All language subtitles for GITS SAC S2.13

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...

Hear me,
nameless masses!

We are the
Individual Eleven,

...individuals who gather together
independently and reform the world!

This country is fast approaching
the end of its life cycle as a system!

Suicide bombings
by refugees!

An untrustworthy government!
Friction with countries all over the world!

It is individuals who come together
to form a complex...

...that will save this country from
the dire straits it now finds itself in!

Awaken, nameless masses!

Awaken, and become part
of the system!

Recognize these foolish acts of the
refugees as a declaration of war,

Hey! Is the 7 o'clock news getting
the audio of this? They are?

and lead them to
their freedom!

Good, we'll get you
the video!

The deeds we have carried out were
merely a taste of what is to come!

Sugi! Look at that!

And today, we have come here
to carry out one final act!

Take up our cause!

- Wait!
- No more talk!

Their heads! They just chopped off
each other's heads!

One by one, they...
They're killing each other!

What an unbelievable sight!

These men who have appeared
on the roof...

Stop the playback.

That was the footage taken
of the Individual Eleven...

...that suddenly appeared on last night's
7 o'clock NHTV news broadcast.

They finally surface, and then
they up and kill themselves?

Their actions are awfully reminiscent
of the profile we worked up...

...based on the info I got from
Gohda's virtual persona.

The creation of mediators who will
trigger a Stand Alone Complex.

"The birth of a hero is completed
upon his death..."

I guess their actions followed
Patrick Sylvestre's writings...

...on the Cuban revolution
to the letter.

And he was thorough enough to fabricate a
phantom essay entitled "The Individual Eleven."

That skillfully camouflaged
the fact that it's a virus.

I bet that there are lots of people all over the
country besides the reporter I went to see...

...who tried to commit suicide
under suspicious circumstances.

I guess I had a
close call, too.

It's clear that all those who were
infected by the virus...

...were programmed to kill
themselves in the end.

Refugees are already taking action
with these suicide bombings.

It's unclear how many copycats will turn up
as a result of this suicide broadcast,

but the majority of the populace, who had
been unaware of the refugee problem,

...are now acutely aware of the existence
of this powder keg issue.

I suppose we're going to need a vaccine
to prevent another outbreak...

...of people who have
manifested symptoms.

It's likely that Gohda's plan has
only reached the end of phase one.

And while the reaction of the populace and
the copycats to this broadcast concerns me,

there is no longer anything that we
here at Section 9 can do about it,

not with
our numbers.

Which is why we will focus our efforts
on the Cabinet Intelligence Service.

And to do that, I guess we'll have
to take this man into custody.

Exactly.

But who the hell is he? Why was he
the only guy who didn't off himself?

It will be impossible to determine
that with any certainty...

...without analyzing the
man's cyberbrain.

We in the crime lab refer to people like this,
those who behave entirely differently...

...even though infected with the same virus,
as "spontaneous mutations."

So, have you been able to glean any new
information on our mutant from this footage?

Of course. First of all,
take a look at this.

This bothered me when I saw it in the footage
from the attack on the Prime Minister, too,

but this man doesn't move
his mouth when he speaks.

- Right here.
- You will be eliminated!

At the time, I had believed that he had
cut the connection to his neural net...

...in order to boost his prosthetic
body's performance.

But after seeing the same phenomenon
in this latest incident,

I've come to a rather
different conclusion.

- Wait!
- No more talk!

It seems likely that he is hardly using
any of the micromachines...

...that comprise his facial
muscles' neural net.

You're saying that his mouth
never moves?

No, it moves, all right.
It's just that he is barely able to move it.

And that's supposed to help us
track this guy down?

Don't be so impatient. I also want you
to take a close look at his face.

He has a rather handsome face,
wouldn't you say?

What the hell does that
have to do with anything?

You people are
so impatient...

Just listen.
What I'm trying to say is,

why would he have such a human-looking face,
but not have the muscles for facial expression?

His face was made by
a skilled face sculptor?

I knew you'd catch on,
Major.

This face was probably created
by a first-class face sculptor.

My impression is that its creator was an artist,
someone unaffiliated with a large company.

In which case, there are only two
such artists in the entire country.

I had no idea that face sculptors
were such a rare breed.

They say that Japanese people
are skilled artists,

but true-to-life artwork has
never been their strong suit.

