8 - Ghost Tears, Part 2

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    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] ---
    Mermaid's Legs...
[00:31] ---
    Wow, you've been with
    that guy for three months!
[00:35] ---
    It's a symbol used by Scylla, the hero
    who once led the Qhardi Separatist Army.
[00:40] ---
    Huh, his specialty is tunnel ops.
[00:43] ---
    Scylla is dead.
[00:45] ---
    Public Security's moves are being leaked!
[00:49] ---
    We're talking omnidirectional blast.
    The air itself blew up.
[00:53] ---
    Do you recognize these legs?
[00:56] ---
    I'll give you my list.
[00:58] ---
    Damn guerilla hero is issuing a challenge.
[01:07] ---
    Arms, fingers, legs, nails
[01:11] ---
    Ears, nose, mouth, hair
[01:16] ---
    What are you?
[01:23] ---
    You'll wake up back where you started
[01:29] ---
    Now you're still in your usual dream
[01:34] ---
    A touch, and this world vanishes
    and takes you with it
[01:46] ---
    Something reveals itself
    after everything else disappears
[01:57] ---
    Look, all the old rules have been scrapped
[02:09] ---
    In this new world,
    something keeps you yourself
[02:21] ---
    It's what's yours, what you're
    doing to yourself, for yourself
[02:36] ---
    Cops love lists. He'll be conveniently
    absorbed in it for a while.
[02:40] ---
    Public Security took our dummy safe house.
[02:42] ---
    Are the comm lines here safe, Colonel Hozumi?
[02:46] ---
    Don't worry. It's one of
    Intelligence's independent lines.
[02:49] ---
    Why haven't you killed that detective?
[02:52] ---
    He's an odd duck, but he doesn't
    have any powerful backers.
[02:55] ---
    The real issue is that Ariel's been leaked.
[02:57] ---
    We retrieved the sample before it was analyzed,
    and the factory is taken care of.
[03:01] ---
    I didn't expect you to panic and blow it up.
[03:03] ---
    You almost seriously hindered our plan.
[03:07] ---
    Ariel is a way to smuggle explosives to
    the Qhardis! It's not for suicide bombers!
[03:13] ---
    If previous overseas weapons
    development becomes domestic,
[03:16] ---
    distribution channels will vanish.
[03:19] ---
    The Qhardi soldiers are just sacrificial pawns?
[03:21] ---
    We're upgrading. Fire-Starter
    can create all the soldiers we want.
[03:26] ---
    Get the unit that was arrested released.
[03:29] ---
    I won't give you the data until then.
[03:33] ---
    Very well. There are three more usable Ariels.
[03:37] ---
    One of them is in your court.
[03:42] ---
    Ghost Tears, Part 2
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    Ride with me.
[04:06] ---
    You haven't told anyone that
    you and I killed Scylla, I trust?
[04:10] ---
    No.
[04:11] ---
    That op is a stain on both our records.
[04:14] ---
    It would be highly inconvenient
    for it to come up again now.
[04:17] ---
    I'll make domestic weapons engineering big,
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    and shut down their trade
    routes to foreign cartels.
[04:23] ---
    Lt. Col. Mamuro wanted that.
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    I won't play your game.
[04:28] ---
    Scylla is a game you can't quit.
    She has to stay dead.
[04:34] ---
    You used this before.
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    Bury it and whoever's using
    Scylla's name--permanently this time.
[04:43] ---
    Or else the brass will bury you,
    and that op with you.
[05:00] ---
    You really came?
[05:03] ---
    I did promise.
[05:10] ---
    I checked out the Qhardi gang, but there's
    no trace of their tactical commander.
[05:15] ---
    Ah, but I've got the rental server they used.
[05:18] ---
    Bastards have made good
    progress on their tunnels.
[05:21] ---
    Do you know where they're going yet?
[05:23] ---
    It's someplace to do with
    water and precision machinery.
[05:25] ---
    78 places in the city fit that description.
[05:28] ---
    Check them all.
[05:31] ---
    Damn... I'd make easier money
    being an Intelligence subcontractor.
[05:37] ---
    I remember when I first met you, you know.
[05:41] ---
    All the other engineers said you were
    the queen of customer complaints.
[05:45] ---
    Is that why they handed me
    off to a freelancer like you?
[05:48] ---
    Nope. The truth is, I asked them to.
[05:52] ---
    What?
