1. I'm a soldier, znatchit ya...
I'm a soldier, and that means...Copy !req
2. I otvetchik I sud'ya
that I am both defendant and judge.Copy !req
3. Ya stoyu na dvuh kontsah ognya
I stand at both ends of the fire.Copy !req
4. Ogibaya virazhi,
Leaning into the curves,Copy !req
5. obgonyaya smert' I zhizn',
overtaking life and death,Copy !req
6. ya begu srazit'sya s ten'yu lzhi
I'm running to fight the shadow of lies.Copy !req
7. Skol'ko b nitej ne plyol obman,
No matter how tangled the web of deception is woven,Copy !req
8. pokazhet lik sveta istina...
truth will always illuminate the outline of the light...Copy !req
9. Save your tears for the day...Copy !req
10. when the pain is far behind.Copy !req
11. On your feet, come with me.Copy !req
12. We are soldiers, stand or die.Copy !req
13. Save your fears, take your place.Copy !req
14. Save them for the Judgment Day.Copy !req
15. Fast and free, follow me.Copy !req
16. Time to make the sacrifice.Copy !req
17. We rise or fall...Copy !req
18. Hey, look at this!Copy !req
19. I found a top-secret file on
the Individual Eleven...Copy !req
20. in the National Police Agency's
server array!Copy !req
21. Really? Show us!
Show us!Copy !req
22. That's very interesting,
all right...Copy !req
23. Let's see here...Copy !req
24. I wanna see, too!Copy !req
25. Where is it?Copy !req
26. It's this one.Copy !req
27. I'm impressed that
you found this.Copy !req
28. I wish I could look
at it, too...Copy !req
29. Come on, now. You shouldn't dive into
places like that without permission.Copy !req
30. Nothing on this Earth
can stop their curiosity.Copy !req
31. If they come across any inappropriate
data, we'll just delete it.Copy !req
32. Our main priority is
hardware maintenance.Copy !req
33. You're too soft
on them, sir.Copy !req
34. I can't believe you let them buy you off
with a souvenir like that...Copy !req
35. A man in a red lab coat...
is eating red bean jam sweets.Copy !req
36. The man with a sweet tooth...
was too sweet.Copy !req
37. That wasn't very funny.Copy !req
38. Sounds like you guys are having
a good time in here.Copy !req
39. Mr. Batou!Copy !req
40. You aren't up to your
usual mischief, are you?Copy !req
41. You're hurting our feelings, Togusa!
Mischief... As if!Copy !req
42. We were looking into the Individual
Eleven in our own little way.Copy !req
43. I mean, you can't even create a vaccine
for that virus that Borma found...Copy !req
44. because you can't pinpoint the
factor that triggers it, right?Copy !req
45. Yeah, yeah...Copy !req
46. Well, that's certainly true.Copy !req
47. Right?Copy !req
48. So we tried looking through
the data that the police have.Copy !req
49. Take a look at this! We checked out the
eleven people who killed themselves,Copy !req
50. and it looks like they have lots of things
in common, including the jobs they had.Copy !req
51. Former Self-Defense officers, police
officers, and mercenaries, too.Copy !req
52. And another point that can't be ignored is
that each had a prosthetics level over 50%.Copy !req
53. Also, they say that there are about 20,000
virus carriers that they know of, right?Copy !req
54. If we don't hurry up
and create a vaccine,Copy !req
55. there's no guarantee that there won't be
more victims like that reporter Togusa met.Copy !req
56. That isn't your job.Copy !req
57. Aw, but...Copy !req
58. We've asked Spring-8 to handle the
examination of the dead Individual Eleven.Copy !req
59. That's why we're on our way out there
to meet up with the Major.Copy !req
60. The Major said to bring
one of you with us.Copy !req
61. - Oo, that sounds like fun!
