Ghost In The Shell
Season 02
S02E22 - DU: Abandoned City – REVERSAL PROCESS
Someone has discovered a tactical nuclear device in [[Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka]]’s [[Kyūshū]] Telecom Tower, and some 35 million citizens are subsequently evacuated over a five-day period to allow the Ground Self Defense Force to safely defuse and remove the device. It is assumed that the culprits behind the bomb are militant refugees, but Section 9 thinks otherwise, and with the Prime Minister’s permission, they enter the hot zone to investigate the bomb firsthand. Borma and Paz are sent to inspect the bomb itself, which appears to be a dirty bomb, but upon closer inspection, Borma deduces the device had elements of an implosion bomb which uses American explosives. The unexpected discovery of American material in the bomb creates confusion among the techs disarming it, as the refugees have always used [[C-4 (explosive)|C-4 explosives]] in their bombs. While Paz and Borma handle the bomb diffusion, Batou takes Goda up to the roof of the radio tower for a discussion. Using Kusanagi’s external memory, Batou plays with Goda’s mind by calling him second-rate, ordinary, and a copycat in an effort to bruise his ego and obtain information on the Individual Eleven and the refugee situation. The plan works, as Goda provides his insight into the case, revealing information that could only be known to the mastermind of the entire incident in the process. Meanwhile, Kusanagi and Saito commandeer a GSDA disposal truck and, masquerading as the bomb removal team, secure the plutonium from the bomb. Kusanagi plans to transport the plutonium to [[SPring-8]] for analysis, expecting that the techs at the facility can link the plutonium from the nuclear bomb to the plutonium from the CIS-run nuclear power plant in the Uchikon 7 district of New [[Tokyo]]’s [[Shinjuku]] Refugee District. Since Section 9 believes that Kuze did not obtain plutonium in [[Russia]], the revelation that the Cabinet Intelligence Service is behind the bomb will diffuse the growing sentiment that the refugees must be expelled from Japan. Elsewhere, Aramaki meets with Prime Minister Kayabuki to urge her not to send in the GSDA, but she feels she has no other choice in the matter; everything discovered so far points to the refugees. At Aramaki’s urging, she decides to present his report to the cabinet in an effort to stop the oncoming civil war.
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