1 00:00:02,943 --> 00:00:07,973 Angely i demony kruzhili nado mnoj, Angels and demons circle above me, 2 00:00:08,683 --> 00:00:13,513 rassykhali ternii i vechnye puti. through the thorns to the stars. 3 00:00:14,053 --> 00:00:19,253 Ne znaet shast'je tol'ko tot, Only those unable to perceive its call... 4 00:00:19,893 --> 00:00:26,033 kto jevo zova ponjat' ne smog. ...do not know happiness. 5 00:00:26,033 --> 00:00:31,803 Naljubuites', naljubuites'. Watch in awe, watch in awe. 6 00:00:31,803 --> 00:00:37,173 Aeria gloris, aeria gloris. 7 00:00:37,513 --> 00:00:42,883 Naljubuites', naljubuites'. Watch in awe, watch in awe. 8 00:00:43,283 --> 00:00:47,953 Aeria gloris, aeria gloris. 9 00:00:47,953 --> 00:00:54,223 I am calling, calling now, 10 00:00:54,563 --> 00:01:00,193 spirits rise and falling. 11 00:01:01,133 --> 00:01:05,933 Soboj ostat'sja dol'she. To remain myself longer. 12 00:01:06,273 --> 00:01:17,843 Calling, calling, in the depths of longing. 13 00:01:18,353 --> 00:01:23,523 Soboj ostat'sja dol'she. To remain myself longer. 14 00:01:23,523 --> 00:01:25,863 Naljubuites', Watch in awe, 15 00:01:25,863 --> 00:01:29,723 aeria gloris. 16 00:01:41,673 --> 00:01:43,773 They beefed up the patrols, huh? 17 00:02:12,303 --> 00:02:16,473 Ishikawa, any luck getting new testimony out of the remaining narc squad members? 18 00:02:17,083 --> 00:02:19,273 We weren't able to get much useful intel out of them. 19 00:02:19,653 --> 00:02:23,583 Their boss was Director Niimi, who tried to commit cyberbrain suicide, 20 00:02:24,053 --> 00:02:25,983 so that lead is a dead end now. 21 00:02:26,653 --> 00:02:29,213 And we can't find the Laughing Man himself, either. 22 00:02:30,823 --> 00:02:32,093 That's true. 23 00:02:32,593 --> 00:02:36,123 Following the Chief's instructions, we're now going after this man. 24 00:02:37,403 --> 00:02:38,163 That's... 25 00:02:38,603 --> 00:02:39,833 Right. 26 00:02:39,833 --> 00:02:43,303 Assemblyman Kaoru Yakushima, standing Secretary General of the ruling coalition. 27 00:02:43,303 --> 00:02:47,103 Yakushima, huh? He's the most powerful man in his party right now, 28 00:02:47,573 --> 00:02:50,943 and he was Minister of Health at the time of the Laughing Man incident. 29 00:02:50,943 --> 00:02:53,253 He's a diehard MHLW man who built his current position... 30 00:02:53,253 --> 00:02:57,753 ...by switching jurisdiction of cyberbrain tech from METI to the Ministry of Health. 31 00:02:57,753 --> 00:02:59,883 And although it's not widely known, 32 00:03:00,253 --> 00:03:03,153 there's a secret connection between him and the JMSDA. 33 00:03:03,523 --> 00:03:05,683 So you're saying that's where that Armed Suit came from? 34 00:03:06,163 --> 00:03:08,153 That's what the Chief seems to suspect. 35 00:03:09,103 --> 00:03:12,693 The fat pipeline between the political world and the JMSDA was laid by Yakushima, 36 00:03:13,003 --> 00:03:15,203 who was Chief of Staff for the JMSDA, 37 00:03:15,203 --> 00:03:18,663 when he set up shop as a politician with a huge sum of stake money. 38 00:03:19,343 --> 00:03:21,573 But where he got that money raised questions, 39 00:03:21,573 --> 00:03:25,513 and the JMSDA's chief accountant accused Yakushima of misappropriating secret funds. 40 00:03:26,213 --> 00:03:29,343 However, the lead prosecutor on the case was found run over next to a railroad track, 41 00:03:29,683 --> 00:03:31,213 and the investigation came to a stop. 42 00:03:32,053 --> 00:03:36,683 In the end, Yakushima was never charged, and the suspicions about him remain unresolved. 