10 - PYROPHORIC CULT, Part 2

Source: Crunchyroll
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
[00:18] ---
    A near future not quite so informatized
    that nations and races have disappeared,
[00:21] ---
    though corporate Nets have covered the planet
    and electrons and light stream everywhere...
[00:29] ---
    Arms, fingers, legs, nails
[00:33] ---
    Ears, nose, mouth, hair
[00:39] ---
    What are you?
[00:45] ---
    You'll wake up back where you started
[00:51] ---
    Now you're still in your usual dream
[00:56] ---
    A touch, and this world vanishes
    and takes you with it
[01:08] ---
    Something reveals itself
    after everything else disappears
[01:20] ---
    Look, all the old rules have been scrapped
[01:32] ---
    In this new world,
    something keeps you yourself
[01:44] ---
    It's what's yours, what you're
    doing to yourself, for yourself
[02:07] ---
    I will go on living even after my death.
[02:21] ---
    PYROPHORIC CULT, Part 2
[02:30] ---
    Explain this to me.
[02:32] ---
    The "Pyromaniac" in custody isn't Galvez?
[02:35] ---
    They've run ID checks on
    the corpses at the crash site,
[02:38] ---
    and they found one they think is Galvez.
[02:44] ---
    A 97%-probability match...
[02:48] ---
    Who the hell did we capture, then?
[02:51] ---
    I don't know. Respected cyberbrain
    engineers are looking into that,
[02:56] ---
    as well as how he got Fire-Starter.
[03:02] ---
    Lots of unfamiliar names on that list.
[03:04] ---
    Most of the well-known engineers are dead,
    since they were on Murasaka's flight.
[03:09] ---
    I hear that almost all of those
    were corporate advisors.
[03:14] ---
    And connected to American intelligence, too.
[03:19] ---
    Why do you know that?!
[03:20] ---
    It's not something worth hiding, is it?
[03:24] ---
    I assume the Americans planned to use them
    to analyze Pyromaniac after the op--
[03:30] ---
    here in Japan.
[03:31] ---
    It was going to be a
    joint investigation, but yes.
[03:34] ---
    They were probably just political
    opportunists on corporate retainers.
[03:38] ---
    I doubt they could manage
    a decent analysis anyway.
[03:43] ---
    You're saying there's another way?
[03:45] ---
    It'd be faster for me to look into it.
[03:49] ---
    Or you could let me analyze Hozumi...
[03:51] ---
    I can't let you do either.
    You don't have authority.
[03:59] ---
    So give me authority. And a budget.
[04:03] ---
    I'm ironing things out with the Prime Minister.
[04:07] ---
    Look through this.
[04:17] ---
    What is this?
[04:18] ---
    A job for your team.
[04:20] ---
    Hozumi's being secretly handed over
    to the Americans at 0100 hours.
[04:26] ---
    You transport her.
[04:29] ---
    We're giving top secret intel to the Americans?
[04:32] ---
    The state secrets in her cyberbrain
    will be returned to us,
[04:36] ---
    and Hozumi will ostensibly be in exile.
[04:57] ---
    Excuse me, ma'am,
    do you have an appointment?
[05:01] ---
    Yes. Here's my interview request form.
[05:14] ---
    I didn't think we'd meet like this again.
    Our fates must be tied.
[05:19] ---
    Pyromaniac just set back the schedule.
    Trust me, I didn't want to come here twice.
[05:25] ---
    Everyone who uses the Fire-Starter virus
    believes it will change the world.
[05:31] ---
    You only believe in the reality before you,
    so you wouldn't understand.
[05:36] ---
    Thanks for your opinion,
    but we're done chatting.
[05:39] ---
    This is goodbye, ex-Colonel Hozumi.
[05:43] ---
    The Net will give me life after death.
[05:54] ---
    It's getting foggy!
[05:56] ---
    Will our optical camouflage do any good?
[05:59] ---
    If this snow keeps piling up,
    fog won't be the issue.
[06:03] ---
    Oh!
