Ghost in the Shell

To all patroling air units.

A 208 is in progress...

...in the C-13 district

of Newport City.

The airspace over this area

will be closed. Repeat:

To all patroling air units.

A 208 is in progress...

...in the C-13 district

of Newport City.

The airspace over this area

will be closed. Repeat...

There's nothing

to worry about.

You can try it again once

you're in our country.

"Try it again?"

Just as there's no such thing

as a bug-free program...

...there's no program

that can't be debugged.

Am I wrong?

You don't understand.

We still don't know if

it really is a bug.

Project 2501's

original purpose was--

Major, Section 6

is ready to move in.

- Major!

- I hear you.

There's a lot of

static in your brain.

It's that time

of the month.

Won't there be trouble

if Section 9 butts in

on Section 6's operation?

That diplomat's a pretty

well-known bastard.

Even if they catch him there,

all they can do is deport him.

We're the only ones

who can get our hands dirty.

They're moving.

Take us over to

the extraction point.

What? The police?

Stop it! Who told you to

open fire?! Drop your guns!

I have diplomatic immunity!

Let me see who's in charge!

Transporting a listed programmer

out of the country...

...violates our

arms export treaty.

I could also have you

charged with kidnapping.

Give the man up.

I'm afraid not. He's applied

for political asylum with us...

...and he's already signed

a statement to that effect!

- When?!

- I don't have to tell you!

By right of international law,

my country can...

...offer him protection

and right of safe passage.

The document is on file

at our embassy.

I'll transfer a copy to you

in a few days.

Are you sure about this?

They won't take you back alive.

I must ask that you

watch what you say.

Our country is

a peace-loving democracy.

Is that a fact?

Out the window! Shoot!

Thermoptic camouflage...

This is a rare pleasure,

Mr. Aramaki.

What can the Foreign Ministry

do for Section 9?

What are these secret talks

you've scheduled with...

...the Gavel Republic

for tomorrow?

The usual. Foreign aid.

The new government

reopened the request

after the revolution.

They claim to be

more democratic...

...but they'll probably be

as bad as the last bunch.

Giving them money

they don't earn

will help nobody.

They consider it reparation

for past exploitation

and won't thank--

And what will

the government do?

The problem is that

we have the leader of...

...the old junta here

looking for political asylum.

Col. Maless, right?

So, do we throw him out

and grant them the aid?

Or do we publicly

recognize him as a refugee

and cut the aid?

Not an easy decision

to make.

Personally, if I could find

a politically acceptable

reason...

...l'd have the man deported

in a heartbeat.

Oh yes, thanks for your help

with that programmer defection.

Nakamura over in Section 6

said he was grateful.

After all,

we in the diplomatic corps

have to keep our hands clean.

Accessed.

We've lost response.

How's her brainwave output look?

Normal.

Switching over the virtual

experience mode pattern.

The Foreign Minister's

interpreter.

her cyber-brain was hacked

via telephone connection.

Just as Foreign lntelligence

division predicted...

...the Puppet Master

has begun to break into...

...every terminal

on the network.

Pattern analysis shows

a high probability that...

...he's attempting to disrupt

secret talks with Gavel.

We've placed everyone attending

the talks under surveillance.

Probably trying

to hack her ghost...

...so she'll kill

people at the meeting.

How long till he hacks

through her protection

and reaches her ghost?

He's using an old-style HA-3.

I'd say about two hours.

After that,

we'll have to cut the line

to eliminate all risk.

Batou and lshikawa

are in a car,

tracing the signal.

Rendezvous with them.

The Puppet Master...

That phantom hacker, right?

They think

he's an American.

Age, sex, personal history...

Everything about him is unknown.

Since last winter he's been

mainly active in the EC.

Internationally wanted

on dozens of charges of...

...stock manipulation,

spying, political engineering...

...terrorism, and violation

of cyber-brain privacy.

He's ghost-hacked

so many people

to carry out his crimes...

...he's earned the code name

"The Puppet Master."

This is the first instance

of him operating

in this country.

So, if he's so hot,

why's he using an old HA-3?

Well, a newer type

would be less detectable

and be harder to trace.

But it could also implicate

the former junta leader,

Col. Maless.

So he's using an older type

to keep us from suspecting him.

Or somebody else

wants us to think that.

Maless may just be another pawn

in this whole thing.

Now you're overthinking this.

There's no evidence of that.

Evidence?

I just have a whisper...

A whisper from my ghost.

By the way, are you

still using that revolver?

Afraid both guns

in a two-man team'll jam up?

I like the Matever.

Since I depend on your backup,

I think stopping power is...

...more important than

personal preference.

Especially since it's

my ass on the line.

Use the Zastaber instead.

Major, I've been

meaning to ask you.

Why'd you ask for a guy

like me to be transferred

in from the police?

Because you're

a guy like you.

Huh?

An honest cop with a clean

record. And you've got

a regular family.

With the exception of

your cyber-net implants,

your brain's real.

No matter how powerful

we may be fighting-wise...

...a system where

all the parts react

the same way...

...is a system

with a fatal flaw.

Like individual,

like organization.

Overspecialization

leads to death.

That's all.

- Come on!

- All right!

We're already 40 seconds

behind schedule!

- Gimme five more seconds.

- Of all the lousy luck...

Hey, sorry.

My last partner,

the one they busted

for working without...

...a permit,

was a better worker than you!

You're actually trying

to ghost-hack your own wife...

...just to see

what's on her mind?

She doesn't have any time for me

and now she wants a divorce.

On top of that, my daughter,

my only child...

...thinks I'm cheating

on her mother!

So how'd you get your hands

on cracking software?

From some programmer.

A really nice guy

I met in a bar.

I told him my wife's lawyer

was keeping me

from seeing her...

...and he said he'd help.

Told me to access

from different places

to keep from getting caught.

Smart guy, huh?

A**hole! Ya tryin' to

get yourself killed?!

Looks like we aren't

the only busy people out here.

Nobody here.

What's the point?

Even if we trace the calls...

...the guy's already gone

by the time we get there.

- Vicious cycle, huh?

- Quit complaining!

Kusanagi and Togusa

are headed for the next

expected hack point.

You two look

for something there.

Look for what?

Anything.

F***in' old coot.

He tells US to snoop around?!

Wait a sec!

Damn, missed him.

Hey, Pops. Did you see

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