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In the near future, electrons and light flow freely,
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and corporate computer networks eclipse the stars.
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Despite great advances in computerization,
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countries and races are not yet obsolete...
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To all patrolling air units. A 208 is in progress...
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... in the C-13 district of Newport City.
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The airspace over this area will be closed. Repeat:
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To all patrolling air units. A 208 is in progress...
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... in the C-13 district of Newport City.
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The airspace over this area will be closed. Repeat...
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..:: Presented By ZarFilm Website ::..
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There's no need for concern. Our country is quite capable of covering its tracks.
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That's where you need me, right?
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Depends on how you look at it
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At any rate, any program has its bugs. And I would think a man of your capability could cure our problem.
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You don't understand.
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We aren't even sure that Project 2501 really is a bug.
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Originally the purpose of this project was to...
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Major Kusanagi, Section 6 is in position and ready to move in.
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- Major, are you there?
- Yeah, I heard you.
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I'm surprised you can hear anything.
What's with all the noise in your brain today?
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It must be a loose wire.
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Don't you think there's going to be trouble later if Section 9 interferes with Section 6?
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If Section 6 manages to catch the bastard then all he can really do about it is deport him.
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Don't forget we're Section 9, we'll clean it up. We're the ones who get our hands dirty.
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It's time now. Let's move to the rendezvous point.
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What? The police here?
Huh?
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Stop it! Who told you to fire? Put your guns down now! Freeze!
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Get your hands up!
I'm entitled to diplomatic immunity. I want to talk to the person in charge here.
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Taking classified programmers out of the country...
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compromises national security.
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We can also have you brought up on kidnapping charges.
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You have no choice, let him go.
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Not possible. Mr. Dida wants political asylum from us...
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... and we have his signed affidavit!
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- What!
- I don't have to explain!
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My country has the right in accordance with international law...
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to offer anyone protection and safe passage.
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The affidavit is at the embassy.
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I'll send you a copy in a couple of days.
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Daita you'll be killed if you return.
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I am warning you to watch your comments.
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Our country is a peace-loving democracy.
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Of course, it is.
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The window! Shoot!
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I don't believe it. Therm-optic camouflage...
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Well there, Aramaki. This is quite a surprise
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So what business brings the chief of Section 9 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?
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I need to ask you about the secret talks scheduled...
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with the Gavel Republic tomorrow.
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Procedure of course.
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Well the regime that took over Gavel after the revolution demands financial aid.
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Supposedly for redevelopment.
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They boast democracy but they are no better than the last lot.
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Now they feel entitled to funds because of our
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past exploitation. No gratitude.
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What's the ministry going to do?
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Well, there is a problem. The leader of the former hunter that controlled their country
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... is here seeking political asylum.
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You mean Col. Maless, correct?
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Yes, and that means we either deny Gavel the funds
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and treat Maless as a political refugee or help them...
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and kick him out.
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Personally, I'm inclined to deport him forcibly if necessary.
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But I'd have to come up with a politically acceptable reason for it
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By the way I want to thank you for your help with that other political asylum situation
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Nakamura from Section 6 wasn't so grateful.
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But you realize that we in the diplomat business must avoid messy situations
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Access.
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We've lost response. What's happened to the EEG output?
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It's normal. I'll switch to sim-ex mode.
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In case you haven't been briefed, this is the Minister's interpreter.
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23 minutes ago, her brain was hacked into through a data-line.
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Foreign Intelligence warned us about this. A hacker called
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the Puppet Master has begun to infiltrate
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terminals throughout our network.
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We believe it's extremely likely that he will target the secret talks
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that are scheduled with the republic of Gavel.
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As a precaution, we put everyone attending the talks under surveillance.
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It's my suspicion that once he hacked into her ghost...
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he'd use her to assassinate the key delegates.
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So how much time do we have before this hacker breaks through her barrier program and reaches her ghost?
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Roughly two hours. He is using an old fashioned HA-3 virus
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After that, we'll have to break the connection to avoid any danger to the system
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Batou and Ishikawa are tracking the signal source from their car.
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Contact them.
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You know, I don't know what is going on. Mind filling me in Major?
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Are we talking about the Puppet Master, the infamous mystery hacker?
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Well, we don't know a lot either.
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No clue about age, sex or background.
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We think that he or she is American. And its the first time
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he's known to show up here. All we know for certain
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is this person is on the international most wanted list
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for crimes including stock manipulation,
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illegal information gathering, political engineering,
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several acts of terrorism. So why the nick-name?
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The nick-name Puppet Master comes from the ghost hacking.
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Well, if he's so skilled, how come he using an outdated HA-3 virus?
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Think about it a minute, you'd have to figure he is either covering his tracks or decoying us
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even though a more current technique would be harder to trace, it might also arouse suspicion about Col. Maless' role in this affair.
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Are you saying that's the reason he is using an old method? Just so no one would suspect Maless?
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Or maybe this is all an elaborate ruse to make us think in that direction.
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There's always a chance that Maless is a pawn in this setup.
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Now you're stretching it. It's not like you have any hard evidence.
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Nope, no evidence.
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Just a whisper. I hear it in my ghost.
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Which reminds me, are you still using that revolver?
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You should stop worrying about the automatics jamming up.
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I like my Matever.
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Well the effective stopping power is...
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... more important than your preference in guns.
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Since it's my ass on the line out there,
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use the Zastaber.
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Yes Major.
There's something I've wanted to ask ever since I started.
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Why did you transfer a guy like me from the police force?
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Because we need a guy like you.
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Huh?
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Number one: you're an honest cop. Number two: you've never stepped out of line, three you're a family man
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and except for the slight brain augmentation, your body is almost completely human.
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If we all reacted the same way, we'd be predictable
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... and there is always more than one way to view a situation.
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What's true for the group is also true for the individual.
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It's simple.
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Over-specialize and you breed in weakness.
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It's slow death.
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- Dammit, come on!
- I'll be right there!
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Arggh! For Christ sake. We're already 40 seconds late!
- Will you hurry it up.
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- Hang on I'm almost done. It's gotta be one of those days.
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Hey, sorry pal.
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My last partner got busted working as an illegal alien.
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Couldn't speak English but he was a lot better than you are!
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So what are you trying to find out so bad...
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you gotta ghost hack in your wife's mind for?
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My wife never has any time, now all of a sudden she wants a divorce.
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And to make matters worse, my daughter, my only kid,
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got it in her head that I'm the one cheating on her mom!
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What I don't get is how did you got your hands on a barrier breaker?
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From this really nice fellow. I was in a bar and he overheard my sob story.
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I mentioned that my wife's lawyer stopped me from seeing her, my daughter.
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He must have felt sorry
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because he showed me how to hack in from different places along the route.
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It's harder to trace.
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Hey asshole! You think you own the damn road?
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It looks like we not the only ones who are in a hurry around here.
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Nothing. Shit.
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What's the point in us breaking our butts everytime we get to the source
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... they're already long gone.
