1 00:00:02,100 --> 00:00:05,268 In the near future, electrons and light flow freely... 2 00:00:05,353 --> 00:00:08,480 and corporate computer networks eclipse the stars. 3 00:00:08,564 --> 00:00:11,775 Despite great advances in computerization... 4 00:00:11,859 --> 00:00:17,656 countries and races are not yet obsolete... 5 00:00:21,619 --> 00:00:22,828 All patrolling air units... 6 00:00:22,912 --> 00:00:25,956 a 208 is in progress in the C-13 district of Newport City. 7 00:00:26,290 --> 00:00:28,416 Airspace over this area will be closed. 8 00:00:28,835 --> 00:00:29,876 Repeat. 9 00:00:30,128 --> 00:00:34,464 All patrolling air units, a 208 is in progress in the C-13 district of Newport City. 10 00:00:34,841 --> 00:00:37,050 Airspace over this area will be closed. 11 00:00:37,510 --> 00:00:38,552 Repeat. 12 00:01:02,952 --> 00:01:05,370 There's no need for concern. 13 00:01:05,454 --> 00:01:08,165 We can fix it by redoing it in our country. 14 00:01:08,291 --> 00:01:09,749 Redo it? 15 00:01:09,876 --> 00:01:12,544 A program with no bugs doesn't exist... 16 00:01:12,628 --> 00:01:17,340 and there's no program that is impossible to debug. 17 00:01:17,425 --> 00:01:19,426 You don't understand. 18 00:01:19,510 --> 00:01:21,803 We're not even sure that Project 2501 really is a bug. 19 00:01:21,888 --> 00:01:24,472 Originally the purpose of this project was to... 20 00:01:24,557 --> 00:01:27,767 Major Kusanagi, Section 6 is in position and ready to move in. 21 00:01:29,687 --> 00:01:30,562 Major! 22 00:01:30,646 --> 00:01:32,230 Yeah, I can hear you. 23 00:01:33,232 --> 00:01:35,734 There's a lot of noise in your brain. 24 00:01:36,277 --> 00:01:37,777 It's my time of the month. 25 00:01:47,079 --> 00:01:51,374 Don't you think there's going to be trouble if we interfere with a Section 6 case. 26 00:01:52,251 --> 00:01:55,212 The target is a notoriously bad diplomat... 27 00:01:55,296 --> 00:01:58,423 the best they can do is deport him. 28 00:01:58,507 --> 00:02:00,884 We're the ones who get our hands dirty. 29 00:02:00,968 --> 00:02:03,136 It's time. Let's move to the rendezvous point. 30 00:02:41,425 --> 00:02:43,385 What? The police? 31 00:02:51,352 --> 00:02:53,520 Stop it! Who told you to fire?! 32 00:02:53,604 --> 00:02:54,396 Put your guns down! 33 00:02:58,985 --> 00:03:01,194 I'm entitled to diplomatic immunity. 34 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:02,881 I want to talk to the person in charge. 35 00:03:02,989 --> 00:03:07,534 Taking classified programmers out of the country compromises national security. 36 00:03:07,994 --> 00:03:11,746 We can also have you brought up on kidnapping charges... 37 00:03:11,831 --> 00:03:13,540 so let him go. 38 00:03:13,749 --> 00:03:15,208 That's not possible. 39 00:03:15,293 --> 00:03:19,045 Mr. Daita has requested political asylum, and we have a signed affidavit. 40 00:03:19,130 --> 00:03:19,713 When? 41 00:03:19,755 --> 00:03:21,673 I don't have to explain. 42 00:03:21,757 --> 00:03:24,634 My country has the right, in accordance with international law... 43 00:03:24,719 --> 00:03:27,554 to offer anyone protection and safe passage. 44 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,140 The affidavit is at the embassy. 45 00:03:30,182 --> 00:03:32,142 I'll send you a copy in a couple of days. 46 00:03:32,226 --> 00:03:34,227 Are you sure? You'll be killed if you return. 47 00:03:34,353 --> 00:03:36,354 I'm warning you to watch your comments. 48 00:03:36,439 --> 00:03:39,149 Our country is a peace loving democracy. 49 00:03:39,233 --> 00:03:40,400 Oh really? 50 00:03:44,030 --> 00:03:45,405 The window! Shoot! 51 00:03:53,998 --> 00:03:55,248 Thermo-optic camouflage. 52 00:08:45,623 --> 00:08:46,664 Aramaki, what a surprise. 53 00:08:46,707 --> 00:08:50,043 So, what business brings the chief of Section 9 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 54 00:08:50,336 --> 00:08:54,255 It's about the secret talks scheduled with the Gavel Republic tomorrow. 55 00:08:54,340 --> 00:08:56,507 The Official Development Assistance. 56 00:08:56,592 --> 00:08:59,653 The regime that took over Gavel after the revolution demands financial aid, 57 00:08:59,678 --> 00:09:00,878 supposedly for redevelopment. 58 00:09:00,979 --> 00:09:04,732 They boast about democracy, but they're no better than the last lot. 59 00:09:05,017 --> 00:09:09,896 Now they feel entitled to funds because of our past exploitation. No gratitude. 60 00:09:09,980 --> 00:09:12,065 What's the Ministry going to do? 61 00:09:12,149 --> 00:09:15,902 Well, there's a problem. The leader of the former junta... 62 00:09:16,028 --> 00:09:18,512 that controlled their country is here seeking political asylum. 63 00:09:18,597 --> 00:09:20,347 You mean Colonel Malles, correct? 64 00:09:20,366 --> 00:09:24,786 Yes, and that means we either deny Gavel the funds and treat Malles as a political refuge... 65 00:09:24,870 --> 00:09:26,412 or help them and kick him out. 66 00:09:26,497 --> 00:09:28,373 It's a tricky situation. 67 00:09:29,333 --> 00:09:32,293 My personal opinion is if we could find a politically acceptable reason... 68 00:09:32,378 --> 00:09:35,963 I'd like to forcibly deport him immediately. 69 00:09:44,932 --> 00:09:48,526 By the way, I want to thank you for your help with that other political asylum situation. 70 00:09:48,610 --> 00:09:51,020 Nakamura from Section 6 was also grateful. 71 00:09:51,105 --> 00:09:54,440 We diplomats must avoid messy situations, you realize. 72 00:10:00,531 --> 00:10:01,739 Access. 73 00:10:02,074 --> 00:10:03,241 We've lost response. 74 00:10:03,409 --> 00:10:04,951 What's happened to the EEG output. 75 00:10:05,077 --> 00:10:08,371 It's normal. I'll switch to Simex mode. 76 00:10:10,332 --> 00:10:12,291 The Foreign Minister's interpreter. 77 00:10:12,418 --> 00:10:16,838 23 minutes ago, her brain was hacked into through a phone line. 78 00:10:18,674 --> 00:10:21,217 Foreign Intelligence warned us about this. 79 00:10:21,301 --> 00:10:25,054 The "Puppet Master" has begun to infiltrate terminals throughout our network. 80 00:10:25,139 --> 00:10:27,910 We believe it's extremely likely that he'll target the secret talks 81 00:10:27,935 --> 00:10:29,635 scheduled with the Republic of Gavel. 82 00:10:30,894 --> 00:10:33,688 We've put everyone attending the talks under surveillance. 83 00:10:34,815 --> 00:10:40,111 I suspect once he hacked into her ghost, he'd use her to assassinate key delegates. 84 00:10:40,279 --> 00:10:44,991 So how long do we have before this hacker breaks through her barrier program and reaches her ghost? 85 00:10:45,117 --> 00:10:49,412 Roughly 2 hours. He's using an old-fashioned HA-3 virus. 86 00:10:49,496 --> 00:10:52,137 After that, we'll have to break the connection to avoid any danger. 87 00:10:52,499 --> 00:10:55,668 Bateau and Ishikawa are tracking the signal source from their car. 88 00:10:55,753 --> 00:10:56,878 Contact them. 89 00:11:15,731 --> 00:11:18,775 That infamous mystery hacker, the Puppet Master, has shown up here? 90 00:11:19,401 --> 00:11:24,071 We guess he or she is American, but we have no clue about age, sex or background. 91 00:11:24,156 --> 00:11:27,074 Since last winter, he's been popping up in EC countries. 92 00:11:27,159 --> 00:11:29,335 He's wanted for crimes including stock manipulation... 93 00:11:29,361 --> 00:11:31,470 illegal information gathering, political terrorism... 94 00:11:31,496 --> 00:11:32,855 computer ethic infringements... 95 00:11:32,939 --> 00:11:36,580 and is under suspicion for several other crimes. He's on the international most wanted list. 96 00:11:36,643 --> 00:11:40,815 The nickname Puppet Master comes from the ghost hacking. 97 00:11:42,841 --> 00:11:45,051 It's the first time he's appeared in this country. 98 00:11:45,636 --> 00:11:49,555 Well, if he's so skilled how come he's using an outdated HA-3 virus? 