1 - Ghost Stands Alone, Part 1

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    A near future not quite so informatized
    that nations and races have disappeared,
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    though corporate Nets have covered the planet
    and electrons and light stream everywhere...
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    Arms, fingers, legs, nails
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    Ears, nose, mouth, hair
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    What are you?
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    You'll wake up back where you started
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    Now you're still in your usual dream
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    A touch, and this world vanishes
    and takes you with it
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    Something reveals itself
    after everything else disappears
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    Look, all the old rules have been scrapped
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    In this new world,
    something keeps you yourself
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    It's what's yours, what you're
    doing to yourself, for yourself
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    Give back our water!
[02:11] ---
    Give back our water!
[02:13] ---
    Give back our water!
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    Give back our water!
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    Give back our water!
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    HQ to Squad 357.
    Transfer command to Section 9.
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    This is Priority One.
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    Murderers!
[02:30] ---
    Murderers!
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    Give back our water!
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    Despite increasingly fierce protests,
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    a contract has just been signed
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    between a Kuzan water company
    and the Japanese giant Harimadara.
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    We've followed the principle of free trade
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    to maintain fair prices that will
    spur postwar economic recovery.
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    Give water to the war orphans!!
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    It's starting.
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    All lifelines, surveillance, etc. for
    the building and roads now dominated.
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    Profiling cyberbrains and terminals
    of 4,022 people in the area.
[03:30] ---
    Aramaki! I'm not giving you my crime scene!
[03:34] ---
    This is Section 6. Who said you
    could infiltrate our comm lines?!
[03:38] ---
    We need to prevent casualties,
    not play departmental musical chairs!
[03:43] ---
    Or will you take the fall when we can't
    even pin down their means of attack?!
[03:48] ---
    Chief Aramaki, explain yourself.
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    Vice-Minister Kitahara.
[03:53] ---
    I thought you were attending
    the celebratory banquet?
[03:57] ---
    What you warned me of is happening, then?
[03:59] ---
    We got an anonymous tip that a
    Qhardi group mobilized three hours ago.
[04:05] ---
    Anonymous?
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    Can you trust it?
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    Yes. The Yotsubashi Building
    area is definitely the target.
[04:15] ---
    The old ape's sure fired up,
    considering we're flying blind here.
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    Batou, this is the outfit
    we've been after ever since
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    the cyber-contamination at
    Harimadara four months ago.
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    Section 9 forced the domination through.
    We'll have orders soon.
[04:29] ---
    Nab one of the terrorists.
    I want bait to draw out our prey.
[04:34] ---
    Is it that super-wizard-class hacker, Fire-Starter?
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    Isn't that just what you want?
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    We don't even know if there's
    really someone pulling the strings.
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    What I want is to formally
    establish my spec ops team.
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    If you're scared of unknown enemies, drop out.
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    Piss off.
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    Corporate Killers
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    Driving during a cyber-meeting?
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    You're gonna crash.
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    You're the only one that green.
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    Our status as an independent
    offensive unit is riding on this.
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    Public Security handles the incident,
    and we handle what caused it.
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    Go.
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    Ghost Stands Alone, Part 1
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    You deserve this...
    greedy rich-country bastards!
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    This was his only weapon.
    Something's fishy.
[06:13] ---
    The west team's slaughtering protesters.
[06:16] ---
    Some are even shooting other cops!
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    It's the biggest simultaneous Ghost-hack ever.
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    There's no tech that'd
    control 100 people at once.
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    The perps are all dead, too.
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    Check the riot squad's lines and
    find out what caused the attack.
[06:31] ---
    There's a log that might be Starter's, but...
[06:33] ---
    Then this isn't hacking. It's a virus.
[06:36] ---
    I don't see one in the sequence.
[06:38] ---
    It's a self-destructing Stuxnet-type.
[06:41] ---
    Someone must be sending packaged
    actions meant to control groups.
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    You, eh?
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    I made a deal with the devil for the
    sake of rebuilding and independence!
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    Just like you wanted!
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    And it invited a second slaughter
    by water and e-money
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    to follow the first slaughter with guns!
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    I want a media blackout now.
[07:26] ---
    You said cyberbrain tech and the prosthetics
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    This is Priority One!
