1. Come on, take a load off.Copy !req
2. You want a proper
home-cooked meal, don't you?Copy !req
3. You put in a hard day at work,
so you deserve it!Copy !req
4. Your old man is a big ol' dummy.Copy !req
5. I can't tell her that I'll be
busted back down to beat copCopy !req
6. because I messed up big time
and made trouble for everyone.Copy !req
7. Just to make a glass of water
this size, it takes...Copy !req
8. Just let it go.Copy !req
9. That was quite a punch.Copy !req
10. A toast to the victor.Copy !req
11. The Minister and I
don't see things the same way.Copy !req
12. That much is obvious.Copy !req
13. The Minister would never test me to see
whether or not I'd storm an orphanage.Copy !req
14. He had a meltdown and declared
the unit get dissolved immediately.Copy !req
15. The papers were backdated to yesterday,Copy !req
16. and the Minister of Defense
already signed off on it.Copy !req
17. I have two pieces of news for you.Copy !req
18. One piece of news is good,
and one piece is bad.Copy !req
19. You'll remember that I told you
the budget to form your unitCopy !req
20. was passed by the National Council, right?Copy !req
21. That was just a placeholder.Copy !req
22. The real thing is triple
the budget amount you requested,Copy !req
23. and will be used to create
an international rescue unit.Copy !req
24. That way, nobody can say we aren't doing
anything to help as civilians dieCopy !req
25. or that we're buying peace
with cold, hard cash.Copy !req
26. But that's just for public consumption.Copy !req
27. The budget's 80% is founding capital
earmarked to create a Shell Squad.Copy !req
28. It will answer only to the PM,
and I'll be running the show.Copy !req
29. It'll be a meritocracy with no ranks.
The unit's guiding principle...Copy !req
30. will be to seek out crime
and nip it in the bud.Copy !req
31. An organization that
will always be on the offensive,Copy !req
32. the kind that you and I
have dreamed of.Copy !req
33. How well it does
will be up to you and your team.Copy !req
34. Another round of whatever
they were having, on me.Copy !req
35. They were cut from the budget,
saying they were a waste of money.Copy !req
36. Go over those contracts
and bring them signed,Copy !req
37. tomorrow morning at 6 sharp.Copy !req
38. At 8 a.m., you'll be at the collection
of all of those brainwashing devices.Copy !req
39. I'll be waiting.Copy !req
40. He pulled one over on everybody.Copy !req
41. The Minister, that orphanage, and even us.Copy !req
42. This means that the whole "orphanage
gone rogue" thing was total BS, too.Copy !req
43. Did I miss a good show?Copy !req
44. And I've got one other
fun bit of information.Copy !req
45. I spotted that Ape-face's car
right outside.Copy !req
46. I planted some fireworks
in the tire wells.Copy !req
47. Oh, crap.Copy !req
48. Chief!Copy !req
49. Already hard at work, I see.
Hand it off to Vehicle Division.Copy !req
50. Son of a...
He outsmarted us again!Copy !req
51. Chief!Copy !req
52. Make sure our paychecks
have lots of zeroes.Copy !req
53. It's time for lunch already.Copy !req
54. Work harder, people!Copy !req
55. I won't be able to afford meat
or air conditioning!Copy !req
56. The reason we don't get snacks
is because people are gaming the system.Copy !req
57. THREE MONTHS LATERCopy !req
58. JULY 27, 2029Copy !req
59. I'm roasting alive!Copy !req
60. To hell with this!Copy !req
61. How am I supposed to stay in here
if I can't use the damn AC?Copy !req
62. I'm out of here!Copy !req
63. Nobody's gonna spot me in daylight
all camo'd up like this.Copy !req
64. Plus, I ain't cut out for
round-the-clock surveillance work!Copy !req
65. Pressure sensors and
a Gorgon land mine?Copy !req
66. A dummy?Copy !req
67. It's real? That's no way to set up
a mine like this!Copy !req
68. I'll take this beauty home with me.Copy !req