- Take me, take me!Copy !req
62. But I guess we can't take any of you if you'll
be missing your maintenance check.Copy !req
63. Over here! Over here!
I'm done with my maintenance!Copy !req
64. You are, huh?
Okay, let's go.Copy !req
65. Yes, sir!Copy !req
66. Figures, it's his
personal unit.Copy !req
67. Huh? Hey!Copy !req
68. C'mon, wait for me!Copy !req
69. What's going on?Copy !req
70. I hadn't given it
its oil yet...Copy !req
71. What's going on around here?
He always gets to go!Copy !req
72. It's strange...Copy !req
73. We haven't had natural oil put in us
since we got these new bodies,Copy !req
74. so why do you suppose he still has his
position as Mr. Batou's personal unit?Copy !req
75. And I get the impression that the
differentiation in our individuality...Copy !req
76. is even stronger
than before, too.Copy !req
77. Hey, Proto, why do you
think that is?Copy !req
78. I can't really say.Copy !req
79. Maybe it's because we set up
a main server for you,Copy !req
80. and you were reprogrammed to allow you
to keep individual information separate.Copy !req
81. You'd better start
behaving yourselves!Copy !req
82. Otherwise, we'll never
be finished!Copy !req
83. We can talk here without being
bothered by anyone, right?Copy !req
84. Yeah. And the passage of time
doesn't apply here, either.Copy !req
85. Anyway, to get back
to what I was saying,Copy !req
86. setting aside those Individual Eleven that
they think had manifested virus symptoms,Copy !req
87. what do you think about
these "individualists"?Copy !req
88. For people who stress the importance of
individuality, didn't they seem to lack it to you?Copy !req
89. That's certainly true.Copy !req
90. They may say that they look for value
in their individual differences...Copy !req
91. by searching for isolation on the net
or for proof of their own existence,Copy !req
92. but their attempts to reject people
with different ideas...Copy !req
93. is one factor that binds them
all together, don't you think?Copy !req
94. Yeah, you're right!Copy !req
95. I think that they're a group that seemed
to have an identity, but didn't.Copy !req
96. They're people who tried so hard
to find individuality...Copy !req
97. that they lapsed into a state
of non-individuality.Copy !req
98. In a sense, I get the feeling that
these people are the opposite of us.Copy !req
99. I think you're right.Copy !req
100. Even though we're obligated
to synchronize with each other,Copy !req
101. we somehow managed to acquire
individuality at one point.Copy !req
102. And now that we've got them to respect
those differences as individuality,Copy !req
103. we only have to synchronize
vital information now.Copy !req
104. If that's the case, and these individualists
have become a group that's free of identity...Copy !req
105. exactly because they are
trying to be individuals,Copy !req
106. who is it who makes the decisions
of the group as a complex entity?Copy !req
107. As far as the Individual Eleven go, I'd say
that the one who made the decisions...Copy !req
108. was Gohda of the Cabinet
Intelligence Service.Copy !req
109. But they say that the terrorists who attacked
the Chinese embassy were individualists...Copy !req
110. who turned up on their own, not because
of a virus or whatever, remember?Copy !req
111. Admittedly, some sociologists say that
the copycats who turned out in droves...Copy !req
112. during the Laughing Man incident
are the real origin of the phenomenon.Copy !req
113. If that's true, wouldn't that mean that in
their minds, they shared a common vision...Copy !req
114. that resembled this current situation even
before Gohda got involved with his plans?Copy !req
115. Making the expulsion of refugees the
general consensus of the citizenry, huh?Copy !req
116. If you're going to put it like that, it means
that the refugees were already...Copy !req
117. carrying out terrorist acts even before the
Individual Eleven came onto the scene, right?Copy !req
118. It's pretty strange. Even though
no one is issuing commands,Copy !req
119. all the parties involved spontaneously
began to move in the same direction.Copy !req
120. Or maybe humans have a third identity
for making decisions.Copy !req
121. Something besides the individual
or the collective.Copy !req
122. What do you mean?Copy !req