[06:05] ---
    Men!
[06:06] ---
    Time for our field trip.
[06:09] ---
    She's in a bad mood.
[06:11] ---
    Because it's a rookie job. We already took
    care of most of the guys after Hozumi.
[06:18] ---
    Her cyberbrain's gonna be scrapped.
    Why not transport it like industrial waste?
[06:23] ---
    She's being kept alive
    because she's still useful.
[06:27] ---
    While she's alive,
    we have to treat her that way.
[06:32] ---
    Awfully noble words for someone so pissed off.
[06:35] ---
    Was the old ape snide at you?
[06:37] ---
    No. Let's load her in the truck and get moving.
[06:48] ---
    Major!
[06:51] ---
    The job's going as planned, chief.
[06:54] ---
    Pyromaniac just broke free.
[06:56] ---
    He escaped?!
[07:00] ---
    All security in the facility has been silenced.
[07:04] ---
    Hold on, I'm looping in my men.
[07:06] ---
    Go.
[07:08] ---
    He gave all the engineers and two of
    the American agents cyberbrain death.
[07:16] ---
    Those are all the security codes, I swear!
[07:20] ---
    Let all be cast into the flames.
[07:23] ---
    No, don't--
[07:30] ---
    He stole the security codes of
    all the engineers we convened,
[07:34] ---
    and now he's on the loose.
[07:36] ---
    So he was after those codes the
    whole time, and he let us catch him?
[07:43] ---
    What's the next play?
[07:44] ---
    We're working with the Americans
    now to track him down.
[07:48] ---
    You transport Hozumi as planned.
[07:52] ---
    Pyromaniac is only acting on false memories
    Fire-Starter overwrote him with.
[07:59] ---
    If he shows up, let the
    Americans make the arrest.
[08:04] ---
    Avoid contact if at all possible.
[08:06] ---
    And if impossible?
[08:09] ---
    I authorize deadly force.
[08:12] ---
    Now that we know we can't
    get useful information from him,
[08:16] ---
    don't take unnecessary risks.
[08:19] ---
    Your answer?
[08:21] ---
    Yes, sir.
[08:31] ---
    You keep your promises.
    Are you a fellow disciple of the flame?
[08:36] ---
    No, you're just an extension
    of my plans. I'm only using you.
[08:42] ---
    Fire-Starter will spark the
    evolution of all men's Ghosts.
[08:47] ---
    Therefore, it must be protected.
[08:50] ---
    It must use cyberbrains to version up...
[08:54] ---
    Then be returned to the Net?
[08:56] ---
    Yes.
[08:58] ---
    I'll grant you your wish.
[09:00] ---
    Then I shall fight for what I believe in.
[09:06] ---
    To burn everything to ash...
[09:44] ---
    Are we gonna hand over Hozumi
    and call it a day, like the old ape said?
[09:48] ---
    Unless there are complications.
[09:52] ---
    If he lost his selfhood before he
    was captured, how did he escape?
[09:58] ---
    You're saying he had inside help?
[10:01] ---
    It's likely.
[10:03] ---
    If Pyromaniac erased the security cameras,
    we might as well give up hope.
[10:09] ---
    Anyway, our options are limited.
[10:12] ---
    Without footage, finding him will
    take good, old-fashioned legwork.
[10:16] ---
    Ugh, crime scene investigation?
[10:19] ---
    I'll let the new guy do the boring stuff.
[10:22] ---
    You're a prince.
[10:36] ---
    What just happened?!
[10:38] ---
    Missiles!
[10:45] ---
    It's a UCAV.
[10:47] ---
    An American combat drone?!
[10:50] ---
    I've been expecting you, Pyromaniac.
[11:03] ---
    Someone leaked our location.
[11:05] ---
    He must've gotten to the agents.
[11:21] ---
    Come in, Chief. It's Kusanagi.
[11:24] ---
    Looks like we're cut off from HQ.
[11:27] ---
    We can't win without attacking
    Pyromaniac. What now, Major?
