1 00:00:08,043 --> 00:00:11,283 I'm a soldier, znatchit ya... I'm a soldier, and that means... 2 00:00:11,283 --> 00:00:14,553 ...i otvetchik i sud'ya ...that I am both defendant and judge. 3 00:00:14,553 --> 00:00:19,953 Ya stoyu na dvuh kontsah ognya I stand at both ends of the fire. 4 00:00:21,153 --> 00:00:24,353 Ogibaya virazhi, Leaning into the curves, 5 00:00:24,353 --> 00:00:27,693 obgonyaya smert' i zhizn', overtaking life and death, 6 00:00:27,693 --> 00:00:33,223 ya begu srazit'sya s ten'yu lzhi I'm running to fight the shadow of lies. 7 00:00:33,403 --> 00:00:39,833 Skol'ko b nitej ne plyol obman, No matter how tangled the web of deception is woven, 8 00:00:39,973 --> 00:00:47,343 pokazhet lik sveta istina... truth will always illuminate the outline of the light... 9 00:00:48,213 --> 00:00:51,423 Save your tears for the day... 10 00:00:51,423 --> 00:00:54,723 ...when the pain is far behind. 11 00:00:54,723 --> 00:00:57,913 On your feet, come with me. 12 00:00:57,913 --> 00:01:01,363 We are soldiers, stand or die. 13 00:01:01,363 --> 00:01:04,533 Save your fears, take your place. 14 00:01:04,533 --> 00:01:07,633 Save them for the Judgment Day. 15 00:01:07,803 --> 00:01:11,063 Fast and free, follow me. 16 00:01:11,063 --> 00:01:15,773 Time to make the sacrifice. 17 00:01:15,773 --> 00:01:22,833 We rise or fall... 18 00:01:47,273 --> 00:01:49,763 HQ, I just got back from the peninsula. 19 00:01:50,513 --> 00:01:53,703 I managed to get my hands on some interesting intel on Kuze. 20 00:01:54,243 --> 00:01:57,443 The Chief and the Major are out at the moment. They got called in by the Prime Minister. 21 00:01:57,853 --> 00:01:59,813 They said for me to listen to your report here. 22 00:01:59,883 --> 00:02:02,113 What could be more important than this? 23 00:02:03,483 --> 00:02:06,653 To tell you the truth, we're looking at the possibility of a general refugee uprising. 24 00:02:07,293 --> 00:02:09,553 That's bad news. 25 00:02:17,503 --> 00:02:20,433 Ever since the uproar caused by the Individual Eleven suicides, I've been receiving reports... 26 00:02:20,433 --> 00:02:24,733 ...of refugees from residential districts across the country beginning to gather at Dejima... 27 00:02:24,813 --> 00:02:29,443 ...in Nagasaki in response to the rapid increase in anti-refugee demonstrations. 28 00:02:29,683 --> 00:02:32,703 The mass media have been rashly fanning the flames, 29 00:02:32,783 --> 00:02:35,183 ...claiming that this is a prelude to an all-out uprising. 30 00:02:35,483 --> 00:02:37,423 Do you have anything to say on the matter? 31 00:02:37,693 --> 00:02:43,723 I'll admit that I've been getting reports to the effect that the escapee arrest rate is going up, 32 00:02:44,033 --> 00:02:47,193 but linking that with an uprising would probably be premature. 33 00:02:47,403 --> 00:02:50,163 Any flow of refugees into Nagasaki would be prevented by the water. 34 00:02:50,673 --> 00:02:53,193 That shows a certain lack of understanding of the situation. 35 00:02:53,833 --> 00:02:57,573 This month alone, we of the Coast Guard have prevented... 36 00:02:57,773 --> 00:03:01,673 ...two suspicious ships, as well as 16 boats, from docking at Dejima. 37 00:03:01,943 --> 00:03:05,473 It's as clear as day that there is a flow of refugees occurring in Nagasaki. 38 00:03:05,613 --> 00:03:11,573 So I see. Nevertheless, the police have several other matters that require our attention. 39 00:03:11,853 --> 00:03:13,413 The individualists, you mean? 40 00:03:13,753 --> 00:03:16,623 If that's the case, I'd like to know what the Public Security Bureau has been doing? 41 00:03:17,023 --> 00:03:21,393 By letting the instigators run free, they're largely responsible for this situation. 42 00:03:22,063 --> 00:03:25,503 As for those Individual Eleven who killed themselves, 43 00:03:25,573 --> 00:03:29,663 it's unreasonable to expect that Public Security should have known their location beforehand. 