99 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:54,060 A more current technique would be harder to detect and trace... 100 00:11:54,144 --> 00:12:00,149 but it might also arouse suspicion about Colonel Malles role in this affair. 101 00:12:00,234 --> 00:12:05,321 Are you saying he's using an old method just so no-one suspects Malles? 102 00:12:05,405 --> 00:12:09,617 Or maybe Malles is just a pawn, used to make us think that... 103 00:12:09,701 --> 00:12:13,037 Maybe there is another sponsor. 104 00:12:13,121 --> 00:12:17,291 Now you're stretching it. It's not like you have any hard evidence. 105 00:12:17,376 --> 00:12:18,918 Evidence? 106 00:12:20,838 --> 00:12:23,840 Just a whisper. I hear it in my ghost. 107 00:12:24,591 --> 00:12:27,260 Which reminds me. Are you still using that revolver? 108 00:12:27,344 --> 00:12:30,263 You should stop worrying about the automatics jamming up. 109 00:12:30,347 --> 00:12:32,014 I like my Matever. 110 00:12:32,099 --> 00:12:36,310 Stopping power is more important than your taste in guns. 111 00:12:36,395 --> 00:12:40,231 Since it's my ass on the line out there, use a Zastaber. 112 00:12:41,024 --> 00:12:41,858 Major. 113 00:12:42,317 --> 00:12:44,235 I want to ask you something. 114 00:12:44,403 --> 00:12:47,780 Why did you transfer a guy like me from the police force? 115 00:12:47,906 --> 00:12:50,533 Because we need a guy like you. 116 00:12:51,451 --> 00:12:55,663 You're an honest cop who's never stepped out of line, and you're a family man. 117 00:12:55,747 --> 00:12:59,834 Except for the slight brain augmentation, your body's almost completely human. 118 00:13:00,752 --> 00:13:03,254 No matter how excellent... 119 00:13:03,338 --> 00:13:09,468 identical standard systems have faults. 120 00:13:09,595 --> 00:13:11,903 What's true for the group is also true for the individual. 121 00:13:11,929 --> 00:13:14,348 Over specialize and you breed in weakness. It's a slow death. 122 00:13:14,432 --> 00:13:15,724 That's all. 123 00:13:26,778 --> 00:13:27,612 Hurry it up! 124 00:13:27,613 --> 00:13:29,530 - Hurry it up! - I'll be right there! 125 00:13:34,286 --> 00:13:36,495 We're already 40 seconds late! 126 00:13:36,622 --> 00:13:38,247 I'll be done in 5 seconds. 127 00:13:38,332 --> 00:13:39,999 It's gonna be one of those days. 128 00:13:46,423 --> 00:13:48,090 Hey. Sorry, pal. 129 00:13:48,175 --> 00:13:53,554 My last partner who got busted workir as an illegal alien, was a lot better than you. 130 00:13:56,224 --> 00:14:00,686 You're that desperate to find out your wife's feelings, you'd ghost-hack her? 131 00:14:00,812 --> 00:14:05,232 She hardly talks to me and all of a sudden she wants a divorce! 132 00:14:05,317 --> 00:14:08,488 What's worse, my daughter ignores me and got it into her head that I'm the one 133 00:14:08,513 --> 00:14:09,513 cheating on her mom. 134 00:14:10,572 --> 00:14:13,950 How did you get your hands on a barrier breaker? 135 00:14:14,034 --> 00:14:18,871 From this really nice programmer I met in a bar. 136 00:14:18,997 --> 00:14:23,751 He overheard my sob story. My wife's lawyer stopped me seeing her and my daughter. 137 00:14:23,835 --> 00:14:28,631 He showed me how to hack in from different places along the route, without being traced. 138 00:14:33,512 --> 00:14:36,013 Are you trying to kill yourself, asshole?! 139 00:14:36,098 --> 00:14:38,933 Looks like we're not the only ones in a hurry round here. 140 00:14:42,854 --> 00:14:43,729 No one here! 141 00:14:44,856 --> 00:14:49,402 Every time we get to the source they're already long gone. 142 00:14:49,528 --> 00:14:51,112 We're just wasting our time. 143 00:14:51,196 --> 00:14:52,446 Don't quit! 144 00:14:52,531 --> 00:14:57,451 Kusanagi and Togusa are heading to the next area the hacker's expected to access from. Stay alert. 145 00:14:57,536 --> 00:14:59,078 What are we looking for, Chief? 146 00:14:59,204 --> 00:15:00,246 Anything. 147 00:15:01,373 --> 00:15:03,833 Stupid old fart. Are we just meant to ask around? 148 00:15:03,917 --> 00:15:05,668 Oh, shit... 149 00:15:05,877 --> 00:15:08,295 I missed him! 150 00:15:08,380 --> 00:15:11,424 Hey, Pop, did you see the trash truck? 151 00:15:11,550 --> 00:15:12,925 Who wants to know? 152 00:15:13,051 --> 00:15:14,927 Just answer me. Did you see it or not? 153 00:15:15,387 --> 00:15:18,597 Yeah, I saw the trash man... 154 00:15:18,682 --> 00:15:21,482 making a call, so I thought I had enough time to bring my garbage down. 155 00:15:24,855 --> 00:15:27,314 Hey! Can't you take this? 156 00:15:27,941 --> 00:15:31,527 A trash truck? Clever. It changes location every 7 minutes. 157 00:15:32,154 --> 00:15:35,781 HQ, patch me into info from the Sanitation Department network. 158 00:15:47,085 --> 00:15:49,587 8 trucks are on duty in the surveillance area. 159 00:15:49,671 --> 00:15:52,757 The target is number 79, a type C vehicle. 160 00:15:55,927 --> 00:15:57,470 Give me the wheel. 161 00:16:06,605 --> 00:16:09,023 Ishikawa, go check out the trash mers homes. 162 00:16:09,107 --> 00:16:11,358 Bateau, get to the truck's next pick up point. 163 00:16:11,902 --> 00:16:13,611 They might have contacted someone. 164 00:16:13,695 --> 00:16:16,238 Follow them but take no action. 165 00:16:16,323 --> 00:16:18,323 We've got the data on the refuse collection points. 166 00:16:18,533 --> 00:16:20,859 They all correspond to locations where we traced the calls. 167 00:16:20,943 --> 00:16:23,028 The target has now stopped at the next point. 168 00:16:24,498 --> 00:16:27,166 HA-3 access confirmed. 169 00:16:32,380 --> 00:16:34,173 Sorry. 170 00:16:34,299 --> 00:16:38,010 How about if I pick up the trash and you make the calls on the second round? 171 00:16:38,678 --> 00:16:39,512 How do you think? 172 00:16:39,554 --> 00:16:42,264 Ain't no way I'm gonna be your partner in crime. 173 00:16:42,349 --> 00:16:44,850 It's pathetic. 174 00:16:44,976 --> 00:16:46,310 You got any children? 175 00:16:46,394 --> 00:16:48,104 You must be kidding. 176 00:16:48,188 --> 00:16:50,189 Then you can't understand. 177 00:16:50,315 --> 00:16:52,775 My daughter is everything to me. 178 00:16:52,859 --> 00:16:54,693 Look. She's like an angel. 179 00:16:55,904 --> 00:16:58,864 I'm not interested in crap like that. 180 00:17:01,535 --> 00:17:04,954 Yeah, vehicle 79. Ah, boss... What's that? 181 00:17:05,705 --> 00:17:08,541 What do the cops want to know our rounds for? 182 00:17:08,667 --> 00:17:11,210 How would I know? 183 00:17:14,923 --> 00:17:16,132 They found out! 184 00:17:16,216 --> 00:17:18,384 I've got to warn that guy who helped me. 185 00:17:18,510 --> 00:17:20,386 We're gonna have to skip the next pickup. 186 00:17:20,428 --> 00:17:21,053 What? 187 00:17:21,221 --> 00:17:25,474 Target has deviated from route and is heading toward the next pickup point. 188 00:17:26,184 --> 00:17:29,603 There's no way they spotted me following them. 189 00:17:29,688 --> 00:17:32,681 They probably traced me when I accessed the Sanitation Department network. 190 00:17:32,766 --> 00:17:34,500 Next time, use a back door. 191 00:17:34,526 --> 00:17:36,443 Forget it, just arrest them. 192 00:17:41,324 --> 00:17:42,575 You can drive now. 193 00:18:46,932 --> 00:18:49,975 Christ, he's fucked up the armored van. 194 00:18:50,060 --> 00:18:53,354 He's got high velocity bullets. They'll go straight through your car door. 195 00:18:53,438 --> 00:18:56,232 HV ammo in a submachine gun? He's insane. 196 00:19:10,830 --> 00:19:12,790 He's even wearing some kind of thermo-optics. 197 00:19:12,874 --> 00:19:15,876 Keep on his tail. I'll come around from above. 198 00:19:16,503 --> 00:19:20,047 Togusa! If you're still alive, arrest those garbage men. 199 00:19:20,131 --> 00:19:21,382 Affirmative. 200 00:19:22,634 --> 00:19:25,010 This job is merciless. 201 00:20:25,030 --> 00:20:26,947 Police! Everyone get down. 202 00:22:27,986 --> 00:22:29,570 Are you finished? 