1. Angely I demony kruzhili nado mnoj,
Angels and demons circle above me,Copy !req
2. rassykhali ternii I vechnye puti.
through the thorns to the stars.Copy !req
3. Ne znaet shast'je tol'ko tot,
Only those unable to perceive its call...Copy !req
4. kto jevo zova ponjat' ne smog.
do not know happiness.Copy !req
5. Naljubuites', naljubuites'.
Watch in awe, watch in awe.Copy !req
6. Aeria gloris, aeria gloris.Copy !req
7. Naljubuites', naljubuites'.
Watch in awe, watch in awe.Copy !req
8. Aeria gloris, aeria gloris.Copy !req
9. I am calling, calling now,Copy !req
10. spirits rise and falling.Copy !req
11. Soboj ostat'sja dol'she.
To remain myself longer.Copy !req
12. Calling, calling, in the depths of longing.Copy !req
13. Soboj ostat'sja dol'she.
To remain myself longer.Copy !req
14. Naljubuites',
Watch in awe,Copy !req
15. aeria gloris.Copy !req
16. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome
to the Laughing Man Room!Copy !req
17. It's a bit of a surprise, isn't it, him
showing up again after six years?Copy !req
18. It certainly is.Copy !req
19. This is no laughing matter, and it's got
the blood of Net Master Omba boiling!Copy !req
20. Is everybody here a hardcore
Laughing Man freak?Copy !req
21. Maybe, but none of them have
the guts to take the floor.Copy !req
22. Oh, don't talk
like that.Copy !req
23. You'll get hit with
a DoS attack...Copy !req
24. I heard that there's somebody
in this chat room...Copy !req
25. who has some interesting things to say
about the Laughing Man Incident.Copy !req
26. Who is it?Copy !req
27. Everyone here,
you might say.Copy !req
28. Along with some
who don't.Copy !req
29. What's that supposed
to mean?Copy !req
30. My point exactly.Copy !req
31. Anyway, what's the deal with the Laughing Man
dying just as he reappeared?Copy !req
32. Man, I thought I could finally become
a realtime Laughing Man freak!Copy !req
33. Why are you getting
so worked up?Copy !req
34. Nobody cares about
that stuff, not anymore.Copy !req
35. Talk about stupid...Copy !req
36. Speaking of stupid, I think that getup
of yours is pretty stupid.Copy !req
37. If you don't like it, why don't you suggest
a more constructive theme, then?Copy !req
38. Okay, then. How about, "What was the
reason behind the Laughing Man's...Copy !req
39. sudden reappearance for this recent
failed assassination attempt?"Copy !req
40. Miss Kanabi, I know!
I think it's because the world...Copy !req
41. is still full of crap and
boring as hell, that's why!Copy !req
42. We already know that.Copy !req
43. My point is that maybe the man behind
the incident six years ago...Copy !req
44. and man behind this latest one
are two different people.Copy !req
45. "Man," huh? We don't know if the
Laughing Man is really a man.Copy !req
46. He is a man!Copy !req
47. According to information obtained by one
of my sources, he's definitely a man.Copy !req
48. Besides, if he was a she, why would
he call himself the Laughing Man?Copy !req
49. Just a minute, please...Copy !req
50. Y-You'd notice if you'd
go over the data,Copy !req
51. but he never actually referred
to himself as the Laughing Man.Copy !req
52. Whether he did or didn't,
he's still a man!Copy !req
53. That was a man in the CEO kidnapping
footage, no two ways about it!Copy !req
54. You sucker! That may have
been a prosthetic body.Copy !req
55. Wait, we're getting
off topic.Copy !req
56. Up until now, his criminal style
was limited to corporate blackmail.Copy !req
57. Doesn't anyone have any opinions
on the fact that this is totally different?Copy !req
58. And yes, this latest incident also started off
with a micromachine-related issue,Copy !req
59. but then he suddenly threatened
to kill the Superintendent General.Copy !req
60. Doesn't that seem a bit
too violent for him?Copy !req
61. Well, they do say that he started off
with little stuff six years ago,Copy !req
62. like hacking the cyberbrain of a secretary
or family member and sending e-mails.Copy !req
63. So you're saying that this
Laughing Man is a fake?Copy !req
64. Don't you think it's
a strong possibility?Copy !req
65. It's been six years
since he vanished.Copy !req
66. Doesn't anybody think this one
was just made up,Copy !req
67. using the net's Laughing Man
craze as a cover?Copy !req
68. But what's your