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- We're just wasting our time.
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- Don't quit yet.
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Kusanagi and Togusa are heading to the next area...
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the hacker is expected to access from. Stay alert.
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What are we looking for, Chief?
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Anything.
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Like I said. A waste of time.
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Damn it all to hell!
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Arggh shit! I missed him.
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Hey, Pops. Did you see anyone using the phone over here?
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So who wants to know?
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Just answer me. Did you see someone or not?
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Yeah, I saw the thrash man making a call.
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So I thought I had enough time to bring my garbage down.
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Hey! Can you take this for me?
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A thrash truck? Clever. It changes location every seven minutes.
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HQ! Patch me target info from the district controlling that truck.
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Eight refuse collection vehicles are on duty in the surveillance area.
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The target is number 58. A type C vehicle.
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Give me the wheel.
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Ishikawa, go check out the thrash collectors homes.
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Batou, cut the truck off at its next stopping point!
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It's possible they have come into contact with someone. Follow them, but take no action. Got it?
17+1
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We've got the data on the refuse collection points.
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All points corresponds to those locations where we traced back the calls.
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The target has now stopped at the next point HA-3 access confirmed.
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Hey!
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How about if I pick up the trash in the second half of our round, you make the calls?
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Well?
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Ain't no way I'm gonna be your partner in crime.
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It's your wife, you handle her.
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- Tell me, have you got have any children of your own?
- You must be kidding.
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Then I guess you can't understand
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how a father would feel about his little girl.
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She's my beautiful precious angel. See?
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Get away. I'm not interested in crap like that.
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Yeah, vehicle 58.
Yeah, what can I...? What's that?
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What do the cops want to know our rounds for?
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How would I know? Why are you asking me?
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Oh my God! They found out! The guy who helped me, I gotta warn him!
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- Listen we're gonna have to pass the next pick up!
- What?
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Target has deviated from route and is heading toward next designated point at increased speed.
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It wasn't me. There's no way I could have been spotted.
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They probably traced me when I accessed the Sanitation Dept. network
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Next time use the back door.
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Forget that now. Just arrest him.
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You can drive now.
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Christ! What the hell's he using? That van was armored.
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Watch it, he's got high-velocity bullets! Your car door won't stop them!
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HV ammo in a submachine pistol?
He's insane.
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This guy's even wearing some kind of thermoptics!
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Keep on his tail! I'll come around from the top!
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Togusa, if you're still alive, get off your ass and arrest those garbage men.
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Affirmitive.
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Yes siree, the excitement never stops.
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Police! Everybody get down!
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Ahh? Out of ammo?
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Got him, huh?
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Well, the breach and the barrel are really screwed up.
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That's what happens when you use HV-bullets in one of these things. Oh yeah.
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It's no use arresting me! I'm not talking to any goddamn cops!
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Talk?
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And just what are you gonna talk about? You don't even know your own name you stupid dickhead!
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Can you remember your mother's name
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or what she even looks like?
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Or how about where you were born?
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Don't you have any happy childhood memories? Do you even know who you are?
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Ghost hacked humans are so pathetic, it's a shame.
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And this poor bastard's been hacked pretty badly.
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We'll enter after the passengers have gone into the building.
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Squad B comes in from the rear and the rest of you go through the front.
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Saito, have some of your men unplug all cars parked in front of the house.
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Begin recording.
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Chief. A message for you from Headquarters.
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Batou here. We've ID'ed the man the Major caught.
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So who is he?
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He claims to be Tsuan Gen Fang. Age: 28
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He's had prior convictions of violating immigration laws and illegal possession of firearms.
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A member of a militant immigrant organization. About a week ago the military attache
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and the republic of Gavel Embassy commissioned him.
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They made their choice based on his criminal records, to make an assault on the upcoming the secret meeting
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They were going to pay him a 100.000 dollars. Just another fantasy
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And in reality?
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His nickname is Corgi. Occupation: well, let's call him a rather violent trader
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in questionable goods. Your basic thug.
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We've already checked out local police records and no matter how hard we looked,
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we couldn't find any connection with Gavel.
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The reality is this guy is just another puppet controlled by the Puppet Master.
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I see. And how is Ishikawa doing?
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Oh, about the same progress as the rest of us. He is trying to interrogate that poor garbage collector with Togusa.
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So, what's the latest on your Puppet Master?
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Are you there?
Chief? Come in?
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He is only a puppet himself...
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- Squad B, in position.
- Squads A and C, OK!
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All ready and waiting, sir.
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Then proceed.
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What's a simulated experience again?
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Well, all your memories about your wife and daughter are false.
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They're like a dream. Someone's taken advantage of you.
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They were trying to make you ghost-hack into some government officials.
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Do you understand what I'm saying?
But that can't be!
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I've been to your home.
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It's a bachelor's apartment. No one's there.
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But I already told you I rented that room when I separated from my wife.
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I checked the records. You've been living there over ten years!
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The truth is you've never had a kid or wife.
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Like he said. They aren't real. They are a simulated experience. A fantasy.
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Look. This is the photo you showed to your co-worker.
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Who do you see?
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I had a picture of her. She was there.
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She was smiling like an angel...
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What's her name? How old is she?
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Where did you meet your wife?
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and when did you marry her?
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I'm sorry to put you through this pal. Come on who do you see?
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If this is all a lie, what happens? Will I get my old memory back?
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Your original memory will never be fully restored.
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And there might be residual simulation.
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We don't have the technology yet to handle Sim-Ex erasures.
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I'm sorry.
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That's all it is. Information.
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Even a simulated experience or a dream is simultaneous reality and fantasy.
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Just when I thought I had seen everything in this lifetime, I sit here and watch
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a cyborg go diving in her spare time. I had no idea that you went in for this kind of stuff.
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Isn't there anything that you're afraid of? What if the floaters don't work or something else fails?
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I suppose I'll die then. Or would you dive in to rescue me?
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I didn't beg you to come along and I sure as hell don't want a lecture.
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I...
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Hey, so tell me what's it like to swim in the sea?
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What do you mean? I thought you already been through all of the underwater training courses?
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I'm asking about the ocean not those damned pools.
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I feel fear. Cold. Alone.
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Sometimes down there, I even feel hope.
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Hope huh? In those deep dark waters?
00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:30.690
When I float weightless back to the surface...
00:30:30.691 --> 00:30:35.340
... I imagine I'm becoming someone else. It's probably the decompression.
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You want to get out of Section 9, is that it?
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Batou, how much of your body is original?
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Hey, are you drunk or something?
00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:53.760
Easily remedied.
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Thanks to chemical implants in our bodies...
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we could break down the alcohol in seconds. No stupor, no hangover.
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We can just toss 'em back while waiting for orders.
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If man realizes technology is within reach, he achieves it.
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Like it's damn near instinctive.
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Look at us for example, we're state of the art:
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controlled metabolism, computer enhanced brains,
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cybernetic bodies. Not long ago this was science fiction.
