"Angelui i demonui kruzhili na duh minoi Angels and demons were circling over me, rassekali terni-i mlechuie puti Breaking apart shadows and milky ways." "me znayet shastya ottovo Not knowing happiness is the only one." "shto evo zova ponyat ne s-mog The one who could not understand its call." "mana du vortes, mana du vortes The flow may swallow you." "The flow may swallow you aeria gloris, aeria gloris Flying in glory, Flying in glory mana du vortes, mana du vortes The flow may swallow you." "The flow may swallow you aeria gloris, aeria gloris Flying in glory, Flying in glory" "I am calling, calling now." "Spirits rise and falling." "s-toboi ostatsya dalshe To be with you longer..." "Calling, calling..." "In the depth of longing s-toboi ostatsya dalshe To be with you longer... mana du vortes, aeria gloris The flow may swallow you, flying in glory" "Hey, what's the plan?" "Terror..." "I need to give that to them." "And if one person needs to disappear from the face of the Earth in order to fulfill that purpose, who cares, right?" "Sorry for interrupting; we're from Section 9." "I'm sure that you've been contacted about us." "Batou, how is it?" "The body shows advanced decompostiton." "Not even a veteran coroner would be able to determine the details at first glance..." "No, what I meant was, what do you think?" "We were... right." "That's really gruesome..." "That's why I suggested that you watch it on a monitor." "Baou, you can stop now." "Togusa, please continue." "The five incidents of murder that have occured within this city over the last two months..." "If we are to include today's case involving a family of four, we have six." "Twelve victims total." "They've all had the skin removed from their upper torso in the shape of a t-shirt." "According to the identification Unit, it is highly probable that the victims were alive while their skin was removed,and then were left for dead." "What a psycho..." "What's the opinion of the prefectural police's criminal profiler?" "We have heard nothing yet." "Is there any possibility that it was a terrorist act of an anarchist, or ritual murder by a cult?" "No..." "There is no possibility of this crime having been carried out by political or religious organizations." "Oh?" "Then, what about going through the list of sex offenders?" "This does not concern the perpetrator's sexual preferences, either." "He does not derive any pleasure from these crimes." "How can you be so sure of that?" "If there is anything... it would be a sense of responsibility." "How can that apply to a serial killer?" "Since we were called in, I am sure there is "something" special." "Chief." "Marco Amoretti." "A former sergeant in the American Imperial Navy." "According to the information provided by the American Empire, the possibility that he is the perpetrator is quite high." "According to the Ministry of Defence's documents, he roamed the front lines in various nations during the war and was an accomplished warrior." "However, in March of 2028, he was medically discharged due to stomach cancer, after which his whereabouts became unknown." "What is the basis for your assertion that this is the man?" "He apparently has been involved in very similar cases before." ""Very similar cases?" Aramaki:" "Yes." "Chief, if you already know so much about the man, you've already ordered a search for him, right?" "No, not yet." "Just today, via the Foreign Affairs Ministry, the CIA requested a clandestine arrest, as well as unconditional extradition of the perpetrator." "Wait a minute!" "That would clearly constitute foreign interference in out domestic affairs!" "And besides, why do WE have to clean up after the CIA?" "Well, if you could please take care of that somehow..." "Allow me to introduce them to you: they're from the American Empire." "Satou Suzuki, from the CIA." "Watanabe Tanaka." "Please to meet you, pleased to meet you." "Scatter them in enemy territory." "This time, it's really gruesome." "The body was apparently left to be pecked by scavenger birds until it was found." "There is evidence of a struggle on the ground." "The prefectural police removed the surface from the ground for analysis, just in case, but they found nothing to aid the investigation." "I see." "This place appears to be scheduled to undergo construction next month." "The scene of the crime will be destroyed." "We won't let him roam free for that long." ""Tsurumidai"" " I wonder if you can see cranes here?" "There are no cranes left." "Only crows." "Hey..." "Can I ask you something?" "Aren't you hiding something?" "Oh?" "I'm also interested." "Listen." "When I find him, that will be the time when he bids his eternal farewell to this world." "Remember that." "Melodramatic, aren't we?" "Batou..." "Batou!" "Are you all right?" "Yeah, it's nothing." "Hey, don't look into my mind