Refugee Camp No. 11, underground passage.
The major drove the NM4 forward in the darkness. With the armor AI's radar imaging, there is no need to turn on the lights at all. Behind him, Dr. Ouellette secretly endured. She does not have the full-body prosthetic body of Major, so she can only rely on her flesh and blood body to withstand the lightning power of NM4. Fortunately, Major blocked most of the impact, and the streamlined body of NM4 can also reduce resistance to the greatest extent.
After an unknown amount of time, NM4 finally slowed down.
"Doctor." The major looked back.
"I'm fine." The relieved Dr. Ouet calmed down. Only then did I realize that the headache after the crash had healed.
"Ahead is the entrance to the underground pipe network leading to the Hanhua Skyscraper. The construction blueprint shows that the exit is the underground circulating cooling pool for the prosthetic server." Major said softly: "Doctor, otherwise you stay and I go alone."
"Major, I understand your worries. But without my authority, you cannot complete the final redemption." Dr. Ouellette insisted.
"Okay, doctor." Helping the doctor get out of the car, the major transformed into an armored stance. The front and rear wheeled drones flew out immediately, assisting the Major in scanning the terrain along the way and detecting mutant prosthetics.
The Major holds a Gauss machine gun, carries a plasma cannon on his shoulder, and walks at the forefront with full body armor. Try to provide Dr. Ouellette with shelter.
When opening the pipeline gate, the major finally made up his mind: "Armored AI, 100% awakened."
"Follow your orders." The armored AI system, which had been maintaining the lowest thread, started running in full thread.
With various subroutines constantly loading. As more and more data were refreshed on the headset, a progress bar for the fusion of the deformed armor and the major's full-body prosthetic body finally appeared. Major waited patiently until it was 100% completed.
"Congratulations, mistress. You have 100% armor compatibility." The armor AI also seems to be more intelligent than before.
"Why do you call me mistress?" Major asked using auxiliary electronic brain waves.
"Because my master is 'Wu Chen', shelter number: 20150326-Y." The armor AI read the core setting: "All armor AIs have their own mistresses. So you are my mistress."
"How many mistresses do you have?" the major asked clearly.
"There is no data at the moment." The armored AI also answered honestly.
"I'm not surprised at all." The major smiled knowingly. With the help of a powerful armored mechanical arm, the air-tight door that had been sealed for a long time was opened. The wheeled drone entered quietly.
"Mistress, as long as I'm here, you don't need a prosthetic body." The armored AI's words seemed to have a deeper meaning. Of course, what is said is indeed true. The NM4 transforming armor can amplify the data of ordinary people and cyborgs to the same extent. Therefore, as a Ghost in the Shell, the upper limit of Major's ability depends on two aspects: software and hardware: Major's fighting will and NM4 deformed armor.
"Without the prosthetic body, who am I?" You must know that before the transformation of the whole body with prosthetic body, the major had only a human brain left.
"I retrieved a piece of core data." The armored AI also seemed to be curious.
"What is it?" Major stopped subconsciously.
"With your biological cerebral cortex cells, a complete human body can be regenerated." The armored AI said.
"You mean human cloning technology." The major seemed to know. But in the story world of Ghost in the Shell, it is far more practical to replace prosthetic bodies than to replace the same fragile biological organs. Especially after the third nuclear war, background radiation far exceeds what ordinary people can bear. Therefore, in the plot setting, the successful invention of the "Radioactive Dust Removal Research" patent of Poseidon Heavy Industries Group, known as the "Japan Miracle", put post-war Japan back on the road to becoming an economic power. From this we can see the global harm of “radioactive dust”. This is also one of the most important original backgrounds of this plot world, where Ghost in the Shell replaces cloning as the main scientific research direction of mankind.
"Not exactly." The armored AI continued to expand on this core data: "It's a genetically enhanced person."
"What?"
"The special medicine from New Hong Kong can strengthen the cell structure of the human body. The master has always kept it for you..."
"Silence." The major interrupted the armored AI's eloquent explanation: "There is a situation ahead."
As far as the eye can see, the tank that should be filled with coolant is instead filled with the remains of prosthetic bodies. Then look above the tank along the hanging fragments. A declining figure was sitting abruptly on the edge of the electromagnetic lifting suction cup hanging in mid-air.
"Doctor, don't come in yet." The major used his brain waves to control the drone to approach slowly and scan the declining figure.
"Okay." Dr. Olette stopped immediately outside the door.
The unmanned vehicle scan showed a fallen figure with a completely disfigured face, and exposed prosthetic organs beneath the dried flesh. Seems to have been dead for a long time. However, when the wheeled drone scanned him at close range, a weak electronic noise suddenly sounded from the prosthetic throat: "Ahem..."
The moment he slowly raised his head, the drone also scanned his nameplate: Public Security Section 9: Batou.
The major's sudden and rapid breathing revealed her equally unstable mood at the moment. This was her closest comrade-in-arms. After the sudden change, Public Security Section 9, who was on duty as a "firefighter", was quickly submerged in the torrent of sudden change. The major, who was busy dealing with the situation, had no time to consider the safety of his teammates. Until one day after a fierce battle, there was no one around. There was only blank electronic noise in the channel. Only then did the major realize that all members of the ninth section of the Public Security Bureau were killed except for her, and the entire city was completely destroyed.
When she met Wu Chen, this became her last memory of Public Security Lesson 9.
Clearing his mind, the major activated the ion cannon on his left shoulder. The moment he aimed at his former comrade, the major gave up.
"Bart." The major turned on the speaker.
"Are you...Major Mira?" Bart came to life in an instant.
"It's me." The major removed his helmet and visor, revealing his true face.
"It's good to know you're still alive." A sly smile appeared on Bart's broken face. Then he pulled himself up from the electromagnet with difficulty and landed heavily on the ground.
"What happened?" This is what Major Mira was eager to know.
"Dad. It's him..." Bart's electronic brain seemed to have lost the most critical information: "Damn, I might have forgotten it."
"Where are the others?" The drone has completed the scan and no original members of Section 9 have been found.
"Together." Bart blurted out, and then repeated with a blank look: "Together..."
"Who are you with?" the major asked.
Bart was about to think about the answer when he suddenly felt an electric shock all over his body. The overloaded electric sparks roasted the remaining human tissue until it smoked. Bart felt as if his soul had left his body, and his consciousness flowed straight into the sky. The remaining broken body suddenly shut down and became silent.
Look up at the top of your head in the direction in which the current is escaping. The Major seemed to understand the meaning of Bart's last words.
"Dad, is it you?"
"Mira?" Dr. Olette's concerned inquiry rang in his ears.
"I'm fine, doctor. The crisis has been resolved." The front and rear wheeled drones fitted into the Major's back armor, and the flight mode was activated: "Doctor, let's go."
"good."
Twin engine injection. The major protected the doctor and flew to high places.