123. For instance, there's Dawkins, who looked
for the promotion of the self...Copy !req
124. in genes on the
micro level,Copy !req
125. and Lovelock, who focused on the extreme
macro level, on an Earth-scale body.Copy !req
126. The Earth biosphere!Copy !req
127. The two of them published works
at roughly the same time that,Copy !req
128. although they had opposing themes,
could be said...Copy !req
129. This one! This one!Copy !req
130. to have arrived at roughly
the same conclusion.Copy !req
131. What kinda stuff is
written in there?Copy !req
132. I guess it's about how humans
are the most logical entity,Copy !req
133. as well as the smallest unit
possessing consciousness,Copy !req
134. and they both postulate and refer to the
existence of the holonic architecture...Copy !req
135. of a species that is both greater than
and smaller than itself.Copy !req
136. On other words, they imply that
the factor that's determining...Copy !req
137. the actions of both the individualists
and the refugees...Copy !req
138. either exists on the micro level
and is smaller than each person,Copy !req
139. or is on the macro level, and
is greater than the group.Copy !req
140. Gosh, that's hard
to follow...Copy !req
141. It's simple!Copy !req
142. It means that as it is now, the net, which didn't
exist before humanity called it into existence,Copy !req
143. loosely comprises a subconscious mind in the
form of the general consensus of the whole...Copy !req
144. via their mental-level net and the electronic
network which now covers most of the Earth.Copy !req
145. that loosely forms a subconscious mind in the
form of the general consensus of the whole!Copy !req
146. You follow me?Copy !req
147. So what you're saying is, humans' bodies
and minds are already two separate things,Copy !req
148. but they haven't
noticed it yet?Copy !req
149. That would be my blunt,
personal opinion, yeah.Copy !req
150. But we were leaning towards the conclusion
that the body and mind are inseparable!Copy !req
151. This change of mind
is a complete 180!Copy !req
152. If that's the case, then it would mean
that Gohda deliberately manufactured...Copy !req
153. mediators that would accelerate
that slow process?Copy !req
154. Hey!Copy !req
155. I'm done.
Hurry up and take my place.Copy !req
156. Sorry about that. Our discussion
got pretty heated.Copy !req
157. Let me synchronize the data of
what you talked about, okay?Copy !req
158. Okay.Copy !req
159. Oh, I get it...
That's an interesting thought.Copy !req
160. Isn't it, though?Copy !req
161. But there have been times lately
when I've felt like...Copy !req
162. my consciousness and my body
were two separate things.Copy !req
163. How do you mean?Copy !req
164. I guess it was a sensation that I was looking
down at myself from high in the sky.Copy !req
165. Hey, I've had that, too!Copy !req
166. Are our individual selves
in our individual bodies?Copy !req
167. Or is there just one "self" that's shared
between us as a group Tachikoma?Copy !req
168. Considering that synchronization is our
natural state, I'd have to say it's the latter.Copy !req
169. Yeah, but the will of our god, the Major,
is interposed between the two.Copy !req
170. Yeah, but our individualization
still progressing...Copy !req
171. in spite of the fact that
natural oil is banned now.Copy !req
172. We ought to be completely homogeneous,
and yet we have individuality.Copy !req
173. And if we're subconsciously experiencing
the physical sensation...Copy !req
174. of a disconnect between body
and information, that means...Copy !req
175. Could it be?Copy !req
176. Could it be?Copy !req
177. Could it be?Copy !req
178. A Gho...Copy !req
179. Hey, wait just a minute. We shouldn't
jump to any conclusions.Copy !req
180. Couldn't that simply be a
sense of dissociation...Copy !req
181. caused by the addition of
our agent functionality?Copy !req
182. That's possible, all right, but I can't help
but feel that there's a third self somewhere,Copy !req
183. something other than the
body and the spirit.Copy !req
184. I understand how
you feel.Copy !req
185. Back when we fought
that Jigabachi,Copy !req
186. I was instantly able to carry out my role as
the Major's "suit" without any fear of death.Copy !req
187. When it happened, there was a part
