00:01E-E-E
00:30I don't know.
01:02Hey, V. Come on in. Pizza's getting cold.
01:11We're in the kitchen.
01:15You made it. Good. Grab a seat.
01:19This is Roxanne. She's worked at Clouds longer than any of us.
01:23Hello.
01:30Huh. Yeah, respect. The feed in itself from what I've seen of the place.
01:35Just been lucky, I guess.
01:39Just eat the free pizza and then we're out of here, okay?
01:44How are you?
01:47Okay, I guess, but, you know, sad as hell.
01:55Were you and Evelyn close?
01:58Yeah. Blew up in her face when she showed up back at Clouds.
02:01She was supposed to be long gone, the one who got away.
02:06But deep in my heart, I was glad to see her back.
02:11Feel like such a gonk now.
02:19You'll never get rid of the stench of the corpse.
02:22You drop a lot of them, don't you?
02:24What's your secret?
02:27Suddenly comes naturally to you, doesn't it?
02:29Yeah. Odd.
02:31Given how much work I gotta put into it.
02:34By the way, Forrest didn't show up for work today.
02:38Or yesterday.
02:41No shit, I wonder why.
02:45He's not coming back.
02:48Doubt I need to explain why to you.
02:50Me?
02:50I've got no idea why.
02:52Remember that.
02:54Done saying hello to each other?
02:56Revolution won't plan itself.
03:01I modified the behavioral chip.
03:03It can equip any doll with a motor reflex system.
03:07In other words, make the doll move and fight like a preem-tier solo.
03:12Fascinating, isn't it?
03:14What one can learn while tuning fake orgasms for the moxes.
03:17Mind stepping outside?
03:19Can't smoke in here.
03:21You'll air it out later.
03:26Fine. I'll sit by the window.
03:31The body will react as if executing a well-trained series of movements.
03:36Already tested it out on Tom.
03:38Chip's impulses supplant any natural reflexes,
03:41so it'll make users feel like they're experiencing cyberpsychosis.
03:46But it's basically the same as when we activate ourselves for a client.
03:53Solo skills don't lie in just executing movements.
03:57There's split-second processes that happen.
04:00Logistics.
04:01Decision-making.
04:02Result of years of practice.
04:05I doubt your chip's capable of compensating for that.
04:07You're probably right.
04:09But I don't see another way.
04:11Alternative's intensive training, but we don't have time for that.
04:15Tech that's all pros and no cons, I don't buy it.
04:19Side effects.
04:20Spill them.
04:21Combat mode auto-initiates when a threat is present.
04:24And, uh, there's no way to stop it.
04:27Can't find a workaround.
04:29And that's it?
04:31I don't know.
04:31Only way to determine that'd be through months of testing on a range of subjects.
04:36There's an ethical side, too.
04:38You could murder someone and not remember a thing.
04:43How'd you ever come up with this?
04:46Learned how the behavioral chip works at Clouds.
04:48Always seemed like they must be pretty easy to modify.
04:51I'm surprised I didn't get the idea the moment we walked into Myko's office.
04:55Count yourself lucky.
04:57What with all the cams and mics and Clouds?
05:00Tiger Claws would sooner dig those chips out of the dolls with screwdrivers than let an idea like this run
05:04its course.
05:06All right.
05:08Gotta see it to believe it.
05:10Finally.
05:10Someone said it.
05:12Tom?
05:15We've just received word on a breaking story...
05:18Pulled that sequence from a kung fu training virtue.
05:22The aircraft's clusters were deactivated by sudden EMP discharge from the nearby damaged power station in the next Domingo.
05:30We can't do it.
05:32We can't do it.
05:33We can't do it.
05:33We can't do it.
05:33We can't do it.
05:34We can't do it.
05:35We can't do it.
05:37Got to admit, not bad.
05:40Yeah, for the market swearing Kabuki.
05:42Before we start talking serious biz, gonna need to see serious action.
05:48You just saw him.
05:50I saw a bar trick.
05:52I want to see a fight.
05:54Got an expert in causing bodily harm among us.
05:57I want to see how Tommy handles him.
06:01V?
06:05Just don't mess up my digs, okay?
06:07I like it here.
06:09It's on now.
06:13What the?
06:18Everything chill?
