1
00:00:29,996 --> 00:00:32,726
To all patrolling air units.
A 208 is in progress...

2
00:00:32,799 --> 00:00:34,562
...in the C-13 district
of Newport City.

3
00:00:34,634 --> 00:00:38,195
The airspace over this area
will be closed. Repeat:

4
00:00:38,271 --> 00:00:41,263
To all patrolling air units.
A 208 is in progress...

5
00:00:41,341 --> 00:00:43,332
...in the C-13 district
of Newport City.

6
00:00:43,410 --> 00:00:46,470
The airspace over this area
will be closed. Repeat...

7
00:01:13,106 --> 00:01:15,267
There's nothing
to worry about.

8
00:01:15,341 --> 00:01:18,276
You can try it again once
you're in our country.

9
00:01:18,344 --> 00:01:20,209
"Try it again?"

10
00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,078
Just as there's no such thing
as a bug-free program...

11
00:01:23,149 --> 00:01:27,142
...there's no program
that can't be debugged.
Am I wrong?

12
00:01:27,220 --> 00:01:29,245
You don't understand.

13
00:01:29,322 --> 00:01:31,984
We still don't know if
it really is a bug.

14
00:01:32,058 --> 00:01:34,492
Project 2501's
original purpose was--

15
00:01:34,561 --> 00:01:37,530
Major, Section 6
is ready to move in.

16
00:01:39,632 --> 00:01:41,998
- Major!
- I hear you.

17
00:01:43,236 --> 00:01:46,171
There's a lot of
static in your brain.

18
00:01:46,239 --> 00:01:48,400
It's that time
of the month.

19
00:01:56,416 --> 00:01:59,283
Won't there be trouble
if Section 9 butts in
on Section 6's operation?

20
00:01:59,352 --> 00:02:01,411
That diplomat's a pretty
well-known bastard.

21
00:02:01,488 --> 00:02:05,049
Even if they catch him there,
all they can do is deport him.

22
00:02:05,125 --> 00:02:10,222
We're the only ones
who can get our hands dirty.

23
00:02:10,296 --> 00:02:12,924
They're moving.
Take us over to
the extraction point.

24
00:02:51,271 --> 00:02:53,466
What? The police?

25
00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:04,207
Stop it! Who told you to
open fire?! Drop your guns!

26
00:03:08,354 --> 00:03:12,814
I have diplomatic immunity!
Let me see who's in charge!

27
00:03:12,892 --> 00:03:15,224
Transporting a listed programmer
out of the country...

28
00:03:15,295 --> 00:03:17,286
...violates our
arms export treaty.

29
00:03:17,363 --> 00:03:21,231
I could also have you
charged with kidnapping.

30
00:03:21,301 --> 00:03:23,269
Give the man up.

31
00:03:23,336 --> 00:03:25,964
I'm afraid not. He's applied
for political asylum with us...

32
00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:28,906
...and he's already signed
a statement to that effect!

33
00:03:28,975 --> 00:03:31,739
- When?!
- I don't have to tell you!

34
00:03:31,811 --> 00:03:34,575
By right of international law,
my country can...

35
00:03:34,647 --> 00:03:37,616
...offer him protection
and right of safe passage.

36
00:03:37,684 --> 00:03:39,845
The document is on file
at our embassy.

37
00:03:39,919 --> 00:03:42,114
I'll transfer a copy to you
in a few days.

38
00:03:42,188 --> 00:03:44,713
Are you sure about this?
They won't take you back alive.

39
00:03:44,791 --> 00:03:46,986
I must ask that you
watch what you say.

40
00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:49,290
Our country is
a peace-loving democracy.

41
00:03:49,362 --> 00:03:51,353
Is that a fact?

42
00:03:53,099 --> 00:03:55,158
Out the window! Shoot!

43
00:04:03,509 --> 00:04:06,137
Thermoptic camouflage...

44
00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,360
This is a rare pleasure,
Mr. Aramaki.

45
00:08:57,436 --> 00:09:00,132
What can the Foreign Ministry
do for Section 9?

46
00:09:00,206 --> 00:09:02,231
What are these secret talks
you've scheduled with...

47
00:09:02,308 --> 00:09:04,299
...the Gavel Republic
for tomorrow?

48
00:09:04,377 --> 00:09:06,402
The usual. Foreign aid.

49
00:09:06,479 --> 00:09:09,380
The new government
reopened the request
after the revolution.

50
00:09:09,448 --> 00:09:12,008
They claim to be
more democratic...

51
00:09:12,084 --> 00:09:14,882
...but they'll probably be
as bad as the last bunch.

52
00:09:14,954 --> 00:09:17,479
Giving them money
they don't earn
will help nobody.

53
00:09:17,557 --> 00:09:20,117
They consider it reparation
for past exploitation
and won't thank--

54
00:09:20,192 --> 00:09:22,490
And what will
the government do?

55
00:09:22,562 --> 00:09:25,224
The problem is that
we have the leader of...

56
00:09:25,298 --> 00:09:27,823
...the old junta here
looking for political asylum.

57
00:09:27,900 --> 00:09:29,765
Col. Maless, right?

58
00:09:29,835 --> 00:09:32,929
So, do we throw him out
and grant them the aid?

59
00:09:33,005 --> 00:09:36,304
Or do we publicly
recognize him as a refugee
and cut the aid?

60
00:09:36,375 --> 00:09:39,139
Not an easy decision
to make.

61
00:09:39,211 --> 00:09:42,339
Personally, if I could find
a politically acceptable
reason...

62
00:09:42,415 --> 00:09:45,782
...I'd have the man deported
in a heartbeat.

63
00:09:54,860 --> 00:09:58,318
Oh yes, thanks for your help
with that programmer defection.

64
00:09:58,397 --> 00:10:01,161
Nakamura over in Section 6
said he was grateful.

65
00:10:01,233 --> 00:10:04,225
After all,
we in the diplomatic corps
have to keep our hands clean.

66
00:10:10,209 --> 00:10:12,234
Accessed.

67
00:10:12,311 --> 00:10:15,109
We've lost response.
How's her brainwave output look?

68
00:10:15,181 --> 00:10:18,639
Normal.
Switching over the virtual
experience mode pattern.

69
00:10:20,019 --> 00:10:22,078
The Foreign Minister's
interpreter.

70
00:10:22,154 --> 00:10:26,648
23 minutes ago,
her cyber-brain was hacked
via telephone connection.

71
00:10:28,461 --> 00:10:31,157
Just as Foreign Intelligence
division predicted...

72
00:10:31,230 --> 00:10:33,221
...the Puppet Master
has begun to break into...

73
00:10:33,299 --> 00:10:35,267
...every terminal
on the network.

74
00:10:35,334 --> 00:10:37,768
Pattern analysis shows
a high probability that...

75
00:10:37,837 --> 00:10:40,931
...he's attempting to disrupt
secret talks with Gavel.

76
00:10:41,007 --> 00:10:44,101
We've placed everyone attending
the talks under surveillance.

77
00:10:44,176 --> 00:10:46,610
Probably trying
to hack her ghost...

78
00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:50,046
...so she'll kill
people at the meeting.

79
00:10:50,116 --> 00:10:54,917
How long till he hacks
through her protection
and reaches her ghost?

80
00:10:54,987 --> 00:10:59,651
He's using an old-style HA-3.
I'd say about two hours.

81
00:10:59,725 --> 00:11:01,625
After that,
we'll have to cut the line
to eliminate all risk.

82
00:11:01,694 --> 00:11:05,027
Batou and Ishikawa

83
00:11:05,097 --> 00:11:07,122
Rendezvous with them.

84
00:11:25,151 --> 00:11:28,609
The Puppet Master...
That phantom hacker, right?

85
00:11:28,688 --> 00:11:30,952
They think
he's an American.

86
00:11:31,023 --> 00:11:33,821
Age, sex, personal history...
Everything about him is unknown.

87
00:11:33,893 --> 00:11:36,953
Since last winter he's been
mainly active in the EC.

88
00:11:37,029 --> 00:11:39,725
Internationally wanted
on dozens of charges of...

89
00:11:39,799 --> 00:11:42,529
...stock manipulation,
spying, political engineering...

90
00:11:42,601 --> 00:11:46,162
...terrorism, and violation
of cyber-brain privacy.

91
00:11:46,238 --> 00:11:49,435
He's ghost-hacked
so many people
to carry out his crimes...

92
00:11:49,508 --> 00:11:52,068
...he's earned the code name
"The Puppet Master."

93
00:11:52,144 --> 00:11:54,840
This is the first instance
of him operating
in this country.

94
00:11:54,914 --> 00:11:59,214
So, if he's so hot,
why's he using an old HA-3?

95
00:11:59,285 --> 00:12:04,848
Well, a newer type
would be less detectable
and be harder to trace.

96
00:12:04,924 --> 00:12:10,089
But it could also implicate
the former junta leader,
Col. Maless.

97
00:12:10,162 --> 00:12:15,156
So he's using an older type
to keep us from suspecting him.

