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I'm a soldier, znatchit ya... I'm a soldier, and that means...

...i otvetchik i sud'ya ...that I am both defendant and judge.

Ya stoyu na dvuh kontsah ognya I stand at both ends of the fire.

Ogibaya virazhi, Leaning into the curves,

obgonyaya smert' i zhizn', overtaking life and death,

ya begu srazit'sya s ten'yu lzhi I'm running to fight the shadow of lies.

Skol'ko b nitej ne plyol obman, No matter how tangled the web of deception is woven,

pokazhet lik sveta istina... truth will always illuminate the outline of the light...

Save your tears for the day...

...when the pain is far behind.

On your feet, come with me.

We are soldiers, stand or die.

Save your fears, take your place.

Save them for the Judgment Day.

Fast and free, follow me.

Time to make the sacrifice.

We rise or fall...

In the end, regardless of whatever the truth might be,

it's also true that we were looking for an opportunity to make amends.

To the countries of Asia, I mean.

That may be especially true for those who had received...

...a postwar education in the last century.

By fighting the 2nd Vietnam War on all fronts even while being bystanders...

...in the war between Asia and Europe.

And through the numbers in this relief fund.

I'm fine.

Just think of it as taxes.

I'm no match for you, Chairman.

W-Who are...

D-Don't do it, Gino!

S-Spare me!

P-Please, I beg you!

Gino!

Gino?

Hey!

Gino, is something the matter? The flight's getting a little choppy.

I'm sorry about that, Chairman.

Hey, how about grabbing some oysters at that place I was telling you about?

They're top-notch.

Sure, but not today.

Oh, because of your main job? You must be raking it in.

I feel sorry for him.

Cyborgs with artificial organs have no need for food.

To say nothing of the fact that with his sense organs now digital,

the act of eating delicious food is now nothing more than nostalgia.

What's up, is Public Security on your case again?

No...

Refugee Relief Fund Automatic Deposit Form

You talking about Nakamatsu?

Yeah, yeah!

I heard he got dumped again!

Cyborg-use food products...

If you think about it, they're victims, too.

They were called up to serve in Non-nuclear World War IV, the so-called 2nd Vietnam War,

and according to campaign regulations, were provided with...

...high-performance cyberbrains and partial prosthetic bodies.

It's often said that war is a trade fair for multinational corporations.

A proving ground where cyberization and prosthetic work advanced by leaps and bounds.

That's what the last war was really about.

Without even realizing that they were guinea pigs,

they lost their bodies, their families, even their homelands...

...as they cling to their meager benefits and jobs that are handed out to them.

They even seem at first glance to be happy.

They don't even know that it's a false pleasure caused by a virtual personality...

...composed of a cyberbrain and prosthetic body.

The Metro PD's Joint Investigation Headquarters has announced that they...

...have received a claim of responsibility for the series of bombings in the refugee district...

...from a particularist terrorist organization.

Claim of Responsibility for Refugee District Bombings

According to their statement, the group seeks the deportation of refugees of Asian descent,

...and characterize the crimes as acts of revenge for what they see as a financial collapse...

...brought about by riots by Asian refugees and refugee aid policies.

It's a bluff.

All the mass media does is swallow everything the authorities say.

They know it's a bluff, and they manipulate the information and boost their profits.

That's how they do things.

If you want to know what the media wants and what they're trying to do,

...just take a peek at what they do at night.

Having lost the ability to view their acts of debauchery objectively,

they do nothing but continuously mock the foolish masses.

This is made abundantly clear in how Katakura, chairman of the Big Three networks,

finds fault with people who always eat at upscale restaurants.

It goes without saying that they include the party representative class,

but also the chief executives of the multinational corporations who control the patents...

...on the cyberbrains and prosthetic bodies of the high officials in every ministry and agency.

Katakura has never had the guts to report the truth.

All he has is the desire to keep on maintaining his personal empire.

Government Office Building on Fire

Sneak

Attack

on

Government

Office

Building

Live From the Scene

Here at the scene of the attack, black smoke is rising,

showing that this attack on a government building by Asian refugees...

...who are opposed to the government's refugee policies was a large-scale one.

They're sloppy...

You can't end anything with stuff like this.

And you can't start anything, either.

Reset the world...

The real enemy is the mass media.

They work hand in hand with the government, pretending in a loud voice to be righteous.

But they don't know.

They don't know that there is someone here who knows everything.

That he knows the truth,

and has an unwavering will to try to live up to that truth.

His execution must be carried out soon.

That is the mission given to someone who knows the truth...

...and is not afraid to die in its pursuit.

- Hey, buddy, why not come in? - A great Jewish writer said this at the turn of the last century.

"Life without truth is not possible."

"Truth is perhaps life itself."

And here is where that true "life" exists.

Her beauty is an undeniable truth.

A beauty that doesn't hide the fact that she is a living creature.

A purity that accepts pleasure for its own sake,

...and possesses nothing except that which is necessary for survival.

A body that a single glance tells you is a full prosthetic.

A perfect physical form that can't be distinguished...

...from a being that is specialized for pleasure.

This is true beauty.

She is the only one that I can be certain is human.

I see something in her, as if she is stubbornly trying to protect her humanity, just as I am.

Everything else pales before her spirit.

Even if you obtained her though the power of money,

you could never possess her will, her beauty, and her truth.

Why?

No one can tarnish the truth.

Even if they bring the full might of their authority to bear...

...and try to toy with our emotions,

there is one person who knows the truth.

And that's me. There's no one else.

Tomorrow's the day.

Tomorrow, the world will have its eyes opened to the truth.

Tomorrow is finally the day.

Look, if you're gonna take a day off, you gotta tell me!

I don't care if this is your main job or if it's a moonlighting gig for you,

but you oughta be grateful that you got assigned...

