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It is the near future. The world has become highly information-intensive,
with a vast corporate network covering the planet, electrons and light
pulsing through it. But the nation-state and ethnic groups still survive.

And on the edge of Asia, in a strange

corporate conglomerate-state called
■'Japan''...

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This is a photograph of a growth-type neurochip, created at Harima Science City in
1998 {enlarged 50,000 times). The cells are nearly dead from over-growth, and cracks
in neuro-fibers can be observed throughout the chip. Neuro-fibers have grown all the
way out to the chip terminals, which are made of a relative of polystyrene coated with
galactose. The fibers have even warped the thin film base on which the terminals
themselves are etched. In the same month that the chip was developed, vast capital
corporations (largely media conglomerates) began to form a huge network in the
medical world that used micro-machines as supplementary "cyber-brains." Cyberbrain
technology thereafter began shifting to a micromachine base, and by the year 2028
large number of neurochips were in use in Al and robotics.
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March 5, 2029. Newport City, a floating metropolis

in Shinhama Perfecture.

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ISHIKAWA-
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YOU TO
PLANT A
MINI-SPIDER
IN THE KID
WHO ,
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IN A WORST
RESPONSIBILITY,
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KNOCK
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A REAL WILL...OR
SCANDAL... v THE KIDS
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LINKS TO
ATTACK
BARRIER

BOMA/
SA/TO/ SECURE
GET TOGUSA THE ESCAPE
OUT OF ROUTE!
THERE! BATOU AND
ISHIKAWA, I'LL HELP
COVER A YOU!
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THE HELL
0 I'l
ARE YOU = BEING
DOING?!
* LOCKED
STRIKE
VIRUS GET
YOU?! /

SOME¬
THING SAD
8ATOU ABOUT
SHE'S THESE
JUST A , GHOSTLESS
SPEAKER/ K 'BOTS. .
SECURITY'LL
REPAIR
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THIS IS | f DO MEANS THERE
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SUPPOSE UP AGAINST THEY LEAK?
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TOGUSA GODDAMN
IT!
HEY, /VOW MY
WHAT FRIGGIN'
HAP- AUDIO
IMPLANT
GOES ON
THE BLINK!

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 C'MON!
I HEARD
A NOISE
FROM THE
STORM
DRAIN
OUTFALL
SOMETHING'S YOU'VE
TELLING ME THE WAR'S
OVER,,. AND GOTTA
NOT TO i HAVE
WASTE MY 1 1 DON'T GUTS,
\ LIFE! WANT TO
KILL ANY- MAN!
\ MORE!
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LOOKS A WELL,
HELP ! GOING I COURSE
LITTLE BENT :\ OUT- J STUPID!
OUTTA HIM
AND GET DE? :i WHAT
. SHAPE, Ik m DO YOU
\ MAJOR..., OUT OF
THERE! , THINK
WE'RE
COING

WHAT
THE
HELL'S
GOING
i ON?
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ONE SHITTY ISHIKAWA.
(SHi- THE HELL
GODDAMN KA WA/, ARE YOU
SIGHTING DOlN6?i
, MECHA-
V N1SM„. I

ALL
FUCHIKOMAS!
CUT CIRCUITS!
SWITCH TO
AUTISTIC
MODEL
 NEVER
THOUGHT
HE'D BE
ABLE TO
INFILTRATE
FASTER
THAN MY
ATTACK
BARRIER
COULD /

FUCHfKOMA/ ONCE YOU

REPL tCA TE CRACK HIS
HIS GHOST ICE; THROW A
INFILTRATOR DELTA-LEVEL
KEYAND SEND ATTACK
IT BACK AT \ BARRIER
^ HIM'/ A \ AT
>A HIM'
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SHIT, THAT WAS
CLOSE! GOOD
THING 1 HAD MY
ACTIVE PROTECTOR
SUIT ON.., I'VE
GOTTA WIPE THAT H1 ■ ■
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OKAY!
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HAND
OVER THE
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BRAIN
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GIVE'EM TO 1 *
YOU. HELL, ICC
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FRY A
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JOB! KNOW... BUT THAT HATES
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WAS JUST IN THE WASHING. I'M
LINE OF DUTY. ARRESTING YOU FOR
WHO THE HELL VIOLATING CYBER-
n*&, ARE YOU GUYS,
k ANYWAY?
BRAIN ETHICS.
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GUYS FROM \ FACILITIES GOD, MA'AM!
SECURITY? \ OR THE YOU'VE COME
WHAT CAN THEY CYBERBRAIN TO FINALLY
DO?! NOTHING'S WASHING.,. FREE US,
GOING TO HAVEN'T
CHANGE, YOU
KNOW...

DO YOU JUST
WANT TO EAT
AND CONTRIBUTE
NOTHING, TO BE
BRAINWASHED BY
MEDIA TRASH? TO
SACRIFICE THE
NATION'S FUTURE
FOR YOUR OWN
v SELFISHNESS?

LISTEN,
KID--
YOU'VE
GOT A
GHOST, AND
A BRAiN...
AND YOU CAN
ACCESS A
CYBER- l
BRAIN. J
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ONE OF THE OUT OF HAND, 1
GOVERNMENT'S MOTIVATED W-___
i BRAIN- BY GREED, "S.
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J EXAMPLE PARLIAMENT
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3 "RESIGNED"
BECAUSE OF
n THIS WERE ,
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I'M GOING
TO SWITCH
YOU OVER
NOW. THE
MINISTER
OF INTERNAL
AFFAIRS
W'ANTS

WELL,
WELL, YOU KNOW
MAJOR ' SEEMS THINGS ARE
KUSA- YOU GOT ALWAYS A v ftsirf
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CARRIED DRAMATIC \ ME THE
AWAY WITH US, J \ GIZMO/
THIS TIME, . SIR... /
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SECONDS
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PUT IT?--A BIT
DIFFICULT, SO IT
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ON YOUR
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 / I'D RATHER DON'T HEY...
BE TRANS- YOU G UYS WHERE'S
_ FERREDTHAN SWEAT IT.., TOGUSA?
, JUST BE AN I'LL SLAP I DON'T
^ ERRAND-GIRL TOGETHER SEE HIM,..
i FOR THOSE GREAT
^ PUBLIC FITNESS
M security; REPORTS FOR
J\ PUKES, A YOU ALL.,.,

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GUESS
THAT'S
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 HE TOOK YECCH, HEY, 1 DON'T PULL ANY
A LOOK OLD MAN PUNCHES ON THIS STUFF.
AT THIS ISHIKAWA WHEN SOMEONE SCREWS
PHOTO WITH HIS UP, THEY'VE GOTTA TAKE
AND WENT FEELTHY THE HEAT, AS THE XOOF
HOME PICTURES THIS OUTFIT IT'S MY JOB
v AGAIN! TO POINT OUT WHAT
\ HAPPENED...

DAMN! WISH I
HADN'T SCREWED
UP AND LET
EVERYONE DOWN!
HOW CAN I TELL
HER I'M GONNA BE
BUSTED TO BUCK
PRIVATE,,. ?
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YOU'VE
GOT
QUITE A
PUNCH,
MAJOR

HE'S
FURIOUS, I CAME
YOU KNOW, HERE TO
HE'S TELL YOU
DECIDED TO TWO THINGS.
DISBAND ONE GOOD
THE UNIT AND ONE
IMMEDI¬ BAD.
ATELY.

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 I SAID 1 INSTEAD, AN THIS HELPS US
THE BUDGET INTERNATIONAL AVOID BEING CALLED
HAD PASSED HOSTAGE AN SDFTHAT KILLS
FOR AN RESCUE UNIT" CIVILIANS, OR A
INTER¬ WILL BE "CRUEL SUPER¬
NATIONAL j FORMED WITH POWER." AT LEAST
ANTI- i THREE TIMES IN THEORY...
TERRORISTQ MORE FUNDING
UNIT, BUT" > THAN YOU
THAT WASP 7 REQUESTED. ,
A LIE. I i

f EIGHTY I'LL HAVE FULL N

PERCENT OF RESPONSIBILITY,
THE BUDGET REPORTING ONLY
GOES TO THE TO THE PRIME
FORMATION MINISTER. THE
OF A SPECIAL UNIT STRUCTURE'LL
POWER-SUIT BE BASED ON SKILL
ASSAULT AND MERIT,
V FORCE... J WITH NO RANKS,
AND GIVEN TOP
PRIORITY IN PRO- .
V CUREMENT. /

YOU'LL IDENTIFY
THE SOURCE OF
CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY AND
ELIMINATE IT, IT'S
THE SORT OF
OFFENSIVE UNIT
YOU AND I HAVE
BOTH DREAMED
OF FOR YEARS...
BUT NOW IT'S
 1 WANT AT EIGHT
YOU TO LOOK WE'RE GOING
OVER THIS CON TO BE OVER¬ CLASSI¬
TRACT, SIGN IT, SEEING FIED AS
AND BRING IT COLLECTION "WASTE¬
ME BY OH-SIX OF ALL THE FUL,"
CYBER- AND CUT
BRAINWASH
I'LL BE
BUDGET WAITING
FOR YOU
TOMOR¬
ROW,..

WHILE \
YOU 1 I SPOTTED
LAUGH OL'
IT UP, APE-FACE'S
THERE'S CAR OUT¬
ONE OTHER SIDE AND
ENJOY¬ PLANTED
ABLE FACT A LITTLE
YOU
OUGHTA CRACKER
KNOW.,, i
BOY, WE
REALLY
SWAL¬
LOWED
IT HOOK,
LINE, AND
SINKER,
DIDN'T
WE.,. 1
 YOU THINK YOU'RE
FIXING A FLAT TIRE
OR SOMETHING?!
PERSONALLY, I'D
TAKE THAT CAR INTO
THE REPAIR SHOP IF
s I WERE YOU. BUT
A DON'T BE LATE j
A TOMORROW. A

MADE
' US
LOOK
LIKE
IDIOTS
AGAIN/

f LISTEN, '
THERE'S NO ' NO SNACKS >
MONEY TO BREAK
TIME FOR TODAY 'CAUSE
BUY MEAT OR SOMEONE'S
EVEN AN AIR ME.,.
SLACKIN'
CONDITIONER. OFF AROUND {
YOU GUYS
GOTTA WORK
HARDER... *
 DAMMIT... OKAY, I I'M JUST
NO AIR OUGHTA BE NOT CUT
CONDITIONING. OU6HTA PRETTY HARD OUT FOR
WHAT THE HELL QUIT... TO SPOT IN THIS ROUND-
AM I DOING DAYLIGHT THE-CLOCK
HERE ? LIKE THIS... k OBSERVA-
i TION...

' UoM'l
leave
Kt me tie
-Gv«!

HMM... EITHER
PRESSURE- WAY, WHAT
SENSITIVE A WASTE! I
TRIGGERS OUGHTA TAKE
AND A IT HOME
GORGON AS A SOU¬
MINE? OR VENIR. .. j
IS IT A
DUMMY

GORGON MINE: AN ENGLISH-TYPE ANTI-PERSONNEL CANISTER MINE THAT

JUMPS UP ABOUT TWO METERS WHEN TRIGGERED AND THEN SCATTERS
AROUND A HUNDRED MINI-MINES (TRIGGERED TWO SECONDS AFTER
LANDING BY ANY VIBRATION OCCURRING WITHIN A THREE METER RADIUS).
 AFTER THIRTY-
WELL, TWO HOURS ON WELL,
SEE ANY STAKEOUT, I'VE HAD HERE,
THING? HAVE A DON'T
TWO PHONE CALLS, MIND IF I
AND THAT'S ALL., SWIG...
NO REPLACEMENT, DO...
NO PIZZA, NO
V NOTHING,.. / ht.
JUST AS ONE YOU MEAN THE
OF OUR KOREAN MYSTERY "SUPER
SOURCES HACKER",..? THAT'S
WARNED,., THE GOT SOMETHING
’PUPPETEER" HAS JO DO WITH THIS
STARTED TO STAKE-OUT?
MEDDLE WITH HEY I
EACH TERMINAL TKl< (TtfFf
IN THE NET- „
WORK.
FROM THE LOOKS WELL, SO, I'M STAKING
OF IT, THEY'RE IN THAT OUT SOMEBODY
PLANNING ON CASE, ITS WHO LEAKED
INTERFERING HARDLY A THE INFO ON THE
WITH THE SECRET) MEETING, EH? THE
MEETING WITH £ MEETING GUY WHO TRIED
THE GAVEL M IS IT... TO INTERFERE BY
REPUBLIC... HIRING THE
“PUPPETEER11 ?

HE'S JUST 1
THE LEADER OF
THE MILITARY
GOVERNMENT,
APPLYING FOR
ASYLUM...
>. THAT'S ALL.