[05:54] ---
    You couldn't decide whether you should
    treat your body as a thing or a person.
[06:01] ---
    That made me interested in you.
[06:06] ---
    When I was prosthetized on
    the battlefield, they told me,
[06:09] ---
    "A cyborg doesn't need everyday life;
    he needs equipment."
[06:13] ---
    That's why I switched to
    prosthetics engineering.
[06:16] ---
    I wanted to be a tech who'd
    treat cyborgs like humans.
[06:20] ---
    Your prosthetic body isn't a thing.
    It's your real body.
[06:24] ---
    It mustn't be treated as
    a thing... not by anyone.
[06:29] ---
    Not by me.
[06:38] ---
    We're missing the key piece: the bomb.
[06:41] ---
    How did they get it into a
    heavily guarded meeting place?
[06:45] ---
    What about the perps?
[06:46] ---
    They say they're the ones who blew it up.
[06:49] ---
    Despite the fact that they
    have no memory of the bomb.
[06:52] ---
    We'll monitor all 78 locations until
    we can narrow down their target.
[06:56] ---
    Are you serious?!
[06:58] ---
    Contact me if something happens.
[07:03] ---
    You're wearing heels.
[07:05] ---
    Should we assume the ex-military
    prosthetics tech is joining the team?
[07:12] ---
    Maybe that's actually for real.
[07:24] ---
    They're regular customers of mine.
[07:26] ---
    The affluent elderly are at the core
    of cyborg development these days.
[07:30] ---
    Not soldiers.
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    They want prosthetic bodies to give them
    second lives, and fulfilling lifestyles.
[07:37] ---
    More and more foods for cyborgs are
    being developed to meet their needs, too.
[07:44] ---
    Try it.
[07:58] ---
    It's good.
[07:59] ---
    Is it your first time allocating
    memory to your sense of taste?
[08:04] ---
    The new bride is pregnant, by the way.
[08:08] ---
    Exciting, isn't it? A new world
    of humans that don't distinguish
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    between prosthetic and flesh.
[08:15] ---
    You really are strange.
[08:21] ---
    Do you have free time later?
[08:23] ---
    If we share a lobby, we can
    meet whenever we want.
[08:27] ---
    I might touch your Ghost.
[08:30] ---
    I'll let down my barrier.
[08:32] ---
    Are you sure?
[08:33] ---
    If you infiltrate me, I may fry your brain.
[08:37] ---
    It might be worth it.
[09:03] ---
    This is your body.
[09:07] ---
    These are your hands.
[09:26] ---
    Motoko, run!
[09:55] ---
    Akira!
[09:57] ---
    Are you all right?
[10:00] ---
    Yeah...
[10:09] ---
    I'm sorry. This is my fault.
[10:33] ---
    My condolences.
[10:36] ---
    Paz is with Section 9 inspecting the scene.
[10:38] ---
    Your attacker was a pro,
    even if he did mess up.
[10:42] ---
    How is he?
[10:44] ---
    We'll send him home as soon
    as we're done questioning him.
[10:46] ---
    I'll assign someone to him, so don't worry.
[10:49] ---
    I see.
[10:51] ---
    The military authorities won't
    give me any information on Scylla.
[10:54] ---
    What's your connection to him?
[10:59] ---
    Call me whenever you need help.
[11:05] ---
    They got us.
[11:07] ---
    Number Three: a materials
    control center on the coast.
[11:11] ---
    I picked up a go order in Scylla's name
    30 seconds before the explosion.
[11:15] ---
    Then the whole line disappeared.
    At this rate there's no point in surveillance.
[11:19] ---
    Find a weapons engineer on their
    customer list who's connected to this.
[11:23] ---
    Weapons engineer?
[11:24] ---
    Get info from the first victims, too. Hurry up.
[11:26] ---
    Find something. The virus,
    the bombs, the tactical commander,
[11:29] ---
    where the messages from "Scylla"
    come from--I don't care what.
[11:34] ---
    How about you finally tell us
    why you're so sure Scylla's dead?
[11:40] ---
    Excuse me.
[11:42] ---
    You!
[11:44] ---
    I was told I could find Major Kusanagi here.
[11:52] ---
    State your business.
[11:54] ---
    The list I got from him was a fake.
[11:58] ---
    And a detective working
    a weapons trafficking case
[12:00] ---
    was killed right after getting info from him.
