"Angels and demons circle above me, through the thorns to the stars." "Only those unable to perceive its call do not know happiness." "Watch in awe, watch in awe." "Aeria gloris, aeria gloris." "Watch in awe, watch in awe." "Aeria gloris, aeria gloris." "I am calling, calling now, spirits rise and falling." "To remain myself longer." "Calling, calling, in the depths of longing." "To remain myself longer." "Watch in awe, aeria gloris." "Marcelo Jarti, leader of the Jenoma democratic revolution  as well as military adviser to the current administration, ... was assassinated when he was fired upon in Panan City today." "The incident took place early this morning when the hotel  he and his advisory group were visiting came under attack." "Judging from the scale of the ensuing gun battle," "Mr. Jarti is almost certain to have perished." "Leader of the democratic revolution." "Legendary hero." "He and the current Chairman were the central figures of the revolution, commanding the guerilla war and leading it to victory." "But after the revolution, he showed no interest whatsoever in politics, and backed the State Council Chairman from behind the scenes, remaining true to his principles, staying a mere soldier." "And they say that he still commands revolutions in neighboring countries." "The SAS and Delta Force have been behind five assassination plots against him, but he's miraculously survived each time." "Nobody in his country doubts that he's their "lmmortal Hero."" "He's coming out of the plane." "It's him." "Inspector, begin scan." "His walking pattern indicates that both legs are artificial below the knees." "Similarly, the unconscious behavior of stroking his prosthetic right arm is a clear symptom of Phantom Limb Syndrome, and is a distinctive external sign of the presence of a Ghost." "Based on those and other behavior patterns matched against European Police databanks," "I conclude that this person is Marcelo Jarti." "Hard to believe that the legendary hero's been entering the country so often." "Togusa, I'll start tailing Marcelo." "Take over in 13 minutes." "Roger." "Idolatry" "In response to recent reports  of the assassination of Jenoma People's Army adviser Marcelo Jarti, the government has made an official announcement that he is alive." "According to the official press release, Mr. Jarti's right arm was wounded, but..." "He's suckering everybody with lookalikes." "That makes six failed attempts." "This just means that all the targets were lookalikes, doesn't it?" "What proof do we have that the guy you've been tailing is the real deal, Major?" "There isn't any." "All we have is probabilities." "But don't our profiler's calculations say he's for real?" "That's a question of probabilities, too." "Man, what a pain." "We should just do a Ghost Hack and find out for sure." "Togusa's trailing the taxi Marcelo took from the airport." "He should be checking in any time now." "First, ascertain where he's hiding out." "Then put him under 24-hour surveillance." "In the past five years, Marcelo has come to Japan 12 times at periods of roughly once every five months." "I'm told that the authorities have been aware of this, but Foreign Affairs Section 1 has been unable to ascertain his activities in-country." " So they brought us in?" " Right." "They want us to find out why Marcelo has entered the country so often." "He's a South American drug lord, isn't he?" "Something to do with that, maybe?" "It's hard to believe that Marcelo himself would take such risks for a mere drug deal." "The fact is, cyber-drug sessions are popular in Japan." "Marcelo deals in natural drugs, so he wouldn't have much of a market here." "If he's the real deal, this is a great opportunity!" "Let's take him out!" "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is involved in this one, so this time we have to be quiet and just let him go." "Major, I've pinpointed Marcelo's hideout." "Where?" "It's the Newport Hotel." "He changed cars six times getting here." "Paz!" "Borma!" "Head over to the Newport Hotel." "Togusa, you stay put." "Borma." "Any activity?" "Not so far." "Just to be safe, I checked the hotel's registry, but there're no guests here that sound like Marcelo." "He got off the elevator on the 33rd floor." "There's a VIProom there..." "Welcome, sir." "Batou, you ready?" "Yes, ma'am." "Just give the word." "C'mon, you like heights, don't you?" "Oh, sure..." "I just love 'em." "There he is." "It's Marcelo." "Looks like he has company." "Hm?" "I hear a cart..." "A maid robot is coming." "Perfect." "I'll borrow her eyes and take a look." "Won't they back-hack you?" "I'm not that sloppy." "Room service." "Marcelo..." "Comparing with Marcelo Jarti's data..." "He's a match." "Ishikawa, I need an ID on the guy who's with Marcelo." "Already on it." "Got it." "Kanekichi Gondo." "One of the underbosses of the Korinkai mob's Niihama branch." "It's not going too far to say that he's practically the key figure of the Korinkai." "They control most of the cyber-drug market in Japan." "They've got their claws in this hotel, too." "Police." "Gondo's