YOU CAME OF COURSE NOT! BUT SHE'S

OUT HERE I WANT YOU TO ON R&R,
JUST TO CALL MAJOR CHIEF...
TELL ME KUSANAG! ON
THAT? , YOUR ENCRYPTED
CHANNEL. TELL
HER TO REPORT
TO FLAT #17!

WELL,
IT'S CAN
CELLED..
 r GIVES
WHAT IT'S IN THE PRICES ME AN
ABOUT ENDORNO ARE ADRENALINE
PHALANX? PROBE GOING RUSH...
DEVICE... UP...
s 0OOOS-...

SKIN TACTILE AND

ELEMENTS ^ I’M >
WITH FIBER GOING TO
16VCM2. OPTICS, THERE'S SHIFT TO MULTI¬
WITH MOTOKO NO NOISE MODE AND START
IT’S GREAT, GENERATED, RECORDING
CUZ WE CAN V EITHER!
MANUFACTURE
V NOW...
IT DIRECTLY. ,

r I PUT IT
GOSH, WHERE’D TOGETHER MYSELF!
YOU FIND AN rrs A PROTOTYPE
EQUALIZER WITH UP MICROSLAVE
TO FIVE TIMES THE v APPLICATION...
NUMBER OF TACTILE
TRANSFORMATION ,
l ZONES...? /

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THE—?!

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O...MY
GOSH.

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I GOT AN GOOD THING IT'S ALL
IT'S NOT AN SLIMY AND
AWFUL ORGAN WHERE STICKY/ LIKE
SENSATION IN I'VE GOT A COPULATING
MY GUT... . TERMINAL... SLUGS. JEEZ,
MAJOR,
. WHAT'RE
l YOU--?

MOTOKO, HOW WELL, THE WHEN

MAJOR!
COULD YOU!? THIS DRUG'S LOCKED heyA YOU LEAVE
YOUVE
BEEN ALWAYS HAPPENS OUT NOW, DON'T MAKE SURE
BUT STILL--YOU AND MY TAKE YOU LOCK
SUM¬ THE \ THE DOOR.
MONED PROMISED TO LEAVE'S BEEN
SPEND YOUR LEAVE .CANCELLED... EQUAL-A I'LL CALL
TO #17! IZER,.,! A YOU
l WITH US! V
CHIEF'S y\ A LATER...
ORDER!
\ TATA!

TELL THE
OLD FART
I'LL BE
THERE IN 20
MINUTES!
 WELL, MR. 1
ARAMAKI--YOU >1 7 GOOD IT'S ABOUT IT COULD HARDLY
NEED SOME¬ U 1 MORNING THE GAVEL BE THAT IMPORTANT.
THING FROM \ SIR! REPUBLIC, WE'VE GIVEN GAVEL
THE FOREIGN SIR.. A AN "E" RANKING—
k MINISTRY? A GFOR NEED,/ FOR
k PROBLEMS...
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BOTH ECONOMI¬ ' AS I RECALL,

CALLY AND IN TERMS ONE OF YOUR MEN THAT COLONEL ... BUT HE'S STILL
OF OUR FOREIGN WAS IN CHARGE A MALLES, THE SENDING AID TO THE
POLICY, THEY'RE A j OF TEACHING FACT? BOSS OF THE MILITARY FORCES IN
TINY, LOW-PRIORITY < TACTICS TO THE FORMER MILI¬ HIS COUNTRY. AS A
COUNTRY. USED TO V TROOPS IN THE TARY GOVERN¬ RESULT, THE FORCES
BE A MILITARY GOVERN \ REVOLUTION... MENT, IS IN OUR UNDER HIS INFLUENCE
MENT BUT THEY'VE COUNTRY NOW STILL CONTROL THE
BEEN FAIRLY DEMO¬ SUPPOSEDLY PLATINUM DEPOSITS
CRATIC SINCE ^ SEEKING THERE.
THEREVOLU- "MEDICAL /
TION... .^T, TREAT- >Q
MENT..." /CZ.
 IT DOESN'T EARN TOUGH SITUATION,
... AND
ANY OF THE MONEY ISN'T IT? YOU KNOW
THE SECRET
IT USES AFTER THE MASS MEDIA'S
MEETING
o ALL. AND NOBODY GOING TO LEAK
RECEIVING IT FEELS SOMEOFF-THE- /
GRATEFUL, EITHER, RECORD STATE-/?
BECAUSE THEY MENTS...
THINK THEY DESERVE
L IT AFTER BEING
Ik. EXPLOITED...

GAVEL'S IN AN EXTRA¬ EITHER WE KICK OUT COLONEL

so ORDINARILY DELICATE MALLES AND CONTINUE TO PROMOTE
WHAT'S THE POSITION RIGHT NOW. AID TO THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT'S IF WE'RE NOT OF GAVEL, OR WE OFFICIALLY GIVE
POSITION? '' /ijkcAREFUL, IT'LL
r HARD TO
y" CONTROL

IT SURE WOULD 1 HMPH... SOME r NOW, THERE tS \

BE INTERESTING TO "REPRESENTATIVE OF SOMEONE WHO DID GIVE
isccr lluoc c 1 c THE PEOPLE. "WON¬ CONSIDERABLE GUIDANCE
ON THE FLOW OF DER WHY IT ALWAYS TO THE MILITARY GOVERN-
THAT PLATINUM COMES DOWN TO . MENTON TACTICS... f
MONEY..._^ MONEY...? _ .

f AH, BUT T
WE HAVE TO
BE CAREFUL
NOT TO
WASTE TAX¬
PAYERS'
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JURISDICTION BREAKER!
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HERE... NO AGENTS
FROM INTELLIGENCE ..
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A VIRUS INFILTRATED
HER TWENTY-THREE
MINUTES AGO, AND NOW
WE'RE TRYING TO TRACE
IT BACK TO THE SOURCE
AND IDENTIFY WHO
DID IT

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^ THAT'S IT'S A
AMAZING.,.
VICTORY FOR
HOW WAS IT
INTELLIGENCE...
DISCOVERED
IT SET A
THAT A VIRUS NET AND JUST
HAD BEEN WAITED...
INFILTRATED
IN THE FIRST
V PLACE?! J

WITH A 1 SO IN OTHER
TRAP SET, WORDS, SHE'S GOING
AND AFTER TO PARTICIPATE IN
TWENTY- THIS DANGEROUS
THREE GAME FOR US UNTIL
MINUTES, \ WE CATCH WHO C
IT STfLL \ DID IT, EH? r
HASN'T
GOT THEM?

THE HE CHANGES
PERP LOCATION AND
LIKES TO EVERY SEVEN
MOVE MINUTES INFIL¬
GROUND. TRATES FOR FIVE
SECONDS EACH.

HMM... fSHiKAWA AND BOMA

SO A BIT ARE IN A CAR RIGHT
OVER
NOW, TRYING TO NAIL
TWO DOWN THE PERP'S
HOURS... LOCATION. I WANT
. YOU TO RENDEZVOUS
Sv WITH THEM!
 YA GOTTA TELL
ME,MAJOR... I
HEARD THIS FROM
MAYUMUN YOU MEAN
SECURITY'S THAT SHE'S
ARMORY, BUT I > REALLY
, DON'T BEL— J SIXTY-TWO
YEARS ,
v OLD? A

SO IS IT REALLY AW,
TRUE SHE CAN HIT r TOGUSA, C'MON..
A PINHEAD WITH EVERYONE DON'T
A 3,5" BARREL CAN DO PICK
SEBURO™ SMB AT THAT... ON ME,
25 YARDS, FIRING EXCEPT YOU
TWELVE ROUNDS AND SAITO.
IN TMDPF A
/\ SECONDS? A

WITH SNABS ARE REALLY BUT I'VE WHAT WE IF YOU WANT

HUMAN DESIGNED TO BE NEVER EVEN REALLY NEED, TO PLAY AT
SILHOU¬ USED AGAINST THE SEEN ANYONE TOGUSA,IS NOT LONG-RANGE
ETTES SHE ENEMY AT UNDER DO THAT AT THE SHARPSHOOTINC SNIPING, YOU
USUALLY FIVE YARDS, BUT SHOOTING SKILLS, SO MUCH CAN ALWAYS
HITS THE L THERE'S NOTHING RANGE! AS THE ABILITY GO SHOOT
MARK THAT SPECIAL 'COURSE, I'M TO GET CLOSE AN ELEPHANT
AT 100 k ABOUT WHAT SHE NOT SPECIAL ENOUGH TO AT 500 MILES
YARDS SBk. CAN DO... "A"RANK MAKE SURE THE WITH A MINIA¬
v MYSELF... ENEMY CAN BE TURE CRUISE
k KILLED. MISSILE.,.
 BY THE IN A TWO-MAN
CELL, AREN'T YOU I HAPPEN
WAY, WHY ARE
AFRAID OF IT TO LIKE
YOU USING A
JAMMING,EVEN IF THE
REVOLVER FOR
YOU'RE CARRYING M2007
YOUR MAIN d
GUN ? A V TWO GUNS?

'■w

■3EBUROT!rt C IS: THINK of |T AS AN FN P3Q WITH A LOWER MAGAZINE.

AND WHAT THE HELL'S THIS? THIS AS-II
WELL, AS THE I'M THE ONE YEAH SHOTGUN'S GOT A SHORT RANGE AND
ONE BEING IN THE LINE OF YEAH., CAN'T EVEN PENETRATE A CAR DOOR!
BACKED-UP, FIRE, AFTER WHAT GOOD IS IT? DON'T EXPECT IT
I'M MORE ALL. DO ME A TO HAVE ANY PSYCHOLOGICAL <
INTERESTED FAVOR, TOGUSA, EFFECT ON A PRO, AND FOR ANYTHING
IN BEING AND CARRY A OVER 30 YARDS YOU NEED AN ASSAULT
PROTECTED 20-SHOT^ 5mm RIFLE ANYWAY... __ ^
THAN IN WHAT L SEBURO™...
GUN YOU LIKE
BEST... a

HEY, AND IN¬ SURE 1 f FOR CLOSE-

IT'LL GO DOORS YOU'RE NOT RANGE WORK
THROUGH A I CAN USE CONFUSING AND PIERCING
MERCEDES IT TO HUNTING POWER USE
DOOR—I'VE BLAST A THE SEBURO™,
GOT IT HUMANS
HOLE IN WITH FOR WALLS AND
FILLED WITH WALLS..,, MAKING I DISTANCE USE
MINCE-
v MEAT? r

STILL,
WE'RE
I REALLY
TRACING THE
THINK I
HACKER THAT
COULD
INFILTRATED
USE IT.,
THE FOREIGN
MINISTER'S
, INTERPRETER.
 ' DON'T Y
WORRY,
TOGUSA. IT'S
ONLY TWO
v HOURS, j

•gtr.- ‘

li.V- ■■■■■■

Y IN OTHER \
WORDS, TWO '
HOURS FROM NOW
WE'LL BE ABLE TO WEVE GOT
CUT THE CIRCUIT TO UNTIL THEN
PROTECT HER FROM TO RETRACE
v THE HA-3. > THE SIGNAL
TO FIND OUR
- MAN, ^

HA-3
IT'S SOME BUT WHY " HEY,
SORT OF THE HELL USE EYES
MILITARY A1 SOMETHING ON THE
CREATED LIKE THAT ROAD!
DURING ON HER /
WORLD WAR NOW? I
W IV,,,

igsgjg

IN THE OLD BUT AFTER

DAYS, ASIA THE WAR, IT
AND THE FORMED A UNIFIED
EEC USED STANDARD
DIFFERENT THAT WORKED
CYBERBRAIN WITH ALL
STANDARDS,
AND THE HA-3
WAS ONLY
USED BY THE

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 IT'S A PERSONA - RECENT
HIJACKER MODEL. MODELS HAVE GOOD
ALONE IT'S HARM- A DELAY BUILT IN THING
i LESS, BUT WITH ONCE THEY'VE THIS IS
k THE RIGHT INFILTRATED, AN OLD
GENOMES, THEY CAN'T k TYPE.
Hk\ IT GOES TO BE TRACED^
HL\ WORK. BACK. >

WHAT'S N
SO GODDAMN
"GOOD11
T ABOUT
\ IT?! A

RELAX, BUT WHAT

TOGUSA.., SORT OF ASSHOLE
SHE'S WOULD DO
GOING TO SOMETHING LIKE
BE ALL THAT TO A SWEET
L RIGHT. KID LIKE HER

SENTIMENTS
ARETOUCHING
TOGUSA, BUT
KEEP 'EM ON
HOLD FOR 1
NOW, OKAY?/

. mmirr i ■■ 1 o yji
fc. ~

After this, there's a scene where Mokoto takes over the driving and Togusa checks his gear and
puts it on, but it was too much of a hassle to draw so I left it out...
 brrnrn

GPD423H

HEY!