69. It's me.Copy !req
70. Has there been any activity?Copy !req
71. In the past 32 hours, there's just been
two phone calls about nothing important.Copy !req
72. Other than that, there's been zilch.Copy !req
73. No staff change, no deliveries, nothing.Copy !req
74. Go on, have a swig.Copy !req
75. Thanks, don't mind if I do!Copy !req
76. This is watered down.Copy !req
77. Just like the intel we got
from our Korean contact,Copy !req
78. the "Puppet Master" has begun tampering
with every terminal on the net.Copy !req
79. That mysterious super-hacker
that no one's ever seen?Copy !req
80. They've got something to do
with this stakeout?Copy !req
81. Their activity pattern suggest
that they're tryingCopy !req
82. to interfere with the upcoming
secret meeting with the Gavel Republic.Copy !req
83. Then the secret meeting
ain't so secret, is it?Copy !req
84. Is the guy I've been surveilling
the source of the leaked intel?Copy !req
85. He's the former leader of its military
junta that's requesting asylum in Japan.Copy !req
86. Nothing more than that.Copy !req
87. You came all this way to tell me that?Copy !req
88. No. Summon Kusanagi
on your team's comm channel.Copy !req
89. Tell her to come to Flat 17.Copy !req
90. Huh? But the Major's on summer vacation.Copy !req
91. Her leave is cancelled.Copy !req
92. How's this feel?Copy !req
93. Sorry to keep you waiting!Copy !req
94. Huh? Where's Phalanx?Copy !req
95. Enjoying herself
with an Endorno probe! Boooo!Copy !req
96. I'd say it's time for a price hike.Copy !req
97. I have to say, having someone like Motoko
with 16 squared tactile sensor elementsCopy !req
98. takes the resolution
to a whole nother level.Copy !req
99. It uses optical fibers,
so it's immune to EM interference.Copy !req
100. Wait, your haptic region multiplier
goes up to 5?Copy !req
101. Now where did you get your hands
on such a naughty little equalizer?Copy !req
102. I put it together.
It's designed to work with micromachines.Copy !req
103. It's a prototype!Copy !req
104. I can feel the adrenaline.Copy !req
105. Oh dear! What's this?Copy !req
106. Endorphins? This is bad!Copy !req
107. I can feel it in my stomach!
I'm gonna be sick!Copy !req
108. You're all slippery and slimy!
Are you a slug or something?Copy !req
109. Thank goodness you were playing with
an organ that didn't have any terminals!Copy !req
110. Damn it, don't treat that Ghost key
like a toy!Copy !req
111. What do you want?Copy !req
112. Emergency meeting.
Aramaki's waiting at Flat 17.Copy !req
113. Tell him to expect me there in 20.Copy !req
114. Darn it, you always do this!Copy !req
115. You said you'd devote
your whole vacation to us!Copy !req
116. Vacation's over.Copy !req
117. When you leave, do me a favor
and activate the room's seal.Copy !req
118. I'll call you later, okay?Copy !req
119. Hey! Gimme back my equalizer!Copy !req
120. The interpreter's condition
has stabilized.Copy !req
121. Someone seems to be butting in.Copy !req
122. It must be Aramaki.Copy !req
123. Yes, sir.Copy !req
124. Don't do anything unless I tell you to.Copy !req
125. Good morning, Minister!Copy !req
126. Hello, Aramaki. What can
the Foreign Ministry help you with?Copy !req
127. It's about the Gavel Republic.Copy !req
128. Utility, 6. Trouble, 1. Rank E.Copy !req
129. They're not very important, I'd say.Copy !req
130. For the time being,
they don't have nukes, either.Copy !req
131. Diplomatically and economically,
they're a little nation of little import.Copy !req
132. It was originally under military rule,Copy !req
133. but they've been reasonably democratic
ever since their revolution.Copy !req
134. One of your subordinates
provided tactical instructionCopy !req
135. to the revolutionary army, as I recall.Copy !req
136. Oh, is that so?Copy !req
137. Col. Malles,
the former leader of the junta,Copy !req
