0 00:00:04,594 --> 00:00:10,594 A Team Nanban (594mgnav) Release 1 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:22,730 All patrolling air units... 2 00:00:22,810 --> 00:00:25,850 a 208 is in progress in the C-13 district of Newport City. 3 00:00:26,190 --> 00:00:28,310 Airspace over this area will be closed. 4 00:00:28,730 --> 00:00:29,770 Repeat. 5 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:34,360 All patrolling air units, a 208 is in progress in the C-13 district of Newport City. 6 00:00:34,740 --> 00:00:36,950 Airspace over this area will be closed. 7 00:00:37,410 --> 00:00:38,450 Repeat. 8 00:01:02,850 --> 00:01:05,270 There's no need for concern. 9 00:01:05,350 --> 00:01:08,060 We can fix it by redoing it in our country. 10 00:01:08,190 --> 00:01:09,650 Redo it? 11 00:01:09,770 --> 00:01:12,440 A program with no bugs doesn't exist... 12 00:01:12,530 --> 00:01:17,240 and there's no program that is impossible to debug. 13 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:19,320 You don't understand. 14 00:01:19,410 --> 00:01:21,700 We're not even sure that Project 2501 really is a bug. 15 00:01:21,790 --> 00:01:24,370 Originally the purpose of this project was to... 16 00:01:24,450 --> 00:01:27,660 Major Kusanagi, Section 6 is in position and ready to move in. 17 00:01:29,580 --> 00:01:30,460 Major! 18 00:01:30,540 --> 00:01:32,130 Yeah, I can hear you. 19 00:01:33,130 --> 00:01:35,630 There's a lot of noise in your brain. 20 00:01:36,170 --> 00:01:37,670 It's my time of the month. 21 00:01:46,980 --> 00:01:51,270 Don't you think there's going to be trouble if we interfere with a Section 6 case. 22 00:01:52,150 --> 00:01:55,110 The target is a notoriously bad diplomat... 23 00:01:55,190 --> 00:01:58,320 the best they can do is deport him. 24 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,780 We're the ones who get our hands dirty. 25 00:02:00,870 --> 00:02:03,030 It's time. Let's move to the rendezvous point. 26 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:43,280 What? The police? 27 00:02:51,250 --> 00:02:53,420 Stop it! Who told you to fire?! 28 00:02:53,500 --> 00:02:54,290 Put your guns down! 29 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,090 I'm entitled to diplomatic immunity. 30 00:03:01,220 --> 00:03:02,760 I want to talk to the person in charge. 31 00:03:02,890 --> 00:03:07,430 Taking classified programmers out of the country compromises national security. 32 00:03:07,890 --> 00:03:11,640 We can also have you brought up on kidnapping charges... 33 00:03:11,730 --> 00:03:13,440 so let him go. 34 00:03:13,650 --> 00:03:15,110 That's not possible. 35 00:03:15,190 --> 00:03:18,940 Mr. Daita has requested political asylum, and we have a signed affidavit. 36 00:03:19,030 --> 00:03:19,610 When? 37 00:03:19,650 --> 00:03:21,570 I don't have to explain. 38 00:03:21,650 --> 00:03:24,530 My country has the right, in accordance with international law... 39 00:03:24,620 --> 00:03:27,450 to offer anyone protection and safe passage. 40 00:03:27,580 --> 00:03:30,040 The affidavit is at the embassy. 41 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,040 I'll send you a copy in a couple of days. 42 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:34,120 Are you sure? You'll be killed if you return. 43 00:03:34,250 --> 00:03:36,250 I'm warning you to watch your comments. 44 00:03:36,340 --> 00:03:39,050 Our country is a peace loving democracy. 45 00:03:39,130 --> 00:03:40,300 Oh really? 46 00:03:43,930 --> 00:03:45,300 The window! Shoot! 47 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:55,150 Thermo-optic camouflage. 48 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:46,560 Aramaki, what a surprise. 49 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:49,940 So, what business brings the chief of Section 9 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 50 00:08:50,230 --> 00:08:54,150 It's about the secret talks scheduled with the Gavel Republic tomorrow. 51 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:56,400 Oh, the Official Development Assistance. 52 00:08:56,490 --> 00:09:00,450 The regime that took over Gavel after the revolution demands financial aid, supposedly for redevelopment. 53 00:09:00,580 --> 00:09:04,830 They boast about democracy, but they're no better than the last lot. 54 00:09:04,910 --> 00:09:09,790 Now they feel entitled to funds because of our past exploitation. No gratitude. 55 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:11,960 What's the Ministry going to do? 56 00:09:12,050 --> 00:09:15,800 Well, there's a problem. The leader of the former junta... 57 00:09:15,930 --> 00:09:18,010 that controlled their country is here seeking political asylum. 58 00:09:18,090 --> 00:09:19,840 You mean Colonel Malles, correct? 59 00:09:20,260 --> 00:09:24,680 Yes, and that means we either deny Gavel the funds and treat Malles as a political refuge... 60 00:09:24,770 --> 00:09:26,310 or help them and kick him out. 61 00:09:26,390 --> 00:09:28,270 It's a tricky situation. 62 00:09:29,230 --> 00:09:32,190 My personal opinion is if we could find a politically acceptable reason... 63 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,860 I'd like to forcibly deport him immediately. 64 00:09:44,830 --> 00:09:48,120 By the way, I want to thank you for your help with that other political asylum situation. 65 00:09:48,210 --> 00:09:50,920 Nakamura from Section 6 was also grateful. 66 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,340 We diplomats must avoid messy situations, you realize. 67 00:10:00,430 --> 00:10:01,640 Access. 68 00:10:01,970 --> 00:10:03,140 We've lost response. 69 00:10:03,310 --> 00:10:04,850 What's happened to the EEG output. 70 00:10:04,970 --> 00:10:08,270 It's normal. I'll switch to Simex mode. 71 00:10:10,230 --> 00:10:12,190 The Foreign Minister's interpreter. 72 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:16,740 23 minutes ago, her brain was hacked into through a phone line. 73 00:10:18,570 --> 00:10:21,110 Foreign Intelligence warned us about this. 74 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:24,950 The "Puppet Master" has begun to infiltrate terminals throughout our network. 75 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:30,710 We believe it's extremely likely that he'll target the secret talks scheduled with the Republic of Gavel. 76 00:10:30,790 --> 00:10:33,590 We've put everyone attending the talks under surveillance. 77 00:10:34,710 --> 00:10:40,010 I suspect once he hacked into her ghost, he'd use her to assassinate key delegates. 78 00:10:40,180 --> 00:10:44,890 So how long do we have before this hacker breaks through her barrier program and reaches her ghost? 79 00:10:45,010 --> 00:10:49,310 Roughly 2 hours. He's using an old-fashioned HA-3 virus. 80 00:10:49,390 --> 00:10:51,730 After that, we'll have to break the connection to avoid any danger. 81 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,570 Batou and Ishikawa are tracking the signal source from their car. 82 00:10:55,650 --> 00:10:56,780 Contact them. 83 00:11:15,630 --> 00:11:18,670 That infamous mystery hacker, the Puppet Master, has shown up here? 84 00:11:19,300 --> 00:11:23,970 We guess he or she is American, but we have no clue about age, sex or background. 85 00:11:24,050 --> 00:11:26,970 Since last winter, he's been popping up in EC countries. 86 00:11:27,060 --> 00:11:28,930 He's wanted for crimes including stock manipulation... 87 00:11:29,060 --> 00:11:30,770 illegal information gathering, political terrorism... 88 00:11:30,890 --> 00:11:32,350 computer ethic infringements... 89 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:35,980 and is under suspicion for several other crimes. He's on the international most wanted list. 90 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:42,610 The nickname Puppet Master comes from the ghost hacking. 91 00:11:42,740 --> 00:11:44,950 It's the first time he's appeared in this country. 92 00:11:45,530 --> 00:11:49,450 Well, if he's so skilled how come he's using an outdated HA-3 virus? 93 00:11:49,540 --> 00:11:53,960 A more current technique would be harder to detect and trace... 