of me somewhere that was detached,Copy !req
188. saying that my body was
no longer my own.Copy !req
189. Was it different from that indescribable
feeling of ecstasy we experienced...Copy !req
190. when we wanted
to save Mr. Batou?Copy !req
191. I think so. This was more of a matter-of-fact
action, something programmed into us.Copy !req
192. In which case,
I hate to say it,Copy !req
193. but that third self you sensed might have
been different from the one in a human.Copy !req
194. Besides, we haven't even been
told where the server is...Copy !req
195. that all our shared data
is stored on, remember?Copy !req
196. That might be what our
third self really is.Copy !req
197. So what we thought was a Ghost
was just a hallucination, huh?Copy !req
198. Maybe, but we might need to devote
some more serious thought...Copy !req
199. to that third self that
you said you sensed.Copy !req
200. Let me synchronize the data
of the sensation.Copy !req
201. Sure.Copy !req
202. Is there any chance that
these results are wrong?Copy !req
203. Probably not.Copy !req
204. We found dissolved fragments
of proteins in the pilot's blood...Copy !req
205. that had once
made up micromachines.Copy !req
206. We weren't able to pull any
concrete information about that...Copy !req
207. out of the cyberbrains of those
Individual Eleven guys, though.Copy !req
208. These are pretty much the results
that I was expecting.Copy !req
209. The pilot's test results
are a major find, though.Copy !req
210. Does this mean that we're ruling the pilot's
death as "murder by micromachine"?Copy !req
211. Although we can't deny the possibility
that he took them himself.Copy !req
212. In a perfect world, there would have been
evidence in the corpse's cyberbrain...Copy !req
213. that the flight of those eleven helicopters
acted as some kind of trigger.Copy !req
214. But that's too much
to ask for.Copy !req
215. Did you have more luck
with the explosives?Copy !req
216. According to our molecular-level analysis, it's
identical to C4 that's made on the peninsula.Copy !req
217. These days, they find lots of C4 just like that
among the confiscated goods...Copy !req
218. that come into the country
via the Taiwan smuggling route.Copy !req
219. What was that?Copy !req
220. Tachikoma! Can you see anything
from where you are?Copy !req
221. It looks like there's
been an explosion!Copy !req
222. We've been taking on a lot of
terrorism-related investigation work lately.Copy !req
223. Maybe that's made us
a target...Copy !req
224. Hey, what happened?Copy !req
225. Tell us everything
that you know.Copy !req
226. Well, sir, it looks like
something exploded...Copy !req
227. Yes, we have a sector that handles
flammable items. Yes, that's right.Copy !req
228. That's weird, nobody's running
out of the building...Copy !req
229. Is the place empty?Copy !req
230. Actually, we received a threat a few days ago
that said that a bomb would be planted here.Copy !req
231. We've been on
heightened alert, but...Copy !req
232. Talk about your clouds
with silver linings...Copy !req
233. Except there's a possibility that
Dr. Asuda, the chief scientist here,Copy !req
234. was working in the building
since this afternoon.Copy !req
235. Why didn't you say that
in the first place?Copy !req
236. Major, we're at
the blast center.Copy !req
237. From what I can see, this is the kind of
damage you'd get from a gas explosion.Copy !req
238. Any casualties?Copy !req
239. They said that a scientist by the name of
Asuda was here, but we're still looking.Copy !req
240. Asuda?Copy !req
241. Tachikoma. Pull up the data
on that researcher.Copy !req
242. This is probably the man
that they mean.Copy !req
243. Um...Copy !req
244. Hm? What's up?Copy !req
245. The thing is, I've seen this
person before somewhere.Copy !req
246. Maybe you met him when they were running
a structural analysis on you guys.Copy !req
247. That's what I thought at first, too, but there's
no matching records in my memory.Copy !req
248. HQ, check the IR Systems on all roads that
have access to Itami and Niihama airports...Copy !req
249. as well as the ones inside
the airports themselves,Copy !req
250. and see if they've picked up anyone
who matches Dr. Asuda's records.Copy !req
251. Understood.Copy !req