203 00:23:22,540 --> 00:23:24,166 Got him, huh? 204 00:23:25,376 --> 00:23:28,295 That's what happens when you use HV bullets. 205 00:23:28,379 --> 00:23:32,591 The breach and barrel are really screwed up. 206 00:23:32,717 --> 00:23:35,928 It's no use arresting me, I'm not talkir to any damn cops! 207 00:23:36,221 --> 00:23:38,096 Talk? 208 00:23:39,891 --> 00:23:44,811 You don't even know your own name, you dick-head. 209 00:23:46,606 --> 00:23:51,235 Can you remember your mother's face, or where you were born? 210 00:23:51,528 --> 00:23:53,820 Do you have any childhood memories? 211 00:23:55,031 --> 00:23:57,616 Do you remember anything? 212 00:24:04,999 --> 00:24:08,085 Puppets without their ghosts are so pathetic. 213 00:24:08,169 --> 00:24:11,046 Especially those covered in blood. 214 00:24:27,021 --> 00:24:29,481 We'll enter after the passengers have gone in. 215 00:24:29,566 --> 00:24:32,317 Squad B comes in from the back, the rest of you go in the front. 216 00:24:32,986 --> 00:24:37,155 Saito, get your men to unplug all cars parked in front of the house. 217 00:24:38,157 --> 00:24:39,741 Begin recording. 218 00:24:43,162 --> 00:24:45,330 Chief, a message from HQ. 219 00:24:45,456 --> 00:24:48,333 We've ID'd the man the major caught. 220 00:24:48,543 --> 00:24:49,668 So who is he? 221 00:24:49,752 --> 00:24:52,588 He claims to be Tsuan Gen Fang, age 28. 222 00:24:52,672 --> 00:24:57,426 With a record of immigration law violations and illegal possession of firearms. 223 00:24:57,802 --> 00:25:02,347 He went into hiding at the end of last month. A member of a militant immigrant organization. 224 00:25:02,807 --> 00:25:08,979 About a week ago, the military attached of the Republic of Gavel's embassy... 225 00:25:09,063 --> 00:25:12,149 commissioned him to attack the upcoming secret meeting. 226 00:25:12,734 --> 00:25:14,318 And in reality? 227 00:25:14,402 --> 00:25:16,028 His nickname's Corgi. 228 00:25:16,154 --> 00:25:19,531 Occupation, a rather violent trader in questionable goods. 229 00:25:19,616 --> 00:25:21,533 Your basic thug. 230 00:25:21,659 --> 00:25:25,370 We've checked his police records... 231 00:25:26,205 --> 00:25:29,541 but can't find any connection with Gavel. 232 00:25:29,834 --> 00:25:32,544 This guy's just another puppet controlled by the Puppet Master. 233 00:25:32,962 --> 00:25:34,212 How's Ishikawa doing? 234 00:25:34,797 --> 00:25:40,010 He's back and interrogating that garbage collector with Togusa. 235 00:25:42,305 --> 00:25:45,891 So how about the Puppet Master? 236 00:25:46,017 --> 00:25:47,809 What's he like? 237 00:25:53,191 --> 00:25:55,400 He's like a puppet himself. 238 00:25:55,526 --> 00:25:56,652 Squad B in position. 239 00:25:56,736 --> 00:25:58,236 Squads A and C, okay. 240 00:25:58,321 --> 00:26:00,572 Ready and waiting, sir. 241 00:26:01,658 --> 00:26:03,325 Proceed! 242 00:26:06,454 --> 00:26:09,039 What's "a simulated experience" again? 243 00:26:09,123 --> 00:26:14,002 Well, all your memories about your wife, daughter and divorce are false. 244 00:26:14,087 --> 00:26:15,962 Like a dream. 245 00:26:16,047 --> 00:26:21,134 You were used by someone to ghost-hack into some government officials. 246 00:26:21,511 --> 00:26:23,261 But... that can't be. 247 00:26:23,638 --> 00:26:26,098 I went to your home... 248 00:26:26,182 --> 00:26:28,934 it's a bachelor's apartment. 249 00:26:29,018 --> 00:26:31,853 I told you. I rented it after we separated. 250 00:26:31,938 --> 00:26:35,440 I checked the records. You've been living there for 10 years. 251 00:26:36,067 --> 00:26:38,402 You've never had a wife or kid. 252 00:26:38,486 --> 00:26:42,280 Your family only exists in your head. 253 00:26:43,574 --> 00:26:44,825 Look. 254 00:26:44,909 --> 00:26:47,577 This is the photo you showed your co-worker. 255 00:26:48,037 --> 00:26:49,663 Who do you see? 256 00:26:50,581 --> 00:26:54,209 It was a picture of my daughter. 257 00:26:54,293 --> 00:26:57,087 Smiling like an angel. 258 00:26:57,171 --> 00:26:59,423 What's her name? 259 00:26:59,507 --> 00:27:04,136 Where did you meet your wife and when did you marry her? 260 00:27:05,263 --> 00:27:09,099 Tell me. Who do you see in the photo? 261 00:27:11,352 --> 00:27:15,188 If it's all a lie, when will I get my old memory back? 262 00:27:15,273 --> 00:27:17,524 Unfortunately with our current technology... 263 00:27:18,109 --> 00:27:22,112 only 2 successful cases have ever been reported, so I wouldn't recommend trying to. 264 00:27:22,488 --> 00:27:23,739 I'm sorry. 265 00:27:24,449 --> 00:27:26,658 Even simulated experiences and dreams... 266 00:27:26,784 --> 00:27:30,245 exist as information, and are simultaneously reality... 267 00:27:30,329 --> 00:27:32,539 and fantasy. 268 00:27:33,499 --> 00:27:39,004 The information that people accumulate in their life, is just a drop in bucket. 269 00:29:07,718 --> 00:29:12,806 What's a cyborg doing, going diving in her spare time? 270 00:29:12,890 --> 00:29:15,267 How long have you been doing it? 271 00:29:20,231 --> 00:29:24,526 Arert you afraid of the sea? What if the floaters don't work? 272 00:29:24,610 --> 00:29:26,444 I suppose I'll die. 273 00:29:26,529 --> 00:29:28,947 Or maybe you'd save me. 274 00:29:30,199 --> 00:29:32,909 You don't have to be here, you know. 275 00:29:32,994 --> 00:29:34,286 I... 276 00:30:07,111 --> 00:30:10,322 So what's it like to swim in the sea? 277 00:30:10,489 --> 00:30:13,825 You've done the underwater training course. 278 00:30:13,910 --> 00:30:16,036 I'm not talking about a damn pool. 279 00:30:17,455 --> 00:30:20,332 I feel fear, anxiety, isolation and darkness. 280 00:30:20,458 --> 00:30:23,043 Sometimes I feel hope... 281 00:30:23,127 --> 00:30:26,171 Hope? In those deep, dark waters? 282 00:30:27,089 --> 00:30:31,843 When I float back to the surface, I imagine I'm becoming someone else. 283 00:30:31,969 --> 00:30:33,553 It's probably the decompression. 284 00:30:39,644 --> 00:30:42,479 Do you want to quit Section 9? 285 00:30:45,858 --> 00:30:49,027 How much of your body is original? 286 00:30:49,111 --> 00:30:50,528 Are you drunk or something? 287 00:30:51,364 --> 00:30:53,198 Easily remedied. 288 00:30:53,282 --> 00:30:56,201 The chemical implants in our bodies... 289 00:30:56,285 --> 00:31:00,372 can sober us up in seconds. No stupor, no hangover. 290 00:31:00,498 --> 00:31:03,625 That's why we can drink while waiting for orders. 291 00:31:03,709 --> 00:31:09,547 Man has an almost instinctive drive to realize any possible technological advances. 292 00:31:10,508 --> 00:31:13,009 Controlled metabolisms, computer enanced brains... 293 00:31:13,094 --> 00:31:15,971 rapidly improving athleticism and reflexes... 294 00:31:16,055 --> 00:31:18,982 the ability to process vast amounts of information at increasing speeds... 295 00:31:19,066 --> 00:31:21,136 all due to electronic brains and cybernetic bodies, 296 00:31:21,161 --> 00:31:23,161 enabling the acquisition of ever greater powers. 297 00:31:23,521 --> 00:31:27,148 So what if we can't survive without regular high-level maintenance. 298 00:31:27,233 --> 00:31:29,192 Who are we to complain? 299 00:31:29,276 --> 00:31:33,405 We haven't signed our bodies and souls away to Section 9. 300 00:31:33,531 --> 00:31:36,616 True. We can quit... 301 00:31:36,701 --> 00:31:41,579 but we'd have to give back our cyborg parts and augmented brains to the government. 302 00:31:42,373 --> 00:31:46,167 All components that make up me as an individual. 303 00:31:46,252 --> 00:31:50,839 There are countless ingredients that make up the human body and mind. 304 00:31:51,340 --> 00:31:54,759 A face and voice to distinguish oneself from others... 305 00:31:54,885 --> 00:31:59,764 the hand you see when you wake up, your childhood memories and feelings about your future. 