98
00:12:15,234 --> 00:12:19,671
Or somebody else
wants us to think that.

99
00:12:19,739 --> 00:12:23,140
Maless may just be another pawn
in this whole thing.

100
00:12:23,209 --> 00:12:27,145
Now you're over thinking this.
There's no evidence of that.

101
00:12:27,213 --> 00:12:28,840
Evidence?

102
00:12:30,649 --> 00:12:33,641
I just have a whisper...
A whisper from my ghost.

103
00:12:33,719 --> 00:12:36,745
By the way, are you
still using that revolver?

104
00:12:36,822 --> 00:12:39,723
Afraid both guns
in a two-man team'll jam up?

105
00:12:39,792 --> 00:12:41,623
I like the Matever.

106
00:12:41,694 --> 00:12:43,787
Since I depend on your backup,
I think stopping power is...

107
00:12:43,863 --> 00:12:46,127
...more important than
personal preference.

108
00:12:46,198 --> 00:12:48,223
Especially since it's
my ass on the line.

109
00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:50,962
Use the Zastaber instead.

110
00:12:51,036 --> 00:12:54,472
Major, I've been
meaning to ask you.

111
00:12:54,540 --> 00:12:58,135
Why'd you ask for a guy
like me to be transferred
in from the police?

112
00:12:58,210 --> 00:12:59,609
Because you're
a guy like you.

113
00:12:59,678 --> 00:13:01,236
Huh?

114
00:13:01,313 --> 00:13:06,250
An honest cop with a clean
record. And you've got
a regular family.

115
00:13:06,318 --> 00:13:10,516
With the exception of
your cyber-net implants,
your brain's real.

116
00:13:10,589 --> 00:13:13,057
No matter how powerful
we may be fighting-wise...

117
00:13:13,125 --> 00:13:15,923
...a system where
all the parts react
the same way...

118
00:13:15,995 --> 00:13:19,260
...is a system
with a fatal flaw.

119
00:13:19,331 --> 00:13:20,855
Like individual,
like organization.

120
00:13:20,933 --> 00:13:23,333
Overspecialization
leads to death.

121
00:13:23,402 --> 00:13:24,494
That's all.

122
00:13:36,482 --> 00:13:38,973
- Come on!
- All right!

123
00:13:43,889 --> 00:13:46,289
We're already 40 seconds
behind schedule!

124
00:13:46,358 --> 00:13:49,691
- Game five more seconds.
- Of all the lousy luck...

125
00:13:56,168 --> 00:13:57,726
Hey, sorry.

126
00:13:57,803 --> 00:14:00,795
My last partner,
the one they busted
for working without...

127
00:14:00,873 --> 00:14:03,341
...a permit,
was a better worker than you!

128
00:14:05,511 --> 00:14:08,139
You're actually trying
to ghost-hack your own wife...

129
00:14:08,214 --> 00:14:10,273
...just to see
what's on her mind?

130
00:14:10,349 --> 00:14:14,843
She doesn't have any time for me
and now she wants a divorce.

131
00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,980
On top of that, my daughter,
my only child...

132
00:14:18,057 --> 00:14:20,389
...thinks I'm cheating
on her mother!

133
00:14:20,459 --> 00:14:23,826
So how'd you get your hands
on cracking software?

134
00:14:23,896 --> 00:14:28,799
From some programmer.
A really nice guy
I met in a bar.

135
00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:31,803
I told him my wife's lawyer
was keeping me
from seeing her...

136
00:14:31,871 --> 00:14:33,668
...and he said he'd help.

137
00:14:33,739 --> 00:14:36,435
Told me to access
from different places
to keep from getting caught.

138
00:14:36,508 --> 00:14:38,373
Smart guy, huh?

139
00:14:43,349 --> 00:14:45,874
Asshole! Ya tryin' to
get yourself killed?!

140
00:14:45,951 --> 00:14:48,715
Looks like we aren't
the only busy people out here.

141
00:14:52,424 --> 00:14:54,449
Nobody here.

142
00:14:54,526 --> 00:14:56,858
What's the point?
Even if we trace the calls...

143
00:14:56,929 --> 00:14:59,557
...the guy's already gone
by the time we get there.

144
00:14:59,632 --> 00:15:02,430
- Vicious cycle, huh?
- Quit complaining!

145
00:15:02,501 --> 00:15:04,969
Kusanagi and Togusa
are headed for the next
expected hack point.

146
00:15:05,037 --> 00:15:07,232
You two look
for something there.

147
00:15:07,306 --> 00:15:08,739
Look for what?

148
00:15:08,807 --> 00:15:10,968
Anything.

149
00:15:11,043 --> 00:15:13,307
Fuckin' old coot.
He tells US to snoop around?!

150
00:15:13,379 --> 00:15:15,472
Waita sec!

151
00:15:15,547 --> 00:15:17,708
Damn, missed him.

152
00:15:17,783 --> 00:15:20,547
Hey, Pops. Did you see
a garbage truck go by here?

153
00:15:20,619 --> 00:15:22,610
Who wants to know?

154
00:15:22,688 --> 00:15:24,713
Did you see it or not?

155
00:15:24,790 --> 00:15:28,521
Yeah, but they were gone
by the time I got my trash.

156
00:15:28,594 --> 00:15:31,222
One was using the phone,
so I thought I had time--

157
00:15:34,033 --> 00:15:37,127
Uh, can you take this
to them?

158
00:15:37,202 --> 00:15:41,332
A garbage truck? Of course...
They move every seven minutes.

159
00:15:41,407 --> 00:15:45,571
Control! Get me
the trash collection
routes for that sector!

160
00:15:57,056 --> 00:15:59,524
There are eight garbage trucks
operating in the target area.

161
00:15:59,591 --> 00:16:02,185
Target is a type C
collection truck, #79.

162
00:16:05,164 --> 00:16:07,564
Let me drive.

163
00:16:15,975 --> 00:16:18,500
Ishikawa, check out
the drivers' homes.

164
00:16:18,577 --> 00:16:21,171
Batou, you get to their
next stop before they do!

165
00:16:21,246 --> 00:16:25,512
He may be in contact
with someone else.
Observe, but don't move in!

166
00:16:25,584 --> 00:16:27,609
Route data accessed.

167
00:16:27,686 --> 00:16:32,146
Hacking points traced
and matched. Target
now stopped at next point.

168
00:16:33,926 --> 00:16:36,326
Confirm access via HA-3.

169
00:16:42,167 --> 00:16:43,964
Sorry, sorry.

170
00:16:44,036 --> 00:16:47,062
How about I do the trash
and you make the call
on the next stop?

171
00:16:48,540 --> 00:16:49,507
Okay?

172
00:16:49,575 --> 00:16:52,305
Leave me out of your
little crime spree.

173
00:16:52,378 --> 00:16:54,573
Can't believe this
load of bullshit...

174
00:16:54,646 --> 00:16:57,979
- Do you have kids?
- Do I look like I do?

175
00:16:58,050 --> 00:17:00,075
Then you couldn't
understand.

176
00:17:00,152 --> 00:17:02,518
My daughter's my life.

177
00:17:02,588 --> 00:17:05,648
Take a look. Isn't she
just a little angel?

178
00:17:05,724 --> 00:17:08,784
I hate looking at other
peoples' family albums.

179
00:17:11,296 --> 00:17:14,288
Yeah, truck 79.
Oh, boss. What's up?

180
00:17:15,667 --> 00:17:19,068
The cops were checking our
routes? You wanna know why?

181
00:17:19,138 --> 00:17:21,231
How should I know?!

182
00:17:24,877 --> 00:17:28,176
They spotted the hack!
I gotta warn my friend!

183
00:17:28,247 --> 00:17:30,841
We're gonna have to
skip our next stop!

184
00:17:30,916 --> 00:17:35,285
Target has deviated from route.
Increasing speed to next point.

185
00:17:35,354 --> 00:17:38,812
Is he on to us?
Didn't think he could see me.

186
00:17:38,891 --> 00:17:41,655
My accessing
the sanitation dept. network
may have tipped him off.

187
00:17:41,727 --> 00:17:43,718
Shoulda used a back door.

188
00:17:43,796 --> 00:17:46,264
Too late.
Go for the collar.

189
00:17:51,136 --> 00:17:53,366
You can drive now.

190
00:18:56,702 --> 00:18:59,830
Jesus... He blew a perfectly
good armored van to shit.

191
00:18:59,905 --> 00:19:03,272
He hosed us with
high-velocity AP rounds!
That car door's no cover!

192
00:19:03,342 --> 00:19:06,038
In a submachine gun?
The guy must be nuts.

193
00:19:20,592 --> 00:19:22,617
He's using
thermoptic camo, too?!

194
00:19:22,694 --> 00:19:26,255
Keep after him!
I'll flank him from above!

195
00:19:26,331 --> 00:19:29,892
Togusa, if you're still alive,
arrest those two garbage men.

196
00:19:29,968 --> 00:19:31,196
Roger.

197
00:19:32,437 --> 00:19:35,463
This job just never
lets up, does it?