43 00:03:37,393 --> 00:03:38,553 There's more. 44 00:03:40,263 --> 00:03:42,133 Superintendent General Daido, who recently retired, 45 00:03:42,133 --> 00:03:45,003 was Yakushima's junior at the National Defense Academy, 46 00:03:45,763 --> 00:03:50,003 and word has it that the late Imakurusu had been a close golf buddy of Yakushima's... 47 00:03:50,003 --> 00:03:51,903 ...since his days as an army medic. 48 00:03:51,903 --> 00:03:53,703 Should you be up and around? 49 00:03:54,673 --> 00:03:57,113 I can't be the only one around here lying in bed. 50 00:03:57,183 --> 00:03:59,283 Which would mean that as far as this string of incidents is concerned, 51 00:03:59,283 --> 00:04:04,723 he has more than enough clout to be the one pulling the strings behind it all? 52 00:04:05,053 --> 00:04:08,423 Although we don't have a shred of evidence at this point. 53 00:04:08,593 --> 00:04:12,113 So, how do you intend to go after the serving Secretary General? 54 00:04:12,423 --> 00:04:14,533 We'll tug on the last thread that links... 55 00:04:14,533 --> 00:04:17,093 ...Chief Secretary Yakushima and the Laughing Man incident. 56 00:04:18,133 --> 00:04:19,793 Serano Genomics. 57 00:04:20,303 --> 00:04:21,163 That's right. 58 00:04:21,403 --> 00:04:22,803 The suppression of the Murai Vaccine, 59 00:04:22,803 --> 00:04:25,273 which we believe to be the origin of the Laughing Man incident, 60 00:04:25,273 --> 00:04:29,773 and Serano's micromachine therapy, which received approval at that same time. 61 00:04:30,043 --> 00:04:34,673 If we take into custody Mr. Ernest Serano, who seems to be deeply involved in both, 62 00:04:35,013 --> 00:04:38,973 and question him immediately, the link between the two will probably be made clear. 63 00:04:39,323 --> 00:04:41,793 In the six years since right after the incident to this very day, 64 00:04:41,793 --> 00:04:44,763 Mr. Serano has been under house arrest under the pretext of police protection. 65 00:04:45,323 --> 00:04:48,693 Do whatever it takes. Take him into custody this time no matter what. 66 00:04:48,693 --> 00:04:52,003 The Laughing Man is probably thinking the same thing. 67 00:04:52,003 --> 00:04:54,433 What do we do if we run into him? 68 00:04:55,503 --> 00:05:00,563 Arrest him. In a sense, he's the key witness to this case. 69 00:05:02,343 --> 00:05:06,043 Isn't it possible that Serano will be liquidated once we go into action, just like before? 70 00:05:06,213 --> 00:05:10,053 It's possible, of course. That's why I want you to do whatever it takes. 71 00:05:26,333 --> 00:05:29,863 Mr. Serano, you have a call from the Holland branch. 72 00:05:30,203 --> 00:05:31,573 What would you like me to do? 73 00:05:31,843 --> 00:05:35,443 Tell them that I'll call them back when I get to the office. 74 00:05:35,443 --> 00:05:36,613 Understood. 75 00:05:36,613 --> 00:05:40,443 I feel terrible about having you play secretary for me all the time. 76 00:05:41,113 --> 00:05:47,213 Even so, you're the most competent of all the detectives that have been assigned to me. 77 00:05:47,723 --> 00:05:51,323 What do you say? How about becoming my secretary for real? 78 00:05:51,623 --> 00:05:53,063 I'll make it worth your while. 79 00:05:53,393 --> 00:05:54,693 Thank you, but no. 80 00:05:54,693 --> 00:05:57,293 It looks like your car has arrived. 81 00:05:57,533 --> 00:05:59,163 I see. Thank you. 82 00:05:59,503 --> 00:06:02,733 I'll come up to escort you, so please wait there a moment. 83 00:06:03,303 --> 00:06:06,903 All this heightened security is making me a little nervous. 84 00:06:07,613 --> 00:06:09,403 It's nothing to worry about. 