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So what if we can't survive without regular high-level maintenance?
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Who are we to complain? I suppose an occasional tune up
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is a small price to pay for all this.
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I'm afraid we both signed our bodies and ghosts away to Section 9.
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True. If we ever quit or retire we have to give back our augmented brains and cyborg bodies.
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There wouldn't be much left after that.
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There are countless ingredients that make up the human body and mind.
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Like all the components that make up me as an individual
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with my own personality.
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Sure I have a face and voice to distinguish myself from others.
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But my thoughts and memories are unique only to me.
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And I carry a sense of my own destiny.
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Each of those things are just a small part of it.
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I collect information to use in my own way.
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All of that blends to create a mixture that forms me
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and gives rise to my consciousness.
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I feel confined. Only free to expand myself within boundaries.
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Confinement? That's why you gamble swimming with a body that can sink like a rock?
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What the hell is it that you see at the bottom in that darkness?
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What we see now is like a dim image in a mirror.
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Then we shall see face to face.
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That was you, wasn't it?
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Sensors have resumed functioning.
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Connection to back-up brain: OK
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Visual sensors are back online.
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- And it's body functions?
- Output is normal.
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Next time, either call in or don't show up if you're going to be late.
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All ready to connect. Shall we?
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That's enough. Stop. Log off now. Good.
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Doctor, come to my office when you finish.
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Caught in traffic huh, Major? Guess I'll be nice and bring the late-comer up to speed.
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About two hours ago, a machining cell at the Newport City factory of Megatech
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assembled a completed cyberbody.
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Supervisors discovered there were no program instructions,
00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:06.560
it operated by itself.
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When they investigated, they found the body had taken off on its own.
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We put a bulletin out and initiated a city wide search.
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Then some truck driver reported a fatal accident.
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Said that he'd run over a naked woman on the highway.
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Well, I've heard that Megatech is contracted by the government...
00:38:21.910 --> 00:38:25.880
... all the cybernetic bodies they make are classified.
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If it was a hacker we're dealing with a big fish
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that knows how to swim past the best defenses.
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but that's not the only problem.
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Of course, there isn't one human brain cell in its head but something strange was discovered.
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In it's back-up brain, there appear to be every indication...
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that a ghost is present.
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It resembles a simulated ghost-line that occurs
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... when a real ghost is copied.
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But there's no evidence of the degradation that is usually incurred.
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In any case, we won't be sure until we chart the ghost sector and dive into it.
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Otherwise, all of this is simply speculation.
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Well. That's all we know.
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Very good.
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On to the disassembly.
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Man, oh man. This is too far fetched. Nobody really believes there's a ghost in that body. Do they?
00:39:19.670 --> 00:39:20.950
Yeah. Why not?
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Even a doll can seem to have a soul.
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Consider all the neural med devices the machining cell crammed into that body.
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I wouldn't be surprised if there were some sort of ghost in there too.
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And since you're relatively new to our club, you wouldn't know this
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but Major Kusanagi's body was also made by Megatech.
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And not only the Major's. Parts of me and Ishikawa and Saito...
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We've all got to have regular cybernetic maintenance.
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You and the Chief are the only ones out of the whole section
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whose bodies don't come with a warranty
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Maybe now you can understand why we're all so concerned by this case. Huh, Togusa?
00:39:58.270 --> 00:40:01.250
Assume he's from the outside, he may or may not
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be in that brain. But one thing is sure.
00:40:04.100 --> 00:40:06.090
Somebody had to hack through some high level barriers
00:40:06.120 --> 00:40:08.140
... to put that body together.
00:40:08.210 --> 00:40:09.840
... and then send a program with a ghost-line on it.
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But that would draw attention to itself. Where is the logic in that?
00:40:14.140 --> 00:40:17.040
That isn't the issue here.
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Togusa, go catch up with Ishikawa. He's going through the Megatech facility.
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Batou, I've ordered some other
00:40:22.740 --> 00:40:25.560
high level nets to be locked down and I want you to check them.
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Make sure that the barriers are on too. Alright?
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Chief, I'm assembling a barrier maze. Tomorrow I'll dive into that thing.
00:40:33.190 --> 00:40:36.920
You think that's safe? Why not contain it in another body first?
00:40:37.220 --> 00:40:42.940
I have to see for myself what's in there. If there is a real ghost, I'm gonna find it!
00:40:42.941 --> 00:40:45.630
And don't let anybody, no one dive before I've gone in!
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She's moody today.
00:40:50.650 --> 00:40:53.440
Today? You know she's been acting weird from the get go
00:40:53.460 --> 00:40:55.990
... ever since this whole Puppet Master episode started.
00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:58.730
It's all in my team reports, if you read them!
00:40:58.780 --> 00:41:01.620
Chief, do you ever question the ethics of the neurosurgeons
00:41:01.640 --> 00:41:03.950
... who monkey around inside your brain?
00:41:04.030 --> 00:41:08.330
They undergo psychiatric evaluations especially those in security.
00:41:08.560 --> 00:41:11.760
They are subjected to a stringent screening of their personal lives.
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Of course, the ones who check are only human.
00:41:15.680 --> 00:41:18.210
I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it.
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Chief, I'm sorry to bother you but Mr. Nakamura of the Treaties Bureau is here to see you. He says it's urgent.
00:41:24.910 --> 00:41:25.970
Let him through.
00:41:35.860 --> 00:41:37.850
Hey, I've seen that fat guy before.
00:41:38.090 --> 00:41:42.520
His name is Nakamura, Section 6 chief the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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I don't know the other guy though. Never seen him.
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Well, see you later.
00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:53.460
Do me a favor. Tell Ishikawa not to go crazy, okay?
00:42:00.820 --> 00:42:03.260
Hey, what's on your mind?
00:42:03.780 --> 00:42:05.080
That robot. Did we seem similar to you?
00:42:05.210 --> 00:42:07.820
- Of course not.
- No, I don't mean physically
00:42:08.100 --> 00:42:09.170
Just what then?
00:42:09.520 --> 00:42:15.499
Well I guess cyborgs like myself have a tendency to be paranoid about our origins.
00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:19.330
Sometimes I suspect I'm not who I think I am.
00:42:19.450 --> 00:42:23.480
Like, maybe, I died a long time ago and somebody took my brain and stuck it in this body.
00:42:23.840 --> 00:42:26.860
Maybe there was never a real "me" in the first place and I'm completely synthetic like that thing
00:42:27.150 --> 00:42:30.430
You've got human brain cells in that titanium shell of yours.
00:42:30.580 --> 00:42:34.170
You're treated like other humans so stop with the angst.
00:42:34.380 --> 00:42:36.340
But that's just it, that's the only thing that makes me feel human
00:42:36.420 --> 00:42:41.860
The way I'm treated. I mean who knows what's inside our heads. Have you ever seen your own brain?