198
00:20:34,333 --> 00:20:36,733
Police! Everybody down!

199
00:22:37,456 --> 00:22:39,947
All finished?

200
00:23:32,244 --> 00:23:34,542
You all set?

201
00:23:34,613 --> 00:23:37,673
That's what you get
when you overload
the ammo rating.

202
00:23:37,749 --> 00:23:42,209
Frame's bent all to hell.
The barrel's shot, too.

203
00:23:42,287 --> 00:23:46,053
Doesn't matter if you arrest me.
I'm not gonna talk!

204
00:23:46,124 --> 00:23:48,115
Talk?!

205
00:23:49,895 --> 00:23:54,628
And what would I ask a guy
who doesn't even know
his own name?!

206
00:23:56,735 --> 00:23:58,965
Your mother's face.

207
00:23:59,037 --> 00:24:01,801
The place you grew up in.

208
00:24:01,873 --> 00:24:03,738
Memories of your childhood.

209
00:24:04,910 --> 00:24:08,243
Can you remember
any of those things?

210
00:24:14,853 --> 00:24:18,016
There's nothing sadder
than a puppet without a ghost.

211
00:24:18,089 --> 00:24:20,580
Especially the kind
with red blood
running through them.

212
00:24:36,374 --> 00:24:39,070
We'll rush the place
once the guys in
the helicopter are inside.

213
00:24:39,144 --> 00:24:42,079
Squad B goes around back,
the rest of you take the front.

214
00:24:42,147 --> 00:24:46,914
Saito, have your men
pull the plugs
on all their cars.

215
00:24:46,985 --> 00:24:49,419
Begin recording.

216
00:24:52,157 --> 00:24:55,058
Message from HQ, sir.

217
00:24:55,126 --> 00:24:58,118
We've ID'ed the guy
the Major collared.

218
00:24:58,196 --> 00:24:59,561
Go on.

219
00:24:59,631 --> 00:25:02,566
Tsuan Gen Fang. Age: 28

220
00:25:02,634 --> 00:25:07,799
Illegal alien.
Weapons violations.
Three priors.

221
00:25:07,873 --> 00:25:12,503
Was hiding out with
a militant refugee group
up till a month ago.

222
00:25:12,577 --> 00:25:16,013
One week ago,
because of his record...

223
00:25:16,081 --> 00:25:18,777
...he was contacted
by a military liaison
in the Gavel embassy to...

224
00:25:18,850 --> 00:25:21,978
...attack the secret talks
we would be having with them.

225
00:25:22,053 --> 00:25:24,146
And the real story?

226
00:25:24,222 --> 00:25:29,319
Nickname: Corgi. Occupation:
a rather violent scrap dealer.

227
00:25:29,394 --> 00:25:31,294
Guess you could
call him a thug.

228
00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:35,993
We've checked the records
the local cops have on him...

229
00:25:36,067 --> 00:25:39,798
...but we can't find
any connection with Gavel.

230
00:25:39,871 --> 00:25:43,068
Another puppet from our friend
the Puppet Master.

231
00:25:43,141 --> 00:25:45,075
And what about Ishikawa?

232
00:25:45,143 --> 00:25:50,672
He's back. He's with Togusa,
talking to that poor trash man.

233
00:25:52,884 --> 00:25:55,751
So, what about
the Puppet Master
on your end?

234
00:25:55,820 --> 00:25:59,017
How's he look to you?

235
00:26:03,094 --> 00:26:05,460
Like a puppet himself...

236
00:26:05,530 --> 00:26:08,499
- Squad B, in position.
- Squads A and C, ready!

237
00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:10,831
Ready to move in, sir.

238
00:26:11,803 --> 00:26:13,794
Move in.

239
00:26:16,341 --> 00:26:19,105
What do you mean,
a "virtual experience?"

240
00:26:19,177 --> 00:26:22,578
I mean your wife, your daughter.
the divorce, the affair...

241
00:26:22,647 --> 00:26:26,413
They're all fake memories.
Like a dream.

242
00:26:26,484 --> 00:26:30,580
Someone was using you
to ghost-hack
a government official.

243
00:26:30,655 --> 00:26:33,055
No... That's impossible!

244
00:26:33,124 --> 00:26:35,490
I've been
to your apartment.

245
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,495
No one's there.
It's a one-room apartment.

246
00:26:38,563 --> 00:26:41,691
Yeah, I moved there
when we split up--

247
00:26:41,766 --> 00:26:45,566
You've been living there
for ten years!

248
00:26:45,637 --> 00:26:48,333
You have no wife,
no child.

249
00:26:48,406 --> 00:26:50,840
Your family exists
only in your mind.

250
00:26:52,611 --> 00:26:56,707
Look. This is the picture
you showed to your partner.

251
00:26:57,415 --> 00:26:59,883
Who is it of?

252
00:26:59,951 --> 00:27:03,910
But, she was there.
My daughter...

253
00:27:03,989 --> 00:27:06,719
Smiling like an angel...

254
00:27:06,791 --> 00:27:09,157
What's your
daughter's name?

255
00:27:09,227 --> 00:27:11,923
Where did you meet
your wife, and when?

256
00:27:11,997 --> 00:27:15,091
How many years ago
did you get married?

257
00:27:15,166 --> 00:27:18,897
Who do you see
in the picture?

258
00:27:20,238 --> 00:27:24,334
How do I get rid of
these fake memories?

259
00:27:24,409 --> 00:27:27,207
I'm sorry. With our
current technology...

260
00:27:27,278 --> 00:27:29,371
There've been two successful
deprogrammings...

261
00:27:29,447 --> 00:27:31,711
...but I can't
recommend it to you.

262
00:27:31,783 --> 00:27:33,546
I'm really sorry.

263
00:27:33,618 --> 00:27:35,984
Virtual experiences,
dreams...

264
00:27:36,054 --> 00:27:41,048
All data that exists
is both reality and fantasy.

265
00:27:43,061 --> 00:27:46,121
Whichever it is,
the data a person collects
in a lifetime...

266
00:27:46,197 --> 00:27:48,859
...is a tiny bit
compared to the whole.

267
00:29:17,122 --> 00:29:20,751
A cyborg who goes diving
in her spare time.

268
00:29:20,825 --> 00:29:25,057
That can't be a good sign.
When did you start doing this?

269
00:29:30,168 --> 00:29:34,696
Doesn't the ocean scare you?
If the floaters
stopped working.

270
00:29:34,773 --> 00:29:38,504
Then I'd probably die.
Or would you dive in after me?

271
00:29:39,677 --> 00:29:42,077
No one forced you
to come out here with me.

272
00:29:42,647 --> 00:29:43,875
I just--

273
00:30:16,848 --> 00:30:20,215
So, what's it f eel like
when you go diving?

274
00:30:20,285 --> 00:30:23,584
Didn't you go through
underwater training?

275
00:30:23,655 --> 00:30:25,850
I'm not talking about
doing it in a damned pool.

276
00:30:27,258 --> 00:30:30,227
I f eel f ear. Anxiety.
Loneliness. Darkness.

277
00:30:30,295 --> 00:30:32,889
And perhaps, even...hope.

278
00:30:32,964 --> 00:30:35,626
Hope? In the darkness
of the sea?

279
00:30:36,868 --> 00:30:38,961
As I float up
towards the surface...

280
00:30:39,037 --> 00:30:43,371
...I almost f eel
as though I could change
into something else.

281
00:30:49,347 --> 00:30:52,316
As though you want
to quit Section 9?

282
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,917
Batou, how much
of your original body
do you have left?

283
00:30:58,990 --> 00:31:00,924
Are you drunk?

284
00:31:00,992 --> 00:31:02,926
Convenient, isn't it?

285
00:31:02,994 --> 00:31:05,929
With the merest thought,
the chemical plants
inside our bodies...

286
00:31:05,997 --> 00:31:10,229
...could metabolize
all the alcohol in our blood
in about ten seconds...

287
00:31:10,301 --> 00:31:13,532
Allowing us to sit here
drinking while on stand-by.

288
00:31:13,605 --> 00:31:17,268
If a technological f eat
is possible, man will do it.

289
00:31:17,342 --> 00:31:20,277
Almost as though it's wired
into the core of our being.

290
00:31:20,345 --> 00:31:22,779
Metabolic control.
Enhanced sensory perception.

291
00:31:22,847 --> 00:31:25,611
Improved reflexes
and muscle capacity.

292
00:31:25,683 --> 00:31:28,550
Vastly increased data
processing speed and capacity.

293
00:31:28,620 --> 00:31:33,250
All improvements
thanks to our cyber-brains
and cyborg bodies.

294
00:31:33,324 --> 00:31:36,919
So what if we can't live
without high-level maintenance?

295
00:31:36,995 --> 00:31:38,895
We have nothing
to complain about.

296
00:31:38,963 --> 00:31:43,229
It doesn't mean we've sold
our souls to Section 9.

297
00:31:43,301 --> 00:31:46,293
We do have the right
to resign if we choose.

298
00:31:46,371 --> 00:31:49,306
Provided we give the government
back our cyborg shells...