without asking!" "You're not your usual self today." "Are you sure you don't have a fever or something?" "Well, not that you would ever have a fever." "Togusa, this is an encrypted transmission." "Listen quietly." "If Batou happens to lose control while you two are on the case, you are responsible for stopping him." "Gah, this tastes awful!" "Is there some connection between Batou and the murderer?" "I don't know, but it doesn't seem like his psychological state is normal." "That's true enough." "Understood, I'll do what I can." "Ugh, I don't need caffeine after this." "If it tastes bad, shut up and make preparations or something." "I'm counting on you." "Roger." "We understand." "We will withdraw from the investigation." "Please negotiate with the prosecutors." "Of course." "However, if the CIA takes custody of the perpatrator, this case will remain officially unsolved." "Then, the other situation is, how should we persuade the locals?" "I am sorry, but that will be one of your tasks." "Please take care of this somehow." "Oh, uh, here." "Major, try to infiltrate the "wall" behind this man with Ishikawa." "Understood." "Watanabe..." "Tanaka... san." "What is it?" "Chief, please come to the taskforce headquarters immediately." "We're in the middle of a meeting." "A direct record of the crime has been found." "What?" "!" "Where?" "!" "Uh, they were found in a videoshop, on Radio Avenue, in Newport City's Akihabara." "Pazu, Bomer, head over to the electronics district immediately." "Interrogate the video shop's owner." "Dive into the IR system and go through the records." "Understood." "Chief..." "Yes, you also noticed?" "Watanabe seems to have predicted this would happen." "Wow...!" "What a fun-looking place!" "I bet my experience points would go up..." "You don't have time to be making side trips." "Yes, Ma'am!" "Pazu, hit the neighbouring stores." "Bomer, interrogate the store owner." "Trace the source of those visuals." "Roger." "Pick out all the customers that visited the store since yesterday." "Roger." "Major, can't we do anything about him?" "With him acting like that, I can't even go through the backdoor to start looking." "He means to watch us, I'm sure." "He certainly doesn't trust us." "That's why we're going to look." "There has to be something." "Watanabe-san, it seems that the confiscated images have arrived." "Would you like to see them?" "Yes, let's." "Then let's go to that booth over there." "Ah, over there." "I'll let you take care of the rest." "Now then..." "Dammit..." "Why the hell is he spreading around data like this?" "Because that is his real purpose." "Isn't that right, Satou-san?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "Before I joined Section 9, I was once with the Rangers." "I've been sent to the South American jungles, too." "Oh." "And what does this have to do with the case?" "Stop pretending you know nothing!" "That went on long after you Americans officially withdrew!" "And now, that nightmare appears before me once again." "Nightmare?" "What is this about?" "It's probably to give the victim the perpetrator's visual data." "You are saying that the victims were made to see their own skins being taken off?" "It seems so." "How cruel..." "It would seem that this should be found at all six crime scenes." "Ishikawa, anything yet?" "They're the CIA, after all; their "wall" was tough, but there were some records left in their Photoplug." "There are quite a few CIA reports about Marco's psychoanalytical profile." "Is there anything more direct?" "Wait, will you?" "...What in the world is this file?" ""The Sunset Plan"?" "The Sunset Plan..." "If you insist that you don't know, I'll tell you." "It was a plan devised by the CIA to demoralize the enemy in the previous great war." "They sent secret operatives deep into enemy territory, and once they were as close as possible to the natives there, they killed women and children in the cruelest ways possible." "The Sunset Plan was a code name for this guerilla warfare tactic." "They called such a thing a "plan"?" "!" "Fools..." "That plan did not exist." "That is our nation's official conclusion." "According to rumors, many who were assigned this task became psychologically disturbed." "Why did such a man come to this city?" "No one knows." "We'll have to see the psychoanalyst's horoscope-like report for that." "I know." "The war has not finished for him." "And, for me as well." "I've heard about it, but to know that it did exist..." "But, if it was supposed to demoralize the enemy, as long as he remains in this country, which is impassive to the death of strangers," "Marco's crimes will not stop." "Major, it seems that Marco had been distributing those murder visuals through the homeless who live in a park near Radio Avenue." "I will now send the seventh file, which we just