85 00:06:25,393 --> 00:06:26,523 It's open. 86 00:06:38,073 --> 00:06:41,603 Ever since I saw the news about the Sunflower Society and Imakurusu, 87 00:06:41,943 --> 00:06:44,813 I've been resigned to the fact that you would probably come here next. 88 00:06:46,553 --> 00:06:49,573 I'm here to see to it that you make good on the promise you made six years ago. 89 00:06:50,923 --> 00:06:52,713 Will you come with me? 90 00:06:56,863 --> 00:06:58,623 Subject has left his room. 91 00:07:00,833 --> 00:07:02,523 He's heading for the entry hall. 92 00:07:08,973 --> 00:07:10,203 Good morning, Mr. Serano. 93 00:07:10,573 --> 00:07:11,663 Good morning. 94 00:07:14,273 --> 00:07:15,973 Now opening entry hall door. 95 00:07:18,913 --> 00:07:20,003 Be careful. 96 00:07:20,483 --> 00:07:21,673 Thanks. 97 00:07:22,213 --> 00:07:24,153 Subject is through the entry hall. 98 00:07:24,383 --> 00:07:26,653 Roger that. We have visual. 99 00:07:40,473 --> 00:07:42,263 It's just like last time, isn't it? 100 00:07:44,773 --> 00:07:45,703 You're right. 101 00:07:45,703 --> 00:07:49,663 The only difference is that it was detectives in the hall instead of your family. 102 00:07:51,013 --> 00:07:53,173 There wasn't a car following us, either. 103 00:07:53,413 --> 00:07:55,283 So, what are you going to do about them? 104 00:07:56,083 --> 00:07:57,383 Well, let's see... 105 00:07:58,823 --> 00:08:02,483 Driver, go left at the next intersection. 106 00:08:06,963 --> 00:08:08,093 That's not like him... 107 00:08:08,093 --> 00:08:09,363 Don't let him shake you. 108 00:08:16,803 --> 00:08:21,573 It'll take that unmarked police car about an hour to reach Serano Genomics' head office now. 109 00:08:22,313 --> 00:08:25,643 Until then, I'd like you to tell me why you haven't kept your word, 110 00:08:25,643 --> 00:08:28,083 and have kept silent these past six years. 111 00:08:28,953 --> 00:08:31,113 I have to decide on my next course of action. 112 00:08:31,953 --> 00:08:33,323 You're awfully audacious. 113 00:08:44,803 --> 00:08:47,173 Hold it! Put both hands on the hood of the car! 114 00:08:47,173 --> 00:08:48,633 Take it easy. 115 00:08:49,673 --> 00:08:52,143 We're Public Security Section 9. We contacted you earlier. 116 00:08:53,113 --> 00:08:55,903 I was told that Mr. Serano had already left. Is that true? 117 00:08:56,243 --> 00:08:59,653 His ride to the office left, same as always. What about it? 118 00:08:59,653 --> 00:09:02,513 Look at your watch. Is that the same time as always? 119 00:09:04,523 --> 00:09:07,453 Gee, that guy's a real working man's CEO, ain't he? 120 00:09:07,793 --> 00:09:11,653 Every last one of you bozos had your eyes hacked by him! 121 00:09:16,433 --> 00:09:19,803 Mr. Serano was alone when I called his room, too. 122 00:09:22,433 --> 00:09:25,303 Looks like the surveillance camera Al's been hacked... 123 00:09:27,573 --> 00:09:28,703 "Medusa"? 124 00:09:28,813 --> 00:09:29,743 Your ID. 125 00:09:29,743 --> 00:09:30,403 Huh? 126 00:09:30,743 --> 00:09:31,803 Hurry it up. 127 00:09:39,023 --> 00:09:40,253 Of all the stupid... 128 00:09:41,953 --> 00:09:43,463 You guys are such easy marks. 129 00:09:43,463 --> 00:09:44,483 What's that? 130 00:09:45,463 --> 00:09:49,263 Interceptors. I can't believe you're still being bugged with them. 131 00:09:50,703 --> 00:09:55,863 When Interceptors upload data, they use the comm devices in the subject's cyberbrain. 132 00:09:56,543 --> 00:09:58,943 You probably noticed a load spike every once in a while. 133 00:10:03,983 --> 00:10:05,243 What the hell? 134 00:10:05,583 --> 00:10:09,713 Your brains recorded Serano walking past you by himself, 135 00:10:10,153 --> 00:10:13,173 but he's showing up just fine on the Interceptors. 