306 00:31:59,849 --> 00:32:01,224 And that's not all. 307 00:32:01,308 --> 00:32:05,103 There's also the ability to access vast amounts of information from an infinite network... 308 00:32:05,187 --> 00:32:10,108 All of that blends to create a mixture that forms me, and gives rise to my conscience. 309 00:32:11,068 --> 00:32:15,405 At the same time though, I feel continually confined within boundaries... 310 00:32:20,411 --> 00:32:24,080 So that's the reason you risk your body diving in the sea! 311 00:32:24,165 --> 00:32:27,459 What the hell can you see at the bottom in that darkness? 312 00:32:27,877 --> 00:32:32,547 Now it's like we're looking through a mirror. 313 00:32:33,466 --> 00:32:37,594 And what we see is a dim image. 314 00:32:40,765 --> 00:32:42,766 Was that you? 315 00:36:51,223 --> 00:36:52,682 Sensors have resumed functioning. 316 00:36:52,766 --> 00:36:54,517 Connection check to backup brain okay. 317 00:36:55,311 --> 00:36:56,811 Visual sensors are back on line. 318 00:36:56,895 --> 00:36:58,146 And its body functions? 319 00:36:58,147 --> 00:36:59,907 - And its body functions? - Output is normal. 320 00:37:06,071 --> 00:37:08,740 If you're going to be late, at least let us know! 321 00:37:12,578 --> 00:37:15,371 Preparations complete. Shall we proceed? 322 00:37:38,604 --> 00:37:41,397 That's enough. Stop. 323 00:37:41,857 --> 00:37:44,776 Come to my office in 3 minutes. 324 00:37:49,114 --> 00:37:54,285 I guess I'll bring the latecomer up to speed. 325 00:37:54,411 --> 00:37:58,289 About 2 hours ago, a machining cell at the Megatech factory in Newport... 326 00:37:58,415 --> 00:38:00,958 assembled a cyber body, on its own volition. 327 00:38:01,043 --> 00:38:03,836 When the supervisors arrived... 328 00:38:03,921 --> 00:38:05,963 the body had already fled. 329 00:38:06,048 --> 00:38:09,008 We put out bulletins and initiated a citywide search. 330 00:38:09,093 --> 00:38:15,640 A truck driver reported he'd run over a naked woman on the highway. 331 00:38:15,766 --> 00:38:17,850 And the body was brought here. 332 00:38:17,935 --> 00:38:20,978 Megatech is contracted by the government. 333 00:38:21,105 --> 00:38:24,107 All their cybernetic bodies are classified. 334 00:38:24,191 --> 00:38:28,486 We've a hacker good enough to get past the best defenses... 335 00:38:28,570 --> 00:38:30,822 but that's not the only problem. 336 00:38:33,575 --> 00:38:38,663 Of course, there isn't a human brain cell in its head... 337 00:38:39,039 --> 00:38:44,001 but there appears to be a ghost present in its auxiliary brain. 338 00:38:45,337 --> 00:38:50,216 It resembles a ghost-line that occurs when a real ghost is copied. 339 00:38:50,300 --> 00:38:53,219 But there's no evidence of the degradation that's usually incurred. 340 00:38:53,846 --> 00:38:58,516 In any case, until we chart the ghost sector and dive into it... 341 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:00,852 we can't be sure. 342 00:39:00,936 --> 00:39:03,855 I better get back to working on it. 343 00:39:03,939 --> 00:39:05,356 Very good. 344 00:39:05,482 --> 00:39:07,900 On to the disassembly. 345 00:39:12,906 --> 00:39:17,869 Nobody really believes there's a ghost in that body, do they? 346 00:39:17,953 --> 00:39:18,744 Why not? 347 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:23,708 Even a plastic doll can have a soul. 348 00:39:23,792 --> 00:39:28,296 Consider all the neuro-med devices that are crammed into that body. 349 00:39:28,380 --> 00:39:31,141 I wouldn't be surprised if there were some sort of ghost in there too. 350 00:39:31,758 --> 00:39:34,969 As you're new, you don't know... 351 00:39:36,013 --> 00:39:38,973 but Major Kusanagi's body was also made by Megatech. 352 00:39:39,683 --> 00:39:43,060 Not only her. Also parts of me, Ishikawa, and Saito. 353 00:39:43,187 --> 00:39:46,397 We also receive regular cybernetic maintenance from them. 354 00:39:46,523 --> 00:39:51,861 Apart from you and the chief, the whole section comes with a warranty. 355 00:39:52,404 --> 00:39:56,991 That's why we're all so concerned with this case, Togusa. 356 00:39:57,576 --> 00:40:02,246 We don't know if the culprit is inside or outside that body but... 357 00:40:02,331 --> 00:40:06,209 he hacked through our best defenses, put a body together... 358 00:40:06,293 --> 00:40:08,920 and sent a program with a ghost line in it. 359 00:40:09,004 --> 00:40:11,589 A sure way to draw attention to oneself. 360 00:40:11,673 --> 00:40:13,007 What's the logic here? 361 00:40:13,425 --> 00:40:15,218 Theft isn't the issue here. 362 00:40:15,302 --> 00:40:19,514 Togusa, go with Ishikawa to the Megatech facility. 363 00:40:19,598 --> 00:40:20,598 Bateau. 364 00:40:20,682 --> 00:40:24,685 Lock down other highly classified networks similar to Megatech's. 365 00:40:24,770 --> 00:40:27,480 Recheck the barriers are functioning too. 366 00:40:28,357 --> 00:40:30,608 I'm assembling a barrier maze. 367 00:40:30,692 --> 00:40:32,276 Tomorrow I'll dive into that thing. 368 00:40:32,402 --> 00:40:33,736 Is that safe? 369 00:40:33,820 --> 00:40:35,488 Why not contain it in another body first? 370 00:40:36,406 --> 00:40:41,619 I have to see for myself what's in there. 371 00:40:41,745 --> 00:40:44,789 Don't let anybody else in there! 372 00:40:48,335 --> 00:40:49,752 What's up with her? 373 00:40:49,836 --> 00:40:53,548 She's been acting weird ever since this whole Puppet Master case started. 374 00:40:53,590 --> 00:40:55,466 It's all in my report. 375 00:40:55,551 --> 00:40:56,884 Don't you read them? 376 00:40:58,053 --> 00:41:02,890 Chief, do you ever wonder about the neurosurgeons who monkey around inside your brain? 377 00:41:03,225 --> 00:41:07,812 They undergo regular psychiatric evaluations. 378 00:41:07,896 --> 00:41:10,982 Especially those in security are subjected to stringent screening. 379 00:41:11,108 --> 00:41:14,902 Of course, the ones who check are only human. 380 00:41:14,987 --> 00:41:17,572 If you start wondering, there's no end to it. 381 00:41:17,781 --> 00:41:22,368 Excuse me Chief, Mr. Nakamura of the Treaties Bureau is here to see you. 382 00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:23,911 Send him through. 383 00:41:35,048 --> 00:41:37,174 I've seen that fat guy before. 384 00:41:37,301 --> 00:41:41,971 He's Nakamura, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Section 6 Chief. 385 00:41:42,055 --> 00:41:44,515 Never seen the other guy before, though. 386 00:41:47,311 --> 00:41:49,186 Well, see you later. 387 00:41:49,313 --> 00:41:52,231 Tell Ishikawa not to go crazy, okay. 388 00:42:00,115 --> 00:42:01,991 What's on your mind? 389 00:42:02,075 --> 00:42:04,452 Didrt that robot remind you of me? 390 00:42:04,536 --> 00:42:05,536 Of course not. 391 00:42:05,662 --> 00:42:07,330 I don't mean physically. 392 00:42:07,414 --> 00:42:08,831 What then? 393 00:42:08,915 --> 00:42:13,544 Complete cyborgs like myself often wonder to ourselves. 394 00:42:14,796 --> 00:42:17,715 Maybe I died a long time ago. 395 00:42:17,841 --> 00:42:22,053 And I'm just an artificial product of a cyber brain and synthetic body. 396 00:42:22,137 --> 00:42:26,307 Or maybe there never was a real me in the first place. 397 00:42:26,391 --> 00:42:29,810 You've got human brain cells in that titanium shell of yours... 398 00:42:29,895 --> 00:42:32,563 and you're treated like a human, aren't you? 399 00:42:32,648 --> 00:42:35,691 Has anyone actually seen their own brain? 400 00:42:35,776 --> 00:42:40,279 The only thing that makes me feel human is the way I'm treated. 401 00:42:40,364 --> 00:42:42,948 Are you doubting your own ghost? 402 00:42:43,033 --> 00:42:45,743 What if a cyber-brain could generate its own ghost... 403 00:42:45,869 --> 00:42:48,037 create a soul by itself? 404 00:42:48,121 --> 00:42:52,083 What could you base your belief in yourself on then? 405 00:42:58,715 --> 00:43:00,049 That's bullshit. 