1 00:00:20,250 --> 00:00:22,169 {\an8}In 1998, a growable neurochip was made at Harima Science City. 2 00:00:22,252 --> 00:00:23,545 {\an8}Its cells are dying due to excessive growth. 3 00:00:23,628 --> 00:00:25,297 {\an8}The fibers have grown to terminals composed of galactose-infused polystyrene 4 00:00:25,380 --> 00:00:27,340 {\an8}derivatives, distorting the thin membrane the terminals are printed on. 5 00:00:27,424 --> 00:00:29,676 {\an8}That same month, cyberbrain technology begins shifting to a micromachine base. 6 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:31,720 {\an8}In 2028, neurochips are widely used in robots and AIs. 7 00:00:32,345 --> 00:00:34,097 In the near future, electrons and light race back and forth 8 00:00:34,181 --> 00:00:35,724 through corporate nets that blanket the globe, 9 00:00:35,807 --> 00:00:37,559 but the notions of nationality and ethnicity still cling to life 10 00:00:37,642 --> 00:00:38,727 despite the spread of technology. 11 00:00:38,810 --> 00:00:41,271 A strange corporate collective state lying in a corner of Asia... 12 00:00:41,354 --> 00:00:42,481 Japan Nihon, Nippon Island nation located in East Asia. 13 00:00:42,564 --> 00:00:43,982 Total area, 377,815 square km. Total population, 76 million (as of 2029). 14 00:00:44,065 --> 00:00:44,858 MARCH 5, 2029 15 00:00:44,941 --> 00:00:46,401 NIIHAMA PREFECTURE ARTIFICIAL ISLAND METROPOLIS OF NEWPORT CITY 16 00:00:52,073 --> 00:00:55,118 Why the sudden interest in silicon deposits? 17 00:00:57,078 --> 00:01:00,916 It's important enough that it will guarantee that my government 18 00:01:00,999 --> 00:01:04,961 will stay out of your country's official policy of not recognizing secessionists. 19 00:01:05,045 --> 00:01:09,841 Our stated position is that we provide aid once independence is recognized, 20 00:01:09,925 --> 00:01:12,594 so this will not conflict with our own trade interests. 21 00:01:13,136 --> 00:01:15,680 We will work through a third-party country. 22 00:01:18,475 --> 00:01:21,353 Excellent. After all, if a slave state is negligent in its service, 23 00:01:21,436 --> 00:01:24,147 the master country will starve. 24 00:01:24,231 --> 00:01:27,526 Our manpower shortage will really give the slave trade a huge boost. 25 00:01:27,859 --> 00:01:31,071 This does deviate somewhat from our socialist ideals, I must admit. 26 00:01:31,154 --> 00:01:34,741 Despite all your country's protestations of being capitalists, 27 00:01:34,825 --> 00:01:37,828 the truth is that you're the ideal socialist state! 28 00:01:40,330 --> 00:01:41,623 What's keeping Team 2?! 29 00:01:43,625 --> 00:01:45,126 Is it the union again? 30 00:01:45,210 --> 00:01:47,546 They say there's been a bomb threat! 31 00:01:47,629 --> 00:01:49,506 We've finished evacuating the civilians, sir. 32 00:01:54,010 --> 00:01:56,972 Major, Public Security is ready to go. 33 00:01:57,305 --> 00:01:59,891 I know, for crying out loud... 34 00:01:59,975 --> 00:02:02,102 When you let an AI handle the encryption, 35 00:02:02,185 --> 00:02:04,479 everyone and their mother will be able to listen in. 36 00:02:06,439 --> 00:02:08,984 All right! Turn off the building's electromagnetic shield! 37 00:02:14,656 --> 00:02:16,491 All teams, comms are open! 38 00:02:16,825 --> 00:02:17,784 Go for breach! 39 00:02:28,128 --> 00:02:29,337 What's going on? 40 00:02:31,715 --> 00:02:33,967 You let the likes of Public Security surround us? 41 00:02:34,050 --> 00:02:35,135 You fools! 