136 00:10:13,823 --> 00:10:16,453 This is what really happened in the kidnapping six years ago. 137 00:10:18,563 --> 00:10:23,123 Major, dive into all IR-Systems inside a radius of three kilometers from the Serano estate... 138 00:10:23,463 --> 00:10:25,363 ... and look for Mr. Serano's company car. 139 00:10:25,933 --> 00:10:28,403 The Laughing Man has kidnapped Mr. Serano again. 140 00:10:29,273 --> 00:10:30,863 Find them, no matter what it takes! 141 00:10:31,143 --> 00:10:35,133 Understood. But there's no guarantee that the car will show up on the IR-System. 142 00:10:35,513 --> 00:10:36,313 Ishikawa! 143 00:10:36,313 --> 00:10:38,643 I was listening. Beginning full-scale search. 144 00:10:39,183 --> 00:10:41,243 Bear in mind the possibility of an A.I. overwrite. 145 00:10:41,683 --> 00:10:42,653 Roger that. 146 00:10:57,963 --> 00:11:00,733 Circle around the area for half an hour or so. 147 00:11:01,073 --> 00:11:03,003 I have some personal business to see to. 148 00:11:05,843 --> 00:11:06,903 Let's go. 149 00:11:14,083 --> 00:11:17,713 The view from here has changed quite a bit, hasn't it? 150 00:11:18,453 --> 00:11:21,323 I see your hair has gone white, Mr. Serano. 151 00:11:21,653 --> 00:11:23,643 It's been a rough six years. 152 00:11:23,723 --> 00:11:27,723 The official story is that the police are there to protect me against threats from you, 153 00:11:28,093 --> 00:11:30,363 but they're really there to keep an eye on me... 154 00:11:30,363 --> 00:11:33,763 ...to make sure I don't blab anything about the truth behind the incident. 155 00:11:34,303 --> 00:11:36,293 For all intents and purposes, I'm under house arrest. 156 00:11:36,943 --> 00:11:40,203 Compared to back then, I see you've lost your naiveté. 157 00:11:40,613 --> 00:11:42,843 I suppose I've managed to mature a little. 158 00:11:43,313 --> 00:11:44,683 I'll admit that back then, 159 00:11:44,683 --> 00:11:48,843 I seriously wanted to give all the phonies in the world a swift kick in the ass, 160 00:11:50,223 --> 00:11:54,683 Still, you were pretty wild back then, yourself. 161 00:11:55,323 --> 00:11:58,083 For two whole days, you hung out with a mere anonymous student... 162 00:11:58,423 --> 00:12:02,993 ...who had hacked into you, in spite of the fact that you were being brain dived. 163 00:12:03,663 --> 00:12:06,103 I had enough passion left in me... 164 00:12:06,103 --> 00:12:10,003 ...to make me want to debate a student who spouted naive crap. 165 00:12:14,773 --> 00:12:16,713 I understand what you're trying to say, 166 00:12:16,713 --> 00:12:20,743 but I'm a micromachine developer, not a member of the Drug Evaluation Council. 167 00:12:21,083 --> 00:12:23,583 I don't have anything to do with the rejection of the Murai Vaccine. 168 00:12:23,583 --> 00:12:25,023 I understand that. 169 00:12:25,023 --> 00:12:28,153 But the Drug Evaluation Council is a bunch of crooks and phonies. 170 00:12:28,153 --> 00:12:33,333 I'll have to confront them someday, but first, I want you to publicly disclose the data that... 171 00:12:33,333 --> 00:12:37,363 ... shows that your company's micromachines have practically no effect on cyberbrain sclerosis. 172 00:12:37,363 --> 00:12:40,663 I've told you again and again that I can't do that! 173 00:12:40,973 --> 00:12:44,633 I'll admit that like you wrote in your blackmail letter three years ago, 174 00:12:44,973 --> 00:12:49,573 micromachine therapy was nothing more than a theory at that point. 175 00:12:49,843 --> 00:12:52,143 But that's how patents work! 176 00:12:52,483 --> 00:12:54,413 There's no law against being the first... 