138. is currently residing in our country under
the pretext of seeking medical treatment.Copy !req
139. He doggedly continues to funnel aid
to the pro-junta faction.Copy !req
140. As a result, the pro-junta faction still
controls the country's platinum deposits.Copy !req
141. What is this secret meeting about, then?Copy !req
142. ODA that won't do any good.Copy !req
143. It isn't money that was earned,
so it won't be used responsibly,Copy !req
144. and since it's viewed as payoff
for past exploitation,Copy !req
145. it won't earn us any gratitude.Copy !req
146. That's a tough spot you're in.Copy !req
147. The press is bound to run
some off-the-record statements.Copy !req
148. So, what is the government's position?Copy !req
149. The situation is delicate in the extreme.Copy !req
150. If we don't get the lay of the land, it'll
make managing public opinion difficult.Copy !req
151. Do we kick out Col. Malles
and continue sending aid,Copy !req
152. or do we accept his request
for asylum and cut off aid?Copy !req
153. If we follow the money from the platinum,
we might learn some interesting things.Copy !req
154. We mustn't waste the taxpayers' money.Copy !req
155. So there's someone who provided
tactical instruction to the junta.Copy !req
156. That's...Copy !req
157. Intelligence Department can stay out.
I've been granted special jurisdiction.Copy !req
158. Hey!Copy !req
159. Make yourself scarce.Copy !req
160. She's the Foreign Minister's interpreter.Copy !req
161. I know that.Copy !req
162. Because she and our Togusa
used to be close.Copy !req
163. Twenty-three minutes ago,
a virus got into her.Copy !req
164. We're currently tracing the location
of whoever sent it.Copy !req
165. How did they learn
that she'd been infected?Copy !req
166. Information beats all.Copy !req
167. Our culprit loves to be on the move.Copy !req
168. He changes location and every seven
minutes, he accesses her for five seconds.Copy !req
169. So until we catch the guy,Copy !req
170. she's literally on the hook
helping us like this.Copy !req
171. What's the virus that's trying
to reach her Ghost?Copy !req
172. An early model HA-3.Copy !req
173. So we have a little over two hours, then.Copy !req
174. Ishikawa and Borma are tracing
the hacker's location by car.Copy !req
175. Join them.Copy !req
176. SEISHIN PRECISION MACHINERYCopy !req
177. Say, Major.Copy !req
178. I heard something from Mayumi
from Public Security's armory.Copy !req
179. Is this about how she's actually 62?Copy !req
180. No, I... Really?Copy !req
181. No, not that.Copy !req
182. Its spec sheet says that
a 3.5 inch barrel Seburo snabCopy !req
183. can be fired 12 times in three seconds
and pinhead a target at 25 yards.Copy !req
184. Is that accurate?Copy !req
185. Any of us can do that
aside from you and Saito.Copy !req
186. Quit joking around.Copy !req
187. Against a target silhouette, most
of its shots will hit at even 100 yards.Copy !req
188. A snab is meant to be used
after closing in to five yards,Copy !req
189. but that's nothing special.Copy !req
190. I haven't heard that,
not even in target shooting circles.Copy !req
191. What we need to have is the abilityCopy !req
192. to get close enough to put down
the target with 100% certainty.Copy !req
193. If you're into sharpshooting,Copy !req
194. get yourself a super-compact cruise
missile, get to a good distance,Copy !req
195. and fire it at an elephant.Copy !req
196. By the way...Copy !req
197. What's this I hear about you
using a revolver as your primary?Copy !req
198. Are you scared of jams when you're
carrying two guns in a two-man cell?Copy !req
199. I'm partial to the 2007, that's all.Copy !req
200. I'm the one whose butt is on the line.Copy !req
201. Switch to a 5mm, 20-round Seburo.Copy !req
202. Aww...Copy !req
203. And what's with the shotgun?Copy !req
