Hackers attempt to assassinate a politician during a speech preaching the advantages of cybernetic prosthetics. Fortunately, Togusa is there to whisk her to safety, and the investigation leads Batou to a suspicious factory in the artificial islands in southern Japan. Meanwhile, Chief Aramaki hears of a disturbing discovery at the other end of the country: dozens of artificial bodies, illegally dumped near a village where an anti-cyberization sect conducts their training and "rites." Among the empty shells is one formerly inhabited by the woman who embodied Section 9 until she left it behind and disappeared: Major Motoko Kusanagi.

Author/Artist: Junichi Fujisaku / Yuki Yoshimoto
Creator: Shirow Masamune / various
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
Page Count: 256pp
Size: 5 x 7.25
Notes: paperback, b/w
Date of Publication: November 17, 2021
ISBN: 978-1646511792