177 00:12:54,413 --> 00:12:57,473 ...to register technology that's certain to be practical one day! 178 00:12:57,823 --> 00:13:00,813 That's what goddamn lawyers always say. 179 00:13:01,253 --> 00:13:02,313 For Christ's sake... 180 00:13:02,953 --> 00:13:06,653 I was well aware that our approval request was premature. 181 00:13:07,193 --> 00:13:10,253 It was partially meant as a bluff to our competitors. 182 00:13:12,663 --> 00:13:15,203 But I believe that the reason we got approval from the Drug Evaluation Council... 183 00:13:15,203 --> 00:13:17,173 ...after just three months, faster than anyone expected, 184 00:13:17,173 --> 00:13:20,973 was because they realized that my company's theories are the superior ones. 185 00:13:21,573 --> 00:13:24,873 You have no idea how much damage would be caused... 186 00:13:25,213 --> 00:13:28,773 ...by a loss of faith in the use of medical micromachines now. 187 00:13:29,153 --> 00:13:31,123 You're trying to kill a technology that holds more potential... 188 00:13:31,183 --> 00:13:34,813 What I'm trying to say is that this is a matter of life or death... 189 00:13:35,153 --> 00:13:37,383 ... for those people who are suffering from cyberbrain sclerosis. 190 00:13:37,723 --> 00:13:41,453 At the very least, can't you concede the effectiveness of the Murai Vaccine... 191 00:13:41,763 --> 00:13:44,853 ... until micromachine therapy shows clear results? 192 00:13:45,233 --> 00:13:48,473 I have nothing to say in regards to Murai. 193 00:13:48,473 --> 00:13:50,263 Can you really say that? 194 00:13:50,603 --> 00:13:55,473 If that sonuvabitch God gave you cyberbrain sclerosis for kicks, 195 00:13:55,813 --> 00:13:59,243 would you choose micromachine therapy without giving it a second thought? 196 00:13:59,413 --> 00:14:03,443 Of course. I have pride and faith in my company's products. 197 00:14:03,753 --> 00:14:07,313 So, you'd even choose it if it was your children who came down with CS? 198 00:14:07,893 --> 00:14:10,393 Yes. I suppose I would. 199 00:14:10,393 --> 00:14:12,623 Look, let's drop this hypothetical stuff. 200 00:14:15,563 --> 00:14:18,263 Pride and sentiment are two different things, aren't they? 201 00:14:18,263 --> 00:14:19,793 That's no fair, Mr. Serano. 202 00:14:20,403 --> 00:14:22,993 If you're really so proud of micromachine therapy, 203 00:14:23,643 --> 00:14:26,573 you should make use of your position to do what's right. 204 00:14:27,613 --> 00:14:30,083 The only thing Imakurusu could think of... 205 00:14:30,083 --> 00:14:32,843 ... was rejecting the vaccine that had Dr. Murai's name on it. 206 00:14:33,583 --> 00:14:36,783 The goddamn Drug Evaluation Council, whose only job was to rubber-stamp... 207 00:14:36,783 --> 00:14:39,753 ... any new medicine that came through the Ministry of Health, 208 00:14:40,153 --> 00:14:42,553 was chaired by Imakurusu, 209 00:14:42,553 --> 00:14:45,683 a man who had a stamp specially made to reject the Murai Vaccine... 210 00:14:45,893 --> 00:14:47,653 ... which read "Approval Denied"! 211 00:14:48,063 --> 00:14:52,093 Your own micromachines were used in that dirty deal! 212 00:14:52,503 --> 00:14:56,933 You can't be completely unaware of those circumstances, Mr. Serano. 213 00:14:57,403 --> 00:15:00,393 It didn't really matter to them if it was your micromachines. 