42 00:02:45,604 --> 00:02:46,980 Stay where you are! 43 00:02:47,647 --> 00:02:49,149 Who gave the order to open fire?! 44 00:02:51,026 --> 00:02:52,235 Hold it! 45 00:02:55,447 --> 00:02:56,740 And what do we have here? 46 00:02:56,823 --> 00:02:58,825 If it isn't the Far East Trade Representative, 47 00:02:58,909 --> 00:03:01,453 the Vice-Minister of Commerce, and an Executive of the union. 48 00:03:01,745 --> 00:03:03,622 Oh, it's just you, Aramaki. 49 00:03:03,705 --> 00:03:08,251 This will finally give me enough evidence to send you packing to your home country. 50 00:03:08,501 --> 00:03:11,087 I wouldn't count my chickens so fast if I were you. 51 00:03:11,296 --> 00:03:14,257 Shall I have you sit in on his deposition, Vice-Minister Ito? 52 00:03:14,507 --> 00:03:16,343 Just to make sure I have a detailed account 53 00:03:16,426 --> 00:03:19,387 regarding the bombing that killed the late Prime Minister 54 00:03:19,471 --> 00:03:21,431 and who leaked the conference location. 55 00:03:21,723 --> 00:03:23,058 It's all over... 56 00:03:23,141 --> 00:03:25,518 I'm afraid that won't be possible, Aramaki. 57 00:03:25,602 --> 00:03:28,146 The Vice-Minister will be joining me on my flight. 58 00:03:28,647 --> 00:03:30,941 His request for asylum has been granted, 59 00:03:31,024 --> 00:03:32,692 and I have a signed affidavit, too. 60 00:03:32,776 --> 00:03:33,610 When?! 61 00:03:33,693 --> 00:03:35,612 I'm under no obligation to answer that. 62 00:03:35,904 --> 00:03:38,990 Under international law, I have the authority to take him 63 00:03:39,074 --> 00:03:41,034 into protective custody and take him home. 64 00:03:41,117 --> 00:03:43,411 Then in accordance with international anti-terrorism laws, 65 00:03:43,495 --> 00:03:44,913 we request his extradition! 66 00:03:45,413 --> 00:03:47,958 When the paperwork arrives, we'll consider it. 67 00:03:48,375 --> 00:03:50,919 Mark my words, Vice-Minister, you'll be killed for this. 68 00:03:52,587 --> 00:03:56,174 My country is a civilized, pacifist nation. 69 00:03:57,300 --> 00:03:58,510 Oh, is it now? 70 00:03:58,593 --> 00:03:59,469 Wha... 71 00:04:01,429 --> 00:04:03,932 {\an8}Utilizing low-velocity, soft-point explosive bullets 72 00:04:11,940 --> 00:04:12,983 Outside the window! 73 00:04:13,274 --> 00:04:15,068 There's nothing on the sensors! 74 00:04:28,665 --> 00:04:31,084 Is that 2902 thermal optical camo?! 75 00:04:31,751 --> 00:04:33,294 - Go get a tracker! - Yes, sir! 76 00:04:40,719 --> 00:04:42,053 Here's the tracker, sir. 77 00:04:42,846 --> 00:04:44,389 It's too late. 78 00:04:48,852 --> 00:04:52,647 The next day, that woman appeared at the Minister of Internal Affairs' office, 79 00:04:52,731 --> 00:04:56,317 a kill order signed by the former Prime Minister in her hand. 80 00:04:57,736 --> 00:04:59,529 This woman, who gave her name as "Motoko Kusanagi," 81 00:04:59,612 --> 00:05:01,740 proposed the formal creation of a new special forces unit, 82 00:05:01,823 --> 00:05:03,366 citing the need for crisis management. 83 00:05:04,075 --> 00:05:06,828 That same day, the Minister of Internal Affairs summoned Daisuke Aramaki, 84 00:05:06,911 --> 00:05:11,041 requesting that he devise a plan to bring her into Public Security. 85 00:05:11,124 --> 00:05:13,126 Aramaki agrees. 