[12:03] ---
    Techs get blamed for
    prosthetics-related incidents all the time.
[12:10] ---
    How did you feel, watching your
    lover get attacked in front of you?
[12:15] ---
    You're angry at the perp, and you feel guilty.
[12:19] ---
    You think it was your fault he got attacked.
[12:25] ---
    He was the same way. Anger and guilt.
[12:29] ---
    He's hiding something.
[12:31] ---
    The dam, the dead detective,
    the prosthetics, and even you, Major...
[12:36] ---
    Everything links back to Akira Hose.
[12:46] ---
    You're an idiot, Colonel!
[12:50] ---
    An attack barrier!
[12:52] ---
    Keep calm.
[12:53] ---
    If the domestic faction takes
    away your arms industry rights,
[12:56] ---
    you'll be killed by the cartels.
[12:59] ---
    Yet you're in a rush to kill
    me off and steal my data?
[13:02] ---
    So, you act like a heavyweight,
    but you couldn't get my people released?
[13:06] ---
    Our deal is over.
[13:08] ---
    I'm thankful for the info on her
    and for Scylla's revival,
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    but I'm leaving this country.
[13:14] ---
    You do the same.
[13:15] ---
    No need.
[13:23] ---
    We've successfully packaged
    the virus with cyberbrains.
[13:29] ---
    We'll use your cyberbrain for the final upgrade.
[13:33] ---
    Become Scylla, just like you wanted to.
[13:45] ---
    "His hands stayed open after he burned," eh?
[13:52] ---
    The FAEs were the prosthetic limbs themselves.
[13:57] ---
    The limbs' admin records have
    the same signature on them...
[14:03] ---
    What are you doing?
[14:07] ---
    Who is this man?!
[14:12] ---
    My attack barrier expands every second.
[14:15] ---
    If you don't want your brain fried, tell me!
[14:16] ---
    He'll die!
[14:19] ---
    He gave us power... He's the new Scylla!
[14:24] ---
    A battle-learning program
    left to us by the dead Scylla...
[14:28] ---
    He gave it to my cyberbrain,
    along with the virus.
[14:31] ---
    I'd never been trained, but now
    I can fight even your people!
[14:36] ---
    Give me a name.
[14:38] ---
    Akira Hose! He's Japanese, like you!
[14:49] ---
    It's just like the call said.
[14:51] ---
    Two Public Security officers killed,
    and Akira Hose's whereabouts unknown.
[15:00] ---
    Hose escaped. Any idea where?
[15:03] ---
    Why ask me?
[15:05] ---
    What are your eyes looking at right now?
[15:10] ---
    Zhinzhee Bekka Arr Thied.
[15:13] ---
    She's boss of a Kuzan water company,
    and most likely the weapons ring's sponsor.
[15:19] ---
    So this is the tunnel exit!
[15:22] ---
    A domestic weapons company--
    Harimadara Heavy Industries!
[15:26] ---
    The execs are touring Factory One
    with the Senior Vice-Minister of Defense!
[15:30] ---
    Recommend a barrier,
    and give the data to Section 9.
[15:33] ---
    Paz, Borma, Saito, get over there.
[15:38] ---
    Call the bomb squad and a prosthetics tech.
[15:41] ---
    A destructive cyber-attack is more than likely.
[15:47] ---
    What's the meaning of this, Chief Aramaki?
[15:49] ---
    Evacuate immediately.
[15:51] ---
    You and this facility are targets.
[15:54] ---
    Wh-What's going on?!
[16:05] ---
    Damn.
[16:07] ---
    Shit!
[16:08] ---
    Paz, Borma! This way!
[16:32] ---
    Away from the windows!
[16:39] ---
    That's all the info on Colonel Hozumi.
[16:41] ---
    That's fine. We get a card,
    and you get a grace period.
[16:46] ---
    Please tell me what she has to do with Scylla!
[16:50] ---
    Find out from her.
    Your contaminated brain is intriguing,
[16:55] ---
    but I'm cutting our connection
    before the infection spreads.
[17:02] ---
    Goodbye.
[17:07] ---
    I'm being bankrupted by a
    special tax on foreign companies?!
[17:11] ---
    How can this be allowed?!
[17:13] ---
    It's the kind of thing the
    domestic faction would do.
[17:17] ---
    What do you plan to do? Kill the colonel?
[17:21] ---
    She's all washed up. And so are you and I.