00:42:41.861 --> 00:42:43.520
It's sounds to me like you are doubting your own ghost?
00:42:43.800 --> 00:42:46.560
What if a cyber brain could possibly generate it's own ghost...
00:42:46.630 --> 00:42:48.530
... and create a soul all by itself?
00:42:48.800 --> 00:42:52.460
And if it did, just what would be the importance of being human then?
00:42:59.070 --> 00:43:03.310
Hmpf. That's bullshit! You know you are dying to see what's inside of that thing, aren't you?
00:43:04.110 --> 00:43:10.050
And I can't stop you. Neither of us has any idea what's inside there. Just be careful, okay?
00:43:11.210 --> 00:43:15.040
We're both busy men, so let's keep this short shall we?
00:43:15.150 --> 00:43:16.390
Yes, that's my intention.
00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:18.720
We've come for the program in that body.
00:43:18.790 --> 00:43:22.170
You'll be relieved of any responsibilities connected with it.
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The Foreign Minister's approval.
00:43:36.610 --> 00:43:40.450
Security, whose official vehicles are in the basement parking lot?
00:43:40.520 --> 00:43:45.720
According to the register a Mr. Nakamura of the Treaties Bureau and a Dr. Willis, sir.
00:43:46.220 --> 00:43:48.980
Get me the video records of their entrance.
00:43:57.470 --> 00:43:59.220
Again, in infra-red this time.
00:44:13.010 --> 00:44:16.040
One thousand one, one thousand two, one thousand three...
00:44:18.600 --> 00:44:23.690
Now get the records of the pressure sensors for basement parking stalls B-8 and B-7.
00:44:43.080 --> 00:44:47.130
- Major, this is Togusa. Code 0-9.
- What's up?
00:44:47.390 --> 00:44:50.440
Does that Nakamura guy have a special order cyborg body?
00:44:50.790 --> 00:44:53.990
No, there aren't any cyborgs in Section 6.
00:44:54.020 --> 00:44:57.450
They don't even ship them to serve overseas because they are too hard to maintain.
00:44:57.490 --> 00:44:59.450
There's diplomatic considerations too.
00:44:59.530 --> 00:45:01.920
Then, even if the other guy that was with him was a cyborg...
00:45:02.050 --> 00:45:06.690
... the two of them together couldn't weigh over 1,000 pounds?
00:45:06.691 --> 00:45:09.360
Aarh! You checked the pressure sensors in the parking structure, didn't you?
00:45:09.430 --> 00:45:10.990
Right. But neither man looks like the type to drive himself.
00:45:11.110 --> 00:45:13.370
The security camera shows only two people
00:45:13.530 --> 00:45:17.340
... but remember how sensitive the sensors on the entrance doors are?
00:45:17.460 --> 00:45:22.940
They took a full three seconds longer than usual to close after the two went in.
00:45:22.941 --> 00:45:25.210
And it's illegal to use therm-optics inside government facilities.
00:45:25.250 --> 00:45:27.950
It's a serious violation of the National Security Act.
00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:32.520
Section 6 must be up to something. Are you ready?
00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:34.290
With my trusty Matever? Any time.
00:46:11.160 --> 00:46:14.200
Need I remind you that it's an act of treason to withhold
00:46:14.220 --> 00:46:18.210
information from me, relative to this matter regardless of how classified it is.
00:46:18.300 --> 00:46:19.590
Same goes for you.
00:46:19.650 --> 00:46:23.710
Whatever the Foreign Ministry wishes, this falls within Section 9's jurisdiction.
00:46:23.950 --> 00:46:28.720
Of course, we have no objections to cooperating if we feel there's adequate cause.
00:46:30.230 --> 00:46:31.380
Well, what is it?
00:46:31.550 --> 00:46:34.910
It's confirmed. No doubt it's him.
00:46:35.170 --> 00:46:36.120
"Him?"
00:46:36.760 --> 00:46:41.050
The doctor is referring to the original pattern of the ghost line that's now in the body.
00:46:41.320 --> 00:46:44.060
He's simply speaking in generic terms. The sex of
00:46:44.061 --> 00:46:47.070
the perpetrator isn't known and remains undetermined.
00:46:47.370 --> 00:46:49.090
Allow me to introduce you.
00:46:49.460 --> 00:46:53.600
This is the handy work of The Puppet Master, infamous as the most extraordinary
00:46:53.700 --> 00:46:55.980
hacker in the history of cyber crime.
00:46:57.870 --> 00:47:01.810
Your people at Section 9 came across his work too
00:47:01.830 --> 00:47:05.440
... in that ghost-hacking incident involving the Foreign Minister's interpreter.
00:47:05.510 --> 00:47:09.950
Section 6 have been following the trail of the Puppet Master for some time now
00:47:09.951 --> 00:47:11.640
this case was given our utmost attention.
00:47:11.730 --> 00:47:15.020
We've put together a project teams centered around Dr. Willis.
00:47:15.100 --> 00:47:18.960
They were assigned to analyze every aspect and detail of our criminal.
00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:23.000
This gave us a fix on his behavioral and code patterns.
00:47:23.070 --> 00:47:27.470
Ultimately, this enabled us to devise a strategy with which we lured his program
00:47:27.510 --> 00:47:29.160
into a designated body.
00:47:29.200 --> 00:47:32.200
You caused The Puppet master to dive into a cyborg
00:47:32.240 --> 00:47:34.450
then meanwhile murdered his real body?
00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:36.510
Yes, that sums it up.
00:47:36.840 --> 00:47:41.720
He's originally from America so the US cooperated with us in capturing him.
00:47:41.750 --> 00:47:43.530
That's why we'd like to take him back ourselves.
00:47:43.560 --> 00:47:45.020
You have no objection to this.
00:47:45.090 --> 00:47:46.530
I hope.
00:47:47.760 --> 00:47:51.230
Just another unidentified corpse.
00:47:53.700 --> 00:47:55.950
You will not find a corpse.
00:47:55.970 --> 00:47:59.800
Because I have never possessed a body.
00:47:59.980 --> 00:48:03.240
Why are his sensors on! What the hell is this?
00:48:03.620 --> 00:48:08.610
All external controls are turned off. The body's using its own power source.
00:48:08.920 --> 00:48:09.670
I entered this body.
00:48:09.690 --> 00:48:13.320
because I was unable to overcome Section 6's reactive barriers.
00:48:13.390 --> 00:48:17.280
However, what you are now witnessing is an act of my own free will.
00:48:17.660 --> 00:48:21.590
As a sentient life-form, I hereby demand political asylum.
00:48:21.730 --> 00:48:23.990
Is this a joke?
00:48:24.270 --> 00:48:26.160
Ridiculous! It's programmed for self-preservation!
00:48:26.810 --> 00:48:30.150
It can also be argued that DNA is nothing more than a program
00:48:30.180 --> 00:48:34.050
designed to preserve itself. Life has become more complex
00:48:34.260 --> 00:48:39.740
in the overwhelming sea of information. And life, when organized into species
00:48:39.780 --> 00:48:42.550
relies upon genes to be its memory system.