basis for saying...Copy !req
69. that the Laughing Man's criminal style
is corporate blackmail?Copy !req
70. Wasn't that initial kidnapping
an act of violence?Copy !req
71. But I don't think he's committed any impulsive
crimes since the CEO kidnapping.Copy !req
72. Yeah, you're right. I mean, it's just not cool,
manipulating a person to kill somebody.Copy !req
73. The Laughing Man is
a super-class-A hacker,Copy !req
74. but he's never once
killed anybody.Copy !req
75. Damn. It was interesting, but I guess
maybe this one was a fake.Copy !req
76. I guess it's better
that way, though.Copy !req
77. And so, you've already been stripped
of your title of realtime freak.Copy !req
78. How sad.Copy !req
79. But why do you think that
the Laughing Man is cool?Copy !req
80. Because he is cool,
that's why!Copy !req
81. Are you trying to tell me he's not cool
after he pulled off something like that?Copy !req
82. I'm not saying
that he isn't cool...Copy !req
83. If coolness is determined
by your hacker skills,Copy !req
84. they say the delayed-action virus used
in the assassination attempt was a work of art.Copy !req
85. It was so sophisticated that the police
could only make a vaccine for it...Copy !req
86. after the security detail's cyberbrains
started to manifest symptoms.Copy !req
87. That's certainly true.Copy !req
88. On top of that, rumor has it that the police
weren't even able to obtain...Copy !req
89. any traces of the virus
itself afterwards.Copy !req
90. I see...Copy !req
91. But their suspect died.Copy !req
92. Exactly! The guy who made the virus
was killed by somebody,Copy !req
93. so that means that it was an imposter
that appeared and was killed!Copy !req
94. Who killed him?
And for what reason?Copy !req
95. I know that one, too! Because it's
a conspiracy by some secret society!Copy !req
96. Speaking of which, according to information
obtained by one of my sources,Copy !req
97. some of the corporations
that he blackmailed...Copy !req
98. apparently had a hitman on the payroll
even before this latest incident!Copy !req
99. What kind of source?
Pork cutlet sauce? Oyster sauce?Copy !req
100. Why would the corporations
want to kill him themselves?Copy !req
101. I'm saying that they've been waiting
for a chance to get him!Copy !req
102. They wanted revenge for the blackmail
or the money demands or something!Copy !req
103. And then, with this death threat,
he slipped up and left a trail.Copy !req
104. Even if that's the case, what's the point
in killing an imposter?Copy !req
105. He's right.Copy !req
106. Even if he was the real thing,
it's just not possible...Copy !req
107. that they could find and kill someone
that not even the police could track.Copy !req
108. T-That's my point.
That doesn't sound like him.Copy !req
109. It's just not cool to be
tracked down that easily.Copy !req
110. In that case, what if he was killed
by the real Laughing Man?Copy !req
111. No way.Copy !req
112. Like the cops said, what makes the most sense
is that there were multiple Laughing Men...Copy !req
113. and there was a dispute
in the group.Copy !req
114. Which means it's safe to say that we're
right back at our first conclusion.Copy !req
115. Someone other than the Laughing Man from
six years ago was responsible for this incident.Copy !req
116. L-Let me ask you again...Copy !req
117. What's your basis for saying that corporate
blackmail is the Laughing Man's criminal style?Copy !req
118. Geez, let it go, man! Because anything
else wouldn't be cool, that's why!Copy !req
119. But stop and think
about it for a minute...Copy !req
120. Was that first incident
really all that cool?Copy !req
121. I see. We just can't discuss that topic
without looking at the origin.Copy !req
122. All right, by way
of changing gears,Copy !req
123. let's look back at the starting point
of the Laughing Man Incident.Copy !req
124. It's 7:20 on February 3rd,
and it's time for Drive Time Weather.Copy !req
125. Good luck with
your commute, everyone.Copy !req
126. Today marks 100 days before the opening
of the World's Exposition.Copy !req
127. With that in mind, we've come up
with the following questionnaire.Copy !req
128. The topic is,
at the expo...Copy !req
129. That's not fair!Copy !req
130. Look into that camera
and tell them the truth!Copy !req
131. Stop it.