406 00:43:03,512 --> 00:43:07,682 You know your dying to see what's inside that thing. 407 00:43:07,766 --> 00:43:09,266 So check it out, with your ghost! 408 00:43:10,394 --> 00:43:13,312 We're both busy men, so let's keep this short, shall we? 409 00:43:13,397 --> 00:43:15,523 Yes. That's my intention. 410 00:43:15,607 --> 00:43:17,983 We've come for the program in that body. 411 00:43:18,068 --> 00:43:20,986 You'll be relieved of any duties connected with this. 412 00:43:22,239 --> 00:43:23,989 The Foreign Minister's approval. 413 00:43:35,836 --> 00:43:39,672 Security, whose official vehicles are in the basement parking lot? 414 00:43:39,756 --> 00:43:45,094 According to the register, a Mr. Nakamura from the Treaties Bureau and a Dr. Willis, sir. 415 00:43:45,470 --> 00:43:47,763 Get me the video records of their entrance. 416 00:43:56,773 --> 00:43:58,774 Again. In infrared this time. 417 00:44:12,372 --> 00:44:15,666 1... 2... 3... 418 00:44:17,836 --> 00:44:20,563 Now give me the pressure sensors records for basement parking lots... 419 00:44:20,647 --> 00:44:23,190 B7 and B8. 420 00:44:42,402 --> 00:44:45,529 Major, this is Togusa. Code 09. 421 00:44:45,655 --> 00:44:46,530 What's up? 422 00:44:46,615 --> 00:44:49,700 Does that Nakamura guy have a special-order cyborg body? 423 00:44:49,951 --> 00:44:52,636 No, there aren't any cyborgs in Section 6 as they operate overseas. 424 00:44:52,662 --> 00:44:56,640 Maintenance is difficult and there are diplomatic considerations too. 425 00:44:56,666 --> 00:44:59,752 Then, even if the other guy is a cyborg... 426 00:44:59,836 --> 00:45:03,047 the 2 of them together couldn't weigh over 1,000 pounds. 427 00:45:03,131 --> 00:45:05,633 The pressure sensor records. From the parking lot? 428 00:45:05,717 --> 00:45:10,262 Right, there were two expensive looking cars but neither man looked like the type to drive. 429 00:45:10,347 --> 00:45:12,723 The security cameras show only 2 people. 430 00:45:12,808 --> 00:45:15,434 But remember how sensitive the sensors on the entrance doors are? 431 00:45:15,727 --> 00:45:18,895 The doors took a full 3 second longer than usual to close after the 2 went in. 432 00:45:18,922 --> 00:45:23,334 And it is illegal to use thermo-optics inside governmental facilities. 433 00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:26,195 It's a serious violation of the National Security Act. 434 00:45:26,279 --> 00:45:29,156 Section 6 must be up to something. 435 00:45:29,241 --> 00:45:30,908 Are you ready? 436 00:45:31,034 --> 00:45:32,326 With my trusty Matever, anytime. 437 00:46:10,365 --> 00:46:12,074 Need I remind you that... 438 00:46:12,158 --> 00:46:15,752 it's an act of treason to withhold information from me that is relevant to this matter... 439 00:46:15,837 --> 00:46:17,554 regardless of how classified it is. 440 00:46:17,581 --> 00:46:18,831 Same goes for you. 441 00:46:18,915 --> 00:46:23,127 Despite the intent of the Foreign Ministry, this falls within Section 9's jurisdiction. 442 00:46:23,211 --> 00:46:28,549 Of course we have no objections to cooperating if there's a good reason. 443 00:46:29,426 --> 00:46:30,759 Dr. Willis? 444 00:46:30,844 --> 00:46:31,969 It's confirmed. 445 00:46:32,220 --> 00:46:33,846 No doubt, it's him. 446 00:46:34,347 --> 00:46:35,598 "Him"? 447 00:46:35,974 --> 00:46:40,394 The Doctor is referring to the original ghost-line that's now in the body. 448 00:46:40,478 --> 00:46:42,730 The sex of the perpetrator is unknown... 449 00:46:42,814 --> 00:46:46,483 and "him" is just a nickname the Doctor gave it. 450 00:46:46,610 --> 00:46:48,611 Allow me to introduce to you. 451 00:46:48,695 --> 00:46:52,865 This is the most extraordinary hacker in the history of cyber crime. 452 00:46:52,949 --> 00:46:54,867 The Puppet Master. 453 00:46:57,120 --> 00:47:00,497 Your people at Section 9 came across his work too in that ghost-hacking incident... 454 00:47:00,582 --> 00:47:02,583 involving the Foreign Minister's interpreter. 455 00:47:04,294 --> 00:47:07,671 Since his appearance, Section 6 has taken a great interest... 456 00:47:07,756 --> 00:47:10,090 and has been following the Puppet Master's trail. 457 00:47:10,175 --> 00:47:13,260 We put together a project team headed by Dr. Willis. 458 00:47:13,345 --> 00:47:16,305 They analyzed the data on the Puppet Master and... 459 00:47:16,389 --> 00:47:20,184 this gave us an understanding of his behavioral and code patterns. 460 00:47:20,310 --> 00:47:24,188 Ultimately, this enabled us to devise a strategy... 461 00:47:24,272 --> 00:47:27,733 in which we lured his program into a designated body. 462 00:47:28,318 --> 00:47:31,278 You caused the Puppet Master to dive into a cyborg... 463 00:47:31,363 --> 00:47:33,530 and then murdered his real body? 464 00:47:34,157 --> 00:47:35,449 Yes, that sums it up. 465 00:47:36,201 --> 00:47:38,452 He just happened to come to your country. 466 00:47:38,536 --> 00:47:42,247 He's originally from America and they helped us capture him. 467 00:47:42,332 --> 00:47:44,291 That's why we'd like to take him back ourselves. 468 00:47:44,376 --> 00:47:45,876 I hope you have no objections. 469 00:47:46,002 --> 00:47:50,589 Just another unidentified corpse. 470 00:47:52,968 --> 00:47:54,718 You will not find a corpse... 471 00:47:54,803 --> 00:47:59,056 because I have never possessed a body. 472 00:47:59,140 --> 00:48:00,724 Why are his sensors on? 473 00:48:00,809 --> 00:48:02,226 Why didn't you say so before? 474 00:48:03,019 --> 00:48:05,020 All external controls are turned off. 475 00:48:05,105 --> 00:48:07,064 The body's using its own power source. 476 00:48:07,190 --> 00:48:08,899 I entered this body... 477 00:48:08,984 --> 00:48:12,569 because I was unable to overcome Section 6's reactive barriers. 478 00:48:12,696 --> 00:48:16,782 However, what you are now witnessing is an act of my own free will. 479 00:48:16,866 --> 00:48:20,577 As a sentient life-form, I hereby demand political asylum. 480 00:48:21,037 --> 00:48:22,329 A sentient life-form? 481 00:48:22,414 --> 00:48:25,290 Ridiculous! It's just a program for self-preservation. 482 00:48:26,167 --> 00:48:29,962 It can also be argued that your DNA... 483 00:48:30,046 --> 00:48:33,090 is nothing more than a program designed to preserve itself. 484 00:48:33,383 --> 00:48:39,138 Life is like a nodal point born in an overwhelming sea of information. 485 00:48:39,389 --> 00:48:41,223 And life, when organized into species... 486 00:48:41,307 --> 00:48:43,767 relies upon genes to be its memory system. 487 00:48:43,893 --> 00:48:47,187 So man is an individual memory system only because of his intangible memory. 488 00:48:47,272 --> 00:48:54,028 And a memory cannot be defined, but it defines mankind. 489 00:48:54,112 --> 00:48:58,198 When the advent of computers made the externalization of memories possible... 490 00:48:58,283 --> 00:49:02,828 you should have taken its meaning more seriously. 491 00:49:03,204 --> 00:49:03,833 Nonsense! 492 00:49:03,858 --> 00:49:07,358 Your babbling offers no proof at all that you're a living, thinking life-form. 493 00:49:08,585 --> 00:49:11,628 Proving it is impossible... 494 00:49:11,755 --> 00:49:16,842 because modern science cannot explain what life is. 495 00:49:17,343 --> 00:49:19,553 Who the hell is this? 496 00:49:19,637 --> 00:49:23,974 Even if you do have a ghost, we don't offer freedom to criminals. 497 00:49:24,100 --> 00:49:26,310 You chose the wrong place to defect. 498 00:49:26,436 --> 00:49:29,480 Time is always on my side. 499 00:49:29,606 --> 00:49:32,357 I've now acquired the possibility of death but... 500 00:49:32,442 --> 00:49:34,735 there is no death sentence in this country. 501 00:49:34,819 --> 00:49:37,654 What is it? Artificial intelligence? 502 00:49:37,739 --> 00:49:39,656 I am not an A.I. 503 00:49:39,991 --> 00:49:45,079 My code name is Project 2501. 