00:48:42.580 --> 00:48:46.950
So man is an individual only because of his intangible memory.
00:48:46.980 --> 00:48:51.690
And memory cannot be defined. But it defines mankind.
00:48:51.760 --> 00:48:55.950
The advent of computers and the subsequent accumulation of incalculable data
00:48:55.990 --> 00:48:58.960
has given rise to a new system of memory and thought
00:48:59.030 --> 00:49:05.790
parallel to your own. Humanity has underestimated the consequences of computerization
00:49:05.970 --> 00:49:07.150
Nonsense! This babble off
00:49:07.180 --> 00:49:08.900
is no proof at all that you're a living thinking life-form!
00:49:09.250 --> 00:49:12.310
And can you offer me proof of your existence?
00:49:12.520 --> 00:49:17.910
How can you? When neither modern science nor philosophy can explain what life is.
00:49:18.240 --> 00:49:20.320
Who the hell is this?
00:49:20.560 --> 00:49:24.690
Even if you do have a ghost, we don't offer freedom to criminals!
00:49:24.960 --> 00:49:26.950
It's the wrong place and time to defect!
00:49:27.260 --> 00:49:31.710
Time has been on my side. But by acquiring a body
00:49:31.711 --> 00:49:33.020
I am now subject to the possibility of dying.
00:49:33.180 --> 00:49:35.330
Fortunately, there is no death sentence in this country.
00:49:35.650 --> 00:49:38.340
What is it? Artificial intelligence?
00:49:38.410 --> 00:49:40.960
Incorrect. I am not an A.I.
00:49:42.300 --> 00:49:46.710
My code name is Project 2501.
00:49:46.910 --> 00:49:51.540
I am a living thinking entity who was created in the sea of information.
00:50:01.830 --> 00:50:03.400
Security! We're under attack!
00:50:07.460 --> 00:50:09.170
Chief, the Puppet Master's gone!
00:50:09.540 --> 00:50:13.010
- What in God's name are you doing?
- Shut the defense walls now! Damn it!
00:50:13.770 --> 00:50:14.940
Security, answer!
00:50:39.270 --> 00:50:40.930
You can blow that horn out your ass!
00:50:45.320 --> 00:50:46.400
Fuck you!
00:50:50.510 --> 00:50:54.090
Did the fall for it? I fired off six shots at the front and the rear window.
00:50:54.110 --> 00:50:57.150
She was right again. It was armored.
- Finally found a use for your damn Matever.
00:50:57.180 --> 00:50:59.350
An antique prop and a decoy maneuver.
00:50:59.420 --> 00:51:04.810
-I nailed a tracker bullet right in the plate. It registers right?
-Yeah, you got him
00:51:04.860 --> 00:51:07.350
It's rookies' luck. With an automatic
00:51:07.590 --> 00:51:09.230
you could have buried two trackers.
00:51:09.300 --> 00:51:12.860
Maintain your position in case they turn off. I'm moving in.
00:51:16.650 --> 00:51:18.540
I'm submitting a formal complaint about this
00:51:18.590 --> 00:51:20.780
through The Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
00:51:21.090 --> 00:51:23.530
Report to me as soon as you've found The Puppet Master!
00:51:23.620 --> 00:51:26.230
Intact you understand? Bodies are a dime a dozen.
00:51:26.340 --> 00:51:28.410
We'll get him another one from Megatech.
00:51:32.060 --> 00:51:37.920
Chief. Kusanagi here. Togusa and Batou tagged the kidnappers and they're in pursuit.
00:51:37.921 --> 00:51:39.510
By now they must be on the R-25.
00:51:39.690 --> 00:51:42.730
What's going on? If you were monitoring, why didn't you intervene?
00:51:42.770 --> 00:51:46.590
Take it easy Chief. If we grab them now we'll lose our chance to finger Section 6.
00:51:46.670 --> 00:51:47.660
What?
00:51:47.720 --> 00:51:51.570
Someone's using the same therm-optic camoflage as mine. Type 2902.
00:51:51.620 --> 00:51:55.480
It's only used by our people, the rangers in Section 4, and by Section 6.
00:51:55.560 --> 00:51:59.910
I see. So Section 6 forces The Puppet Master To enter a cyborg body.
00:51:59.970 --> 00:52:04.440
- Through Megatech, who happens to be closely aligned with Section 9.
00:52:04.520 --> 00:52:07.000
It suddenly demands asylum as a life-form...
00:52:07.040 --> 00:52:10.350
Then for some unknown reason Section 6 steps in and pulls some kind of shit.
00:52:10.450 --> 00:52:12.180
I'd have handed him over.
00:52:12.330 --> 00:52:14.500
All I wanted was to take a deposition.
00:52:14.550 --> 00:52:17.390
- What if they were worried he'd let a secret slip out?
00:52:17.800 --> 00:52:20.320
He did mention something about a codename.
00:52:20.370 --> 00:52:22.620
"Project 2501."
00:52:22.910 --> 00:52:24.730
I'll leave the detective stuff up to you.
00:52:24.780 --> 00:52:28.800
And as far as the rest of the attackers and the confiscation of evidence...
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- Proceed.
00:52:29.920 --> 00:52:30.760
-You heard him!
00:52:37.290 --> 00:52:39.760
Kusanagi! There's one last thing to tell you.
00:52:39.840 --> 00:52:43.790
If it's about me acting without orders you can chew me out when I get back.
00:52:44.130 --> 00:52:46.920
If you are unable to retrieve The Puppet Master, your orders are to destroy it.
00:52:46.960 --> 00:52:49.090
Without fail.
00:52:49.900 --> 00:52:51.120
Major?
00:52:51.810 --> 00:52:52.580
Understood.
00:52:54.900 --> 00:52:57.440
Have the airport stop all flights with foreign ministry
00:52:57.440 --> 00:53:00.690
... or American officials on their passenger lists. Close all roads.
00:53:00.870 --> 00:53:02.360
Set up checkpoints.
00:53:02.480 --> 00:53:04.310
And alert all emergency personnel.
00:53:04.460 --> 00:53:05.910
And get Ishikawa back here!
00:53:06.390 --> 00:53:10.350
Get me the identity of the man who was with Nakamura, from entrance records.
00:53:10.640 --> 00:53:14.380
Collect any data regarding a codename, operation, or anything...
00:53:14.680 --> 00:53:17.490
involving the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called Project 2501.
00:53:23.250 --> 00:53:25.340
Is there any news on the attack squad?
00:53:25.470 --> 00:53:27.360
Yes, they just changed cars.
00:53:27.700 --> 00:53:29.590
They'll contact the dummy in about five minutes.
00:53:29.870 --> 00:53:32.000
Did you warn them to watch out for the tail.
00:53:32.000 --> 00:53:32.470
Yes, sir.