There might be some Japanese artists who
can make generic ones, but there definitely...

...aren't many who have the artistic
talent to create one-off faces.

I guess that
makes sense.

Hey!

Section 9!
What happened here?

Looks like
a murder, sir.

Major, we just got here, and things
are getting hinky already.

What's up?

It's possible that our target's
been eliminated.

He beat you
to the artist?

I don't know, but the prefectural cops have
the studio cordoned off as a murder scene.

I'll send over Paz and Saito. Don't let
the local cops disturb the crime scene.

I'll try, but it might be
too late.

We're Section 9! Would all you guys
mind taking a hike for a minute?

Why's Section 9 poking their noses
into a cut and dried murder case?

Is the victim the
face sculptor?

That's right.

He was a material witness
in a case we're working.

Gee, I'm sorry
to hear that.

But we'll have this case
wrapped up in no time.

We'll send you our files once we catch the perp,
so be good boys and go on home.

What's that supposed
to mean?

Take a look.

You don't have to work in a crime lab to tell
that you can get prints off that handle.

Plus, the victim and our perp
knew each other.

They were having a drink together
up until the murder.

And to top it all off, that security camera
picked up the killer's face, plain as day.

I don't think that I need to connect
the dots for you guys.

Let us take a look at
that footage, then.

No can do.

Say what? Look, we can strip you
of your authority here if we have to.

That strong-arm crap doesn't scare me.
This is our case.

You little bastard...

C'mon, Batou...

Hey, can't we all
get along?

That's the guy
who was...

Who are you?

That's Paz, all right.
No two ways about it.

What about the fingerprints
on the evidence?

They say they're
a match.

Same with the lip prints
on the glass.

The cops were itching to arrest him,
so it wasn't easy to get them to back off.

The prefectural police have to realize that
this footage isn't conclusive proof,

but with those fingerprints and lip prints,
it makes things more complicated.

Yeah, but you can fabricate
either one of those, right?

Sure, if you also steal the DNA data that's
recorded in the person's prosthetic body.

If that guy with the prosthetic body is
the killer, would he go to all this trouble?

I find that hard
to believe.

It's possible that this is something
totally unrelated.

Paz, can you think
of any likely suspects?

Not at the moment.

Okay, Ishikawa and Borma,
go over the data we retrieved...

...and see if there are any records
of our prosthetic man in them.

Batou, Saito, and Togusa, coordinate
with the prefectural cops...

...and work the face sculptor
murder angle.

Paz, you're staying put
until you're cleared.

Report any and all information you can
think of that might relate to the case.

There has to be
some reason behind this.

Roger that.

So tell me the truth.
You really know something, don't you?

No. Nothing.

If it's something you can't talk to the
Major about, you can talk to me.

If you remember anything,
come to me.

I'll do that.

A matched set
of death masks.

I guess it's the manager's
new hobby.

What can I get you?

I'll have what
he's having.

You want something?

I thought about tailing you, but you look like
you would've spotted it right away, so here I am.

I don't really think
that you killed that guy.

After all, it's not like there's any shortage
of people in this town with prosthetic faces.

But the guy I saw didn't just have
the same face as you.

He was a perfect copy
of you.

The vibe I got off of that footage was
some kind obsession towards you.

The killer's definitely got some kind
of connection to you.

So I'm gonna be keeping a close eye on you.
I came here to give you a heads-up.

Suit yourself.

This is a first. I've never seen you here
with a man before.

Usually, you're either alone or with
a different woman each time.

I don't know
the guy.

I see.

Got yourself
a new hobby?

Oh, you mean those?

I met a wonderful master
face sculptor recently.

A face sculptor?

I decided to have him
make a new face for me,

but I realized something when we did
a test fitting of the face he made.

It was that maybe your Ghost isn't in
your braincase, but rather in your skin.

And especially in the lines and creases
that are etched into your face.

Apparently, this face sculptor
used to make new faces...

...for soldiers who were
wounded in battle.

He said that one day, he noticed that the
severity of their psychological wounds...

...always matched the severity
of the wounds to their faces.

Oh, it's just you.

What're you doing?

You're that other guy!

Well, I'll be.
It's him.

Found him,
Major.

His name's Hideo Kuze.
The guy's body is full prosthetic.

Judging from the specs
in the file,

it's pretty safe to assume that
it's a PKF-use prosthetic body.

