What's your name?
Ruon.
That's everyone's name.
That's not what I meant.
But I...
Well, it's okay.
Say, can we meet in 1.0?
In 1.0?
That's right.
No way.
You say it so strongly.
Are you a girl from a wealthy family?
You should just stay here forever.
You should become 1.5.
No way.
Why?
Are you saying you can just forget this?
I have a lot of problems.
Is 1.0 really so much fun?
It's fun as it is.
Hey.
Let's meet in 1.0.
No way.
Definitely not.
Ruon
I'm going to sleep.
Evacuation Order
Mimi, bring me some water.
Yes.
Here you go.
I said water, right?
Vodka means water in Russian.
And you prefer it this way, don't you?
That's right.
So? Have you decided?
I was thinking it might be nice to go west.
How many hiding places are there that I don't know about?
That's a secret.
You're not cute at all.
Korean Restaurant
I'm here.
Ruon?
But you're...
I'm in 1.0 now.
How can you be in 1.0...
That hurts.
What was that, geez?
Ruon!
Oh, no!
You gotta be kidding!
Lettuce
Yanagisawa
Come out.
I'll give you some tea.
Um, what about the tea?
Suspects shouldn't make demands.
T-That's...
Tokyo Business University Student ID
Maeno...
Geez, what is it?
Are you a student?
Excuse me.
I'm from the Central Shinjuku Police.
Did you see a suspicious young man around here?
Are you there?
This is bad.
Am I being pursued by the police?
That's not it.
That guy was a fake.
How do you know?
Detectives work in pairs in situations like that.
Also,
I know everyone in the Central Shinjuku Police.
I'm a former detective.
It seems I've become involved in something troublesome.
And now she's the only one I can count on.
Tamotsu.
You've got a hobby of picking up boys?
Shut up!
He's a student at Tokyo Business University.
His name is Teruki Maeno.
What is it?
Is my face that unusual?
Am I an endangered species?
Well, you might be close.
Have we met before?
Maybe.
And?
Ruon, eh?
It's true!
I wasn't mistaken!
Do you know how many hours you can stay in 2.0 each day?
About eight hours.
I'm not 1.5!
I know about reality!
But a girl from 2.0 getting killed in 1.0...
It's not possible, is it?
That's why I was surprised.
1.0 or 2.0 or whatever.
In my day, we only had one reality.
It's boring with just one.
You can say that too.
All you 1.5 people.
Everyone blames it on the earthquake.
Well, no one can say that 1.0 is better.
Too Much Immersion Will Damage Your Mental Health!! Government Announcement
Never mind that.
What are you going to do about Ruon's murder?
What is it?
Don't you believe me?
We're not saying that we don't believe you.
You know?
Even though you say a virtual idol was killed in 1.0...
You don't believe me after all.
I believe you.
At least, it's true that fake detectives are pursuing you.
Maybe you saw something you shouldn't have?
Hey, Genta, move a bit.
If I search for "Ruon," I get more hits than I want.
Um...
Ruon was an avatar that appeared in 2.0 about five years ago.
She was initially powered by AI,
but since there were no copyrights, anyone could use her 3D data as an avatar.
By the way, what do you use?
Me?
I made my own.
This?
How did you...
Mimi's been using computers since before you were born.
Impossible.
Ruon's initial creator is unknown.
Many people claim they created her,
but it's said that Katsuyuki Kamiyama did it.
Kamiyama?
I've heard that name somewhere.
Of course.
The modern Von Neumann.
You see his name in various places.
That's not it.
I can't remember.
He doesn't seem like someone I'd know.
Hey, did you think about what I asked you before?
I won't let anyone take care of me.
Especially you.
My, my.
Even though I can manage one old man.
Now then, should we go?
Go?
Where?
A good place.
Medium Speed Ball
All right, I'm getting the hang of it.
Watch.
All right.
Is this okay?
It's all right.
2015 was a good year for Burgundy.
The body is firm—
That's not what I meant.
Going to a batting cage and shopping and eating out, in broad daylight.
What if those who are chasing me find us?
What if I say that's what I want?
Seriously?
Looks delicious.