[07:28] ---
    You said cyberbrain tech and the prosthetics
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    industry would build us a future, but hope
    wasn't what they brought to Qhardistan!
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    They merely sowed the seeds of betrayal
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    that would grow to bleed
    away my people's pride!
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    Have a taste of what that felt like!
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    Then you'll have no choice
    but to grant me asylum!
[07:46] ---
    Because this is a civilized, pacifist nation!
[07:51] ---
    Oh, is it?
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    Optical camouflage!
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    You can't stop Fire-Starter.
[08:17] ---
    Someone hacked my line?!
[08:31] ---
    Major?!
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    Saito!
[08:45] ---
    Shit.
[08:48] ---
    Major, I'll be right there!
[08:50] ---
    Don't be stupid. Go after
    the one who hacked me!
[08:58] ---
    Hello!
[09:03] ---
    Give me a weapon!
[09:04] ---
    Okay!
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    On your knees!
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    I'll shoot you dead if you resist.
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    That was outta nowhere!
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    This was your job, moron!
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    Sorry! That was an accident.
[09:59] ---
    Equip some handrails!
[10:04] ---
    Do it, Saito.
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    I let him get away, sorry!
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    Section 9 Office
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    Idiots!
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    You finally take the job, and then you
    execute someone on the national Net?
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    Who, me? You have no proof.
[10:40] ---
    Are you claiming you had no choice?
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    You're a super-wizard-class
    hacker in an ace unit.
[10:45] ---
    Was the Army overestimating you
    when it rated you five stars?
[10:51] ---
    Tell me about the virus
    and that heavy cyborg girl.
[10:54] ---
    No cyber-virus was detected.
    The girl's name is Emma Tsuda.
[10:59] ---
    Apparently she's famous on
    the Net as a game app maker.
[11:03] ---
    Nine hours after her arrest,
    that's all you've got?
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    I guess a former Special A Rank
    inspector for the Army like you
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    gets to have lots of talented subordinates.
[11:12] ---
    My people's dedicated effort
    got multiple perps captured alive.
[11:17] ---
    Wow, great work arresting
    some mindless packaged drones.
[11:24] ---
    We could've stopped it if
    we'd had special authority.
[11:28] ---
    Then stop playing gangsters and join Section 9.
[11:32] ---
    Unless you work directly for Home Affairs,
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    you do get official oversight
    and you don't get secrecy.
[11:38] ---
    Can you guarantee I'd be able to stay myself?
[11:41] ---
    Cutting-edge equipment can protect
    cyberbrains and prosthetic bodies.
[11:45] ---
    And my Ghost? My beliefs?
[11:47] ---
    Depends how skilled you are.
    I'll even consider a budget.
[11:52] ---
    Create an international
    counterterrorist agency for us
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    with the same budget as the Rangers.
[12:00] ---
    I'm gonna go eat.
[12:05] ---
    Aramaki, it's been a while.
[12:11] ---
    Colonel Hozumi. What brings
    Army intelligence here?
[12:17] ---
    I'll take the girl now.
[12:19] ---
    Care to explain?
[12:22] ---
    They're from a squad I trust.
[12:26] ---
    Ex-major Motoko Kusanagi, of the 501.
[12:31] ---
    Hated your master so much
    you became a stray, eh?
[12:34] ---
    Your intel's dated. They recreated my rank.
[12:39] ---
    The cyber-virus used is
    crucial for us to investigate.
[12:44] ---
    Explain why it's crucial, please.
[12:47] ---
    It's a triple package of brainwashing,
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    Ghost infiltration, and false memory creation.
[12:52] ---
    False memory? Last I checked,
    the government doesn't admit that's possible,
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    despite all the reports.
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    Virus units entered this country
    via a certain broker.
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    Trust me: You won't even
    manage to indict that girl.
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    Unfortunately, she's been
    transferred to Unit 501.
[13:14] ---
    When?
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    The moment I agreed to
    their request for cooperation.
[13:19] ---
    I've never thought you were clever, but this?
[13:23] ---
    You'll regret any foolish stubbornness.
[13:34] ---
    Terror by false memories...
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    Your claims are finally proven, Major.
[13:41] ---
    So is the existence of a virus
    that enables Ghost-hacking.
[13:45] ---
    Here's your next job:
    Escort the girl to Unit 501.