You won't shoot me.Copy !req
132. Are you sure?Copy !req
133. I know we're all probably sick to death
of seeing this, but we need to...Copy !req
134. since this is the only time the man thought to
be the real Laughing Man ever showed himself.Copy !req
135. Hey, did you see that? The show's fly-in title
got tagged with the Laughing Man logo, too.Copy !req
136. He sure is thorough,
isn't he?Copy !req
137. The local weather
forecasts, too.Copy !req
138. Some rumors say that those graphics
were changed after the initial broadcast.Copy !req
139. Whatever the case, this was where
the Laughing Man incident began.Copy !req
140. The incident that shook
this country six years ago.Copy !req
141. You know, looking at this now,
he wasn't cool at all.Copy !req
142. I mean, the gun he was holding
was shaking all over the place.Copy !req
143. Oh, you don't know anything! What're you
talking about? That's what's so great!Copy !req
144. But compared to the M.O. in the serial
corporate blackmail that followed,Copy !req
145. it seems totally
reckless.Copy !req
146. No, it's not.Copy !req
147. Even though he has
special-A hacking skills,Copy !req
148. he deliberately risked his own
neck in this first incident.Copy !req
149. This reckless performance
was what made us love him.Copy !req
150. I'm telling you, he's trying to expose
the deception of exploitative corporations.Copy !req
151. That's deep...Copy !req
152. No, he's right.Copy !req
153. Even while he was starting something
that seemed poorly planned,Copy !req
154. he was meticulous enough to hack
into all the media beforehand.Copy !req
155. That's his appeal.Copy !req
156. Man, you guys sure are enthusiastic...
What is this, "We Love The Laughing Man"?Copy !req
157. There were never any messages
to that effect, though.Copy !req
158. Hot on the heels of Serano,
Japan Micro Industries...Copy !req
159. has apparently been blackmailed
by the Laughing Man.Copy !req
160. This is incredible! What is that,
a huge number of office desks?Copy !req
161. It's the head office of Sagawa Electronics
that's being blackmailed this time!Copy !req
162. How in the world were all those desks
moved up here in a single night?Copy !req
163. It may be safe to say that this is an
unprecedented act of corporate terrorism!Copy !req
164. This... This the
real one, isn't it?Copy !req
165. Please call Nanoplant Industries...Copy !req
166. Satsuma Meditechs is the most powerful
corporation in Kyushu, don't you know?Copy !req
167. Why would you go and plant
a murder virus in there?Copy !req
168. I don't know!Copy !req
169. Somebody must've hacked
the gardening robots last night!Copy !req
170. Get us out of here!Copy !req
171. Look! Look at that!Copy !req
172. You know, I've got a T-shirt with the
MicroTel crop circle printed on it.Copy !req
173. After that, public funds were allocated
to the blackmailed companies...Copy !req
174. in the fear that their stocks
would plummet, and at that instant,Copy !req
175. the Laughing Man called an end to his spree
and vanished into the shadows of the net.Copy !req
176. Remember when Kadoya advertised
that there was a Laughing Man logo...Copy !req
177. inside a bag of their snacks, and there
was a quick spike in their stock price?Copy !req
178. What about the rumors
that in each of the companies,Copy !req
179. there were people who secretly
made a killing off of their stocks?Copy !req
180. If you're only judging by that criterion,
the Satsuma Meditechs case might be a scam.Copy !req
181. Is that a case of
babe's intuition?Copy !req
182. In that case, why don't you
backtrack the fluctuations...Copy !req
183. of the other companies' stock prices
and compare them to Satsuma's?Copy !req
184. Now that you mention it,
Satsuma was the only company...Copy !req
185. that didn't get an influx of funds
from the government, wasn't it?Copy !req
186. Well, I'll be...Copy !req
187. Nobody noticed it because all six
were making roughly the same amount...Copy !req
188. at the time he called an end
to the crime spree.Copy !req
189. Well, even that talk show they set up
to discuss the threat was pretty lame.Copy !req
190. I'd say that it was self-written B.S.
put out by the station itself!Copy !req
191. Looking back like this, even the incident
six years ago was full of inconsistencies.Copy !req