06:19You okay?
06:19Look at me go.
06:22You see that?
06:25Woo!
06:26Gotta do some cardio.
06:28Outdid yourself.
06:29If you were to sell that, you'd be the richest duty in the NUSA.
06:35Please.
06:36Plenty of killing machines in the world.
06:38I don't want to turn more people into them.
06:40After this, Chips are getting micro-nuked.
06:47V?
06:48You got something to say?
06:49Just say it.
06:51Who, me?
06:52This is my impressed face.
06:59V?
07:01Happy now.
07:03I'm rarely happy.
07:04But that was proof enough.
07:09Let's get to it, then.
07:11You've got an elite force of three muscle heads and a techie.
07:14What now?
07:17Guards and tiger claws in and around will overpower.
07:21Take down.
07:22Disarm.
07:22Escort them out.
07:24Clouds will be ours.
07:26You guys recording?
07:28Bosses, we'll give an ultimatum.
07:29A cut of the proceeds in exchange for never showing their faces at the club again.
07:34And having no say in how the club's managed.
07:37That's what I thought.
07:39A half-baked insane plan.
07:41You can't see more than an inch ahead of you.
07:44Taking out the security there won't solve anything.
07:47Claws will just send more.
07:49Hiromi Sato is the man you gotta get to.
07:54Hiromi Sato.
07:55Who's that?
07:57Cloud's real boss.
07:59He rarely shows, but you can't so much as sneeze without him finding out.
08:03Claws trust him, respect his opinion.
08:05He is one of them.
08:07We can try to convince him, but it's doubtful.
08:10We stand a better chance by injecting him with a dose of fear.
08:15Where do we find this Hiromi?
08:17At his apartment.
08:19H-8 Megatower.
08:20Topmost floor.
08:22It's a penthouse.
08:23Almost never steps outside its glass walls.
08:26But I'll figure out a way to get us inside.
08:57It's just my work.
08:58You're seriously considering this.
09:01Rather than not have to flatline anyone.
09:04What he said.
09:05Hope is it won't be necessary.
09:09Overpower Hiromi.
09:10Humiliate him.
09:11Should be enough.
09:13Bosses will put him out of the game.
09:17Count me in, Judy.
09:19I already said I'd help, didn't I?
09:21Thanks, V.
09:23Save the gratitude for later, please.
09:26I'll set up the meet with Hiromi and let you know.
09:28I need a couple days.
09:30Have fun.
09:32Toodaloo.
09:33Michael, hold up.
09:34Give us a lift.
09:36Only if you don't talk to me.
09:38I feel a migraine coming on.
09:42Shit.
09:44I'm scared, V.
09:45Speaking of gratitude,
09:48stuff I'm asking you to do
09:50will usually come to the price tag, I know.
09:54You want to help, I get that.
09:56But I'm more than happy to pay your fee in full.
09:59Feels like it's only right.
10:01Judy?
10:02For real?
10:03No.
10:04Don't want to hear it.
10:06V.
10:06Ep, ep, ep.
10:07Not a word.
10:11Ugh.
10:12Ugh.
10:13Ugh.
10:14V, everything okay?
10:19V, you...
10:21Ugh.
10:23Okay.
10:25Okay.
10:26I'm better.
10:27Fine.
10:29What the hell, V?
10:30You, like, sick?
10:37It's past.
10:38Forget about it.
10:40It's late.
10:41You're tired.
10:42You can crash on my couch if you want.
10:48Sounds great.
10:49Thanks.
10:52Don't worry about it.
10:54Make yourself at home.
11:03wheelchampo deatrol,
11:03Oh...
11:06Oh.
11:12Oh!
11:16Oh.
11:18Oh.
11:20Oh.
11:22Oh.
11:23Oh.
11:23Oh.
11:32Hang on, gotta go.
11:37Now we can talk. Go ahead.
11:41The information from Okada-san. Very valuable.
11:44I also learned something through my own efforts.
11:48We must meet.
11:50Where'll it be this time?
11:51Trash processing plant? Deserted end-cart station?
11:55In the south of Japantown, there is a street market.
11:59It is on a footbridge above the main street.
12:03Use the elevators. It is easy to get lost.
12:06I am on my way there. Do not make me wait.
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