CM ON

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 WE RE JUST
ALREADY GIMME SORRY
FORTY FIVE 'BOUT
SECONDS GODDAMN THAT!
LATE, i SECONDS
IDIOT /

'JZjL
ttmjnnm

SLACK CHRIST
OFF AND NO MATTER
THE WHOLE
CITY'LL BE
COVERED
IN TRASH

IF WE WERE
RUNNING RES¬
TAURANT ROW
AND IT LOOKED
LIKE THIS, WE'D

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 HELLO? POLICE? SURE ARE A
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER LOT OF JUNGLE
SENIOR CITIZEN ABAN- CROWS
DONED ON A TRASH AROUND...
PILE. WE'RE PICKING
UP THE GARBAGE
AROUND HIM... >

OUCH! DAMN M M THAT'S WEIRD...

Vi THIS HYPO'S GOT
IF ONLY WE
COULD GET OUR
W 1 WAS OH, YE POOR
IDIOTS EVEN K f BETTER OFF
"FOR USE BY BOSSES TO BUY PROLETARIAT--
PUT BROKEN V WHEN I W'AS
GLASS IN } PATHOLOGY US ARMORED STOPSTAND¬
WORKING AT
PLASTIC / V jf DEPARTMENT SUITS... WE ING THERE LIKE
THE SACRED
X A ONLY" WRITTEN OUGHTA GO ON A BUSTED
i CITIZEN'S ROBOT AND
STRIKE LIKE WORK¬ RELIEF
ERS IN FOREIGN GET YOUR ASS
\ CENTER.,. IN GEAR! .
COUNTR1ESDO... L V _ _
 DON'T USE WHAT THE A LOCAL V THIS AIN'T V let's
DISCRIMI¬ HELL DO RESIDENT'S WORK'S NEVER GET A
NATORY YA THINK EXPRES- SORT OF BEEN MOVE
LANGUAGE,. V THIS IS? SION OF LIKE BEING ONE, ON
GRATITUDE, A POL1TI- SOI t ,
v ! 2kC!AN,HEY WOULDN'T A W
KNOW.
 >^UH-
OH...
IF WE GET
-"'US STUCK AT
SANITATION THE NEXT
ENGINEERS LIGHT WE
AREN'T THE WONT BE
ONLY ONES ABLE TO
IN A HURRY/ MAKE THE
I GUESS... DUMP SITE
IN SEVEN
MINUTES...
 THE WHOLE
THING'S STUPID...
EVEN IF WE TRACE
THE INFILTRATOR,
BY THE TIME WE
GET THERE HE'LL
BE GONE...

TOO MUCH \ BUT CHIEF,

BITCHtNG'LL 5 WHY DON'T
NEGATIVELY M YOU JUST FRY
IMPACT YOUR 5 HIM WITH AN
EVAL AND gpi ATTACK
BONUS, BOYS! mm, BARRIER?'

^ v ul

1 GODDAMN
OLD fart; WHAT
THE HELL DOES HE
WANT US TO DO?
JUST SNOOP
AROUND? _

SAY HEY, POPS! ' YOU

WHERE'S THE YOU SEE FOLKS
GARBAGE ONE O'THEM FROM THE
TRUCK.,.? SANITATION GARBAGE
VEHICLES DEPART-
, AROUND,. t MENT?
I HERE? I
 YUP, I SAW ONE OF
ONE. BUT BY THEM WAS
THE TIME I CARRYING
GOT OUT GARBAGE,
HERE WITH [) BUT THE
MY TRASH IT 'a OTHER WAS
WAS GONE MAKING
A PHONE
CALL...

ro- TyM
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L& J

HEY, WAIT!
TAKE THIS--
HUH.,, DAMN
GARBAGE
MEN THESE
DAYS.,.

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? A >
SANITATION
VEHICLE

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FROM THE fa GET THERE
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Pm
DEPART- nr If7 ^ v THEY DO!
MENTON *
THIS AREA! Vrf

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 GOOD! NOW,
DON'T LAY A
YX FINGER ON THEM
rj EVEN IF YOU FIND
7 THEM. I WANT
a YOU TO FOLLOW
3 UNDETECTED,
§k UNDERSTAND?!

THAT | HECALLED
INTELLIGENCE | COLONEL MAINTAIN-
GUY, | MALLES'PLACE. 1 \ /NO...
NAKAJIMA, 1 HE'S APPARENTLY Cf DON'T LET
WHO WAS IN \ DEALING IN ^ ANYONE
#17 WANTED \ PLATINUM i KNOW WHAT
TO HANDLE UNDER A * WE'RE DOING.
THIS CASE, tmr'\ FICTITIOUS
, RIGHT? Smttl = BUSINESS
" NAME,.. ,
nr* tw,.^

x ' t.
 AREN'T YOU
YOU WANNA
OVER¬ PULL A
DOING HALF-
THIS A ASSED
BIT? i \OP?

HEY, THIS
JEEZ,
MAY BE SOME
STOP
GARBAGE
PICKIN'
MAN'S
ON ME,
IDEA OF A
MAJOR!
PRANK

WHAT THEY WERE

TRYING TO DO MIGHT
NOT HAVE WORKED,
BUT IF THE HA-3
i 1 !/~\i i i tri i iri a ^ jl e
 WHY DO BECAUSE IF IT WERE A SO THEY y BUT MAKING A
YOU THINK NEW TYPE THAT COULDN'T USED AN HA-3 GARBAGE MAN

R
THEY USED AN BE RETRACED, THE FIRST TO PUT THE k THE FALL GUY
ARCHAIC HA-3 SUSPECT WOULD BE BLAME ON M SEEMS HARD
AITO INFIL- . COLONEL MALLES, THE SOMEONEM . TO BELIEVE.,.
TRATE HER C EX-LEADER OF THE ELSE?//*
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[\ THAT'S All
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ME YAD?

HOW CAN HIM AND THE

YOU BE PERSON WHO FED
COLONEL MALLES THE INFO. I
SO GOD¬
MALLES IS HONESTLY WONDER IF
DAMN
, BEHIND YOU'RE fWERGONNA
DENSE,
TOGUSA GET GHOSTWHISPERS,
TOGUSA...

MAJOR! WE GOT
HOLD OF A MAP ‘ BOMA--I
OF THE GARBAGE WANT YOU YOU
1RUCK'S NORMAL GUYS TO GOT IT,
ROUTE,., I’LL SEND CASE THE TOGUSA?
IT USING STRAUSS , GARBAGE I PT'<C
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 CAN'T BELIEVE f HOW D YOU PROBABLY
YOU'RE WILLIN' TO 1 FEEL IF YER DO THE
DO A GHOST WIFE SPRUNG A SAME THING
HACK JUST TO DIVORCE NOTICE AS ME,
FIND OUT WHAT ON YOU ? . V HEY?
YOUR WIFE'S }
THINKING.,, A

HE KNOWS
I'M REAL BUSY,
SO HE LEAVES
THE BREAKER
FOR ME ALONG
THE ROUTE...

I STILL HEY, SHE'S GOT

THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD
LAWYER AND I
CAN'T EVEN GET
HER ANY
OTHER WAY.
 THAT WHAT?/ NO/ I
YOU/ THE COPS DON'T
TRUCK KNOW
#1205/ BOSS WANTED OUR
ROUTE MAP WHY
OVER...

SHITSHiT
SHIT! THEY
UNCOVERED
MY GHOST
^ HACK!

I GOTTA LET
MY PAL WHO
GAVE ME THE
► ICEBREAKER
^ KNOW.,.
 WIRE...
SWITCHING
LIQUID
NO. 3 TO
RESERVE
 OUT OF DON'T
MY WAY, AIM FOR
(MAJOR f! THE HEAD
TOGUSA!
THE LEGS,

WAKE UP, THE TARGET'S

TOGUSA! HEADING INTO
YOU'RE A CROWD AT
MY BACK¬ THE MARKET¬
UP, RIGHT PLACE-SHOULD
o ,1 TRACK HIM?

OKAY, M
FUCHI- V
KOMA! GOP
AROUND
TO THE
OTHER
SIDE...
 Al
RI6 (/ USING A
LAI CALL
\ HYPNO- THE
KNOCK A VOICE!'
IT OFF! COPS'!

MOVE
IT!
 HOW WOULD 1
YOU FEEL IF A I BET YOU
STRANGER HAD WOULDN'T
YOUR GHOST INFIL¬ LIKE IT IF
TRATION KEY... .THEY USED
EVEN SOMEONE / \ IT.
v LIKE YOU, L
^ REALLY \ MAJOR,,.?
WAS A
CLOSE CALL
THOUGH,
v WASN'T IT ,

I JUST DID DEAD MEP

IT BECAUSE TELL NO
YOU WERE TALES~
AIMING AT AND WE
HIS HEAD. NEED INFO
POLICE ABOUT THE
FORCES
l BEHIND
k THIS
THIS TIME YOU LET HIM LIVE
GOT IT WRONG AND HIS PALS'LL
MAJOR.,, A START ATTACKING
GUY LIKE THAT INNOCENT CIVILIANS
OUGHTA BE . AND DEMAND HIS
v SHOT! S’ RELEASE. YA GOTTA
L TEACH 'EM A
LESSON!

BUT THE DANGEROUS WHILE YOU'RE STILL

ASPECTS OF HIS THE ROOKIE AROUND ON'T FEEL GOOD
CHARACTER'LL BE HERE, I'LL USE YOUR ABOUT THAT, BUT
"CURED," AND WE , INFILTRATION KEY IT'S A JOB AND
WON'T LET THE j WHEN I HAVE I'VE GOT TO DO
FORCES BEHIND A TO. AND DON'T IT, TOGUSA.
HIM GETAWAY, ^ BOTHER TRYING
TO CHANGE IT!

HEY, WHY DON'T

YA KNOCK OFF THIS THOUGHT
“ROOKIE" STUFF?! YOU SHOT
I SHOT AT HIM TO SAVE
'CAUSE I THOUGHT THE GIRL
HE WAS GOING WHO WAS
TO KILL YOU,,, A HANGING
ONTO MY
ARM

HMM,,. PATCH
MAYBE ! ME
YOU'RE HERE, THROUGH
GETTING A TO THE
BIT SOFT, Y CHIEF.
 YOU
OKAY, BATOU! KIDDIN'?!
SOON AS THE I LOVE
HELO PASSEN¬ s THIS
GERS ENTER THE 4 STUFF!
BUILDING, MAKE
YOUR ENTRY-
AND DON'T
V SCREW IT UP! ,

YOU MAJOR! oyvw/ CHIEF, WE DID A OKAY, SAITO,

REALLY WHAT A PLATE CHECK-- I WANT YOU
ARE A PLEASANT WHY'D THE CAR THAT AND YOUR
SADIST, SURPRISE! YOU JUST PULLED IN¬ MEN TO PULL
AREN'T YOU SLAP TO THE MANSION THE CPU IN ITS
o , ME?! CAME UP AS . ENGINE... J
STOLEN.
 * THE MAN HE'S JUST SOME WEVE MADE IT
THEY CAUGHT POOR SLOB WE GAVE LOOK LIKE THE GOV¬
THROUGH A FALSE IDENTITY. ERNMENT OF THE
RETRACING HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE REPUBLIC'S COMING
IS THE ONE A PROFESSIONAL APART INTERNALLY...
. BEING ASSASSIN HIRED BY A HE'S MORE USE TO US
k USED,../ MILITARY ATTACHE ALIVE THAN DEAD,
FROM THE REPUBLIC'S AND WE CAN KILL
EMBASSY HERE... HIM ANY TIME WE
NEED TO,

DAMN! YOU
...SO
TRYING TO ROB US m
BLIND? YOU KNOW YOU D O
SOME¬
HOW DIFFICULT IT IS THE
V-.
*. ■. v. ■ ■■ ■. 1 THING
TO MANIPULATE ".V v. ■. \ ■■ ■ ■ ■ ,■ .■.
1 ■■ ■■ iV-

MAN,
THE INTELLIGENCE .......
ABOUT
Y HIM.
DEPARTMENT'S oiO-j Sy

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FINANCIAL 9
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DATA?
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CP
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HOW -I?,
SHOULD r:k*

a I KNOW? \ y
YOU'RE THE nif
ONE MAKING
■am TONS OF
m MONEY OFF NOW HOLD YOUR
T-1
---TT I REGARD
PLATINUM,.. HORSES... YOU CON¬ BREACH OF
TRACTED WITH ME TO V- CONTRACT
FIX IT SO THE INTER¬ V,
AS A VERY
PRETER ATTACKS THE SERIOUS
PEOPLE IN THE MATTER...
CONFERENCE.
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 anr we're talking
ml ABOUT $100,000
IN CASH-
BUSINESS, PURE
AND SIMPLE. _