44 00:03:30,143 --> 00:03:34,473 In spite of the fact that most individualists admire what they did, 45 00:03:34,683 --> 00:03:39,203 most of them say that the Individual Eleven were a breed apart. 46 00:03:39,713 --> 00:03:45,353 In any case, I'm of the opinion that the Defense Agency is responsible for this refugee issue. 47 00:03:45,923 --> 00:03:49,483 After all, they wanted an arms buildup so badly that they held a live-fire exercise... 48 00:03:49,563 --> 00:03:53,253 ...right under the noses of the refugees, stirring up the hornet's nest. 49 00:03:53,333 --> 00:03:57,093 If you want to get into a "chicken or the egg" argument, I'm up for it. 50 00:03:57,163 --> 00:03:59,793 It seems to me that it's you in the Security Department... 51 00:03:59,873 --> 00:04:02,673 ...who are squabbling over jurisdiction even now. 52 00:04:03,203 --> 00:04:06,803 If we're going to bring that up, why is Maritime Self Defense Army is turning a blind eye? 53 00:04:07,173 --> 00:04:09,173 Before you get into matters of jurisdiction and such, 54 00:04:09,243 --> 00:04:12,583 we'd appreciate a little more cooperation from you, since we're the ones risking our necks! 55 00:04:13,013 --> 00:04:15,573 It's my understanding that with the matter having reached this point, 56 00:04:15,653 --> 00:04:18,923 jurisdiction over the refugee issue has been handed over to my people. 57 00:04:19,093 --> 00:04:20,283 How can you talk like that? 58 00:04:20,353 --> 00:04:23,323 Do I need to remind you of the disputes over the Security Treaty in the last century? 59 00:04:23,763 --> 00:04:26,523 Meaning no disrespect to my defense lobbyist colleague who got involved in this too late, 60 00:04:26,733 --> 00:04:30,963 but the police force is going to maintain the country's public order during this matter, too. 61 00:04:31,973 --> 00:04:33,873 Debate over such issues are important, 62 00:04:33,933 --> 00:04:37,303 but what we need now is a consensus among the various government bureaus. 63 00:04:37,873 --> 00:04:39,643 Let's adjourn for the moment and take a break. 64 00:04:56,863 --> 00:04:59,883 I see that you can't even spare the time to clear your head. 65 00:04:59,993 --> 00:05:02,293 Part of the problem is my lack of clout, 66 00:05:02,433 --> 00:05:06,133 but everyone is focused on their vested interests and losing sight of problem at hand. 67 00:05:06,733 --> 00:05:11,363 The refugee issue demands cooperation from all of them, but they... 68 00:05:12,143 --> 00:05:15,403 Prime Minister, are you aware of the primary reason... 69 00:05:15,483 --> 00:05:19,173 ...behind the weakening of any given country's military and defense agencies? 70 00:05:20,153 --> 00:05:23,313 It's because of the very thing that you just spoke of. 71 00:05:23,453 --> 00:05:26,983 The instant that those who are at the top of an organization... 72 00:05:27,053 --> 00:05:30,223 ...start to use it as a tool to further their own interests, 73 00:05:30,323 --> 00:05:32,293 it begins to die a slow death. 74 00:05:32,933 --> 00:05:38,633 I do feel bad about giving the Coast Guard the short end of the stick, though... 75 00:05:39,133 --> 00:05:44,043 Well, there's no guarantee that my own section won't be visited by similar misfortune. 76 00:05:44,113 --> 00:05:45,373 I suppose not... 77 00:05:46,473 --> 00:05:49,773 By the way, have you managed to obtain... 78 00:05:49,843 --> 00:05:52,543 ...any concrete information regarding the actions of the refugees? 79 00:05:52,813 --> 00:05:56,873 Yes, ma'am. Do you know what a hub cyberbrain is, Prime Minister? 80 00:05:58,293 --> 00:05:59,273 I'm afraid not. 81 00:05:59,623 --> 00:06:01,493 Major, please explain. 82 00:06:04,693 --> 00:06:07,223 Prime Minister, would you mind if I linked directly with you? 83 00:06:07,903 --> 00:06:08,883 No, go ahead. 84 00:06:18,643 --> 00:06:23,543 Originally, the concept of a hub, or core, didn't exist in the network. 