Movie Description:
convinced that the cyber terrorist knownonly as the Laughing Man has resurfaced,Section 9 accelerates their invest- igations, Major Kusanagi goes into avirtual chat room devoted to the Laughing Man and has anunusual encounter. But the people there, and theviews they express, are they simplefantasy, or is there truth? problems from the rest of the world intrude as well. A serial killer has turned up who skins his victims alive inthe unique pattern of a T-shirt. section9 must discover the identity of this killer before he claims his next victim.Togusa,meanwhile, goes undercover at aninstitution for sufferers of closed cyberbrain syndrome, but he finds more than he expects, including a clue in thelaughing Man case. And then, one of theTachikomas has decided to go out for a joyride, and befriends a little girl whois looking for her lost dog...