recently confiscated." "The seventh...?" "!" "There is now another victim..." "Send the file over here, too!" "Please... stop..." "N, no..." "NOOO!" "Dammit, this time it's the victim's visual data." "Bomer, is there a date and time on that original file?" "!" "It was last nigh!" "Determine the victim's address using the private database." "The victim may still be alive!" "I almost feel sorry for her if she's alive." "Skin regeneration technology is very advanced now." "Although it can't be completely restored..." "Are you satisfied now?" "!" "The monster you created is carrying out its mission in an impressive fashion!" "That's why we came here to retrieve it." ""Retrieve"?" "!" "You...!" "Togusa:" "Stop it!" "There's no point in interrogating him now!" "Dammit!" "This time, I'm not letting him escape!" "I'll make sure that he dies!" "This time...?" "I see..." "If you'd taken care of this, we wouldn't have had to come all the way here." "What are you two talking about?" "H, hey." "Where...?" "Where is he hiding?" "!" "Why don't you ask me for some advice?" "I'm guessing that's why I'm accompanying you during your investigation." "And what can YOU tell us?" "!" "Wait!" "What do you mean?" "Isn't there a sewer pipe running underneath here?" "Sewer?" "More like an underground culvert." "An underground drain?" "Batou:" "Yes it's a diverted underground river." "Now that I think about it..." "The drain system also runs underneath the park, where he was passing out data to the homeless." "They go along the river's path..." "He went upstream to carry out his crimes, then came back to the city, downstream, to spread the data." "If so, then he is..." "Right under our feet!" "You, wait right here!" "I'll hand you a body bag later!" "If Marco uses the underground drainage system to move from place to place, it is possible that he also uses it as his lair." "Please have Bomer and Pazu go over there immediately." "We will outflank him and capture him!" "Batou, can I trust you to do only that?" "Batou?" "Wow, it's quite humid in here." "The thermo-optical camouflage's effectiveness is decreased as a result." "Won't our gaskets compress?" "Stop complaining." "At least you don't understand "smell"." "We can analyze using our sensors!" "Maybe it's unpleasant?" "Bomer-kun's "unpleasant" parameters at 60%!" "You talk too much." "What's this?" "He must have hidden them, in case there was an assault from the outside." "This is it." "We found concealed guns." "That's right..." "This is indeed the jungle in which we fought before." "What are you mumbling to yourself about?" "Hey, Batou..." "Wait!" "Togusa, how is Batou?" "He's cut all communications to his cyberbrain." "The man's pretty far gone." "He really intends to kill Marco." "What's wrong?" "The fibreoptic cables that are installed within the pipes appear to be acting as a barrier." "Try diverting the connection to the broadcast station used by the waterworks department." "Roger." "Major." "I found something serious in the communications log with CIA headquarters." "These guys didn't have any intention of 'retrieving' Marco in the first place!" "The CIA has issued orders to eliminate the suspect, and to make it appear to be an accident!" "Isn't that right?" "!" "Of course!" "They knew about Batou's history!" "The CIA had Batou's records as well." "When he was a Ranger, he was at the scene when the Sunset Plan was executed." "A trap?" "You bastards..." "You used us!" "Your intent was to have Batou kill Marco from the beginning!" "I don't understand what you're trying to say." "Your illegal entry into the CIA database is a serious matter in the first place." "Ishikawa, secure him!" "We will make him explain everything later!" "I'm going after Batou!" "Hurry!" "It is not as though we did anything." "This is a war fought by those who haved not yet finished their cruise in the jungle, those poor anachronisms who are out of their element." "Did you seize him?" "Sorry, I lost him." "We weren't counting on you anyway!" "Wait, don't go in there by yourself!" "Batou, where are you?" "!" "Marco!" "Let's end this..." "This is it." "Do it." "Please kill me." "What...?" "That's right." "Use that knife to take my skin off." "Please kill me..." "You..." "Are you saying that you'll be released from your mission by that?" "!" "You idiot!" "Don't shoot!" "Sorry..." "My war was finished long ago." "We only have return trip tickets for two." "Stop kidding around!" "It's too bad Marco's not in a body bag!" "You thought that I'd shoot him?" "I had this cheap notion of justice flash through my mind..." "The idea that I might be able to redeem my past sins..." "Heh, if the past cannot be changed, I'll just take it with me to my grave." "This place is not his jungle." "It is our city." "And..." "I am a police officer." "This time, you saved one life."