...a first-class job as Chairman Katakura's personal pilot.

I'll admit that you're a great pilot. You were a hero back in the war.

But you gotta understand that there aren't any jobs...

...for wounded combat cyborgs like you guys!

What's your problem?

In the old days, you weren't like this.

In the old days, you had the courage to never avert your eyes from the truth.

The old you would never leave a man like Katakura at large!

T-The times have changed.

You do what you gotta do to get by!

Have you forgotten why I left the military and came here with you?

Hey, are you listening?

Sir?

Are you okay, kid? What were you mumbling about?

Nothing, sir. Sorry about that.

I'll let you deal with that.

Yeah, they're gonna...

Something the matter?

No, sir.

I'm sorry about yesterday. I took the day off without asking.

Yesterday?

I'm sorry if I inconvenienced you.

Oh...You did?

It's me. Sorry. No, it was nothing. So anyway...

Damn it! Damn it!

He needs my abilities, but the bastard pretends he forgot!

That sadistic bastard!

I try to show him a little courtesy, and he walks all over me!

One twist of the controls, and I could...

My conscience is completely clear.

I don't begrudge laying down my life for the sake of the pathetic masses.

But even if I tried to exterminate Katakura from this world,

it's possible that it would be covered up by their networks.

If that happens, the world will never know the truth.

To make sure that doesn't happen, I need to tell the truth to someone else.

My old lady won't talk to me anymore.

That's too bad. You gotta treat her real nice to soften her up!

Hey, what's up?

How about going out for a drink?

How about that place with the oysters you were telling me about?

This sure is unusual. Something happen?

No...The thing is, it looks like I'm going to have to quit here because of my main job soon.

So I thought we...

Oh, you're moving up in the world, huh? I'm jealous, man.

No, it's not like that.

Well, if that's the reason, I definitely wanna head out for a drink with you.

Today's no good for me, though.

That's okay. It's no trouble.

Hang in there.

I was rounded up to fight for a reason far removed from survival.

It was simply to keep certain parties in power.

No one can understand the magnitude of what I lost there.

Can I help you with something?

I-I want to buy her with this.

It ain't enough.

That chicken feed ain't nowhere near enough.

It ain't just you.

You aren't the only one who lost something precious during the war.

Okay, all finished.

Huh? But we haven't even done anything yet!

Going any further will cost you extra.

And besides...

What? But I even paid up front as part of my membership fee!

Hey, Boss!

P-Please, forgive me!

If you take that, my wife and kids...

M-My wife and kids will starve!

Bang!

Hello, this is the Refugee Aid Fund.

I'm sorry to bother you. I donated to your fund drive, and I...

Thank you for your support.

Um, something's come up, and I was wondering if I could halt the deduction from my account.

Um, hello?

I'm sorry, I was unable to understand your request.

Hello? I want to stop the withdrawal! I want to cancel my registration!

In that case, I will walk you through the application process from the beginning.

For questions regarding the fund, please press 1.

For other questions, please press 2.

That was their first easy win in a long time!

Oh, you mean the all-star game?

That cross from the right was awesome!

It sent chills up my spine!

Why do they want to eat? It's not like they need to...

That was some nice heading!

Why do they want to eat?! It's not like they need to!

Their defense didn't have any heart.

Why?! Why?! Why?!

Why do they want to eat?!

This isn't instinct! This isn't truth!

I was surprised, I gotta tell ya.

Yeah...

I can't believe he got picked up by Public Security.

That's for sure.

Do you think he knew? That he was Asian, I mean.

Who?

Gino. They were fairly close, right?

Oh, him.

Nah, that bozo never would've suspected!

I guess you're right.

Yeah, yeah!

The perpetrator of the government office building attack by an Asian refugee has been arrested.

Suspect

Youichi Misawa (43)

Yoichi Misawa. A.K.A. Yang Minte.

He is now coming out, with officers on either arm.

In response to this arrest, unprecedented press conferences have already been called...

...by three Asian refugee aid associations,

as well as the Society Seeking the Guarantee of Human Rights for Asian Refugees.

They claim that there are extenuating circumstances for his actions, as they...

...speak out for the discrimination endured by Asian and Japanese refugees on a daily basis.

They have announced that they will call for a reduction in sentence.

Give this person a lift home.

What's wrong?

What did he... What did Katakura do to you?

It's my job.

I've...been looking for you.

I've been looking these past few days.

No, since long before I was born.

Me, too.

I won't let you suffer anymore.

Let's just keep flying and go far away.

A country with just us two, where no one can bother us.

But there's something that I have to do before then.

What are you planning on doing?

I have to set the truth free.

Will you take me with you?

You've done enough fighting.

Major, I just got word from Ishikawa.

He says there's nothing that links this guy to the series of terrorist incidents.

His military record says that the loss of his lower body was unrelated to combat operations, too.

Apparently, he came down with a nasty STD while he was deployed.

Hey, Major? You listening?

I read you. The assassination plan he came up with is pure fantasy.

So, what are you gonna do with him?

Don't worry about it.

He's just one of the countless number of people...

...who harbor faint hopes and frustrations towards reality.

He'll never carry out his plan.

Um, w-where can I take you?

He's a member of the proletariat who is pitifully unaware of reality...

Finding out a galaxy...

...of planets and stars within me...

Listening to each of them...

...singing the same silent melody...

I've never seen such beauty...

In possibility...

No speck of doubt or fear...

Wake up!

I hear a voice,

hear a voice calling out to me...

I see inside,

see the light now ever holding me...

All the truth, all I need...

...to make of this reality, it's inside...

The beauty within the shell...

I hear a voice,

hear a voice calling out to me...

I see inside,

see the light now ever holding me...

All the truth, all I need...

...to make of this reality, it's inside...

Right here within the shell...