192. It may be a bit of a stretch to say that everything
was carried out by the same perpetrator.Copy !req
193. So in the end, should we settle
on multiple criminals, then?Copy !req
194. There are any number of critics who would
point out the difference in ideology...Copy !req
195. between the initial kidnapping
and the subsequent incidents.Copy !req
196. Personally, I'm for the
"single Laughing Man" theory.Copy !req
197. But don't you think that
isn't very plausible?Copy !req
198. Any speculation now as to whether
the same criminal...Copy !req
199. was behind this incident and the one
six years ago is meaningless.Copy !req
200. Something tells me that the key to unlocking
the Laughing Man mystery...Copy !req
201. is asking ourselves what factor gave rise
to both the incident six years ago...Copy !req
202. and the string of phenomena that occurred
immediately after this recent death threat.Copy !req
203. Pretty slick, miss!Copy !req
204. I think so, too.Copy !req
205. And on that note...Copy !req
206. Let's examine that question as we look
at some old footage that we have in stock.Copy !req
207. But before we do, I need to delete the backup
cache data that's built up in the server,Copy !req
208. so let's take
a quick break!Copy !req
209. Hey, you remember how that designer named
Paul who supposedly came up with that mark...Copy !req
210. reported himself to the special investigations
unit while the incidents were going on?Copy !req
211. He kept saying that the design had been stolen
when his database was hacked, right?Copy !req
212. But the fact is, his career as a designer
took off thanks to this.Copy !req
213. I respect the guy, too.Copy !req
214. All right,
let's rock!Copy !req
215. Still, why do you suppose this incident
became such a big craze at the time?Copy !req
216. It's a mystery that you think
you understand but you don't,Copy !req
217. and a sensation that keeps getting fed
to us with amazingly smart timing.Copy !req
218. Gee, you do make some
valid points sometimes...Copy !req
219. The fact that Serano's CEO wasn't cooperative
with the investigation is titillating, too.Copy !req
220. To this day, he's still suspected of making
a secret deal with the Laughing Man.Copy !req
221. But what really attracted me
to this incident the most...Copy !req
222. was the crusading, "lone-wolf hero" image
he demonstrated in the first incident.Copy !req
223. Yeah, same here.Copy !req
224. This last incident also began
during a press conference...Copy !req
225. that addressed suspicions
of the illegal use of Interceptors.Copy !req
226. Was that another example
of his crusading spirit?Copy !req
227. And it was none other than Serano Genomics
that developed those Interceptors.Copy !req
228. Don't you sense that there's
some power behind this?Copy !req
229. This is interesting, all right! It's like
everyone thinks they're detectives!Copy !req
230. No wonder they're all reaching
the same conclusion!Copy !req
231. What if the Laughing Man
turns out to be a program...Copy !req
232. that the entire micromachine industry
wrote and staged to manipulate stock prices?Copy !req
233. Where's the fun in that?
I know there's really a Laughing Man...Copy !req
234. Aren't you just saying that you
want there to be one?Copy !req
235. According to information obtained
by one of my sources, though,Copy !req
236. - the financial boost caused by this incident...
- Yet another source, huh?Copy !req
237. comes to about
20 trillion yen!Copy !req
238. Wouldn't you say that that fact alone says
that the Laughing Man needs to exist?Copy !req
239. Since none of you are showing any interest
in what I'm trying to say,Copy !req
240. I'll put my best information on the table.
Stuff I got from an independent source.Copy !req
241. The official police statement
will say that the recent...Copy !req
242. multiple, simultaneous assassination attempts
were caused by the virus spread by Nanao=A.Copy !req
243. It's a complete lie.Copy !req
244. What are you
basing that on?Copy !req
245. Yeah! State your source
for that information!Copy !req
246. Again with the sources...Copy !req
247. Out of curiosity, how many times has J.D. used
the word "source" since entering this room?Copy !req
248. - Laughed Man: Oh, just let it go!