85 00:06:24,183 --> 00:06:27,513 But lately, we've been seeing a phenomenon where a host... 86 00:06:27,583 --> 00:06:32,213 ...causes isolated consciousnesses on the network to move in a single direction, 87 00:06:32,493 --> 00:06:36,123 and creates a sort of collective entity by inviting them into his own cyberbrain. 88 00:06:36,893 --> 00:06:40,693 Up until now, it was limited to something on the scale of communes... 89 00:06:40,763 --> 00:06:44,563 ...that were centered around small religious sects or charismatic artists. 90 00:06:44,633 --> 00:06:47,473 But now, someone has appeared among the refugees... 91 00:06:47,543 --> 00:06:50,903 ...who has the ability to win them over and get them to stay in his cyberbrain. 92 00:06:51,443 --> 00:06:54,243 I believe that this is the cause of the flow of refugees to Nagasaki. 93 00:06:54,543 --> 00:06:58,213 Is this a single person? Someone we can think of as their leader? 94 00:06:58,613 --> 00:07:01,273 From a practical standpoint, the thought of it being a single person is hard to believe. 95 00:07:01,853 --> 00:07:05,793 I can't say it unequivocally, but I don't think that any one person's cyberbrain is capable... 96 00:07:05,993 --> 00:07:09,253 ...of winning over the consciousnesses of 3 million people simultaneously. 97 00:07:09,963 --> 00:07:12,653 But if I were asked whether this hub is something like their leader, 98 00:07:12,733 --> 00:07:14,723 then I would have to say that it is. 99 00:07:15,563 --> 00:07:16,793 I see. 100 00:07:20,903 --> 00:07:25,273 The appearance of such a person is the primary threat that is facing the government. 101 00:07:26,073 --> 00:07:27,843 Continue to stay on your guard. 102 00:07:28,313 --> 00:07:29,403 Understood. 103 00:07:29,943 --> 00:07:33,443 When I repealed the Refugee Special Action Policy, 104 00:07:33,753 --> 00:07:36,343 my intent was to curb profiteering against the refugees... 105 00:07:36,423 --> 00:07:38,893 ...and resolve the problem, starting with the taxation issue. 106 00:07:39,293 --> 00:07:42,853 Which must mean that a political opponent used it to his advantage. 107 00:07:43,063 --> 00:07:44,993 I wouldn't worry about it unduly, ma'am. 108 00:07:47,863 --> 00:07:51,823 Actually... There is one other matter that I would like you to look into. 109 00:07:52,633 --> 00:07:53,793 What would that be? 110 00:07:54,473 --> 00:07:58,133 It would seem that there is a defense lobbyist assemblyman who is in collusion with... 111 00:07:58,213 --> 00:08:01,773 ...the former Greater Japan Technical Research over the matter of the Japan-US Security Treaty. 112 00:08:03,613 --> 00:08:08,953 Our country has the world's only radiation scrubber technology, 113 00:08:09,283 --> 00:08:12,653 and the American Empire has always relied on nuclear deterrent in the past. 114 00:08:12,753 --> 00:08:14,783 I believe this new Security Treaty will have the effect of... 115 00:08:14,863 --> 00:08:16,953 ...putting us on an equal footing with them, if not greater. 116 00:08:17,263 --> 00:08:21,963 If this proves to be untenable, I'm willing to postpone a new Security Treaty. 117 00:08:22,733 --> 00:08:25,633 However, there are certain assemblymen and industries... 118 00:08:25,803 --> 00:08:27,933 ...who aren't interested in such ideology. 119 00:08:28,303 --> 00:08:32,403 With what they are doing, this country will never be fully independent. 120 00:08:33,443 --> 00:08:35,173 Where did you get this information, ma'am? 121 00:08:35,843 --> 00:08:37,783 From a source inside the Foreign Affairs Ministry. 122 00:08:37,983 --> 00:08:41,413 In that case, we'll start right away by following the money trail. 123 00:08:42,123 --> 00:08:46,953 However, if I may ask, should I consider these orders as being given... 124 00:08:47,453 --> 00:08:50,863 ...as a result of your personal interests, or of your political ideology? 125 00:08:52,233 --> 00:08:54,063 You shouldn't need to ask that question. 