130 aeria gloris.