[13:49] ---
    What? There was really a request?
[13:51] ---
    Signed by the Defense Minister.
    Now give me one of your men in exchange.
[13:56] ---
    Did your scary ex-colleague
    make you want a guard?
[13:59] ---
    I want information sharing.
    Go renew old workplace friendships.
[14:03] ---
    Can I ask one thing?
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    What is it?
[14:07] ---
    Assuming I did shoot her...
[14:10] ---
    ...why didn't you use my
    Ghost infiltration key to stop me?
[14:16] ---
    I can't answer hypothetical questions.
[14:20] ---
    I see.
[14:23] ---
    This is Dr. Zhinzhee Bekka Arr Thied,
    the one the Major killed.
[14:27] ---
    She's Qhardi, but she graduated from
    Kuzan Royal University as valedictorian.
[14:31] ---
    A big player in Kuzan water importation
    since the provisional government days.
[14:36] ---
    But she supported terrorism when she realized
    the world would forsake her people, eh?
[14:42] ---
    She's smart and she's got motive,
    but she's not a hacker.
[14:45] ---
    Someone else packaged this.
[14:48] ---
    What about the girl we captured?
[14:52] ---
    Her name's Emma Tsuda.
    A 17-year-old war orphan.
[14:56] ---
    She makes hit cyberbrain games, which she
    copyrights under the name "Tin Man."
[15:00] ---
    "Tin Man"... As in The Wizard of Oz?
[15:03] ---
    What's that?
[15:05] ---
    Supposing she's a teenage
    super-hacker, how does she fit in?
[15:10] ---
    Don't tell me she's the one you're after?
[15:13] ---
    I'll know when I dive into her Ghost.
[15:16] ---
    Ishikawa, stay on the virus and the girl.
    Saito, you go to Section 9.
[15:20] ---
    Paz and Borma, you release the bait.
[15:23] ---
    Batou, Togusa, and I will escort the girl.
[15:26] ---
    We're starting the second round.
[15:29] ---
    Suggestion for you,
    Miss "Hothead Who Charges In Blind."
[15:34] ---
    How about I become team leader
    and lead us in a sensible retreat?
[15:39] ---
    Brave thing to say in my cyberbrain space.
[15:45] ---
    Step outside and let's fight!
[15:48] ---
    Whoa, knock it off, you guys!
[16:03] ---
    It might be cool if we could ride in you.
[16:06] ---
    The Major requested a personnel transport
    shaft from the Maintenance Department!
[16:10] ---
    Will we pilot you from inside?
[16:13] ---
    Isn't that our mobile arsenal?
    Where would the weapons go?
[16:17] ---
    We can just resupply each other. If we
    armed this guy, he could be our backup.
[16:22] ---
    Backup, eh?
[16:24] ---
    Why are we using an outdated Logistics model?
[16:27] ---
    Neurochip-type Als are hard to hack or infect.
[16:32] ---
    So basically, it was us or the junkyard?
[16:34] ---
    What? Not good enough for the
    ex-cop still wearing a necktie?
[16:41] ---
    My late father said looking
    classy shows faith in yourself.
[16:46] ---
    Watching you, ex-Ranger, I see what he meant.
[16:50] ---
    Bold words, kid.
[17:11] ---
    He's finally on the move.
[17:15] ---
    I can imagine the profound
    effects this incident will have
[17:20] ---
    on the Next-Generation Weapons
    Review Committee you serve on.
[17:24] ---
    Thanks to pressure from
    the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
[17:26] ---
    we won't be unveiling our
    prototype weapons, either.
[17:30] ---
    It's shaking the foundations of the company.
[17:33] ---
    I hear you're pressing for large-scale
    water sales even after Dr. Thied's death.
[17:38] ---
    I have a duty to fulfill my contract.
[17:41] ---
    There are some out there who
    can't even secure drinking water.
[17:45] ---
    If you just want to criticize my economics,
    I'm going back to work.
[17:55] ---
    You're not cut out for government work.
[17:59] ---
    Start an NPO and go live
    in some refugee camp.
[18:05] ---
    NPOs, camps... and Foreign Affairs?
[18:09] ---
    The council on weapons development!
[18:12] ---
    Was that the objective behind the
    cyberterrorism against Harimadara?