126 00:08:55,433 --> 00:08:56,863 Very well, ma'am. 127 00:09:13,053 --> 00:09:15,383 I should've noticed it earlier. 128 00:09:16,583 --> 00:09:20,383 Prime Minister Kayabuki is exactly your type of woman, Chief. 129 00:09:20,493 --> 00:09:23,013 What, it's taken you this long to realize that? 130 00:09:24,863 --> 00:09:26,833 I can't hold a candle to you, Chief. 131 00:09:29,803 --> 00:09:32,233 Do you think that the "defense lobbyist assemblyman" she mentioned... 132 00:09:32,303 --> 00:09:34,273 ...is Chief Cabinet Secretary Takakura, do you? 133 00:09:34,673 --> 00:09:35,933 Probably. 134 00:09:37,303 --> 00:09:41,433 I can't imagine that his objective in this is simply to score some bribes. 135 00:09:42,143 --> 00:09:45,313 Takakura was a pro-American neo-conservative, wasn't he? 136 00:09:47,083 --> 00:09:49,383 He's an old-school member of the military-industrial complex... 137 00:09:49,453 --> 00:09:51,943 ...who has yet to get over his blind faith in the American Empire. 138 00:09:52,393 --> 00:09:59,163 From his point of view, we can use our scrubber technology, whose price sank after the war, 139 00:09:59,233 --> 00:10:01,133 and by teaming up with the American Empire once again, 140 00:10:01,203 --> 00:10:05,433 we can use it as a new deterrent against other countries and drive up its price. 141 00:10:05,533 --> 00:10:07,763 By doing that, he lays the groundwork for his bribes... 142 00:10:07,843 --> 00:10:12,863 ...and he saves face for the conservatives without going through a needless arms buildup. 143 00:10:13,013 --> 00:10:16,413 That doesn't sound much like the "independence and cooperation" policy... 144 00:10:16,483 --> 00:10:18,743 ...that Prime Minister Kayabuki is pushing for. 145 00:10:19,453 --> 00:10:22,683 He's also the top dog of the Cabinet Intelligence Service, isn't he? 146 00:10:22,753 --> 00:10:25,383 Plus, Gohda's resume includes overseeing the production... 147 00:10:25,453 --> 00:10:29,223 ...of "Japan's Miracle" at the former Greater Japan Technical Research. 148 00:10:30,623 --> 00:10:33,323 Inciting refugee terrorism, and the Japan-US Security Treaty... 149 00:10:33,393 --> 00:10:35,193 And nukes... 150 00:10:36,933 --> 00:10:40,373 It sounds like it'll be worth helping her get her revenge, doesn't it? 151 00:10:59,523 --> 00:11:02,553 We got tired of waiting for you, Prime Minister Kayabuki... 152 00:11:06,033 --> 00:11:07,623 I'll be right there. 153 00:11:20,643 --> 00:11:21,633 Togusa. 154 00:11:22,513 --> 00:11:23,503 Yeah, Azuma? 155 00:11:24,113 --> 00:11:26,553 I know we weren't asked to come to the meeting, 156 00:11:26,953 --> 00:11:29,073 but are you sure we shouldn't sit in on it? 157 00:11:29,183 --> 00:11:31,553 What about your secret investigation of the Individual Eleven? 158 00:11:32,093 --> 00:11:34,423 There's been less activity on their part than from the refugees, 159 00:11:34,523 --> 00:11:37,153 so, you know, we were kinda getting bored with it. 160 00:11:38,063 --> 00:11:39,323 You dumb bastard! 161 00:11:39,393 --> 00:11:42,123 So what if it's boring?! It's your damn job! 162 00:11:42,203 --> 00:11:44,463 I swear, you two are so green it's not funny! 163 00:11:46,773 --> 00:11:50,233 That was right about the time that the pointless war... 164 00:11:50,303 --> 00:11:52,703 ...for Eurasian hegemony was finally winding down. 165 00:11:53,113 --> 00:11:55,873 I snuck my way into the peninsula a few times around then. 166 00:11:55,943 --> 00:11:58,073 They were already pretty modernized by that point. 167 00:11:58,813 --> 00:12:00,013 Did you guys start already? 168 00:12:00,283 --> 00:12:03,843 Not yet. We were just warming up while we were waiting for you. 169 00:12:05,393 --> 00:12:06,983 So, what say we get started? 170 00:12:07,793 --> 00:12:11,383 A thousand pardons for putting you straight to work so soon after your return. 171 00:12:12,393 --> 00:12:13,953 Oh, thanks. 