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In the not-so-distant future,
cybernetics and vast computer networks are commonplace. Wars are now fought not
only physically, but also on a virtual level, crippling entire nations from
within. Newport City's elite security force - Section 9 - is assigned to combat
crimes outside of regular channels. Major Kusanagi Motoko is a member of this
elite force, investigating the illegal export of an expert programmer -- a
programmer whose skills might be used to derail sensitive diplomatic talks with
the Gavel Republic. But Kusanagi discovers that this is merely the beginning of
a major cover-up instigated by Section 6, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The
MFA has its own problem, a problem that's gotten out of hand. A master computer
criminal is on the loose, hacking into the very souls of various people,
programming his victims to do his bidding... a master criminal known only by his
alias: 'The Puppet Master'.
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