""If our gods and our hopes are nothing but scientific phenomena, then it must be said that our love is scientific as well"" "Repo-202 calling air traffic control." "We've arrived over the site." "[The kanji means "Look"]" "Now starting data-relay." "What's the situation?" "52 minutes ago, the suspect killed the owner of an apartment." "That's the first murder site." "Then, the suspect ran away." "The suspect then killed two cops in this unregistered alley, which is the second murder site, and is currently hiding there." "We've sealed all the exits and we're planning on going in in two minutes." "That's a cyborg from Section 9." "Nothing good ever comes from messing with those guys." "Seems like Denkei wants to get involved." "They're asking for a datalink. [Trans." "Note:" "Denkei is short for DENnon KEIsatsu which means "Al police".]" "First the police, then the Denkei..." "Politely ask them to leave." "Help me" "Help me" "So far there have been 8 homicides by gynoids." "In each case, after killing their owners, the robots erased their own brains and destroyed themselves." "The body in question is made by Locus Solus Company." "Type 2050 Hadaly." "It's a beta mass production model for evaluation test." "It seems that it was loaned to the beta testers under contract for free, but now all the machines have been recalled." "According to the latest report submitted to us, there's no problem either in the hardware, nor the software." "You got all that?" "The new gynoids go out of control without any known reason, and attack their owners." "The manufacturer recalled these machines in a panic." "What's left is: the usual lawsuit from the victims' families;" "long civil trials over how much of the responsibility is actually theirs; and how much compensation they might have to fork over." "I think I understood everything, except why Section 9 is getting involved in this." "What does it mean, "to understand"?" "People can't ever know they understand something;" "they can only hope that they understand." "Now there are two reasons for Section 9's intervention:" "First, none of the victims' families have taken any legal action thus far." "They've always opted to settle out of court." "Second, one of the victims is a politician, and one a retired police officer." "As long as there's a possibility that this may be a terrorist act, it's our job to determine whether Section 9 should get involved." "Ishikawa and Azuma are in charge of investigating the victims." "You two investigate the gynoids." "No questions, just go." "I want to tell you, I did not volunteer for this job." "I know that I'm not as good as the Major." "[Trans." "Note:" "This is a reference to Motoko Kusanagi]" "It's not like that." "They've still got her listed as MIA." "All she ever possessed were her brain and her ghost anyway." "Even if she doubted either one ever existed." "Her body and brain just belonged to the government." "Even the classified information in her memory belonged to the government." "All they want is to reclaim her memory, regardless of whether she's dead or not." "So, where shall we start?" "Locus Solus is located to the far north, but let's start our investigation at the precinct, since it's nearby." "[The Kanji says "Police"]" "3014, we have a code 208. 3014, we have a code 208." "Please provide backup for 2033." "It's you..." "About the doll this guy destroyed yesterday..." "Two of our young men got killed, ...don't tell me you're taking over this case." "We're here to decide whether or not Section 9 will take over." "Forensics is on the right side of the end of the 19th floor hallway." "Need me to show you the way?" "No thanks." "It's not like I'm a tourist here." "An unripe fruit attracts no birds They only come when it becomes sweet." "When you were a cop, didn't you also talk back to guys who came out of nowhere and tried to take over the case?" "That's why I lost it." "It was like looking back at a younger me." ""What's the point of blaming the mirror if you don't like what you see." [Trans." "Note:" "He's quoting Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol.]" ""The mirror is not a tool for realizing the truth, but for obscuring it." [Trans." "Note:" "He's quoting Ryokuu Saitou.]" "Both our faces aren't meant for mirrors." "Why do you keep coming back?" "I'm not going to cooperate." "I'll have you detained if you persist." "I am Togusa from Section 9 of the police." "This scary looking man here is" "The guy who blasted this girl with a double-ought buck." "If only