214 00:15:01,113 --> 00:15:03,683 Any goddamn micromachine that was up for approval back then... 215 00:15:03,683 --> 00:15:05,583 ... would have worked just as well! 216 00:15:06,143 --> 00:15:08,173 If you know how corrupt the shitty medical industry is, 217 00:15:08,513 --> 00:15:11,853 can you honestly say that it's got nothing to do with you?! 218 00:15:15,593 --> 00:15:17,323 All right. Let's do this, then. 219 00:15:17,623 --> 00:15:20,593 For now, release me and let me act on my own. 220 00:15:20,933 --> 00:15:22,763 Once I make preparations after that, 221 00:15:22,763 --> 00:15:26,793 I'll call the press together and disclose the current state of micromachine therapy. 222 00:15:27,603 --> 00:15:31,563 Are you being serious? There's no advantage for you in that promise. 223 00:15:32,343 --> 00:15:34,773 I'm not such a petty man. 224 00:15:34,773 --> 00:15:36,513 It may not be as grand as yours, 225 00:15:36,513 --> 00:15:39,773 but I believe I have a sense of social justice just like anyone else. 226 00:15:40,513 --> 00:15:41,553 I wonder. 227 00:15:41,553 --> 00:15:42,883 You have my word. 228 00:15:49,323 --> 00:15:52,723 At the time, I was exhausted from your brain dive, 229 00:15:53,093 --> 00:15:55,793 and I fervently made that promise in the hopes of escaping. 230 00:15:56,233 --> 00:15:59,103 I thought that if I could get you in front of a TV camera, the eyes of the viewing public, 231 00:15:59,433 --> 00:16:02,403 you wouldn't do anything crazy. 232 00:16:03,773 --> 00:16:04,743 That's right... 233 00:16:05,173 --> 00:16:10,203 But unfortunately, I had an S&W Chief in my pocket. 234 00:16:12,013 --> 00:16:14,173 Will you disengage your brain dive? 235 00:16:14,653 --> 00:16:18,613 Even you have to know that what you're doing is illegal. 236 00:16:18,953 --> 00:16:21,623 If you want to hide your face and maintain your anonymity, 237 00:16:21,623 --> 00:16:23,683 it wouldn't be a good idea for you to be shown on TV. 238 00:16:30,233 --> 00:16:32,493 I enjoyed our debates. 239 00:16:33,203 --> 00:16:37,293 But as a man who protects his enterprises, I might not be able to keep my promise. 240 00:16:37,673 --> 00:16:40,763 Society isn't as cut and dried as you think it is. 241 00:16:41,213 --> 00:16:44,073 I won't try to uncover who you really are, either. 242 00:16:44,683 --> 00:16:46,543 For now, let's go our separate ways here. 243 00:16:52,553 --> 00:16:53,923 That's no fair! 244 00:17:03,503 --> 00:17:07,123 Then look into that camera there and tell the truth! 245 00:17:07,933 --> 00:17:09,993 Stop that. You won't shoot me. 246 00:17:10,603 --> 00:17:11,803 Are you so sure? 247 00:17:25,023 --> 00:17:27,923 Afterwards, when I had been taken into protective custody by the police, 248 00:17:28,153 --> 00:17:30,263 I learned from a company director who came to visit me... 249 00:17:30,263 --> 00:17:32,993 ...that the two days I had spent with you... 250 00:17:33,393 --> 00:17:36,223 ...had developed into a major kidnapping incident that had shaken our whole society. 251 00:17:37,603 --> 00:17:40,073 I also learned that immediately after I left home with you, 252 00:17:40,073 --> 00:17:44,733 a demand for a huge ransom was delivered to the company. 253 00:17:45,973 --> 00:17:50,603 But I couldn't believe that it was you who made that demand. 254 00:17:50,813 --> 00:17:54,843 The fact that you're an ingenious hacker didn't change the fact that you were a criminal, 255 00:17:55,183 --> 00:17:58,483 but it seemed to me that you were only using those abilities... 256 00:17:58,483 --> 00:18:02,443 ...to fight the injustices of the world out of the righteousness of youth. 257 00:18:03,593 --> 00:18:07,823 But the police determined that you had kidnapped me for the ransom money, 258 00:18:08,263 --> 00:18:12,493 and they questioned me again and again, asking if I knew anything that could help them. 259 00:18:13,203 --> 00:18:18,233 But the director and I decided to maintain that we couldn't think of a single thing. 