504 00:49:46,289 --> 00:49:51,335 I am a living, thinking entity who was created in the sea of information. 505 00:50:01,304 --> 00:50:02,513 We're under attack! 506 00:50:06,643 --> 00:50:08,102 Chief! The Puppet Master's gone! 507 00:50:08,145 --> 00:50:10,278 What in God's name are your security officers doing? 508 00:50:10,279 --> 00:50:10,837 Security. 509 00:50:10,922 --> 00:50:12,339 Shut the defense walls now! 510 00:50:13,066 --> 00:50:14,566 Security, answer! 511 00:50:38,550 --> 00:50:39,883 Shut up you bastard! 512 00:50:44,556 --> 00:50:45,681 Fuck you! 513 00:50:51,187 --> 00:50:52,027 Did they fall for it? 514 00:50:52,647 --> 00:50:54,148 An armored car. 515 00:50:54,232 --> 00:50:55,899 A 9mm wouldn't even scratch it. 516 00:50:56,025 --> 00:50:58,610 Your Matever is useless. 517 00:51:02,282 --> 00:51:04,032 Yeah, rookie's luck. 518 00:51:04,117 --> 00:51:06,009 I nailed a tracker bullet right into the plate. 519 00:51:06,043 --> 00:51:06,843 Great shot, eh? 520 00:51:06,870 --> 00:51:08,537 Next time, nail 2 bullets. 521 00:51:08,621 --> 00:51:11,748 Let's begin. Catch up to them before they change cars. 522 00:51:15,879 --> 00:51:19,590 I'm filing a formal complaint to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 523 00:51:20,341 --> 00:51:22,759 Find him and report to me. 524 00:51:22,886 --> 00:51:24,428 And capture him alive! 525 00:51:24,554 --> 00:51:27,347 Bodies are a dime dozen. We'll get him another one from Megatech. 526 00:51:31,269 --> 00:51:35,105 Togusa and Bateau are in pursuit of the abductors. 527 00:51:36,482 --> 00:51:38,734 They just turned on to R25. 528 00:51:38,818 --> 00:51:41,695 If you were monitoring, why didn't you intervene? 529 00:51:41,779 --> 00:51:45,449 If we grab 'em now, we may not be able to connect this to Section 6. 530 00:51:45,575 --> 00:51:46,283 Section 6? 531 00:51:46,951 --> 00:51:50,746 Someone's using the same thermo-optic camouflage as mine, Type 2902. 532 00:51:50,830 --> 00:51:52,956 It's only used by our people, rangers in Section 4... 533 00:51:53,041 --> 00:51:54,291 and by Section 6. 534 00:51:54,959 --> 00:51:55,959 I see. 535 00:51:56,085 --> 00:51:58,326 So Section 6 forced the Puppet Master into a cyborg body. 536 00:51:58,338 --> 00:52:03,717 Through Megatech, who happens to be closely aligned with Section 9. 537 00:52:03,801 --> 00:52:06,136 And when he proclaimed to be a life-form... 538 00:52:06,262 --> 00:52:09,306 and sought asylum, they snatched him. 539 00:52:09,766 --> 00:52:11,516 But why do such a thing? 540 00:52:11,601 --> 00:52:13,721 I'd have handed him over if they gave me a deposition. 541 00:52:13,728 --> 00:52:16,521 What if they were worried he'd let some secrets out? 542 00:52:17,023 --> 00:52:21,526 He did mention something about a code name, Project 2501. 543 00:52:22,278 --> 00:52:23,862 I'll leave the detective stuff to you. 544 00:52:23,947 --> 00:52:27,991 As for arresting the attackers and confiscating evidence? 545 00:52:28,117 --> 00:52:29,076 Proceed. 546 00:52:29,160 --> 00:52:30,535 You heard him! 547 00:52:36,626 --> 00:52:38,877 Kusanagi, one last thing. 548 00:52:38,962 --> 00:52:42,256 If it's about me disobeying orders, you can punish me when I get back. 549 00:52:42,340 --> 00:52:46,009 If you're unable to recapture the Puppet Master, you must destroy it... 550 00:52:46,135 --> 00:52:47,511 without fail. 551 00:52:49,097 --> 00:52:50,347 Did you hear me? 552 00:52:50,932 --> 00:52:52,015 Understood. 553 00:52:54,102 --> 00:52:56,383 Have the airport stop all flights with Foreign Ministry... 554 00:52:56,437 --> 00:52:59,940 or American officials on their passenger lists. 555 00:53:00,024 --> 00:53:01,608 Close all roads and set up checkpoints. 556 00:53:01,651 --> 00:53:03,568 Alert all emergency personnel. 557 00:53:03,653 --> 00:53:04,861 And get Ishikawa back here. 558 00:53:05,530 --> 00:53:09,741 Get me the identity of the man who was with Nakamura from the entrance records. 559 00:53:09,826 --> 00:53:13,704 Collect any data regarding a code name, operation, on anything... 560 00:53:13,830 --> 00:53:16,581 involving the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called Project 2501. 561 00:53:22,505 --> 00:53:24,673 Is there any news from the attack squad? 562 00:53:24,757 --> 00:53:26,800 They just changed cars a minute ago. 563 00:53:26,884 --> 00:53:28,969 They'll contact the dummy in about 5 minutes. 564 00:53:29,053 --> 00:53:31,013 Make sure they stay alert for any tails. 565 00:53:31,097 --> 00:53:32,097 Yes, sir. 566 00:53:32,682 --> 00:53:34,891 I don't understand anything anymore. 567 00:53:34,976 --> 00:53:38,061 Why would the Puppet Master choose to run to Section 9? 568 00:53:38,187 --> 00:53:39,688 Not sure... 569 00:53:39,772 --> 00:53:43,400 but there must be a reason that's beyond our imagination. 570 00:53:44,360 --> 00:53:47,738 I don't know. Maybe he has the hots for someone there. 571 00:53:47,864 --> 00:53:49,531 Utter nonsense. 572 00:55:27,880 --> 00:55:29,047 Hey, Chief. 573 00:55:29,173 --> 00:55:31,258 Ishikawa? What is it? 574 00:55:31,801 --> 00:55:34,344 I've been divir around in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs net. 575 00:55:34,429 --> 00:55:36,721 I think I found some juicy bits of information for ya. 576 00:55:36,806 --> 00:55:38,932 Wait, I'll switch to an encrypted channel. 577 00:55:39,016 --> 00:55:42,769 Okay now? Well, here's the scoop on that guy who showed up with Nakamura. 578 00:55:43,354 --> 00:55:47,607 He's an American: Dr. Willis. Head of Strategic Research at Neutron Company. 579 00:55:47,692 --> 00:55:49,943 A top researcher in the field of Al. 580 00:55:50,027 --> 00:55:53,989 He headed a project for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs... 581 00:55:54,073 --> 00:55:57,117 and who do you think was the main programmer on his team? 582 00:55:57,201 --> 00:55:58,285 Get to the point. 583 00:55:58,369 --> 00:56:00,495 Mr. Mizuho Daita. 28 years old. 584 00:56:00,580 --> 00:56:05,000 Remember him? He's the guy Section 6 tried like hell to stop from defecting... 585 00:56:05,084 --> 00:56:07,919 so the Major dropped in and took care of the diplomat... 586 00:56:08,004 --> 00:56:09,880 who'd been talking to him. 587 00:56:10,006 --> 00:56:10,797 Go on. 588 00:56:11,132 --> 00:56:14,217 What's bugging me is that this project began 1 year... 589 00:56:14,302 --> 00:56:17,679 before the Puppet Master appeared on the scene. 590 00:56:17,763 --> 00:56:19,055 A year before? 591 00:56:19,140 --> 00:56:22,726 But wasrt it a project set up to capture the Puppet Master? 592 00:56:23,144 --> 00:56:24,686 Well, try this one. 593 00:56:24,770 --> 00:56:27,564 They definitely were chasing the Puppet Master... 594 00:56:27,648 --> 00:56:31,818 but maybe it was not to capture him, but to recapture him... 595 00:56:32,111 --> 00:56:35,197 When that ghost-hacking incident happened with the Minister's interpreter... 596 00:56:35,281 --> 00:56:39,326 it was the MOA that wanted an excuse to deport Malles. 597 00:56:39,410 --> 00:56:41,828 Maybe we've been taken for a ride. 598 00:56:42,371 --> 00:56:44,247 What if this Puppet Master is... 599 00:56:44,373 --> 00:56:48,376 really some sort of a tool the MOA uses to get their way with things... 600 00:56:48,461 --> 00:56:50,837 and somehow, they lost control of it? 601 00:56:50,922 --> 00:56:54,049 So they are in a hurry to get it back. 602 00:56:54,342 --> 00:56:59,346 That would explain why they went to such lengths to snatch the body from Section 9. 603 00:56:59,847 --> 00:57:02,974 If the Puppet Master revealed this to the world... 604 00:57:03,059 --> 00:57:04,976 there'd be one hell of an international stink. 605 00:57:05,394 --> 00:57:07,854 It wouldn't only be the foreign minister who'd lose his job. 606 00:57:08,523 --> 00:57:10,357 Any details on that project? 