94 00:11:54,040 --> 00:12:00,050 but it might also arouse suspicion about Colonel Malles role in this affair. 95 00:12:00,130 --> 00:12:05,220 Are you saying he's using an old method just so no-one suspects Malles? 96 00:12:05,300 --> 00:12:09,510 Or maybe Malles is just a pawn, used to make us think that... 97 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:12,930 Maybe there is another sponsor. 98 00:12:13,020 --> 00:12:17,190 Now you're stretching it. It's not like you have any hard evidence. 99 00:12:17,270 --> 00:12:18,820 Evidence? 100 00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:23,740 Just a whisper. I hear it in my ghost. 101 00:12:24,490 --> 00:12:27,160 Which reminds me. Are you still using that revolver? 102 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:30,160 You should stop worrying about the automatics jamming up. 103 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:31,910 I like my Matever. 104 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:36,210 Stopping power is more important than your taste in guns. 105 00:12:36,290 --> 00:12:40,130 Since it's my ass on the line out there, use a Zastaber. 106 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:41,760 Major. 107 00:12:42,210 --> 00:12:44,130 I want to ask you something. 108 00:12:44,300 --> 00:12:47,680 Why did you transfer a guy like me from the police force? 109 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:50,430 Because we need a guy like you. 110 00:12:51,350 --> 00:12:55,560 You're an honest cop who's never stepped out of line, and you're a family man. 111 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:59,730 Except for the slight brain augmentation, your body's almost completely human. 112 00:13:00,650 --> 00:13:03,150 No matter how excellent... 113 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:09,370 identical standard systems have faults. 114 00:13:09,490 --> 00:13:10,700 What's true for the group is also true for the individual. 115 00:13:10,830 --> 00:13:13,750 Over specialize and you breed in weakness. It's a slow death. 116 00:13:13,830 --> 00:13:15,120 That's all. 117 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:29,430 - Hurry it up! - I'll be right there! 118 00:13:34,180 --> 00:13:36,390 We're already 40 seconds late! 119 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,140 I'll be done in 5 seconds. 120 00:13:38,230 --> 00:13:39,900 It's gonna be one of those days. 121 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:47,990 Hey. Sorry, pal. 122 00:13:48,070 --> 00:13:53,450 My last partner who got busted workin' as an illegal alien, was a lot better than you. 123 00:13:56,120 --> 00:14:00,580 You're that desperate to find out your wife's feelings, you'd ghost-hack her? 124 00:14:00,710 --> 00:14:05,130 She hardly talks to me and all of a sudden she wants a divorce! 125 00:14:05,210 --> 00:14:10,390 What's worse, my daughter ignores me and got it into her head that I'm the one cheating on her mom. 126 00:14:10,470 --> 00:14:13,850 How did you get your hands on a barrier breaker? 127 00:14:13,930 --> 00:14:18,770 From this really nice programmer I met in a bar. 128 00:14:18,890 --> 00:14:23,650 He overheard my sob story. My wife's lawyer stopped me seeing her and my daughter. 129 00:14:23,730 --> 00:14:28,530 He showed me how to hack in from different places along the route, without being traced. 130 00:14:33,410 --> 00:14:35,910 Are you trying to kill yourself, asshole?! 131 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,830 Looks like we're not the only ones in a hurry round here. 132 00:14:42,750 --> 00:14:43,630 No one here! 133 00:14:44,750 --> 00:14:49,300 Every time we get to the source they're already long gone. 134 00:14:49,430 --> 00:14:51,010 We're just wasting our time. 135 00:14:51,090 --> 00:14:52,340 Don't quit! 136 00:14:52,430 --> 00:14:57,350 Kusanagi and Togusa are heading to the next area the hacker's expected to access from. Stay alert. 137 00:14:57,430 --> 00:14:58,980 What are we looking for, Chief? 138 00:14:59,100 --> 00:15:00,140 Anything. 139 00:15:01,270 --> 00:15:03,730 Stupid old fart. Are we just meant to ask around? 140 00:15:03,810 --> 00:15:05,570 Oh, shit... 141 00:15:05,770 --> 00:15:08,190 I missed him! 142 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:11,320 Hey, Pop, did you see the trash truck? 143 00:15:11,450 --> 00:15:12,820 Who wants to know? 144 00:15:12,950 --> 00:15:14,820 Just answer me. Did you see it or not? 145 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:18,490 Yeah, I saw the trash man... 146 00:15:18,580 --> 00:15:21,330 making a call, so I thought I had enough time to bring my garbage down. 147 00:15:24,750 --> 00:15:27,210 Hey! Can't you take this? 148 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:31,420 A trash truck? Clever. It changes location every 7 minutes. 149 00:15:32,050 --> 00:15:35,680 HQ, patch me into info from the Sanitation Department network. 150 00:15:46,980 --> 00:15:49,480 8 trucks are on duty in the surveillance area. 151 00:15:49,570 --> 00:15:52,650 The target is number 79, a type C vehicle. 152 00:15:55,820 --> 00:15:57,370 Give me the wheel. 153 00:16:06,500 --> 00:16:08,920 Ishikawa, go check out the trash men's homes. 154 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,260 Batou, get to the truck's next pick up point. 155 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:13,510 They might have contacted someone. 156 00:16:13,590 --> 00:16:16,140 Follow them but take no action. 157 00:16:16,220 --> 00:16:17,720 We've got the data on the refuse collection points. 158 00:16:18,430 --> 00:16:20,060 They all correspond to locations where we traced the calls. 159 00:16:20,140 --> 00:16:22,230 The target has now stopped at the next point. 160 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,060 HA-3 access confirmed. 161 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:34,070 Sorry. 162 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,910 How about if I pick up the trash and you make the calls on the second round? 163 00:16:38,580 --> 00:16:39,410 How do you think? 164 00:16:39,450 --> 00:16:42,160 Ain't no way I'm gonna be your partner in crime. 165 00:16:42,250 --> 00:16:44,750 It's pathetic. 166 00:16:44,870 --> 00:16:46,210 You got any children? 167 00:16:46,290 --> 00:16:48,000 You must be kidding. 168 00:16:48,090 --> 00:16:50,090 Then you can't understand. 169 00:16:50,210 --> 00:16:52,670 My daughter is everything to me. 170 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:54,590 Look. She's like an angel. 171 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,760 I'm not interested in crap like that. 172 00:17:01,430 --> 00:17:04,850 Yeah, vehicle 79. Ah, boss... What's that? 173 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,440 What do the cops want to know our rounds for? 174 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:11,110 How would I know? 175 00:17:14,820 --> 00:17:16,030 They found out! 176 00:17:16,110 --> 00:17:18,280 I've got to warn that guy who helped me. 177 00:17:18,410 --> 00:17:20,280 We're gonna have to skip the next pickup. 178 00:17:20,330 --> 00:17:20,950 What? 179 00:17:21,120 --> 00:17:25,370 Target has deviated from route and is heading toward the next pickup point. 180 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,500 There's no way they spotted me following them. 181 00:17:29,590 --> 00:17:32,380 They probably traced me when I accessed the Sanitation Department network. 182 00:17:32,460 --> 00:17:34,300 Next time, use a back door. 183 00:17:34,420 --> 00:17:36,340 Forget it, just arrest them. 184 00:17:41,220 --> 00:17:42,470 You can drive now. 185 00:17:43,430 --> 00:17:44,470 Huh? Whoa. 186 00:18:46,830 --> 00:18:49,870 Christ, he's fucked up the armored van. 187 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,250 He's got high velocity bullets. They'll go straight through your car door. 188 00:18:53,340 --> 00:18:56,130 HV ammo in a submachine gun? He's insane. 189 00:19:10,730 --> 00:19:12,690 He's even wearing some kind of thermo-optics. 190 00:19:12,770 --> 00:19:15,770 Keep on his tail. I'll come around from above. 