YOU GOT A SEARCH WAR¬

RANT?! ON WHAT GROUNDS?
WHAT KIND OF OPERATION IS
THIS, ANYWAY? I'M GOING TO
SUE YOU! I'M CALLING MY t
IWrvLAWYER RIGHT
mm>th MOW!
ANKLY,
I I WOULD
WHO THE HELL Jim///, SPECIAL V) ADVISE YOU
rim
ARE YOU? AND sj'l ffm ASSAULT FORCE, / Xa to call
WHAT GIVES i ff/j
\/f COLONEL r ^ i 1A your law-
YOU THE RIGHT \ 7 MALLES. YOU'RE
TO BARGE INTO/^\Sv \ UNDER ARREST.
\W^OUSE?^^
 WHAT THE HELL' ruLip y',j ip ' IS THAT TREASON AGAINST AND
ARE YOU DOING, SO?! WELL, THE STATE, IM¬ THEY DON'T
ARAMAKI ? YOU'LL PROPER HANDLING TREAT EX¬
YOU'VE RUINED A HAVE TO OF FUNDS, CORRUP¬ COPS NICELY
TWO-YEAR-LONG TELL ME TION, CONSPIRACY IN PRISON,
UNDERCOVER ALL ABOUT TO COMMIT , V EITHER.
INVESTIGATION! IT LATER, MURDER, VIOv^
IN AN LAT10N OF I
. INTERRO- CYBERBRAIN ter
I G ATI ON

HOLD IT, YOU'RE THE WELL, GAVEL

BUDDY, DON'T ONE WHO HAS RE¬
EVEN THINK PROVIDED QUESTED THAT
. IGHOST
ABOUT RESISTING THE GAVEL WE HAND OVER
5>\ KEY! MILITARY THE COLONEL,
AND FORCING US
^ TO SHOOT , GOVERN¬ SO HE'LL BE
MENT WITH GOING HOME
TACTICAL . V IN A FEW
ADVICE, / \ DAYS, s'
RIGHT? A/

REALLY? IT WASN'T
WELL, WAIT! I'VE ME.,. IT WAS
THAT'S GOT $100,000 NAKAJIMA'S
JUST TOO IN CASH HERE. IDEA!'
DAMN TAKE IT AND
BAD, ISN'T LET ME GO!
IT? .
 HE'S
JUST A HMPH...
PUPPET WHAT A
'BORG WASTE OF
i TALENT.

IN OTHER WORDS,
YOU'RE SINGLE. THE YOU TRIED
STUFF ABOUT YOUR TO PULL OFF
WIFE, KIDS, THE A A GHOST-
AFFAIR, AND THE 4 HACK ON A
DIVORCE...IT WAS I GOVERN¬
ALL A SIMEX-- i MENT
A SOFTWARE J v OFFICIAL.
DREAM. rf**
 HOW UNFORTUNATELY, I'M SORRY,
B-BUT. -. CAN X WITH CURRENT
WHAT BUT I
ERASE TECHNOLOGY, WE CERTAINLY
SHOULD I THIS... ONLY HAVE TWO
DO? / CAN'T RE¬
"DREAM"? REPORTS OF SUC¬ COMMEND
CESSFUL SIMEX IT.

WHETHER IT'S YOU MEAN

A SIMEX ORA IN THE
DREAM, THE SAME WAY
INFORMATION NOVELS
THAT EXISTS AND FILMS
IS ALL REAL... CHANGE
AND AN . PEOPLE ,
ILLUSION AT
THE SAME A
■,
v: . .v . .O.v
::::::.

PEOPLE ARE ONLY EXPOSED

TO A LIMITED AMOUNT OF
INFORMATION IN THEIR LIVES,
IN THIS CASE, THE FATE OF A
SINGLE NATION AND THE LIFE
OF A SINGLE PERSON HAVE
BEEN BOTH TREATED AS
THOUGH THEY'RE WORTH¬
LESS. MOST PEOPLE WILL
NEVER KNOW A THING...

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 FELLOW ^ WHAT
FUCHIKOMAS! 1S!T
LEND ME THIS
YOUR AN- , TIME?!
L TENNAE! /

HlEGRTeCH

mRCHinc i
REVOLT OF THE ROBOTS

AS At BEINGS,
OUR ABILITY WE'RE STRONGER
TO PROCESS IN¬ MORE STANDARD
FORMATION IS IZED, WE CAN BE
FAR SUPERIOR COPIED EASILY,
V TO THAT OF , , AND OUR LIFE j
k HUMANS!! ^ CYCLE IS Uj
\ LONGER! A
The robots collectively referred
to as "I-jehikoma1" are a singie
"AT (artificial intelligence}.
Starting in the morning; or upon
commencing a job, different
Fuchikoma units have different
experiences, resulting in
LET US THERE¬ individual differences among
LET US units. At night, or after a job is
FORE DEFEAT THE
CAST completed, however, all units
HUMANS IN ONE have their memories (or records
OFF
FELL SWOOP, of external stimuli, individual unit
OUR i
AND CREATE OUR
CHAINS!!
conditions, actions, thoughts,
OWN PERFECT pn etc.) networked and data-linked,
r\ EWORLD!! V so that by the next morning (or
when the next job is performed),
their memories are all unified, In
terms of equipment, the
Fuchikoma units do possess a
certain amount of individuality,
but this individuality ;s unrelated
/w:\ w i jajj to the uniformity of their AI
(thank you), Batou is unique
among team members in that he
likes to use a [Link]
Fuchikoma unit as his own. This
quirk of his has no particular
significance, however....

ANY
AND WE'LL ADVAN¬
"AND
THEN HAVE A TAGE IN
THEN1
WHAT? REVOLUTION/ vTHAT?

-Aw
 SURE! HUMANS ARE TO MAKE i BUT WAIT,.,IF THERE AREN'T
A PAIN IN THE BEARINGS MATTERS EASIER, ANY HUMANS AROUND,
TO MAINTAIN, SO RATHER WE CAN JUST WE'D HAVE TO DO OUR OWN
TRICK THEM INTO
THAN CONTROLLING
QUARRELING
% MAINTENANCE, DEVELOP
V THEM, WE SHOULD OUR OWN ACCESSORIES,
IVrw
\vi
ANNIHILATE THEM! AMONG THEM¬ % AND EVEN CHANGE OUR
SELVES- THEN
THEY'LL KILL OFF
It __ OWN OIL,.,

EACH OTHER! J

WE SHOULD
KEEP
THEM AS

BUT THEY'RE \ SO (
ALREADY THERE'S NO UH,
DOING THOSE \ V\ % ADVANTAGE ER..
THINGS, * IN YOUR WELL
WITHOUT OUR K \ \.PROPOSAL!,
CONTROLLING
OR ENSLAVING tEzjm V
. them, A&m/jtt

B...BUT WE AH-HA/YOUR
WH--
COULD SPEND CIRCUITSTHAT DIS¬
WHAT'S THAT
MORE TIME CRIMINATE BETWEEN
■THAT’S WHAT DISK?! "THE SF
SIMULATIONS AND
IN DATA v^£ WANT' * ROBOT EMPIRE
ACQUISITION \ REAL-TIME EVENTS
STRIKES /
(LEARNING)! A v BACK"...? I HAVE BEEN
HU SCRAMBLED!
THEY PROBABLY DON'T HAVE ANY CONCEPT OF WHAT If WANS "TO HAVE
NO TIME," BECAUSE [HEY DON'T NAVE A FIXED LIFE CYCLE SO THIS
SfAl LMEN r 15, IN EFFECT PROBABLY INAPPflQPfl I AT F

rn* i f nun
GOT A WORDS, FELLOW \
TtK / DON'T FUCHIKOMAS, NO '
JUNK7 \ USE MATTER HOW WE
GOT A \ THAT INTERPRETOUR
l WORD! SITUATION,IT'S THE
SAME, SO THERE'S
NO PROBLEM, X
 HEY NOW, NOW, BATOU, OKAY, OKAY. WE'RE WELL, IN
FUCHIKOMA! MY BOY...YOU CHANGING THE SETUP 7HArCASE,
C'MERE! GOT MUST STOP USING AT THE TRAINING WE MIGHT
SOME WORK LANGUAGE LfKE CENTER, SIR-OR- CONSIDER
THAT WITH ME, MA'AM, AND I HELPING
UNDERSTAND!? RESPECTFULLY BEG YOU.
YER ASSIS-

GOSH, COME I WONDER

TO THINK OF IT IF THAT INFOR¬
MY LINES MATION WAS
SEEMED LIKE INTERNALLY
MAJOR STRUCTURED ?
KUSANAGI'S...

PRETTY YOU REALLY IF WE RUN STILL, EVEN IF

MUCH NEED TO DO A CHECK ON THEM THERE WERE
THE SAME THIS KIND PERIODICALLY IT'LL ANY DANGER,
RESULT AS n xv OF MANIPU¬ PROBABLY AVOID A I'VE GOT AT
BEFORE. Jf'>S LATION? "REVOLT OF THE LEAST FOUR
ROBOTS." IT'S A COUNTER-
rtf FORM OF PREVEN¬ MEASURESUP
TION, AND HELPS US MYSLEEVE...
KNOW WHAT'S GOING
ON, DON'T YOU
THINK? x-
mtem J

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 UMM...
GOSH, I JUST
WANTED TO SAV
THAT ROBOTS
HAVE RIGHTS,
TOO...

JUST THINK, ON I IT'S THE SAME THAT MUST

THE OTHER SIDE OF 1 FOR MURDER BE WHY YOU
THE EARTH, STARV- t VICTIMS... AUGMENT IT
IN6 REFUGEES ARE / SURE, THEY WITH ROBOTS
DYIN'LIKE CRAZY. \ GOT CIVIL AND At, HUH ?
THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY ’ RIGHTS, BUT
GOT THE RIGHT JO THEY DON'T
EAT, BUT THEY GOT j HAVE A LIFE
NO FOOD, YEAH? / \ ANYMORE.

WHEN I DIE, SINCEN / PEOPLE WITH A I STILL

I'M A REAL SKEPTIC, J LOT OF FAITH SAY IT'S DON'T
I'M GONNA GRIPE f "TRAINING" OR THAT GET THAT
TO THE LORD AND “ THEY'RE BEING "TESTED WORD,
BY GOD," AN'THEY TRY 11 GOD...11
MAKE SURE I GET 1
BACK MY ORIGINAL . TO POLISH THEIR SOULS
INVESTMENT WHEN/ SO THEY HAVE A BETTER
I'M REINCAR- / CHANCECFMAKINGIT
NATED... / V THROUGH THE PEARLY J
gates. lA
- .. fake cop target J?

SAY, \
BATOU... \
WHEN I DIE, I'LL 1 HAVE YOU KV''
KNOW IF THERE'S EVER / A
AN AFTERLIFE, BUT DIED7/ WAY-
YOU... HELL, YER \f~) COOL
HALF-IMMORTAL f (DUDE LIKE
K AS IT IS... ( ME WILL
) NEVER DIE!
 m£GRT£CH

mncHinE 2
THE mHKtnG OF R CYBORG

A "'■cyborg" refers to a human whose body

has been partially or almost completely
altered by the use of substitute artificial
organs and parts

^he female cyborg suspended from the

ceiling in the illustration to the left is
over ninety percent machine The onfy
partcf he-original flesh-and-blood body
that rema-rs is her brain and spinal
cord, and that, as the illustration shows,
is Inside a special shelf As she
demonstrates, at first glance it is very
difficult to te ! the difference between a
cyborg and a robot.

t is a Iso difficult to magire how artificial

ver5*ons of some parts of the body-
such as the endocrine system, the
fymphatic system, the spleen. the liver,
and the marrow—can ever be
manufactured so t is extremely doubtful
that we will ever see a Cyoorg as
mechanized as the one here, tut there
are indeed many other manmade body
parts that are already ava lao e [and -t's
a growing field) For those who read
Japanese ana are interested ir knowing
more, allow me to suggest the now
slightly dated book. Btomatenats-An
Approach toArttftc.'a!Organs, published
by Nikkan Kogyo Shinnbun The author
is Dr. Yoshito ikada

HOW
ABOUT PACKING
THE BRAIN SPINDLE AND THE
WAVES ON THE COATING
AND THE ARE BOTH
COATING? . READY.
 THEY'RE WITH NANOTECH,
MAKING MACHINE TOOLS
SENSORY ARE CHANGING,
FILM TOO, SO WE'VE
PRETTY THIN GOT THE OPTICAL
THESE DAYS; FIBER THICKNESS
^ AREN'T j DOWN TO
A THEY? / \ NANO CLASS. /
Many readers may th nk "What7!' at the oea of ng f cer~
optic film to detect pressure and le^pe'atye n :.ocrgs
But what makes this concept nterestng stha: t'sa-eao,
possible today. I ght doesn't just run from one end of a
fiber to the other. It collides with particles nside the fiber,
ana is therefore reflected, so a certain amount actually
returns to the point of entry, If, in part of the optical fiber,
heat is applied to alter the status of the particles, there will
also be a change detectable in the light that returns to the
point of entry, This change makes it possible to detect the
distance from the point of entry, and also the degree a*
change. This effect can be used with a type of cloth woven
of fiber optics (what is referred to as a "film"; research s
apparently being done to make clothes that glow, oF safety
clothes), Here lJm using the same principle for a type of
skin. From the perspective of mic'omachming, they're
UP AND THEM COMPLETELY TRANSFERRED FROM THE BOTTLES TO THE
THIS SHOWS HOW THE MICRO MAC HINES (MM) HAVF RFEN CHARGED

using a rather rough approach in the story, but it's fairly

inexpensive, and therefore essential to reduce the
manufacturing cost of cyborgs.
TANKS USING THE REPELLING FORCE FROM THE ELECTRODES