Have you ever seen such an out of place bag boy?
H-Hey, wai—
Wait!
It seems so desolate when we're off the main road.
Are you still alive?
Geez.
Stigma?
You're so persistent.
Well.
I accepted this job.
You're busy with business.
You go back to the office.
How many times?
How many times do I have to kill you before you stay dead?
At least...
More than this.
As usual.
I can't let my guard down with a woman like you.
Not even now, right?
Claymore mines didn't kill you either.
Then, how about this?
Rin.
This is bad.
My control mechanism...
Damn it!
Damn it.
Rin!
Teruki.
Don't come any closer.
But...
Don't come any closer.
Please.
Impossible...
At a place that exists somewhere in this world,
but is not part of this world,
there is Yggdrasill.
It appears at its whim
and releases countless spores.
Then, once in a million times, or once in a billion,
a special spore appears.
That is the Fruit of Immortality.
In rare instances, people are able to touch it.
And then, they become immortal without realising it.
But that only applies to women.
Sometimes they're involved in an accident or something,
and then they realise they've become immortal.
Just like us.
It's pretty hard to swallow, right?
It's not like I'm asking him to believe it.
So who are we up against?
Did you figure something out?
There was someone else.
Apos' woman.
Eh? She's still alive?
Thanks to cyborg technology.
That Kamiyama who made the avatar,
wasn't he involved in cyborg development too?
Speaking of that, it felt like she knew about Teruki.
Something about "stigma."
Stigma?
Energy and soul.
Like the blood that flows from passionate believers.
Sometimes called the Mark of God.
The Mark of God?
I want something like that.
Sometimes a large amount of information arrives,
and the server becomes overloaded.
Does that happen a lot?
Quite a bit.
It's said to be the aftershock from the net crisis of five years ago.
Maybe I have to ask her.
I thought you couldn't stand her?
I can't.
Lately, you've been seeing her more than me.
Be sure to lock this place.
Also, shut off the gas valve.
Rin, you left it open last time too.
Maybe I should take Teruki to my place?
Eh?
It's okay.
Right.
You really can't die?
That's right.
What happens to guys?
Guys...
Yes.
I'm doing somewhat better.
Yes.
No.
Even I...
...have times when things are rough.
No! Please!
Yes.
Yes,
I know.
It's okay.
Yes.
Later.
What is it?
S-Stop it!
I'm scared.
Ruon, who's supposed to exist in 2.0, gets killed in reality,
and an immortal appears right in front of me!
I'm an idiot, but I was a normal student.
But why?
What should I do?
When I was small,
even before I went to elementary school,
I was in an accident once.
I don't remember who saved me.
But,
she had the same scent as you.
And the same warmth.
Also, since when I was small,
I've felt that someone's been watching over me.
It wasn't like someone had placed a guard on me.
More like I was being protected.
Say, that...
...was you, right?
Good night.
Asleep already?
You don't change.
Small as usual.
You don't change either.
It's not like that.
I'm already old.
You don't change.
You still drink those grasshoppers.
You'd give that up for her.
How's she doing?
She's dead.
Really?
That's the usual fate for people like us who deal in underground information.
You'll end up like that too, eventually.
Will you cry for me then?
As if.
Never mind that, my information.
Okay, okay.
I heard she ran away?
This side is bigger.
It must be difficult looking for her.
I don't have time to deal with you now.
Please... go home.
She left her stigma here, right?
That's just a possibility.
Someone on this side has made contact.
Wh-Where?
She was badly damaged too.
I can't just let that slide for free.
Very well.
Kamiyama is definitely the one who made Ruon.
What bothers me is the project name.
What is it?
Project L'Isle-Adam.
L'Isle-Adam?
A novel writer from long time ago.
His most famous work was...
Don't tell me! That's what it is?
I'm just saying it's a possibility.
But...
Yes.
Tamotsu?
Digging through old materials,
I finally remembered.
Katsuyuki Kamiyama is Ruon's father.
Kamiyama is Ruon's father?
Impossible.
Kamiyama is single,
and there's no data on the net to suggest that.
There were various complicated circumstances.