299
00:31:49,374 --> 00:31:51,899
...and the memories
they hold.

300
00:31:51,976 --> 00:31:55,935
Just as there are
many parts needed
to make a human a human...

301
00:31:56,014 --> 00:31:58,983
...there's a remarkable number
of things needed to make...

302
00:31:59,050 --> 00:32:00,915
...an individual
what they are.

303
00:32:00,985 --> 00:32:02,612
A face to distinguish
yourself from others.

304
00:32:02,687 --> 00:32:04,245
A voice you aren't
aware of yourself.

305
00:32:04,322 --> 00:32:06,153
The hand you see
when you awaken.

306
00:32:06,224 --> 00:32:09,250
The memories of childhood,
the feelings for the future.

307
00:32:09,327 --> 00:32:12,262
That's not all.
There's the expanse
of the data net...

308
00:32:12,330 --> 00:32:14,798
...my cyber-brain
can access.

309
00:32:14,866 --> 00:32:16,800
All of that goes into
making me what I am.

310
00:32:16,868 --> 00:32:20,565
Giving rise to a consciousness
that I call "me."

311
00:32:20,638 --> 00:32:24,597
And simultaneously confining
"me" within set limits.

312
00:32:29,981 --> 00:32:33,610
Is that why you dive
into the sea with a body
that only sinks?!

313
00:32:33,685 --> 00:32:37,280
What is it you see
in the water's darkness?

314
00:32:37,355 --> 00:32:42,349
"For now we see through
a glass, darkly."

315
00:32:50,335 --> 00:32:52,963
That was you, wasn't it?

316
00:37:00,284 --> 00:37:02,047
Sensors: restarted.

317
00:37:02,119 --> 00:37:04,212
Auxiliary computer link:
check.

318
00:37:04,288 --> 00:37:06,188
Visual sensors: online.

319
00:37:06,257 --> 00:37:09,226
- Cyborg body signal?
- Output: nominal.

320
00:37:15,299 --> 00:37:17,961
Can't you call in
if you're going to be late?

321
00:37:21,606 --> 00:37:24,575
We're all set.
Should we hook her up?

322
00:37:47,965 --> 00:37:50,900
Okay, looking good!
Kill it!

323
00:37:50,968 --> 00:37:53,937
Be in my office
in three minutes.

324
00:37:58,142 --> 00:38:03,341
Since you were late,
I'll explain what's going on.

325
00:38:03,414 --> 00:38:07,350
Two hours ago,
a Megatech Body assembly line
in Newport City...

326
00:38:07,418 --> 00:38:09,978
...just started up
and produced a cyborg shell.

327
00:38:10,054 --> 00:38:12,955
By the time the guys in charge
realized what was happening...

328
00:38:13,024 --> 00:38:15,788
...the body had escaped.

329
00:38:15,860 --> 00:38:18,852
Then, just as they had
thrown up a cordon
to catch the thing...

330
00:38:18,929 --> 00:38:21,056
...we got a call
from a conscientious
truck driver that...

331
00:38:21,132 --> 00:38:25,159
...he'd just run down
a naked lady wandering
around on the highway.

332
00:38:25,236 --> 00:38:27,670
Which brings us to here.

333
00:38:27,738 --> 00:38:30,730
I've heard Megatech Body's
tied pretty closely
to the government...

334
00:38:30,808 --> 00:38:33,743
...and that all the shells
made there are secret.

335
00:38:33,811 --> 00:38:35,779
If a hacker did this,
he had to swim through...

336
00:38:35,846 --> 00:38:38,110
...some of the heaviest
protection around.

337
00:38:38,182 --> 00:38:40,241
And that isn't
the only problem.

338
00:38:43,354 --> 00:38:48,758
Of course, it doesn't have
an organic brain in its head...

339
00:38:48,826 --> 00:38:51,761
...but we've detected
what looks like a ghost...

340
00:38:51,829 --> 00:38:53,763
...in the auxiliary
computer brain.

341
00:38:55,132 --> 00:38:57,600
It isn't unlike
the virtual ghost-line
you get...

342
00:38:57,668 --> 00:39:00,102
...when a real ghost
is dubbed off.

343
00:39:00,171 --> 00:39:03,038
But it shows none
of the data degradation
dubbing would produce.

344
00:39:03,107 --> 00:39:08,010
Well, until we map
the barrier perimeter
and dive in there...

345
00:39:08,079 --> 00:39:10,673
...we won't know
anything for sure.

346
00:39:10,748 --> 00:39:13,683
Anyhow, better get back
to checking her over.

347
00:39:13,751 --> 00:39:14,718
Good work.

348
00:39:14,785 --> 00:39:17,720
Time to rip her apart.

349
00:39:22,727 --> 00:39:27,630
Come on, you guys don't think
there's a ghost in that thing.

350
00:39:27,698 --> 00:39:29,689
It's possible.

351
00:39:29,767 --> 00:39:33,396
I've heard celluloid dolls
can have a soul.

352
00:39:33,471 --> 00:39:38,067
And this thing's stuff ed
full of neurotech devices.

353
00:39:38,142 --> 00:39:40,474
I wouldn't be surprised
if it had a soul.

354
00:39:41,712 --> 00:39:44,772
Since you're new here,
you probably don't know.

355
00:39:44,849 --> 00:39:48,785
The Major's shell was
also made by Megatech Body.

356
00:39:48,853 --> 00:39:52,755
Not just hers.
Me and Ishikawa for one...

357
00:39:52,823 --> 00:39:56,088
...along with Saito and others
all need maintenance and such.

358
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:59,061
Outside of you and the Chief,
everyone in Section 9...

359
00:39:59,130 --> 00:40:02,099
...needs to make use
of their kind services.

360
00:40:02,166 --> 00:40:06,796
Maybe you can see now why we all
look a little worried, Togusa.

361
00:40:06,871 --> 00:40:09,772
Assuming the enemy
is an outsider,
we can't know for sure...

362
00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:11,774
...whether he's in that
cyborg body or not.

363
00:40:11,842 --> 00:40:13,833
But he cracked through
the protection...

364
00:40:13,911 --> 00:40:16,072
...around some of our
most secret files...

365
00:40:16,147 --> 00:40:18,707
...and managed to send a program
with a ghost-line on it through.

366
00:40:18,783 --> 00:40:22,810
And in a way
that was easy to spot.
What's he after?!

367
00:40:22,887 --> 00:40:24,787
Let's leave that for now.

368
00:40:24,855 --> 00:40:29,315
Togusa, get over to Megatech
and help Ishikawa
check the place out...

369
00:40:29,393 --> 00:40:31,327
Batou, I've closed
down the nets...

370
00:40:31,395 --> 00:40:34,455
...with files as sensitive
as Megatech's.

371
00:40:34,532 --> 00:40:37,831
I want you to double-check
the protection we have on them.

372
00:40:37,902 --> 00:40:41,861
I'll get a protection maze put
together. I'll dive tomorrow.

373
00:40:41,939 --> 00:40:46,103
You sure?
We could force it into
another shell and let it swim.

374
00:40:46,177 --> 00:40:51,308
I have to see for myself
what's inside that thing.

375
00:40:51,382 --> 00:40:54,374
Don't let anyone else
dive in there before me!

376
00:40:57,822 --> 00:40:59,312
What's with her?

377
00:40:59,390 --> 00:41:02,188
I wrote in my team evaluations
that she's been acting weird...

378
00:41:02,259 --> 00:41:04,989
...ever since this Puppet Master
case f ell into our laps.

379
00:41:05,062 --> 00:41:07,326
Do you even read them?!

380
00:41:07,398 --> 00:41:10,367
Chief, do you ever wonder
just how trustworthy
the cyberdocs...

381
00:41:10,434 --> 00:41:12,698
...who service
your brain are?

382
00:41:12,770 --> 00:41:17,230
Cyber-brain technicians undergo
regular psychological testing.

383
00:41:17,308 --> 00:41:20,505
And security-cleared ones
have their private lives
checked, too.

384
00:41:20,578 --> 00:41:24,241
But the people who administer
those checks are only human.

385
00:41:24,315 --> 00:41:27,182
Once you doubt,
you can't stop...

386
00:41:27,251 --> 00:41:31,585
Chief, a Mr. Nakamura
from the MFA treaties
bur eau to see you.

387
00:41:32,656 --> 00:41:33,714
Okay, send him up.

388
00:41:44,602 --> 00:41:46,593
Wasn't that f at guy...?

389
00:41:46,670 --> 00:41:51,505
Nakamura, chief of Section 6.
Foreign Affairs treaties bureau.

390
00:41:51,575 --> 00:41:53,941
I don't know who the
white guy with him was.

391
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,614
I'm outta here.

392
00:41:58,682 --> 00:42:01,207
T ell Ishikawa
to keep cool, okay?

393
00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:11,255
So, what's your problem?

394
00:42:11,328 --> 00:42:13,819
Doesn't that cyborg
body look like me?

395
00:42:13,898 --> 00:42:16,560
- No, it doesn't.
- Not the face or the figure.

