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Agent 2077A. I have reached the target building.
Affirmative, I will extraxt all obtainable data.
Close all exits in the east wing and nobody enters the area before I leave.
We are facing a criminal who is armed and extremely dangerous.
Behind you.
Stop!
Hands where I can see 'em.
Calm down.
I you resist it will only feel worse.
Relax, although there's not much else you can do.
Eyes on the corridor, detective.
We have to move this body out of here before someone sees us
and we're gonna have to shoot them too.
Who's the dead girl?
Boys, who the hell did we just shoot?
I don't know, who did we shoot?
Well who did we shoot?
Who did we shoot?
It's better not to know.
Negative results on all brainwaves, sir.
Detective 1984D. We need a cleanup team in interrogation room 4.
Detective.
Detective.
Detective?
He's awake, inspector.
Good day detective.
I'm inspector Smith from Crossroads City Psychological Department.
To my understanding you were in some kind of an accident yesterday.
Could you tell me what happened?
I was closing in on a criminal when I was assaulted.
That I already knew from the preliminary reports.
Did you defend yourself?
I didn't have time to.
He landed the first punch and ran for the elevator.
And after that?
He went up. I thought I could corner him on the roof
but he jumped down. I followed him down to the central square.
Correct me if I understood something wrong, but
you jumped from the top of a building to catch a petty thief?
No. Not just a "petty thief".
That man was the cyberspace hacker we've been trying
to capture for years and I was that close to getting him.
His face is on posters all over Crossroads.
Alright then.
And you chased him through the central square to an alley where he-
Where he paralyzed me.
My memories get fuzzy at that point
but I remember falling down and losing my conscious.
Did you see anything special about him?
A mask, a tattoo, any distinctive marks?
No.
No?
He wore a hood, I didn't see his face properly.
Not even when you cornered him?
It was dark.
Alright then, that's all I need for now.
The doctors want to keep you here because
they couldn't remove some sort of a nanobot from you system.
After you've recovered, go to Crossroads City Administration building
and report from psychological tests.
Do you know what that means?
Make sure the floor is clean.
We don't want false results because somebody sees blood
and goes psycho.
Well, you don't have to.
Have a nice day, detective.
Listen. Listen! Calm down!
You've misunderstood.
Did you come here to kill me?
If I wanted you dead I could've done it in the alley
so no, I'm not here to kill you.
Did Smith visit you?
How did it feel like?
What?
To be under interrogation.
What do you mean?
Did you leave something out?
Did you feel uncomfortable?
Was it difficult to form answers?
Shouldn't you trust him?
What are you doing here?
I came to rescue you.
Have you ever heard of a thing called Dreamweb?
Yeah, it's some sort of an alternative cybespace.
It's that too, and a lot more. Dreamweb is your dreams.
It's a network of all the nearby sleepers' dreams.
It's been there for as long as anyone can remember
but only recent technology has brought it under our grasp.
Are you saying that-
Yes. CCA is researching dream control.
At the moment they can project simple thoughts on a 40 mile radius
and it won't be long until they have control over the whole province.
***.
and then counter arguments can be silenced.
Complete unanimity, imprisoned minds.
After we made you unconscious we practised some surgery
on your hypothalamus. It's related to controlling your dreams.
You'll still see projections from Dreamweb
but this time you'll know that the images don't originate from you.
I need you to know the truth.
How can I trust you?
What if you're just tricking me into ruining my rep-
It's too late for that.
Besides, we both know I'm right.
We both know what these "tests" are going to be.
I've got a hideout nearby
so the choice is yours.
Security, five seconds.
Contact on sector C, send reinforcements immediately.
I hope you can land a jump.
If you don't remember I just chased you down a scyscraper.
Fire at will!
You know this is a bad idea.
You're risking your own hide as well as mine.
Probably your girlfriend's too.
I just have to see Jade. I just have to.
Jade?
I'm sorry it came to this.
The same happened to my own family
when I started to resist the Administration.
Ever since then I've researched their operations
and tried to stop them.
And it happens soon.
As soon as I've infiltrated their-
Why not tonight?
I know where you're going.
We're doing it tonight.
Surveillance cameras everywhere.
If we go within 50 yards of that building
We'll be spotted for sure.
I know, I was here on duty a couple of times.
But as a detective I have a few perks.
Of course. They've locked me out.
Pretty impressive.
There's a reason they sent me after you.
All the cameras are connected to the mainframe
and so is my holopad.
We can dodge them, fool them if necessary
but that's when things get tricky.
Stay close.
Another entrace.
The lab is behind that door.
I can't get through it and neither can you.
There's still a scientist inside. He's leaving.
5 seconds to the door.
The encryption of this is much more complex than anything I've seen.
They are good.
Every detective on security detail here was supposed
to learn the entire system inside out.
Let me.
We still need a valid ID to access the data. I was never authorized.
You, ID. Now.
No! I can't give you-
IAAHH! 2733B! 7786C!
Search for data related to Dreamweb.
Need immediate reinforcements to sector F3.
Help! I'm over he-
Hurry.
I found the data!
The only way to stop the effects is to destroy Dreamweb permanently.
How?
To gain complete control of Dreamweb one must be there completely.
The only way to do that is to transfer the entire consciousness to the other side.
Leaving an empty shell to this world.
The mainframe. It has optical connectors, right?
Yes.
I really hope this works.
My god...
I'll do it but I need you to make sure the transfer is complete.
After that save yourself.
One scarifice is enough today.
Sleep well, hacker.
Didn't save yourself then.
At least my mind is still in my body.
Besides I couldn't let you take all the credit.
I like the way you think.
In addition the information you sent me proved useful.
This is Dreamweb, isn't it?
Yes. You've been here before, you just haven't noticed it.
So it still exists.
Not for long.
I just have to make a few preparations
so nobody's brain turns to mush when the transition is done.
How did you find out about Dreamweb?
I've never noticed anything strange before.
Insomnia. I had trouble sleeping,
so I got myself some medicine.
Eventually I fell asleep but I noticed something was off.
When that something was still off two weeks later
I started doing my own research.
What do you think, did we do the right thing?
I don't know.
Some will think we were wrong.
Others will think we were right.
I think that's the beauty of it.
They are free to make the choice.
I guess I should warn you.
After everything we did they're not going to be very friendly.
I know. Kind of ironic-
Sleep well...