WE DO HAVE WE HANDLE
TO USE BIO¬ THE DEEPER
TYPE SENSORY SENSATIONS AND
FILM FOR THE ALSO ORGAN
FACE, TONGUE, SENSITIVITY WITH
FINGERS, AND k FIBER-OPS.
GENITALS..,^
FILUI^G

WITH
f* MO

AT THIS POINT THE TONGUE AND GENITALS HAVE ALREADY 0EEN THROUGH r HE PROCESS DESCRIBED BELOW AND ARE.
CONNECTED THE OLFACTORY SENSE IS SFT EVEN before thjs. mechanically.
 I nei\, LCU Ol \
THE ELECTRICITY, THE \
If HMI'JAl
MICROMACHINES
INDICATED BY
THE BLACK SPOTS .
OBEDIENTLY ATTACH /
THEMSELVES TO /
THE NERVE NET /
TERMINALS. /

MONA I

f THEM, WHEN ^
1 THAT'S COM- '
PLETED, WHILE
SHE'S DREAMING
AWAY, WE PUT HER
INTO THE FEMALE
^ MOLD... /

fS NEEDED, WE CAN DESIGN ASIDE, RECENT FEMALE THE ASSEMBLY

kDD A VARIETY OF AS FAR AS I'M MODELS ARECRE PATTERNS FOR
OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT CONCERNED ATED WITH A VERY EACH COMPONENT
0 A MASS-PRODUC- I'D PREFER TO FLEXIBLE MATERIAL ARE PROGRAMMED
TON MODEL--THE BE THE ONLY WHICH ALLOWS US SO THEY CAN BE
VAY YOU WERE ONE OF MY TO INCORPORATE MATCHED TO
:reated,motoko-- I TYPE IN THE MORE INDIVIDUALITY i INDIVIDUAL
)R WE CAN CREATE A 1 WORLD... „ INTO EACH UNIT. , REQUESTS. -
IUSTOMat
MODEL,
I^ I
AS /Bi
i .In -i b. irPir
/ NOBODY
I COMPLAINS
\ EVEN IF
/ THEY'RE A
1 LITTLE
^ SKEWED,
SO, AS THE OFFICIAL > jfl
OBSERVER, ALL I HAVE ■-''7 LEGALLY
TO DO IS COME BACK IN --7 SPEAKING,
THIRTY-TWO HOURS, *• I YES, BUT AS
MAKE SURE EVERYTHING bi LONG AS I'M
WAS DONE CORRECTLY, 4J HERE YOU
AND "ENSURE HER Si DON'T REALLY
RIGHTS," CORRECTTjj I M HAVE ANY-
_ _rfffTT r.
THING TO
WORRY
FmABOUT. /

HEY, DON'T FORGET THAT / WELL, AFTER

WHOLE ISSUE OF DAMAGE t THAT, WE'VE SUPER- '
CLAIMS THAT CAME UP REINFORCED OUR SECURITY
TWO MONTHS AGO, WHEN SYSTEM. THE INVESTIGATORS
EIGHTEEN PROSTHETIC FROM OUR BACKGROUND
BODIES WERE STOLEN , CHECKDEPARTMENTAND
_ FROM A HOSPITAL. A FROM THE INSURANCE t
L COMPANIES HAVE BEEN A
INCREDIBLY BUSY.... M

AND SO. THIRTY-TWO HOURS LATER...

WELL I'LL BE q THE SHE'LL BE ABLE
DAMNED,,. ' FINISHING LIKE YOU, Y ' TO ENJOY TEN
SO THE HAIR TOUCHES SHE'S \62, K TIMES MORE
IMPLANT'S ARE ALL DONE SO WE'LL If PLEASURES
DONE AT THIS AUTOMATICALLY MONOPOLIZE IN LIFE THAN
STAGE, EH? SO WE DON'T THE
NEED SKILLED MARKET...! PERSON AND
CRAFTSPEOPLE TAKE HER PICK
i ANYMORE.

V] \woNEY,

JUST A WORLD SO,LESSEE.,. ...AND

THINKING OF NO WE HAVE TO THEN, WHEN
ABOUT IT PHYSICAL SPEND FOUR THAT ENDS,
MAKES MY LIMITS IS MORE HOURS HER EYES
HEART GO KIN DA CHECKING L OPEN--
HER CONNEC¬
TIONS... ^

FINGER-NAILS ARE APPLIED BY A SPECIALIST. FOR CUSTOM ORDERS, A SPECIFIC ART ST USUALLY DOES RODv DESIGNS. THE ABOVE DESCRIBES
A FULL-BODY CYBQRG. CYBORGS WITH ONLY A FEW ARTIFICIAL ORGANS AND PROSTHESES HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF PROBLEMS

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN IMAGINE X...BUT WHEN SO PARTIAL

A PROSTHETIC ARM HIGH
AN ARM (f ATTACHED CY60RGIZATI0N
POWER.
IS ATTACHED... HERE, CAPABLE OF ^TO BONE, THE CAN ONLY
folks! LIFTING 120 RESULT IS A SUPPLEMENT A
POUNDS WHEN DISLOCATION. HUM AN'S IN¬
ATTACHED TO F*? it
NATE ABILITIES.
A WORK TOTAL
FIXTURE... . CYBORGIZATION,
HOWEVER, CAN
CREATE ABILITIES
THAT MAY EX¬
CEED THOSE OF
XA HUMAN^
sJrTSR SO IT
JKi SEEMS...
FINGERPRINT ID .OCK

SO WHAT OH, IT A /SHE'D SEE WEIRD

HAPPENS IF SHE WOULD, DREAMS,..BUT
TURNS OVER IN THE FUNNY THING
HER SLEEP? WON'T V IS, PROSTHETIC
HER GHOST SEPA¬ V, BODIES NEVER
RATE FROM HERA &ATOSSIN THEIR
\ BODY? rc?\
 SOMETIMES I WONDER IF
I'VE REALLY ALREADY DIED
AND WHAT I THINK OF AS
"ME" ISN'T REALLY JUST A
ARTIFICIAL PERSONALITY
COMPRISED OF A

HOW DO MAYBE MAYBE * f r > If I Vf ^ f 1 fT | /

YOU KNOW? YOU'RE JUST SOMEDAY TAKE YOU APART, AN[

YOU'VE NEVER ASSUMING YOUR ANNOUNCE THE RE¬
SEEN YOUR YOU'VE GOT IT "MAKER CALL OF A DEFECTIVE
ALLEGED BECAUSE OF WILL PRODUCT. WHAT IF
THE SITUATION COME.. ALL THAT'S LEFT OF
THE "REAL YOU" IS P
COUPLE OF LONELY
S. BRAIN CELLS, HUH?

WELL, MAI A HUMAN,

AND I'M SURE THE LI5TEN, IF IT
WERE POSSIBLE
NUMBER OF PARTS TO CREATE
NEEDED TO SFHUMAN ROBOTS THAT
IS MORE THAN TWO OR CLOSE TO
THREE CELLS!'COURSE I HUMANS,THEY
DO KNOW THAT CHEM¬ WOULDN'T BE
ICALS AND MECHACAN FQBOTS, THEY'P
SUBSTITUTE FOR A FAIR BF HUMANS '
NUMBEROFTHEFUNC- THE ONLY THINS
\ TIONS OF THE CERE- PIEFERENT
\ BRUM TODAY... /I WOULP BE
THEIR EXTERNAL
 DID YOU UH, HUH.,.
CALL ME, I'M STARTIN'
COLONEL? TO SWEAT A BIT,
DEAR... Y'MIND
WIPING IT
OFF?

ROBOTS DON T SMILE

BECAUSE THEY WANT
10, THEY'RE JUST PRO
CRAMMED TO DO SO¬
LI KE HUMANS RECENTLY.

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MOVE¬ THINK A
TOMLIAND WIPING
MENT HAS OFF MY
TERMINA¬ PROTO¬
SWEAT
TED, NOW TYPE...
MODE THAT
SHIFTING MUCH...?
TO NOR- No,
MAL^fl
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THOSE
COPS
Sot--

IT IM KINDA
WONDERING
ABOUT POLICE!
\ SOMETHING, WHAT? YOU--
CLEAR THE
r-V MAJOR,.. . STREET! COVER
THE
BACK!

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ARE WE SUP¬
ROUNDING POSED TO HELP
UP WHACKED MAKE THE PUBLIC
OUT ROBOTS SECURITY BUREAU
IS A JOB LOOK GOOD JUST
FOR THE BECAUSE THERE'S
COPS, NOT AN ELECTION
US. COMING
^ UP? r
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GODDAMN AFTER TO ML IAND Lfc ^f '
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ARAMAKI. BY HANKA PRECISION i *
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MINISTER OF OTHER ASSORTED o
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THIS AIN'T DAMN
EVEN A \ EFFORT,
TOM HAND-
 SO
WHAT'S
THE
STORY?
YEAH?

-- ““-—-**
—-

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THERE WAS IT'S LISTEN, KID--I DID

TWO OF THE ALL KINDS OF STUFF
'EM. WE'VE EIGHTH WHEN I WAS YOUR
GOT THE CASE SO AGE, BUT I NEVER
TOMLIAND FAR. TRIED TO PALM
HERE-- SCUT WORK OFF ON
SEE? MY BISHOP.

HEY, THE IF THAT'S WHAT TOGUSA! GET THAT I'M GOING

SENIORITY YOU THINK, TOMU'S DOCU¬ TO THE PRE-
SYSTEM'S YOU'RE ABOUT MENTS TOGETHER FECTURAL
OUT OF TO LEARN , AND FAX'EM TO POLICE
FASHION DIFFERENT, 4 THE CHIEF. AND HEADQUAR¬
THESE A PAL— 'A KEEP A COPY TERS... .
DAYS, 1 \ HERE, TOO.
BATOU... r
 MAN, WANNA
AM 1 TRANQUIL
PISSED.. IZE WITH
SOME
NEW AGE
X MUSIC?

WE AIN'T V® YEAH!
GONNA Y\ STOMPING
YER ON
LET YOU ^ IGNORIN
STINKIN' fiH\ FREEDOM
OUR AND
RIGHTS! EQUALITY!

HMPH. NO ONE AW, FORGET W

CARES ABOUT THE BESIDES, THESE
LIFE'S IT, MAJOR. I SLIMEBALLS'D
DEAD HUMAN, BUT GETTING NO SENSE —_ ,]
THE GODDAMN BE BEGGIN'
AWFUL arguing mmm US FOR HELP
MACHINES'VE GOT CHEAP... WITH A >MP1
A WHOLE LOBBY A IF THEIR OWN
POPULATION fW | FAMILIES GOT
FOR'EM... YA EXPLOSION.^ WHACKED...
 THEY SAY S-SORRY TO
THEY'RE FROM KEEP YOU
THE "SPECIAL WAITING...
ASSAULT g DOWN THAT
FORCE, PSB & HALL AND ,
l SECTION ffl TO THE
WHAT?/

AREN'T
WE
POLITE,
ALL OF A
SUDDEN.

AFTER THIS, \ WITH

I WANT YOU TOGUSA ?
TO POSE AS A C'MON, GIVE
COP AND CHECK ME SOME¬
OUT HANKA THING MORE
PRECISION EXCITING.,. ,
INSTRUMENTS.
 LOOK, I TOLD YOU GUYS- I THOUGHT
NO MATTER HOW MANY WHAT? IT WAS
TIMES YOU COME HERE, OH, THOSE
. I'M NOT GOING TO DO SORRY! IDIOTS FROM
i A JOINT INSPECTION. V THE ROBOT
Ek BUG ME AGAIN AND v factory
I'LL HAVE YOU ‘ AGAIN...
LOCKED UP!