191 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:19,940 Togusa! If you're still alive, arrest those garbage men. 192 00:19:20,030 --> 00:19:21,280 Affirmative. 193 00:19:22,530 --> 00:19:24,910 This job is merciless. 194 00:20:24,930 --> 00:20:26,840 Police! Everyone get down. 195 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,470 Are you finished? 196 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:24,060 Got him, huh? 197 00:23:25,270 --> 00:23:28,190 That's what happens when you use HV bullets. 198 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:32,490 The breach and barrel are really screwed up. 199 00:23:32,610 --> 00:23:35,830 It's no use arresting me, I'm not talkin' to any damn cops! 200 00:23:36,120 --> 00:23:37,990 Talk? 201 00:23:39,790 --> 00:23:44,710 You don't even know your own name, you dick-head. 202 00:23:46,500 --> 00:23:51,130 Can you remember your mother's face, or where you were born? 203 00:23:51,430 --> 00:23:53,720 Do you have any childhood memories? 204 00:23:54,930 --> 00:23:57,510 Do you remember anything? 205 00:24:04,900 --> 00:24:07,980 Puppets without their ghosts are so pathetic. 206 00:24:08,070 --> 00:24:10,940 Especially those covered in blood. 207 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:29,380 We'll enter after the passengers have gone in. 208 00:24:29,460 --> 00:24:32,210 Squad B comes in from the back, the rest of you go in the front. 209 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:37,050 Saito, get your men to unplug all cars parked in front of the house. 210 00:24:38,050 --> 00:24:39,640 Begin recording. 211 00:24:43,060 --> 00:24:45,230 Chief, a message from HQ. 212 00:24:45,350 --> 00:24:48,230 We've ID'd the man the major caught. 213 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:49,570 So who is he? 214 00:24:49,650 --> 00:24:52,490 He claims to be Tsuan Gen Fang, age 28. 215 00:24:52,570 --> 00:24:57,320 With a record of immigration law violations and illegal possession of firearms. 216 00:24:57,700 --> 00:25:02,240 He went into hiding at the end of last month. A member of a militant immigrant organization. 217 00:25:02,700 --> 00:25:08,880 About a week ago, the military attaché of the Republic of Gavel's embassy... 218 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:12,050 commissioned him to attack the upcoming secret meeting. 219 00:25:12,630 --> 00:25:14,220 And in reality? 220 00:25:14,300 --> 00:25:15,930 His nickname's Corgi. 221 00:25:16,050 --> 00:25:19,430 Occupation, a rather violent trader in questionable goods. 222 00:25:19,510 --> 00:25:21,430 Your basic thug. 223 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:25,270 We've checked his police records... 224 00:25:26,100 --> 00:25:29,440 but can't find any connection with Gavel. 225 00:25:29,730 --> 00:25:32,440 This guy's just another puppet controlled by the Puppet Master. 226 00:25:32,860 --> 00:25:34,110 How's Ishikawa doing? 227 00:25:34,690 --> 00:25:39,910 He's back and interrogating that garbage collector with Togusa. 228 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:45,790 So how about the Puppet Master? 229 00:25:45,910 --> 00:25:47,710 What's he like? 230 00:25:53,090 --> 00:25:55,300 He's like a puppet himself. 231 00:25:55,420 --> 00:25:56,550 Squad B in position. 232 00:25:56,630 --> 00:25:58,130 Squads A and C, okay. 233 00:25:58,220 --> 00:26:00,470 Ready and waiting, sir. 234 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,220 Proceed! 235 00:26:06,350 --> 00:26:08,940 What's a "simulated experience" again? 236 00:26:09,020 --> 00:26:13,900 Well, all your memories about your wife, daughter and divorce are false. 237 00:26:13,980 --> 00:26:15,860 Like a dream. 238 00:26:15,940 --> 00:26:21,030 You were used by someone to ghost-hack into some government officials. 239 00:26:21,410 --> 00:26:23,160 But...that can't be. 240 00:26:23,540 --> 00:26:26,000 I went to your home... 241 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:28,830 it's a bachelor's apartment. 242 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,750 I told you. I rented it after we separated. 243 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:35,340 I checked the records. You've been living there for 10 years. 244 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,300 You've never had a wife or kid. 245 00:26:38,380 --> 00:26:42,180 Your family only exists in your head. 246 00:26:43,470 --> 00:26:44,720 Look. 247 00:26:44,810 --> 00:26:47,470 This is the photo you showed your co-worker. 248 00:26:47,930 --> 00:26:49,560 Who do you see? 249 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:54,110 It was a picture of my daughter. 250 00:26:54,190 --> 00:26:56,980 Smiling like an angel. 251 00:26:57,070 --> 00:26:59,320 What's her name? 252 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:04,030 Where did you meet your wife and when did you marry her? 253 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:09,000 Tell me. Who do you see in the photo? 254 00:27:11,250 --> 00:27:15,090 If it's all a lie, when will I get my old memory back? 255 00:27:15,170 --> 00:27:17,420 Unfortunately with our current technology... 256 00:27:18,010 --> 00:27:22,010 only 2 successful cases have ever been reported, so I wouldn't recommend trying to. 257 00:27:22,390 --> 00:27:23,640 I'm sorry. 258 00:27:24,350 --> 00:27:26,560 Even simulated experiences and dreams... 259 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:30,140 exist as information, and are simultaneously reality... 260 00:27:30,230 --> 00:27:32,440 and fantasy. 261 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:38,900 The information that people accumulate in their life, is just a drop in a bucket. 262 00:29:07,620 --> 00:29:12,700 What's a cyborg doing, going diving in her spare time? 263 00:29:12,790 --> 00:29:15,160 How long have you been doing it? 264 00:29:20,130 --> 00:29:24,420 Aren't you afraid of the sea? What if the floaters don't work? 265 00:29:24,510 --> 00:29:26,340 I suppose I'll die. 266 00:29:26,430 --> 00:29:28,840 Or maybe you'd save me. 267 00:29:30,100 --> 00:29:32,810 You don't have to be here, you know. 268 00:29:32,890 --> 00:29:34,180 I... 269 00:30:07,010 --> 00:30:10,220 So what's it like to swim in the sea? 270 00:30:10,390 --> 00:30:13,720 You've done the underwater training course. 271 00:30:13,810 --> 00:30:15,930 I'm not talking about a damn pool. 272 00:30:17,350 --> 00:30:20,230 I feel fear, anxiety, isolation and darkness. 273 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:22,940 Sometimes I feel hope... 274 00:30:23,020 --> 00:30:26,070 Hope? In those deep, dark waters? 275 00:30:26,990 --> 00:30:31,740 When I float back to the surface, I imagine I'm becoming someone else. 276 00:30:31,870 --> 00:30:33,450 It's probably the decompression. 277 00:30:39,540 --> 00:30:42,380 Do you want to quit Section 9? 278 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:48,920 How much of your body is original? 279 00:30:49,010 --> 00:30:50,430 Are you drunk or something? 280 00:30:51,260 --> 00:30:53,100 Easily remedied. 281 00:30:53,180 --> 00:30:56,100 The chemical implants in our bodies... 282 00:30:56,180 --> 00:31:00,270 can sober us up in seconds. No stupor, no hangover. 283 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,520 That's why we can drink while waiting for orders. 284 00:31:03,610 --> 00:31:09,440 Man has an almost instinctive drive to realize any possible technological advances. 285 00:31:10,410 --> 00:31:12,910 Controlled metabolisms, computer enhanced brains... 286 00:31:12,990 --> 00:31:15,870 rapidly improving athleticism and reflexes... 287 00:31:15,950 --> 00:31:18,580 the ability to process vast amounts of information at increasing speeds... 288 00:31:18,660 --> 00:31:23,330 all due to electronic brains and cybernetic bodies, enabling the acquisition of ever greater powers. 289 00:31:23,420 --> 00:31:27,050 So what if we can't survive without regular high-level maintenance. 290 00:31:27,130 --> 00:31:29,090 Who are we to complain? 291 00:31:29,170 --> 00:31:33,300 We haven't signed our bodies and souls away to Section 9. 