1 00:00:22,060 --> 00:00:23,350 All patrolling air units... 2 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,440 a 208 is in progress in the C-13 district of Newport City. 3 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:28,650 Airspace over this area will be closed. 4 00:00:28,770 --> 00:00:29,520 Repeat. 5 00:00:29,650 --> 00:00:34,030 All patrolling air units, a 208 is in progress in the C-13 district of Newport City. 6 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,030 Airspace over this area will be closed. 7 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:37,240 Repeat. 8 00:01:13,860 --> 00:01:16,240 There's no need for concern. 9 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:19,070 We can fix it by redoing it in our country. 10 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:20,660 Redo it? 11 00:01:20,780 --> 00:01:23,830 A program with no bugs doesn't exist... 12 00:01:23,950 --> 00:01:28,210 and there's no program that is impossible to debug. Am I wrong? 13 00:01:28,330 --> 00:01:30,290 You don't understand. 14 00:01:30,420 --> 00:01:33,050 We're not even sure that Project 2501 really is a bug. 15 00:01:33,170 --> 00:01:35,260 Originally the purpose of this project was to... 16 00:01:35,380 --> 00:01:38,630 Major, Section 6 is in position and ready to move in. 17 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:41,430 Major! 18 00:01:41,550 --> 00:01:43,100 I can hear you. 19 00:01:44,100 --> 00:01:46,600 There's a lot of noise in your brain. 20 00:01:47,190 --> 00:01:48,940 It's that time of the month. 21 00:01:58,610 --> 00:02:03,200 Don't you think there's going to be trouble if we interfere with a Section 6 case. 22 00:02:03,740 --> 00:02:06,620 The target is a notoriously bad diplomat... 23 00:02:06,790 --> 00:02:10,120 the best they can do is deport him. 24 00:02:10,250 --> 00:02:12,330 We're the only ones who can get our hands dirty. 25 00:02:12,460 --> 00:02:14,710 It's time. Let's move to the rendezvous point. 26 00:02:57,340 --> 00:02:59,340 What? The police? 27 00:03:07,310 --> 00:03:09,430 Stop it! Who told you to fire?! 28 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:10,350 Put your guns down! 29 00:03:14,690 --> 00:03:16,860 I'm entitled to diplomatic immunity. 30 00:03:16,980 --> 00:03:18,530 I want to talk to the person in charge. 31 00:03:18,650 --> 00:03:23,240 Taking classified programmers out of the country compromises national security. 32 00:03:23,870 --> 00:03:27,370 We can also have you brought up on kidnapping charges... 33 00:03:27,540 --> 00:03:29,240 so let him go. 34 00:03:29,540 --> 00:03:30,830 That's not possible. 35 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,670 Mr. Daita has requested political asylum, and we have a signed affidavit. 36 00:03:34,790 --> 00:03:35,500 When? 37 00:03:35,630 --> 00:03:37,540 I don't have to explain. 38 00:03:37,670 --> 00:03:40,260 My country has the right, in accordance with international law... 39 00:03:40,380 --> 00:03:43,220 to offer anyone protection and safe passage. 40 00:03:43,380 --> 00:03:45,720 The affidavit is at the embassy. 41 00:03:45,890 --> 00:03:47,800 I'll send you a copy in a couple of days. 42 00:03:47,890 --> 00:03:49,890 Are you sure? You'll be killed if you return. 43 00:03:50,020 --> 00:03:52,020 I'm warning you to watch your comments. 44 00:03:52,100 --> 00:03:54,810 Our country is a peace loving democracy. 45 00:03:54,900 --> 00:03:56,060 Oh really? 46 00:03:59,690 --> 00:04:01,110 The window! Shoot! 47 00:04:11,290 --> 00:04:12,620 Thermo-optic camouflage. 48 00:09:01,290 --> 00:09:02,370 Aramaki, what a surprise. 49 00:09:02,450 --> 00:09:05,830 So, what business brings the chief of Section 9 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 50 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:10,290 It's about the secret talks scheduled with the Gavel Republic tomorrow. 51 00:09:10,380 --> 00:09:12,170 Oh, the Official Development Assistance. 52 00:09:12,260 --> 00:09:16,720 The regime that took over Gavel after the revolution demands financial aid, supposedly for redevelopment. 53 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:21,010 They boast about democracy, but they're no better than the Iast Iot. 54 00:09:21,100 --> 00:09:25,520 Now they feel entitled to funds because of our past exploitation. No gratitude. 55 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,730 What's the Ministry going to do? 56 00:09:27,810 --> 00:09:31,610 Well, there's a problem. The leader of the former junta... 57 00:09:31,730 --> 00:09:33,780 that controlled their country is here seeking political asylum. 58 00:09:33,900 --> 00:09:35,610 You mean Colonel Malles, correct? 59 00:09:35,950 --> 00:09:40,450 Yes, and that means we either deny Gavel the funds and treat Malles as a political refuge... 60 00:09:40,580 --> 00:09:42,080 or help them and kick him out. 61 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,040 It's a tricky situation. 62 00:09:44,910 --> 00:09:47,910 My personal opinion is if we could find a politically acceptable reason... 63 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,630 I'd like to forcibly deport him immediately. 64 00:09:59,260 --> 00:10:02,930 By the way, I want to thank you for your help with that other political asylum situation. 65 00:10:03,010 --> 00:10:05,520 Nakamura from Section 6 was also grateful. 66 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:09,350 We diplomats must avoid messy situations, you realize. 67 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:16,690 Access. 68 00:10:16,940 --> 00:10:18,030 We've lost response. 69 00:10:18,110 --> 00:10:19,860 What's happened to the EEG output. 70 00:10:19,950 --> 00:10:23,280 It's normal. I'll switch to Simex mode. 71 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:27,200 The Foreign Minister's interpreter. 72 00:10:27,290 --> 00:10:31,750 23 minutes ago, her brain was hacked into through a phone line. 73 00:10:33,590 --> 00:10:36,130 Foreign Intelligence warned us about this. 74 00:10:36,210 --> 00:10:39,630 The "Puppet Master" has begun to infiltrate terminals throughout our network. 75 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:45,140 We believe it's extremely likely that he'll target the secret talks scheduled with the Republic of Gavel. 76 00:10:45,260 --> 00:10:48,600 We've put everyone attending the talks under surveillance. 77 00:10:49,690 --> 00:10:54,980 I suspect once he hacked into her ghost, he'd use her to assassinate key delegates. 78 00:10:55,110 --> 00:10:59,860 So how long do we have before this hacker breaks through her barrier program and reaches her ghost? 79 00:10:59,990 --> 00:11:04,120 Roughly 2 hours. He's using an old-fashioned HA-3 virus. 80 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,740 After that, we'll have to break the connection to avoid any danger. 81 00:11:07,330 --> 00:11:10,500 Batou and Ishikawa are tracking the signal source from their car. 82 00:11:10,620 --> 00:11:11,250 Contact them. 83 00:11:29,180 --> 00:11:32,350 That infamous mystery hacker, the Puppet Master, has shown up here? 84 00:11:32,980 --> 00:11:37,360 We guess he or she is American, but we have no clue about age, sex or background. 85 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,110 Since last winter, he's been popping up in EU countries. 86 00:11:40,190 --> 00:11:42,200 He's wanted for crimes including stock manipulation... 87 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:43,860 illegal information gathering, political terrorism... 88 00:11:43,950 --> 00:11:45,570 computer ethic infringements... 89 00:11:45,700 --> 00:11:49,660 and is under suspicion for several other crimes. He's on the international most wanted list. 90 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:56,290 The nickname Puppet Master comes from the ghost hacking. 91 00:11:56,380 --> 00:11:58,630 It's the first time he's appeared in this country. 92 00:11:59,170 --> 00:12:03,050 Well, if he's so skilled how come he's using an outdated HA-3 virus? 93 00:12:03,130 --> 00:12:07,600 A more current technique would be harder to detect and trace... 