Ghost in the Shell Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain Page #3

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By the way, she says she got back to Japan three days ago,

but Immigration records say it was actually seven days.

Also the three mines my group was supposed to use

are the same model as the one Section 9 dug up at the graveyard.

Assuming one of those three was buried and another killed the Ranger,

there's still one more mine left unaccounted for.

I'm sorry to say but, at the moment, all signs point to you murdering the Lt. Col.

and stealing money from his bank account.

Right after I landed in Japan, I received a message and an attache case he left for me.

You must forgive me, Major Kusanagi, but I fear I'm not long in this world.

And yet I must seek justice no matter the cost.

But don't worry, I've left your recommendation in someone else's care.

You're the most promising squad member I've had the fortune to meet. I wish you nothing but the best.

In the case, I found data on an internal weapons exportation racket...

... and this gun.

Murder accusation aside, you've moved a lot of money in the past few days.

Who are you sending it to?

Where it belongs. To the widow of the man who raised me.

She's taken care of me since I was little, but unfortunately she's in a nursing home now.

What's her name?

What is the woman's name? Tell me.

Phantom pain, huh?

Even after you mechanize your body, your brain can't seem to forget the original.

Pretty damn annoying.

I don't have an "original" body.

What?

Have you heard of Doctor Bakeru's emergency medicine system?

That's the thing where someone with a full prosthetic body

uses their life-support system on someone else, right?

Yes, but the person who raised me used the system on me while I was still inside my mother's womb.

I don't know the details but years ago, a number of civilians were apparently killed by a chemical weapon.

A pregnant woman and the man who assumed to be her husband were among the victims.

I don't even know their names.

By coincidence, someone on the scene had the right equipment and they were able to salvage

the brain of the fetus.

You're saying you were made a full cyborg at birth?

The point is that I lack any memory of a body.

So this "phantom pain" is the ghost of a memory I don't have. A false idea that was entered into my mind.

This is surveillance footage

from Maneuver Area 6.

I believe that is your subordinate in the video.

Getting straight to the point, if you refuse to hand her over,

I'll present you with a summons signed by the Defense Minister himself.

I'll submit a written report at a later date. I can't part with her right now.

You stinking harbie.

I'll make you regret this.

That's Shujiro Kanzaki. He's in charge of Maneuver Area 6,

and also leads a little team of special agents.

He's the dirty middle man between the Army and the Ministry of Defense.

But don't worry. I'll protect you.

What's wrong?

It's nothing. Just thinking.

It's been empty this whole time? Then where's the gun?

Does that mean that there were never any documents in there either?

Then Mamuro...?

I don't know what's real anymore. I need to find the truth.

Where's Mamuro's cyberbrain?

Wait, Kusanagi.

Calm down.

The piece of hardware that Kurutsu asked me to analyze had a matching Net sync pattern with Mamuro.

The Lt. Col. and I were infected with the same thing, weren't we?

Yes, it was hypothesized to be a cyber-virus.

More specifically, a self-destructing Stuxnet-type

which causes an unknown dysfunction.

A dysfunction, huh? Like false memories?

As I said just now, a hypothesis.

Although your behavior essentially confirms it.

I just got back to Japan today.

Well, if you say so.

So when the hell did I get back here?

Approximately 180 hours ago. Seven days.

And yet you continue to claim it was another time altogether. Perhaps because no one ever corrected you?

What was the route of transmission?

Must be contact with Mamuro's cyberbrain.

Which we believe is still in his cybernetic body, by the way.

But his coffin was a trap.

And the records the Public Security got of his burial show no signs of tampering.

I finally understand...

Logicoma, sync with me.

Are you sure?

Just do it already. I need you to record my field of vision and play it back in real time.

You can count on me, boss!

I see things that shouldn't be here.

And other things are completely invisible to me.

Has this always been here?

"Special agent" "The LTC is innocent"

This is a warrant for Major Kusanagi's arrest.

You must surrender her immediately.

Eh... What the hell happened here?

The records weren't tampered with.

The truth was always there. It was just buried underneath a lie.

I found it.

This is my reality, at last.

Let's get moving.

The Lieutenant Colonel came to you to blow the whistle.

Isn't that right, Mr. Sadamoto, Vice-Minister of Defense?

Yes, he did.

And yet you ordered a cover-up instead.

We couldn't let the public know!

During the war, our funds were getting low...

so we sold arms to Third World countries left and right.

Who knows how many treaties we broke back then!

Harimadara was at the center of it, and as their security official,

Lt. Col. Mamuro found out about the illegal trade.

You think too idealistic.

--Do you realize how much...

--Someone's pointing a gun at him!

the missile business has helped our country's economy?

The Colonel found out about your cover-up and started investigating.

He got info from the prostitute you frequented, from the Ranger who escorted you...

and when it all came together, he decided to blow the whistle on your dirty little secret.

That's when you asked Captain Kanzaki to kill him, isn't it?

I told him to take care of things, not murder him!

Yes, a few people were hurt in the process but I don't know how Mamuro died.

Maybe it was a mugging after all.

You don't know who killed him?

Don't want to know!

And besides those missile deals are nothing but old news now,

since the restructure, we form our next-gen arms.

But if this gets out, it would ruin the job that Harimadara has lined up for me!

That's quite a confession. Guilty conscience?

Yeah, maybe so but it doesn't matter. You won't be telling anyone the truth!

No, stop it!

Ergggh... Someone...

You should have blown him away yourself.

If I was content with being a killing machine, I wouldn't be trying so hard to free myself.

The dead eye of us is getting very far now.

They traced us through the remote control, didn't they? We don't have long.

Make a run for it. These two are mine.

Trying to be a gentleman?

No, just a killer. I'm testing out the competition.

Well then, good luck.

Yeah, same to you.

I hate to say it, but they're not the only ones to benefit from his death, you know.

Yes, I know.

You're the ones who killed Mamoru!

I warned you. This is what happens when you don't know your boundaries.

That's enough.

Eventually, you'll have to accept your limits, Kusanagi.

Raizo and lbachi were trying to lure the enemy here using this money as bait.

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