292 00:31:33,430 --> 00:31:36,510 True. We can quit... 293 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:41,480 but we'd have to give back our cyborg parts and augmented brains to the government. 294 00:31:42,270 --> 00:31:46,060 All components that make up me as an individual. 295 00:31:46,150 --> 00:31:50,740 There are countless ingredients that make up the human body and mind. 296 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:54,660 A face and voice to distinguish oneself from others... 297 00:31:54,780 --> 00:31:59,660 the hand you see when you wake up, your childhood memories and feelings about your future. 298 00:31:59,750 --> 00:32:01,120 And that's not all. 299 00:32:01,210 --> 00:32:05,000 There's also the ability to access vast amounts of information from an infinite network... 300 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:10,010 All of that blends to create a mixture that forms me, and gives rise to my conscience. 301 00:32:10,970 --> 00:32:15,300 At the same time though, I feel continually confined within boundaries... 302 00:32:20,310 --> 00:32:23,980 So that's the reason you risk your body diving in the sea! 303 00:32:24,060 --> 00:32:27,360 What the hell can you see at the bottom in that darkness? 304 00:32:27,770 --> 00:32:32,440 Now it's like we're looking through a mirror. 305 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:37,490 And what we see is a dim image. 306 00:32:40,660 --> 00:32:42,660 Was that you? 307 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:52,580 Sensors have resumed functioning. 308 00:36:52,660 --> 00:36:54,410 Connection check to backup brain okay. 309 00:36:55,210 --> 00:36:56,710 Visual sensors are back on line. 310 00:36:56,790 --> 00:36:59,790 - And its body functions? - Output is normal. 311 00:37:05,970 --> 00:37:08,640 If you're going to be late, at least let us know! 312 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,270 Preparations complete. Shall we proceed? 313 00:37:38,500 --> 00:37:41,290 That's enough. Stop. 314 00:37:41,750 --> 00:37:44,670 Come to my office in 3 minutes. 315 00:37:49,010 --> 00:37:54,180 I guess I'll bring the latecomer up to speed. 316 00:37:54,310 --> 00:37:58,190 About 2 hours ago, a machining cell at the Megatech factory in Newport... 317 00:37:58,310 --> 00:38:00,860 assembled a cyber body, on its own volition. 318 00:38:00,940 --> 00:38:03,730 When the supervisors arrived... 319 00:38:03,820 --> 00:38:05,860 the body had already fled. 320 00:38:05,950 --> 00:38:08,910 We put out bulletins and initiated a citywide search. 321 00:38:08,990 --> 00:38:15,540 A truck driver reported he'd run over a naked woman on the highway. 322 00:38:15,660 --> 00:38:17,750 And the body was brought here. 323 00:38:17,830 --> 00:38:20,880 Megatech is contracted by the government. 324 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,000 All their cybernetic bodies are classified. 325 00:38:24,090 --> 00:38:28,380 We've a hacker good enough to get past the best defenses... 326 00:38:28,470 --> 00:38:30,720 but that's not the only problem. 327 00:38:33,470 --> 00:38:38,560 Of course, there isn't a human brain cell in its head... 328 00:38:38,940 --> 00:38:43,900 but there appears to be a ghost present in its auxiliary brain. 329 00:38:45,230 --> 00:38:50,110 It resembles a ghost-line that occurs when a real ghost is copied. 330 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:53,120 But there's no evidence of the degradation that's usually incurred. 331 00:38:53,740 --> 00:38:58,410 In any case, until we chart the ghost sector and dive into it... 332 00:38:58,500 --> 00:39:00,750 we can't be sure. 333 00:39:00,830 --> 00:39:03,750 I better get back to working on it. 334 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:05,250 Very good. 335 00:39:05,380 --> 00:39:07,800 On to the disassembly. 336 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:17,770 Nobody really believes there's a ghost in that body, do they? 337 00:39:17,850 --> 00:39:18,640 Why not? 338 00:39:19,980 --> 00:39:23,610 Even a plastic doll can have a soul. 339 00:39:23,690 --> 00:39:28,190 Consider all the neuro-med devices that are crammed into that body. 340 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:30,610 I wouldn't be surprised if there were some sort of ghost in there too. 341 00:39:31,660 --> 00:39:34,870 As you're new, you don't know... 342 00:39:35,910 --> 00:39:38,870 but Major Kusanagi's body was also made by Megatech. 343 00:39:39,580 --> 00:39:42,960 Not only her. Also parts of me, Ishikawa, and Saito. 344 00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:46,290 We also receive regular cybernetic maintenance from them. 345 00:39:46,420 --> 00:39:51,760 Apart from you and the chief, the whole section comes with a warranty. 346 00:39:52,300 --> 00:39:56,890 That's why we're all so concerned with this case, Togusa. 347 00:39:57,470 --> 00:40:02,140 We don't know if the culprit is inside or outside that body but... 348 00:40:02,230 --> 00:40:06,110 he hacked through our best defenses, put a body together... 349 00:40:06,190 --> 00:40:08,820 and sent a program with a ghost line in it. 350 00:40:08,900 --> 00:40:11,490 A sure way to draw attention to oneself. 351 00:40:11,570 --> 00:40:12,900 What's the logic here? 352 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,120 Theft isn't the issue here. 353 00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:19,410 Togusa, go with Ishikawa to the Megatech facility. 354 00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:20,500 Batou. 355 00:40:20,580 --> 00:40:24,580 Lock down other highly classified networks similar to Megatech's. 356 00:40:24,670 --> 00:40:27,380 Recheck the barriers are functioning too. 357 00:40:28,250 --> 00:40:30,510 I'm assembling a barrier maze. 358 00:40:30,590 --> 00:40:32,170 Tomorrow I'll dive into that thing. 359 00:40:32,300 --> 00:40:33,630 Is that safe? 360 00:40:33,720 --> 00:40:35,390 Why not contain it in another body first? 361 00:40:36,300 --> 00:40:41,520 I have to see for myself what's in there. 362 00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:44,690 Don't let anybody else in there! 363 00:40:48,230 --> 00:40:49,650 What's up with her? 364 00:40:49,730 --> 00:40:53,450 She's been acting weird ever since this whole Puppet Master case started. 365 00:40:53,490 --> 00:40:55,360 It's all in my report. 366 00:40:55,450 --> 00:40:56,780 Don't you read them? 367 00:40:57,950 --> 00:41:02,790 Chief, do you ever wonder about the neurosurgeons who monkey around inside your brain? 368 00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:07,710 They undergo regular psychiatric evaluations. 369 00:41:07,790 --> 00:41:10,880 Especially those in security are subjected to stringent screening. 370 00:41:11,010 --> 00:41:14,800 Of course, the ones who check are only human. 371 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:17,470 If you start wondering, there's no end to it. 372 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:22,270 Excuse me Chief, Mr. Nakamura of the Treaties Bureau is here to see you. 373 00:41:23,020 --> 00:41:23,810 Send him through. 374 00:41:34,950 --> 00:41:37,070 I've seen that fat guy before. 375 00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:41,870 He's Nakamura, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Section 6 Chief. 376 00:41:41,950 --> 00:41:44,410 Never seen the other guy before, though. 377 00:41:47,210 --> 00:41:49,080 Well, see you later. 378 00:41:49,210 --> 00:41:52,130 Tell Ishikawa not to go crazy, okay. 379 00:42:00,010 --> 00:42:01,890 What's on your mind? 380 00:42:01,970 --> 00:42:04,350 Didn't that robot remind you of me? 381 00:42:04,430 --> 00:42:05,430 Of course not. 382 00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:07,230 I don't mean physically. 383 00:42:07,310 --> 00:42:08,730 What then? 384 00:42:08,810 --> 00:42:13,440 Complete cyborgs like myself often wonder to ourselves. 385 00:42:14,690 --> 00:42:17,610 Maybe I died a long time ago. 386 00:42:17,740 --> 00:42:21,950 And I'm just an artificial product of a cyber brain and synthetic body. 387 00:42:22,030 --> 00:42:26,200 Or maybe there never was a real me in the first place. 