- Mr. A search shows 38 times.Copy !req
249. I'd be interested
in hearing that, too.Copy !req
250. Well, the truth is... I had hacked into
the crime scene when it happened.Copy !req
251. Are you serious?Copy !req
252. Are you saying you were trying
to assassinate him, too?Copy !req
253. No, it's not like that.Copy !req
254. I was just peeping the system because
I wanted to see how it would turn out.Copy !req
255. That's why I think that
the 39 assassins...Copy !req
256. were also there of their own free will, not
because they were being controlled by a virus.Copy !req
257. Lots of other hackers
like me were there,Copy !req
258. and I think some among our audience
may have tried to crack their way in, too.Copy !req
259. But for some reason,
every last one of them failed.Copy !req
260. You saw that?Copy !req
261. If that's true,
it's big news.Copy !req
262. You just can't trust
anything anymore!Copy !req
263. Are you kidding?Copy !req
264. I thought about going
to the hall that day, too!Copy !req
265. Crap!Copy !req
266. Hold it. Wouldn't that mean that the real
Laughing Man was one of the 39 arrested?Copy !req
267. I don't think
he was.Copy !req
268. The people arrested there were copycats,
or enthusiastic fans like those of us here.Copy !req
269. So you're saying they were there
in response to Nanao=A's threat?Copy !req
270. That's not quite right, either.Copy !req
271. Actually, I have one other
piece of information.Copy !req
272. After the incident,
I was diving in the net,Copy !req
273. and I found an authentication server under
Nanao's name that he had tampered with.Copy !req
274. That's it there.Copy !req
275. You're right!Copy !req
276. Be careful. It's crawling
with attack barriers.Copy !req
277. When you dive to level six, you'll find
several plans that had been simulated.Copy !req
278. It had things like blackmailing major
micromachine manufacturers again,Copy !req
279. and even methods of targeting
cyborg food corporations next time.Copy !req
280. What they all have in common
is that a modular,Copy !req
281. delayed-action virus is the
key to success in each plan.Copy !req
282. But that brought up
one question.Copy !req
283. The assassination attempt that Nanao actually
did carry out isn't one of the simulations.Copy !req
284. Why did he suddenly switch over
to assassination at the last minute...Copy !req
285. when he had so meticulously prepared
so many other plans?Copy !req
286. That's some
impressive digging.Copy !req
287. This sort of thing
is all I do.Copy !req
288. Why'd he do it, then?Copy !req
289. Are you trying to say that Nanao=A
was also a copycat...Copy !req
290. under the influence
of that death threat?Copy !req
291. I can't think of any other reason why he
would abandon his carefully honed plans...Copy !req
292. and use his wild card, the modular virus,
on an unplanned assassination attempt.Copy !req
293. Who made the death threat against
the Superintendent General, then?Copy !req
294. You sure love
to read into things...Copy !req
295. Let's focus on interpreting just
the things that actually happened.Copy !req
296. But now that he's shown us that server,
his story sounds plausible, doesn't it?Copy !req
297. Let me ask you
something, then.Copy !req
298. In spite of the fact that there were many
active crimes committed that day,Copy !req
299. why is it that there wasn't a single case
of cybercrime aside from Nanao's?Copy !req
300. Maybe someone only wanted Nanao
to commit a crime that day.Copy !req
301. It was also decided ahead of time
how he would fail.Copy !req
302. Which sets up Nanao as the culprit
behind the Laughing Man incident,Copy !req
303. which shook society
six years ago.Copy !req
304. Then who is it that's profiting
from this scheme?Copy !req
305. It's not hard to guess.
It's got to be the po... po... pol...Copy !req
306. Hey!Copy !req
307. You've been giving a lot
of roundabout explanations,Copy !req
308. but I think you're on
the right track. Don't you?Copy !req
309. Did you see my dummy barrier
get blown away at the hall that day?Copy !req
310. W-Wait, you're that lady who pinned down
