"Looks like Boomer handiwork."
"Squad 1, Squad 2, it should still be in that area."
"Find and eliminate it immediately!"
"My, you're shaking."
"And you think you can shoot me like that?"
"You, of the Normal Police... think you can kill me?"
"I kill men who can't satisfy me!"
"Maboroshi no Onna" (The Phantom Woman)
Police Car Marking: "Police Department"
Oh, please...
Dammit! This gun don't do shit!
All right!
You bitch!
Listen up! A.D. Police will handle this incident!
Normal Police retreat! Repeat: Normal Police retreat!
Pretty old type of Boomer, ain't it.
We can take it out ourselves, no sweat.
Hey, rookie! Scared outta your pants, ain'tcha?
You're the owner of that Boomer, right?
Wh...What's this?
Destruction approval form. Sign it.
But...
Hurry up! But...
Finish it off within five minutes, got that?
Yes, sir!
We got us a pretty-babe Boomer this time around!
This ain't no time to be foolin' around!
I'm gonna sever her neuro-circuits. You with me?
Stupid! Don't loosen your grip!
You bitch!
Alus!
How dare you kill Alus...
Roger!
Assault team, fall back! Jeena Malso, fall back at once!
Jeena, chill out!
Let go, rookie!
Assault team! Fall back now!
Dammit!
M...M...My...My shop...!
Boomers are artificial humans, made up...
...of proteins, artificial intelligence, and artificial organs...
In the past few years, there've been more than a few...
...cases of Boomers going crazy.
What?
Uh, well, it was my fault that things happened the way they did...
Anyways... thought I should apologize.
I don't expect nothin' out of a rookie.
Anyway...
Huh?
Remember this... it's a little quirk of mine.
This always happens whenever I see blood...
I get to wanting a man so bad I can't stand it...
I'd like to talk to you a bit about the matter of Officer Alus...
...who was killed in the line of duty today.
Why can't Alus's line-of-duty insurance be paid off?!
Well, please take a look at this data.
Upon investigating the Boomer involved in this incident...
...I could find no outstanding faults in its circuitry.
However, while it should only have been utilized in 12-hour shifts...
...that teashop had apparently been using it around the clock.
Huh... Hey, rookie, ain't ya gonna eat?
Not right after an incident...
Then give it to me.
Fact is, Officer Alus had, in addition to his line-of-duty insurance...
...approximately ¥700,000,000 worth of life insurance.
Yeah, he was saying he had a fairly decent number of debts.
And sworn statements have been taken that the Chinese teashop...
...where today's incident occurred was frequented by Officer Alus...
...and that he had had contact with the Boomer there.
Now wait a minute!
Are you trying to tell me that Alus made the Boomer go berzerk...
...and got killed in the line of duty for the insurance money?!
At this point, it's hard to say, isn't it...
Alus wasn't that kinda guy!
If a Boomer of the same type developed trouble on the mental side...
...I think that the Teashop incident would be considered purely accidental.
I see. That's an interesting approach...
Then we'll check it out.
We'll see if any local Boomers of the same type have had any abnormalities.
If we uncover any, then you pay off on Alus's insurance policy.
Fine. But you only have six hours.
M...M...My arm...!
Owowow...! You got any leads?
Not a one!
This ain't our job! Let Investigations have it.
Shaddap!
Dumb bastard... why'd you have to get killed by some damn Boomer!
Hey, rookie! Why'd you turn me down?
Nothing personal...
When I was still with the Normal Police...
...there was one time I was attacked by a crazed female Boomer.
It was pretty advanced, with vocal chords and even body odors.
If it was so advanced, then why...?
The investigation report stated that there was program destruction...
...due to emotional disorders manifesting during sex, but I just don't buy it.
She might've been a Boomer, but she was still a woman!
Emotions run high in a woman when she's making love with a man.
Like me, earlier.
H...Hold on a sec.
It seems that an illicit junk-dealer recycled that Boomer's parts.
Hmm... illegal recycling... I've heard rumors before, but let's check it out.
Green: "Go"
Sign: "Inumaru Electric"
Signs: "Otter" "Ikegami Electronics"
Yo! It's Jeena. You in there?
What is this place?
Hey, Jeena! Long time no see!
So what do you want?
Do you have anything on these guys who're illegally recycling Boomers?
Well, now, that's a little on the expensive side...
Out with it! I haven't got much time!
OK... you wait there a moment.
That's a fairly old type of Boomer...
...so there's only a handful of them left, even here in MegaTokyo.
Now, the manufacturer used to service them by changing software...
...so that they could at least be put to work in general women's jobs.
But some junk dealers dismantle Boomers that've gone kaput...
...and then sell the parts through illegal channels.
Why?
Isn't it obvious?!
Boomers with sex functions can be sold for many times more...
...than those without, you know.
That's why even old parts are recycled over and over.
And that explains the mental-side derangement...!
No, we can't say that for sure.
It also depends on the level of recycling technology...
...but those Boomers that incorporate used parts...
...supposedly experience derangements in their mental side during sex...
...when hormonal signals distort their normal biochips...
...but no one knows for sure yet.
Here, this is the list.
There're some pretty dangerous guys on it, so be careful, Jeena.
Thank you.
We checked out several recycling plants...
...but couldn't get any leads on the Boomer that killed Alus.
Time just ticked on, and Jeena and I were getting pretty desperate.
Signs: "Nationalist Party" "Under Construction"
Leon, look at this!
At what? Looks like it's pointing out locations. Is it from headquarters?
It can't be. It's a hack.
False info?
We're just about out of time. We'll just have to check them out.
How 'bout we split up?
You're finally alone...
You might have forgotten all about me by now... but I haven't forgotten.
Do you know what became of me after that?
My body was taken to the police.
There, I was dismantled and my components examined.
My memory...
I want to see your data on recycled B-Class Boomers.
B-Class? What are you talking about?
We're only permitted a D-Class license.
Only D-Class? And yet, maintaining a facility of this size...
...requires a lot of money, doesn't it?
Uh... Well...
Don't play innocent. You've already been investigated.
Uh... Huh... Well, now that you mention it...
Hurry it up!
OK, OK...
Depending on circumstances... OK, OK...
...illegal recycling may well lead to business suspension.
Don't play stupid games with me!
Uh, sorry, try someone else. I'm broke today!
Sorry, but you've mistaken me for someone else.
I can't speak...
Try to remember... Trash my body like you did before...
I beg you... Hurry!
Shoot those bullets into these breasts...
H...Hurry... kill me...
If you don't... I'll...
Uh, OK... I...I'll dig it out now.
We have indeed recycled B-Class Boomers.
Of course, a Boomer that has even once committed a crime is contraband...
...but, after all, the demand for female Boomers is one thing...
...that just doesn't run out, you see.
Wait a minute! Back up!
Stop!
Is this one a Boomer, too?
Yeah, an A-Class number. One of our masterpieces.
It's highly unlikely that other plants could recycle such a high-quality one.
Where is it now?
I'm asking you what happened to it!
It's not here anymore. We recycled it all right...
...but there's one image that just won't disappear from its memory files.
Dammit!
Now, shoot!
Shoot me more!
Rip my skin apart... tear away my flesh...
...and splatter my organs all over!
If you don't, I'll kill you...
D...D...Damn you!
You, who first killed me...
The Boomer that killed Alus...
...was recognized as illegally recycled...
...and Alus's insurance policy was paid off.
When it looked like that Boomer was about to kill me...
...I was thinking things like...
...maybe Boomers, seemingly mere mechanical dolls...
...were better suited than humans to this crazy town...