172 00:12:27,883 --> 00:12:32,903 It was 2024, and nations across the world were exhausted from a fourth world war. 173 00:12:33,453 --> 00:12:36,883 The peninsula was still in the throes of a civil war, and now that the world war was over, 174 00:12:36,953 --> 00:12:39,323 the American Empire called for the UN to send in troops. 175 00:12:39,393 --> 00:12:42,883 This was the direct impetus for the Self Defense Army being dispatched there. 176 00:12:43,493 --> 00:12:45,823 But the truth of the matter was that the American Empire... 177 00:12:45,893 --> 00:12:49,063 ...was looking to get itself back on its feet and reestablish itself as the dominant world power. 178 00:12:49,163 --> 00:12:51,933 They were using the deployment to get the unified government to cede the mining rights... 179 00:12:52,233 --> 00:12:56,263 ...to the uranium deposits that were buried in the northern peninsula, right? 180 00:12:56,473 --> 00:13:01,173 Yeah, that, too. But even though their ulterior motives were as plain as day, 181 00:13:01,443 --> 00:13:06,143 Japan couldn't say no to the UN, not when they were making a bundle off of war procurements. 182 00:13:06,413 --> 00:13:10,283 Aside from the battle to recapture Nemuro, the Self Defense Army... 183 00:13:10,353 --> 00:13:12,943 ...had managed to avoid seeing any combat through two world wars, 184 00:13:13,293 --> 00:13:15,553 ...so this would be their first trial under fire. 185 00:13:17,423 --> 00:13:19,983 But the Big Guy and the Major were both overseas... 186 00:13:20,093 --> 00:13:22,323 ...in an unofficial capacity during the war, right? 187 00:13:22,763 --> 00:13:23,863 Pretty much. 188 00:13:24,333 --> 00:13:27,273 Unofficial, 'cause the PM who was killed by a terrorist bomb back then... 189 00:13:27,333 --> 00:13:31,033 ...was one of the few politicians who had an international outlook. 190 00:13:31,313 --> 00:13:33,243 Anyway, because of all this stuff going on behind the scenes, 191 00:13:33,313 --> 00:13:37,903 the government had strict press control in place to keep domestic public opinion in check. 192 00:13:38,283 --> 00:13:41,543 And the location chosen to deploy the PKF troops was Sinuiju, 193 00:13:41,623 --> 00:13:43,523 which was considered relatively safe. 194 00:13:43,823 --> 00:13:46,343 I still remember the uproar over the deployment. 195 00:13:46,953 --> 00:13:51,553 But I guess everybody eventually lost interest when all the news reports showed... 196 00:13:52,033 --> 00:13:54,693 ...was bored-looking SDA soldiers spending time with the locals. 197 00:13:54,933 --> 00:13:58,733 I'm not surprised. The reality of the situation was something entirely different, though. 198 00:13:59,533 --> 00:14:03,443 And the people running the press control from the shadows... 199 00:14:03,543 --> 00:14:07,803 were the forerunners of today's CIS, the Cabinet Press Agency. 200 00:14:08,043 --> 00:14:11,143 So, what was this "real state of affairs" with the PKF? 201 00:14:11,253 --> 00:14:15,553 Well... Apparently, things there were a lot more tragic than we'd heard. 202 00:14:17,283 --> 00:14:20,553 The unit that Kuze was attached to was a mechanized unit... 203 00:14:20,823 --> 00:14:23,523 ...that was the last of the main forces to be sent into the country. 204 00:14:23,923 --> 00:14:28,423 At the time, Sinuiju was a special administrative area as well as a trade center, 205 00:14:28,863 --> 00:14:31,303 so it was off everybody's list of targets. 206 00:14:31,503 --> 00:14:34,333 But the place that the fleeing remnants of the People's Army... 207 00:14:34,403 --> 00:14:37,173 ...chose to make their last stand after the unified government was set up... 208 00:14:37,273 --> 00:14:40,873 ...was a rural area about 20 klicks to the east of the city. 209 00:14:41,243 --> 00:14:43,613 Once you cross the border there, it's a mountain area, right? 