Chapter 80: The Disappearance of Uniqueness

"Here it is..."

Motoko Kusanagi looked at the bookshelves around her, not only the shelves around her, but also the books at her feet.

This is an internet connection left at the end by the guy who left the first six episodes of the first season in the Ninth Section of Public Security.

"Bart! Ishikawa! Paz! Saito! Kusanagi Motoko walked through the labyrinth of this book and frowned and looked around, the five people who had been sent to investigate had all been separated.

"Forced teleportation..."Motoko Kusanagi frowned and tried to make contact, but naturally failed.

"Welcome."

Motoko Kusanagi, who heard the voice, turned around and saw a familiar face, a face with the 'smiley' symbol blocking her view.

In the labyrinth of the books is a table where a person of unknown gender with a face covered in a smiley face sign sits.

"It came later than I expected."

"How dare you say it, suddenly invaded, leaving something inexplicable and then disappearing."

"If you don't move, others will come to meet you."

"Is it Duvano?"

“YES。”

"Then you're the smiling man." Motoko Kusanagi said as she walked this way.

"I never said I was a smiley man, this title was just given to me by someone else."

"So, you're the culprit in the first incident, aren't you?"

“...... If you're talking about the person who threatened President Serano in the first place, then it's me, and what happened after that has nothing to do with me, and it's completely out of control. Aoi said to Motoko Kusanagi, "Please sit down, I have something I want to talk about with what you believe." ”

"Okay." Motoko Kusanagi sat down across from Aoi and said, "What about the others? ”

"They're still in this labyrinth, and they're not in danger, and certainly not here until we're done." This chat room was created by him after he was able to use a VPN from another world and then use this VPN to connect to the network of his own world.

Here, he can even make people unable to go offline, trapped in this network all the time, and even change their memories, but there is no need for this...

"You've seen it before, Ghost in the Shell."

"Ah, look... What's that? Motoko Kusanagi frowned and said, If there is anything that did happen in it, it is the first episode of the anime where the foreign minister changed his brain.

If the feeling of the first episode was 'why the secret was leaked', then the next two episodes... There was nothing but amazement.

"You're not going to say it's actually going to happen, are you?"

"Yes." Aoi nodded, but couldn't see his expression because of the smile, "That's really what should happen in the future... If we don't have our conversation today, if we don't do anything. ”

"That's not the whole story, is it? There should be a follow..."

"That's right, that's just the first six episodes of the first season of this anime, and there will be more later."

"Season one? So that means there's a second season? ”

“YES。”

"Interesting." Motoko Kusanagi leaned forward slightly: "So, where did that thing come from?" ”

"Do you believe in the existence of another world?"

"Another world?" Motoko Kusanagi smiled, "Since you asked that, you must be trying to convince me that 'another world does exist', right?" Well, then I believe that another world does exist... Well... Wait a minute. ”

Motoko Kusanagi frowned, "You mean that 'Ghost in the Shell' was something you got from another world?" ”

“YES。” Aoi nodded definitely: "It's indeed another world." I inadvertently got the means to be able to connect with the other world, a place where many people with different things gather to chat, and even if there are people who are not people, even... And God. ”

"The time span is also different, some are at the beginning of the 21st century, some are even mythical times, and some are already in the future 22nd century. There are even some that are not on Earth... There are all kinds of different worlds, and some of them have an anime called "Ghost in the Shell". ”

“...... Not to mention the credibility of your words, what you mean is that you have received this from the hands of people from other worlds... Ghost in the Shell anime, right? ”

“YES。” Aoi looked at Motoko Kusanagi and said, "Actually, I'm going to join your Ninth Public Security Section, and I want to use it as a 'cover letter' for the current matter."

"Ah, this level of cover letter is really exaggerated."

"Maybe... I can't think of a better way, and on second thought, I have the power to change the future of this world, but if I don't do it right, I'll end up with the same fate as I did six years ago. ”

Disillusioned by the ugliness of the media and the social system, he remained silent for six years.

Until now.

"I see... In other words, things were not what you expected six years ago, but... Why choose to trust us? ”

"Because you're different." Aoi raised her head: "No matter how dark the place is, there must be light, and according to the anime "Ghost in the Shell", I learned that you are people who pursue justice, you are light, and you have power in your hands. If I were to hand over the power I have now, I think it would have a different effect. ”

Aoi said and threw an email in front of Motoko Kusanagi and said, "This is all the content of the follow-up to "Ghost in the Shell", and you should know my true identity after reading this. ”

"Ah, didn't you hide yourself?"

“YES。” Aoi nodded, and even ripped off her mask, revealing an unexpectedly young face, and said, "I've given almost everything to you, and even, I can share all the information with you if you want." ”

Motoko Kusanagi was stunned for a moment, then stood up with a smile: "Okay, compared to the previous smiley face, it's really like this, it's more able to gain the trust of others, isn't it?" So... I'll just trust you. ”

Motoko Kusanagi said and raised the email in her hand: "I'll take a closer look when I go back, but the judgment will be left to our boss to choose." ”

"I see." Aoi nodded: "My only condition is that the content of this email still includes the previous one, only the eight people of your Ninth Public Security Section can know, and it must not be passed on to others, because... None of the others can be trusted. ”

"Ah, you can rest assured of that, that's what I thought from the beginning. So, goodbye, I hope the next meeting will be in the building of the Ninth Public Security Department and not in the prison. ”

"That's what I expected, too." Looking at Motoko Kusanagi, who turned to leave, Aoi smiled and lifted the blockade that was located around her.