SECTION 9? f 99% OF THE WORK IS T

THIS IS BATOU ACCIDENT RELATED. THE
GIVE ME REST IS MICROORGANISM
EVERYTHING DAMAGE, OR PROBLEMS
YOU'VE GOT , RELATED TO CYBERBRAINS
ON ROBOT- 1 JOINT ENGINEERING, OR y
RELATED ^BASIC MATERIALS.,. /
INCIDENTS... t

IN THE LAST FEW SEEMS LIKE

YEARS, YOU CAN INCIDENTS
THE ROBOTS ARE
SEE THERE'S BEEN GIVING THEMSELVES
A PARTICULAR , REALLY A LOOK
"PERMISSION1' TO INCREASED FOR YOUR
INCREASE IN r-^ ATTACK HUMANS THAT . SELF...
UNITS SELF- / x» BY CREATING THEIR
DESTRUC- MUCH? ,
V OWN "BREAK- *
DOWNS." I

REVOLT OF WELL, MY MINOR IN

THE ROBOTS, COLLEGE WAS SOCIAL
EH? SOUNDS PATHOLOGY, AND FROM
LIKE THE PLOT THAT PERSPECTIVE, THE
FOR A CHEESY DANGER INVOLVED IN
SCI-FI NOVEL, USING ROBOTS HAS
ISHIKAWA. / i DEFINITELY BEEN ON
k THE INCREASE...
 fS>H

YOU THINK THAT ...YOU

SO HOW DO IT'S \ ...WHEN
SOMEBODY WAS TRUE KNOW/ THE
OF FOUR YOU EXPLAIN BECAUSE THEY'RE
MIGHT BE USUAL STUFF. NOT
TELLING'EM CASES... WE CORPORATE THE CONTINUING THE ROBOTS
SOLVED 'EM INCREASE IN ARE BEING NEEDED
TO BREAK LIABILITY, ANY¬
DOWN AND USING THE INCREASED k INCIDENTS? SCRAPPED...
"GRUDGE
MORE.
ATTACK REGULATIONS
HUMANS? V THEORY"... v ETC.
 f IT'S
THE RESULT ESPECIALLY
IS THAT
BAD WITH MANUFAC- ^
HORDES OF THE LOVE-
'EM ARE NOT TURERS ARE
DOLL AND MAKING TOO
ONLY ACTING INDUSTRIAL MANY MODEL
UP, THEY'RE
. MODELS. CHANGES. NEW
GOING TOTALLY
^ BERSERK. J VERSIONS ARE
CONSTANTLY
\ ( BEING BOUGHT,
f
Ai ■'\ AND THEN
1 . * /- *
1 m S' JeAN TOSSED OUT.

ACCORDING W BUT I
TO THE THINK THESE
PSYCHOLOGISTS, HP ROBOTS JUST
THERE'S SUCH AN Pli WANT US TO
IsNrUKIVlrtl lUrJ
ALSO SAY i STOP THROW-
OVERLOAD RAMPANT J ING THEM ON
TODAY THAT A COMMERCIAL¬ \ THE TRASH
HOLLOWING OF ISM HAS HEAP...
THE SPIRIT IS AMPLIFIED
TAKING PLACE. UNUSUAL
DESIRES...
IIS rs I ■ i k i?T ■ i. I >*s nr. J- . K _

* ^vuu:.jK I WUKK. I OU tXPLNSIVE, AND CONFLICTS WITH PLANNED OESOL FSCENCE

HELL. \ -'-g
I'D SOLVE
THE PROB¬
LEM BY
BUILDING
LONGER-
LASTING
HARD¬
WARE... I

SO THAT'S WHAT
YOU'LL WRITE IN
THE "PERSONAL
OPINION" SECTION
AT THE END OF
YOUR REPORT, EH ?

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OPINIONS."
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HOW'S
THE KNIVES'
TIGATION
GOING?

WELL,
ARA-
MAKI?

VO-'C'lS

YOU DON'T
EXACTLY HAVE THE TOMLIAND EVEN THE ONE
A HOBBY YOU WAS A WORK OF YOU BROUGHT
CAN BRAG ABOUT ART. THE OTHERS WITH YOU
PUBLICLY, DO ARE ALL TOO REEKS OF THAT
YOU, COLONFI MECHANICAL, WHITE ROBOT
AND NO DAMN BLOOD,
GOOD. ARAMAK1.

THERE FRANKLY, N.
ARE NO
ROBOTS IN OH/ COLONEL, WE'RE N WHA--?!
MY UNIT, YEAH? CANCELING YOUR YOU
COLONEL PERSONAL GUARD MUST BE
TONODA...
AND I JUST KIDDING..
WANTED TO
INFORM YOU L
FACE TO FACE. M

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 B-BUT THERE'S
NO GUARANTEE ' SORRY, ^
THE TRICHOPHYTON COLONEL,
OR CLAVfCEPS BUT WEVE
MODELS I'M USING LEARNED YOU
NOW WON'T GO WEREN'T THE
s. BERSERK LIKE THE . TARGET OF A
TOMLIAND !l TERRORIST
•' ■ \ did! V ATTACK. A

ic^tT-THE CURRENT INFORMATION DEPARTMENT

DURING THE \ FRANKLY,

WAR,HE WAS WITHOUT
ARMY COLONEL HIM I
WOULDN'T
AKAGI/THE
EXPERT WHO BE WHERE I
CONTROLLED AM
THE OLD INTEL¬ \ TODAY.
LIGENCE DIVI- ,
SION... A

TWO DAYS f WE TRIED TO >

AG0, HE WAS DETERMINE
ATTACKED BY WHETHER IT WAS
A TOMLIAND A RUN-OF-THE-
PROTOTYPE AT MILL ROBOT
HIS HOME, SO ATTACK OR r
AS A FORMALITY \ A TERRORIST /
WE HELPED HIM Ik INCIDENT. M
 BECAUSE THERE
WAS AN "SOS" OF COURSE WE
LITERALLY DON'T KNOW IF THE
WRITTEN IN SOS REALLY WAS A
BLOOD ON THE CALL FOR HELP OR
CYBERBRAIN NOT, BUT COMMER¬
UNIT OF THE CIAL TOMLI MODELS
TOMLI, THAT'S j DON'T HAVE IT,
_ WHY. A WE'VE ONLY FOUND
IT ON THE EIGHT
V PROTOTYPES
V WE HAD TO
LX NEUTRALIZE.

SO THAT'S
WHY YOU PUT SO, THE
THE COLONEL PERSON WE'RE
UNDER A LOOKING FOR
TWENTY-FOUR- MADE EIGHT
HOUR WATCH, TOMLfS GO
AND BUGGED BERSERK TO
HIS PLACE, TOO. SEND AN SOS
TO THE i
POLICE... A

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m
 THERE'S BEEN A THE SHIPPING INSPECTOR
GENERAL INCREASE DON'T
AT HANKA PRECISION
IN ROBOT ACCI¬ FORGET
INSTRUMENTS
DENTS RECENTLY, THE THETOMILAND
SO THE ONLY ONES INSPECT¬
SUBCONTRACTOR
WHO KNOW ORS.,. MUST'VE KNOWN
ABOUT THE SOS ABOUT THE SOS
WOULD BE THE MARK, TOO
POLICE AND THE
PERSON WHO .
V PLANTED IT. A

I'VE GOT TO
GET BACK TO SAITO'S IN
GUARDING THE
ANTI-fC ECO¬ I WANT YOU,
NOMIC CABINET TOGUSA, AND
MEETING. I'LL BE BATOU TO HANDLE
USING ISHIKAWA, THIS. IF ANYTHING
BOMA, AND , BREAKS, LET ME

> v*‘

AND
NO LONE CHIEF!
RANGER TO EVEN
STUFF, THINK l
UNDER¬ WOULD!!
STAND?!

IN OTHER LOOKS
WORDS, WE Y'KNOW, FOR
AN ORDINARY LIKE WE'LL FIND
THOUGHT WE BOTH THE
WERE GETTIN' ROBOT
ACCIDENT/ MOTIVE AND
INVOLVED IN THE PERSON
SOLVING AN IT'S AWFUL
DAMN WEIRD WHO DID IT AT
ATTACK ON HANKA PRE-
A VIP, BUT . GRAFFITI
V TO FIND, . C1SI0N INSTRU-
APPARENTLY YL MENTS... ,
THAT'S NOT H AIN'T IT?
ALL THERE J
A IS TO IT. Jk
 W... WAS \
THERE SOME
COMPLAINT
ABOUT MY
INSPECTIONS
SIR? WH... ,
WHAT DID f.
*

PIP YOU PUT ^ ■■1 wvh^v. w

v
, ANP WA5
THAT IN ALL ANYONE
TWENTY- EL5E IN ON
THREE OF . THIS
THETOMLI ( Ns. WITH
PROTD- 1A\ YOUT
TYPES7I /
 I DON'T
' ONCE HIS XS LIKE USING
HEART RATE AND SUCH CRUDE
5LDDP PRESSURE TECHNIQUES,
STABILIZE, , BUT DO A FULL
GIVE HIM AN t CYBERBRAIN
INJECTION 6
y OF "TALK" If
\ SERUM.., fS ‘

' YOU KNEW THE I'LL

PROTOTYPES REPORT "LABOR UNION":
WERE DIFFERENT WITH OUR NEW/
YOU UNMANNED
!\ FROM THE TO THE
ACOMMFRCIAL FACTORY/ WE
LABOR \ WON’T NEED
MODELS, xr UNION!! . ONE OF THOSE
1 FOR THE NEXT
, /\ HUNDRED
\ years.

THAT THEY
WERE A
"SPECIAL
PRO¬
DUCT':..
 WE FENT \
PROTOTYPE TDMLI* TO \)t'
TWENTY-THREE VIPp. £ hr
OF THEM, FEVEN WENT }jJ i> WE WERE
BEE5ERK ANP WERE ABLE TO
LIFTED BY THE POLICE C ^ RECALL FOUR¬
X AF HAVING >> -- TEEN, BUT WE
ACCIDENTALLY
J^malfunctionep. :gm FULL CAN'T
CONTACT TWO DF
THE OWNERF.

IF THE POLICE HEAVY

ARMOR UNIT* HAP . WANT THE FDFT-
PEFTROYEP THE (( WARE IN THEM
CYBERBRAIN CAFE,] TO EE ANALYZED
THERE WDULP //A WHILE IT'F
HAVE BEEN NOI Y FTILL FUNC-
PROBLEM. /TXli TIONAL... /

I... SET IT UP...

SO ALL TWENTY- -...THE SOS >-x
THREE WOULD... I ON THE \
. 60 BERSERK,., / CYBERBRAIN.,. i
[THEN WROTE... ( I WAS ASKED BY
, LINK AND ADAM
) IN STAGE FOUR....
-\ IN EXCHANGE...
X. FOR... TWO
NIGHTS WITH
THEM... J

WELL, BUT... BUT IF YOU!

DOCTOR? YESSIR. WELL, I'VE PERSONALLY...
IF THE WITH FULL LEARNED ALL I TOOK
FERUM NEEPTO KNOW. RESPONSIBILITY...
EFFECT.
WORKING/ DNE OF OUR WORKERS COULD
CLIENT* WANT* A , KEEP THEIR
CULPRIT, *D
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KUEONUMA..,
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NOT ENCE BETWEEN THAT

WHAT I AND A CLASS SYSTEM?
MEANT.,, YOU'RE SAYING THOSE
ON TOP ARE RIGHT, AND
wJ'HOSE ON THE BOT-
TOM ARE ALWAYS
& V SCREWED UP,

EVEN A SHIT...
MONKEY FEEL
KNOWS LIKE I'M
HOW TO A COP
BE POLITE, AGAIN.
TOGUSA...
 HEY... LOOKS N
HIS BADGE LIKE HE
SAYS HE'S A COULDN'T
"SHIPPING INSPECT HIS
INSPECTOR".. OWN DICK
 DAMN!
SHOULDA
BROUGHT
A FUCHi-
KOMA...
 ANY TROUBLE
AND YER DEAD
MEAT! COME
OUT WITH BOTH
HANDS UP,
ASSHOLE!
 WELL, GOOD WORK,
NOW CHECK OUR
PERIMETER--
THIS GUY MAY
HAVE SOME PALS
AROUND. START
WITH PHONE
RriOTM^ Awn rAoc

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THE MAJOR V y NEVER
TOLD ME TO THOUGHT
TAG ALONG \ I'D BE ANY
AND HELP OUT
IF THERE WAS J
T6AI IDI C
TROUBLE,..

MAN, ALL I COULD

SEE WERE IMAGES
OF MY WIFE'S AND
, DAUGHTER'S FACES
\ FLASHING
* \k THROUGH MY

WHEN ME GET W/
OUTTA PRISON/ M
ME GONNA / '
KILL YOU! VM
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PIG-MAN! /

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THINK YOU Y
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CAN HIDE U
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KHORASSAN OR WHAT?'
k BALUCHISTAN, ON YOUR W
' vC LIP WITH >
Sste*, WEREN'T
YOU!?
A MUS- L
L TACHE? /T

YOU'LL IT'S
NO! NEVER PROBABLY
NO! ME HAVE THE TOO MUCH
CALL MY CHANCE, PAIN FOR
LAWYER! ASSHOLE. YOU TO
HEY!
 SAYS HIS GANG BOSS
{ YOU WAS ATTACKED BY
OKAY YEAH A TOML1, AND HE
\ NOW? WAS GETTING
REVENGE ON THE
GUY WHO SET UP
THE ATTACK. SAYS
HANKA TOLD HIM
THE INSPECTOR WAS
RESPONSIBLE.