210 00:14:43,983 --> 00:14:46,783 More like a mountain pass. 211 00:14:46,983 --> 00:14:48,853 The elevation there was 800 meters at best. 212 00:14:49,183 --> 00:14:53,123 So it was the perfect place for guerrilla warfare. 213 00:14:54,193 --> 00:14:58,923 The cyborg infantry unit was to be deployed in two companies as a guerrilla suppression unit, 214 00:14:58,993 --> 00:15:03,523 and almost as soon as they arrived, they began moving into the mountains in the dead of winter. 215 00:15:04,163 --> 00:15:07,433 Although this was their first large-scale deployment on the front lines, 216 00:15:07,633 --> 00:15:12,573 the hybrid PKF prosthetic bodies probably weren't stressed very hard, 217 00:15:12,773 --> 00:15:15,773 not even when moving through the snow at four below. 218 00:15:17,343 --> 00:15:21,873 Around that time, the main force was on a heightened state of alert after receiving intel... 219 00:15:21,953 --> 00:15:26,443 ...that the last elite troops of the People's Army were planning an assault on Sinuiju. 220 00:15:27,123 --> 00:15:29,683 The plan was for the company Kuze belonged to... 221 00:15:29,763 --> 00:15:32,923 ...to circle around from the north and launch a preemptive attack. 222 00:15:33,193 --> 00:15:36,093 But Kuze's platoon, which had moved out ahead, 223 00:15:36,503 --> 00:15:41,873 discovered a refugee camp not in their intel sitting on the river that flowed along the border. 224 00:15:43,103 --> 00:15:48,343 A brutal raid was underway by soldiers of the People's Army. 225 00:15:48,743 --> 00:15:52,743 These men who were soldiers in name only had been reduced to mountain bandits. 226 00:15:57,053 --> 00:16:01,713 Seeing this, Kuze and his platoon were spurred into action by righteous indignation. 227 00:16:02,663 --> 00:16:05,393 It was a battle of 120 against 30, 228 00:16:08,963 --> 00:16:11,333 ...but it was all over in the blink of an eye. 229 00:16:11,933 --> 00:16:15,393 This was because Kuze's platoon was an elite cyborg unit, 230 00:16:15,703 --> 00:16:19,333 and the people who were attacking the camp, although they were ex-military, 231 00:16:19,413 --> 00:16:24,073 were mostly flesh and blood, and every last one of them was starved half to death. 232 00:16:34,053 --> 00:16:38,123 Even though that they received several reports on the People's Army afterwards, 233 00:16:38,363 --> 00:16:40,793 this incident was the only time they saw combat. 234 00:16:40,993 --> 00:16:43,933 Even though there was stress from the extreme cold... 235 00:16:44,003 --> 00:16:47,063 ...and not knowing when or if the guerrillas would attack, 236 00:16:47,333 --> 00:16:52,293 the main forces, which had set up camp inside the city, didn't have it very hard. 237 00:16:52,713 --> 00:16:54,403 I remember seeing this footage. 238 00:16:54,613 --> 00:17:00,603 Yeah. But before long, there was trouble in the squad camp out in the rural area. 239 00:17:00,983 --> 00:17:02,243 PTSD, huh? 240 00:17:02,323 --> 00:17:06,313 You got it. Post-traumatic stress disorder. 241 00:17:06,693 --> 00:17:11,023 The experience of going through combat for the first time, and a one-sided slaughter at that, 242 00:17:11,493 --> 00:17:14,953 slowly began to eat away at the spirits of the young soldiers. 243 00:17:15,663 --> 00:17:18,263 Those who still had their own lungs and other internal organs... 244 00:17:18,373 --> 00:17:21,933 ...desperately tried to escape the flashbacks and nightmares of the massacre... 245 00:17:22,373 --> 00:17:27,363 ...by turning to synthetic alcohol and hashish that the refugees had brought them. 246 00:17:29,483 --> 00:17:34,883 Up until then, the Self Defense Army had been known as being very disciplined. 247 00:17:35,353 --> 00:17:38,613 When it began to break down, the media in Japan began to criticize them harshly. 248 00:17:41,593 --> 00:17:44,283 Although the facts of the massacre at the refugee camp... 249 00:17:44,363 --> 00:17:48,353 ...never reached the ears of the media because of the press blackout, 250 00:17:48,803 --> 00:17:52,093 this made their criticism of the men's behavior all the more severe. 