Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

The noise in the detective unit's transmission is a fragmented time-delayed virus!

I was never there in the first place!

He's stealing the task force's 'eyes' from somewhere else!

I'll trace the transmission point!

Transmitting

My job is now safely done.

All I have left is to think about how to kill the remaining time,

while the task force detectives track me down.

We've intercepted a radio signal that violates the Cyber Ethics law.

There is now a possibility that your cyberbrains are contaminated.

Check your cyberbrain activity and be attentive to the behavior of the others!

Chief, we've confirmed the presence of a fragmented virus.

We won't be able to determine what type of virus it is until it completely emerges.

Considering that the noise was within the detective unit's transmissions,

it would be logical to think that the virus will appear among the security police.

There is no evidence of a remotely-operating program;

the virus is most probably self-executing.

So, who will it appear in first?

Even if it's a farce, the least they can do is make things exciting.

He's surprisingly close!

What do you two intend to...

Hey!

It's just as you said.

It's just as you said.

It's just as you said.

It's just as you said.

If I had transmitted the virus from my home,

I would have been caught by those sharp detectives before the transmission was completed.

That would've disqualified me from being the Laughing Man.

But, aren't you here too early?

Didn't we plan our scenario so that the detectives would deduce my location

from the transmission record left in this room's computer terminal,

and arrest me as I was fleeing from this place?

Oh?

No.

This is as it was really planned.

Hey, you're joking, aren't you?

If you kill me, who would you arrest as the Laughing Man?

Don't worry, whether you're dead or alive is of no great concern.

It is sufficient if there is reasonable evidence that you were the Laughing Man.

But don't worry, your name will be more likely to become part of history this way.

But don't worry, your name will be more likely to become part of history this way.

But don't worry, your name will be more likely to become part of history this way.

But don't worry, your name will be more likely to become part of history this way.

But don't worry, your name will be more likely to become part of history this way.

What?

So, it has begun.

Commissioner, there is a possibility that your cyberbrain has been contaminated.

We will check the cyberbrain activities of all the people here in the hall,

including that of the security police, ASAP.

Please delay your speech.

Until we determine who is infected with the virus,

remain on standby in F2 mode.

Hey you! Stop!

Identify your affiliation and rank!

Be quiet.

You, and other members of the security police,

have the highest possibility of being infected with the virus.

Considering that it is a time-delayed virus that was transmitted through the com system of your men,

there are two possibilities as to who is infected.

Commanding officers with decoding capabilities,

or everyone else.

Go!

Roger.

Is that it?

Is that it?

Stop them!

Don't let them get near the Commissioner!

Secure all the remaining...

THE PURGE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!

It's the perfect training session.

Unless you want to spend the rest of your days in an Intensive Care Unit,

keep quiet where you are!

Dammit...

What believable acting it was.

Someone is copying the virus online!

It's a firewall with offensive capabilities!

Major!

That was close.

Fortunately, I was connecting through an expendable decoy firewall.

A virus with a trap?

I don't know.

Who was peering into this person's mind?

It's unlocked.

It's unlocked.

Did we lose him?

one shot at point-blank range.

A silencer was also used.

What's going on?

I thought their plan was to end the farce by having that task force set him up in a pre-determined court case.

Don't ask me.

This is like cutting off a lizard's tail.

In any case, this guy's face...

Yeah.

He's laughing.

Nanao was taken out?

They've got us.

After recording as much as you can about the scene of the crime,

pull out of there before the task force arrives!

The dead do not speak.

Roger.

I'll send you a copy of the virus that was presumably sent in here by Nanao.

It only appeared in the commanding officer who had decoding capability,

so I don't think there will be others.

But, just in case, please make a vaccine.

Understood. I'll have it made ASAP.

Nanao was murdered.

So I've heard.

This scenario is turning out to be quite complicated.

True enough.

The acting on the stage at the farce was quite thorough as well.

One thing bothers me, though.

When I tried to copy Nanao's virus, someone...

What's wrong?

Wait one second.

Please move out of the way.

Fall back; please clear the path!

Fall back, I'm telling you!

Please hurry with the vaccine!

Something is afoot.

Pazu, go guard the Commissioner again!

Saitou, be on alert!

Roger!

Please fall back!

I am the Laughing Man!

I am the Laughing Man!

I am the Laughing Man!

I'll take the Commissioner's lif...

Did the time-delayed virus activate?

Fall back, please!

Daidou! Tell the truth!

Daidou! Tell the truth!

Who are you?

Who are you?

If not, die!

Daidou!

Requesting reinforcements immediately!

The Laughing Man's alleged accomplices are...

It didn't hit any vital organs.

There may be more infected with the virus.

Be careful.

We repeat!

The Laughing Man's accomplices are infiltrating the hall!

We are requesting reinforcements!

What is going on...?

Arrange to have an ambulance arrive in the basemen parking lot.

Arrange to have an ambulance arrive in the basemen parking lot.

Arrange to have an ambulance arrive in the basemen parking lot.

Chief, what about the vaccine?

It's going to take a bit more time.

What in the world happened?

It doesn't look like we'll have time to give you a visual feed.

In any case, please hurry with the vaccine.

Saitou, is there any suspicious activity in the vicinity of the hall?

Where is the Tachikoma that went with the Major?

Aside from Saitou's Tachikoma, there are two other free units.

All right, we'll have them support the Major.

Bomer, hurry up with the vaccine.

Roger.

Fall back!