[18:15] ---
    There's a debate about
    whether next-gen weapons
[18:17] ---
    should be produced domestically
    or developed abroad.
[18:21] ---
    The overseas faction'd be thrilled if
    a domestic manufacturer got attacked.
[18:26] ---
    Here we go: an NPO that
    "treats cyberization disorders."
[18:31] ---
    They disseminated cyberization
    and learning devices
[18:33] ---
    in refugee camps in Kuzan during the war.
[18:37] ---
    And domestically?
[18:38] ---
    Got a hit on that girl in the same
    NPO's treatment records.
[18:43] ---
    Cyberization rejection syndrome.
[18:45] ---
    Apparently she ran away
    from a war orphan facility
[18:47] ---
    because she rejected being cyberized.
[18:49] ---
    The issue is, what did that NPO have to do
[18:51] ---
    with a business deal motivated
    by military development?
[18:56] ---
    Go at the military-industrial complex
    from both ends: soldiers and companies.
[19:07] ---
    Did you hack my line to
    deliberately get yourself caught?
[19:12] ---
    What is "Fire-Starter"?
    Is it really the name of a hacker?
[19:17] ---
    Intelligence wants you. Military courts
    don't do plea bargains, you know.
[19:25] ---
    I smell seawater.
[19:28] ---
    We aren't even allowed near the sea.
[19:33] ---
    Programmers are like weapons:
    we're forbidden by law from moving freely.
[19:38] ---
    Long ago, glassblowers had no freedom,
    because glasswork funded the state.
[19:44] ---
    If they left the country,
    they were blinded first.
[19:49] ---
    You're a refugee?
    That's why you started a massacre?
[19:55] ---
    Do you think cyberbrains make people happy?
[20:02] ---
    Are your memories trustworthy?
    Or were they planted by someone?
[20:14] ---
    It's me. The others got caught.
[20:20] ---
    Don't worry, you'll see them in the afterlife.
[20:26] ---
    You a cop?
[20:31] ---
    I-I prepared a confession.
    Let me call my lawyer--
[20:36] ---
    You're not getting that chance.
[20:40] ---
    You killed our bait, so you're
    gonna tell us everything.
[20:46] ---
    When micromachine-based cyberization
    came to pass, experts worldwide warned us:
[20:53] ---
    "False memories will be
    used to commit crimes."
[20:57] ---
    Every organization wants
    that technology. My technology.
[21:01] ---
    You mean you successfully made
    memory-manipulation tech?
[21:06] ---
    Your memories might even be--
[21:10] ---
    I'm diving right here, right now!
[21:13] ---
    Saw that coming.
[21:16] ---
    We don't know what this virus is.
    What if you get infected?
[21:20] ---
    I'll blow it away, and her cyberbrain with it.
[21:23] ---
    During your dive?!
[21:25] ---
    Your cyber warfare style is twisted.
[21:27] ---
    I prefer the term "super-wizard-class."
[21:30] ---
    "Wizard"... Magician.
    Magician who can't go home...
[21:36] ---
    I'm diving straight in through her line.
[21:38] ---
    Uh-huh, ignore protocol.
[21:41] ---
    Hey, something's weird.
[21:46] ---
    You're being hacked!
    They're doing it through her cyberbrain!
[21:50] ---
    What's going on?
    This isn't just backfire!
[21:54] ---
    Emma... Danger... Emma...
[22:03] ---
    You...
[22:13] ---
    Major!
[22:21] ---
    There are two Ghosts in there?
[22:37] ---
    Wavering sorrow and hatred
[22:44] ---
    It all dims over time
[22:49] ---
    Creaky (spirits)
[22:54] ---
    We're taken, we're taken away
[23:01] ---
    Away
[23:02] ---
    We split in two (slipping)
[23:07] ---
    We're slipping, we're slipping away
[23:14] ---
    No way home...
[23:21] ---
    (Lost... no way home...)
[23:34] ---
    (Ghosts...)
[23:55] ---
    Who is Emma?
[23:57] ---
    The team is starting to analyze
    this when Scarecrow interferes!
[24:00] ---
    Who is Scarecrow?!
[24:02] ---
    What is the hidden motive
    behind this incident?!
[24:04] ---
    Huh?