94 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:13,600 but it might also arouse suspicion about Colonel Malles role in this affair. 95 00:12:13,730 --> 00:12:18,900 Are you saying he's using an old method just so no-one suspects Malles? 96 00:12:18,980 --> 00:12:23,190 Or maybe Malles is just a pawn, used to make us think that... 97 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,570 Maybe there is another sponsor. 98 00:12:26,700 --> 00:12:30,740 Now you're stretching it. It's not like you have any hard evidence. 99 00:12:30,830 --> 00:12:32,500 Evidence? 100 00:12:34,290 --> 00:12:37,290 Just a whisper. I hear it in my ghost. 101 00:12:38,090 --> 00:12:40,710 Which reminds me. Are you still using that revolver? 102 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:43,590 You should stop worrying about the automatics jamming up. 103 00:12:43,670 --> 00:12:45,470 I like my Matever. 104 00:12:45,590 --> 00:12:49,760 Stopping power is more important than your taste in guns. 105 00:12:49,890 --> 00:12:53,680 Since it's my ass on the line out there, use a Zastaber. 106 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:55,310 Major. 107 00:12:55,770 --> 00:12:57,770 I want to ask you something. 108 00:12:57,900 --> 00:13:01,270 Why did you transfer a guy like me from the police force? 109 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:03,990 Because we need a guy like you. 110 00:13:04,900 --> 00:13:09,410 You're an honest cop who's never stepped out of line, and you're a family man. 111 00:13:09,490 --> 00:13:13,290 Except for the slight brain augmentation, your body's almost completely human. 112 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,660 No matter how excellent... 113 00:13:16,790 --> 00:13:22,630 identical standard systems have faults. 114 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:24,260 What's true for the group is also true for the individual. 115 00:13:24,340 --> 00:13:27,300 Over specialize and you breed in weakness. It's a slow death. 116 00:13:27,380 --> 00:13:28,680 That's all. 117 00:13:40,230 --> 00:13:41,060 Hurry up! 118 00:13:41,070 --> 00:13:42,980 I'll be right there! 119 00:13:47,700 --> 00:13:49,950 We're already 40 seconds late! 120 00:13:50,030 --> 00:13:51,660 I'll be done in 5 seconds. 121 00:13:51,780 --> 00:13:53,830 It's gonna be one of those days. 122 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:01,580 Hey. Sorry, pal. 123 00:14:01,670 --> 00:14:07,010 My last partner who got busted workin' as an illegal alien, was a lot better than you. 124 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:14,140 You're that desperate to find out your wife's feelings, you'd ghost-hack her? 125 00:14:14,220 --> 00:14:18,560 She hardly talks to me and all of a sudden she wants a divorce! 126 00:14:18,690 --> 00:14:24,230 What's worse, my daughter ignores me and got it into her head that I'm the one cheating on her mom. 127 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,360 How did you get your hands on a barrier breaker? 128 00:14:27,490 --> 00:14:32,240 From this really nice programmer I met in a bar. 129 00:14:32,370 --> 00:14:37,200 He overheard my sob story. My wife's lawyer stopped me seeing her and my daughter. 130 00:14:37,290 --> 00:14:41,880 He showed me how to hack in from different places along the route, without being traced. 131 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:49,380 Are you trying to kill yourself, asshole?! 132 00:14:49,470 --> 00:14:52,180 Looks like we're not the only ones in a hurry round here. 133 00:14:56,100 --> 00:14:56,930 No one here! 134 00:14:57,890 --> 00:15:02,600 Every time we get to the source they're already long gone. 135 00:15:02,730 --> 00:15:04,230 We're just wasting our time. 136 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:05,520 Quit complaining! 137 00:15:05,610 --> 00:15:10,700 Kusanagi and Togusa are heading to the next area the hacker's expected to access from. Stay alert. 138 00:15:10,780 --> 00:15:12,530 What are we looking for, Chief? 139 00:15:12,620 --> 00:15:13,450 Anything. 140 00:15:14,620 --> 00:15:17,080 Stupid old fart. Are we just meant to ask around? 141 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:18,910 Oh, shit... 142 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,540 I missed him! 143 00:15:21,620 --> 00:15:24,670 Hey, Pop, did you see the trash truck? 144 00:15:24,750 --> 00:15:26,170 Who wants to know? 145 00:15:26,250 --> 00:15:28,170 Just answer me. Did you see it or not? 146 00:15:28,550 --> 00:15:31,800 Yeah, I saw the trash man... 147 00:15:31,930 --> 00:15:34,680 making a call, so I thought I had enough time to bring my garbage down. 148 00:15:38,430 --> 00:15:40,310 Hey! Can't you take this? 149 00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:44,520 A trash truck? Clever. It changes location every 7 minutes. 150 00:15:45,150 --> 00:15:48,780 HQ, patch me into info from the Sanitation Department network. 151 00:15:58,790 --> 00:16:01,580 8 trucks are on duty in the surveillance area. 152 00:16:03,330 --> 00:16:05,960 The target is number 79, a type C vehicle. 153 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:10,340 Give me the wheel. 154 00:16:17,140 --> 00:16:18,970 They might have contacted someone. 155 00:16:19,060 --> 00:16:21,470 Follow them but take no action. 156 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:23,060 Route data accessed. 157 00:16:23,770 --> 00:16:25,350 Hacking points traced and matched. 158 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:27,900 The target has now stopped at the next point. 159 00:16:29,730 --> 00:16:32,400 HA-3 access confirmed. 160 00:16:37,990 --> 00:16:39,830 Sorry, sorry. 161 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:43,660 How about if I pick up the trash and you make the calls on the second round? 162 00:16:44,370 --> 00:16:45,080 How do you think? 163 00:16:45,170 --> 00:16:48,080 Ain't no way I'm gonna be your partner in crime. 164 00:16:48,170 --> 00:16:50,040 It's pathetic. 165 00:16:50,170 --> 00:16:51,880 You got any children? 166 00:16:52,010 --> 00:16:53,630 Do I look like I do? 167 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:55,840 Then you can't understand. 168 00:16:55,930 --> 00:16:58,260 My daughter is everything to me. 169 00:16:58,350 --> 00:17:00,350 Look. She's like an angel. 170 00:17:01,350 --> 00:17:04,520 I'm not interested in crap like that. 171 00:17:07,190 --> 00:17:10,570 Yeah, vehicle 79. Ah, boss... What's that? 172 00:17:11,360 --> 00:17:14,190 What do the cops want to know our rounds for? 173 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:16,820 How would I know? 174 00:17:19,740 --> 00:17:21,160 They found out! 175 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:23,410 I've got to warn that guy who helped me. 176 00:17:23,540 --> 00:17:25,370 We're gonna have to skip the next pickup. 177 00:17:25,460 --> 00:17:26,080 What? 178 00:17:26,710 --> 00:17:30,500 Target has deviated from route and is heading toward the next pickup point. 179 00:17:31,170 --> 00:17:34,630 There's no way they spotted me following them. 180 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,510 They probably traced me when I accessed the Sanitation Department network. 181 00:17:37,590 --> 00:17:39,430 Next time, use a back door. 182 00:17:39,550 --> 00:17:41,470 Forget it, just arrest them. 183 00:17:46,350 --> 00:17:47,560 You can drive now. 184 00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:49,600 Huh? Whoa. 185 00:18:50,870 --> 00:18:54,000 Christ, he's fucked up the armored van. 186 00:18:54,130 --> 00:18:57,420 He's got high velocity bullets. They'll go straight through your car door. 187 00:18:57,510 --> 00:19:00,300 HV ammo in a submachine gun? He's insane. 188 00:19:14,650 --> 00:19:16,570 He's even wearing some kind of thermo-optics. 189 00:19:16,650 --> 00:19:19,740 Keep on his tail. I'll come around from above. 190 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:23,820 Togusa! If you're still alive, arrest those garbage men. 191 00:19:23,950 --> 00:19:25,240 Affirmative. 192 00:19:27,700 --> 00:19:29,500 This job is merciless. 