Kamiyama acknowledged her,
but publicly the daughter doesn't exist.
Then, was she the person Teruki saw?
No, definitely not.
Ruon will be sixteen years old forever.
She died, five years ago.
And that was her father's fault too.
Kamiyama killed Ruon?
Yeah.
One of my former subordinates was on for the case.
He said he had positive evidence that Kamiyama was the killer, but...
Be careful.
He acts like a gentleman, but he can do terrible things.
What's the meaning of this?
Ruon was killed by her father.
It's mine.
From my mum.
Where are you?
At a friend's place.
Is that right?
If you're staying over, at least please call me.
Sorry.
Yeah, I know.
The anniversary of my father's death is coming up.
Wait, don't hang up.
Wh-Who is it?
Ruon Kamiyama.
We don't have time.
Please, let's meet in 2.0.
Ruon?
I-It's all right.
Where are you?
At the same server as before.
Hey, wait!
We have to immerse you.
It's okay.
We'll follow you.
Even though I had to cobble together some parts really quickly.
Is that right?
You talk as if it's someone else's problem.
You can say that too.
Oh, no! We lost him!
I've been following you forever.
We're finally alone.
Alone, you say...
Don't worry.
These are all images pretending to be human.
They're protecting me.
If they do that, I...
Found him!
What's Teruki doing?
Guys are sad.
They get aroused even in situations like this.
Who are you?
Kamiyama Ruon's father killed her, right?
My father is a scary person.
He killed me for L'Isle-Adam.
But I'm alive.
What do you mean?
What it means to be alive.
What it means to meet you.
It's my father.
Impressive technique.
Her protectors are being destroyed.
Don't be impressed. Do something.
I'm going to interfere.
Wh-What is this?
He broke through!
Ruon...
Are you okay?
I managed to break the connection somehow.
We can't let our guard down.
I guess we have to go to the resort.
Yes.
How are you?
Are you okay?
Y-Yes.
I'm glad.
But they traced where we were. That's not like you.
I'm not that bad.
Then, who did it?
Maybe the guy who saw you and the stigma together.
Apos and Kamiyama are connected?
Stop that already.
I don't know what's what any more.
What's happening?
L'Isle-Adam.
His most famous work is "Tomorrow's Eve."
A story about creating artificial people.
I said the first Ruon was powered by AI, right?
Probably an attractor neural-network machine-learning program.
What's with a name as long as a drunken old man's piss?
Why are you laughing? You're such a sleaze.
Attractors were proposed by a famous French mathematician,
Jules Henri Poincare.
It's nothing.
To put it simply,
it's a theory that when input values are within a certain range,
the output values will also converge.
That's pattern recognition?
Huh?
If you enter some dog-like values,
the answer you get back will be "dog."
That's how it is.
An attractor neural network works a lot like the human brain.
It's similar to the functioning of human pattern recognition.
I don't really understand, but...
...Ruon is that attractor or something?
That's right.
Inside the network, she continuously acquires new attractors,
a machine learning program.
That's "Tomorrow's Eve."
But why is it in the net?
It's probably a Turing Test.
You're using unintelligible terms again.
An avatar that anyone can use in 2.0.
If she blends in and you can't tell she's not human,
that's a sign of advanced artificial intelligence.
Never mind that.
I haven't seen another car for a while now.
For a while?
Yeah.
Get out!
Rin!
Hey!
Are you done?
I don't have time.
I can't leave Ruon running around like that.
Are you going to repeat what happened five years ago?
Instead of the world, you should worry about yourself.
Hello.
Yes, my daughter is here.
All I need is the stigma.
You got him?
No.
I didn't give that order.
Yes. Anyway, bring him in immediately.
Did you do that?!
Your personality changes when you get mad.
Don't move Ruon by yourself!
There's no way I could do something like that.
The site's in chaos. No one knows who's responsible.
The culprit gave fake orders to close the road,
and even dispatched the military.
Thanks to that, we're having a hard time here.
Don't laugh.
It's more difficult not to laugh.
How is it?
It's okay. I don't go for old men.
Have you calmed down a bit?
Yes, somehow.
Sorry for intruding so suddenly.