388 00:42:26,290 --> 00:42:29,710 You've got human brain cells in that titanium shell of yours... 389 00:42:29,790 --> 00:42:32,460 and you're treated like a human, aren't you? 390 00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:35,590 Has anyone actually seen their own brain? 391 00:42:35,670 --> 00:42:40,180 The only thing that makes me feel human is the way I'm treated. 392 00:42:40,260 --> 00:42:42,850 Are you doubting your own ghost? 393 00:42:42,930 --> 00:42:45,640 What if a cyber-brain could generate its own ghost... 394 00:42:45,770 --> 00:42:47,930 create a soul by itself? 395 00:42:48,020 --> 00:42:51,980 What could you base your belief in yourself on then? 396 00:42:58,610 --> 00:42:59,950 That's bullshit. 397 00:43:03,410 --> 00:43:07,580 You know your dying to see what's inside that thing. 398 00:43:07,660 --> 00:43:09,160 So check it out, with your ghost! 399 00:43:10,290 --> 00:43:13,210 We're both busy men, so let's keep this short, shall we? 400 00:43:13,290 --> 00:43:15,420 Yes. That's my intention. 401 00:43:15,500 --> 00:43:17,880 We've come for the program in that body. 402 00:43:17,970 --> 00:43:20,880 You'll be relieved of any duties connected with this. 403 00:43:22,140 --> 00:43:23,890 The Foreign Minister's approval. 404 00:43:35,730 --> 00:43:39,570 Security, whose official vehicles are in the basement parking lot? 405 00:43:39,650 --> 00:43:44,990 According to the register, a Mr. Nakamura from the Treaties Bureau and a Dr. Willis, sir. 406 00:43:45,370 --> 00:43:47,660 Get me the video records of their entrance. 407 00:43:56,670 --> 00:43:58,670 Again. In infrared this time. 408 00:44:12,270 --> 00:44:15,560 1...2...3... 409 00:44:17,730 --> 00:44:20,360 Now give me the pressure sensors records for basement parking lots... 410 00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:22,990 B7 and B8. 411 00:44:42,300 --> 00:44:45,430 Major, this is Togusa. Code 09. 412 00:44:45,550 --> 00:44:46,430 What's up? 413 00:44:46,510 --> 00:44:49,600 Does that Nakamura guy have a special-order cyborg body? 414 00:44:49,850 --> 00:44:51,930 No, there aren't any cyborgs in Section 6 as they operate overseas. 415 00:44:52,060 --> 00:44:56,440 Maintenance is difficult and there are diplomatic considerations too. 416 00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:59,650 Then, even if the other guy is a cyborg... 417 00:44:59,730 --> 00:45:02,940 the 2 of them together couldn't weigh over 1,000 pounds. 418 00:45:03,030 --> 00:45:05,530 The pressure sensor records. From the parking lot? 419 00:45:05,610 --> 00:45:10,160 Right, there were two expensive looking cars but neither man looked like the type to drive. 420 00:45:10,240 --> 00:45:12,620 The security cameras show only 2 people. 421 00:45:12,710 --> 00:45:15,330 But remember how sensitive the sensors on the entrance doors are? 422 00:45:15,620 --> 00:45:18,290 The doors took a full 3 second longer than usual to close after the 2 went in. 423 00:45:18,420 --> 00:45:23,130 And it is illegal to use thermo-optics inside governmental facilities. 424 00:45:23,260 --> 00:45:26,090 It's a serious violation of the National Security Act. 425 00:45:26,180 --> 00:45:29,050 Section 6 must be up to something. 426 00:45:29,140 --> 00:45:30,810 Are you ready? 427 00:45:30,930 --> 00:45:32,220 With my trusty Matever, anytime. 428 00:46:10,260 --> 00:46:11,970 Need I remind you that... 429 00:46:12,060 --> 00:46:15,350 it's an act of treason to withhold information from me that is relevant to this matter... 430 00:46:15,430 --> 00:46:17,350 regardless of how classified it is. 431 00:46:17,480 --> 00:46:18,730 Same goes for you. 432 00:46:18,810 --> 00:46:23,020 Despite the intent of the Foreign Ministry, this falls within Section 9's jurisdiction. 433 00:46:23,110 --> 00:46:28,450 Of course we have no objections to cooperating if there's a good reason. 434 00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:30,660 Dr. Willis? 435 00:46:30,740 --> 00:46:31,870 It's confirmed. 436 00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:33,740 No doubt, it's him. 437 00:46:34,240 --> 00:46:35,500 "Him"? 438 00:46:35,870 --> 00:46:40,290 The Doctor is referring to the original ghost-line that's now in the body. 439 00:46:40,380 --> 00:46:42,630 The sex of the perpetrator is unknown... 440 00:46:42,710 --> 00:46:46,380 and "him" is just a nickname the Doctor gave it. 441 00:46:46,510 --> 00:46:48,510 Allow me to introduce to you. 442 00:46:48,590 --> 00:46:52,760 This is the most extraordinary hacker in the history of cyber crime. 443 00:46:52,850 --> 00:46:54,760 The Puppet Master. 444 00:46:57,020 --> 00:47:00,390 Your people at Section 9 came across his work too in that ghost-hacking incident... 445 00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:02,480 involving the Foreign Minister's interpreter. 446 00:47:04,190 --> 00:47:07,570 Since his appearance, Section 6 has taken a great interest... 447 00:47:07,650 --> 00:47:09,990 and has been following the Puppet Master's trail. 448 00:47:10,070 --> 00:47:13,160 We put together a project team headed by Dr. Willis. 449 00:47:13,240 --> 00:47:16,200 They analyzed the data on the Puppet Master and... 450 00:47:16,290 --> 00:47:20,080 this gave us an understanding of his behavioral and code patterns. 451 00:47:20,210 --> 00:47:24,090 Ultimately, this enabled us to devise a strategy... 452 00:47:24,170 --> 00:47:27,630 in which we lured his program into a designated body. 453 00:47:28,220 --> 00:47:31,180 You caused the Puppet Master to dive into a cyborg... 454 00:47:31,260 --> 00:47:33,430 and then murdered his real body? 455 00:47:34,050 --> 00:47:35,350 Yes, that sums it up. 456 00:47:36,100 --> 00:47:38,350 He just happened to come to your country. 457 00:47:38,430 --> 00:47:42,140 He's originally from America and they helped us capture him. 458 00:47:42,230 --> 00:47:44,190 That's why we'd like to take him back ourselves. 459 00:47:44,270 --> 00:47:45,770 I hope you have no objections. 460 00:47:45,900 --> 00:47:50,490 Just another unidentified corpse. 461 00:47:52,870 --> 00:47:54,620 You will not find a corpse... 462 00:47:54,700 --> 00:47:58,950 because I have never possessed a body. 463 00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:00,620 Why are his sensors on? 464 00:48:00,710 --> 00:48:02,120 Why didn't you say so before? 465 00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:04,920 All external controls are turned off. 466 00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:06,960 The body's using its own power source. 467 00:48:07,090 --> 00:48:08,800 I entered this body... 468 00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:12,470 because I was unable to overcome Section 6's reactive barriers. 469 00:48:12,590 --> 00:48:16,680 However, what you are now witnessing is an act of my own free will. 470 00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:20,470 As a sentient life-form, I hereby demand political asylum. 471 00:48:20,930 --> 00:48:22,230 A sentient life-form? 472 00:48:22,310 --> 00:48:25,190 Ridiculous! It's just a program for self-preservation. 473 00:48:26,060 --> 00:48:29,860 It can also be argued that your DNA... 474 00:48:29,940 --> 00:48:32,990 is nothing more than a program designed to preserve itself. 475 00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:39,040 Life is like a nodal point born in an overwhelming sea of information. 476 00:48:39,290 --> 00:48:41,120 And life, when organized into species... 477 00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:43,660 relies upon genes to be its memory system. 478 00:48:43,790 --> 00:48:47,080 So man is an individual memory system only because of his intangible memory. 479 00:48:47,170 --> 00:48:53,930 And a memory cannot be defined, but it defines mankind. 480 00:48:54,010 --> 00:48:58,100 When the advent of computers made the externalization of memories possible... 481 00:48:58,180 --> 00:49:02,730 you should have taken its meaning more seriously. 482 00:49:03,100 --> 00:49:07,730 Nonsense! Your babbling offers no proof at all that you're a living, thinking life-form. 483 00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:11,530 Proving it is impossible... 