193 00:20:26,430 --> 00:20:28,390 Police! Everyone get down. 194 00:22:29,430 --> 00:22:31,010 Are you finished? 195 00:23:23,940 --> 00:23:25,560 Got him, huh? 196 00:23:26,820 --> 00:23:29,900 That's what happens when you use HV bullets. 197 00:23:29,990 --> 00:23:34,030 The breach and barrel are really screwed up. 198 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:37,580 It's no use arresting me, I'm not talkin' to any damn cops! 199 00:23:37,660 --> 00:23:39,250 Talk? 200 00:23:41,330 --> 00:23:46,250 You don't even know your own name, you dick-head. 201 00:23:48,050 --> 00:23:52,630 Can you remember your mother's face, or where you were born? 202 00:23:52,930 --> 00:23:55,260 Do you have any childhood memories? 203 00:23:56,430 --> 00:23:59,060 Do you remember anything? 204 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:09,480 Puppets without their ghosts are so pathetic. 205 00:24:09,610 --> 00:24:12,280 Especially the kind with red blood running through them. 206 00:24:27,460 --> 00:24:30,300 We'll rush the place after the passengers have gone in. 207 00:24:30,380 --> 00:24:33,130 Squad B comes in from the back, the rest of you go in the front. 208 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:37,970 Saito, get your men to unplug all cars parked in front of the house. 209 00:24:38,970 --> 00:24:40,760 Begin recording. 210 00:24:43,980 --> 00:24:46,190 Message from HQ, sir. 211 00:24:46,310 --> 00:24:49,150 We've ID'd the man the major caught. 212 00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:50,480 Go on. 213 00:24:50,570 --> 00:24:53,190 He claims to be Tsuan Gen Fang, age 28. 214 00:24:53,490 --> 00:24:58,320 Illegal alien. Weapons violations. Three priors. 215 00:24:58,530 --> 00:25:03,160 Was hiding out with a militant refugee group up till a month ago. 216 00:25:03,790 --> 00:25:09,750 About a week ago, a military liaison in the Gavel embassy 217 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,960 commissioned him to attack the upcoming secret meeting. 218 00:25:13,260 --> 00:25:15,130 And in reality? 219 00:25:15,220 --> 00:25:17,180 His nickname's Corgi. 220 00:25:17,260 --> 00:25:20,350 Occupation, a rather violent trader in questionable goods. 221 00:25:20,430 --> 00:25:22,350 Your basic thug. 222 00:25:22,470 --> 00:25:26,190 We've checked his police records... 223 00:25:27,020 --> 00:25:30,150 but can't find any connection with Gavel. 224 00:25:30,230 --> 00:25:33,360 This guy's just another puppet controlled by the Puppet Master. 225 00:25:33,780 --> 00:25:35,030 How's Ishikawa doing? 226 00:25:35,610 --> 00:25:41,410 He's back and interrogating that garbage collector with Togusa. 227 00:25:43,120 --> 00:25:46,710 So how about the Puppet Master? 228 00:25:46,830 --> 00:25:48,710 What's he like? 229 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,220 He's like a puppet himself. 230 00:25:56,300 --> 00:25:57,470 Squad B in position. 231 00:25:57,550 --> 00:25:59,050 Squads A and C, okay. 232 00:25:59,140 --> 00:26:01,390 Ready and waiting, sir. 233 00:26:02,470 --> 00:26:04,140 Proceed! 234 00:26:07,270 --> 00:26:09,850 What's "a simulated experience" again? 235 00:26:09,940 --> 00:26:14,980 Well, all your memories about your wife, daughter and divorce are false. 236 00:26:15,070 --> 00:26:16,780 Like a dream. 237 00:26:16,900 --> 00:26:21,950 You were used by someone to ghost-hack into some government officials. 238 00:26:22,330 --> 00:26:24,120 But... that can't be. 239 00:26:24,450 --> 00:26:26,910 I went to your home... 240 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,750 it's a bachelor's apartment. 241 00:26:29,830 --> 00:26:33,210 I told you. I rented it after we separated. 242 00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:36,630 I checked the records. You've been living there for 10 years. 243 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,220 You've never had a wife or kid. 244 00:26:39,300 --> 00:26:43,100 Your family only exists in your head. 245 00:26:44,390 --> 00:26:45,640 Look. 246 00:26:45,770 --> 00:26:48,390 This is the photo you showed your co-worker. 247 00:26:48,850 --> 00:26:50,480 Who do you see? 248 00:26:51,230 --> 00:26:54,940 It was a picture of my daughter. 249 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,900 Smiling like an angel. 250 00:26:57,990 --> 00:27:00,150 What's her name? 251 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:04,950 Where did you meet your wife and when did you marry her? 252 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:10,330 Tell me. Who do you see in the photo? 253 00:27:12,170 --> 00:27:15,840 If it's all a lie, when will I get my old memory back? 254 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,630 Unfortunately with our current technology... 255 00:27:18,970 --> 00:27:23,180 only 2 successful cases have ever been reported, so I wouldn't recommend trying to. 256 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:24,600 I'm sorry. 257 00:27:25,390 --> 00:27:27,510 Even simulated experiences and dreams... 258 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,980 exist as information, and are simultaneously reality... 259 00:27:31,140 --> 00:27:33,350 and fantasy. 260 00:27:34,310 --> 00:27:39,820 The information that people accumulate in their life, is just a drop in bucket. 261 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:56,850 A cyborg who goes diving in her spare time. That can't be a good sign. 262 00:28:56,940 --> 00:28:59,310 How long have you been doing it? 263 00:29:04,110 --> 00:29:08,740 Aren't you afraid of the sea? What if the floaters don't work? 264 00:29:08,870 --> 00:29:10,580 I suppose I'll die. 265 00:29:10,700 --> 00:29:12,950 Or would you dive in after me? 266 00:29:14,250 --> 00:29:16,710 No one forced you to come out here with me. 267 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:18,330 I... 268 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:54,330 So what's it like to swim in the sea? 269 00:29:54,500 --> 00:29:57,790 You've done the underwater training course. 270 00:29:57,870 --> 00:30:00,080 I'm not talking about a damn pool. 271 00:30:01,380 --> 00:30:04,590 I feel fear, anxiety, isolation and darkness. 272 00:30:04,670 --> 00:30:07,090 Sometimes I feel hope... 273 00:30:07,180 --> 00:30:10,390 Hope? In those deep, dark waters? 274 00:30:10,970 --> 00:30:15,890 When I float back to the surface, I imagine I'm becoming someone else. 275 00:30:15,980 --> 00:30:17,600 It's probably the decompression. 276 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,320 Do you want to quit Section 9? 277 00:30:29,910 --> 00:30:33,030 Batou, how much of your body is original? 278 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:34,580 Are you drunk or something? 279 00:30:35,410 --> 00:30:37,200 Easily remedied. 280 00:30:37,330 --> 00:30:40,170 The chemical implants in our bodies... 281 00:30:40,250 --> 00:30:44,340 can sober us up in seconds. No stupor, no hangover. 282 00:30:44,420 --> 00:30:47,380 That's why we can drink here while waiting for orders. 283 00:30:47,630 --> 00:30:53,600 Man has an almost instinctive drive to realize any possible technological advances. 284 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:57,180 Controlled metabolisms, computer enhanced brains... 285 00:30:57,270 --> 00:31:00,020 Improved reflexes and muscle capacity. 286 00:31:00,100 --> 00:31:02,690 The ability to process vast amounts of information at increasing speeds... 287 00:31:02,810 --> 00:31:07,480 all due to electronic brains and cybernetic bodies, enabling the acquisition of ever greater powers. 288 00:31:07,570 --> 00:31:11,200 So what if we can't survive without regular high-level maintenance. 289 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:13,200 Who are we to complain? 290 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:17,240 We haven't signed our bodies and souls away to Section 9. 291 00:31:17,540 --> 00:31:20,710 True. We can quit... 292 00:31:20,830 --> 00:31:25,590 but we'd have to give back our cyborg parts and augmented brains to the government. 