251 00:17:52,973 --> 00:17:57,233 What's more, the freedoms of the soldiers were restricted by the press blackout... 252 00:17:57,543 --> 00:18:00,603 ...that was in place to keep the shameful behavior of the soldiers out of the news. 253 00:18:00,673 --> 00:18:03,773 It eventually got to the point where they weren't even allowed to return to Japan. 254 00:18:04,413 --> 00:18:06,213 Almost sounds like an isolation ward... 255 00:18:06,513 --> 00:18:08,003 Yeah, and to top it all off, 256 00:18:08,553 --> 00:18:12,543 news of the massacre at the refugee camp near the border was leaked to certain media outlets. 257 00:18:12,953 --> 00:18:15,583 And rumors even began to circulate that it might have... 258 00:18:15,663 --> 00:18:18,023 ...been the work of Japan's Self Defense Army. 259 00:18:18,463 --> 00:18:23,053 The residents of the rural area came down hard on them, demanding an explanation. 260 00:18:23,403 --> 00:18:27,563 But under the news blackout, the young soldiers, 261 00:18:27,973 --> 00:18:31,933 and even their commanding officers, weren't able to say anything in their own defense. 262 00:18:32,173 --> 00:18:36,403 They couldn't do anything but stay silent and hide in their tents. 263 00:18:37,913 --> 00:18:40,003 One day, after this situation had gone on for some time, 264 00:18:40,313 --> 00:18:43,983 a local reporter apparently said the following to one of the soldiers. 265 00:18:44,523 --> 00:18:51,123 He probably meant it as a dig against a soldier who no longer had the lungs he was born with. 266 00:18:53,763 --> 00:18:54,923 Hey. 267 00:18:56,163 --> 00:18:59,963 Do you know where the word "assassin" comes from? 268 00:19:01,003 --> 00:19:04,463 In Arabic, it means "one who eats hashish." 269 00:19:05,443 --> 00:19:10,433 Muslim killers who attacked Crusaders after the recapture of Jerusalem in the 11th Century... 270 00:19:10,913 --> 00:19:14,403 ...would smoke hashish and ruthlessly carry out the killings as if in a dream. 271 00:19:16,683 --> 00:19:18,383 They say that when the Crusaders saw this, 272 00:19:18,453 --> 00:19:21,113 they called them "assassins" and were terrified of them. 273 00:19:21,763 --> 00:19:25,163 Did you guys use that stuff and think that this place was Paradise? 274 00:19:25,393 --> 00:19:29,333 You invade the place, and now you keep hanging around like you're guests here! 275 00:19:29,663 --> 00:19:31,363 You bunch of murderers... 276 00:19:34,273 --> 00:19:35,733 W-What do you want? 277 00:19:36,173 --> 00:19:37,503 You're right. 278 00:19:38,673 --> 00:19:41,163 Maybe we did think of ourselves as guests at first. 279 00:19:49,823 --> 00:19:52,943 Trade me. This for one of those. 280 00:19:56,293 --> 00:19:59,733 Saying this, Kuze traded his weapon for a camera, 281 00:19:59,793 --> 00:20:02,423 and then went into the refugee camp. 282 00:20:04,663 --> 00:20:06,933 Then what? What did he do in the camp? 283 00:20:07,303 --> 00:20:10,703 Apparently, he didn't do anything. All he did was carry the camera around... 284 00:20:10,773 --> 00:20:13,863 ...and look through the viewfinder at the refugees going about their lives from time to time... 285 00:20:14,113 --> 00:20:16,773 ...and fold various origami figures. 286 00:20:16,943 --> 00:20:18,103 I don't get it. 287 00:20:18,183 --> 00:20:21,773 Yeah, I don't have the slightest idea what his real intentions were, either. 288 00:20:22,183 --> 00:20:25,383 But a while after he went in, a strange phenomenon began. 289 00:20:26,293 --> 00:20:29,383 First, the camp's elderly gradually started to take an interest in Kuze, 290 00:20:29,463 --> 00:20:31,153 and eventually offered him drinks. 