260 00:18:19,143 --> 00:18:21,643 We couldn't cause a situation which would lead to suspicion... 261 00:18:21,643 --> 00:18:23,873 ...that our company's micromachines were defective. 262 00:18:25,013 --> 00:18:29,283 Just like you said, we were taught that we had a guilty conscience. 263 00:18:30,183 --> 00:18:33,693 The secret of our micromachines was being held hostage, 264 00:18:33,693 --> 00:18:36,283 and a ransom was being demanded. 265 00:18:38,123 --> 00:18:42,963 And then the micromachine killer virus incident happened. 266 00:18:42,963 --> 00:18:44,003 That's right. 267 00:18:44,003 --> 00:18:46,203 Even as I was angry at myself for being overjoyed... 268 00:18:46,203 --> 00:18:49,263 ...by our micromachine therapy being approved, 269 00:18:49,603 --> 00:18:51,693 I was cursing you from the bottom of my heart at the same time. 270 00:18:52,273 --> 00:18:55,243 I thought, "This is corporate terrorism, plain and simple!" 271 00:18:56,073 --> 00:18:58,543 But that wasn't you, was it? 272 00:18:59,083 --> 00:19:05,143 The evil that lurks in this world exists on a level that's far higher than we imagine. 273 00:19:06,623 --> 00:19:11,953 I assume you know that we blackmailed companies that were granted an influx of... 274 00:19:12,423 --> 00:19:15,793 ...public funds because we were on the verge of bankruptcy due to the killer virus infection. 275 00:19:16,033 --> 00:19:18,623 Let me tell you what happened afterwards. 276 00:19:19,763 --> 00:19:24,223 At the same time our stock prices were gradually beginning to climb after their collapse, 277 00:19:24,573 --> 00:19:27,903 we were visited by a man who introduced himself as a member... 278 00:19:28,243 --> 00:19:30,333 ...of the private support association of a certain assemblyman. 279 00:19:30,683 --> 00:19:34,343 He said that he was acquainted with someone who could put an end to the corporate blackmail, 280 00:19:34,783 --> 00:19:38,353 so he asked if we would be willing to make a political donation to this assemblyman... 281 00:19:38,353 --> 00:19:41,653 ...in the event that a declaration was made that the blackmail would end, 282 00:19:43,393 --> 00:19:45,863 The amount he suggested was equal to the public funds... 283 00:19:45,863 --> 00:19:48,423 ...plus the demanded blackmail money. 284 00:19:49,263 --> 00:19:53,833 This clearly meant that Serano Genomics had been targeted for blackmail all along... 285 00:19:53,833 --> 00:19:57,133 ...because we were the latecomer among the manufacturers. 286 00:19:57,503 --> 00:20:02,343 To them, what I did must have seemed like a performance that came at exactly the right time. 287 00:20:02,343 --> 00:20:04,143 I suppose it did, at that. 288 00:20:04,413 --> 00:20:07,783 By continuing to imitate the incident you triggered, 289 00:20:07,783 --> 00:20:10,273 they created a fabricated image called the Laughing Man. 290 00:20:10,723 --> 00:20:13,913 They manipulated stock prices by invoking the name of a criminal that didn't exist, 291 00:20:14,253 --> 00:20:16,653 stealing money from companies besides us. 292 00:20:17,593 --> 00:20:19,793 That, in spite of the fact that they had probably been... 293 00:20:19,793 --> 00:20:22,423 ...making a tidy sum even before then off of short-selling the stocks. 294 00:20:23,133 --> 00:20:26,363 Was this assemblyman Secretary General Yakushima? 295 00:20:27,973 --> 00:20:29,333 You knew, did you? 296 00:20:29,833 --> 00:20:35,333 Basically, hackers have always existed to peek at things that others have hidden. 