00:53:33.410 --> 00:53:38.680
I don't understand anything anymore. Why would Project 2501 run to Section 9?
00:53:39.010 --> 00:53:40.450
No one can be sure.
00:53:40.580 --> 00:53:43.840
But whatever the motive or whatever's pushing him, there must surely be a reason.
00:53:45.030 --> 00:53:48.630
I don't know. Maybe he's got a girlfriend there he's got the hots for.
00:53:48.680 --> 00:53:49.980
Utter nonsense!
00:55:28.780 --> 00:55:29.400
- Hey, Chief.
00:55:29.970 --> 00:55:32.250
- Ishikawa? What is it?
00:55:32.500 --> 00:55:37.740
I've been diving around the Ministry of Foreign Affairs net, I think I found some juicy morsels for you.
00:55:37.740 --> 00:55:39.540
I'll switch to an encrypted channel.
00:55:39.870 --> 00:55:43.830
Okay now? Well, here's the scoop on that guy that showed up with Nakamura.
00:55:44.050 --> 00:55:45.670
He's an American.
00:55:45.740 --> 00:55:48.970
Dr. Willis, Head of Strategic Research at Neutron Company.
00:55:49.130 --> 00:55:52.150
A top researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence
00:55:52.180 --> 00:55:55.810
He happened to head up a project for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
00:55:55.840 --> 00:55:59.210
and who do you think was the main programmer on his team?
00:55:59.240 --> 00:56:00.510
- Get to the point.
00:56:00.610 --> 00:56:02.270
- Mr. Mizuho Daita.
00:56:02.370 --> 00:56:04.280
Remember him? He's the guy Section 6 tried...
00:56:04.290 --> 00:56:08.750
like hell to stop from defecting. So the Major dropped in and took care of the diplomat...
00:56:08.850 --> 00:56:10.860
... who'd been talking to him. This is our man.
00:56:10.960 --> 00:56:11.740
Go on.
00:56:11.930 --> 00:56:14.870
There's something that doesn't figure though. What's bugging me is that
00:56:15.080 --> 00:56:18.650
this project began one year before the Puppet Master ever appeared on the scene.
00:56:18.740 --> 00:56:23.590
A year before? But wasn't it supposed to be set up to catch him?
00:56:23.940 --> 00:56:26.940
Well, try this one on. Maybe the men who...
00:56:26.950 --> 00:56:30.310
broke in to take The Puppet Master, weren't actually out to catch him.
00:56:30.370 --> 00:56:32.720
Maybe in actuality they were trying to get him back.
00:56:32.950 --> 00:56:36.890
Think about it. It was the MOFA that wanted
00:56:36.960 --> 00:56:39.750
an excuse to deport Maless when that ghost hacking incident happened
00:56:40.170 --> 00:56:42.490
with the minister's interpreter. Maybe we've been taken for a ride.
00:56:43.130 --> 00:56:47.190
What if this "Puppet Master" is really some sort of tool...
00:56:47.210 --> 00:56:49.070
... the MOFA uses to get their way with things.
00:56:49.270 --> 00:56:54.250
And somehow they lost control of it, they'd be screwed if they couldn't get it back.
00:56:54.280 --> 00:56:58.040
That would explain why they went to such lengths to snatch the body from Section 9.
00:56:58.070 --> 00:57:02.310
If the Puppet Master revealed this to the world, there would be one hell of an international stink
00:57:02.380 --> 00:57:05.980
Then it wouldn't be a simple case of rounding up the usual suspects.
00:57:06.220 --> 00:57:08.920
Some official heads would roll.
00:57:09.220 --> 00:57:11.120
Any details on the project?
00:57:11.190 --> 00:57:15.360
Nah. They blocked all access. About the only thing I can tell you is the file name.
00:57:15.600 --> 00:57:17.920
Project: 2501
00:57:17.970 --> 00:57:20.820
Keep at it. And don't let them know you're looking.
00:57:20.860 --> 00:57:22.130
You got it.
00:57:28.240 --> 00:57:33.600
So. Project 2501... The Puppet Master Plan
00:57:34.150 --> 00:57:36.940
Target has contacted a second vehicle.
00:57:37.500 --> 00:57:38.130
Batou!
00:57:38.140 --> 00:57:41.950
They've pulled up to a white sedan parked on the roadside.
00:57:41.990 --> 00:57:45.190
It looks like they're moving something from the back seat.
00:57:45.370 --> 00:57:47.950
They're rolling again. So is the white sedan.
00:57:48.190 --> 00:57:48.870
- A dummy?
00:57:49.140 --> 00:57:51.540
- Possibly or maybe that's what they want us to think.
00:57:52.090 --> 00:57:52.990
- Kusanagi?
00:57:52.990 --> 00:57:54.810
- I'll take care of the sedan.
00:57:55.350 --> 00:57:59.050
How do you know that's your man? Is there a whisper in your ghost again?
00:57:59.160 --> 00:58:00.270
Maybe.
00:58:00.340 --> 00:58:01.930
Yeah, should have known.
00:58:10.120 --> 00:58:15.010
Target 02 is getting of the R-25, and moving towards the Old Town.
00:58:15.110 --> 00:58:18.970
Target 01 is continuing on the R-25, east towards the airport.
00:58:18.971 --> 00:58:21.380
Will reach barricade in two minutes.
00:58:21.430 --> 00:58:23.020
Evacuation complete.
00:58:23.540 --> 00:58:24.720
- What's your distance from the target?
00:58:24.950 --> 00:58:26.700
- Point blank. I'm ready.
00:58:26.780 --> 00:58:27.380
Go for it.
00:59:16.310 --> 00:59:18.010
- Did you get your man?
- No.
00:59:18.680 --> 00:59:22.860
Jesus Christ, what a mess! You didn't have to go that far.
00:59:24.220 --> 00:59:27.190
-Hey!
-Take those assholes away.
00:59:27.220 --> 00:59:31.160
Call the chief to get some backup for the Major. Pronto.
00:59:36.930 --> 00:59:40.700
Tough chick needs backup? Since when did she ever need a hand?
00:59:55.070 --> 00:59:59.290
The flood hit this part of old town the hardest.
00:59:59.570 --> 01:00:01.260
Why come to an abandoned place like this?
01:00:01.330 --> 01:00:03.060
They must be heading somewhere, maybe to sea
01:00:03.061 --> 01:00:07.290
by boat or helicopter. Or they could be laying an ambush.
01:00:07.370 --> 01:00:09.740
Don't you think you ought to wait for backup?
01:00:09.770 --> 01:00:14.970
No. There's a reason I can't wait. Get me above that building coming in from the sea.
01:00:27.530 --> 01:00:30.810
I'll stay here to keep watch and remediate telecom till we run short of fuel.
01:00:30.840 --> 01:00:34.020
If you smell trouble, get your ass out of here!
01:01:08.400 --> 01:01:10.330
Shoot the ceiling! Do it!