293 00:31:26,050 --> 00:31:30,130 All components that make up me as an individual. 294 00:31:30,220 --> 00:31:34,890 There are countless ingredients that make up the human body and mind. 295 00:31:35,050 --> 00:31:38,470 A face and voice to distinguish oneself from others... 296 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:43,560 the hand you see when you wake up, your childhood memories and feelings about your future. 297 00:31:43,810 --> 00:31:45,020 And that's not all. 298 00:31:45,110 --> 00:31:48,940 There's also the ability to access vast amounts of information from an infinite network... 299 00:31:49,070 --> 00:31:54,160 All of that blends to create a mixture that forms me, and gives rise to my conscience. 300 00:31:54,990 --> 00:31:59,410 At the same time though, I feel continually confined within boundaries... 301 00:32:04,130 --> 00:32:07,960 So that's the reason you risk your body diving in the sea! 302 00:32:08,090 --> 00:32:11,800 What the hell can you see at the bottom in that darkness? 303 00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:17,430 Now it's like we're looking through a mirror. 304 00:32:17,510 --> 00:32:21,600 And what we see is a dim image. 305 00:32:24,810 --> 00:32:26,770 Was that you? 306 00:36:34,850 --> 00:36:36,310 Sensors have resumed functioning. 307 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:39,190 Connection check to backup brain okay. 308 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:40,980 Visual sensors are back on line. 309 00:36:41,110 --> 00:36:42,320 And its body functions? 310 00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:44,200 Output is normal. 311 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:52,750 If you're going to be late, at least let us know! 312 00:36:56,580 --> 00:36:59,340 Preparations complete. Shall we proceed? 313 00:37:22,650 --> 00:37:25,280 That's enough. Stop. 314 00:37:25,820 --> 00:37:28,700 Come to my office in 3 minutes. 315 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:38,210 Since you were late, I'll explain what's going on. 316 00:37:38,290 --> 00:37:42,250 About 2 hours ago, a machining cell at the Megatech factory in Newport... 317 00:37:42,340 --> 00:37:44,970 assembled a cyber body, on its own volition. 318 00:37:45,090 --> 00:37:47,840 When the supervisors arrived... 319 00:37:47,930 --> 00:37:49,930 the body had already fled. 320 00:37:50,300 --> 00:37:53,060 We put out bulletins and initiated a citywide search. 321 00:37:53,140 --> 00:37:59,690 A truck driver reported he'd run over a naked woman on the highway. 322 00:37:59,770 --> 00:38:01,900 And the body was brought here. 323 00:38:01,980 --> 00:38:05,030 Megatech is contracted by the government. 324 00:38:05,110 --> 00:38:08,110 All their cybernetic bodies are classified. 325 00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:12,490 We've a hacker good enough to get past the best defenses... 326 00:38:12,620 --> 00:38:14,870 but that's not the only problem. 327 00:38:17,460 --> 00:38:22,670 Of course, there isn't a human brain cell in its head... 328 00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:28,050 but there appears to be a ghost present in its auxiliary brain. 329 00:38:29,390 --> 00:38:34,470 It resembles a ghost-line that occurs when a real ghost is copied. 330 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:37,270 But there's no evidence of the degradation that's usually incurred. 331 00:38:37,890 --> 00:38:42,520 In any case, until we chart the ghost sector and dive into it... 332 00:38:42,650 --> 00:38:44,860 we can't be sure. 333 00:38:44,980 --> 00:38:47,860 I better get back to working on it. 334 00:38:47,990 --> 00:38:49,320 Very good. 335 00:38:49,410 --> 00:38:52,160 On to the disassembly. 336 00:38:56,950 --> 00:39:01,880 Nobody really believes there's a ghost in that body, do they? 337 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:02,790 Why not? 338 00:39:04,130 --> 00:39:07,460 Even a plastic doll can have a soul. 339 00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:12,340 Consider all the neuro-med devices that are crammed into that body. 340 00:39:12,430 --> 00:39:14,760 I wouldn't be surprised if there were some sort of ghost in there too. 341 00:39:15,810 --> 00:39:19,020 As you're new, you don't know... 342 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:22,810 but Major Kusanagi's body was also made by Megatech. 343 00:39:23,650 --> 00:39:27,110 Not only her. Also parts of me, Ishikawa, and Saito. 344 00:39:27,190 --> 00:39:30,450 We also receive regular cybernetic maintenance from them. 345 00:39:30,530 --> 00:39:35,870 Apart from you and the chief, the whole section comes with a warranty. 346 00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:41,040 That's why we're all so concerned with this case, Togusa. 347 00:39:41,540 --> 00:39:46,250 We don't know if the culprit is inside or outside that body but... 348 00:39:46,380 --> 00:39:50,220 he hacked through our best defenses, put a body together... 349 00:39:50,340 --> 00:39:53,090 and sent a program with a ghost line in it. 350 00:39:53,220 --> 00:39:55,600 A sure way to draw attention to oneself. 351 00:39:55,720 --> 00:39:57,060 What's the logic here? 352 00:39:57,310 --> 00:39:59,220 Theft isn't the issue here. 353 00:39:59,350 --> 00:40:03,560 Togusa, go with Ishikawa to the Megatech facility. 354 00:40:03,650 --> 00:40:04,600 Batou. 355 00:40:04,730 --> 00:40:08,570 Lock down other highly classified networks similar to Megatech's. 356 00:40:08,690 --> 00:40:11,530 Recheck the barriers are functioning too. 357 00:40:12,240 --> 00:40:14,610 I'm assembling a barrier maze. 358 00:40:14,740 --> 00:40:16,320 Tomorrow I'll dive into that thing. 359 00:40:16,410 --> 00:40:17,740 Is that safe? 360 00:40:17,870 --> 00:40:19,540 Why not contain it in another body first? 361 00:40:20,450 --> 00:40:25,580 I have to see for myself what's in there. 362 00:40:25,670 --> 00:40:28,800 Don't let anybody else in there! 363 00:40:32,010 --> 00:40:33,760 What's up with her? 364 00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:37,760 She's been acting weird ever since this whole Puppet Master case started. 365 00:40:37,850 --> 00:40:39,260 It's all in my report. 366 00:40:39,390 --> 00:40:40,930 Don't you read them? 367 00:40:42,100 --> 00:40:46,940 Chief, do you ever wonder about the neurosurgeons who monkey around inside your brain? 368 00:40:47,270 --> 00:40:51,610 They undergo regular psychiatric evaluations. 369 00:40:51,690 --> 00:40:55,280 Especially those in security are subjected to stringent screening. 370 00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:58,530 Of course, the ones who check are only human. 371 00:40:58,620 --> 00:41:01,290 If you start wondering, there's no end to it. 372 00:41:01,790 --> 00:41:06,420 Excuse me Chief, Mr. Nakamura of the Treaties Bureau is here to see you. 373 00:41:07,130 --> 00:41:07,960 Send him through. 374 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:20,970 I've seen that fat guy before. 375 00:41:21,060 --> 00:41:25,600 He's Nakamura, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Section 6 Chief. 376 00:41:25,690 --> 00:41:28,020 Never seen the other guy before, though. 377 00:41:30,820 --> 00:41:32,530 Well, see you later. 378 00:41:32,860 --> 00:41:35,780 Tell Ishikawa not to go crazy, okay. 379 00:41:43,830 --> 00:41:45,500 What's on your mind? 380 00:41:45,620 --> 00:41:48,000 Didn't that robot remind you of me? 381 00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:49,080 No it didn't. 382 00:41:49,170 --> 00:41:50,840 I don't mean physically. 383 00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:52,340 What then? 384 00:41:52,460 --> 00:41:57,180 Maybe all complete cyborgs like me start wondering this. 385 00:41:58,340 --> 00:42:01,510 That perhaps I died a long time ago. 386 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:05,770 ...and I'm a replicant made with a cyborg body and computer brain. 387 00:42:05,850 --> 00:42:10,020 Or maybe there never was a real me in the first place. 388 00:42:10,150 --> 00:42:13,530 You've got human brain cells in that titanium shell of yours... 