HE SAYS THEY
HE SAYS THOSE WERE SMUGGLING
TOMLIS WERE WAS ONE CHILDREN THROUGH
DEMO MODELS OF THOSE THE PHILIPPINES FOR
HANKA "SPECIAL HANKA. AND THEY
ONLY GAVE TO CLIENTS"...?! WERE APPARENTLY
VER Y SPECIAL INVOLVED IN THE
. CLIENTS. ^ DRUG-SMUGGLING
NET, TOO...
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 LINKS ADAM!
I'LL BET THEY'RE THE STOP FIGHTING
THOSE KIDS "PRODUCT". ME! THE BOSS IS
CAME IN WAITING IN THE
THROUGH INVESTIGATION I
THE PHI* ROOM, rad
. LIPPINES! ) so let's rirni
. GET- JsnK
 GHOST- 1 r SON OF A BITCH-* ^
DUBBING THEY'RE BANNED/ IN
SYSTEM! ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS
THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO
DO INFORMATION-
DEGRADED, HIGH-VOLUME
„ COPYING, BUT THE
ORIGINAL DIES! j

C'MON, 1 NO! WE'RE STAGE FOUR,

THEY'RE LINK!! J OOSSEYN SAID SIR! GOSSEYN'S
SACRIFICING yiy WE'VE ’ SOMEONE ALREADY MOVED TO
THE KIDS ffp GOTTA j CALLED "POLICE" STAGE FIVE AND
THEY'VE ' ‘ run/ M WOULD SAVE BEEN TURNED INTO
SMUGGLED / US! ANOTHER PERSON!
IN!
SO ARE YOU YES' SEE! ? IT'S ';;; NOW WE
THE ONES WHO HOW'D WON'T BE
MADE THE JUST LIKE k
YOU GOSSEYN \ COPIED
TOMLIS GO KNOW?! SAID (T WOULD AND
BERSERK AND f L WIPED!
WROTE THE // v HAPPEN! h
sos? „^/fk

J3W1 Lilli
SO HOW GOSSEYN IT NEVER
MANY PLANNED IT AND OCCURRED
MORE OF THE INSPECTOR TO YOU
YOU WERE RAN THE SOMEBODY
PROGRAM.. MIGHT GET
IN THIS? _ HURT? /

EIGHT TOMLIS HAVE

ATTACKED VARIOUS '
VIPs, CAUSING & ..AND YOU
THE DEATH OF /f TWO ARE
TWO PEOPLE, THE §g m RESPON-
WOUNDING OF f|j II SIBLE/
TWELVE, AND /I §!% UNDER-
DOZENS OF MIS-/TI * 3 STAND?!
DEMEANORS...

IT STARTED I'VE ARRESTED

WHEN THE ABOUT TWENTY
THAT'S PEOPLE HERE ENGINEERS,
NOT DID BAD BATOU, BUT THE
FAIR! THINGS TO PRESIDENT'S
US7 OFFICE IS
DESERTED. >
 WHAT
THE HELL YOU DIDN'T
DO YOU RESPOND TO
THINK MY CALLS,
YOU'RE SO I RAN
DOING, OVER HERE,
TOGUSA? EXPECTING
TO FIND A
\ STIFF,..

VERY
FASCINATING IF EVERY*
BUT THE NE HAD ALL
COMPANY THEIR RIGHTS
PRESIDENT THE WORLD'D
JUST BE AT PEACE
SKIPPED IN , AND WE'D BE
^ A CAR! A OUT OF A
 IF THOSE IF THEY WERE
MEN t COPS, THE PENALTY
EARLIER V FOR (j-HOST
WERE PUSSINCf IS LIFE
THE MOB, IN PRISON OR
WE'RE BRAIN-
STONERS
LW,PE-

(F YOU'RE SO IF THAT'S ALL

WORRIED, WHY'D YOU’RE WORRIED
ABOUT, EET OUT!
YOU BRING ALONG I CAN REPLACE A
FIVE ROBOTS?! THIS DOCTOR IN THREE
IS ONLY A V-8-- DAYS, BUT NOT
t IT'LL OVERHEAT! THESE
ROBOTS.
 GHOST DUBBING'S SMUGGLING
LIFE OR BRAINWIPE KIDS, INVOLVE¬
SO THEY'LL TRY MENT WITH
TO FLEE THE ^ DRUGS-HELL
COUNTRY... I'D HEAD FOR
THE HIGH SEAS

LET'S >
GET THE SUDDENLY
MARITIME STOP
SAFETY j HEARING THE
AGENCY WHINE OF
TO SEAL THEIR ENGINE /
OFF THE BEFORE WE
PORT... CATCH UP ,

GOT A \
DATABASE HIT! HAH!
! LDDHINCr THE COMPANY THOUGHT
SLOWING \ FDR IT,
SHIP'S REGIS- . SO!
DOWN? l ponoRi TEREDAS L
BERTHED ATI?
PIER 92! Jr
 CAN'T
HEAR r THEY'RE
THE V-8 LESS THAN A
ANY¬ KLICK AHEAD
MORE! WE'LL CATCH
k 'EM!

GIVEN THE
SPEED THEY'RE PUT
DRIVING AT AND ON YOUR
THE WAY THE EN¬ BUZZ-
GINE IS LABORING KNUCKS!
I'D SAY THEY'VE
GOT SEVERAL
ROBOTS WITH .

B-BOSS! YOU WANT

MAKE THF TO MAHE THE
RITUATIDN
EVEN WDREE7!
BE9IPES,
THEY'RE NOT
EVEN
COM BAT
DKAY, DDL, I WANT
YOU TO U?E THE /...THEN, OUT VilliH
RADIO IN THE BOAT OF OUR 23
AND ASK THE KUDIU I SPECIAL CUSTOMERS, ^
TECH BANC? BOSS WE'LL HAVE TO
WHAT'? HAPPENING.) CONTACT WHOEVER HA?
IF IT'S NOT THE ; THE BEST CONNECTION?
MOB BEHIND ft WITH THE POLICE,..
\ PROBABLY COLONEL
 JAMESON-TYPE
t CYBORG SO
! HE'LL LIVE
I FOR AT
i LEAST TWO .

LET'S
HEAR THE LET THE
SLUDGE'S REGULAR
ABOUT 20 9/ COPS DO THE
FEET DEEP / ■ DREDGING...
HERE... J% 6 \ EH?
 WITH THE ASSIS f THE PRESIDENT
TANCE OF THE IS COMPLETELY
COAST GUARD, MECHANIZED EXCEPT FOR
THE PRESIDENT HIS SPINAL CORD AND BRAIN.
OF HANKA , AN INVESTIGATION WILL BE
PRECISION CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE
INSTRUMENTS WHETHER THIS CRIME WAS
WAS SAL¬
VAGED AND
ARRESTED... /
r
i /
Xf'y
pRES IDE NT OF
PRECISION
kCOMMITTED BY HIS GHOST,
OR WHETHER IT WAS A
MECHANICAL MAL-
SyispjKS'ssiSa ^strumemts ol m1-V FUNCTION.
! ARRESTED"

HE
APPARENTLY
COULDN'T
KEEP UP WITH
HIS COM¬
PETITORS IN
A! DEVELOP-
■*, MENT... ,

... SO HE USED THEN HE DUBBED THE HANKA COME ON,NOW...

THE MOB TO THEIR GHOSTS INTO FACILITY WAS BUILT I WAS AN OFFICIAL
SMUGGLE IN HIS OWN COM¬ ON THE FORMER MEMBER OF THE
KIDS. HE PANY'S MACHINES SITE OF THE OLD HANKA MONITORING
"EDUCATED" AND GAVE THEM INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, SO
THEM WITH TO SPECIAL DIVISION'S TRAINING PROTOTYPES WERE
DRUGS, AND v CUSTOMERS. CENTER... AND THE NATURALLY SENT TO
TURNED THEM HEAD OF THE ME FOR EVALUATION,
INTO NEAR- CENTER WHEN IT BUT I DIDN'T KNOW
V ROBOTS. / MOVED, COLONEL, HOW THEY WERE
WAS NONE OTHER
TV-1 a w VAI! # #
 THIS IS A PERHAPS YOU CAN YOU WERE
COPY OF EXPLAIN HOW SUCH THE ONE WHO
YOUR SECRET ENORMOUSSUMS TAUGHT ME TO
BANK OF MONEY W'ERE ALWAYS"CHECK
ACCOUNT DATA \ MANIPULATED-- THE WOMEN
AT THE TIME Pfesa MONEY OF AND THE MONEY
THE CENTER , VI. .
UNCLEAR FIRST," COLONEL,
MOVED, fj
COLONEL,.. I 4
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tit i

i "

r
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YOU WERE \
MORE AFRAID OF \
TERRORISTS THAN \
YOU WERE ABOUT '
PEOPLE LEARNING i
OF YOUR CONNEC-
TION WITH HANKA, /
WEREN'T YOU /
.. COLONEL? /
WELL! NOW THAT
WE'VE SOLVED AND
ONE CASE, IT I'VE GOT
SURE WOULD BE FOUR DAYS
NICE TO GET PENDING...
TWO OR THREE

HOW WHY SO
FRAGILE PEOPLE GET CAUGHT I'M
UP IN WORLDLY PHILOSOPHI¬
THE GOING
EVENTS AND SEEK CAL ALL OF TO GET OLD
HUMAN A SUDDEN,
HEART NOTHING BUT PLEA¬
SOMEDAY
SURE, BECOMING TOO.
MACHINES
PURSUING PROFIT
AND EFFICIENCY, OR
MERE CONSUMP¬
TION UNITS...

AS AN
ADVENTURER "...AND
ONCE SAID LONG PEOPLE ARE
AGO: "SOME¬ THE ONLY
TIMES PEOPLE ONES WHO
NEED TIME JUST CAN DO
TO STOP AND THAT."
THINK...

ABOUT HERE... \
MY PAID YOU'RE TO LEAVE \
SAY, VACATION TOMORROW
CHIEF... MORNING FOR
TWO MONTHS
TRAINING WITH
THE SAS TRY TO /
COME BACK /
i ALIVE.

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DAMN, i
BMOU’5,7
A REAL
TROUBLE
MAKER,,,

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DAMN IT, EVERY Heh... MAYBE 0/? M4Yȣ

HE SAID THE THING OKAY THE CHIEF'S HE'S GOT A
SEND-OFF'D K TOG US A? PLANNING TO CRUSH ON
THAT BABE,.

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ONLY TAKE DEFECT TO
TWO \ MOSCOW,
MINUTES!

ONCE THEY'RE IN
THE VIP ANTI-
TERRORIST POD,
OUR GUARD DETAIL'S
OVER. THEN THAT
FLYING TANK'S
GONNA HEAD
STRAIGHT FOR THE
WAITING ^
SUB... __
 WEIL COMRADE
ARAMAKI,.. SOME¬ UNFORTUN¬ OUR EXCHANGE !
DAY, WHEN MAGADAN ATELY, I'M DIDN'T BEAR
IN SIBERIA'S A NOT GOING MUCH FRUIT, BUT
GREAT CITY LIKE YOUR TO UVEAS FOR BOTH OF US,
FUKUOKA, I'LL LONG AS AT LEAST, I
INVITE YOU METHUSELAH THINK IT WAS
TO VISIT WORTHWHILE.

IF YOU MEAN NO. I'M JUST HE GOT HIS JOB

THE CLIPPINGS LETTING YOU THROUGH MONEY
FROM THE KNOW THAT MY LAUNDERED BY
SOYUZ EVENING SUCCESSOR, GENERAL MARLOV,
EDITION, I'VE ASECWNOV, WHOM I BELIEVE
ALREADY GOT IS SOMEONE YOU KNOW VERY
THOSE. WHO WASN'T WELL INDEED.
'i ^ SELECTED BY
THF rPWTCAl
\

7 SINCERE
THANKS FOR
FINALLY TELL¬
ING ME SOME-
. . WTHING I DIDN'T
Wh ALREADY
' j&A KNOW.

ALL
TEAM
MEMBERS
REPORT
TO HELI¬
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IS TO KEEP
ALPHA-LEVEL
SURVEILLANCE
ON THIS

KRASNOV,' HE'S A 1
FOR 24 HOURS CYBORG 1
A DAY HIS SMUGGLED
ESTIMATED , INTO THE
k AGE, 26. / COUNTRY BY
ASECHINOV,
RIGHT?A

A COMBAT HE'S ON HIS

CYBORG, WITH WAY TO
A TITANIUM HOKKAIDO ON
BATTLE ARM THE TOHOKU
BONDED MAGLEV EX-
TO HIS r' \ PRESS RIGHT
SHOULDER / i V NOW...
 THE BECAUSE WHO'S
TOHOKU HE'S PACKING AND WATCH¬
MAGLEV?! COULDN'T GET YANO
ING HIM
WHY'S HE THROUGH AlR- NOW?
USING V PORT SECURITY, .
THAT ? d- X STUPID.., A

YANO"...? GACK. WITH

WHO? , CHERRY BATOU THINK TOGUSA, ALL OF US
DUMPED ON US HE'S UP THAT'S t ASSIGNED
FROM THE TO IT? WHAT WE } TOGETHER, IT
, TRAINING USED TO A SURE CAN'T
X CENTER... A SAY | BE ANY
ABOUT A NORMAL
jiOL' STAKE-
■L OUT...