you had used a.50 caliber hollow point, we could have recovered the robot easily." "Two of the three victims were police officers." "She tried to commit suicide before getting shot didn't she?" "What was that about a suicide, uh...?" "Halloway." "Miss Halloway, what was that about a suicide?" "The gynoids somehow obtained permission to hurt people." "Therefore, they must end their lives as a result of conflicts with the third law." ""Protect your own existence as long as such protection does not harm humans."" "Technically I think you should call it self destruction." "If you wish to underline the difference between human and machines." "Is the self-destruction phenomena particular to a specific model?" "I can't say that's completely correct." "These last few years, the number of robot related incidents have been rising sharply." "Most noticeably in petbot models." "What's the cause?" "I don't know..." "Viral or micro organism infection in the nervous system, man-made mistakes during production, aging parts..." "It could be many reasons, but..." "But?" "People throw robots away when they don't need them anymore." "They keep buying new products every time a new model comes out." "Some of the scrapped ones become vagrant and they deteriorate without maintenance." "The only thing a robot desires is to not be disposed of." "No way..." "When people think "Humans are different from robots", it is no more profound than thinking "white is not black"." "While this may not be the case for industry robots, the androids and gynoids as petbots, at least, were built free from utilitarianism and pragmatism." "Why are they are human-shaped?" "Why did they need to be made in the image of the ideal human body?" "I wonder why humans devote so much effort into making something similar to themselves." "Have you got any kids?" "One daughter." "Children stray from the human norms." "That is, if you call "human" the thing that has established self and act according to its mind." "What is a child, an initial phase of a human being who lives without any concept of norms?" "Obviously the content of a child is different from that of a human, and yet children are human shaped." "The doll a girl uses to play house with is not a substitute for an actual baby, nor is it a tool for practicing parenting." "The girl is definitely not practicing parenting." "Rather, playing with dolls and parenting might just be similar." "What are you talking about?" "In other words, parenting is a quick method to realize the ancient human dream: to create an android." "Mind you, that's just my opinion." "Kids are... not dolls!" "Descartes didn't distinguish between humans and machines or organic world and inorganic world." "When his daughter died at the age of five, he found a doll that looked just like her." "He named her Francine and doted on her." "There was a story like that." "Why don't we talk about something more concrete?" "What can you tell me about that robot from Locus Solus, the Type 2052 "Hadaly"?" "Well..." "It's a high quality product." "I hear that the body is a mass produced beta version, but it seems to have received a special configuration." "Special configuration?" "It's equipped with some organs that are not necessary for the maid functions." "What do you mean?" "It's a sexdroid." "It's not an option most people want to publicize, but it's not illegal." "No wonder the families settled out of court." "The memory is reformatted when the robot stops functioning." "This is a normal procedure by the manufacturer to protect the technical information of the software." "But..." "But what?" "A file was left in the sound buffer." "Do you want me to play it?" "Help me" "Thanks a lot." "Hey..." "I hesitate to ask such a thing, but..." "I have never given birth to a child, nor raised one and I'm not registered with an ovum bank." "Thank you very much, Miss..." "Halloway." "You don't need to add "Miss" or "Mrs."." "That woman didn't seem like the technical type." "She's the type who would add her opinions in the extra info fields." "I used to do that often too." "That's why you didn't get promoted?" "Anyways we'll get that gynoid's brain at Section 9's lab." "We're not gonna see her again, huh?" "Is she your type?" "To tell you the truth, I happen to like older women." "What's next?" "Let's just stick to the routine." "Starting with the shipment inspector?" "09 calling 907." "We have a 602 at the boathouse in area 201." "Victim is Locus shipment inspector." "Site was secured 2 minutes after the precinct's arrival." "907 roger." "What good timing." ""Spring day." "Taking the carriage back and forth between this world and hereafter." [Trans." "Note:" "He's quoting a Haiku by Sonoko Nakamura.]" "What?" "Just you?" "Koga brought the stiff to the coroner's after "re-encountering" his tuna sandwich dinner." "Wuss..." "That's the situation 22 minutes ago." "You made the new guys clean this up?" "They gotta learn one day." "Let's go over the situation." "We've identified the victim's brain." "Head of inspection of shipment in Locus Corporation." "Jack Walkerson. 