# 10 - PYROPHORIC CULT, Part 2
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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*
**[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*
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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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I will go on living even after my death.
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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,
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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.
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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--
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here in Japan.
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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.
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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?
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The state secrets in her cyberbrain
will be returned to us,
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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.
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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.
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You only believe in the reality before you,
so you wouldn't understand.
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Thanks for your opinion,
but we're done chatting.
**[05:39] ---**
This is goodbye, ex-Colonel Hozumi.
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The Net will give me life after death.
**[05:54] ---**
It's getting foggy!
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Will our optical camouflage do any good?
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If this snow keeps piling up,
fog won't be the issue.
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Oh!
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Men!
**[06:06] ---**
Time for our field trip.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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The job's going as planned, *chief*.
**[06:54] ---**
Pyromaniac just broke free.
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He escaped?!
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All security in the facility has been silenced.
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Hold on, I'm looping in my men.
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Go.
**[07:08] ---**
He gave all the engineers and two of
the American agents cyberbrain death.
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Those are all the security codes, I swear!
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Let all be cast into the flames.
**[07:23] ---**
No, don't--
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He stole the security codes of
all the engineers we convened,
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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.
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If he shows up, let the
Americans make the arrest.
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Avoid contact if at all possible.
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And if impossible?
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I authorize deadly force.
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Now that we know we can't
get useful information from him,
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don't take unnecessary risks.
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Your answer?
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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.
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Therefore, it must be protected.
**[08:50] ---**
It must use cyberbrains to version up...
**[08:54] ---**
Then be returned to the Net?
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Yes.
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I'll grant you your wish.
**[09:00] ---**
Then I shall fight for what I believe in.
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To burn everything to ash...
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Are we gonna hand over Hozumi
and call it a day, like the old ape said?
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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.
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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!
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It's a UCAV.
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An American combat drone?!
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I've been expecting you, Pyromaniac.
**[11:03] ---**
Someone leaked our location.
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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!
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You three focus on shielding us!
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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!
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Shit.
**[13:06] ---**
We're here!
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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
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who *might* make a Fire-Starter vaccine.
**[13:43] ---**
We've got the Major, who *did* make one,
and Hozumi, who knows the source.
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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.
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Work as fast as you can.
**[14:42] ---**
We'll need the Chief's backroom
dealing if this turns into open battle.
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Let's go!
**[14:50] ---**
Okay!
**[14:53] ---**
What if they storm you during your dive?!
We can't protect you from out there!
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You can have command if they do!
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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.
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He's here.
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You maintain these connections.
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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?
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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] ---**