[12:01] ---
    Major, I can't get the right angle!
[12:04] ---
    You three focus on shielding us!
[12:07] ---
    Roger!
[12:23] ---
    Huh? It's going home.
[12:26] ---
    No.
[12:27] ---
    He cut off our retreat and led us here.
    Don't let your guard down.
[12:31] ---
    Great, an American Army base?
    Can't say I'm thrilled.
[12:36] ---
    What?!
[12:41] ---
    Major!
[12:47] ---
    Shit.
[13:06] ---
    We're here!
[13:08] ---
    That was close, huh?
[13:09] ---
    Those guys were American Special Forces.
[13:12] ---
    With the virus controlling 'em
    they're no smarter than Als,
[13:15] ---
    but the optical camouflage is a problem.
[13:27] ---
    Yep, we're surrounded.
[13:29] ---
    He's obsessed. Who takes things this far?
[13:33] ---
    They don't call you "maniac" for being sane.
[13:36] ---
    This guy'll blow up a plane
    just to get rid of engineers
[13:39] ---
    who might make a Fire-Starter vaccine.
[13:43] ---
    We've got the Major, who did make one,
    and Hozumi, who knows the source.
[13:48] ---
    He'd do whatever it took to kill them.
[13:51] ---
    This is a bad joke.
[13:54] ---
    Ishikawa.
[13:56] ---
    Find a terminal and get
    back our line to the Chief.
[13:59] ---
    Take Paz and Togusa.
[14:01] ---
    Borma, try to keep the soldiers at
    a distance. Saito, ditto the chopper.
[14:05] ---
    Batou, take two Logicomas and back them up.
[14:09] ---
    I'm the decoy now?!
[14:11] ---
    What're you gonna do?
    Take Hozumi's head and run?
[14:15] ---
    I'll use the last Logicoma as a booster
    and seize Pyromaniac's Net.
[14:20] ---
    Can you do that with just one?
[14:22] ---
    I'll use my personal Net.
[14:24] ---
    Personal?
[14:26] ---
    I run hacking tests whenever
    I build a security system.
[14:30] ---
    I have a network made up
    of the debuggers I use.
[14:34] ---
    Section 9's security codes have
    probably been overwritten.
[14:38] ---
    I might have some trouble reconnecting.
[14:40] ---
    Work as fast as you can.
[14:42] ---
    We'll need the Chief's backroom
    dealing if this turns into open battle.
[14:49] ---
    Let's go!
[14:50] ---
    Okay!
[14:53] ---
    What if they storm you during your dive?!
    We can't protect you from out there!
[14:58] ---
    You can have command if they do!
[15:03] ---
    Don't die.
[15:09] ---
    Logicomas!
[15:09] ---
    Okay!
[15:20] ---
    Wow, is this your personal Net, Major?
[15:24] ---
    Yes. The Nets run by corporate
    admins don't even compare.
[15:28] ---
    This is a battlefield where
    distrustful barbarians gather.
[15:36] ---
    Anyone want to join a game of mine?
[15:39] ---
    Want to join?!
[16:05] ---
    They took the bait.
[16:14] ---
    Are you getting the hackers
    to eradicate the virus?
[16:18] ---
    Of course not. They're only breaking through
    the soldiers' barriers to disable them.
[16:22] ---
    Huh?! But the Army uses attack barriers!
[16:26] ---
    So? Focus on your own work.
[16:30] ---
    Someone is trying to crack you from outside.
[16:33] ---
    He's here.
[16:35] ---
    You maintain these connections.
[16:37] ---
    Roger!
[16:48] ---
    Phony cyberbrain space?
    Looks like a Kuzan battlefield...
[16:56] ---
    I still don't sense a Ghost.
    So the virus itself is running him?
[17:02] ---
    Is this what you saw--
    or rather, Galvez's memory?
[17:08] ---
    Who are you?
[17:10] ---
    I am Galvez, and Emma, and Murasaka.
[17:15] ---
    All Ghosts are me.