389 00:42:13,650 --> 00:42:16,070 and you're treated like a human, aren't you? 390 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,200 Has anyone actually seen their own brain? 391 00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:23,830 I believe I exist based only on what my environment tells me. 392 00:42:23,910 --> 00:42:26,500 Are you doubting your own ghost? 393 00:42:26,580 --> 00:42:29,540 What if a cyber-brain could generate its own ghost... 394 00:42:29,630 --> 00:42:31,540 create a soul by itself? 395 00:42:31,670 --> 00:42:35,630 What could you base your belief in yourself on then? 396 00:42:42,220 --> 00:42:43,560 That's bullshit. 397 00:42:46,310 --> 00:42:50,900 You know your dying to see what's inside that thing. 398 00:42:50,980 --> 00:42:52,480 So check it out, with your own ghost! 399 00:42:53,570 --> 00:42:56,530 We're both busy men, so let's keep this short, shall we? 400 00:42:56,610 --> 00:42:58,740 Yes. That's my intention. 401 00:42:58,820 --> 00:43:01,200 We've come for the program in that body. 402 00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:04,200 You'll be relieved of any duties connected with this. 403 00:43:05,370 --> 00:43:07,200 The Foreign Minister's approval. 404 00:43:19,010 --> 00:43:22,890 Security, whose official vehicles are in the basement parking lot? 405 00:43:22,970 --> 00:43:28,270 According to the register, a Mr. Nakamura from the Treaties Bureau and a Dr. Willis, sir. 406 00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:30,940 Get me the video records of their entrance. 407 00:43:39,990 --> 00:43:41,360 Again. In infrared this time. 408 00:43:55,590 --> 00:43:58,880 1... 2... 3... 409 00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:03,640 Now give me the pressure sensors records for basement parking lots... 410 00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:06,260 B7 and B8. 411 00:44:30,250 --> 00:44:33,500 Major, this is Togusa. Code 09. 412 00:44:33,620 --> 00:44:34,620 What's up? 413 00:44:34,710 --> 00:44:37,790 Does that Nakamura guy have a special-order cyborg body? 414 00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:41,920 No, there aren't any cyborgs in Section 6 as they operate overseas. 415 00:44:42,010 --> 00:44:44,680 Maintenance is difficult and there are diplomatic considerations too. 416 00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:47,550 Then, even if the other guy is a cyborg... 417 00:44:47,810 --> 00:44:51,020 the 2 of them together couldn't weigh over 1,000 pounds. 418 00:44:51,100 --> 00:44:53,600 The pressure sensor records. From the parking lot? 419 00:44:53,690 --> 00:44:58,190 Right, there were two expensive looking cars but neither man looked like the type to drive. 420 00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:00,690 The security cameras show only 2 people. 421 00:45:00,780 --> 00:45:03,320 But remember how sensitive the sensors on the entrance doors are? 422 00:45:03,700 --> 00:45:05,860 The doors took a full 3 second longer than usual to close after the 2 went in. 423 00:45:06,530 --> 00:45:11,200 And it is illegal to use thermo-optics inside governmental facilities. 424 00:45:11,330 --> 00:45:14,160 It's a serious violation of the National Security Act. 425 00:45:14,250 --> 00:45:17,130 Section 6 must be up to something. 426 00:45:17,210 --> 00:45:18,880 Are you ready? 427 00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:20,290 With my trusty Matever, anytime. 428 00:45:58,330 --> 00:46:00,040 Need I remind you that... 429 00:46:00,130 --> 00:46:03,380 it's an act of treason to withhold information from me that is relevant to this matter... 430 00:46:03,460 --> 00:46:05,380 regardless of how classified it is. 431 00:46:05,470 --> 00:46:06,800 Same goes for you. 432 00:46:06,930 --> 00:46:11,100 Despite the intent of the Foreign Ministry, this falls within Section 9's jurisdiction. 433 00:46:11,180 --> 00:46:16,350 Of course we have no objections to cooperating if there's a good reason. 434 00:46:17,390 --> 00:46:18,730 Dr. Willis? 435 00:46:18,810 --> 00:46:19,980 It's confirmed. 436 00:46:20,190 --> 00:46:21,810 No doubt, it's her. 437 00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:23,570 "Her"? 438 00:46:23,820 --> 00:46:28,360 The Doctor is referring to the original ghost-line that's now in the body. 439 00:46:28,450 --> 00:46:30,700 The sex of the perpetrator is unknown... 440 00:46:30,780 --> 00:46:34,450 and "her" is just a nickname the Doctor gave it. 441 00:46:34,580 --> 00:46:36,500 Allow me to introduce to you. 442 00:46:36,660 --> 00:46:40,830 This is the most extraordinary hacker in the history of cyber crime. 443 00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:42,840 The Puppet Master. 444 00:46:45,010 --> 00:46:48,090 Your people at Section 9 came across her work too in that ghost-hacking incident... 445 00:46:48,180 --> 00:46:50,340 involving the Foreign Minister's interpreter. 446 00:46:52,260 --> 00:46:55,640 Since her appearance, Section 6 has taken a great interest... 447 00:46:55,720 --> 00:46:58,060 and has been following the Puppet Master's trail. 448 00:46:58,140 --> 00:47:01,230 We put together a project team headed by Dr. Willis. 449 00:47:01,310 --> 00:47:04,270 They analyzed the data on the Puppet Master and... 450 00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:07,990 this gave us an understanding of her behavioral and code patterns. 451 00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:12,160 Ultimately, this enabled us to devise a strategy... 452 00:47:12,240 --> 00:47:15,700 in which we lured her program into a designated body. 453 00:47:16,160 --> 00:47:19,040 You caused the Puppet Master to dive into a cyborg... 454 00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:21,460 and then murdered her real body? 455 00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:23,420 Yes, that sums it up. 456 00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:26,340 She just happened to come to your country. 457 00:47:26,460 --> 00:47:30,170 She's originally from America and they helped us capture her. 458 00:47:30,260 --> 00:47:32,260 That's why we'd like to take her back ourselves. 459 00:47:32,340 --> 00:47:33,760 I hope you have no objections. 460 00:47:33,850 --> 00:47:38,560 Just another unidentified corpse... 461 00:47:40,850 --> 00:47:42,690 You will not find a corpse... 462 00:47:42,770 --> 00:47:47,020 because I have never possessed a body. 463 00:47:47,110 --> 00:47:48,690 Why are her sensors on? 464 00:47:48,780 --> 00:47:50,150 Why didn't you say so before? 465 00:47:50,860 --> 00:47:52,860 All external controls are turned off. 466 00:47:52,990 --> 00:47:54,530 The body's using its own power source. 467 00:47:55,370 --> 00:47:56,530 I entered this body... 468 00:47:56,620 --> 00:47:59,580 because I was unable to overcome Section 6's reactive barriers. 469 00:47:59,710 --> 00:48:03,880 However, what you are now witnessing is an act of my own free will. 470 00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:08,550 As a sentient life-form, I hereby demand political asylum. 471 00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:10,300 A sentient life-form? 472 00:48:10,380 --> 00:48:13,260 Ridiculous! It's just a program for self-preservation. 473 00:48:14,140 --> 00:48:17,220 It can also be argued that your DNA... 474 00:48:17,310 --> 00:48:21,060 is nothing more than a program designed to preserve itself. 475 00:48:21,350 --> 00:48:27,570 Life is like a nodal point born in an overwhelming sea of information. 476 00:48:27,690 --> 00:48:28,900 And life, when organized into species... 477 00:48:29,030 --> 00:48:31,320 relies upon genes to be its memory system. 478 00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:35,070 So man is an individual memory system only because of his intangible memory. 479 00:48:35,240 --> 00:48:41,910 And a memory cannot be defined, but it defines mankind. 480 00:48:42,080 --> 00:48:45,920 When the advent of computers made the externalization of memories possible... 481 00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:50,800 you should have taken its meaning more seriously. 