204. It's loaded with all slugs,
so it can punch through most cars.Copy !req
205. Our job isn't to pulverize things.Copy !req
206. Leave shooting through walls to rifles.Copy !req
207. It can be pretty handy, though.Copy !req
208. I doubt you'll need it this time out.Copy !req
209. We're just tracing the hacker who got
the Foreign Minister's interpreter.Copy !req
210. We're using her as...Copy !req
211. Don't worry. We'll cut the line
before the HA-3 can reach her Ghost.Copy !req
212. We have to locate the perp before then.Copy !req
213. HA-3?Copy !req
214. A military AI created
during non-nuclear WWIV.Copy !req
215. Something like that.Copy !req
216. What sort of virus is it?Copy !req
217. A so-called personality hijacker type.Copy !req
218. It's harmless by itself,Copy !req
219. but once its genome is assembled,
it springs into action.Copy !req
220. If it were the latest model,Copy !req
221. it would have an incubation period
and be impossible to trace.Copy !req
222. We're lucky that it's an old dog.Copy !req
223. There's nothing lucky about this!Copy !req
224. Don't worry about it.Copy !req
225. Whatever happens,
she'll walk away unharmed.Copy !req
226. Why would anybody want to infect her
with something like that now?Copy !req
227. Don't wreck the car, Togusa.Copy !req
228. I understand how you feel, but they
get in the way, so push them down.Copy !req
229. Sorry, but I'm not a robot.Copy !req
230. That's what makes you such a newbie.Copy !req
231. Geez! What the hell
are they throwing out, bricks?Copy !req
232. Hey!Copy !req
233. Relax, I'll be right there!Copy !req
234. We're 40 seconds behind
on our route overall!Copy !req
235. I'll be done in five seconds.Copy !req
236. UPLOAD COMPLETECopy !req
237. Sorry about that.Copy !req
238. If we slack off, the city'll
drown in its own garbage!Copy !req
239. How many days have you been
sleeping at the office?Copy !req
240. I don't even know anymore.Copy !req
241. Thanks to this job,
I barely recognize my kidCopy !req
242. and my wife is shouting
that she wants a divorce.Copy !req
243. She thinks I'm stepping out on her.Copy !req
244. She's the one who's acting suspiciously.Copy !req
245. You two oughta know if the other person
has it in them to cheat.Copy !req
246. They're just screwing with us,
aren't they?Copy !req
247. It's like a little island from the trash
left over from making Garbage Island.Copy !req
248. If our route covered a restaurant area,
there'd be even more!Copy !req
249. I'll write you a letter of recommendation.Copy !req
250. This pile is crawling with jungle crows.Copy !req
251. Hello, police? Somebody threw away
a perfectly good old guy again.Copy !req
252. I'm gonna hit 'em with the gas!Copy !req
253. Owe!Copy !req
254. Never throw away broken glasses
in plastic bags, damn it!Copy !req
255. These syringes have "test sample"
written on them!Copy !req
256. Unless guys like us stage protests
like the foreign workers,Copy !req
257. they won't buy armed suits
for us to use.Copy !req
258. Things were so much easier back when
I was in Sacred Citizen Relief Center.Copy !req
259. Yo! Tragic proletariat!Copy !req
260. Don't just stand there
like a broken-down robot,Copy !req
261. and get to work!Copy !req
262. Okay, on to our next stop.Copy !req
263. Man, I wish I could go home.Copy !req
264. Watch it, dumb-ass!Copy !req
265. I guess there are other folks besides us
sanitation workers who're in a hurry.Copy !req
266. Oh, crap! If we don't make the next
traffic light, we'll be late!Copy !req
267. Damn! We never make it in time!Copy !req
268. This is pointless.Copy !req
269. Even if we track the guy down,
he's gone by the time we get there.Copy !req
270. Keep griping, and it'll reflect poorly
come bonus evaluation time.Copy !req
271. We should just kill the guy
with an attack barrier!Copy !req
272. Kusanagi's en route