[17:25] ---
    Escape, and obey the domestic faction.
[17:29] ---
    You'll be killed by the cartels
    if you don't do something.
[17:34] ---
    You okay, Major?
[17:35] ---
    No problems. You go with that
    detective and subdue the guards.
[17:41] ---
    I'll take care of Scylla.
[17:46] ---
    Jeez, so stubborn. That's a scary lady.
[17:57] ---
    Blood traces. Someone was shot.
[18:07] ---
    A bullet...
[18:22] ---
    Ariel. So these are the prosthetic bombs.
[18:43] ---
    That wasn't you just now.
    Who the hell infiltrated my vision?!
[18:48] ---
    Don't move!
[18:52] ---
    In that quagmire of a war, Scylla was
    the only soldier I could empathize with.
[18:58] ---
    I've always wanted to
    ask you why he was killed.
[19:02] ---
    You didn't kill Scylla. I finally realized that.
[19:09] ---
    Go home. Or your Ariel will activate.
[19:14] ---
    Even I can't stop it.
[19:34] ---
    What's going on here? That bastard
    infiltrated my vision exactly how you do!
[19:38] ---
    Answer me, Major!
[19:55] ---
    It's been seized.
[19:57] ---
    It won't stop until we shut down
    whatever it's packaged with.
[20:00] ---
    Transplanted memories.
[20:02] ---
    What?
[20:03] ---
    The packaged cyberbrains are the virus's hosts.
[20:06] ---
    They converted the tactical program
    I set loose in Qhardistan to memory.
[20:11] ---
    My copy.
[20:21] ---
    Motoko.
[20:50] ---
    I came after you, but in
    the end, you captured me.
[20:55] ---
    It was my cyberbrain that was packaged.
[20:58] ---
    If you pull the trigger,
    you and your comrades will be saved.
[21:09] ---
    Scylla...
[21:11] ---
    I'm glad I met you.
[21:30] ---
    What?
[21:35] ---
    Scylla was you.
[21:38] ---
    You helped the separatist army,
    then faked your death.
[21:42] ---
    Later, the guerillas you led were all killed.
[21:45] ---
    I can see why you wouldn't
    want to remember that op.
[21:48] ---
    Since then, I've stopped
    switching bodies so often.
[21:52] ---
    It gives me an identity crisis.
    I lose track of who I am...
[21:57] ---
    ...and then I want someone
    to tell me I'm not a robot.
[22:05] ---
    Is that why you insist on making original
    tweaks to your mass-production bases?
[22:09] ---
    It's amazing you even managed to control
    so many bodies in such a short time.
[22:13] ---
    I'm going to sleep a little. You can go.
[22:16] ---
    Call it cyborg solidarity.
[22:18] ---
    I'll keep watch and make sure they
    don't fit you with any sketchy parts.
[22:22] ---
    All right, suit yourself.
[22:26] ---
    You could at least say "thanks"!
[22:31] ---
    The bullet at the scene was
    fired from the lieutenant's gun.
[22:35] ---
    I also found Mizuki's weapon
    at the lieutenant's home.
[22:38] ---
    There was a huge deposit into his account, too.
[22:45] ---
    Good work. You can go.
[22:59] ---
    Arresting a fellow cop
    will make you some enemies.
[23:04] ---
    You'll be shot from behind
    by the guys at his local.
[23:07] ---
    I'll be sure to watch my back.
    Did you come just to say that?
[23:13] ---
    Will you join my team?
[23:17] ---
    It's an independent offensive
    unit with top priority.
[23:21] ---
    Oh, excuse me.
[23:23] ---
    Hello?
[23:25] ---
    What?! I thought it'd be another two weeks!
[23:28] ---
    No, sorry, got it. I'll be right there.
[23:32] ---
    This is big! Her water broke!
[23:35] ---
    Huh?
[23:36] ---
    We're gonna have a baby!
[23:39] ---
    Just wait, I'll be right there!
[23:41] ---
    We'll talk another time.
[23:43] ---
    I'm coming now!
[23:47] ---
    Natural, married, and a father?
[23:56] ---
    What happens after the incident
    with Emma and Brinda, Jr.?
[23:58] ---
    When Fire-Starter's broker comes to
    light in the course of an investigation,
[24:01] ---
    a joint op is carried out to capture him.
[24:04] ---
    It's a trap!
[24:05] ---