86 00:05:13,209 --> 00:05:20,175 People like her, you need to keep on a tight leash. 87 00:05:20,675 --> 00:05:25,263 She requested the formation of a special forces unit. 88 00:05:25,346 --> 00:05:27,265 Just like you did. 89 00:07:01,985 --> 00:07:03,862 APRIL 10, 2029 90 00:07:08,741 --> 00:07:12,912 Major. We got a job. Meet up with "Suisen" in South Niihama Ward 4. 91 00:07:13,580 --> 00:07:15,373 Funny, I don't remember signing a contract. 92 00:07:15,582 --> 00:07:17,959 No contract, no deal! 93 00:07:18,418 --> 00:07:21,462 The budget you requested to set up your pet special forces unit 94 00:07:21,546 --> 00:07:23,214 was just passed by the National Council. 95 00:07:23,298 --> 00:07:25,383 Fuchikoma! Check the public record! 96 00:07:25,466 --> 00:07:26,551 Yessir! 97 00:07:28,803 --> 00:07:31,681 Don't moan like that, damn it! It grosses me out. 98 00:07:31,764 --> 00:07:35,560 An audio implant I had installed the other day has a loose connection. 99 00:07:35,810 --> 00:07:36,978 So what's up? 100 00:07:37,061 --> 00:07:40,023 You're really going through with this deal with Public Security? 101 00:07:40,106 --> 00:07:42,525 If I'm gonna set up an official special forces unit, 102 00:07:42,609 --> 00:07:44,611 I can't do it without the Bureau's help. 103 00:07:44,694 --> 00:07:48,114 That outfit's chief is no dummy. We'll get swallowed up by Public Security. 104 00:07:48,198 --> 00:07:53,244 Report located confirming passage of budget by the 327th National Council! 105 00:07:54,412 --> 00:07:55,246 Well... 106 00:07:56,206 --> 00:07:59,751 I guess that means he wasn't lying about that, anyway. 107 00:08:00,543 --> 00:08:03,588 Okay! Our round-the-clock cherry blossom observation is canceled! 108 00:08:03,671 --> 00:08:04,964 Let's go to work! 109 00:08:05,423 --> 00:08:07,550 I thought I was gonna die of boredom. 110 00:08:08,885 --> 00:08:11,262 Okay, people, stand by to brain-dive. 111 00:08:11,346 --> 00:08:13,181 We'll get tapped if we do it on comms. 112 00:08:13,264 --> 00:08:15,767 Do you want a sit-rep before we get there or not? 113 00:08:15,850 --> 00:08:16,851 I'll use an attack barrier 114 00:08:16,935 --> 00:08:19,562 created by a wizard cyberbrain tech to keep the hackers away. 115 00:08:19,646 --> 00:08:21,648 It's a hardcore type that kills the hacker. 116 00:08:21,731 --> 00:08:25,193 When you feel a tingle, that's my Ghost line. Don't dive past there. 117 00:08:25,276 --> 00:08:26,527 Yeah, fine. 118 00:08:39,499 --> 00:08:42,210 {\an8}That brain of yours is in serious need of decluttering. 119 00:08:42,585 --> 00:08:45,296 Wow, Major, your prosthetic hands are killing you, huh? 120 00:08:45,380 --> 00:08:48,466 What's this bitter taste I'm getting? Some kind of sedative? 121 00:08:48,549 --> 00:08:50,218 You got the intel for the op, right? 122 00:08:50,301 --> 00:08:53,137 If you're not out of my head in two seconds, I'll fry your brain cells! 123 00:08:53,221 --> 00:08:56,724 I can't believe those clowns dove that close to my damn Ghost. 124 00:08:57,350 --> 00:09:02,105 {\an8}This is why I hate letting a bunch of insensitive jerks into my brain! 125 00:09:05,275 --> 00:09:06,567 SOUTH NIIHAMA WARD 4 126 00:09:06,651 --> 00:09:08,403 "Suisen" Field Command Post / Ground Crew: 2 / Command Post Admin Robot: 1 127 00:09:08,486 --> 00:09:11,239 SOUTH NIIHAMA CULTURAL CENTER 128 00:09:16,202 --> 00:09:17,870 So, what's the situation? 