54 years old." "He disappeared after applying for a leave five days ago." "He rented this boathouse 3 days ago for one week." "Weapons were kitchen equipment." "We investigated vehicles around the site and there was a parking record for a car whose owner has a criminal record." "We are looking into the possibility of Bouryokudan involvement." "[Trans." "Note:" "Bouryokudan is the Japanese mafia.]" "From a jacket which seems to belong to the victim, we found seven different cards." "We're trying to pull up the records for each one." "Well, well..." "A.38 caliber SW, model 2602." "Seems like he didn't have the chance to use it." "If it's a gun like that, maybe it wouldn't have made much difference." "Looks like a "cyborg with illegally high output"..." "Perhaps a professional impersonating a psycho." "969 calling 906." "We will arrive in 20 seconds." "Hey!" "What are you doing with th" "I'm not messing it up." "Let's leave the rest to forensics." "907 calling 09." "We're leaving the site to 969." "09 roger." "Today is my daughter's birthday." "You got family, huh?" "I'll drive you back." "I'm going in the opposite direction." "Ishikawa?" "Me too." "A daughter's birthday has priority, huh?" "Seems fun here." "It's rare for you to come in person." "I came because parts of the stiff are missing." "I'll leave it up to you then." "Have fun." "Why don't you leave it up to the local precinct?" "The old man is really into this case." "[Trans." "Note:" "Old man = Aramaki, the boss.]" "We found it." "They're in different containers in the fridge." "Heart, liver, kidney and pancreas." "What a meticulous bastard..." "The fresh type by Inumaru Foods, huh?" "If you dry it, it'll last for at least half a year." "You call this food?" "I hear you're teaming up with Togusa." "I think it's better than teaming up with a rookie, fresh out of training." "He's good for a former cop." "It's not like I have any complaints about him." "Well, only the Major could compare to you." "Hey," " Ishikawa, you talk too much these days." "See ya." "Batou." "What?" "Just dry it." "It's a wise choice, considering the nutrition balance." "The cause of death is the rupture of cervical vertebrae." "The kitchen equipment was not the murder weapon, but the suspect used it to dissect the body." "You mean the suspect deliberately cut him up after killing him?" "Seems like it." "The organs stored in the fridge are confirmed to be the victim's." "There are early symptoms of gastritis and cirrhosis." "He seems to have been an alcoholic." "What's the reason the suspect took apart the body?" "Could be a sadistic killer, or someone trying to impersonate one." "He was emphasizing the intent to punish or extract revenge." "In that case, it's highly unlikely that the suspect is a professional impersonating a sadistic killer." "What about the twisted doorknob?" "According to the analysis, the suspect probably has an artificial limb similar to the NR26 model made in China." "AKA "Crab Pincers"." "That's military grade, isn't it?" "You can find inferior copies on the black market." "It matched with the lacerations on the neck, by the way." "What about the owner of the vehicle with the police record?" "It was hard to investigate, 'cause it seems that the owner had it modified at several different shops, so" "Just give us the bottom line." "After cross-referencing with the nearby parking record, the vehicle in question is owned by "Koujinkai"." "[Trans." "Note:" "Koujinkai is a kind of Bouryokudan.]" "Bullet proof..." "Chassis and rear dampener were reinforced..." "It was seen at the scene of the crime several times earlier." "This model is popular among cyborgs." "In other words, among thugs with illegal output ratings." "Maybe Yakuza's revenge?" "The question is the motive." "What do we know about this "Koujinkai"?" "They're an longstanding faction of the Japanese Bouryokudan." "They deal in drugs, prostitution, gambling, slave trafficking, real estate extortion,"