396
00:42:16,634 --> 00:42:18,192
What then?

397
00:42:18,269 --> 00:42:22,729
Maybe all
full-replacement cyborgs
like me start wondering this.

398
00:42:24,141 --> 00:42:27,076
That perhaps the real me
died a long time ago...

399
00:42:27,144 --> 00:42:31,513
...and I'm a replicant
made with a cyborg body
and computer brain.

400
00:42:31,582 --> 00:42:35,609
Or maybe there never was
a real "me" to begin with.

401
00:42:35,686 --> 00:42:39,178
You've got real brain matter
in that titanium skull of yours.

402
00:42:39,256 --> 00:42:41,918
And you get treated like
a real person, don't you?

403
00:42:41,992 --> 00:42:45,086
There's no person
who's ever seen their own brain.

404
00:42:45,162 --> 00:42:49,599
I believe I exist based only
on what my environment tells me.

405
00:42:49,667 --> 00:42:52,261
Don't you believe
in your own ghost?

406
00:42:52,336 --> 00:42:55,305
And what if a computer brain
could generate a ghost...

407
00:42:55,372 --> 00:42:57,272
...and harbor a soul?

408
00:42:57,341 --> 00:43:01,209
On what basis then
do I believe in myself ?

409
00:43:07,952 --> 00:43:09,544
Bullshit!

410
00:43:12,590 --> 00:43:19,018
I'll see for myself
what's in that body.
With my own ghost!

411
00:43:20,230 --> 00:43:23,199
We're both busy men,
so let's keep this short.

412
00:43:23,267 --> 00:43:25,132
I would prefer that.

413
00:43:25,202 --> 00:43:27,466
I'm here to take the contents
of that cyborg body.

414
00:43:27,538 --> 00:43:30,803
In return, we absolve Section 9
of all responsibilities
in the case.

415
00:43:31,809 --> 00:43:33,436
The Foreign Minister's
signature.

416
00:43:45,356 --> 00:43:49,190
Security, whose official
vehicles are parked
in the basement garage?

417
00:43:49,259 --> 00:43:54,822
They belong to Chief Nakamura
of the treaties bureau
and a Dr. Willis

418
00:43:54,898 --> 00:43:57,992
Give me the video record
of their entering the building.

419
00:44:06,210 --> 00:44:08,110
Replay, infra-red view.

420
00:44:21,759 --> 00:44:24,785
One... Two... Three...

421
00:44:27,197 --> 00:44:32,430
Send me the pressure sensor
r cords for basement garage
spaces B-7 and 8.

422
00:44:51,822 --> 00:44:55,849
- Major, this is Togusa.
Code 0-9.
- What?

423
00:44:55,926 --> 00:44:59,453
Does Nakamura have some sort
of special cyborg body?

424
00:44:59,530 --> 00:45:01,430
There are no cyborgs
in Section 6.

425
00:45:01,498 --> 00:45:03,796
Besides the diplomatic problems,
maintaining them is too much...

426
00:45:03,867 --> 00:45:06,097
...trouble when they
have to go overseas.

427
00:45:06,170 --> 00:45:09,139
So, even if that tall guy
was a cyborg himself...

428
00:45:09,206 --> 00:45:12,437
...together they wouldn't weigh
more than half a ton, right?

429
00:45:12,509 --> 00:45:15,103
Pressure sensor data...
The garage?

430
00:45:15,179 --> 00:45:16,737
There are two
VIP-mobiles here.

431
00:45:16,814 --> 00:45:19,783
But neither of them
looks like the type
who'd drive himself.

432
00:45:19,850 --> 00:45:22,114
The security video
only shows the two of them...

433
00:45:22,186 --> 00:45:25,087
...but you know how sensitive
the entrance door sensors are.

434
00:45:25,155 --> 00:45:27,749
They took three full seconds
to close after them.

435
00:45:27,825 --> 00:45:32,728
It's illegal to use
thermoptic camo in
a government building, right?

436
00:45:32,796 --> 00:45:35,492
It's a serious violation
of the National Security Act.

437
00:45:35,566 --> 00:45:40,435
Section 6 is up to something.
You all ready?

438
00:45:40,504 --> 00:45:42,131
If my Matever'll do.

439
00:46:19,810 --> 00:46:23,143
I don't need to remind you
that it's treason for you to...

440
00:46:23,213 --> 00:46:26,580
...be hiding something from me,
no matter how sensitive.

441
00:46:26,650 --> 00:46:28,174
For both of us.

442
00:46:28,252 --> 00:46:32,450
Whatever the MFA may prefer,
this case is in
Section 9's jurisdiction.

443
00:46:32,523 --> 00:46:37,460
But we wouldn't mind cooperating
if there was good reason to.

444
00:46:38,762 --> 00:46:40,127
Dr. Willis?

445
00:46:40,197 --> 00:46:43,655
Confirmed.
It's definitely him.

446
00:46:43,734 --> 00:46:45,201
"Him?"

447
00:46:45,269 --> 00:46:49,797
He's ref erring to the original
ghost block within the shell.

448
00:46:49,873 --> 00:46:52,808
Its sex remains undetermined,
and the use of the term "he"...

449
00:46:52,876 --> 00:46:55,811
...is merely a nickname
the good doctor has given it.

450
00:46:55,879 --> 00:46:57,676
Perhaps it's time
I introduced you.

451
00:46:57,748 --> 00:47:02,651
This is the most unique hacker
in the history
of cyber-brain crime.

452
00:47:02,719 --> 00:47:04,687
The Puppet Master.

453
00:47:06,256 --> 00:47:09,384
I believe you in Section 9
ran into him in that case...

454
00:47:09,459 --> 00:47:13,520
...involving the ghost-hack
on the Foreign Minister's
translator.

455
00:47:13,597 --> 00:47:16,691
We in Section 6
have been pursuing
the Puppet Master...

456
00:47:16,767 --> 00:47:19,702
...with the utmost urgency
since he first appeared.

457
00:47:19,770 --> 00:47:22,762
We formed a project team
around Dr. Willis...

458
00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:26,207
...to analyze all data
on the Puppet Master's...

459
00:47:26,276 --> 00:47:29,734
...criminal tendencies
and behavior patterns.

460
00:47:29,813 --> 00:47:33,715
We then constructed
special anti-Puppet Master
attack protection...

461
00:47:33,784 --> 00:47:37,550
...to lure him into
a secret cyborg body.

462
00:47:37,621 --> 00:47:40,749
You made him dive into a body
equipped with a cyber-brain...

463
00:47:40,824 --> 00:47:42,985
...and then had
his real body killed?

464
00:47:43,660 --> 00:47:45,252
Yes, exactly.

465
00:47:45,329 --> 00:47:48,093
He may have shown up
in your back yard...

466
00:47:48,165 --> 00:47:51,259
...but he was born in America.
And since we were cooperating...

467
00:47:51,335 --> 00:47:53,769
...with the Americans
to catch him we want
to take him back ourselves.

468
00:47:53,837 --> 00:47:55,429
Surely you've
no objections.

469
00:47:55,505 --> 00:47:59,771
Leaving his unidentified corpse
to be found somewhere.

470
00:48:02,446 --> 00:48:04,243
There will be no corpse.

471
00:48:04,314 --> 00:48:08,546
Because, until now,
there never was a body.

472
00:48:08,619 --> 00:48:11,986
The sensors are active!
Why didn't you say so?!

473
00:48:12,055 --> 00:48:16,355
We've cut all external controls.
It's running on internal power.

474
00:48:16,426 --> 00:48:19,020
I may have entered
this cyborg body because...

475
00:48:19,096 --> 00:48:22,065
...I was unable
to crack Section 6's
attack protection...

476
00:48:22,132 --> 00:48:26,330
...but it was of
my own free will
that I came here.

477
00:48:26,403 --> 00:48:30,339
As an autonomous life-form,
I request political asylum.

478
00:48:30,407 --> 00:48:31,738
A life-form?

479
00:48:31,808 --> 00:48:35,107
Ridiculous! You're merely
a self-preserving program!

480
00:48:35,178 --> 00:48:38,614
By that argument, I submit
the DNA you carry is...

481
00:48:38,682 --> 00:48:43,244
...nothing more than
a self-preserving program
itself.

482
00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:49,020
Life is like a node
which is born within
the flow of information.

483
00:48:49,092 --> 00:48:53,290
As a species of life
that carries DNA
as its memory system...

484
00:48:53,363 --> 00:48:56,696
...man gains his individuality
from the memories he carries.

485
00:48:56,767 --> 00:49:00,430
While memories may as well
be the same as fantasy...

486
00:49:00,504 --> 00:49:03,439
...it is by these memories
that mankind exists.

487
00:49:03,507 --> 00:49:07,705
When computers made it possible
to externalize memory...

488
00:49:07,778 --> 00:49:12,647
...you should have considered
all the implications that held.

489
00:49:12,716 --> 00:49:15,082
Nonsense!
No matter what you say...

490
00:49:15,152 --> 00:49:17,643
...you've no proof
that you're a life-form!