in there, right?" "We'd like to have a little chat with him." "Open the door." "We don't talk to cops." "Get lost!" "Did I say you could touch me, punk?" "!" "Chief, what..." "Hold on." "I'm looking into it." "Who the hell are you?" "Major!" "The men at the hotel are narc squad detectives with the prefectural police who've staked out the hotel disguised as guests." "They're after Gondo, the Korinkai underboss, not Marcelo." "It'll be nothing but trouble if they catch Marcelo." "Let him get away!" "This could get messy." "I'll take care of it." "Roger!" "Batou, I'm going down!" "Shit!" "We don't have much choice..." "We'll head for the usual place!" "You two!" "Stay here and keep the cops busy!" "Bang!" "This got out of hand..." "It's all over..." "The c-cops are onto me...!" "I..." "I'm ruined...!" "This is Togusa." "I'm currently tailing Marcelo." "Roger." "Borma and Paz are following you." "Trade off in 8 minutes." "Chief, can you find out how many Korinkai facilities there are in the area?" "Also, run a check for past visual records of Marcelo  on the outskirts of the Metropolitan expressway while he was in-country." "All right, call up surveillance camera data on Marcelo over the past five years." "Facilities and properties owned by the Korinkai, too." "Sorry, Major." "He ditched me." "Borma!" "We just spotted him." "Got it." "In the past five years, Marcelo Jarti has been frequently recorded at a service area on the expressway heading towards the mountains in the Niihama suburbs." "We can also pinpoint several Korinkai facilities by overlaying records of Marcelo's activities." "I'm sending you the data." "A jumbo warehouse, huh?" "I pulled some weird data from that warehouse." "There were several days with major spikes in power consumption coinciding with the periods that Marcelo was in-country." "Power consumption?" "Borma here." "Marcelo just ditched his car and got onto the surface street on foot." "I'll switch to a Tachikoma to tail him." "That's it." "This is the video feed from the Tachikoma." "Bingo." "Marcelo and Gondo are in there." "Not much security to speak of, either..." "Togusa here." "I'm at the rear of the warehouse." "Okay, once Ishikawa takes control of the facility's comm lines, we'll seize Marcelo for the time being." "Let's move!" "I'm done for..." "Hey." "I need you to go beddy-bye for a while." "Major, do you read me?" "Found him." "It's Marcelo." "Major, do you read me?" "Found him." "It's Marcelo." "Is this thing's radio shielding what's causing the comm static?" "Togusa!" "Where are you?" "Is that him?" "Togusa, do you read me?" "On my signal, we'll both rush him." "Roger." "Batou, Marcelo's in the plant." "Get over here as soon as you can." "Huh?" "Say again?" "You're breaking up, Major!" "No good, huh...?" "Togusa!" "Move in!" "Roger!" "Freeze!" "Major!" "Where are you?" "Togusa, what's going on?" "There are two Marcelos!" "Huh?" "What're you talking about, Major?" "I've had Marcelo in custody for a while now." "Just a minute!" "What's going on here?" "I have Marcelo." "Ghost Dubbing equipment...?" "His walking pattern indicates that both legs are artificial below the knees." "Similarly, the unconscious behavior of stroking his prosthetic right arm  is a clear sign of Phantom Limb Syndrome, and is a distinctive external sign of the presence of a Ghost." "Based on those and other behavior patterns matched against European Police databanks," "I conclude that this person is Marcelo Jarti." "Says he's the real thing." "Really." "The Chief said not to tell any authorities about this, but is that a good idea?" "We're talking worldwide scandal here." "And do what?" "Say that the real Marcelo died a long time ago?" "What surprises me is that the guy made it through three dubs before he died." "Talk about your South American stud!" "The Korinkai must've been afraid of possible retaliation when Marcelo died on them." "They somehow managed to keep dubbing him without anyone over there noticing." "They succeeded in mass-producing lookalikes, all right, but then they had to synchronize all their memories." "Right." "To make everyone think the original was still alive, there couldn't be any individual differences." "Which explains the sightseeing trips." "But what I don't understand is why they had to take risks like that." "Because he's a hero, you know?" "But what'll happen to all those citizens who believe in him when they find out their hero is a puppet?" "I'll take a puppet that keeps playing on people's dreams over a hero that doesn't live up to the name any day of the week." "Tachikoma..." "Tachikomatic Days!" "My brothers!" "What is a Tachikoma's speciality?" "!" "Speciality, huh?" "Extreme maneuverability, maybe?" "No, no..." "Being a Tachikoma is all about the wire action!" "I have to admit, we don't use it very often." "Or more to the point, we don't know how to use it very well." "Too true, too true!" "So I will show you how to use it!" "Pay close attention, now!" " I'm outta here." " Good idea." "Hey!" "Get me down from here!" "He's scared of heights." "Somebody!"