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MOTOKO!
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So, do you mean to tell me that even if
the flesh is lost, a person's thoughts can...
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...wander the net and continue existing
as a unique individual?
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I'm not so sure.
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It's hard to imagine that a will
that's free of its shell...
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...could maintain its individuality
in the sea of the net.
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So, for someone who lives on, even as they
continuously lose their individuality,
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this world
is despair.
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I guess that depends
on how you define despair.
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At any rate, there's always the option
of giving death a try, right?
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I suppose there's always
that option.
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Anyway, I'm in your debt.
Thank you.
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The way you kept your promise
was extremely charming.
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"We don't have convenient excuses
like team plays here at Section 9."
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"All we need is teamwork that comes about
as a result of a grandstand play."
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That was the first bit of advice that the Chief
gave us back in the early days of Section 9.
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When all that happened, did the Chief
really throw us to the wolves?
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I was subjected to
unproductive questioning,
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unable to contact my teammates,
or even access any data from the outside.
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And then, 15 days later,
I was suddenly released.
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Written in the orders I was
handed then were two things.
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The fact that Public Security Section 9
had already been disbanded,
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and orders from the security company
that I worked for as my cover...
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...saying that I was on
indefinite home leave.
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But who was I supposed
to wait to be contacted by?
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I ran around, trying to find out what
had happened while I was arrested.
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"Armed Coup Plot by Certain Radical
Public Security Members Uncovered."
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That was how the incident was summed up
and reported to the general public.
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Even the use of force by the Self Defense Army
to foil the coup plot...
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...was given a positive spin
in pretty much all the media.
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The members
of Section 9,
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made out as the plan's masterminds
and charged with high treason,
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were captured by the military, arrested,
and sent before the public prosecutors.
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Then a quick verdict
after a summary trial.
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Their whereabouts after that, though, were put
under a press blackout, claiming it was classified.
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Having been stripped of all special privileges
and reduced to a private citizen,
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there was nothing I could do
to access any further information.
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But there were two things
that I just wasn't able to swallow.
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One was the fact that the very existence of
the Chief, the heart and soul of Section 9,
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had completely vanished
from the public arena.
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His name isn't in
any press report,
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and he doesn't show up
in the list of ringleaders, either.
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Did the Chief really
abandon us, then?
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And the other thing
is the fate of the Major,
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the one team member whose status
after the attack was clearly spelled out.
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Did the Major
really die...?
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That was
three months ago.
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Sometimes, carrying out your
Public Security duties...
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...is nothing more than an exercise
in summoning up the force of will...
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...to endure investigations that seem
as if they might go on forever.
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But I never once suffered
because of it.
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But in these three months, in this time
that never stops flowing,
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why am I the only one left free,
as if nothing had happened?
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These days, in which I keep playing the role
of unemployed husband in my family's eyes,
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have brought with them an unbearable
suffering, and crushed my spirit.
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Maybe it's about time I started looking
for a new line of work...
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We have reports that the public prosecutor
will be arriving shortly.
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Throngs of reporters are gathered here
in front of ruling party headquarters,
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and the scene is surrounded
by a tense atmosphere.
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The MHLW scandal involving Serano Genomics
that made the rounds...
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...in certain tabloids before
the Lower House elections...
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...implicated Secretary General Yakushima, and
now, a week after the forming of a new Cabinet,
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it has finally escalated into a full-scale
investigation by the Public Prosecutors Office.
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A full-scale investigation by the Public
Prosecutors Office is underway, and...
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It's the D.A.!
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A full-scale investigation
has finally started,
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but will Yakushima be arrested
before the day is out?
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What about the Serano stocks that are rumored
to be here at ruling party headquarters?
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{\an8}We have reliable information.
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{\an8}We will probably ask the Secretary General
to come with us for questioning.
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{\an8}Is there a chance that the cash
in consecutively numbered bills...
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{\an8}...referred to in Mr. Serano's testimony
is being stored here?
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{\an8}Everything will be made clear shortly,
that included.
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{\an8}We have worked long and hard to prepare for
this day with the aim of arresting Mr. Yakushima.
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Long and hard,
he says...
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{\an8}This full-scale investigation is backed by
confidence gained from that hard work.