As for the face, it doesn't have
much in the way of neural nets,

just like the crime lab guys
hypothesized.

Looks like what little expressiveness
and creases the face has...

...is solely the result of the skills
of the face sculptor.

Needless to say,
it's a one-off.

It's made of a nanocarbon/biosynthetic
skin hybrid...

...that's got a regeneration program
incorporated into it.

Now I get it...

I don't know if there's a direct connection,
but the murdered face sculptor...

...apparently made a point of only making
faces for retired servicemen.

I bet this guy caught wind of those rumors
and had him make a face for him, too.

Hideo Kuze, huh?

All the records from back then
have been wiped,

so I guess we'll have to track him down
the old fashioned way.

Ishikawa, get ready to make
a trip to the peninsula.

These old bones are too old
to be gallivanting around like this...

You're the one with the
most connections over there.

So maybe this guy has nothing to do
with the face sculptor murder.

Probably not.

But the killer has some kind
of connection to Paz?

This might actually
be woman-related.

Major, I've got some
bad news.

What's up?

A detective with the prefectural
police has been killed.

And they say that he had met with Paz
before he was killed.

Paz is with you?

Yeah.

Major, somebody's obviously
trying to set up Paz.

Based on the shell casing
on the ground,

the bullet was a kind of ammo
that's only used in a Seburo M5.

That's a little
too convenient.

Paz, you still can't think of
anybody who has it in for you?

The problem is that there's
too many.

Major, show me the face sculptor's client data,
starting with the most recent one.

That might ring
some bells.

Understood.
Borma...

Major, let me work this case solo
from here on in.

If it looks like I'm going to
cause trouble for the unit,

go ahead and cut me loose
if you have to.

This looks like it's a personal matter.
Very personal.

All right.
Play it your way.

Thanks.

Hey, where are
you going?

You're going after the wrong guy. Are you
trying to tell me that Paz here is a suspect?

The circumstantial evidence
says he is.

Maybe, but
he's innocent.

We need to check
him out anyway.

That won't be necessary.

If there was any possibility it was him,
we would've done it ourselves already.

Batou.

I uploaded the address of where I'm going
into your external memory.

If I don't come back,
look for me there.

Got it. You sure you
wanna do this alone?

Yeah.

What kept you?

Just as I thought, you really had
forgotten all about me.

It was only five years ago
that I lived here.

When did you jack that lady's
prosthetic body?

About three months ago,
I suppose.

I happened to catch sight of you
at the bar one night.

You didn't notice me at all,
did you?

Where's that
woman's braincase?

I have no idea. Probably at the
Yumenoshima landfill by now.

I guess that's where you got
my fingerprints, too.

That's right.

Why are you trying
to be me?

I couldn't understand the reason
why you left me.

It wasn't as if you had found
another woman.

And it wasn't as if you
hated me, either.

You told me not to ask you any questions
about yourself, so I did as you asked.

I did what you wanted,
but you still left me...

Do you remember what you said to me
when we first met?

"I never sleep with the
same woman twice."

At first, I thought,
"What in the world?"

But when we slept together that
second time, I knew I was in love.

I'm sure that you
felt the same way.

You're a heartless man.

I hated you so much
I thought I'd go crazy.

But in spite of that, I kept on wondering
why it was that you left me.

And that's why you
took my face?

That's right.

Did you learn anything
about me?

The depth of your love
for me.

You and I were living in two
different worlds, weren't we?

You left me to keep me from seeing
the world that you live in.

You give me
too much credit.

No, that's the kind of man
you are.

But none of that
matters anymore.

I have your Ghost
inside me now.

So I don't need
the real you anymore.

If you have any love left for me,
die here.

Yeah, that's okay. I don't mind being killed
if you're the one who does it.

We're going
after 'em!

Roger!

You get her?

The details are just like
I reported.

Sounds like something Paz
would get mixed up in.

I guess.

Still, you'd figure that he should've
realized who the killer was sooner.

I'm not so sure. There might be quite a few
women out there who want to see him dead.

Are you serious?

I haven't verified it or anything, but when I
went to meet him for the first time to scout him,

he said something like, "I'm the kind of guy
who doesn't sleep with the same woman twice."

Oh, good grief...

The real question is, do you think
that Paz is the real one?

Probably.

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...