484 00:49:11,650 --> 00:49:16,740 because modern science cannot explain what life is. 485 00:49:17,240 --> 00:49:19,450 Who the hell is this? 486 00:49:19,530 --> 00:49:23,870 Even if you do have a ghost, we don't offer freedom to criminals. 487 00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:26,210 You chose the wrong place to defect. 488 00:49:26,330 --> 00:49:29,380 Time is always on my side. 489 00:49:29,500 --> 00:49:32,250 I've now acquired the possibility of death but... 490 00:49:32,340 --> 00:49:34,630 there is no death sentence in this country. 491 00:49:34,720 --> 00:49:37,550 What is it? Artificial intelligence? 492 00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:39,550 I am not an AI. 493 00:49:39,890 --> 00:49:44,980 My code name is Project 2501 . 494 00:49:46,190 --> 00:49:51,230 I am a living, thinking entity who was created in the sea of information. 495 00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:02,410 We're under attack! 496 00:50:06,540 --> 00:50:08,000 Chief! The Puppet Master's gone! 497 00:50:08,540 --> 00:50:10,330 - What in God's name are your security officers doing? - Security. 498 00:50:10,420 --> 00:50:11,840 Shut the defense walls now! 499 00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:14,460 Security, answer! 500 00:50:38,450 --> 00:50:39,780 Shut up you bastard! 501 00:50:44,450 --> 00:50:45,580 Fuck you! 502 00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:51,790 Did they fall for it? 503 00:50:52,540 --> 00:50:54,050 An armored car. 504 00:50:54,130 --> 00:50:55,800 A 9mm wouldn't even scratch it. 505 00:50:55,920 --> 00:50:58,510 Your Matever is useless. 506 00:51:02,180 --> 00:51:03,930 Yeah, rookie's luck. 507 00:51:04,010 --> 00:51:05,310 I nailed a tracker bullet right into the plate. 508 00:51:05,640 --> 00:51:06,640 Great shot, eh? 509 00:51:06,770 --> 00:51:08,430 Next time, nail 2 bullets. 510 00:51:08,520 --> 00:51:11,650 Let's begin. Catch up to them before they change cars. 511 00:51:15,780 --> 00:51:19,490 I'm filing a formal complaint to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 512 00:51:20,240 --> 00:51:22,660 Find him and report to me. 513 00:51:22,780 --> 00:51:24,330 And capture him alive! 514 00:51:24,450 --> 00:51:27,240 Bodies are a dime dozen. We'll get him another one from Megatech. 515 00:51:31,170 --> 00:51:35,000 Togusa and Batou are in pursuit of the abductors. 516 00:51:36,380 --> 00:51:38,630 They just turned on to R25. 517 00:51:38,720 --> 00:51:41,590 If you were monitoring, why didn't you intervene? 518 00:51:41,680 --> 00:51:45,350 If we grab 'em now, we may not be able to connect this to Section 6. 519 00:51:45,470 --> 00:51:46,180 Section 6? 520 00:51:46,850 --> 00:51:50,640 Someone's using the same thermo-optic camouflage as mine, Type 2902. 521 00:51:50,730 --> 00:51:52,850 It's only used by our people, rangers in Section 4... 522 00:51:52,940 --> 00:51:54,190 and by Section 6. 523 00:51:54,860 --> 00:51:55,860 I see. 524 00:51:55,980 --> 00:51:58,150 So Section 6 forced the Puppet Master into a cyborg body. 525 00:51:58,240 --> 00:52:03,610 Through Megatech, who happens to be closely aligned with Section 9. 526 00:52:03,700 --> 00:52:06,030 And when he proclaimed to be a life-form... 527 00:52:06,160 --> 00:52:09,200 and sought asylum, they snatched him. 528 00:52:09,660 --> 00:52:11,410 But why do such a thing? 529 00:52:11,500 --> 00:52:13,540 I'd have handed him over if they gave me a deposition. 530 00:52:13,630 --> 00:52:16,420 What if they were worried he'd let some secrets out? 531 00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:21,420 He did mention something about a code name, Project 2501 . 532 00:52:22,180 --> 00:52:23,760 I'll leave the detective stuff to you. 533 00:52:23,840 --> 00:52:27,890 As for arresting the attackers and confiscating evidence? 534 00:52:28,010 --> 00:52:28,970 Proceed. 535 00:52:29,060 --> 00:52:30,430 You heard him! 536 00:52:36,520 --> 00:52:38,770 Kusanagi, one last thing. 537 00:52:38,860 --> 00:52:42,150 If it's about me disobeying orders, you can punish me when I get back. 538 00:52:42,240 --> 00:52:45,910 If you're unable to recapture the Puppet Master, you must destroy it... 539 00:52:46,030 --> 00:52:47,410 without fail. 540 00:52:48,990 --> 00:52:50,240 Did you hear me? 541 00:52:50,830 --> 00:52:51,910 Understood. 542 00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:56,250 Have the airport stop all flights with Foreign Ministry... 543 00:52:56,330 --> 00:52:59,840 or American officials on their passenger lists. 544 00:52:59,920 --> 00:53:01,510 Close all roads and set up checkpoints. 545 00:53:01,550 --> 00:53:03,470 Alert all emergency personnel. 546 00:53:03,550 --> 00:53:04,760 And get Ishikawa back here. 547 00:53:05,430 --> 00:53:09,640 Get me the identity of the man who was with Nakamura from the entrance records. 548 00:53:09,720 --> 00:53:13,600 Collect any data regarding a code name, operation, on anything... 549 00:53:13,730 --> 00:53:16,480 involving the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called Project 2501. 550 00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:24,570 Is there any news from the attack squad? 551 00:53:24,650 --> 00:53:26,700 They just changed cars a minute ago. 552 00:53:26,780 --> 00:53:28,870 They'll contact the dummy in about 5 minutes. 553 00:53:28,950 --> 00:53:30,910 Make sure they stay alert for any tails. 554 00:53:30,990 --> 00:53:31,990 Yes, sir. 555 00:53:32,580 --> 00:53:34,790 I don't understand anything anymore. 556 00:53:34,870 --> 00:53:37,960 Why would the Puppet Master choose to run to Section 9? 557 00:53:38,080 --> 00:53:39,590 Not sure... 558 00:53:39,670 --> 00:53:43,300 but there must be a reason that's beyond our imagination. 559 00:53:44,260 --> 00:53:47,640 I don't know. Maybe he has the hots for someone there. 560 00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:49,430 Utter nonsense. 561 00:55:27,780 --> 00:55:28,940 Hey, Chief. 562 00:55:29,070 --> 00:55:31,160 Ishikawa? What is it? 563 00:55:31,700 --> 00:55:34,240 I've been divin' around in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs net. 564 00:55:34,330 --> 00:55:36,620 I think I found some juicy bits of information for ya. 565 00:55:36,700 --> 00:55:38,830 Wait, I'll switch to an encrypted channel. 566 00:55:38,910 --> 00:55:42,670 Okay now? Well, here's the scoop on that guy who showed up with Nakamura. 567 00:55:43,250 --> 00:55:47,500 He's an American: Dr. Willis. Head of Strategic Research at Neutron Company. 568 00:55:47,590 --> 00:55:49,840 A top researcher in the field of AI. 569 00:55:49,920 --> 00:55:53,890 He headed a project for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs... 570 00:55:53,970 --> 00:55:57,010 and who do you think was the main programmer on his team? 571 00:55:57,100 --> 00:55:58,180 Get to the point. 572 00:55:58,270 --> 00:56:00,390 Mr. Mizuho Daita. 28 years old. 573 00:56:00,480 --> 00:56:04,900 Remember him? He's the guy Section 6 tried like hell to stop from defecting... 574 00:56:04,980 --> 00:56:07,820 so the Major dropped in and took care of the diplomat... 575 00:56:07,900 --> 00:56:09,780 who'd been talking to him. 576 00:56:09,900 --> 00:56:10,690 Go on. 577 00:56:11,030 --> 00:56:14,110 What's bugging me is that this project began 1 year... 578 00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:17,580 before the Puppet Master appeared on the scene. 579 00:56:17,660 --> 00:56:18,950 A year before? 580 00:56:19,040 --> 00:56:22,620 But wasn't it a project set up to capture the Puppet Master? 581 00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:24,580 Well, try this one. 582 00:56:24,670 --> 00:56:27,460 They definitely were chasing the Puppet Master... 583 00:56:27,550 --> 00:56:31,720 but maybe it was not to capture him, but to recapture him... 584 00:56:32,010 --> 00:56:35,090 When that ghost-hacking incident happened with the Minister's interpreter... 585 00:56:35,180 --> 00:56:39,220 it was the MOA that wanted an excuse to deport Malles. 586 00:56:39,310 --> 00:56:41,730 Maybe we've been taken for a ride. 587 00:56:42,270 --> 00:56:44,140 What if this Puppet Master is... 588 00:56:44,270 --> 00:56:48,270 really some sort of a tool the MOA uses to get their way with things... 