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I don't know how the Public Prosecutors Office
got their hands on all this information,
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{\an8}You have every right
to have high hopes.
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but the information circulating
in the tabloids and personal sites...
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...was clearly the intel that the Major
and the rest of us had uncovered.
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Even the investigation into
the money trail leading to Serano...
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...was originally the work
of those of us at Section 9.
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It's true that if Yakushima is arrested,
our objectives will be accomplished.
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Who actually carries out that arrest
is a trivial matter.
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But in spite of that,
what's this I'm feeling?
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The triumphant attitude
of the public prosecutors...
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Even the whiteness of the shirts
that they're wearing pisses me off.
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Is this how things
should be...?
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These facts that the Major and
my teammates pieced together,
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isn't this the real truth behind the Laughing Man
incident that's tied into this from six years ago?
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Even if the Public Prosecutors Office
successfully uncovers the whole MHLW scandal,
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Yakushima might not even
resign from the assembly.
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How does this make the world
a better place?!
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It's not like I ever wanted
to be a hero or anything.
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But I'm convinced that we followed the justice
we all believed in without ever compromising.
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Laughing Man...
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You were the one who first tried to shed
some light into the abyss of this case.
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Could it be that right now,
you're feeling the same as I am?
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No, you wouldn't. You're not the sort
who cares about such things.
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The Catcher in the Rye
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The Catcher in the Rye
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The Catcher in the Rye
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The Catcher in the Rye
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You must've had a revelation
about something,
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and are watching this situation with eyes
that have a broader outlook than mine.
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Isn't that right?
I can tell.
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The Catcher in the Rye
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The Catcher in the Rye
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The Catcher in the Rye
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Major...
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If this plays out
like I think it will...
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Hold it!
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Pull out your hands nice 'n slow,
and turn this way!
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As bad as you are, you'd get caught way
before you got anywhere near Yakushima.
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Big...man?
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You're an idiot, you know that?
Come with me.
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And the star arrives!
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What took you
so long?
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So, where did you
tail him to?
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Just like we figured,
he went to ruling party HQ.
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Are you serious?!
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Hey, what's up with you?
Are you crying?
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Get real!
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So, how did things go
on your end?
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Seems like the Secretary General
has given in.
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That's an ex-military guy for you. Looks like
he's fully cooperating with their questioning.
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I suppose the Public Prosecutor folks are gonna
get the hero treatment for a while over this.
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You got that right...
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But is this okay
with you guys?
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The credit for tracking
down Yakushima...
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"Should go to us here at
Section 9," you want to say?
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Well, it ain't like I don't
understand how you feel,
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but this is exactly what that devious
old ape had planned all along.
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Planned?
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Yeah.
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The old ape realized that the
Prime Minister was going to avoid...
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...a Secretary General shakeup
before the elections.
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So he boldly chose to make
Section 9 out as the bad guys.
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At the point when the Major disguised herself as
the Laughing Man and got the truth out of Serano,
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Section 9's existence was
leaked to the mass media,
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making us unable to do our thing
in secret like we had before.
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So the Chief's plan was to
make a deal with the PM,
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forcing the Public Prosecutors Office to take
action by ostensibly sacrificing Section 9.
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Sacrificing Section 9...
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Even if that's the case, do you have any idea
what it was like for me these past three months?!
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Hey, don't take it so hard.
Think of it as a special vacation.
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It's not like we were filled in on
this little op beforehand, either.
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The Chief believed that we'd all survive
and come together again to regroup,
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and made the tough decision
to go ahead with his plan.
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Hell, even your being arrested and
confined first was the Chief's way...
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...of keeping you alive by getting you clear
of the Section 9 mop-up operation.
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For one thing, you're all-natural and
had just gotten out of the hospital.
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Plus, you're a married man, so manipulating
information would be more difficult,
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so you had to be kept away from Section 9
until all his preparations were in place.
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Don't take it personally. The records say that
I'm spending the rest of my days up the river.
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"More profit, less honor."
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This means that we're back to being an offensive
organization that doesn't officially exist.
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That's what all this
was about?
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But, hey...
What about the Major?
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Who cares? I don't give
a damn about that bitch.
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That reminds me, Batou, weren't you
bawling your eyes out back then?