It's okay.
I've known you since the great Mary Mama took care of me.
Say, what's happening to our office?
That... it's not sealed off or anything.
The police and military are acting like nothing happened.
Leave the police to me.
I'll find Maeno's son.
Be careful.
Our opponent can even call on the military.
Don't treat me like a fool.
Even if I'm growing thin and old,
I'm the man they called Demon Yanagisawa at the Central Shinjuku office.
Tamotsu.
Genta!
Hey!
I know, I know.
I'll give you some food now.
I think Teruki's okay.
They were only going after Teruki.
I wonder if it's that stigma thing?
It really bothers me.
When Teruki came in contact with her,
she looked like she was trying to suck him in, right?
What about it?
AIs are complicated programs.
A special hardware system would be the best way to implement it.
So was that image downloaded from the special hardware?
Yes.
The most suitable hardware system to contain the software?
Most likely, that was the murder Teruki first saw.
An android.
Ruon ran away because she didn't like Kamiyama's place.
And then, after coming into contact with Teruki,
she escaped to the net again.
But she found out that she'd be sealed inside a physical body again.
If that happened, how could she prevent Kamiyama from doing as he wished?
By hiding the most important parts of her software elsewhere.
Bingo.
That's the stigma.
A nanodisk can store a hundred terabyte program.
But to give something like that to Teruki...
Ruon went to meet Teruki to tell him about it.
And that's also why Kamiyama wants Teruki's body.
Teruki's in danger.
Tamotsu?
Are you okay?
Don't treat me like an old man.
I figured out who abducted Maeno's son.
Tamotsu?
Tamotsu, what's wrong?
Tamotsu, answer me.
Code Red completed.
Nobody ordered Code Red?
Tamotsu?
718 Express.
Tamotsu, what's wrong?
What happened?
Rin.
I got shot.
Got shot?!
Tamotsu, where are you?
I'll be there right away.
Rin, I...
That time, you...
Tamotsu!
718 Express is a special flight
that departs from Haneda Airport at 7pm.
One hour from now.
Please take care of Tamotsu.
You're going to die.
Where's Teruki?
That little girl...
Even though I gave her knowledge,
even though I brought her to the frontiers of science...
Where's Teruki?
Just like her mother.
Instead of staying by my side, she preferred freedom.
She preferred the net.
It's true that her basic personality is her own.
But I made almost everything else.
It's mine!
Still, she acted as if she was human...
...and put everyone in danger.
Because I gave her a body that lets her reach beyond the net,
everything will end in destruction.
She toyed with me!
Where's Teruki?!
That girl just wanted to use the stigma for herself!
Did I fail?
Humans like you can't be stopped after all.
It was you who ordered the military into action, not Kamiyama.
It was simple to give the order over the net.
Any woman near Teruki should just die.
Teruki...
You're the one who said it.
"Let's meet in 1.0."
What are you?
A program made by Kamiyama?
Or are you the ghost of Ruon who died five years ago?
Both.
I was created to control this body...
...using my data.
Stigma is a program to suck in the data from your brain.
He called it the frontier of science or whatever,
but it's just murder.
Suck up all the data and leave the body empty.
But it's been fun.
Everyone in 1.5 could play with me.
But only Teruki...
...ever asked to meet me in 1.0.
Say, can we meet in 1.0?
But it was impossible.
Because I'm a program.
Finally, I was given a body.
I ran away immediately,
so that I could meet Teruki.
But Kamiyama's underlings followed me.
That's why I passed the stigma to Teruki and ran away to the net.
Since then, I've been watching Teruki from the net.
I was happy just to do that.
If only you hadn't been there!
Kamiyama thought it was good that Teruki had the stigma,
and tried to suck in Teruki's data as well.
That's no good.
I'm going to take him there.
I came to 1.0 to be connected to you.
So it's your turn this time.
I don't need this aeroplane any more.
No, I don't even need 1.0 any more.
Let's go to 2.0 together!
Teruki.
Put that on.
Okay.
What about you?
I...
Get down!
Teruki?
Let go!
You!
This looks bad.
Rin?
Rin!
Mimi...