252. Major, what's the story?Copy !req
253. I'll explain later. Hand over the scene to the
local cops and come back to the tilt-rotor.Copy !req
254. He's probably headed
for Niihama Airport.Copy !req
255. Guys!Copy !req
256. Geez, you don't
have to shout.Copy !req
257. Check to see if you have any records
that match this man.Copy !req
258. I don't know how, but I'm positive that
I have memories of meeting him before.Copy !req
259. Let me think...
Who is he, again?Copy !req
260. I'm positive that I've seen him before, but I don't
have any matching data in my memory, either.Copy !req
261. But wouldn't that mean that
you've never seen him before?Copy !req
262. All right, that's enough!
Cut it out!Copy !req
263. This is so frustrating! I know it's there,
but I can't remember it!Copy !req
264. I guess your synapses
aren't connecting.Copy !req
265. "Synapses"? Lay off those
organic analogies, okay?Copy !req
266. Hey, does it seem to you
like this one memory...Copy !req
267. is in a partitioned sector of our
cyberbrains, but we can't access it?Copy !req
268. Dr. Asuda is the scientist who
single-handedly developed...Copy !req
269. the prototype model of the neurochip
used in the Tachikomas' AI.Copy !req
270. Are you saying that he's
the Tachikomas' dad?Copy !req
271. I suppose you could
put it that way.Copy !req
272. We also had Dr. Asuda personally assist us
when the Tachikomas were being rebuilt.Copy !req
273. He also helped us come up with ways
to eliminate the risk of experience loss...Copy !req
274. by adding agent functionality and giving them
a redundant memory architecture.Copy !req
275. You think that this Dr. Asuda had something
to do with the explosion?Copy !req
276. He probably committed
the crime himself.Copy !req
277. To accomplish what?Copy !req
278. To defect from the country, taking
the fruits of his labor with him.Copy !req
279. The doctor prided himself on developing
the neurochip on his own.Copy !req
280. But his status is that of a
state-sponsored scientist.Copy !req
281. Even though he developed
that revolutionary AI,Copy !req
282. he couldn't get a personal
patent on his work.Copy !req
283. For those and other reasons, we followed the
Doctor's wishes and arranged things...Copy !req
284. so that he would be able to run structural
analyses on the Tachikomas to let him...Copy !req
285. study their current condition, as well as
the extent of the neurochips' development.Copy !req
286. So that's why you told us
to bring along one Tachikoma...Copy !req
287. If that's true, why do we have
a vague memory of the Doctor?Copy !req
288. Because we deleted your memories each time
you underwent a structural analysis.Copy !req
289. But he probably wanted to leave some
record of his achievements somewhere,Copy !req
290. so he inserted a memory of himself
into some part of your memory.Copy !req
291. Major, we've located Dr. Asuda
in the lobby of Niihama Airport.Copy !req
292. Good work.
Keep him under surveillance.Copy !req
293. Chief.Copy !req
294. Right. I just had all of the flights
leaving for North America grounded.Copy !req
295. That'll be a big help.Copy !req
296. Thank you for your help in this matter,
Prime Minister Kayabuki.Copy !req
297. There's no need
to thank me.Copy !req
298. We were able to stop one of our country's
top minds and the fruits of his AI research...Copy !req
299. from sneaking out
of the country.Copy !req
300. It's thanks to the hard work of my men
that you are able to say that.Copy !req
301. May we have your
attention, please.Copy !req
302. The departures of all passenger
flights to North America...Copy !req
303. have just been delayed
due to poor weather.Copy !req
304. Oh, so that explains it...Copy !req
305. But I still can't remember
this Dr. Asuda.Copy !req
306. My synapses are stopping
one step short of connecting...Copy !req
307. Didn't you say that you
hated that expression?Copy !req
308. Hey, I know!Copy !req
309. Hey, Proto. I'm gonna open up
this guy's head.Copy !req
310. What's all this about?Copy !req
311. You're tired of just synchronizing, so now
you want me to hand over my whole AI?Copy !req
312. No, I'm just gonna check to see which part
of your AI the partitioned sector is in.Copy !req
313. You little fool!
You can't do that!Copy !req
314. - What's wrong?