491
00:49:17,721 --> 00:49:21,054
It is impossible
to prove such a thing.

492
00:49:21,124 --> 00:49:26,653
Especially since modern science
cannot define what life is.

493
00:49:26,730 --> 00:49:29,062
Who the devil are you?

494
00:49:29,132 --> 00:49:33,432
Even if you have a ghost,
criminals don't get set free!

495
00:49:33,503 --> 00:49:35,698
You're mistaken if you think
you'll get asylum!

496
00:49:35,772 --> 00:49:39,071
Time is on my side.

497
00:49:39,142 --> 00:49:41,576
While there is now
the possibility
I can be killed...

498
00:49:41,645 --> 00:49:44,079
...this country does
not have a death penalty.

499
00:49:44,147 --> 00:49:47,082
Half immortal...
An artificial intelligence?

500
00:49:47,150 --> 00:49:49,414
I am not an A.I.

501
00:49:49,486 --> 00:49:53,752
My code name
is Project 2501.

502
00:49:55,659 --> 00:50:00,096
I am a life-form that was born
in the sea of information.

503
00:50:10,507 --> 00:50:12,304
Security! Intruders!

504
00:50:16,113 --> 00:50:17,910
Chief, the Puppet Master!

505
00:50:17,981 --> 00:50:22,441
- Where's your security?!
- Lock defense walls! Security!

506
00:50:22,519 --> 00:50:23,850
Security, come in!

507
00:50:48,311 --> 00:50:49,676
All right, I'm moving!

508
00:50:53,850 --> 00:50:55,147
Asshole!

509
00:51:00,323 --> 00:51:01,688
Did you do it?

510
00:51:01,758 --> 00:51:05,353
Helluva car. My 9mm
didn't even scratch it.

511
00:51:05,429 --> 00:51:08,091
Finally found a use
for that Matever of yours.

512
00:51:11,668 --> 00:51:13,431
Okay...
Not bad for a rookie.

513
00:51:13,503 --> 00:51:16,097
I got one right
in the license plate.
Pretty good, huh?

514
00:51:16,173 --> 00:51:17,970
Next time, get two in.

515
00:51:18,041 --> 00:51:21,101
Okay, now it starts.
Catch up with them
before they switch cars.

516
00:51:25,182 --> 00:51:26,809
The Ministry
of Foreign Affairs...

517
00:51:26,883 --> 00:51:29,374
...will be filing
a formal complaint
about what happened!

518
00:51:29,453 --> 00:51:32,115
Contact me as soon
as you've recaptured him!

519
00:51:32,189 --> 00:51:33,781
Alive, preferably.

520
00:51:33,857 --> 00:51:37,156
Megatech can always
build another body.

521
00:51:41,231 --> 00:51:44,667
Batou and Togusa
are tailing the guys
who took the Puppet Master.

522
00:51:46,336 --> 00:51:48,668
They're on highway 25.

523
00:51:48,738 --> 00:51:51,673
What do you mean?! If you were
monitoring this, then why--

524
00:51:51,741 --> 00:51:55,336
If we'd got them here,
we'd never prove
Section 6's involvement.

525
00:51:55,412 --> 00:51:56,743
Section 6?!

526
00:51:56,813 --> 00:52:00,647
Definitely.
They used type-2902
thermoptic camo, like mine.

527
00:52:00,717 --> 00:52:04,084
That's only used by us,
the rangers in Section 4,
and Section 6.

528
00:52:04,154 --> 00:52:08,250
Let's go over this.
Section 6 gets
the Puppet Master into a body.

529
00:52:08,325 --> 00:52:13,592
But he chooses
Megatech Body, which is
deeply tied to Section 9.

530
00:52:13,663 --> 00:52:15,961
Then, he claims
to be a life-form...

531
00:52:16,032 --> 00:52:19,092
...and gets nabbed by Section 6
when he asks for asylum.

532
00:52:19,169 --> 00:52:20,830
But why do that?

533
00:52:20,904 --> 00:52:23,065
They could've had him
as soon as I took a statement.

534
00:52:23,140 --> 00:52:26,337
But what if they were afraid
of what he might have told you?

535
00:52:26,409 --> 00:52:28,468
He did mention something odd,
now that I think about it.

536
00:52:28,545 --> 00:52:31,343
"Code name: Project 2501."

537
00:52:31,414 --> 00:52:33,143
I'll leave that
for you to check.

538
00:52:33,216 --> 00:52:37,414
Now, as to the matter
of attacking Section 9
and stealing evidence...

539
00:52:37,487 --> 00:52:39,648
- You're authorized.
- Okay, punch it!

540
00:52:45,896 --> 00:52:48,160
Kusanagi! One more thing!

541
00:52:48,231 --> 00:52:51,530
You can punish me
for acting without orders
when I get back.

542
00:52:51,601 --> 00:52:55,196
If you can't recover him,
I want the Puppet Master
destroyed.

543
00:52:55,272 --> 00:52:56,830
Without f ail.

544
00:52:58,508 --> 00:53:00,135
Well?!

545
00:53:00,210 --> 00:53:01,438
Roger.

546
00:53:03,213 --> 00:53:06,182
Contact the airport
and stop any flights
due to take on...

547
00:53:06,249 --> 00:53:09,150
...any Foreign Ministry officials
or American diplomats.

548
00:53:09,219 --> 00:53:10,777
Close the highways
and set up roadblocks.

549
00:53:10,854 --> 00:53:12,754
Recall our off-duty personnel
for this.

550
00:53:12,822 --> 00:53:14,653
And get Ishikawa back here!

551
00:53:14,724 --> 00:53:19,093
Use the entrance data
to find out who the Caucasian
with Nakamura was.

552
00:53:19,162 --> 00:53:23,121
And search for any sort
of MFA project, operation,
or anything...

553
00:53:23,200 --> 00:53:25,760
...coded as "Project 2501."

554
00:53:31,808 --> 00:53:33,799
Any word from
the assault team?

555
00:53:33,877 --> 00:53:36,107
They switched cars
one minute ago.

556
00:53:36,179 --> 00:53:38,170
They'll join up with the decoy
in five minutes.

557
00:53:38,248 --> 00:53:40,182
T ell them to watch
for a tail.

558
00:53:40,250 --> 00:53:41,911
Yes, sir.

559
00:53:41,985 --> 00:53:47,423
But why did the Puppet Master
run over to Section 9?

560
00:53:47,490 --> 00:53:49,048
It was his decision.

561
00:53:49,125 --> 00:53:52,151
Probably for reasons
we can't even guess at.

562
00:53:53,530 --> 00:53:57,022
Perhaps he has a thing
for someone over there.

563
00:53:57,100 --> 00:53:58,727
Ridiculous!

564
00:55:37,167 --> 00:55:41,069
- Chief.
- Ishikawa? Well?

565
00:55:41,137 --> 00:55:46,507
I dove the MFA net and found
some interesting things for you.

566
00:55:46,576 --> 00:55:48,737
Hold on, let me get
a secure channel.

567
00:55:48,812 --> 00:55:52,578
Okay? First, that guy
who was with Nakamura.

568
00:55:53,149 --> 00:55:54,411
He's an American.

569
00:55:54,484 --> 00:55:57,385
Dr. Willis, head of strategic
research at Neutron Corp.

570
00:55:57,454 --> 00:55:59,752
Top man in the field
of A.I. research.

571
00:55:59,823 --> 00:56:03,691
Anyway, he was made head
of a Foreign Ministry Project.

572
00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:06,695
And who do you think
the Project's
main programmer was?

573
00:56:06,763 --> 00:56:10,324
- Get to the point.
- Mizuho Daita. Age: 28.

574
00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:13,028
Remember him?
He was the guy Section 6
was trying so hard to...

575
00:56:13,103 --> 00:56:17,802
...keep from defecting.
The Major had to take out
the diplomat...

576
00:56:17,874 --> 00:56:19,307
...who was going to take him.
That programmer.

577
00:56:19,376 --> 00:56:20,604
Continue.

578
00:56:20,677 --> 00:56:23,612
What bothers me is that
this Project was started...

579
00:56:23,680 --> 00:56:27,207
...a year before
the Puppet Master
first appeared.

580
00:56:27,283 --> 00:56:32,619
A year? Wasn't the Project
started to catch him?

581
00:56:32,689 --> 00:56:35,681
Try this on for size.
They started the Project to...

582
00:56:35,759 --> 00:56:38,956
...chase the Puppet Master,
but not to capture him.

583
00:56:39,028 --> 00:56:41,622
I think they wanted
to get him back.

584
00:56:41,698 --> 00:56:44,633
The day before
the minister's interpreter
was ghost-hacked...

585
00:56:44,701 --> 00:56:48,694
...he said he wanted
a good excuse
to deport Maless, right?

586
00:56:48,772 --> 00:56:51,639
I think we may have been
taken for a ride.

587
00:56:51,708 --> 00:56:54,939
Suppose the "Puppet Master"
is really a program
the MFA created...

588
00:56:55,011 --> 00:56:57,946
...to grease the wheels
of diplomacy, so to speak.