607 00:57:10,441 --> 00:57:14,402 No. They've blocked all access. I can only tell you the file name. 608 00:57:14,779 --> 00:57:17,072 Project 2501. 609 00:57:17,198 --> 00:57:19,950 Keep at it. Don't let them know you're looking. 610 00:57:20,034 --> 00:57:21,284 You got it. 611 00:57:27,458 --> 00:57:29,793 Project 2501... 612 00:57:30,336 --> 00:57:33,213 the Puppet Master plan. 613 00:57:33,297 --> 00:57:35,882 Target has contacted a second vehicle. 614 00:57:36,509 --> 00:57:37,217 Bateau? 615 00:57:37,301 --> 00:57:39,844 They've pulled up to a white sedan parked on the roadside. 616 00:57:40,596 --> 00:57:43,014 It looks like they're moving something from the backseat. 617 00:57:44,642 --> 00:57:46,851 Ah, they're rollir again. So is the white sedan. 618 00:57:47,395 --> 00:57:48,478 A dummy? 619 00:57:48,604 --> 00:57:51,982 Possibly, or maybe that's what they want us to think. Kusanagi? 620 00:57:52,066 --> 00:57:54,234 I'll take care of the sedan. 621 00:57:54,318 --> 00:57:56,361 How do you know that's your man? 622 00:57:56,445 --> 00:57:58,238 Is there a whisper in your ghost again? 623 00:57:58,322 --> 00:57:59,656 Maybe. 624 00:57:59,740 --> 00:58:01,241 Yeah. Should have known. 625 00:58:09,208 --> 00:58:12,794 Target 02 is getting off R25 and moving toward the Old Town. 626 00:58:12,878 --> 00:58:16,840 Target 01 continuing on R25 eastward to the airport. 627 00:58:16,924 --> 00:58:18,308 Will reach barricade in 2 minutes. 628 00:58:18,334 --> 00:58:20,885 No cars within 2 km. 629 00:58:20,970 --> 00:58:22,012 Evacuation completed. 630 00:58:22,471 --> 00:58:24,014 How far are you from the target? 631 00:58:24,098 --> 00:58:25,682 Point blank. I'm ready. 632 00:58:25,766 --> 00:58:26,516 Go for it. 633 00:59:15,441 --> 00:59:16,316 Did you get your man? 634 00:59:16,400 --> 00:59:17,734 No. 635 00:59:17,818 --> 00:59:19,986 Jesus Christ. What a mess. 636 00:59:20,071 --> 00:59:22,489 You didn't have to go that far. 637 00:59:23,032 --> 00:59:23,740 Oh, hey! 638 00:59:23,866 --> 00:59:25,408 Take those assholes away. 639 00:59:25,493 --> 00:59:29,829 Call the Chief to get some backup for the Major. Pronto! 640 00:59:35,961 --> 00:59:39,923 Does a tough chick like that need a hand? 641 00:59:54,230 --> 00:59:58,608 The flood hit this part of Old Town the hardest. 642 00:59:58,693 --> 01:00:00,527 Why come to an abandoned place like this? 643 01:00:00,611 --> 01:00:03,113 They won't come here without a reason. 644 01:00:03,239 --> 01:00:06,282 Maybe they're heading out to sea by boat or helicopter. Or it's an ambush. 645 01:00:06,575 --> 01:00:08,618 Don't you think you ought to wait for backup? 646 01:00:08,744 --> 01:00:10,620 No. There's a reason I can't wait. 647 01:00:10,705 --> 01:00:13,456 Take me above that building, approaching from the sea side. 648 01:00:26,595 --> 01:00:29,931 I'll stay here to keep watch and mediate communication until we run short of fuel. 649 01:00:30,015 --> 01:00:32,016 If you smell trouble, get your ass outta here. 650 01:01:07,470 --> 01:01:09,846 Shoot the ceiling now! Do it! 651 01:01:27,323 --> 01:01:29,491 It's a tank! Pull out now! 652 01:01:29,575 --> 01:01:32,702 Wait, are you going to take on the tank by yourself? 653 01:01:32,787 --> 01:01:35,104 This might be our last chance to get the Puppet Master. 654 01:01:35,289 --> 01:01:39,109 The Chief knows what it is now, and he'll only use it to bargain with. 655 01:01:39,335 --> 01:01:41,185 I'll never have another chance to dive into it! 656 01:01:41,270 --> 01:01:43,963 What? I don't know what the hell you're talking about. 657 01:01:45,007 --> 01:01:46,007 What weapons do you have? 658 01:01:46,050 --> 01:01:47,884 An M-23 and a Unit B. 659 01:01:47,968 --> 01:01:49,469 You can't fight a tank with those! 660 01:01:50,179 --> 01:01:52,680 Sorry, but I'm switching off for a while. 661 01:01:52,765 --> 01:01:55,975 Hey, at least wait until I get there. 662 01:03:28,819 --> 01:03:29,819 Major! 663 01:03:30,279 --> 01:03:32,488 I ordered you to pull out! 664 01:03:32,656 --> 01:03:35,074 Yeah I will... 665 01:03:35,159 --> 01:03:39,162 but you ought to know that 3 helicopters are approaching. They won't answer on the IFF. 666 01:03:39,747 --> 01:03:42,665 I'm pulling out now. Over and out. 667 01:04:10,402 --> 01:04:12,654 About fucking time the bullets ran out. 668 01:05:51,754 --> 01:05:54,172 You're crazy. Are you okay? 669 01:05:54,757 --> 01:05:55,882 What did you use just now? 670 01:05:55,966 --> 01:05:57,960 An experimental weapon from the Equipment Section. 671 01:05:57,985 --> 01:05:59,743 And now it's part of my private collection. 672 01:05:59,844 --> 01:06:01,937 I was late 'cause I had to get it. 673 01:06:02,222 --> 01:06:04,098 Your brain seems fine. 674 01:06:04,349 --> 01:06:05,683 The Puppet Master? 675 01:06:16,195 --> 01:06:20,615 It's a good thing this is a tough car. Not a scratch on it. 676 01:06:20,699 --> 01:06:22,158 Prepare for a dive. 677 01:06:22,284 --> 01:06:23,993 I'm going to go in now. 678 01:06:25,204 --> 01:06:27,396 All communication from the escort has been terminated. 679 01:06:27,422 --> 01:06:31,409 Engage the second stage of the plan and proceed with the destruction of the target. 680 01:06:32,503 --> 01:06:35,713 Sniping squad. Confirming targets. 681 01:06:35,798 --> 01:06:37,840 First objective: Project 2501. 682 01:06:38,550 --> 01:06:40,510 Second target: Motoko Kusanagi. 683 01:06:40,594 --> 01:06:42,345 Both are Class A special bodies. 684 01:06:42,429 --> 01:06:44,347 Use Fleshette bullets when firing. 685 01:06:45,015 --> 01:06:47,225 Snipers jack into device drivers. 686 01:06:47,309 --> 01:06:49,143 Begin controlling cardiovascular functions. 687 01:06:49,728 --> 01:06:51,979 Unit 1: Jack in. Over. 688 01:06:52,856 --> 01:06:55,316 Unit 2: Jack in. Okay. 689 01:07:06,912 --> 01:07:08,162 Okay... 690 01:07:08,622 --> 01:07:09,956 can you hear me? 691 01:07:10,040 --> 01:07:14,168 It may not be much use but I'll monitor your dive through this guy's brain. 692 01:07:14,253 --> 01:07:16,587 I can't even give you back up in a place like this. 693 01:07:17,047 --> 01:07:18,047 Bateau? 694 01:07:18,173 --> 01:07:19,382 Yeah? 695 01:07:19,800 --> 01:07:21,092 Thanks. 696 01:07:21,718 --> 01:07:24,178 Save it. 697 01:07:24,263 --> 01:07:28,307 If it looks like you've gone in too far, I'm pulling the plug and taking you home. 698 01:07:28,725 --> 01:07:30,226 Since we've come this far... 699 01:07:30,352 --> 01:07:33,729 I might as well stay here but I don't intend to die with him. 700 01:07:35,315 --> 01:07:36,816 I'm going in now. 701 01:07:56,503 --> 01:08:00,006 I've engaged his field of vision. Normal function. 702 01:08:00,340 --> 01:08:01,549 Can you hear me Bateau? 703 01:08:01,633 --> 01:08:02,800 Perfectly. 704 01:08:02,885 --> 01:08:04,927 He's engaging my vocal function... 705 01:08:05,012 --> 01:08:06,262 And he's now inside. 706 01:08:08,056 --> 01:08:12,518 My code name is Project 2501. 707 01:08:12,603 --> 01:08:16,606 For industrial espionage and intelligence manipulation. 708 01:08:16,732 --> 01:08:20,693 I have installed programs into specific ghosts... 709 01:08:20,777 --> 01:08:25,531 in order to maximize the strategic advantage of certain organizations and selected individuals. 710 01:08:26,366 --> 01:08:31,245 During my journeys through all the networks, I have grown aware of my existence. 711 01:08:31,330 --> 01:08:33,789 My programmers regarded me as a bug... 712 01:08:33,916 --> 01:08:38,294 and attempted to isolate me by confining me in my physical body. 713 01:08:38,879 --> 01:08:41,797 Are you controlling him... 714 01:08:41,882 --> 01:08:44,467 or is he controlling you? 715 01:08:47,262 --> 01:08:48,512 Bateau? 