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Aw, screw you.
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Oh, really?
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In that case, what say I grab the
satellite footage from the scene?
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Hey, and send it
to the Major, too!
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Hey, cut it out!
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"Motoko!" Was that
what you said?
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You bastard!
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- I said to stop it!
- Okay, I give!
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- Say goodnight!
- Hey, cut it out!
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It's all over,
I see.
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The rest can be left
to the attorney general.
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My work is done
here now.
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The Public Prosecutors Office will be able to hold
their heads high to the public thanks to this.
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But what do you
have left now?
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I was able to see to it that justice
was served in my own way.
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That's enough
for me.
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So, what will you
do now?
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You can't keep playing war
with guns and tanks forever.
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What do you say?
How about joining up with us?
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I've always thought that you were
better suited to the judicial world.
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I'm not so sure
about that.
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It will take more than a trivial matter
like this to finish Section 9.
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I'm on my way to scout a prospective new
member with the aim of rebuilding Section 9.
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Now I get it...
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You're really aren't
the Laughing Man, that's for sure.
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Welcome.
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You took longer
than I expected.
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Don't give me that. You didn't even
send me an invitation.
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If you stand still,
people will come to you.
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Who said that?
Doisneau?
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Yes.
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Well, part of it was that I spent a lot of time
thinking about what we should do about you.
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I was little worried that you
were going to decide...
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...to stay floating around
like that and die.
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I'm not really looking forward
to death just yet.
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Though I did get a nice little
near-death experience...
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...when my fully-remote prosthetic
cyberbrain got destroyed.
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So your brand-new body was destroyed,
and you still haven't done a prosthetic swap...
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You've got
a sharp eye.
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Well, peeking
is my hobby.
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So anyway, what's the deal
with this place?
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It's like an
information graveyard.
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Did you seriously think you could change
the world from a place like this?
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At first,
I kinda did.
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So, how do you feel
about it now?
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I'm not burning with satisfaction
or anything.
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The truth is, maybe it all ended for me
the instant I shared my memories with you.
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I figured that you would probably
be able to take it from there.
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Of all the...You're one hell
of a liar, you know that?
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What was that bit about me
standing back and doing nothing?
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I'm sorry.
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But the instant you've shared and synchronized
all your information, you lose your uniqueness...
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...and become absorbed into the unconscious
maliciousness of a third party with no motive,
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Or perhaps into the will of someone
who has a motive.
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Are those your words? Something derived
from hard-earned experience?
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Yes.
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Because the fact is, in the end, you yourself
played the role of Laughing Man Copycat, too.
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I'll admit that it was
a fascinating phenomenon.
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At any rate, what was your motive for triggering
such a huge incident in the first place?
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"To you, everything that's going on
in the world looks phony, doesn't it?"
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J.D. Salinger?
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Yes.
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Of course, I'm pretty much
the poster boy for cyberization,
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so at the very least, I might have felt something
like terror at the thought of cyberbrain sclerosis.
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It was a piece of mail that I stumbled across
in the net that began it all.
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That piece of blackmail that had probably
been sent to Serano Genomics...
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...was armed with a thesis
that was a comparative study...
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...of the ineffectiveness of Serano micromachines
versus the efficacy of the Murai Vaccine.
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The writer was the original
Laughing Man?
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If you want
to put it that way.
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"I am the machine that shows you
the world as I alone see it."
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Dziga Vertov.
Was he a film director?
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Yes.
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I deluded myself into thinking that it was
my personal mission to prove and circulate...
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...the information that I alone
had stumbled upon.
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And failed spectacularly.
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The pure, innocent mediator grew dejected
at the base nature of the social system,
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and he turned mute.
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Yes. And I became
the vanishing mediator.
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Just like an author whose
existence is emphasized...
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...by the fact that he rarely
puts out new works.
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In other words,
"By disappearing,"
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"it acts as a regulating medium
for the dynamism of the social system."
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"In the end, it vanishes, leaving traces of its
existence neither inside nor outside the system."
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Fredric Jameson.
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Yes. And no. That last bit
was Masachi Ohsawa.
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Even though I knew the words, I didn't
believe it until I saw it with my own eyes.
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Who knew that the absence of an original
would produce copies without an original?