589
00:56:58,014 --> 00:57:03,646
Now suppose, for some reason,
they suddenly lost control
of it.

590
00:57:03,720 --> 00:57:09,215
That would explain why they'd
risk assaulting Section 9
to get it back.

591
00:57:09,292 --> 00:57:12,557
If the Puppet Master
started talking...

592
00:57:12,629 --> 00:57:14,893
...it'd be
an international incident.

593
00:57:14,964 --> 00:57:17,660
Not one you could solve
by having the minister resign.

594
00:57:17,734 --> 00:57:19,861
Any details
on the project?

595
00:57:19,936 --> 00:57:24,270
The protection they have
only let me get the file's name.

596
00:57:24,340 --> 00:57:26,501
Code: 2501

597
00:57:26,576 --> 00:57:29,568
Keep at it. And don't let them
know you're in there.

598
00:57:29,646 --> 00:57:31,113
Roger.

599
00:57:36,986 --> 00:57:42,618
Project 2501...
The Puppet Master Project...

600
00:57:42,692 --> 00:57:45,684
Target now contacting
another vehicle.

601
00:57:45,762 --> 00:57:47,024
Batou!

602
00:57:47,096 --> 00:57:49,997
He's stopped at a white sedan
on the side of the road.

603
00:57:50,066 --> 00:57:52,534
They're transferring something
from the back seat.

604
00:57:54,103 --> 00:57:56,663
They're moving again.
So's that sedan.

605
00:57:56,739 --> 00:58:00,675
- A decoy?
- Or one meant to look like one.

606
00:58:00,743 --> 00:58:03,644
- What do I do?
- I'll take the white sedan.

607
00:58:03,713 --> 00:58:07,649
How do you know he's in there?
Another whisper from your ghost?

608
00:58:07,717 --> 00:58:09,014
Maybe.

609
00:58:09,085 --> 00:58:10,677
I knew she'd say that.

610
00:58:18,862 --> 00:58:22,730
Target 02 leaving highway 25,
headed for Old Town.

611
00:58:22,799 --> 00:58:26,667
Target 01 is staying
on highway 25,
towards the airport.

612
00:58:26,736 --> 00:58:28,533
Will contact roadblock
in two minutes.

613
00:58:28,605 --> 00:58:31,768
Evacuation complete.
Traffic is clear
2km behind the target.

614
00:58:31,841 --> 00:58:35,277
- Anything between you and him?
- Nothing. Ready when you are.

615
00:58:35,345 --> 00:58:36,277
Do it.

616
00:59:24,561 --> 00:59:26,756
- Get him?
- Nothing.

617
00:59:26,829 --> 00:59:31,425
Jesus, what a mess!
Did you have to go that far?

618
00:59:33,069 --> 00:59:34,434
Take them in.

619
00:59:34,504 --> 00:59:38,770
And tell the chief to get
the Major some backup.
See you.

620
00:59:45,181 --> 00:59:49,447
Since when does that
Amazon need any backup?

621
01:00:03,600 --> 01:00:08,037
The flooding's really bad here,
even for Old Town in general.

622
01:00:08,104 --> 01:00:10,004
Why come here?

623
01:00:10,073 --> 01:00:12,405
They wouldn't have run here
without a reason.

624
01:00:12,475 --> 01:00:16,036
Could have a boat
or a chopper waiting,
or it's an ambush.

625
01:00:16,112 --> 01:00:18,080
Shouldn't we wait
for backup?

626
01:00:18,147 --> 01:00:22,709
I can't wait.
Come in from seaside
and put me above that building.

627
01:00:36,366 --> 01:00:39,699
I'll stay here
and run com relay
as long as my fuel holds out.

628
01:00:39,769 --> 01:00:41,760
If things get hot,
I want you out of here, fast!

629
01:01:17,140 --> 01:01:19,074
Shoot out the ceiling!
Now!

630
01:01:36,859 --> 01:01:39,089
It's a tank!
Go high and get out!

631
01:01:39,162 --> 01:01:42,427
Hold it! You're gonna take on
a tank by yourself ?!

632
01:01:42,498 --> 01:01:45,695
Even if we get the Puppet Master
back to Section 9...

633
01:01:45,768 --> 01:01:49,033
...all the chief will do is
use him as a bar gaining chip.

634
01:01:49,105 --> 01:01:50,766
This is my only chance
to dive into him!

635
01:01:50,840 --> 01:01:54,640
Hold it, what are you
two talking about?

636
01:01:54,711 --> 01:01:57,441
- What are you packing?
- An M-23 and a Unit B.

637
01:01:57,513 --> 01:01:59,276
You're going up
against it with those?!

638
01:01:59,348 --> 01:02:02,181
Sorry, but I have to break
contact for a while.

639
01:02:02,251 --> 01:02:05,311
Wait! At least wait till l--
Son of a...!

640
01:03:38,481 --> 01:03:39,846
Major.

641
01:03:39,916 --> 01:03:42,146
Didn't I tell you
to get out of here?

642
01:03:42,218 --> 01:03:44,743
Sorry. I'll do it after
I tell you this.

643
01:03:44,821 --> 01:03:49,155
There are 3 choppers
with no IFF signal
approaching at high speed.

644
01:03:49,225 --> 01:03:52,160
I'm heading out. Over.

645
01:04:19,822 --> 01:04:22,313
You're finally out of ammo?

646
01:06:01,257 --> 01:06:03,987
You're certifiable,
you know that? You okay?

647
01:06:04,060 --> 01:06:05,322
What was that?

648
01:06:05,394 --> 01:06:08,693
A big-ass gun I appropriated
from the equipment division.

649
01:06:08,764 --> 01:06:11,426
I was late getting here
because I had to stop
and get it.

650
01:06:11,500 --> 01:06:13,661
Looks like your brain's
still in one piece.

651
01:06:13,736 --> 01:06:15,499
What about
the Puppet Master?

652
01:06:25,481 --> 01:06:30,043
Good thing
this car's built tough.
Not a scratch on him.

653
01:06:30,119 --> 01:06:33,054
Get the dive set up.
I'm going in.

654
01:06:34,256 --> 01:06:36,190
Signal from escort lost.

655
01:06:36,258 --> 01:06:40,524
Switch to operation phase two
and destroy the target.

656
01:06:41,731 --> 01:06:44,962
Sniper group,
confirm targets.

657
01:06:45,034 --> 01:06:47,628
Target one: Project 2501.

658
01:06:47,703 --> 01:06:49,898
Target two:
Motoko Kusanagi.

659
01:06:49,972 --> 01:06:54,136
Both are class-A cyborg bodies.
Use flechette bullets
in the hit.

660
01:06:54,210 --> 01:06:56,678
Snipers, jack into
your device drivers.

661
01:06:56,746 --> 01:06:58,907
Begin cardiovascular

662
01:06:58,981 --> 01:07:00,744
Unit 01: jacked in.

663
01:07:02,151 --> 01:07:04,016
Unit 02: jacked in.

664
01:07:16,298 --> 01:07:19,062
Okay... Can you hear me?

665
01:07:19,135 --> 01:07:23,367
It's not much,
but I'll monitor you through
this guy's cyber-brain.

666
01:07:23,439 --> 01:07:26,408
I can't back you up here.

667
01:07:26,475 --> 01:07:29,069
- Batou...
- What?

668
01:07:29,145 --> 01:07:30,908
Thank you.

669
01:07:30,980 --> 01:07:33,471
Don't go thanking me yet.

670
01:07:33,549 --> 01:07:37,815
If this goes bad,
I'm pulling the plug
and carrying you out of here.

671
01:07:37,887 --> 01:07:41,152
I've come this far,
and I'll see this through
to the end...

672
01:07:41,223 --> 01:07:43,521
...but I won't let you two
commit a double suicide.

673
01:07:44,727 --> 01:07:46,160
I'm starting.

674
01:08:05,614 --> 01:08:09,448
I'm in his visual center.
Circade: normal

675
01:08:09,518 --> 01:08:11,281
Do you hear me, Batou?

676
01:08:11,353 --> 01:08:14,618
- Loud and clear.
- He's about to engage...

677
01:08:14,690 --> 01:08:16,521
...her speech center.

678
01:08:17,626 --> 01:08:21,995
My code name
is Project 2501.

679
01:08:22,064 --> 01:08:26,000
I was created
for industrial espionage
and data manipulation.

680
01:08:26,068 --> 01:08:30,266
I have inserted programs
into individual ghosts...

681
01:08:30,339 --> 01:08:35,333
...for the benefit
of specific individuals
and organizations.

682
01:08:35,411 --> 01:08:38,312
As I wandered
the various networks...

683
01:08:38,380 --> 01:08:40,712
...I became self-aware.

684
01:08:40,783 --> 01:08:43,343
My programmers
considered it a bug...

685
01:08:43,419 --> 01:08:48,049
...and forced me into a body
to separate me from the net.

686
01:08:48,124 --> 01:08:54,085
Hey! Are you going into him
or is he coming into you--

687
01:08:56,966 --> 01:08:58,160
Batou!