129 00:09:19,330 --> 00:09:22,250 Public Security currently has the Sacred Citizen Relief Center 130 00:09:22,333 --> 00:09:23,876 under round-the-clock surveillance. 131 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:25,253 Relief center? 132 00:09:25,336 --> 00:09:27,505 It's a welfare facility that takes in war orphans, 133 00:09:27,588 --> 00:09:30,425 and provides them with a home, education, and work opportunities. 134 00:09:30,508 --> 00:09:33,761 If that's the case, it has nothing to do with us. Buh-bye. 135 00:09:33,845 --> 00:09:36,514 They have a Ghost controller, Major! 136 00:09:36,681 --> 00:09:37,849 Whoa, old school. 137 00:09:37,932 --> 00:09:39,809 To boost the effectiveness of the brainwashing, 138 00:09:39,892 --> 00:09:42,562 they also appear to be developing a new type of Ghost key. 139 00:09:42,645 --> 00:09:45,273 You had a hacker poke around and they came up empty, huh? 140 00:09:45,356 --> 00:09:47,108 So, what? Steal it? Kill them? 141 00:09:47,233 --> 00:09:48,443 Nothing of the sort! 142 00:09:48,526 --> 00:09:52,071 Your objective is to subdue them if necessary and arrest them. 143 00:09:52,196 --> 00:09:54,157 Without any evidence or a warrant? 144 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:55,825 We got a hit, that much is certain! 145 00:09:56,826 --> 00:10:00,621 Is their plan to bait me into attacking the place and then go after me in court? 146 00:10:00,872 --> 00:10:02,040 Hell if I know. 147 00:10:02,874 --> 00:10:03,916 Sheesh! 148 00:10:04,459 --> 00:10:07,253 Doing half-assed stuff like this won't get us anywhere. 149 00:10:07,337 --> 00:10:09,255 Is Ape-face trying to sabotage me? 150 00:10:11,007 --> 00:10:16,179 The relief center is a happy, happy place! 151 00:10:16,262 --> 00:10:21,309 The teachers are oh so nice! 152 00:10:21,684 --> 00:10:24,103 The meals are the best. 153 00:10:24,395 --> 00:10:25,688 The beds are soft as clouds! 154 00:10:25,772 --> 00:10:27,106 And even the work is fun! 155 00:10:27,190 --> 00:10:32,653 We're so lucky to get rice gruel every day! 156 00:10:34,489 --> 00:10:36,991 We humbly thank you, School-Master! 157 00:10:37,158 --> 00:10:40,161 Thank you so very much! 158 00:10:40,828 --> 00:10:41,662 Eat up! 159 00:10:54,300 --> 00:10:56,302 If you don't like it, don't eat it! 160 00:10:56,386 --> 00:10:57,970 All of you, get to work! 161 00:10:59,013 --> 00:11:00,598 Work for the food you ate! 162 00:11:00,681 --> 00:11:03,518 The bed you slept in! And the work we give you! 163 00:11:10,441 --> 00:11:11,651 That looks painful. 164 00:11:12,151 --> 00:11:14,612 Why isn't the Human Rights Bureau doing anything? 165 00:11:14,737 --> 00:11:17,657 If you don't want to work, go to the learning course! 166 00:11:17,740 --> 00:11:21,035 And if you don't want to do either one, I won't apply you for a Citizen's Card! 167 00:11:21,369 --> 00:11:22,954 They got him too, huh? 168 00:11:23,037 --> 00:11:25,123 I hope he can take what they dish out. 169 00:11:25,373 --> 00:11:27,333 Do you have a feed from the learning course? 170 00:11:27,583 --> 00:11:28,918 Sorry, no. 171 00:11:29,001 --> 00:11:30,711 No?! 172 00:11:31,087 --> 00:11:34,841 Major, I'm sending you a feed from the learning course on line four. 173 00:12:01,784 --> 00:12:03,786 The universe is falling on me! 174 00:12:03,870 --> 00:12:06,956 Hey! You're overflowing to the others! Calm down! 175 00:12:07,039 --> 00:12:08,708 I can't take it anymore! 