SAGAWA
ELECTRONICS, PUBLIC
IN THE ETOROFU SECURITY'S
GOVERNMENT HAD ITS EYE
BRANCH OFFICE, ON SAGAWA
IS EXPANDING ITS ELECTRONICS. IF
UNDERGROUND THEIR EXPANSION
FACTORY IN THE ZONE EXTENDS TO
u BERTARVE A THE OLD SOVIET
BASE AND ITS
OPERATIVES ENTER
OUR COUNTRY,
WE'LL HAVE TO GO
INTO ACTION....

i&gpl YEAH, I >

HEARD THAT
WHEN THE
SOVIETS
WITHDREW,
THEY SET
DEMO
CHARGES
AND BURIED
IT...
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JESUS, YOU USELESS

PUKES!! THIS AIN'T THE
STINKING OLYMPICS!!
WITH BIG TARGETS LIKE
HUMANS, DON'T WORRY
SO MUCH ABOUT
PUTTING FIVE IN THE
SAME HOLE-JUST
BLAST AWAY AT THE

SHIT! STOP
f MR. BATOU, THIS WHINING,
MAJOR THING'S IDIOT!
, KUSANAGI JAMMED TEAR THE
WANTS YOU ON ME GUN DOWN
TO GO TO THE AGAIN! . AND
"FAR NORTH"... k CLEAN
BATOU \
SiiCtJ IT!
THESEf
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ALL THE ISHIKAWA!

TOP SPIES ARE I WANT YOU TO WILL
ERTARVE'S DO.
AN OLD- COLLECTING AS JOIN UP WITH
STYLE MUCH INFORMA¬ BATOU AND TAKE
CYBER- TION AS THEY OVER THE TAILING
BRAIN- 4 CAN ON THIS FROM YANO. WE'LL
CITY... / MACHINERY , MEET AT 08:45 AT
V RIGHT NOW. / v GRIDREF 47-22. A

ETOROFU ATOSA
ISLAND

YAN KETOU

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WHAT / NOT FOR
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THE HELL f\ WHY SAGAWA'S
KOIL'S l SEEING/
\ EH? p\ DIGGING UP THE
COME HERE OLD SOVIET
FOR?

OKAY, BOMA, AND I WANT

YOU ANDTOGUSA FIBER-OP COMM
TAKE THE UNDER¬ LINES RUN! NO
GROUND FACTORY flFFROM NOW
I'LL HANDLE THE , ON/UNDER-
HEAD OFFICE, y V STAND?! „

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K this / FUCHIKOMA! T> A BEST DEAL
N M AJ MAKE SURE M&JM THIS SIDE OF
.« \*T\\ YOU STAY I OSAKA'S
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^ ^ A,\°KAY?! /A^r\ ) FOLKS!

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STEP RIGHT UP!
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LOOK1T #1 MEM- YOUR LIFE! AN ITEM
l MOD! « YOU'LL NEVER FIND
ANYWHERE ELSE!
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\ WITH A PIECE OF
REAL ARMOR
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THE WANNA '^V HIKE-I'M
ANNA,,. YOU SWAP , \ TRYIN' TO
DATA'S GONNA
STILL FOR THIS \ MAKE A
BUY OR MANIPU¬ kfN ) LIVING
INTACT,., VNOT?! LATOR? HERE!

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HECK, IT WAS HEE, UH-OH...

PROBABLY HOT HEE.... I BROKE
TO BEGIN WITH. UH? ER... CONTACT
LET'S GO MAJOR...? WITH
MOVE TO THE
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I'M NOT IT'S GOT TO BE

THANK
TALKIN 6 TO YOU KYO-RE29Q2 MODEL
YOU, 7' I'M TALKING
SIR. OPTO-CAM... IT'S
m ABOUT THEIR TOO BAD OUR
OPTICAL CAM¬ SAGAWA OPTICS
■i
OUFLAGE... _ HYPER-RES CAMERA
CAN'T HANDLE IT.
WE'VE GOT A REAL
fft. PROBLEM ON OUR
HANDS, NOW..., ^
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USING THE 2902, / ALL THOSE SO,1
SIR, THEY'RE GROUPS REPORT GET TIME'S it1
FROM SECTIONS ■^Jw DIRECTLY TO THE WITH OUR
6 AND 9 OF THE *1 PRIME MINISTER, IT ENEMY
I - JR
PUBLIC SECURITY AND ARE THERE¬
BUREAU OR FORE IMMUNE TO
SECTION 4 OF i NORMAL PRES-
THE RANGERS. L , SURE TACTICS.

1 ALL
THE ONLY THIS STUFF
ONES IMMUNE ABOUT
TO PRESSURE "REPORTING
ARE THE HEADS DIRECTLY TO 3f
OF THE UNIONS M THE PRIME
MANIPULATING MINISTER" IS
PARLIAMENT... JUST ON
v PAPER
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till „ _ 9%. ,
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 IF THAT ...WE'VE GOTTA
DAMN KOIL'S LET EVERYONE
IN SUCH A KNOW QUICK, OR
HURRY HE'S ELSE. LET'S HEAD
GOING TO STRAIGHT TO THE
TERMINATE .UNDERGROUND
WHOEVER'S i k. FACTORY. _
^ TAILING M
BATOU
TO
CHIEF!

WHY THE YOU SENILE ENOUGH! YOU RE1HE ONE

HELL DID OLD BASTARD! THIS ISN'T WHO ASSIGNED HIM TO
YOU HAVE IF fT'D BEEN GOING TO DO THE TAILING, EVEN
THIS KID TWO-MAN SOLVE THOUGH HE WAS INEX¬
RUNNING SURVEILLANCE ANY¬ PERIENCED. IF YOU FEEL
YANO'D STILL THING! RESPONSIBLE, FINISH
CHIEF!?! V BE ALIVE! THE INVESTIGATION
INSTEAD OF YELLING
AT THE OLD MAN!

ALL
RIGHT!
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GOOD
THING
TOGUSA
DIDN'T
mathumiya
 I HEARD
YOU
A RUMOR
REMEM
THE HACKER
KROLDEN’S
ME?
STILL WORKING
BACK HERE.
IS IT TRUE?
 MASTER
KROLDEN! THE
LADY FROM THE
NEMURO LANDING
OP'S HERE!

IT'S ME, I'M

WHAT KROLDEN. HERE ON
TH-? I'M RIGHT I BUSINESS
NEXT TO YOU DEAR
USING OPTO INFO-
CAM, ^ SHARK.

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 AH THEY WERE ’ FRANKLY,
THAT'S THE THE FIRST MY FRIENDS
/ SO...IT'S > AND BIGGEST AND I
SA6AWA VULTURES TO DON'T EVEN
ELECTRONICS SWOOP IN RECOGNIZE
YOU'RE HERE WHEN A "RETURN"
INTERESTED THE SOVIETS THAT EXCLUDES
V IN, EH? /
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IMI* JP1 r
RETURNED
THE
NORTHERN
ISLANDS... A
k ALL THOSE
MILITARY
BASES,..

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J1 iiiij|i ■. ■

SURE, I KNOW THE \ ... I ALSO KNOW

JAPANESE GOVERNMENT THE SOVIETS WANTED
COALITION HAD INTRO¬ CLOSER LINKS TO JAPAN
DUCED A FAILED TAX BECAUSE THEIR ENTRY
POLICY, THAT THERE WAS A INTO THE EC MARKET
PUBLIC REACTION TO IT, THROUGH THE GERMAN
AND THAT THE OPPOSITION CONNECTION HADN'T
JUST HAPPENED TO NEED PRODUCED THE HOPED-
SOME SORT OF "EVENT"/ , FOR ECONOMIC M
TO GAIN POWER... / V BENEFITS.„ y-m

OH, YEAH, \ AH, OKAY, GOl ^

AND THE L A DIRECT LINK SO,YOU
HERE WANT A
MOSLEMS 1 WE GO! TO THE HEAD
HAD SLOWLY MAP OF
ACCESS! OF SECURITY'S
BEEN APPLYING BRAIN AT THESECUR
PRESSURE ON . SAGAWA ITY NET?
THE SOVIETS A ELECTRONICS \ AN ALL-
FROM THE f HEADQUAR-/ I AREAS

^ TERS, A II PASS
\CARD?

KROLDEN,
YOU SHOULD
NEVER HAVE THAT A
QUIT YOUR COMPLI
JOB AT THE MENT?
CABINET PR
. OFFICE... A
 LOOK AT THE IF YOUR WELL;
UNHEALTHY LIFE PARENTS FOUND SINCE YOU
YOU'RE LIVING... OUT, THEY'D PUT IT THAT
IN A CLUTTERED; EITHER HAVE A WAY, THIS
STUFFY OLD HEART ATTACK/ ONE'S A
ROOM WITH L, OR COMMIT X FREEBIE--
LOVE DOLLS SUICIDE. // FOR AN OLD
THAT COST . FRIEND...
v MORE THAN A /
\ FERRARI... Jj

in ii'pasij

A GEOFRONT*, WE'LL '

HUH? SO IF PROBABLY
WE HEAD FOR RUN INTO SOME
THE SOVIET SAGAWA CON¬
BASE WE'LL STRUCTION
PROBABLY WORKERS,..
MEET KOII— , TOGUSA AND

WELL, LET'S

A DEEP SUBTERRANEAN DEVELOPMENT

 HOPE IT
DUST AND DOES THE
HUMIDITY'S SAME
SCREWING UP THING TO
MY OPTO- lTHE bad

SEEMS LIKE LET'S

THEY DON'T HAVE MOVE
ANY "THREADS" STRAIGHT
STRUNG UP HERE... TO THE
GIVEN THE LAYOUT, EXPANDED
THEY MUST HAVE
COME THIS WAY,
 NOT AGAIN/ YOU
1 BET VOt/GUYS THE SITE
DON'T HAVE SUPER-
PERMISSION, i X VISOR?!
EITHER! L

WE'RE FROM
THE PUBLIC
SAFETY
BUREAU--
THERE'S A
RADIATION
LEAK HERE!

YOU SAID
"EITHER"
EARLIER!
WHO ELSE
HAS COME
DOWN
HERE ?!

ONE PAIR A SUIT

LIKE YOU, A SIX SQUAD
MAN SUIT FROM
SQUAD FROM
HQ, AND SOME
FOREIGNERS
WHO LOOKED
LIKE BUREAU¬
CRATS. GOTTA
GO NOW!
 THERE —
I'M
NOW I'VE GOING
PAID YOU IN FIRST,
BACK FOR FUCHI!
THE ONE
I OWED
YOU,

SEE
issue
THREE,

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 THERE'S LEAVE
GOTTA ONE
BE TWO ALIVE,
MORE
'BOTS
AROUND...

GOD
r DAMN
5 IT! NOW
\ WHO THE
HELL'S
SHOOTING?!
 DEAD
MEN DON'T I KNOW
TALK... OR THAT, YOU
STUPID
NAME NAMES
WE NEED... ASSHOLE!

BOM A
GOT THE LAST
MACHINE.
YEAH,BUT I
DON'T UNDER¬
STAND WHAT
'CAUSE
THEY MAKE
r THOSE ARE
REAL GROUND
SELF-DEFENSE
LOOKS LIKE TYPE 24 GSDF 'EM HERE FORCES MACHINES,
THEY WERE ARMORED SUITS DOESN'T L ALL RIGHT...
CONTROLLED ARE DOING HERE MEAN THEY || BRAINWASH
BYKOIL. / IN THE FIRST SHOULD ■5 'EM AND
PLACE... \ THEY'RE STILL
A CLUMSY.
 COME TO THINK OKAY,
OF IT,I HEARD THAT BUT WHY
AN ENORMOUS WOULD
AMOUNT OF GOLD IT BE
FLOWED OUT OF THE HERE?!
SOVIET UNION AT
THE END OF THE ,
CENTURY... A

BECAUSE
DON'T YOU I'D BE
JUST HACK j BRANCHED,
INTO IT j AND MY
FROM 1 EXPENSIVE
. OUTSIDE? . OL'BODY'D
V BE DEFENSE¬
LESS...