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If you had to give this phenomenon a name,
what would you call it?
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Stand Alone Complex.
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Yes.
Stand Alone Complex.
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From the beginning, the very nature
of our current social system...
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...has contained the mechanisms
to trigger such a phenomenon.
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Personally, I have to feel that
it is the beginning of despair,
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but what about you?
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I don't know.
It's impossible to say.
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But I have found one thing capable
of restoring your individuality...
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...after all your information
has been synchronized.
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And what is that?
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Curiosity, I think.
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Oh, I see. You know,
that never occurred to me.
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My brains have already
started to harden.
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So, what's going to happen
to me now?
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Arrest for kidnapping? Or for inciting multiple,
simultaneous terrorist acts?
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Beats me. That little matter
is completely at his discretion,
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so why not
ask him directly?
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I've been listening in
for a while,
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but without an external memory device,
I can't follow your conversation at all.
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Have you read
all the books in here?
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Not quite that many.
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Allow me to introduce you. This is my boss,
Daisuke Aramaki, chief of Section 9.
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Nice to meet you.
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Are you planning to go on with this dull work
of preserving printed works...
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...that are only published
out of force of habit now?
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If I'm allowed to.
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As far as this case is concerned,
it will probably be concluded...
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...that the original Laughing Man
never legally existed.
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So I have a proposal
to make.
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What do you say? How would you like
to put your skills as a hacker to good use...
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...and join Section 9
as our ninth regular?
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This is a surprise.
Are you trying to scout me?
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That's right.
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I don't know
what to say...
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It does sound like it would be interesting,
but I think I'll have to pass.
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As much as I hate to say it,
I'm terrible at baseball.
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You've been shot down.
What will you do now?
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Not a thing.
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Section 9 will continue as an
anti-crime offensive organization...
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...as long as you and I
want it to stay that way.
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That's all.
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Mr. Serano, it's finally
the first day of the trial.
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{\an8}Angely i demony kruzhili nado mnoj,
Angels and demons circle above me,
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Right.
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Now I can finally keep
the promise I made to him.
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{\an8}rassykhali ternii i vechnye puti.
through the thorns to the stars.
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{\an8}Ne znaet shast'je tol'ko tot,
Only those unable to perceive its call...
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{\an8}kto jevo zova ponjat' ne smog.
...do not know happiness.
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That's all right,
I'll get it.
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{\an8}Naljubuites', naljubuites'.
Watch in awe, watch in awe.
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You have to be flexible
to survive.
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Bestow a sound sleep
unto the inflexible, righteous man...
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{\an8}Aeria gloris, aeria gloris.
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{\an8}Naljubuites', naljubuites'.
Watch in awe, watch in awe.
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{\an8}Aeria gloris, aeria gloris.
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Major! Call everyone together
with an A2 loadout!
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{\an8}I am calling, calling now,
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You copy that,
Batou?
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You need a lift?
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{\an8}spirits rise and falling.
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Togusa!
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I'm already
on my way!
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{\an8}Soboj ostat'sja dol'she.
To remain myself longer.
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Ishikawa!
Saito!
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I'll take a separate route
and meet up with you guys!
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{\an8}Calling, calling, in the depths of longing.
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All ready
on this end.
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Paz! Borma!
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Just give
the word.
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We gotta
get lucky sometime!
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{\an8}Soboj ostat'sja dol'she.
To remain myself longer.
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{\an8}Naljubuites', naljubuites'.
Watch in awe, watch in awe.
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{\an8}Aeria gloris, aeria gloris.
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Stand alone.
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Where was life when it had meaning?
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Nothing's real anymore...
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Beskonechnyj beg
Endlessly running...
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Poka zhiva ya mogu
As long as I live, all I can do...
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starat'sya na letu ne upast'
...is keep flying without falling,
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Ne razuchit'sya mechtat'
and not forget how to dream...
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lyubit'
...and not forget how to love.
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Beskonechnyj beg
Endlessly running...
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Calling, calling now,
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for the place of knowing.
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There's more than what can be linked.
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Calling, calling, in the depths of longing.
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Soboj ostat'sja dol'she.
To remain myself longer.
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Naljubuites',
Watch in awe,
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aeria gloris.