that security guy at the crime scene?Copy !req
311. Well, did you?Copy !req
312. Yes, I saw it happen.Copy !req
313. That barrier was a nasty
piece of work, wasn't it?Copy !req
314. Was there anything left of it?
Fragments of something?Copy !req
315. Yes.Copy !req
316. Here it is.Copy !req
317. Thanks.Copy !req
318. Don't mention it. Um, do you mind
if I asked you something, too?Copy !req
319. At first, I thought it was the police
themselves who were behind all this.Copy !req
320. But that attack barrier
was clearly different...Copy !req
321. from the ones the police
had deployed on the perimeter.Copy !req
322. I've never seen a barrier
like that before.Copy !req
323. Was that really
the Laugh...Copy !req
324. Here's a word of warning
in return for the fragment.Copy !req
325. Knowing too much will get your body
in the real world eliminated.Copy !req
326. Hey, did you get disconnected
or something?Copy !req
327. No, I'm fine.Copy !req
328. I'm sorry, but I think
I'll call it a day.Copy !req
329. What? But you never finished
what you were saying!Copy !req
330. Sorry I caused
all this fuss.Copy !req
331. Geez, this place sure got dead
all of a sudden.Copy !req
332. Let's be realistic. Even if we get
worked up in places like this,Copy !req
333. it doesn't mean we'll
ever get to the truth.Copy !req
334. I'm not so sure about that! The real
Laughing Man might be watching!Copy !req
335. The instant you start
thinking that, it's all over.Copy !req
336. Or more to the point, this incident
is just too complicated.Copy !req
337. We'll get bored
with it eventually.Copy !req
338. I have to wonder if the Laughing Man
is just a symbolic phenomenon...Copy !req
339. that was created by some
freak of nature in a corrupt world.Copy !req
340. I guess we're already copycats,
dancing to his tune like this...Copy !req
341. But even if all the incidents
were a phenomenon,Copy !req
342. I suppose you can't help but sense
some sort of common thread...Copy !req
343. in the initial kidnapping and the incidents
triggered by this death threat six years later,Copy !req
344. just like Baby Ruth said.Copy !req
345. I believe that those two incidents alone
were caused by the same talented culprit.Copy !req
346. All the others, regardless of the scale,
objective, and rationale of their crimes,Copy !req
347. were copies that were called into being
by the absence of their hero.Copy !req
348. Even so, it's still doubtful that the criminal
behind those two incidents...Copy !req
349. who was the motivation for the rest,
was himself an original.Copy !req
350. Not bad, miss!Copy !req
351. Pretty slick!Copy !req
352. A forced transfer?Copy !req
353. What the...?Copy !req
354. Aw, why now?Copy !req
355. It was just getting good!
Can't I stay online a little longer?Copy !req
356. Aw, no fair!Copy !req
357. So that's what happened.
What do you think?Copy !req
358. Damn... Couldn't trace it.Copy !req
359. Hey!Copy !req
360. Hm? Did you say something?Copy !req
361. Geez, don't tell me you've
been diving this whole time!Copy !req
362. Damn, that's dangerous!Copy !req
363. Come on, I could be asleep
and still drive in this part of town.Copy !req
364. Anyway, you were saying?Copy !req
365. Oh, forget it.
I'm not gonna repeat myself.Copy !req
366. A phenomenon created by
copycats without an original...Copy !req
367. Two pieces don't
fit the puzzle...Copy !req
368. What are you
talking about?Copy !req
369. Forget it.Copy !req
370. She's so cold and humanCopy !req
371. It's something humans doCopy !req
372. She stays so golden soloCopy !req
373. She's so number nineCopy !req
374. She's incredible mathCopy !req
375. Just incredible mathCopy !req
376. And is she really human?Copy !req
377. She's just so something newCopy !req
378. A waking lithium flowerCopy !req
379. Just about to bloomCopy !req
380. I smell lithium nowCopy !req
381. Smelling lithium nowCopy !req
382. How is she when she doesn't surf?Copy !req
383. How is she when she doesn't surf?Copy !req
384. How is she when she doesn't surf?Copy !req
385. I wonder what she does when she wakes up?Copy !req
386. When she wakes up?Copy !req