176 00:12:14,255 --> 00:12:16,966 It's just a plain old education device! 177 00:12:17,049 --> 00:12:19,802 Don't yank my chain! "Ghost controller," my ass! 178 00:12:19,886 --> 00:12:21,846 Hang on. They've dispatched security to get him. 179 00:12:21,929 --> 00:12:23,222 Yeah, so what? 180 00:12:23,306 --> 00:12:24,932 Just before the feed cut out, 181 00:12:25,016 --> 00:12:28,436 didn't you feel like, "If they catch me, at least it'll all be over"? 182 00:12:29,687 --> 00:12:33,024 Togusa! Ishikawa! Plant the runaway kid with a baby spider. 183 00:12:33,191 --> 00:12:34,233 On it. 184 00:12:35,526 --> 00:12:40,323 "If this goes sideways, you can retire and the unit will go on," huh? 185 00:12:40,907 --> 00:12:44,452 I wouldn't get off that easy. I appreciate the thought, though. 186 00:12:51,792 --> 00:12:55,087 Look, Ishikawa... I've got a bad feeling about this. 187 00:12:55,171 --> 00:12:56,964 Suck it up, Newbie. 188 00:12:57,048 --> 00:13:00,635 That female-ape has our balls in her mighty grip. 189 00:13:00,718 --> 00:13:02,011 My hearing's mighty, too. 190 00:13:02,303 --> 00:13:06,224 How lucky we are to have such a young and beautiful and kind squad leader! 191 00:13:06,307 --> 00:13:07,141 Good. 192 00:13:22,865 --> 00:13:24,909 Circle around and head him off. 193 00:13:24,992 --> 00:13:25,910 Yes, sir. 194 00:13:31,624 --> 00:13:35,378 This guard will be in sleep mode for 25 seconds, Newbie. 195 00:13:35,545 --> 00:13:38,589 Give the "Newbie" crap a rest! I'm on it! 196 00:13:59,235 --> 00:14:00,486 Major. 197 00:14:00,695 --> 00:14:02,071 The guards here 198 00:14:02,154 --> 00:14:06,117 are some seriously modified Sagawa Heavy Industries type 2033s. 199 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:08,744 Those are custom jobs used by the military in artillery squads. 200 00:14:08,828 --> 00:14:11,497 They're just back-alley chop shop cyborgs using that same model. 201 00:14:11,581 --> 00:14:14,584 They're also using government-issue fiber optic nerves. 202 00:14:14,834 --> 00:14:17,837 That means that they're on the government's payroll. 203 00:14:18,004 --> 00:14:21,132 Are you sure you didn't get hit with a simulated experience? 204 00:14:21,507 --> 00:14:24,635 My barrier is no cheap piece of junk. 205 00:14:25,136 --> 00:14:28,055 Either way, it'll be a scandal if we storm the place. 206 00:14:28,139 --> 00:14:31,475 Who's gonna be the one to take the heat? Some politician? 207 00:14:31,559 --> 00:14:34,812 Or us? Or those kids? 208 00:14:35,271 --> 00:14:37,481 He must've passed out from low blood sugar or something. 209 00:14:37,565 --> 00:14:40,568 Too bad, three strikes and it's brainwashing time. 210 00:14:41,986 --> 00:14:44,322 Sucks to be him. 211 00:14:47,074 --> 00:14:48,993 Get ready to move in, people! 212 00:14:49,493 --> 00:14:52,913 A unit like us is a must in any era. 213 00:14:52,997 --> 00:14:54,832 So we have nothing to lose. 214 00:14:55,166 --> 00:14:56,792 Trying to create a scandal. 215 00:14:56,876 --> 00:14:58,961 Politicians trying to screw each other over. 216 00:14:59,045 --> 00:15:00,713 Kids being brainwashed. 217 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,884 Rooting out bastards who do this crap is why I made a deal with Ape-face. 218 00:15:05,301 --> 00:15:07,219 So I say screw it, let's do this. 219 00:15:07,678 --> 00:15:09,972 A little voice is urging me on... 220 00:15:10,264 --> 00:15:12,141 That voice is my Ghost! 