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Who are you?

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IDENTITY THEFT
The Lonely Struggle

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Sanji Yaguchi was sighted yesterday.

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He's 28 years old and one of the three
who have shown symptoms as a post-human.

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He was spotted in Fukuoka City.

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According to Smith's report,

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post-humans calculate the movement
of surveillance cameras.

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I thought that the chances of catching him
on the surveillance network were slim.

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Film?

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A freelance journalist captured him
on camera by chance.

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That's why Yaguchi did not notice
that he was filmed?

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Thank God for analog cameras.

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This area near the face...
Did something explode?

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No. It seems his head was smashed
by Yaguchi's fist.

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So, he was beaten to death?

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I thought he was a human boxer.
Did he get a prosthetic left arm?

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I wonder. It looks like junk to me.

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Who's the victim?

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Koichi Tadokoro, Secretary-General
of the Ministry of Residential Control.

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Secretary-General?

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He died instantaneously
from a crushed skull.

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Why was he killed?

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Right now, we have no idea.

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A boxer turns into a post-human,

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and begins a sustainable war
against the government with his fist?

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If he has a prosthetic arm,
could he have killed others with his fist?

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There's a high possibility.

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For now, we were lucky to catch Yaguchi
in his acts as a post-human.

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Search for similar cases
and find where Sanji Yaguchi is.

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Roger.

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I thought there were no sustainable wars
happening on Japanese soil.

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Then, will this case be
the first Japanese sustainable war?

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What a small war it is, to kill one person
at a time using your fist.

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-Batou!
-Hey.

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Are you here to see us, Togusa?

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So far, I have nothing for you guys to do.

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What? Really? Bummer.

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Mr. Batou, may I ask something?

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Are post-humans a new stage of evolution

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caused by human brains
being connected to the network?

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This is out of the blue.

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Where did you hear about post-humans?

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From them.

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I didn't want to be nosy,
but it was all so interesting.

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What's done is done.

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Anyhow, Mr. Batou,
I was hoping you would accept this.

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I remember those!
A limited-edition Walkman.

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I know all about your musical taste.
Please use it when you work out.

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I have no reason to accept gifts from you.

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But I checked Tachikoma's data
and made you a playlist.

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I appreciate your kindness,

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but stop getting information
from Tachikoma without my permission.

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She totally blew it.

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Yippee!

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How is it?

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Apparently, Tadokoro
was a conscientious government employee.

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He worked on developing laws
for immigrants and refugees.

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TOKYO RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT

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Dig deeper. Tell me if you find anything.

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Roger that.

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Tiptoe...

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With that left straight,
he had a chance of being world champion.

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He was born in Tokyo after the war
and was quite the looker.

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He gained fans from his debut match.

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He said he was determined
to become a champion

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to help support
the reconstruction of Tokyo.

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So, he was a symbol of hope in a country

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where even the Prime Minister
is a foreigner.

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And he disappeared
the day before the title match?

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I don't know if this has anything
to do with it,

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but something happened
right before he disappeared.

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Yaguchi developed a fever
during the camp before the title match.

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He was unconscious for a while.

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He overdid it with the AR sparring.

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That's why his cyberbrain overheated.

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What is AR sparring?

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Recently you can spar with data

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that is almost identical
to the real champion.

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Batou, return to Section 9 immediately.

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We identified cases
that may be linked to Yaguchi.

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Roger.

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-Thank you for your cooperation.
-Sure.

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Was someone beaten to death?

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Yes. I went through all similar cases
that happened in the last three months.

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What are you doing?

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I want to be of help to you, so I hacked
into the Police Department's database.

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But that's--

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We'll let it slide for now. And?

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I mainly looked at the forensic reports

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and searched for matches with victims
that have a similar cause of death.

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There is a 98% chance that these cases
have the same culprit.

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Of course, the attacks were not captured
by any surveillance cameras.

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Ninety-two cases?

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It's not much as a sustainable war,
but a lot more than we anticipated.

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He became post-human three months ago.

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That means he's killing
at least one a day.

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But they're not random killings?

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At first glance the attacks seem random,

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but there is a commonality
in the victims' data.

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Firstly, these victims
were immigrants or refugees.

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But their nationality is Japanese.

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I found evidence that they had illegally
obtained their nationality.

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So his sustainable war
is against fake refugees?

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So you'd think!
But I found data that proves otherwise.

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This is probably the first Japanese
to be beaten to death by Sanji Yaguchi.

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This is Mr. Ishiwata.

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He gives refugees other people's
identities to gain Japanese nationality,

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then sends them as part of the workforce
for the Tokyo Reconstruction Project.

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He was paid a restoration allowance
from the government.

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How did you know he was the first victim?

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There were traces of flesh that were not
from the victim found at the scene,

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so I ran the DNA.

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I believe Yaguchi lost his left hand
from smashing Ishiwata's skull.

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His body could not keep up
with his updated physical abilities?

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Yes. I stole a list of people
with stolen identities

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from Ishiwata Construction's database.

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All these people illegally obtained
Japanese nationalities

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but did not work in the reconstruction,
and illegally received welfare.

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He only goes after the fraudsters?

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I think so.

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It may be illegal, but I'm impressed.

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Wasn't Tadokoro in charge
of making laws for refugees?