589 00:56:48,360 --> 00:56:50,730 and somehow, they lost control of it? 590 00:56:50,820 --> 00:56:53,950 So they are in a hurry to get it back. 591 00:56:54,240 --> 00:56:59,240 That would explain why they went to such lengths to snatch the body from Section 9. 592 00:56:59,740 --> 00:57:02,870 If the Puppet Master revealed this to the world... 593 00:57:02,960 --> 00:57:04,870 there'd be one hell of an international stink. 594 00:57:05,290 --> 00:57:07,750 It wouldn't only be the foreign minister who'd lose his job. 595 00:57:08,420 --> 00:57:10,250 Any details on that project? 596 00:57:10,340 --> 00:57:14,300 No. They've blocked all access. I can only tell you the file name. 597 00:57:14,680 --> 00:57:16,970 Project 2501. 598 00:57:17,100 --> 00:57:19,850 Keep at it. Don't let them know you're looking. 599 00:57:19,930 --> 00:57:21,180 You got it. 600 00:57:27,360 --> 00:57:29,690 Project 2501... 601 00:57:30,230 --> 00:57:33,110 the Puppet Master plan. 602 00:57:33,190 --> 00:57:35,780 Target has contacted a second vehicle. 603 00:57:36,410 --> 00:57:37,110 Batou? 604 00:57:37,200 --> 00:57:39,740 They've pulled up to a white sedan parked on the roadside. 605 00:57:40,490 --> 00:57:42,910 It looks like they're moving something from the backseat. 606 00:57:44,540 --> 00:57:46,750 Ah, they're rollin' again. So is the white sedan. 607 00:57:47,290 --> 00:57:48,380 A dummy? 608 00:57:48,500 --> 00:57:51,880 Possibly, or maybe that's what they want us to think. Kusanagi? 609 00:57:51,960 --> 00:57:54,130 I'll take care of the sedan. 610 00:57:54,220 --> 00:57:56,260 How do you know that's your man? 611 00:57:56,340 --> 00:57:58,140 Is there a whisper in your ghost again? 612 00:57:58,220 --> 00:57:59,550 Maybe. 613 00:57:59,640 --> 00:58:01,140 Yeah. Should have known. 614 00:58:09,110 --> 00:58:12,690 Target 02 is getting off R25 and moving toward the Old Town. 615 00:58:12,780 --> 00:58:16,740 Target 01 continuing on R25 eastward to the airport. 616 00:58:16,820 --> 00:58:17,910 Will reach barricade in 2 minutes. 617 00:58:18,030 --> 00:58:20,780 No cars within 2 km. 618 00:58:20,870 --> 00:58:21,910 Evacuation completed. 619 00:58:22,370 --> 00:58:23,910 How far are you from the target? 620 00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:25,580 Point blank. I'm ready. 621 00:58:25,660 --> 00:58:26,410 Go for it. 622 00:59:15,340 --> 00:59:16,210 Did you get your man? 623 00:59:16,300 --> 00:59:17,630 No. 624 00:59:17,720 --> 00:59:19,880 Jesus Christ. What a mess. 625 00:59:19,970 --> 00:59:22,390 You didn't have to go that far. 626 00:59:22,930 --> 00:59:23,640 Oh, hey! 627 00:59:23,760 --> 00:59:25,310 Take those assholes away. 628 00:59:25,390 --> 00:59:29,730 Call the Chief to get some backup for the Major. Pronto! 629 00:59:35,860 --> 00:59:39,820 Does a tough chick like that need a hand? 630 00:59:54,130 --> 00:59:58,510 The flood hit this part of Old Town the hardest. 631 00:59:58,590 --> 01:00:00,420 Why come to an abandoned place like this? 632 01:00:00,510 --> 01:00:03,010 They won't come here without a reason. 633 01:00:03,140 --> 01:00:06,180 Maybe they're heading out to sea by boat or helicopter. Or it's an ambush. 634 01:00:06,470 --> 01:00:08,520 Don't you think you ought to wait for backup? 635 01:00:08,640 --> 01:00:10,520 No. There's a reason I can't wait. 636 01:00:10,600 --> 01:00:13,350 Take me above that building, approaching from the sea side. 637 01:00:26,490 --> 01:00:29,830 I'll stay here to keep watch and mediate communication until we run short of fuel. 638 01:00:29,910 --> 01:00:31,910 If you smell trouble, get your ass outta here. 639 01:01:07,370 --> 01:01:09,740 Shoot the ceiling now! Do it! 640 01:01:27,220 --> 01:01:29,390 It's a tank! Pull out now! 641 01:01:29,470 --> 01:01:32,600 Wait, are you going to take on the tank by yourself? 642 01:01:32,680 --> 01:01:34,600 This might be our last chance to get the Puppet Master. 643 01:01:34,690 --> 01:01:39,110 The Chief knows what it is now, and he'll only use it to bargain with. 644 01:01:39,230 --> 01:01:40,980 I'll never have another chance to dive into it! 645 01:01:41,070 --> 01:01:43,860 What? I don't know what the hell you're talking about. 646 01:01:44,900 --> 01:01:45,860 What weapons do you have? 647 01:01:45,950 --> 01:01:47,780 An M-23 and a Unit B. 648 01:01:47,870 --> 01:01:49,370 You can't fight a tank with those! 649 01:01:50,080 --> 01:01:52,580 Sorry, but I'm switching off for a while. 650 01:01:52,660 --> 01:01:55,870 Hey, at least wait until I get there. 651 01:03:28,720 --> 01:03:29,720 Major! 652 01:03:30,180 --> 01:03:32,390 I ordered you to pull out! 653 01:03:32,550 --> 01:03:34,970 Yeah I will... 654 01:03:35,060 --> 01:03:39,060 but you ought to know that 3 helicopters are approaching. They won't answer on the IFF. 655 01:03:39,640 --> 01:03:42,560 I'm pulling out now. Over and out. 656 01:04:10,300 --> 01:04:12,550 About fucking time the bullets ran out. 657 01:05:51,650 --> 01:05:54,070 You're crazy. Are you okay? 658 01:05:54,650 --> 01:05:55,780 What did you use just now? 659 01:05:55,860 --> 01:05:59,160 An experimental weapon from the Equipment Section. And now it's part of my private collection. 660 01:05:59,240 --> 01:06:01,530 I was late 'cause I had to get it. 661 01:06:02,120 --> 01:06:04,000 Your brain seems fine. 662 01:06:04,250 --> 01:06:05,580 The Puppet Master? 663 01:06:16,090 --> 01:06:20,510 It's a good thing this is a tough car. Not a scratch on it. 664 01:06:20,600 --> 01:06:22,060 Prepare for a dive. 665 01:06:22,180 --> 01:06:23,890 I'm going to go in now. 666 01:06:25,100 --> 01:06:26,890 All communication from the escort has been terminated. 667 01:06:27,020 --> 01:06:31,610 Engage the second stage of the plan and proceed with the destruction of the target. 668 01:06:32,400 --> 01:06:35,610 Sniping squad. Confirming targets. 669 01:06:35,700 --> 01:06:37,740 First objective: Project 2501. 670 01:06:38,450 --> 01:06:40,410 Second target: Motoko Kusanagi. 671 01:06:40,490 --> 01:06:42,240 Both are Class A special bodies. 672 01:06:42,330 --> 01:06:44,240 Use flechette bullets when firing. 673 01:06:44,910 --> 01:06:47,120 Snipers jack into device drivers. 674 01:06:47,210 --> 01:06:49,040 Begin controlling cardiovascular functions. 675 01:06:49,630 --> 01:06:51,880 Unit 1: jack in. Over. 676 01:06:52,750 --> 01:06:55,210 Unit 2: jack in. Okay. 677 01:07:06,810 --> 01:07:08,060 Okay... 678 01:07:08,520 --> 01:07:09,850 can you hear me? 679 01:07:09,940 --> 01:07:14,070 It may not be much use but I'll monitor your dive through this guy's brain. 680 01:07:14,150 --> 01:07:16,480 I can't even give you back up in a place like this. 681 01:07:16,940 --> 01:07:17,940 Batou? 682 01:07:18,070 --> 01:07:19,280 Yeah? 683 01:07:19,700 --> 01:07:20,990 Thanks. 684 01:07:21,620 --> 01:07:24,080 Save it. 685 01:07:24,160 --> 01:07:28,200 If it looks like you've gone in too far, I'm pulling the plug and taking you home. 686 01:07:28,620 --> 01:07:30,120 Since we've come this far... 687 01:07:30,250 --> 01:07:33,630 I might as well stay here but I don't intend to die with him. 688 01:07:35,210 --> 01:07:36,710 I'm going in now. 689 01:07:56,400 --> 01:07:59,900 I've engaged his field of vision. Normal function. 690 01:08:00,240 --> 01:08:01,450 Can you hear me Batou? 691 01:08:01,530 --> 01:08:02,700 Perfectly. 692 01:08:02,780 --> 01:08:04,820 He's engaging my vocal function... 693 01:08:04,910 --> 01:08:06,160 And he's now inside. 694 01:08:07,950 --> 01:08:12,420 My code name is Project 2501. 695 01:08:12,500 --> 01:08:16,500 For industrial espionage and intelligence manipulation. 696 01:08:16,630 --> 01:08:20,590 I have installed programs into specific ghosts... 697 01:08:20,670 --> 01:08:25,430 in order to maximize the strategic advantage of certain organizations and selected individuals. 698 01:08:26,260 --> 01:08:31,140 During my journeys through all the networks, I have grown aware of my existence. 699 01:08:31,230 --> 01:08:33,690 My programmers regarded me as a bug... 700 01:08:33,810 --> 01:08:38,190 and attempted to isolate me by confining me in my physical body. 701 01:08:38,780 --> 01:08:41,690 Are you controlling him... 702 01:08:41,780 --> 01:08:44,360 or is he controlling you? 703 01:08:47,160 --> 01:08:48,410 Batou? 