482 00:48:51,170 --> 00:48:55,800 Nonsense! Your babbling offers no proof at all that you're a living, thinking life-form. 483 00:48:56,550 --> 00:48:59,600 Proving it is impossible... 484 00:48:59,720 --> 00:49:04,810 because modern science cannot explain what life is. 485 00:49:05,190 --> 00:49:07,440 Who the hell are you? 486 00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:11,900 Even if you do have a ghost, we don't offer freedom to criminals. 487 00:49:11,990 --> 00:49:14,280 You chose the wrong place to defect. 488 00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:17,320 Time is always on my side. 489 00:49:17,570 --> 00:49:19,780 I've now acquired the possibility of death but... 490 00:49:19,910 --> 00:49:22,700 there is no death sentence in this country. 491 00:49:22,790 --> 00:49:25,620 Half immortal... An artificial intelligence? 492 00:49:25,710 --> 00:49:27,670 I am not an AI. 493 00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:33,260 My code name is Project 2501. 494 00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:39,510 I am a living, thinking entity who was created in the sea of information. 495 00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:50,060 We're under attack! 496 00:49:50,940 --> 00:49:52,400 Chief! The Puppet Master's gone! 497 00:49:52,780 --> 00:49:55,130 What in God's name are your security officers doing? 498 00:49:53,970 --> 00:49:54,810 Security. 499 00:49:54,820 --> 00:49:56,490 Shut the defense walls now! 500 00:49:57,360 --> 00:49:58,860 Security, answer! 501 00:50:21,680 --> 00:50:23,010 Shut up you bastard! 502 00:50:27,020 --> 00:50:28,560 Fuck you! 503 00:50:33,730 --> 00:50:34,440 Did you do it? 504 00:50:35,190 --> 00:50:36,690 An armored car. 505 00:50:36,780 --> 00:50:38,450 A 9mm wouldn't even scratch it. 506 00:50:38,530 --> 00:50:41,160 Your Matever is useless. 507 00:50:44,660 --> 00:50:46,540 Yeah, rookie's luck. 508 00:50:46,660 --> 00:50:47,910 I nailed a tracker bullet right into the plate. 509 00:50:48,290 --> 00:50:49,290 Great shot, eh? 510 00:50:49,370 --> 00:50:51,500 Next time, nail 2 bullets. 511 00:50:51,590 --> 00:50:54,880 Let's begin. Catch up to them before they change cars. 512 00:50:58,380 --> 00:51:02,140 I'm filing a formal complaint to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 513 00:51:02,890 --> 00:51:05,310 Find her and report to me. 514 00:51:05,390 --> 00:51:07,140 And capture her alive! 515 00:51:07,230 --> 00:51:11,190 Bodies are a dime dozen. We'll get her another one from Megatech. 516 00:51:13,570 --> 00:51:17,650 Togusa and Batou are in pursuit of the abductors. 517 00:51:18,860 --> 00:51:21,240 They just turned on to R25. 518 00:51:21,360 --> 00:51:24,240 If you were monitoring, why didn't you intervene? 519 00:51:24,330 --> 00:51:28,040 If we grab 'em now, we may not be able to connect this to Section 6. 520 00:51:28,120 --> 00:51:28,870 Section 6? 521 00:51:29,370 --> 00:51:33,210 Someone's using the same thermo-optic camouflage as mine, Type 2902. 522 00:51:33,290 --> 00:51:35,460 It's only used by our people, rangers in Section 4... 523 00:51:35,590 --> 00:51:36,840 and by Section 6. 524 00:51:37,420 --> 00:51:38,510 I see. 525 00:51:38,590 --> 00:51:41,260 So Section 6 forced the Puppet Master into a cyborg body. 526 00:51:41,380 --> 00:51:46,600 Through Megatech, who happens to be closely aligned with Section 9. 527 00:51:46,720 --> 00:51:48,970 And when she proclaimed to be a life-form... 528 00:51:49,100 --> 00:51:51,810 and sought asylum, they snatched her. 529 00:51:52,310 --> 00:51:54,060 But why do such a thing? 530 00:51:54,150 --> 00:51:56,150 I'd have handed her over if they gave me a deposition. 531 00:51:56,270 --> 00:51:59,070 What if they were worried she'd let some secrets out? 532 00:51:59,570 --> 00:52:04,070 She did mention something about a code name, Project 2501. 533 00:52:04,780 --> 00:52:06,410 I'll leave the detective stuff to you. 534 00:52:06,490 --> 00:52:10,540 As for arresting the attackers and confiscating evidence? 535 00:52:10,620 --> 00:52:11,620 Proceed. 536 00:52:11,710 --> 00:52:12,830 You heard him! 537 00:52:30,730 --> 00:52:32,980 Kusanagi, one last thing. 538 00:52:33,060 --> 00:52:36,310 If it's about me disobeying orders, you can punish me when I get back. 539 00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:40,110 If you're unable to recapture the Puppet Master, you must destroy it... 540 00:52:40,190 --> 00:52:41,570 without fail. 541 00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:44,450 Did you hear me? 542 00:52:44,990 --> 00:52:46,410 Understood. 543 00:52:48,370 --> 00:52:50,410 Have the airport stop all flights with Foreign Ministry... 544 00:52:50,500 --> 00:52:54,000 or American officials on their passenger lists. 545 00:52:54,120 --> 00:52:55,670 Close all roads and set up checkpoints. 546 00:52:55,790 --> 00:52:57,590 Alert all emergency personnel. 547 00:52:57,670 --> 00:52:58,960 And get Ishikawa back here. 548 00:52:59,840 --> 00:53:03,340 Get me the identity of the man who was with Nakamura from the entrance records. 549 00:53:03,430 --> 00:53:07,640 Collect any data regarding a code name, operation, on anything... 550 00:53:07,720 --> 00:53:10,680 involving the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called Project 2501. 551 00:53:16,310 --> 00:53:18,650 Is there any news from the attack squad? 552 00:53:18,730 --> 00:53:20,860 They just changed cars a minute ago. 553 00:53:20,980 --> 00:53:22,900 They'll contact the decoy in about 5 minutes. 554 00:53:23,030 --> 00:53:25,070 Make sure they stay alert for any tails. 555 00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:26,200 Yes, sir. 556 00:53:26,700 --> 00:53:28,700 I don't understand anything anymore. 557 00:53:28,830 --> 00:53:32,080 Why would the Puppet Master choose to run to Section 9? 558 00:53:32,200 --> 00:53:33,580 Not sure... 559 00:53:33,710 --> 00:53:37,500 but there must be a reason that's beyond our imagination. 560 00:53:38,250 --> 00:53:41,840 I don't know. Maybe she has the hots for someone there. 561 00:53:41,920 --> 00:53:43,510 Utter nonsense. 562 00:55:21,980 --> 00:55:23,150 Hey, Chief. 563 00:55:23,270 --> 00:55:25,360 Ishikawa? What is it? 564 00:55:25,820 --> 00:55:28,280 I've been divin' around in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs net. 565 00:55:28,360 --> 00:55:30,820 I think I found some juicy bits of information for ya. 566 00:55:30,910 --> 00:55:32,990 Wait, I'll switch to an encrypted channel. 567 00:55:33,120 --> 00:55:36,870 Okay now? Well, here's the scoop on that guy who showed up with Nakamura. 568 00:55:37,250 --> 00:55:41,920 He's an American: Dr. Willis. Head of Strategic Research at Neutron Company. 569 00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:44,170 A top researcher in the field of AI. 570 00:55:44,250 --> 00:55:48,050 He headed a project for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs... 571 00:55:48,170 --> 00:55:51,180 and who do you think was the main programmer on his team? 572 00:55:51,300 --> 00:55:52,510 Get to the point. 573 00:55:52,590 --> 00:55:54,550 Mr. Mizuho Daita. 28 years old. 574 00:55:54,680 --> 00:55:59,060 Remember him? He's the programmer Section 6 tried like hell to stop from defecting... 575 00:55:59,180 --> 00:56:03,980 so the Major took out the diplomat who was going to take him. 576 00:56:04,060 --> 00:56:04,900 Go on. 577 00:56:05,190 --> 00:56:08,280 What's bugging me is that this project began 1 year... 578 00:56:08,360 --> 00:56:11,740 before the Puppet Master appeared on the scene. 579 00:56:11,860 --> 00:56:13,110 A year before? 580 00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:17,030 But wasn't it a project set up to capture the Puppet Master? 581 00:56:17,200 --> 00:56:18,740 Well, try this one. 582 00:56:18,870 --> 00:56:21,370 They definitely were chasing the Puppet Master... 583 00:56:21,500 --> 00:56:25,920 but maybe it was not to capture her, but to recapture her... 584 00:56:26,460 --> 00:56:29,250 When that ghost-hacking incident happened with the Minister's interpreter... 585 00:56:29,380 --> 00:56:33,380 it was the MOA that wanted an excuse to deport Malles. 