In the beginning, everyone distinguished kings, kings, ministers, fathers, sons, and sons based on bloodline. However, as the development progressed, people became more and more dissatisfied with bloodline.

Confucius hoped that nobles would fulfill their obligations and monarchs would also fulfill their responsibilities, but he asked everyone to exercise self-denial and consciously fulfill their obligations, which was naturally not possible.

Mencius hoped that everyone would follow the example of his ancestors and follow good standards. If he did not do well, he could replace him. He already had some thoughts of rebellion.

In Athens, it was Solon's reforms. No one distinguished between nobles and citizens. Everyone was a citizen, and their status was only distinguished according to income. It seems like everyone is the same, but some are fairer. Later "1984" and "Animal Farm" actually wrote about this situation. This is an inevitable problem that arises when replicating the Athenian system.

Cyberpunk is about the development of technology. On the surface, everyone is equal, but in fact, some people are more equal.

Those girls who were deprived of their souls were all refugees, not even human beings. People are classified into different levels based on their property. The more annual income, the higher the status, and the less income, the lower the status. Refugees have no income. They thought that when they came to the island country, they could enjoy equal treatment for everyone, but they did not realize that this country differentiated status based on property. If they did not have property, they would be expelled.

The reason why there are refugees is that the world has never been peaceful, and the war between countries and companies has never ended.

When there is a war, there will be refugees, and refugees will long for those heavens where everyone is equal.

The secret of Hanhua Precision Machinery Company is to use the soul of a refugee girl to pretend to be a human-written intelligent program, making the robot's reaction infinitely close to that of a real person.

But this kind of behavior is illegal. The technology for stripping human souls is not yet mature and will cause permanent harm to the user.

During the investigation of Section 9, it was obvious that the boss was hiding something. Moreover, the boss also hired killers to protect the factory and prevent anyone from getting close, including law enforcement.

This makes Jiu Le more certain that there is something fishy involved. The principle of Lesson 9 is to use offense to make up for the investigation. Since the boss is hiding so much, there must be a secret. Let’s fight first and then talk about it.

Section 9 has the authority to proactively use force.

So the battle began. People from Section 9 put on invisible optical camouflage combat uniforms, armed with automatic rifles, and launched an attack on the factory.

After rounding up the killer and arresting him, everyone entered the factory and saw the secrets inside. Huge mechanical coffins contained teenage girls.

These girls have tubes inserted into their seven orifices and are kept alive by liquid food. They have mechanical helmets on their heads, and electronic signals are constantly extracting the souls from their brains.

"It seems that this is the truth of the new software. It illegally uses imperfect soul-stripping technology to imprison the soul in the machine." Bart said seriously.

"The robot is out of control, which is the cry of the human soul." Togusa also said with emotion.

"This is the criminal we have to face." Kusanagi Motoko was very calm and had long been accustomed to this kind of darkness. "In this era, we cannot change society, we have to adapt to society. Newcomers, how do you feel?" Just care. Duran is on the field for the first time.

Duran said: "I think they are very lucky. If they had not turned into rampaging robots, no one would care about them at all. Even if they died in an alley, no one would investigate. Because their souls entered the robot and attacked Only rich people can attract the most elite team to investigate the case. I think robots are not their prison, but their ladder."

"??" Everyone couldn't help but look at Dulan, feeling that his thoughts were too out of the ordinary.

"Their souls are permanently damaged, and they may become cripples or even mentally ill in the future." Although Bart is big, he is very emotional.

"So what? Look at yourselves, which body is intact? How can there be such a word as easy in the adult world? Everyone is risking their lives to gain status. Just because they are refugees, they can't just enjoy it without risking their lives. Treatment, isn't it?" Duran said.

"We are working so hard just to prevent these children from being harmed. If the children become victims, what is the point of our efforts?" Togusa could not agree with Duran's statement.

"This is prejudice. You position yourself as a superior hero and deprive them of the right to be a hero. This is unfair. Everyone should always be prepared and ready to fight. Everyone has the right to fight. , everyone has it.”

"Stop arguing. Our job is to solve cases, not to have meaningless quarrels." Motoko Kusanagi knew that this was a personal point of view and position. Everyone was different, so arguing would not produce any results.

This case is over, but there are others waiting for them.

Next is the case of a missing orphan, and needless to say, someone is exploiting the child's soul again. In a workhouse, every child has to do hard work. If he has no strength, he is sent to work as a computer bricklayer, moving bricks in the computer.

"Togusa, what do you think of Duran?" Bart found Togusa, who was partnering with Duran, and asked him what he thought of the newcomer.

"It's not good. His behavior is difficult to understand and is different from ordinary people. He is not hostile to the criminal's behavior and even approves of it," Togusa said.

"Sure enough, I also feel that Duran has an understanding and empathy for criminal behavior. If it is just empathy, it is fine. It can also be said to be a 'criminal profile' that restores the crime scene, which is conducive to analyzing the case. But if it goes a step further, that is, 'when you stare into the abyss, the abyss is also staring at you', it may become a criminal. This Duran is a bit dangerous and needs extra attention."

"Do you want to remind the captain?"

"She must have discovered it. We just need to do our own things."

Motoko Kusanagi did find Duran's abnormality, but she knew that this phenomenon did not mean that Duran was a bad person, because there is indeed a way to solve the case in the police force. It is to put yourself in the role of the criminal, analyze the case from the perspective of the criminal, and find the psychological motivation of the criminal. Thinking like a criminal can discover the criminal's behavioral logic, even the criminal method, and how the criminal handles the murder weapon and other details.

This ability called 'profile' does make it easy for people to slide into the abyss. If Duran has excessive behavior, she will talk to Duran.

The second case was the missing children in the orphanage. Section 9 monitored again, divided into two parts, one part was stealth infiltration, and the other part was monitoring outside.

Duran and Togusa were still monitoring outside.

"Another attack on the children." Togusa could not accept this crime, because he was also a father and could not bear to see the children suffer.

There were many orphans in the orphanage. They were required to work every day. If they could not work anymore, they were thrown into computer instruments for various experiments to squeeze out the last value.

These children were not refugees, but locals. Their parents were islanders, and they were born islanders, but they still did not enjoy the treatment because their parents were dead.

Duran said: "In ancient times, people were born unequal, but religion proposed equality after death. However, with the development of science and technology, people are not only unequal when alive, but also unequal after death. Back to the era before the promotion of religion, if you were aristocrat when alive, you would still be aristocrat after death, and if you were a slave when alive, you would still be a slave after death. This is the most beautiful era of ancient Athens, and the era of the Shang Dynasty, it was so beautiful."

Religion was advanced in ancient times. It did not oppose inequality before life, but proposed equality after death.

But with the development of science and technology, religion will also be disintegrated, because if you are unequal before life, you will also be unequal after death. Humans have built a cyber digital space where souls can live, and souls must also be divided into different levels.

Unless you die and don't enter the digital space. Unfortunately, whether you enter or not, it doesn't count. At that time, even the right to die will not be in your hands.

"What nonsense are you talking about again?" Togusa disagreed and said, "We are talking about modern times, what ancient times are you talking about?"

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