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Yeah.

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If Yaguchi is going after those
who are committing fraud,

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we should assume that Tadokoro
was a part of some fraud, too.

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So far, I haven't seen anything suspicious
in Tadokoro's record.

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Cheap labor is a necessity
for the Tokyo Reconstruction Project.

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The law was changed to accommodate that.

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If so, who will gain the most profit
when the new law passes?

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Companies which have official contracts
with the Tokyo Reconstruction Committee?

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Let me look into matters in that area.

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Yes, Tadokoro was the mediator
with the Tokyo Reconstruction Committee.

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There was nothing suspicious about him.

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We are aware of that, too.

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Perhaps after Yaguchi became a post-human,
he did not agree with

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using refugees as cheap labor
for the Tokyo Reconstruction Project.

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What if he thought that was fraudulent?

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What are you trying to say?

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Your father is involved in running
Otomo Industries.

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I believe they have many contracts

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with the Tokyo Reconstruction Committee
for various sectors.

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That's true. But Otomo Industries
is not the only one making profit.

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Did they bribe Secretary-General Tadokoro
or offer him a position after resignation?

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Are you telling me
that you have suspicions

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against my father-in-law,
not Mr. Tadokoro?

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As long as Sachio Otomo is the chairman
of the Tokyo Reconstruction Project,

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we cannot dismiss the possibility.

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I'm offended.

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My father-in-law--

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Prime Minister, please remember

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that we are not investigating
the possible bribery of Mr. Otomo.

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Our interest lies solely
in capturing the post-humans.

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If there was fraudulent behavior
in Otomo Industries,

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there is a chance that the post-human
will target your father-in-law next.

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I understand.

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I will ask my father-in-law
regarding this matter.

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You must give me some time.

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Understood.

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* you.

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Were you aware

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that Prime Minister Tate's father-in-law
is Congressman Sachio Otomo?

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There were some shady stories

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behind the election
of an American Prime Minister.

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Wasn't Tate just an entrepreneur
until he married Otomo's daughter?

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But before that, he was working
at the American State Department.

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He grew to love Japan
while working at the Embassy

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and started a business
after leaving his job.

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He patented a few micromachines
and made himself a fortune.

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Then he sold that company
to Otomo Industries.

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It became Otomo Micron of the Otomo Group.

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Soon after, Tate married Otomo's daughter
and got Japanese nationality.

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Otomo is dubbed the "Kingmaker."
Tate inherited that electoral powerbase.

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Just six years after his first election,
Tate became Prime Minister.

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Batou, take Tachikoma
to guard Congressman Otomo immediately.

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There was a revolving door arrangement
between Tadokoro and Otomo Industries.

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Otomo arranged it himself.

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Good evening.

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Congressman Otomo?

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Sir, are you ill?

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This is an emergency.
It's Congressman Otomo!

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We can't identify his face?

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No.

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But it happened in an instant.

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They say he wouldn't have felt any pain.

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It seems post-humans are far mightier
than we imagined.

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Even with your abilities...

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we are unable
to even catch a glimpse of them!

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I don't know what to say.

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What are you waiting for?

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Release some fake news
and hide the existence of post-humans!

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That's a part of your job.

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If only we could use the civilians' eyes
like they do in America.

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If we did that, we'd be the same as Smith.

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Damn it.

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A stupid post-human revealed himself

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by coming after a bribery case,
but you let him slip by?

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Did you bug this room?

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I can't have you hiding anything from me
regarding this case.

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I can have you restrained for espionage.

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Oh, really? I thought you were one of us.

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Mr. Aramaki,
regarding my father-in-law's death...

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please cover it up
as a death from sickness.

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Prime Minister...

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There's something else.

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I want to lure the post-human out.

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You must release some real news.

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Following his father-in-law's death,

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Prime Minister Tate will be the chairman
of the Tokyo Reconstruction Committee.

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Prime Minister Tate holds stocks
in Otomo Micron.

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The company is suspected of engaging in
sweetheart deals with the committee

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and monopolizing deals for micromachines
that remove soil contamination.

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Honey!

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If he takes command
of the reconstruction himself,

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he will be targeted by post-humans
and those who do not appreciate him.

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He won't be able to make excuses
when accused of sweetheart deals.

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It seems there is a good reason
why he is going to become the chairman,

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and it's not just
out of his loyalty to Mr. Otomo.

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He's no old-school politician,
nor a puppet for the Americans.

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Let us through.

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POLICE HOSPITAL

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Step back.

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-Isn't that him?
-It is!

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He's appeared!

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I'm late.

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The back entrance, too!

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What is your purpose?

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My love for this country is pure.

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I would do anything
to reconstruct this country.

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No!

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You're boxing him? That won't work!

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You're crazy.

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I was taking a chance that his
original personality was left in him.

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I knew I could win if he took the bait.

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I'm fine.

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Why did Yaguchi not attack you
when he had the chance?

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Perhaps his intention

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was to confirm my passion
for the reconstruction of this city.

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If so, what is he after?

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Well done. We'll take it from here.

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Not you again?

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Must I remind you

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that your mission is solely
to capture the post-humans.

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This is the reality of Japan.

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This is why I am here.

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To make changes.

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Subtitle translation by Natsuka Koshimi