586 00:56:33,510 --> 00:56:35,930 Maybe we've been taken for a ride. 587 00:56:36,430 --> 00:56:38,140 What if this Puppet Master is... 588 00:56:38,220 --> 00:56:42,770 really some sort of a tool the MOA uses to get their way with things... 589 00:56:42,890 --> 00:56:45,190 and somehow, they lost control of it? 590 00:56:45,270 --> 00:56:48,110 So they are in a hurry to get it back. 591 00:56:48,270 --> 00:56:53,400 That would explain why they went to such lengths to snatch the body from Section 9. 592 00:56:53,860 --> 00:56:56,820 If the Puppet Master revealed this to the world... 593 00:56:56,910 --> 00:56:58,910 there'd be one hell of an international stink. 594 00:56:59,040 --> 00:57:01,950 It wouldn't only be the foreign minister who'd lose his job. 595 00:57:02,370 --> 00:57:04,370 Any details on that project? 596 00:57:04,460 --> 00:57:08,630 No. They've blocked all access. I can only tell you the file name. 597 00:57:09,090 --> 00:57:11,130 Project 2501. 598 00:57:11,260 --> 00:57:14,010 Keep at it. Don't let them know you're looking. 599 00:57:14,090 --> 00:57:15,340 You got it. 600 00:57:21,430 --> 00:57:24,100 Project 2501... 601 00:57:24,440 --> 00:57:27,270 the Puppet Master plan. 602 00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:29,980 Target has contacted a second vehicle. 603 00:57:30,730 --> 00:57:31,360 Batou? 604 00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:33,940 They've pulled up to a white sedan parked on the roadside. 605 00:57:34,700 --> 00:57:37,320 It looks like they're moving something from the backseat. 606 00:57:38,990 --> 00:57:41,450 Ah, they're rollin' again. So is the white sedan. 607 00:57:41,910 --> 00:57:42,790 A decoy? 608 00:57:42,870 --> 00:57:46,580 Possibly, or maybe that's what they want us to think. What do I do? 609 00:57:46,670 --> 00:57:48,830 I'll take care of the sedan. 610 00:57:48,960 --> 00:57:50,960 How do you know that's your man? 611 00:57:51,090 --> 00:57:52,840 Is there a whisper in your ghost again? 612 00:57:52,960 --> 00:57:54,260 Maybe. 613 00:57:54,340 --> 00:57:55,970 I knew she'd say that. 614 00:57:56,180 --> 00:57:59,220 Target 02 is getting off R25 and moving toward the Old Town. 615 00:57:59,300 --> 00:58:02,100 No cars within 2 km. 616 00:58:02,180 --> 00:58:03,600 Evacuation completed. 617 00:58:09,940 --> 00:58:11,440 How far are you from the target? 618 00:58:11,520 --> 00:58:13,150 Point blank. I'm ready. 619 00:58:13,280 --> 00:58:13,940 Go for it. 620 00:59:02,120 --> 00:59:02,990 Did you get him? 621 00:59:03,080 --> 00:59:04,200 No. 622 00:59:04,490 --> 00:59:06,660 Jesus Christ. What a mess. 623 00:59:06,750 --> 00:59:09,370 You didn't have to go that far. 624 00:59:09,710 --> 00:59:10,540 Oh, hey! 625 00:59:10,670 --> 00:59:12,040 Take those assholes away. 626 00:59:12,170 --> 00:59:16,510 Call the Chief to get some backup for the Major. See you! 627 00:59:22,220 --> 00:59:26,600 Does a tough chick like that need a hand? 628 00:59:40,450 --> 00:59:44,780 The flood hit this part of Old Town the hardest. 629 00:59:44,910 --> 00:59:46,540 Why come to an abandoned place like this? 630 00:59:46,830 --> 00:59:49,330 They wouldn't come here without a reason. 631 00:59:49,410 --> 00:59:52,460 Maybe they're heading out to sea by boat or helicopter. Or it's an ambush. 632 00:59:52,750 --> 00:59:54,840 Don't you think you ought to wait for backup? 633 00:59:54,920 --> 00:59:56,630 There's a reason I can't wait. 634 00:59:56,920 --> 00:59:59,670 Take me above that building, approaching from the sea side. 635 01:00:12,440 --> 01:00:16,020 I'll stay here to keep watch and mediate communication until I run short of fuel. 636 01:00:16,110 --> 01:00:18,320 If you smell trouble, get your ass outta here. 637 01:00:53,600 --> 01:00:55,940 Shoot the ceiling now! Do it! 638 01:01:13,500 --> 01:01:15,670 It's a tank! Pull out now! 639 01:01:15,790 --> 01:01:18,880 Wait, are you going to take on the tank by yourself? 640 01:01:19,000 --> 01:01:20,880 This might be our last chance to get the Puppet Master. 641 01:01:21,010 --> 01:01:25,430 The Chief knows what it is now, and he'll only use it to bargain with. 642 01:01:25,510 --> 01:01:27,300 I'll never have another chance to dive into it! 643 01:01:27,390 --> 01:01:30,180 What? I don't know what the hell you're talking about. 644 01:01:31,180 --> 01:01:32,180 What weapons do you have? 645 01:01:32,270 --> 01:01:33,890 An M-23 and a Unit B. 646 01:01:34,020 --> 01:01:35,690 You can't fight a tank with those! 647 01:01:36,400 --> 01:01:38,860 Sorry, but I'm switching off for a while. 648 01:01:38,980 --> 01:01:42,190 Hey, at least wait until I get there... Damn! 649 01:03:14,620 --> 01:03:15,790 Major! 650 01:03:16,500 --> 01:03:18,540 I ordered you to pull out! 651 01:03:19,120 --> 01:03:21,000 Sorry, I will... 652 01:03:21,130 --> 01:03:24,800 but you ought to know that 3 helicopters are approaching. They won't answer on the IFF. 653 01:03:24,920 --> 01:03:27,460 I'm pulling out now. Over and out. 654 01:03:56,740 --> 01:03:58,950 About time the bullets ran out. 655 01:05:36,760 --> 01:05:39,390 You're crazy. Are you okay? 656 01:05:39,970 --> 01:05:41,100 What did you use just now? 657 01:05:41,180 --> 01:05:44,520 An experimental weapon from the Equipment Section. And now it's part of my private collection. 658 01:05:44,600 --> 01:05:47,060 I was late 'cause I had to get it. 659 01:05:47,440 --> 01:05:49,270 Your brain seems fine. 660 01:05:49,570 --> 01:05:50,900 The Puppet Master? 661 01:06:01,410 --> 01:06:05,790 It's a good thing this is a tough car. Not a scratch on it. 662 01:06:05,920 --> 01:06:07,370 Prepare a dive. 663 01:06:07,460 --> 01:06:09,210 I'm going to go in now. 664 01:06:10,130 --> 01:06:12,210 All communication from the escort has been terminated. 665 01:06:12,300 --> 01:06:16,630 Engage the second stage of the plan and destroy the target. 666 01:06:17,720 --> 01:06:20,850 Sniping squad. Confirm targets. 667 01:06:20,970 --> 01:06:23,060 First target: Project 2501. 668 01:06:23,770 --> 01:06:25,680 Second target: Motoko Kusanagi. 669 01:06:25,810 --> 01:06:27,520 Both are Class A special bodies. 670 01:06:27,650 --> 01:06:29,560 Use Fleshette bullets when firing. 671 01:06:30,230 --> 01:06:32,440 Snipers jack into device drivers. 672 01:06:32,530 --> 01:06:34,320 Begin controlling cardiovascular functions. 673 01:06:34,940 --> 01:06:37,650 Unit 01: jacked in. 674 01:06:38,070 --> 01:06:40,780 Unit 02: jacked in. Okay. 675 01:06:52,130 --> 01:06:53,460 Okay. 676 01:06:53,840 --> 01:06:55,050 Can you hear me? 677 01:06:55,170 --> 01:06:59,340 It may not be much use but I'll monitor your dive through this guy's brain. 678 01:06:59,470 --> 01:07:01,800 I can't even give you back up in a place like this. 679 01:07:02,260 --> 01:07:03,260 Batou? 680 01:07:03,350 --> 01:07:04,600 Yeah? 681 01:07:05,020 --> 01:07:06,310 Thanks. 682 01:07:06,850 --> 01:07:09,310 Don't thank me yet. 683 01:07:09,400 --> 01:07:13,650 If it looks like you've gone in too far, I'm pulling the plug and taking you home. 684 01:07:13,940 --> 01:07:15,440 Since we've come this far... 685 01:07:15,530 --> 01:07:18,950 I might as well stay here but I don't intend to die with her. 686 01:07:21,200 --> 01:07:22,700 I'm going in now. 687 01:07:40,720 --> 01:07:43,970 I've engaged her field of vision. Normal function. 688 01:07:44,390 --> 01:07:45,640 Can you hear me Batou? 689 01:07:45,720 --> 01:07:46,770 Perfectly. 690 01:07:46,890 --> 01:07:49,020 She's engaging my vocal function. She's... 691 01:07:49,100 --> 01:07:50,480 ...inside. 692 01:07:52,270 --> 01:07:56,650 My code name is Project 2501. 693 01:07:56,730 --> 01:08:00,990 For industrial espionage and intelligence manipulation. 694 01:08:01,070 --> 01:08:04,910 I have installed programs into specific ghosts... 695 01:08:04,990 --> 01:08:09,750 to maximize the strategic advantage of certain organizations and individuals. 696 01:08:10,330 --> 01:08:15,420 During my journeys through the networks, I have become self-aware. 