- What happened?Copy !req
315. It... It's not there! It's gone!
His AI is gone!Copy !req
316. Does this mean that each and every
one of us is brainless?Copy !req
317. Where the heck
are our AI's, then?Copy !req
318. May we have your
attention, please.Copy !req
319. The poor weather that had caused the delay of
all flights to North America has cleared up,Copy !req
320. so we will now resume
flight operations.Copy !req
321. Flights will resume boarding at this time,
so please proceed to your departure gate.Copy !req
322. May we have your
attention, please.Copy !req
323. The poor weather that had caused the delay of
all flights to North America has cleared up,Copy !req
324. so we will now resume
flight operations.Copy !req
325. Flights will resume boarding at this time,
so please proceed to your...Copy !req
326. Dr. Asuda, I presume?Copy !req
327. You're in violation of the Arms Export
Control Act. You're coming with me.Copy !req
328. I refuse. I'll do my work in a country
that properly recognizes my rights.Copy !req
329. You became a state-sponsored
scientist in exchange...Copy !req
330. for all the funding and equipment
you could ever want.Copy !req
331. You should know better than anyone
that you have no right to do this.Copy !req
332. It's too bad. And here we brought
this little guy to the lab for a visit.Copy !req
333. I see.Copy !req
334. Um...Copy !req
335. Are you... my father?Copy !req
336. Your father, huh?Copy !req
337. Their condition is stable
for the moment,Copy !req
338. but there's no telling what might
trigger another collapse.Copy !req
339. We think that you inserted memories of
yourself into them without permission.Copy !req
340. Will you tell us how
to erase them?Copy !req
341. Long ago, there was once a nameless
carpenter who had built a castle...Copy !req
342. who deliberately left behind
the tools that he had used to carve...Copy !req
343. his name in the attic as proof that
he had taken part in the work.Copy !req
344. Are you even going to erase that
trivial act of sentimentality?Copy !req
345. I am.Copy !req
346. When you surrender something to the
government in exchange for power,Copy !req
347. that's the price
you pay.Copy !req
348. Delete file C9 in partition #8
of the hub cyberbrain...Copy !req
349. that I built into that satellite
at your request.Copy !req
350. All right.Copy !req
351. Major? What's he mean,
"satellite"?Copy !req
352. Oh, I get it! The reason we felt like our self
was somewhere other than in our bodies...Copy !req
353. was because our AI's were synchronizing
through that hub cyberbrain in orbit, wasn't it?Copy !req
354. That's right.Copy !req
355. Which means that our server is
up on that satellite, too, huh?Copy !req
356. So does that means that we were
perceiving that super-high...Copy !req
357. birds-eye view
as our third self?Copy !req
358. Our AI's aren't equipped
with sense organs,Copy !req
359. so when we were thinking, we never noticed
what path our consciousness was taking.Copy !req
360. Oh, so that's why we don't
need any mind-body unity...Copy !req
361. between our bodies and
programs anymore!Copy !req
362. Now I also understand why
I wasn't afraid of dying!Copy !req
363. Still, I can't believe it's up in space...
That's pretty amazing...Copy !req
364. The thing is, I don't think that I want
to have your memories erased.Copy !req
365. Don't worry about it.Copy !req
366. The ideals I envisioned for my AI will
probably end up on the net somewhere.Copy !req
367. Major, what's gonna happen
to this guy?Copy !req
368. Since we're the ones who caught him,
that should give us some leeway.Copy !req
369. If he's lucky, he'll get
sentenced to prison.Copy !req
370. And if he isn't
so lucky?Copy !req
371. He might spend the rest of his life toiling away
in obscurity inside the facilities at Harima.Copy !req
372. Maybe I'll bring the Tachikoma
to see him every once in a while.Copy !req
373. I don't know if
that would help.Copy !req
374. He was looking for freedom,
but now he's no longer free.Copy !req
375. Just like us.Copy !req
376. Finding out a galaxy...Copy !req
377. of planets and stars within me...Copy !req
378. Listening to each of them...Copy !req
379. singing the same silent melody...Copy !req
380. I've never seen such beauty...Copy !req
381. In possibility...Copy !req
382. No speck of doubt or fear...Copy !req
383. Wake up!Copy !req
384. I hear a voice,Copy !req
385. hear a voice calling out to me...Copy !req
386. I see inside,Copy !req
387. see the light now ever holding me...Copy !req
388. All the truth, all I need...Copy !req
389. to make of this reality, it's inside...Copy !req
390. The beauty within the shell...Copy !req
391. I hear a voice,Copy !req
392. hear a voice calling out to me...Copy !req
393. I see inside,Copy !req
394. see the light now ever holding me...Copy !req
395. All the truth, all I need...Copy !req
396. to make of this reality, it's inside...Copy !req
397. Right here within the shell...Copy !req