[17:18] ---
    An aggregate of the false memories, then.
    That's not what we call a "Ghost."
[17:23] ---
    You're nothing but a vessel
    created by the virus.
[17:29] ---
    Looks like the Major's doing well.
[17:37] ---
    Okay.
[17:50] ---
    Did he get it?
[17:58] ---
    Shit!
[18:04] ---
    I have received a revelation from Fire-Starter.
    That is my everything.
[18:11] ---
    I must burn all threats to Fire-Starter.
[18:16] ---
    So your goal is to eliminate all
    possibility of erasing the virus.
[18:20] ---
    Ultimately, you're another one of its puppets.
[18:24] ---
    If your personality is nothing
    but false memories it molded,
[18:29] ---
    further conversation is meaningless.
[18:32] ---
    Major, should we take control?
[18:34] ---
    Our chances of bulldozing him
    aren't good. Leave him to me.
[18:38] ---
    Fire-Starter will spark the
    evolution of all men's Ghosts.
[18:43] ---
    Your cyberbrain will become
    fuel to version up the flames.
[18:51] ---
    I'm out of ammo!
[18:57] ---
    Shit!
[19:02] ---
    We're back online!
[19:06] ---
    What is it?
[19:07] ---
    This is Ishikawa, Chief. That Pyromaniac guy--
[19:15] ---
    This is bad...
[19:21] ---
    Uh-oh!
[19:27] ---
    Major!
[19:30] ---
    Major, time to withdraw!
[19:31] ---
    She's still in her dive!
[19:35] ---
    Dammit! I'm draggin' you with me!
[19:38] ---
    You are the greatest sinner here.
[19:51] ---
    Link with me, and go on
    living even after your death.
[20:04] ---
    Sorry, but I'm not that
    pessimistic about the real world.
[20:09] ---
    And I'm not at an age where
    I worry about the afterlife.
[20:12] ---
    It's over, Pyromaniac. Disappear.
[20:25] ---
    Good work.
[20:43] ---
    What the...?
[20:45] ---
    Major!
[20:46] ---
    Batou, is this your doing?
[20:49] ---
    You took care of things?
[20:50] ---
    Yes.
[20:52] ---
    What happened to Pyromaniac?
[20:55] ---
    He's extinct.
[21:08] ---
    Pyromaniac's cyberbrain held nothing
    but memories related to the hit on Hozumi
[21:14] ---
    and a few deeply implanted
    lines from The Fiery Angel.
[21:19] ---
    This whole mess will be tied up in secret,
    after some fairly involved negotiations.
[21:25] ---
    I told you, you should've let me handle it.
[21:28] ---
    Lay off.
[21:30] ---
    Just be grateful you're not getting
    punished for trashing an American base.
[21:36] ---
    I'll have their agents stay out of
    the Pyromaniac affair for now, too.
[21:40] ---
    They knew about the Flight 381
    bombing in advance, didn't they?
[21:46] ---
    Fire-Starter switched hosts because
    the Americans crowded Galvez.
[21:52] ---
    They knew it was going to take
    Murasaka and the engineers down,
[21:56] ---
    but they waited until Pyromaniac had
    security codes from around the globe.
[22:00] ---
    Where did you hear that?
[22:02] ---
    Did you think I'd come back
    from a dive empty-handed?
[22:05] ---
    I found an agent's memories in
    Pyromaniac's auxiliary cyberbrain.
[22:10] ---
    I'll do you a favor and pretend
    I didn't hear that. Keep it to yourself.
[22:17] ---
    Put on a uniform. We'll meet at the
    Prime Minister's residence at 0900 hours.
[22:24] ---
    He wants to personally thank your squad
[22:29] ---
    for nabbing the terrorist behind Flight 381.
[22:37] ---
    We've finished refining the virus.
[22:42] ---
    Not much longer now...
[22:55] ---
    You must be Kusanagi.
[22:59] ---
    I hear you've done us a great service.
[23:02] ---
    Thank you, sir.
[23:04] ---