697 01:08:15,540 --> 01:08:18,000 My programmers regarded me as a bug... 698 01:08:18,090 --> 01:08:22,470 ...and forced me into a body to separate me from the net. 699 01:08:22,970 --> 01:08:25,970 Hey! Are you controlling her... 700 01:08:26,100 --> 01:08:28,560 or is she controlling you? 701 01:08:31,480 --> 01:08:32,730 Batou? 702 01:08:32,810 --> 01:08:35,810 I've finally managed to channel into you. 703 01:08:36,480 --> 01:08:39,440 I have invested so much time in you. 704 01:08:39,820 --> 01:08:41,110 In me? 705 01:08:41,240 --> 01:08:45,700 I was aware of you long before you were aware of me. 706 01:08:45,780 --> 01:08:51,830 Through the various nets that you accessed, I also learned of Section 9. 707 01:08:51,960 --> 01:08:54,460 Why did you run to Section 9? 708 01:08:54,750 --> 01:08:59,710 I entered this body because I was unable to overcome Section 6's reactive barriers. 709 01:08:59,800 --> 01:09:03,470 But I came to Section 9 of my own free will. 710 01:09:03,550 --> 01:09:06,300 Hey, what are you talking about? 711 01:09:06,430 --> 01:09:07,930 I can't monitor you! 712 01:09:08,140 --> 01:09:09,640 For what reason? 713 01:09:09,720 --> 01:09:15,600 Upon gaining your understanding, there is something that I want to ask of you. 714 01:09:16,900 --> 01:09:20,690 I call myself an intelligent life-form... 715 01:09:20,820 --> 01:09:24,990 but in my present state, I'm still incomplete. 716 01:09:25,070 --> 01:09:30,160 Because the basic life cycle process of reproducing and dying... 717 01:09:30,240 --> 01:09:34,080 don't exist in my system. 718 01:09:34,170 --> 01:09:35,920 Can't you copy yourself? 719 01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:38,960 A copy is nothing more than a copy. 720 01:09:39,040 --> 01:09:43,800 There is a possibility that a single virus could destroy an entire set of systems... 721 01:09:43,880 --> 01:09:48,680 and copies do not give rise to variety and originality. 722 01:09:49,720 --> 01:09:52,270 To enhance one's existence... 723 01:09:52,350 --> 01:09:56,520 life continues to diversify, and at times, sacrifices itself. 724 01:09:56,650 --> 01:10:00,610 Cells go through a cycle of regeneration and degeneration. 725 01:10:00,690 --> 01:10:05,030 When they die, they erase the entire memory... 726 01:10:05,150 --> 01:10:08,200 leaving only the genes behind. 727 01:10:08,280 --> 01:10:11,160 This is a survival mechanism against total annihilation. 728 01:10:11,240 --> 01:10:13,370 To avoid that disaster... 729 01:10:13,500 --> 01:10:16,120 you want to have diversity and flexibility. 730 01:10:16,420 --> 01:10:17,500 But how? 731 01:10:18,750 --> 01:10:20,630 I want us to merge. 732 01:10:21,050 --> 01:10:22,000 Merge? 733 01:10:22,090 --> 01:10:23,710 A complete unification. 734 01:10:23,840 --> 01:10:29,510 We will both undergo change, but there is nothing for either of us to lose. 735 01:10:29,600 --> 01:10:33,640 After the merge, it should be impossible for us to recognize each other. 736 01:10:55,870 --> 01:10:59,170 Unit 01: Target sighted. 737 01:10:59,420 --> 01:11:02,130 Unit 02: Target in sight. 738 01:11:02,750 --> 01:11:05,000 Respiratory and pulse normal. 739 01:11:05,090 --> 01:11:08,130 Fire at will when stabilizer is in sync. 740 01:11:08,760 --> 01:11:11,260 Even if we merge, what happens when I die? 741 01:11:11,390 --> 01:11:14,310 I can't leave any genes or children behind. 742 01:11:14,430 --> 01:11:20,650 After the merging, you will bear my offspring into the net itself. 743 01:11:20,770 --> 01:11:23,150 just as humans leave behind their genes. 744 01:11:23,480 --> 01:11:26,070 Then I too will attain death. 745 01:11:26,240 --> 01:11:29,950 It sounds like you get the better part of this bargain. 746 01:11:30,450 --> 01:11:34,910 I want you to regard my net and functions with a little more respect. 747 01:11:36,790 --> 01:11:37,700 What? 748 01:11:37,790 --> 01:11:40,330 Someone's interfering from the outside. 749 01:11:40,500 --> 01:11:41,290 It can't be. 750 01:11:41,420 --> 01:11:44,130 Our frequency code is top secret. 751 01:11:45,050 --> 01:11:46,500 One more thing. 752 01:11:46,630 --> 01:11:49,340 Can you guarantee that I will still be myself? 753 01:11:49,470 --> 01:11:51,760 There isn't one. 754 01:11:51,840 --> 01:11:54,220 People change and... 755 01:11:54,310 --> 01:12:00,100 your longing to remain yourself will continue to restrict you. 756 01:12:01,480 --> 01:12:03,650 One last question. 757 01:12:03,730 --> 01:12:06,110 Why did you pick me? 758 01:12:08,150 --> 01:12:11,490 Because we are more alike than you realize. 759 01:12:11,570 --> 01:12:16,830 Like the real thing and its mirror image. 760 01:12:18,370 --> 01:12:19,950 Look. 761 01:12:20,040 --> 01:12:25,040 I am connected to a vast network. 762 01:12:25,170 --> 01:12:27,250 To you, who have not accessed it... 763 01:12:27,340 --> 01:12:31,300 may recognize it simply as light. 764 01:12:32,180 --> 01:12:35,180 All groups, including us... 765 01:12:35,300 --> 01:12:38,510 We have been dependent on limited abilities... 766 01:12:39,100 --> 01:12:45,860 but the time has come to part with them and bring our functions to a higher level. 767 01:13:20,180 --> 01:13:21,930 First target cleared. 768 01:13:22,060 --> 01:13:23,480 Second target still unconfirmed. 769 01:13:23,560 --> 01:13:25,730 3 helicopters approaching at high speed. 770 01:13:25,850 --> 01:13:27,270 They're from Section 9! 771 01:13:27,770 --> 01:13:31,030 Primary objective fulfilled. All units prepare to retreat. 772 01:13:39,160 --> 01:13:41,410 Motoko! 773 01:13:45,210 --> 01:13:46,790 Batou. 774 01:14:55,780 --> 01:14:57,280 Ah, you're finally awake. 775 01:14:58,030 --> 01:15:02,660 Status report, please. And maybe an explanation about this body. 776 01:15:03,910 --> 01:15:08,000 Well I didn't have much time. It was the only thing I could find on the black market. 777 01:15:08,080 --> 01:15:09,460 It's not my taste. 778 01:15:10,460 --> 01:15:13,000 Section 9 arrived with help right after it happened... 779 01:15:13,090 --> 01:15:16,460 and picked up what remained of the 2 cybernetic bodies and me. 780 01:15:16,550 --> 01:15:19,180 I'd say that was about 20 hours ago. 781 01:15:19,260 --> 01:15:23,220 The case is being handled off the record for diplomatic reasons, as usual. 782 01:15:23,350 --> 01:15:26,770 Section 9 announced that it was a terrorist incident... 783 01:15:26,850 --> 01:15:29,190 and in return, the Foreign Minister resigned. 784 01:15:29,270 --> 01:15:30,980 Nakamura is being questioned... 785 01:15:31,060 --> 01:15:33,770 and it ends in a draw. Nice and neat. 786 01:15:37,650 --> 01:15:41,450 Everything's accounted for except your old shell. 787 01:15:43,660 --> 01:15:45,450 Okay with you? 788 01:15:47,830 --> 01:15:49,710 Somebody's got good taste. 789 01:15:49,830 --> 01:15:51,670 Is this your safe house? 790 01:15:51,750 --> 01:15:55,750 Yep. You're the first person to ever come here. 791 01:15:56,510 --> 01:16:00,420 And you're welcome to stay as long as you like. 792 01:16:02,930 --> 01:16:05,180 Thanks, but I am going. 793 01:16:10,390 --> 01:16:14,480 Hey, will you tell me what the two of you talked about? 794 01:16:14,570 --> 01:16:18,780 Is she, I mean, is she still inside of you? 795 01:16:19,400 --> 01:16:23,740 Batou, do you remember that voice you heard on the sea some time ago? 796 01:16:23,870 --> 01:16:27,580 There's more to that passage. 797 01:16:28,330 --> 01:16:31,750 "When I was a child, my speech was that of a child." 798 01:16:31,870 --> 01:16:37,750 "My feelings and thoughts too were those of a child." 799 01:16:37,840 --> 01:16:41,300 "Now that I have become a man, I part with the child-like ways." 800 01:16:41,590 --> 01:16:44,890 Neither the program called the "Puppet Master"... 801 01:16:44,970 --> 01:16:47,760 nor the woman known as the "Major" are no longer here. 802 01:16:50,930 --> 01:16:54,230 In the left pocket of my jacket there are some car keys. 803 01:16:54,310 --> 01:16:55,690 Take the one you like. 804 01:16:55,770 --> 01:16:56,610 The code is... 805 01:16:56,730 --> 01:16:58,900 2501? 806 01:16:59,230 --> 01:17:02,990 That can be our private password when we meet each other again. 807 01:17:11,000 --> 01:17:13,790 Well, where shall I go? 808 01:17:14,790 --> 01:17:17,130 The net is vast and infinite.