to the next probable area.Copy !req
273. Search that location
and try to find something.Copy !req
274. Something? Like what?Copy !req
275. Anything!Copy !req
276. Damn it, that old fart!Copy !req
277. Oh, dear. The garbage men are gone.Copy !req
278. Garbage men were here?Copy !req
279. Are you with the Sanitation Department?Copy !req
280. Were they just here or not?Copy !req
281. They were.Copy !req
282. But by the time I came down
with my own trash, they'd already left.Copy !req
283. One of them loaded up the trash,Copy !req
284. but the other one was making a call.Copy !req
285. Hey! Take these!Copy !req
286. A garbage truck?
We'll get ahead of them!Copy !req
287. Kusanagi, are you listening?Copy !req
288. Remember how when we were at Flat 17,
Nakajima wanted to take over this case?Copy !req
289. Yes.Copy !req
290. Malles received a call from him.Copy !req
291. He seems to be selling off platinum
through fake companies.Copy !req
292. How's the interpreter?Copy !req
293. We're maintaining her as-is.
I don't want to tip our hand.Copy !req
294. Aren't you reading too much into it?Copy !req
295. You want to do a half-assed investigation?Copy !req
296. It might just be a prank
by a bored garbage man.Copy !req
297. What's with the exasperated sigh, Major?
Cut that out!Copy !req
298. If she had been under the HA-3's control,
the Gavel Republic's representativeCopy !req
299. probably would've been killed
at the secret meeting.Copy !req
300. Why do you suppose they attacked
with something as outdated as an HA-3?Copy !req
301. A new version wouldn't
be traceable when it was found,Copy !req
302. and all fingers would point at Malles,
the former leader of the junta.Copy !req
303. So this is to pin the blame
on someone else?Copy !req
304. Maybe it's a coincidence?
Like, maybe the HA-3 is all they had?Copy !req
305. Not possible in this case.Copy !req
306. It blows my mind that your simplistic
thinking doesn't seem to bother you.Copy !req
307. So you're saying Malles is behind it?Copy !req
308. Him, and whoever leaked the intel
about the meeting.Copy !req
309. I wonder if your Ghost will ever
start whispering in your ear.Copy !req
310. Major. We got the garbage truck's
route map.Copy !req
311. I'll send it over OP257
using code cypher STRAUSS.Copy !req
312. Okay.Copy !req
313. ME, THE HOTTIE
TOGUSA, THE NEWBIECopy !req
314. PINCER MOVEMENTCopy !req
315. Togusa, did you get that?Copy !req
316. - Let's do it!
- Huh?Copy !req
317. How 'bout we switch next timeCopy !req
318. and I collect the trash
and you make the phone call?Copy !req
319. Pass.Copy !req
320. You're so desperate to know how your
wife feels that you'll Ghost hack her?Copy !req
321. She wants a divorce out of the blue
and refuses to see me.Copy !req
322. Maybe so, but I'm amazed
you got your hands on a barrier breaker.Copy !req
323. I met a nice guy
at my favorite watering hole.Copy !req
324. When he heard that I was stuck
collecting garbage all day,Copy !req
325. he offered to leave the barrier breakers
along my route for me.Copy !req
326. That's a pathetic sob story, man.Copy !req
327. Her lawyer wouldn't let me see her.Copy !req
328. Yeah? Go for truck 1205.Copy !req
329. Some cops just asked for your route map!Copy !req
330. Manager? Why on earth
would they want to know that?Copy !req
331. I have no clue why!Copy !req
332. They know about the Ghost breaker!Copy !req
333. I have to warn that nice guy!Copy !req
334. Wire fluid tank 3 low!
Switching to backup tank!Copy !req
335. What? Major!Copy !req
336. We'll be fine!Copy !req
337. Don't worry, we're almost there!Copy !req
338. There he is! That's him!Copy !req
339. Hey! You're in danger!Copy !req
340. You ratted me out?Copy !req
341. What... What just happened?Copy !req
342. Togusa! Are you okay?Copy !req
343. Type 17 optical camouflage?Copy !req