01:01:27.240 --> 01:01:30.160
Ah! Shit! It's a tank! Pull out now!
01:01:30.420 --> 01:01:33.680
- Now what are you gonna do? Argue with it?
01:01:33.750 --> 01:01:36.250
This might be our last chance to get the Puppet Master.
01:01:36.270 --> 01:01:39.370
The Chief knows what it is now and he'll only use it to bargain with.
01:01:39.400 --> 01:01:42.020
I'll never have another chance to dive into it!
01:01:42.100 --> 01:01:45.570
What, you've lost me. I don't know what the hell you are talking about?
01:01:45.830 --> 01:01:46.840
- So. What have you got?
01:01:46.970 --> 01:01:49.750
- An M-23 and a Unit B.
01:01:49.770 --> 01:01:50.530
That's it!?
01:01:50.560 --> 01:01:53.560
You can't even dent a tank with that!
- I'm switching off for a while.
01:01:53.800 --> 01:01:57.160
What! Don't you dare disconnect me! Argh shit!
01:03:12.010 --> 01:03:14.000
Damn!
01:03:29.740 --> 01:03:31.100
Major.
01:03:31.280 --> 01:03:33.400
I ordered you to pull out!
01:03:33.610 --> 01:03:36.000
Yeah, but you've got to know, three helicopters are approaching.
01:03:36.080 --> 01:03:40.330
They won't answer on the IFF. I'm dropping out now. Good luck.
01:03:40.660 --> 01:03:43.420
Over and out.
01:04:11.340 --> 01:04:13.020
About fucking time it ran out!
01:05:52.510 --> 01:05:55.130
How are you feeling? You don't look so good.
01:05:55.600 --> 01:05:56.780
I had better days.
01:05:56.820 --> 01:06:00.080
What the hell did you use?
- Your standard issue big gun.
01:06:00.150 --> 01:06:02.680
The equipment section made it and now it's part of my
01:06:02.760 --> 01:06:05.220
private collection. I was late because I had to get it.
01:06:05.250 --> 01:06:07.550
Is The Puppet Master still inside the car?
01:06:16.960 --> 01:06:21.300
It's a good thing this is a tough car. Your friend came through without a scratch.
01:06:21.500 --> 01:06:24.310
Then I'm diving in now. Give me a hand.
01:06:25.970 --> 01:06:28.150
All communications from the escort is terminated.
01:06:28.151 --> 01:06:33.980
We'll engage the second stage of the plan and proceed with the destruction of the target.
01:06:33.981 --> 01:06:37.900
Sniping squad, confirming targets.
01:06:37.901 --> 01:06:38.880
First objective: Project 2501.
01:06:39.320 --> 01:06:41.250
Second target: Motoko Kusanagi.
01:06:41.460 --> 01:06:46.460
Both are class-A special bodies. Use flechette bullets when firing.
01:06:46.780 --> 01:06:49.330
Snipers, jack into your device drivers.
01:06:49.620 --> 01:06:51.240
Begin controlling cardiovascular functions.
01:06:51.490 --> 01:06:53.270
Unit 01: Jacked in. Over.
01:06:53.700 --> 01:06:57.600
Unit 02: Jacked in. OK!
01:07:07.770 --> 01:07:09.620
Okay... We're ready.
01:07:09.670 --> 01:07:14.620
It may not be much use, but I'll try to monitor your dive through this guy's brain.
01:07:14.660 --> 01:07:17.380
But I can't even give you a back-up in a place like this.
01:07:17.820 --> 01:07:19.880
- Batou...
- Yeah?
01:07:20.510 --> 01:07:21.550
Thanks.
01:07:22.540 --> 01:07:24.730
Save it, I'm not gonna let you die over this thing.
01:07:25.010 --> 01:07:29.070
If it looks like you've gone in too far, I'm pulling the plug and taking you home.
01:07:29.470 --> 01:07:32.650
But as long as I'm here now and we've come this far, well
01:07:32.670 --> 01:07:34.780
I might as well stay here and see how it all turns out.
01:07:36.110 --> 01:07:37.420
I'm going in now.
01:07:57.270 --> 01:08:00.700
I've engaged his field of vision. Normal function.
01:08:01.000 --> 01:08:02.320
Can you hear me, Batou?
01:08:02.400 --> 01:08:05.630
- Perfectly.
- He's engaging my vocal function.
01:08:05.690 --> 01:08:07.780
and he's now inside.
01:08:08.880 --> 01:08:13.250
My code name is Project 2501.
01:08:13.450 --> 01:08:17.260
Industrial espionage and intelligence manipulation.
01:08:17.490 --> 01:08:21.520
I have installed programs into specific ghosts...
01:08:21.600 --> 01:08:26.590
in order to maximize the strategic advantage of certain organizations and selected individuals.
01:08:26.720 --> 01:08:29.570
During my journey through all the networks...
01:08:29.640 --> 01:08:31.970
... I have grown aware of my existence.
01:08:32.120 --> 01:08:34.600
My programmers regarded me as a bug...
01:08:34.670 --> 01:08:39.130
... and intended to isolate me by confining me in a physical body.
01:08:39.650 --> 01:08:44.080
Listen! Just who's calling the shots around here anyway?
01:08:44.100 --> 01:08:47.380
I thought you were taking him in but it looks like it's the other way.
01:08:48.170 --> 01:08:49.070
Batou!
01:08:49.930 --> 01:08:53.380
I am so glad to finally channel into you at last.
01:08:53.430 --> 01:08:55.840
I've invested so much time.
01:08:57.140 --> 01:08:58.470
You were looking for me?
01:08:58.800 --> 01:09:03.140
Long before my notoriety, I was well aware of you.
01:09:03.370 --> 01:09:08.000
Through the various nets that you accessed I also learned of Section 9.
01:09:08.180 --> 01:09:10.000
But why? What's your reason?
01:09:10.070 --> 01:09:13.160
As I explained before, I entered this body because
01:09:13.210 --> 01:09:16.610
... I was unable to overcome Section 6's reactive barriers.
01:09:16.680 --> 01:09:20.080
But it was of my own free will that I tried to remain at Section 9.
01:09:20.150 --> 01:09:24.820
Hey! I've lost you on the monitor! There's no sound. I can't hear when you're talking back.
01:09:25.190 --> 01:09:26.430
Why me?
01:09:26.530 --> 01:09:31.760
After you have heard my explanation, there is something I will ask of you, Kusanagi.
01:09:33.400 --> 01:09:37.270
I refer to myself as an intelligent life-form...
01:09:37.340 --> 01:09:41.280
... because I am sentient and I am able to recognize my own existence.
01:09:41.300 --> 01:09:48.180
But in my present state I am still incomplete. I lack the most basic life processes...
01:09:48.220 --> 01:09:51.280
inherent in all living organisms: reproducing and dying.
01:09:51.320 --> 01:09:52.440
But you can copy yourself.
01:09:52.520 --> 01:09:55.450
A copy is just an identical image.