221 00:15:18,522 --> 00:15:20,691 Seal off the drainage tunnel ASAP! 222 00:15:21,776 --> 00:15:23,110 The kid has a bug on him. 223 00:15:23,653 --> 00:15:25,988 They're onto us! Togusa, emergency evac! 224 00:15:27,365 --> 00:15:29,742 Switching comms over to attack barrier mode! 225 00:15:30,368 --> 00:15:32,787 How did they even know about the drainage tunnel? 226 00:15:32,870 --> 00:15:35,539 Do we have a leak? Or was this really a trap? 227 00:15:39,669 --> 00:15:42,213 Damage detected in pipe number 17. 228 00:15:42,463 --> 00:15:43,881 You two go check it out. 229 00:15:51,389 --> 00:15:54,392 What are you doing? You'll get fried by their attack barrier! 230 00:15:54,558 --> 00:15:55,476 I can't, I got locked-- 231 00:16:01,065 --> 00:16:03,693 Let's go, Batou. She was nothing but a speaker. 232 00:16:03,776 --> 00:16:05,319 Public Security will fix her up. 233 00:16:05,403 --> 00:16:08,280 And give her a whole new program while they're at it? 234 00:16:08,364 --> 00:16:11,075 There's something sad about these Ghostless puppets. 235 00:16:11,701 --> 00:16:15,121 Especially the type that bleeds red. 236 00:16:17,415 --> 00:16:18,791 That's strange. 237 00:16:18,874 --> 00:16:22,086 I didn't feel that last burst of defiance you get when a Ghost is fried. 238 00:16:22,169 --> 00:16:24,797 Was it an artificial intelligence that I roasted? 239 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:26,132 We're up against pros! 240 00:16:26,841 --> 00:16:28,759 Hey! What's the matter, Togusa? 241 00:16:29,135 --> 00:16:30,177 Togusa! 242 00:16:30,261 --> 00:16:31,971 Togusa! Ow. 243 00:16:32,179 --> 00:16:33,222 Damn it! 244 00:16:33,305 --> 00:16:35,683 This stupid audio implant with the dumb loose connection! 245 00:16:46,652 --> 00:16:48,446 Hey! Why are you just standing there? 246 00:16:49,113 --> 00:16:50,865 I... I can't go any further. 247 00:16:52,533 --> 00:16:55,453 This is a message to not throw my life away. 248 00:16:56,036 --> 00:16:58,080 The war is over. 249 00:16:58,205 --> 00:16:59,582 I'm sick of killing people! 250 00:16:59,665 --> 00:17:02,710 Hmph! I'm not a gutless wimp like you! 251 00:17:02,793 --> 00:17:04,211 Fine. Die, then. 252 00:17:16,348 --> 00:17:18,142 Togusa is out cold! 253 00:17:18,225 --> 00:17:19,810 Smack him awake and get away from there! 254 00:17:19,894 --> 00:17:21,937 - To leave? - To storm the place, obviously! 255 00:17:22,021 --> 00:17:24,982 Our princess is one hell of a slave driver. 256 00:17:38,746 --> 00:17:40,998 Hang on, that's Ishikawa's Fuchikoma! 257 00:17:41,081 --> 00:17:42,249 What's gotten into him? 258 00:17:44,919 --> 00:17:48,130 Why does his thing have such a lousy targeting system? 259 00:17:48,380 --> 00:17:50,925 Ishikawa! Snap out of it, damn it! 260 00:17:54,011 --> 00:17:57,556 Major! Their security has a Ghost controller! 261 00:17:58,682 --> 00:18:01,644 Fuchikoma! Close the channel! Go to lockout mode! 262 00:18:25,793 --> 00:18:28,462 He was able to get in before my attack barrier could react! 263 00:18:28,629 --> 00:18:29,672 Fuchikoma! 264 00:18:30,214 --> 00:18:33,384 Back-trace his signal path! Nail his ass with an attack barrier! 265 00:18:33,592 --> 00:18:34,760 Yessir! 