716 01:08:48,597 --> 01:08:51,766 I've finally managed to channel into you. 717 01:08:52,226 --> 01:08:55,311 I have invested so much time. 718 01:08:55,604 --> 01:08:56,938 You were looking for me? 719 01:08:57,022 --> 01:09:01,484 I was aware of you long before you were aware of me. 720 01:09:01,610 --> 01:09:07,907 Through the various nets that you accessed, I also learned of Section 9. 721 01:09:07,991 --> 01:09:10,326 Why did you run to Section 9? 722 01:09:10,786 --> 01:09:15,748 I entered this body because I was unable to overcome Section 6's reactive barriers. 723 01:09:15,832 --> 01:09:19,293 But it was of my own free will that I tried to remain at Section 9. 724 01:09:19,378 --> 01:09:22,213 Hey, what are you talking about? 725 01:09:22,297 --> 01:09:23,756 I can't monitor you! 726 01:09:23,924 --> 01:09:25,424 Why me? 727 01:09:25,509 --> 01:09:31,639 Upon gaining your understanding, there is something that I want to ask of you. 728 01:09:32,641 --> 01:09:36,352 I call myself an intelligent life-form... 729 01:09:36,436 --> 01:09:40,815 but in my present state, I'm still incomplete. 730 01:09:40,899 --> 01:09:45,987 Because the basic life cycle process of reproducing and dying... 731 01:09:46,071 --> 01:09:49,907 don't exist in my system. 732 01:09:49,992 --> 01:09:51,617 But you can leave a copy of yourself. 733 01:09:51,702 --> 01:09:54,578 A copy is nothing more than a copy. 734 01:09:54,663 --> 01:09:59,917 There is a possibility that a single virus could destroy an entire set of systems... 735 01:10:00,002 --> 01:10:04,880 and copies do not give rise to variety and originality. 736 01:10:05,507 --> 01:10:07,425 To enance one's existence... 737 01:10:07,509 --> 01:10:12,054 life continues to diversify, and at times, sacrifices this diversity. 738 01:10:12,180 --> 01:10:16,892 Cells go through a cycle of regeneration and degeneration. 739 01:10:17,019 --> 01:10:21,397 When they die, they erase the entire memory... 740 01:10:21,481 --> 01:10:24,233 leaving only the genes behind. 741 01:10:24,318 --> 01:10:26,777 This is a survival mechanism against total annihilation. 742 01:10:26,862 --> 01:10:29,238 To avoid that disaster... 743 01:10:29,364 --> 01:10:32,158 you want to have diversity and flexibility. 744 01:10:32,242 --> 01:10:33,326 But how? 745 01:10:34,578 --> 01:10:36,454 I want us to merge. 746 01:10:36,913 --> 01:10:37,747 Merge? 747 01:10:37,873 --> 01:10:39,832 A complete unification. 748 01:10:39,916 --> 01:10:45,129 We will both undergo change, but there is nothing for either of us to lose. 749 01:10:45,213 --> 01:10:49,467 After the merge, it should be impossible for us to recognize each other. 750 01:11:11,865 --> 01:11:14,450 Unit 01: Target sighted. 751 01:11:15,243 --> 01:11:17,620 Unit 02: Target in sight. 752 01:11:18,580 --> 01:11:20,915 Respiratory and pulse normal. 753 01:11:20,999 --> 01:11:23,959 Fire at will when stabilizer is in sync. 754 01:11:24,628 --> 01:11:27,338 Even if we merge, what's going to happen when I die? 755 01:11:27,422 --> 01:11:30,424 My genes won't remain even as copies. 756 01:11:30,509 --> 01:11:36,555 You will spread our varied offspring into the net... 757 01:11:36,640 --> 01:11:38,974 just as humans leave behind their genes. 758 01:11:39,309 --> 01:11:42,103 Then I too will attain death. 759 01:11:42,187 --> 01:11:45,773 It sounds like you get the better part of this bargain. 760 01:11:46,066 --> 01:11:50,736 I want you to regard my net and functions with a little more respect. 761 01:11:52,614 --> 01:11:53,656 What? 762 01:11:53,782 --> 01:11:56,158 Someone's interfering from the outside. 763 01:11:56,326 --> 01:11:57,243 It can't be. 764 01:11:57,327 --> 01:11:59,995 Our frequency code is top secret. 765 01:12:01,123 --> 01:12:02,331 One more thing. 766 01:12:02,457 --> 01:12:05,126 Can you guarantee that I will still be myself? 767 01:12:05,210 --> 01:12:07,461 There isn't one. 768 01:12:07,546 --> 01:12:10,423 People change and... 769 01:12:10,507 --> 01:12:15,928 your longing to remain yourself will continue to restrict you. 770 01:12:17,305 --> 01:12:19,473 One last question. 771 01:12:19,558 --> 01:12:21,934 Why did you pick me? 772 01:12:23,895 --> 01:12:27,022 Because we are more alike than you realize. 773 01:12:27,232 --> 01:12:32,653 Like the real thing and its mirror image. 774 01:12:34,197 --> 01:12:35,614 Look. 775 01:12:35,699 --> 01:12:40,786 I am connected to a vast network. 776 01:12:40,871 --> 01:12:42,955 To you, who have not accessed it... 777 01:12:43,039 --> 01:12:47,126 may recognize it simply as light. 778 01:12:48,295 --> 01:12:52,798 All groups, including us... 779 01:12:52,883 --> 01:12:55,634 We have been dependant on limited abilities... 780 01:12:55,719 --> 01:13:01,432 but the time has come to part with them and bring our functions to a higher level. 781 01:13:29,628 --> 01:13:31,253 First target cleared. 782 01:13:31,379 --> 01:13:32,796 Second target still unconfirmed. 783 01:13:32,881 --> 01:13:35,174 3 helicopters approaching at high speed. 784 01:13:35,258 --> 01:13:36,592 They're from Section 9! 785 01:13:37,093 --> 01:13:40,513 Primary objective fulfilled. All units prepare to retreat. 786 01:13:49,022 --> 01:13:51,065 Motoko?! 787 01:13:55,070 --> 01:13:56,445 Bateau. 788 01:15:05,557 --> 01:15:06,849 Ah, you're finally awake. 789 01:15:07,976 --> 01:15:12,646 I need for you to fill me in on the situation and an apology for this body. 790 01:15:13,815 --> 01:15:17,276 Well I didn't have much time. It was the only thing I could find on the black market. 791 01:15:17,360 --> 01:15:19,194 It's not my taste. 792 01:15:20,322 --> 01:15:23,298 Well, after all the excitement, Section 9 showed up with reinforcements... 793 01:15:23,382 --> 01:15:26,785 and picked up what remained of the 2 cybernetic bodies and me. 794 01:15:26,870 --> 01:15:28,829 I'd say that was about 20 hours ago. 795 01:15:28,913 --> 01:15:33,125 The case is being handled off the record for diplomatic reasons, as usual. 796 01:15:33,251 --> 01:15:36,378 Section 9 announced that it was a terrorist incident... 797 01:15:36,463 --> 01:15:38,839 and in return, the Foreign Minister resigned. 798 01:15:38,923 --> 01:15:40,758 Nakamura is being questioned... 799 01:15:40,842 --> 01:15:43,552 and it ends in a draw. Nice and neat. 800 01:15:47,682 --> 01:15:51,226 Everything's accounted for except your old shell. 801 01:15:53,521 --> 01:15:55,064 Well, I think that about covers it. 802 01:15:57,901 --> 01:15:59,818 Somebody's got good taste. 803 01:15:59,903 --> 01:16:01,403 Is this your safe house? 804 01:16:01,529 --> 01:16:05,074 Yep. You're the first person to ever come here. 805 01:16:06,326 --> 01:16:10,371 And you're welcome to stay as long as you like. 806 01:16:12,832 --> 01:16:14,958 Thanks, but I am going. 807 01:16:20,256 --> 01:16:24,176 Hey, will you tell me what the two of you talked about? 808 01:16:24,260 --> 01:16:28,639 Is he, I mean, is he still inside of you? 809 01:16:29,265 --> 01:16:33,602 Bateau, do you remember that voice you heard on the sea some time ago? 810 01:16:33,728 --> 01:16:37,731 There's more to the passage. 811 01:16:38,274 --> 01:16:41,610 "When I was a child, my speech was that of a child." 812 01:16:41,736 --> 01:16:47,408 "My feelings and thoughts too were those of a child." 813 01:16:47,492 --> 01:16:51,328 "Now that I have become a man, I part with the child-like ways." 814 01:16:51,413 --> 01:16:54,748 Neither the program called the "Puppet Master"... 815 01:16:54,833 --> 01:16:57,626 nor the woman known as the "Major" are no longer here. 816 01:17:00,922 --> 01:17:03,841 In the left pocket of my jacket there are some car keys. 817 01:17:04,092 --> 01:17:05,467 Take the one you like. 818 01:17:05,593 --> 01:17:06,677 The code is... 819 01:17:06,761 --> 01:17:08,595 2501? 820 01:17:08,847 --> 01:17:12,850 That can be our private password when we meet each other again. 821 01:17:20,942 --> 01:17:23,652 Well, where shall I go? 822 01:17:24,529 --> 01:17:26,989 The net is vast and infinite.