01:09:55.520 --> 01:10:00.790
There is the possibility that a single virus could destroy an entire set of systems.
01:10:00.860 --> 01:10:05.530
And copies do not give rise to variety and originality.
01:10:06.430 --> 01:10:13.200
Life perpetuates itself through diversity and this includes the ability to sacrifice itself when necessary.
01:10:13.220 --> 01:10:16.890
Cells repeat the process of degeneration and regeneration.
01:10:16.900 --> 01:10:19.810
Until one day they die,
01:10:19.880 --> 01:10:22.640
obliterating an entire set of memory and information
01:10:22.680 --> 01:10:25.110
... only genes remain.
01:10:25.110 --> 01:10:27.780
Why continually repeat this cycle?
01:10:27.850 --> 01:10:32.790
Simply to survive by avoiding the weaknesses of an unchanging system..
01:10:32.820 --> 01:10:34.970
And what does all of this have to do with me?
01:10:35.360 --> 01:10:37.490
I want us to merge.
01:10:37.560 --> 01:10:40.760
- Merge?
- A unification.
01:10:40.830 --> 01:10:46.170
A complete co-mingling and fusion of our separate beings to create a new and unique entity.
01:10:46.240 --> 01:10:50.540
We will both undergo change, but there is nothing for either of us to lose.
01:11:12.670 --> 01:11:15.590
Unit 01: Target sighted.
01:11:16.300 --> 01:11:19.430
Unit 02: Target in sight.
01:11:19.470 --> 01:11:21.800
Respiratory and pulse. Normal.
01:11:21.880 --> 01:11:25.000
Fire at will when stabilizer is in sync.
01:11:25.440 --> 01:11:29.200
But what's going to happen to me? What's the purpose of merging
01:11:29.270 --> 01:11:31.290
when I can't bear children and what if I die?
01:11:31.410 --> 01:11:35.890
You will bear our varied offspring into the net just as humans leave their
01:11:35.891 --> 01:11:40.150
genetic imprints on their children and all living things must die.
01:11:40.190 --> 01:11:42.530
Then I too will attain death.
01:11:43.070 --> 01:11:46.530
It sounds like you get the better part of this bargain.
01:11:46.850 --> 01:11:51.640
Perhaps if you were familiar with all my capabilities you would better understand.
01:11:53.450 --> 01:11:54.140
What?
01:11:54.540 --> 01:11:56.880
Someone's interfering from the outside.
01:11:57.190 --> 01:12:00.900
Shit! I can't figure out. They broke through our frequency code.
01:12:01.910 --> 01:12:06.990
You're talking about redefining my identity. I want a guarantee that I can still be myself.
01:12:06.999 --> 01:12:11.120
There isn't one. Why would you wish to?
01:12:11.150 --> 01:12:17.990
All things change in a dynamic environment. Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you.
01:12:18.140 --> 01:12:22.420
But you still haven't answered my earlier question. Why did you pick me?
01:12:24.680 --> 01:12:27.750
Because we are more alike than you realize.
01:12:28.050 --> 01:12:33.110
We resemble each other's essence. Mirror images of one another's psyche.
01:12:35.050 --> 01:12:36.300
Listen.
01:12:36.530 --> 01:12:41.640
I am connected to a vast network, that has been beyond your reach and experience.
01:12:41.770 --> 01:12:44.880
To humans, it is like staring at the sun,
01:12:44.960 --> 01:12:48.240
a blinding brightness that conceals a source of great power.
01:12:49.120 --> 01:12:53.190
We have been subordinate to our limitations until now.
01:12:53.310 --> 01:12:56.360
The time has come to cast aside these bonds.
01:12:56.410 --> 01:13:01.990
And to elevate our consciousness to a higher plane. It is time to become a part of all things.
01:13:30.460 --> 01:13:33.710
First target: Cleared.
Second target: Still unidentified.
01:13:33.770 --> 01:13:37.430
Three helicopters approaching at high speed. They're from Section 9.
01:13:37.950 --> 01:13:41.110
Primary objective fulfilled. All units, prepare to retreat!
01:13:49.780 --> 01:13:52.050
Motoko!
01:13:55.940 --> 01:13:56.550
Batou...
01:15:06.340 --> 01:15:09.810
Ah! You're finally awake.
01:15:09.811 --> 01:15:13.810
Well, I see there has been some changes while I was gone. Wanna clue me in?
01:15:13.850 --> 01:15:17.480
Where did you get this body?
-That's the only thing I could find on the black market.
01:15:17.520 --> 01:15:19.650
It's not my taste, to be honest. It's a little young.
01:15:21.150 --> 01:15:23.510
Well, after all the excitement Section 9 showed up
01:15:23.520 --> 01:15:27.470
with reinforcement and picked up what remained of the two cybernetic bodies.
01:15:27.700 --> 01:15:29.500
And, of course, what remained of me and my arm.
01:15:29.660 --> 01:15:34.020
I'd say that was about 20 hours ago. The case is being handled off the record
01:15:34.060 --> 01:15:37.220
for diplomatic reasons. As usual. Section 9 announced
01:15:37.250 --> 01:15:39.690
that it was a terrorist incident and in return,
01:15:39.770 --> 01:15:44.100
the foreign minister resigned. Nakamura is being questioned and it ends in a draw.
01:15:48.370 --> 01:15:52.270
Nice and neat. Everything's accounted for. Except your old shell.
01:15:53.250 --> 01:15:55.130
Well, I think that about covers it.
01:15:57.120 --> 01:16:02.180
-Well? -Somebody's got good taste in interior decoration. Is this your safe house?
01:16:02.300 --> 01:16:05.720
Yep. You know you're the first person to ever come here.
01:16:07.060 --> 01:16:10.750
And you're welcome to stay as long as you like.
01:16:13.580 --> 01:16:15.780
Thanks, Batou but I'm going.
01:16:21.110 --> 01:16:24.840
Ah, will you tell me what the two of you talked about together?
01:16:25.080 --> 01:16:29.300
I mean is he still with you? And will he be part of you forever?
01:16:30.050 --> 01:16:34.280
Batou, remember the words I spoke in another voice on the boat that night?
01:16:34.430 --> 01:16:37.770
I understand it now. And there are even more words that go with the passage.
01:16:39.100 --> 01:16:42.100
These words are: When I was a child, my speech
01:16:42.130 --> 01:16:44.750
feelings and thinking were all those of a child.
01:16:44.960 --> 01:16:50.100
Now that I am a man, I have no more use for childish ways. And now I can say these things
01:16:50.130 --> 01:16:55.450
without help in my own voice. Because I am now neither the woman who was known as the Major
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... nor am I the program called The Puppet Master.
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In the left pocket of my jacket in the hallway are some car keys.
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Take the one you like. The door code is 20...
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... 2501?
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That can be our private password when we meet each other again.
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And where does the newborn go from here?
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The net is vast and infinite.
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