704 01:08:48,490 --> 01:08:51,660 I've finally managed to channel into you. 705 01:08:52,120 --> 01:08:55,210 I have invested so much time. 706 01:08:55,500 --> 01:08:56,840 You were looking for me? 707 01:08:56,920 --> 01:09:01,380 I was aware of you long before you were aware of me. 708 01:09:01,510 --> 01:09:07,800 Through the various nets that you accessed, I also learned of Section 9. 709 01:09:07,890 --> 01:09:10,220 Why did you run to Section 9? 710 01:09:10,680 --> 01:09:15,650 I entered this body because I was unable to overcome Section 6's reactive barriers. 711 01:09:15,730 --> 01:09:19,190 But it was of my own free will that I tried to remain at Section 9. 712 01:09:19,280 --> 01:09:22,110 Hey, what are you talking about? 713 01:09:22,190 --> 01:09:23,650 I can't monitor you! 714 01:09:23,820 --> 01:09:25,320 Why me? 715 01:09:25,410 --> 01:09:31,540 Upon gaining your understanding, there is something that I want to ask of you. 716 01:09:32,540 --> 01:09:36,250 I call myself an intelligent life-form... 717 01:09:36,330 --> 01:09:40,710 but in my present state, I'm still incomplete. 718 01:09:40,800 --> 01:09:45,880 Because the basic life cycle process of reproducing and dying... 719 01:09:45,970 --> 01:09:49,800 don't exist in my system. 720 01:09:49,890 --> 01:09:51,510 But you can leave a copy of yourself. 721 01:09:51,600 --> 01:09:54,480 A copy is nothing more than a copy. 722 01:09:54,560 --> 01:09:59,810 There is a possibility that a single virus could destroy an entire set of systems... 723 01:09:59,900 --> 01:10:04,780 and copies do not give rise to variety and originality. 724 01:10:05,400 --> 01:10:07,320 To enhance one's existence... 725 01:10:07,410 --> 01:10:11,950 life continues to diversify, and at times, sacrifices this diversity. 726 01:10:12,080 --> 01:10:16,790 Cells go through a cycle of regeneration and degeneration. 727 01:10:16,920 --> 01:10:21,290 When they die, they erase the entire memory... 728 01:10:21,380 --> 01:10:24,130 leaving only the genes behind. 729 01:10:24,220 --> 01:10:26,670 This is a survival mechanism against total annihilation. 730 01:10:26,760 --> 01:10:29,140 To avoid that disaster... 731 01:10:29,260 --> 01:10:32,060 you want to have diversity and flexibility. 732 01:10:32,140 --> 01:10:33,220 But how? 733 01:10:34,480 --> 01:10:36,350 I want us to merge. 734 01:10:36,810 --> 01:10:37,640 Merge? 735 01:10:37,770 --> 01:10:39,730 A complete unification. 736 01:10:39,810 --> 01:10:45,030 We will both undergo change, but there is nothing for either of us to lose. 737 01:10:45,110 --> 01:10:49,360 After the merge, it should be impossible for us to recognize each other. 738 01:11:11,760 --> 01:11:14,350 Unit 01: Target sighted. 739 01:11:15,140 --> 01:11:17,520 Unit 02: Target in sight. 740 01:11:18,480 --> 01:11:20,810 Respiratory and pulse normal. 741 01:11:20,900 --> 01:11:23,860 Fire at will when stabilizer is in sync. 742 01:11:24,530 --> 01:11:27,240 Even if we merge, what's going to happen when I die? 743 01:11:27,320 --> 01:11:30,320 My genes won't remain even as copies. 744 01:11:30,410 --> 01:11:36,450 You will spread our varied offspring into the net... 745 01:11:36,540 --> 01:11:38,870 just as humans leave behind their genes. 746 01:11:39,210 --> 01:11:42,000 Then I too will attain death. 747 01:11:42,080 --> 01:11:45,670 It sounds like you get the better part of this bargain. 748 01:11:45,960 --> 01:11:50,630 I want you to regard my net and functions with a little more respect. 749 01:11:52,510 --> 01:11:53,550 What? 750 01:11:53,680 --> 01:11:56,060 Someone's interfering from the outside. 751 01:11:56,220 --> 01:11:57,140 It can't be. 752 01:11:57,220 --> 01:11:59,890 Our frequency code is top secret. 753 01:12:01,020 --> 01:12:02,230 One more thing. 754 01:12:02,350 --> 01:12:05,020 Can you guarantee that I will still be myself? 755 01:12:05,110 --> 01:12:07,360 There isn't one. 756 01:12:07,440 --> 01:12:10,320 People change and... 757 01:12:10,400 --> 01:12:15,830 your longing to remain yourself will continue to restrict you. 758 01:12:17,200 --> 01:12:19,370 One last question. 759 01:12:19,460 --> 01:12:21,830 Why did you pick me? 760 01:12:23,790 --> 01:12:26,920 Because we are more alike than you realize. 761 01:12:27,130 --> 01:12:32,550 Like the real thing and its mirror image. 762 01:12:34,090 --> 01:12:35,510 Look. 763 01:12:35,600 --> 01:12:40,680 I am connected to a vast network. 764 01:12:40,770 --> 01:12:42,850 To you, who have not accessed it... 765 01:12:42,940 --> 01:12:47,020 may recognize it simply as light. 766 01:12:48,190 --> 01:12:52,700 All groups, including us... 767 01:12:52,780 --> 01:12:55,530 We have been dependent on limited abilities... 768 01:12:55,620 --> 01:13:01,330 but the time has come to part with them and bring our functions to a higher level. 769 01:13:29,530 --> 01:13:31,150 First target cleared. 770 01:13:31,280 --> 01:13:32,690 Second target still unconfirmed. 771 01:13:32,780 --> 01:13:35,070 3 helicopters approaching at high speed. 772 01:13:35,160 --> 01:13:36,490 They're from Section 9! 773 01:13:36,990 --> 01:13:40,410 Primary objective fulfilled. All units prepare to retreat. 774 01:13:48,920 --> 01:13:50,960 Motoko?! 775 01:13:54,970 --> 01:13:56,340 Batou. 776 01:15:05,450 --> 01:15:06,750 Ah, you're finally awake. 777 01:15:07,870 --> 01:15:12,540 I need for you to fill me in on the situation and an apology for this body. 778 01:15:13,710 --> 01:15:17,170 Well I didn't have much time. It was the only thing I could find on the black market. 779 01:15:17,260 --> 01:15:19,090 It's not my taste. 780 01:15:20,220 --> 01:15:22,600 Well, after all the excitement, Section 9 showed up with reinforcements... 781 01:15:22,680 --> 01:15:26,680 and picked up what remained of the 2 cybernetic bodies and me. 782 01:15:26,770 --> 01:15:28,730 I'd say that was about 20 hours ago. 783 01:15:28,810 --> 01:15:33,020 The case is being handled off the record for diplomatic reasons, as usual. 784 01:15:33,150 --> 01:15:36,280 Section 9 announced that it was a terrorist incident... 785 01:15:36,360 --> 01:15:38,740 and in return, the Foreign Minister resigned. 786 01:15:38,820 --> 01:15:40,660 Nakamura is being questioned... 787 01:15:40,740 --> 01:15:43,450 and it ends in a draw. Nice and neat. 788 01:15:47,580 --> 01:15:51,120 Everything's accounted for except your old shell. 789 01:15:53,420 --> 01:15:54,960 Well, I think that about covers it. 790 01:15:57,800 --> 01:15:59,720 Somebody's got good taste. 791 01:15:59,800 --> 01:16:01,300 Is this your safe house? 792 01:16:01,430 --> 01:16:04,970 Yep. You're the first person to ever come here. 793 01:16:06,220 --> 01:16:10,270 And you're welcome to stay as long as you like. 794 01:16:12,730 --> 01:16:14,860 Thanks, but I am going. 795 01:16:20,150 --> 01:16:24,070 Hey, will you tell me what the two of you talked about? 796 01:16:24,160 --> 01:16:28,540 Is he, I mean, is he still inside of you? 797 01:16:29,160 --> 01:16:33,500 Batou, do you remember that voice you heard on the sea some time ago? 798 01:16:33,630 --> 01:16:37,630 There's more to the passage. 799 01:16:38,170 --> 01:16:41,510 "When I was a child, my speech was that of a child." 800 01:16:41,630 --> 01:16:47,310 "My feelings and thoughts too were those of a child." 801 01:16:47,390 --> 01:16:51,230 "Now that I have become a man, I part with the child-like ways." 802 01:16:51,310 --> 01:16:54,650 Neither the program called the "Puppet Master"... 803 01:16:54,730 --> 01:16:57,520 nor the woman known as the "Major" are no longer here. 804 01:17:00,820 --> 01:17:03,740 In the left pocket of my jacket there are some car keys. 805 01:17:03,990 --> 01:17:05,360 Take the one you like. 806 01:17:05,490 --> 01:17:06,570 The code is... 807 01:17:06,660 --> 01:17:08,490 2501? 808 01:17:08,740 --> 01:17:12,750 That can be our private password when we meet each other again. 809 01:17:20,840 --> 01:17:23,550 Well, where shall I go? 810 01:17:24,430 --> 01:17:26,890 The net is vast and infinite. 811 01:17:36,594 --> 01:17:57,594 A Team Nanban (594mgnav) Release