291 00:20:31,593 --> 00:20:34,623 Next, the children begged him to make paper airplanes for them, 292 00:20:35,103 --> 00:20:38,393 and made friends one by one with Kuze, who never said a word. 293 00:20:39,373 --> 00:20:45,003 And the day after that, even the women and grown men were taking turns talking to Kuze. 294 00:20:45,413 --> 00:20:50,313 Kuze would simply look at them happily and snap a picture from time to time. 295 00:20:52,413 --> 00:20:53,313 Then what? 296 00:20:53,413 --> 00:20:55,043 The People's Army surrendered, 297 00:20:55,123 --> 00:20:59,313 and Kuze kept this up until three months later, when the SDA was relieved of its duties. 298 00:20:59,623 --> 00:21:03,823 After that, no one in the media mentioned the massacre again. 299 00:21:04,623 --> 00:21:07,293 And the day before the SDA was scheduled to come back to Japan, 300 00:21:07,433 --> 00:21:10,263 Kuze suddenly vanished from the camp. 301 00:21:11,163 --> 00:21:14,193 A single photo from the camp still exists. 302 00:21:16,473 --> 00:21:17,993 So, where did he go after that? 303 00:21:18,443 --> 00:21:22,643 They say that he crossed the border and headed west, but that's not reliable intel. 304 00:21:23,183 --> 00:21:26,743 As to where he drifted and how, in the course of my investigation, 305 00:21:26,853 --> 00:21:30,653 I talked to a guy who said that he'd just come back from a refugee area in Taiwan. 306 00:21:31,083 --> 00:21:34,653 He said that he saw a guy there who might have been Kuze. 307 00:21:35,423 --> 00:21:38,223 The hair on his prosthetic body had turned completely white, 308 00:21:38,633 --> 00:21:41,123 but he said he was positive that it was Kuze. 309 00:21:41,663 --> 00:21:44,633 He said the proof that it was Kuze... 310 00:21:44,833 --> 00:21:48,163 ...was that there was always a crowd of happy people around him. 311 00:21:50,943 --> 00:21:52,533 Are you Japanese? 312 00:21:52,913 --> 00:21:53,703 Yes. 313 00:21:53,743 --> 00:21:56,333 Well, I'll be. You can talk? 314 00:22:06,293 --> 00:22:08,753 Oh, hey, Major. You were here for the meeting? 315 00:22:08,823 --> 00:22:10,593 Yes. I heard everything. 316 00:22:12,063 --> 00:22:14,753 It's a fascinating story, all right. 317 00:22:20,103 --> 00:22:21,193 Representative. 318 00:22:21,533 --> 00:22:24,233 I had a little trouble with the hub cyberbrain's filtering array, 319 00:22:24,673 --> 00:22:27,703 but I've finally managed to do a back-trace on the refugee's cyberbrain. 320 00:22:28,243 --> 00:22:29,873 As you thought, he appears to be in Dejima. 321 00:22:30,683 --> 00:22:33,443 I've asked the NSA to provide verification, 322 00:22:34,053 --> 00:22:36,813 so I expect to have visual confirmation momentarily. 323 00:22:36,813 --> 00:22:38,813 324 00:23:09,643 --> 00:23:12,143 Finding out a galaxy... 325 00:23:12,143 --> 00:23:16,103 ...of planets and stars within me... 326 00:23:16,293 --> 00:23:18,763 Listening to each of them... 327 00:23:18,763 --> 00:23:22,753 ...singing the same silent melody... 328 00:23:22,753 --> 00:23:26,763 I've never seen such beauty... 329 00:23:26,763 --> 00:23:30,053 In possibility... 330 00:23:30,053 --> 00:23:34,563 No speck of doubt or fear... 331 00:23:34,563 --> 00:23:36,053 Wake up! 332 00:23:36,053 --> 00:23:38,753 I hear a voice, 333 00:23:38,753 --> 00:23:42,693 hear a voice calling out to me... 334 00:23:42,693 --> 00:23:45,203 I see inside, 335 00:23:45,203 --> 00:23:48,733 see the light now ever holding me... 336 00:23:48,733 --> 00:23:52,073 All the truth, all I need... 337 00:23:52,073 --> 00:23:56,873 ...to make of this reality, it's inside... 338 00:23:56,873 --> 00:24:02,683 The beauty within the shell... 339 00:24:02,683 --> 00:24:05,383 I hear a voice, 340 00:24:05,383 --> 00:24:09,323 hear a voice calling out to me... 341 00:24:09,323 --> 00:24:11,833 I see inside, 342 00:24:11,833 --> 00:24:15,363 see the light now ever holding me... 343 00:24:15,363 --> 00:24:18,703 All the truth, all I need... 344 00:24:18,703 --> 00:24:23,503 ...to make of this reality, it's inside... 345 00:24:23,503 --> 00:24:28,163 Right here within the shell...