297 00:20:35,973 --> 00:20:40,543 But the depth of the darkness in the hotbed of corruption I had tried to confront defeated me, 298 00:20:40,883 --> 00:20:45,913 and all I could do was become a deaf-mute and avert my eyes from it all. 299 00:20:46,953 --> 00:20:49,323 Just as you have done these past six years. 300 00:20:52,093 --> 00:20:55,863 The Laughing Man... That was a good name they came up with. 301 00:20:56,263 --> 00:20:59,793 And here I'd thought that if I failed to persuade you, 302 00:21:00,133 --> 00:21:02,463 I'd simply follow Holden's quote and disappear... 303 00:21:03,303 --> 00:21:06,333 They followed the Salinger angle... Good grief. 304 00:21:08,613 --> 00:21:13,573 Say, Mr. Serano, if that's what they're doing, I have to become the original Laughing Man... 305 00:21:13,913 --> 00:21:16,513 ...and drag that phony Yakushima into the light of day. 306 00:21:16,983 --> 00:21:20,143 When you showed yourself to me, I made up my mind, too. 307 00:21:20,493 --> 00:21:23,893 There isn't much evidence to accuse him with, 308 00:21:24,363 --> 00:21:27,323 but I'll become your copycat and fight him, too. 309 00:21:32,903 --> 00:21:36,303 Don't die before you take the witness stand. 310 00:21:37,343 --> 00:21:38,233 Sure. 311 00:21:39,443 --> 00:21:40,903 Squad 2, ready. 312 00:21:41,173 --> 00:21:42,473 Squad 3, ready. 313 00:21:43,113 --> 00:21:44,373 Squad 4, ready. 314 00:21:44,713 --> 00:21:46,343 All squads are in position. 315 00:21:46,643 --> 00:21:48,843 Building's security system now under our control. 316 00:21:49,253 --> 00:21:49,953 Batou. 317 00:21:49,953 --> 00:21:51,313 No change in subjects. 318 00:21:52,153 --> 00:21:53,013 Storm the place! 319 00:22:06,703 --> 00:22:07,763 Everyone, freeze! 320 00:22:09,373 --> 00:22:10,433 Hold it right there! 321 00:22:12,943 --> 00:22:15,133 Subject B secured. He's alone. 322 00:22:16,543 --> 00:22:18,443 No sign of subject A. 323 00:22:19,243 --> 00:22:20,613 Hold position there. 324 00:22:25,953 --> 00:22:27,853 That was one hell of a performance. 325 00:22:29,123 --> 00:22:32,283 With chops like that, you could fool anybody with no trouble at all. 326 00:22:33,363 --> 00:22:35,793 Gee, and I was never in a single school play, either. 327 00:22:42,933 --> 00:22:46,033 I guess this clinches the connection between Yakushima and Serano, huh? 328 00:22:46,243 --> 00:22:50,003 Right. And what the Laughing Man told me was the truth, too. 329 00:22:50,743 --> 00:22:52,973 This should have lit a fire under Mr. Serano, too. 330 00:22:53,613 --> 00:22:54,943 This might work. 331 00:22:54,943 --> 00:22:56,943 332 00:23:16,363 --> 00:23:20,713 She's so cold and human 333 00:23:20,713 --> 00:23:23,613 It's something humans do 334 00:23:23,613 --> 00:23:25,923 She stays so golden solo 335 00:23:25,923 --> 00:23:28,983 She's so number nine 336 00:23:28,983 --> 00:23:31,733 She's incredible math 337 00:23:32,993 --> 00:23:36,013 Just incredible math 338 00:23:36,283 --> 00:23:40,473 And is she really human? 339 00:23:40,473 --> 00:23:43,763 She's just so something new 340 00:23:43,763 --> 00:23:46,013 A waking lithium flower 341 00:23:46,013 --> 00:23:48,873 Just about to bloom 342 00:23:48,963 --> 00:23:51,673 I smell lithium now 343 00:23:52,713 --> 00:23:55,793 Smelling lithium now 344 00:23:56,963 --> 00:24:01,003 How is she when she doesn't surf? 345 00:24:01,003 --> 00:24:04,833 How is she when she doesn't surf? 346 00:24:04,833 --> 00:24:07,733 How is she when she doesn't surf? 347 00:24:07,733 --> 00:24:11,933 I wonder what she does when she wakes up? 348 00:24:13,213 --> 00:24:16,503 When she wakes up?