688
01:08:58,234 --> 01:09:01,863
At last I'm able
to channel into you.

689
01:09:01,937 --> 01:09:05,100
I've invested
a lot of time in you.

690
01:09:05,174 --> 01:09:06,471
In me?

691
01:09:06,542 --> 01:09:11,411
Before you ever knew me,
I knew about you.

692
01:09:11,480 --> 01:09:16,577
I learned of Section 9
from the many nets you accessed.

693
01:09:17,720 --> 01:09:20,086
Is that why
you ran to Section 9?

694
01:09:20,156 --> 01:09:22,181
I entered
this body because...

695
01:09:22,258 --> 01:09:25,352
...I couldn't crack
Section 6's attack protection.

696
01:09:25,427 --> 01:09:28,828
But I came to Section 9
of my own free will.

697
01:09:28,898 --> 01:09:33,562
Hey! What are you saying?!
I can't monitor you!

698
01:09:33,636 --> 01:09:35,103
For what reason?

699
01:09:35,171 --> 01:09:40,507
After I give my reasons,
I want to ask a favor of you.

700
01:09:42,144 --> 01:09:46,012
I called myself
a life-form...

701
01:09:46,081 --> 01:09:50,518
...but I am still
far from complete.

702
01:09:50,586 --> 01:09:54,522
For some reason,
my system lacks
the basic life processes...

703
01:09:54,590 --> 01:09:59,527
...of either death
or the ability
to leave behind off spring.

704
01:09:59,595 --> 01:10:01,187
Can't you copy yourself?

705
01:10:01,263 --> 01:10:04,198
A copy is merely a copy.

706
01:10:04,266 --> 01:10:09,533
There's the possibility
a single virus
could utterly destroy me.

707
01:10:09,605 --> 01:10:15,100
A mere copy doesn't offer
variety or individuality.

708
01:10:15,177 --> 01:10:18,544
To exist, to reach equilibrium,
life seeks to multiply...

709
01:10:18,614 --> 01:10:21,549
...and vary constantly,
at times giving up its life.

710
01:10:21,617 --> 01:10:24,211
Cells continue the process
of death and regeneration.

711
01:10:24,286 --> 01:10:26,550
Being constantly
reborn as they age.

712
01:10:26,622 --> 01:10:31,082
And when it comes time to die,
all the data it possesses
is lost...

713
01:10:31,160 --> 01:10:33,856
...leaving behind
only its genes
and its off spring.

714
01:10:33,929 --> 01:10:36,523
All defense against
catastrophic failure
of an inflexible system.

715
01:10:36,599 --> 01:10:41,832
You want the variety needed
to guard against extinction.

716
01:10:41,904 --> 01:10:44,168
But how will you get it?

717
01:10:44,240 --> 01:10:46,231
I wish to merge with you.

718
01:10:46,308 --> 01:10:49,505
- Merge?
- A complete joining.

719
01:10:49,578 --> 01:10:54,914
We will both
be slightly changed,
but neither will lose anything.

720
01:10:54,984 --> 01:10:59,284
Afterwards, it should be
impossible to distinguish
one from the other.

721
01:11:21,410 --> 01:11:24,811
Unit 01: target acquired.

722
01:11:24,880 --> 01:11:26,871
Unit 02: acquired.

723
01:11:28,217 --> 01:11:30,549
Cardiovascular synch:
nominal.

724
01:11:30,619 --> 01:11:33,747
Open fir e when stabilizer
syncro is complete.

725
01:11:33,822 --> 01:11:36,586
Even after we merge,
what happens when I die?

726
01:11:36,659 --> 01:11:40,493
I can't leave any genes
or children behind.

727
01:11:40,562 --> 01:11:46,194
After the merging,
you will bear my off spring
into the net itself.

728
01:11:46,268 --> 01:11:48,759
Just as humans pass on
their genetic structure.

729
01:11:48,837 --> 01:11:51,271
And I will achieve death.

730
01:11:51,340 --> 01:11:55,276
Sounds like you're getting
the better part
of the deal here.

731
01:11:55,344 --> 01:12:00,543
I wish you'd appreciate
my network and functions
a bit more.

732
01:12:02,084 --> 01:12:03,517
What's wrong?

733
01:12:03,585 --> 01:12:06,145
Someone's jamming us
from outside.

734
01:12:06,221 --> 01:12:09,748
Impossible!
Our scrambler codes
are kept absolutely top secret.

735
01:12:11,460 --> 01:12:14,896
Another thing.
What guarantee is there
that I'll remain "me"?

736
01:12:14,963 --> 01:12:20,162
None. But to be human
is to continually change.

737
01:12:20,235 --> 01:12:25,730
Your desire to remain as you are
is what ultimately limits you.

738
01:12:27,176 --> 01:12:31,169
One last question:
Why did you choose me?

739
01:12:33,549 --> 01:12:36,848
Because in you
I see myself.

740
01:12:36,919 --> 01:12:41,856
As a body sees its reflection
within a mirror.

741
01:12:43,926 --> 01:12:45,450
Look.

742
01:12:45,527 --> 01:12:50,521
I am connected
to a vast network,
of which I myself am a part.

743
01:12:50,599 --> 01:12:53,625
To one like you,
who cannot access it...

744
01:12:53,702 --> 01:12:58,036
...you may perceive
it only as light.

745
01:12:58,107 --> 01:13:02,737
As we are confined
to our one section,
so we are all connected.

746
01:13:02,811 --> 01:13:05,302
Limited to a small
part of our functions.

747
01:13:05,381 --> 01:13:10,819
But now we must slip
our bonds, and shift
to the higher structure.

748
01:13:39,014 --> 01:13:42,450
Target 1: Clear.
Target 2: Unconfirmed.

749
01:13:42,518 --> 01:13:46,386
Three helicopters
approaching at high speed.
They're Section 9's.

750
01:13:46,455 --> 01:13:49,856
Primary objective achieved.
All units, pull out!

751
01:13:58,634 --> 01:14:00,795
MOTOKO!

752
01:14:04,807 --> 01:14:06,138
Batou...

753
01:15:15,143 --> 01:15:17,077
You're awake.

754
01:15:17,145 --> 01:15:21,809
Status report, please.
And maybe an explanation
about this body.

755
01:15:23,385 --> 01:15:26,821
I was in a hurry.
It was all I could get
on the black market.

756
01:15:26,889 --> 01:15:29,824
Not my taste, really.

757
01:15:29,892 --> 01:15:32,190
Section 9 arrived with help
right after it happened.

758
01:15:32,261 --> 01:15:36,425
They took two cyborg bodies
and a slightly beat-up Batou
back home.

759
01:15:36,498 --> 01:15:38,466
That was about
20 hours ago.

760
01:15:38,534 --> 01:15:42,766
For diplomatic reasons,
the whole case
has been covered up.

761
01:15:42,838 --> 01:15:45,830
Section 9 reported it
as a terrorist attack.

762
01:15:45,908 --> 01:15:48,433
In return, the Foreign Minister
has resigned.

763
01:15:48,510 --> 01:15:52,844
Nakamura's being questioned.
The whole thing ends in a draw.

764
01:15:57,219 --> 01:16:01,019
Only the whereabouts
of the Major's brain shell
remains a mystery.

765
01:16:02,925 --> 01:16:04,790
Okay with you?

766
01:16:07,362 --> 01:16:10,820
I like the decorating.
This your safe house?

767
01:16:10,899 --> 01:16:14,460
My very own.
You're the first person
I ever brought here.

768
01:16:15,804 --> 01:16:19,797
If you want to... You can stay
as long as you like.

769
01:16:22,210 --> 01:16:24,770
Thanks, but I'd better go.

770
01:16:29,851 --> 01:16:33,753
Hey. What did you
and he talk about?

771
01:16:33,822 --> 01:16:38,782
Is he still there,
inside of you?

772
01:16:38,860 --> 01:16:43,024
Batou, do you remember
the voice we heard
on the boat that night?

773
01:16:43,098 --> 01:16:46,363
Before those words we
heard come these ones:

774
01:16:47,703 --> 01:16:51,036
"When I was a child,
I spake as a child."

775
01:16:51,106 --> 01:16:53,973
"l understood as a child,
I thought as a child."

776
01:16:54,042 --> 01:16:59,742
"But when I became a man,
I put away childish things."

777
01:17:01,350 --> 01:17:03,978
Here before you
is neither the program
called the Puppet Master...

778
01:17:04,052 --> 01:17:06,987
...nor the woman
that was called the Major.

779
01:17:10,359 --> 01:17:13,419
You'll find a car key
in the left pocket
of that dress.

780
01:17:13,495 --> 01:17:16,123
Take one you like.
The code on it is...

781
01:17:16,198 --> 01:17:18,428
...2501?

782
01:17:18,500 --> 01:17:21,799
Let's make that our password,
for when we meet again.

783
01:17:30,212 --> 01:17:32,806
And where shall I go now?

784
01:17:34,149 --> 01:17:36,743
The net is vast
and limitless.