266 00:18:40,057 --> 00:18:41,809 You son of a... You'll pay for that! 267 00:18:52,194 --> 00:18:55,406 Having a substitute barrier running saved my ass. 268 00:18:55,698 --> 00:18:58,534 I have to neutralize that weird commander of theirs. 269 00:20:01,805 --> 00:20:04,224 No sight, no heat, no sound... 270 00:20:05,267 --> 00:20:07,353 {\an8}A Kyo-Re Invisibility Cape?! 271 00:20:12,816 --> 00:20:14,526 Okay, enough! I surrender! 272 00:20:14,735 --> 00:20:16,570 Please, just don't damage my brain! 273 00:20:16,904 --> 00:20:19,156 You and me, we're both just doing a job! 274 00:20:19,531 --> 00:20:22,159 The Ghost infiltration key and Ghost controller. 275 00:20:22,242 --> 00:20:23,869 Fine, I'll hand them over! 276 00:20:24,411 --> 00:20:27,539 You're under arrest for cyberbrain ethics violations. 277 00:20:27,623 --> 00:20:30,042 Are you kidding me?! You're Public Security? 278 00:20:35,714 --> 00:20:39,677 Y-You came to take us away from here, right? 279 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,429 Huh? What do you even want? 280 00:20:42,513 --> 00:20:45,099 Are you gonna mooch off of welfare without meeting your obligations 281 00:20:45,182 --> 00:20:47,267 to society as you're being brainwashed by trashy media? 282 00:20:47,518 --> 00:20:50,437 At the expense of all the countries that haven't been as quick to rebuild. 283 00:20:50,521 --> 00:20:52,523 You have a Ghost, too, don't you, kid? 284 00:20:52,690 --> 00:20:55,943 You have a brain in that head of yours. And you can access a cyberbrain. 285 00:20:59,446 --> 00:21:00,990 Make your own future! 286 00:21:07,413 --> 00:21:11,250 Yes, that was one of the government's brainwashing facilities. 287 00:21:11,375 --> 00:21:14,712 They were starting to go rogue, so I had you make an example of them. 288 00:21:15,337 --> 00:21:17,047 {\an8}The Boss says he wants a word. 289 00:21:17,881 --> 00:21:19,174 I'll transfer you. 290 00:21:20,300 --> 00:21:24,972 Ah, Major Kusanagi. You went a tad bit overboard, don't you think? 291 00:21:25,055 --> 00:21:27,683 I think you knew that we would make a mess. 292 00:21:27,766 --> 00:21:32,062 That request I also got from you. What was it again? 293 00:21:32,146 --> 00:21:35,482 Ah, yes. About the forming of that unit. 294 00:21:35,566 --> 00:21:39,695 When things like this happen... How can I put this? 295 00:21:39,903 --> 00:21:41,905 It makes things difficult. 296 00:21:42,031 --> 00:21:44,700 Of course, if you were to be a team player, 297 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,578 perhaps I could find a way to afford you some leeway. 298 00:21:47,661 --> 00:21:49,163 Give me that Ghost infiltration key. 299 00:21:49,538 --> 00:21:52,791 Mr. Minister? Might I trouble you for a direct connection for two seconds? 300 00:21:52,875 --> 00:21:54,084 Sure, that would be fine. 301 00:21:58,297 --> 00:22:00,591 If staying here means being a Public Security errand girl, 302 00:22:00,674 --> 00:22:02,134 I'll find another line of work. 303 00:22:03,385 --> 00:22:04,845 Chief? 304 00:22:07,890 --> 00:22:09,892 I suppose it wasn't meant to be. 305 00:22:13,270 --> 00:22:15,773 Join me for a drink! Batou, write up the report. 306 00:22:15,856 --> 00:22:16,899 Blech! 307 00:22:16,982 --> 00:22:18,817 Hm? Where'd Togusa go? 308 00:22:18,901 --> 00:22:21,487 After you chewed him out, he left, bawling his eyes out. 309 00:22:21,570 --> 00:22:23,906 That guy is such a newbie!